When I think of Carcosa, I think of... « Thread Started on May 20, 2012, 9:41pm »
...a world that is as savage and queer as that french animated movie La Planète Sauvage (aka Fantastic Planet):
(what happy little trees )
(picture these guys in a hue, and you got it)
(some alien ruins)
(if only more dungeon-crawls are as awesome this!)
What got me interested in Carcosa in the first place was how different and unique it was from a lot of the fantasy worlds out there. On top of that, it was - at the time - ambiguous enough for the readers to shape the world as they see fit (although, I do like the canonical content that crops-up in the Q&As as well as the new art). And in my eyes, I see that world and it's people just as weird and savage as the booklet expressed. Oh, I also enjoy the hell out of that movie!
Re: When I think of Carcosa, I think of... « Reply #1 on May 20, 2012, 10:31pm »
The Den and Taarna stories from the movie Heavy Metal immediately come to mind for me. This guy makes a great Sorcerer, IMO:
To some extent I think of TES III: Morrowind as well; the sheer alien-ness of Vvardenfell, with armor made from giant bugs and towers grown from enormous fungi (not to mention the Telvanni cephalopod helm, which makes you look a bit like Cthulhu) seems to fit perfectly.
Re: When I think of Carcosa, I think of... « Reply #2 on May 20, 2012, 11:49pm »
My view of Carcosa is kinda lighter and more gonzo (easy on the Chthulhu-ish things, heavy on the more wahoo/bigfoot-type stuff) than the norm, so my idea is more a blend of:
He-Man/Thundarr Gamma World El Topo Jack Kirby comics BRIAN BLESSED! or WILLIAM SHATNER! characters (aka World of Ham) Fear and Loathing in Carcosa Army of Darkness Tim Burton archetecture/Terry Gilliam contraptions (preferably steam or clockwork-powered) Smokey and The Bandit/Dukes of Hazzard Big Trouble in Little China Spaghetti Westerns ...all mixed up and placed Beyond Thunderdome
Re: When I think of Carcosa, I think of... « Reply #3 on May 21, 2012, 2:21am »
I was just checking and my dedicated "Carcosa Inspiration Folder" of art is at just under 500 megabytes now. It's nuts, but I keep various folders for inspiration for animals, monsters, alien environments, fungi, etc... I just reference them when I need inspiration for an adventure scenario. Deviantart is absolutely perfect for finding inspiration for Carcosa. Malcadon, that is definitely the kind of art that I use for inspiring my vision of Carcosa. Though that second pic does not suprise me that it's from Portland Mercury. They have some crazy art on their newspapers.
Just a few I had bookmarked from over there: Frozen wasteland - revisedby *merl1ncz -This picture makes me want to run a game in the Frozen Wastes of Carcosa. This is how I picture it now too.
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...a world that is as savage and queer as that french animated movie La Planète Sauvage (aka Fantastic Planet)
Great movie! Well, interesting movie is maybe a better way to put it. I also associate its images with Carcosa a bit. In my mind the perfect background music for a Carcosa game (if any) would be similar to the soundtrack for this film. Spacey, swirling weird psychedelic jazz-rock. Perhaps like Atom Heart Mother or bits off the More soundtrack by Pink Floyd.
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Re: When I think of Carcosa, I think of... « Reply #5 on May 21, 2012, 8:28pm »
I just read the new translation of unabridged 'Roadside Picnic' which most people (including me) know better as the Russian film Stalker and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games. Very good book and very inspirational for CARCOSA.
The Zone and the weird sh!t you find in it are my new analogs for Great Race technology. Seemingly innocuous items with inexplicable functions, gravitic anomalies, routine impossibilities, and the ever-present threat of utter annihilation when you mess with this stuff... or maybe you get granted godlike powers.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2012, 9:00pm by crusssdaddy »
They kinda remind me of Lustmord - basically, they make music that express the sort of eerie desolation you'll get when seeing images of Prypiat (that ghost town near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant) - but a little more upbeat.
If I ever get around to running Carcosa, I'd run it like Adventure Time.
That show is awesome! D&D is a major influence to that show, and it shows. Hell, it has a strong Gamma World and Kamandi feel about it, with all the modern ruins, wreckage and references.
Re: When I think of Carcosa, I think of... « Reply #13 on May 23, 2012, 9:51pm »
Doh! Why didn't I think of this before!
The cover of Blue Oyster Cult's Cultosaurus Erectus! The landscape and mutant dinosaur just scream Carcosa.
I really need to see more episodes of Adventure Time. Most the episodes I have seen have been really good. Though the last one I saw seemed boring, though that might have just been my mindset at the time...
How long those "Ugly Stickers" been around? They seem so familiar in a "days of long ago" sense.
« Last Edit: May 23, 2012, 9:52pm by burningtorso »
I really need to see more episodes of Adventure Time. Most the episodes I have seen have been really good. Though the last one I saw seemed boring, though that might have just been my mindset at the time...
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