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[Komatsu]

So now that this great beautiful game is in our hands, it's the perfect time for some much warranted love to be given to CYBERPUNK as a genre. So, GAF, what films, books, anime, manga in the genre did you enjoy? What are the great genre-defining works in your mind?

We have, of course, the big genre mainstays:

(to say nothing of BLADE RUNNER)

The Japanese, in particular, have long thrived in the genre:

As well as some lesser known films in the genre:

Give us our recs, Gaf!

 

[SpiceRacz]

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

This is a spoiler

Scrapped Princess.

 

[Komatsu]

This is a spoiler

Not Cyberpunk at all, man. What?!

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Ergo Proxy.

Not Cyberpunk at all, man. What?!

Maybe. The magic is literally technology and their god was nothing but a hologram that kept humanity down (tech wise) because of aliens/the world was (parts still are) highly advanced. Some of their high tech stuff looked cyberpunkish ngl.

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[Papa]

William Gibson is a raging SJW now unfortunately.

Had a meltdown and scrapped the manuscript of his new book when Trump won lol. Think he's now writing an alternate future novel where Hillary won or some shit.

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Is that cyberpunk?

 

[Papa]

Is that cyberpunk?

In the dystopian alternate reality where Hillary won? Pretty sure all the girls have dicks so yes.

 

[teezzy]

Is that cyberpunk?

 

[Komatsu]

Some more films (one a big AAA production, the other a much smaller European flick)

 

[#Phonepunk#]

dont forget this classic Tetsuo the Iron Man.

 

[Vow of Silence]

William Gibson is a raging SJW now unfortunately.

Had a meltdown and scrapped the manuscript of his new book when Trump won lol. Think he's now writing an alternate future novel where Hillary won or some shit.

Man that absolutely sucks. I love Neuromancer.

I have thought about this quite a lot, when artists I like just go crazy over Trump. I think it's down to aesthetics. Trump is very unaesthetic to some people. Imagine him being anything other than a corrupt mayor or something in a cyberpunk setting. He's not aesthetically conceivable as being any good for some people.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

it is highly ironic that he is now part of the establishment working with corporations to silence political opponents and promote the censorship of information.

but that's what is ok about Critical Thinking, you can appreciate media without having to agree with the author. (this is an unheard of concept for some people lol)

 

[DKehoe]

I remember seeing the trailer for that Hotel Artemis film a while back but forgot about it until just now. It looked interesting. How was it?

 

[jason10mm]

I remember seeing the trailer for that Hotel Artemis film a while back but forgot about it until just now. It looked interesting. How was it?

It was meh. Too much mythology that didn't have a pay off. A lot of Jodi Foster mumbling about "the rules" with no real reason why. But it had some decent scenes and was well shot so there is that.

 

[Stitch]

 

[Firestartah]

I can list some stuff I enjoy.This used to be my favorite genre/theme until I discovered Mass Effect, as you can imagine, after that, space opera took over.

Games: Syndicate (2011 FPS), Deus EX HR+MD, Hard Reset, Binary Domain, EYE Divine Cybermancy.

Anime: Goku Midnight Eye, Cyber City Oedo 808, AD Police (+AD Police Files), Bounty Dogs, Macross Plus (1995 movie), The Running Man (part of Neo Tokyo film collection).

Movies: Johnny Mnemonic, Judge Dredd (1995), Judge Dredd (2012), Total Recall (2012 one), Altered Carbon (only season 1), Strange Days, Dark City (kinda, has hints of it, more like neo-noir dystopia)

Obviously avoided stuff that everyone knows about like Blade Runner, Akira, Matrix 1, but yes I enjoy these also.

 

[jason10mm]

THere are some other classic films, some cross into the post-apocalyptic genre, lots of overlap, or are near future sci-fi with good cyberpunk elements.

Hardware
Cyborg with Jean Claude van Damm
Nemesis with Oliver Gruner
Naturally the Robocop series
Virtuosity with Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe
Sixth Day with Schwarzeneggar

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Not sure if it counts but both Judge Dredd movies?

Many years back I got Dredd free on VUDU from GAF giveaway. Never saw it so I went in blind. Great movie.

 

[Drake]

Altered Carbon

 

[Komatsu]

Not sure if it counts but both Judge Dredd movies?

Kinda, sorta. Still, peak Stallone flicks these two.

 

[Deleted member 801069]

Is Hotel Artemis good?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

This is a spoiler

Scrapped Princess.

Loved that one. such a great reveal.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Novels: Snowcrash

It's about a courier that lives in a storage unit. Cities are owned by mega corporations

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Loved that one. such a great reveal.

I wanted to say it was Matrix like but I don't remember the exact details.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I wanted to say it was Matrix like but I don't remember the exact details.

iirc the ending credits or the op actually give it away a bit but the show kept it amazingly well hidden. I can't remember if it was matrix-like either. I need to rewatch it.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

It is borderline cyberpunk / space sci fi because it extends beyond just Earth, but Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief trilogy is my favorite modern take on the cyberpunk roots laid by William Gibson, Philip K Dick, etc.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I've heard the Gibson novel Necromancer isn't all that good? Anyone here read it?

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I've heard the Gibson novel Necromancer isn't all that good? Anyone here read it?

I think it's good for sci fi. But it's not a mind-blowing novel, and it obviously shows its seams because it is writing about a "near future" that has turned out a bit differently than Gibson expected.

 

[INC]

Or watch the manga that I reckon they took influence from, for the original game teaser

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Altered Carbon

I wanted to like it but I couldn't get into it. Unlikable mc

 

[Champomade]

Bubblegum crisis is peak cyberpunk anime imo
the story sucks (I always watch at the end of my day and tend to fall asleep after 10 minutes) but the esthetics are great

 

[Happosai]

Anime wise?
Cyber City Oedo, Bubblegum Crisis, A.D. Police, parts of Megazone 23, Cybernetics Guardian, and a score of others.

Biggest cyberpunk movies of the 80's: draw between Terminator and BladeRunner.

 

[INC]

It also has a transvestite are a main character

In your face cyberpunk

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

Does S-Cry-Ed count as cyber?

 

[Komatsu]

Biggest cyberpunk movies of the 80's: draw between Terminator and BladeRunner.

Terminator is absolutely not a Cyberpunk film.

 

[teezzy]

Wtf now I wanna watch anime

 

[Tesseract]

Wtf now I wanna watch anime

don't do it

 

[Tesseract]

president donald john trump must ban anime from the world before the end of his term

Papa get itt, it's time to end this nightmare

 

[Papa]

#EndAutism

 

[Tesseract]

Amen

honorable death, saved seats in hell

 

[Werewolf Jones]

 

[Happosai]

Terminator is absolutely not a Cyberpunk film.

No and Yes. Some of the future scenes with Kyle Reese almost give that impression. Although, it would be a very impoverished cyberpunk. I think people set their environments of a cyberpunk city to be like that of a neo-tokyo or neo-New York City. I guess there were punks at the beginning (cameo Bill Paxton) and the Tech Noir scene.