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Cyberpunk
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What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and
what it means to be human.
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wow, i am shocked at how bad everyone seems to think it was. it was definitely a significant shift from the original trilogy, but i thought it was still a pretty solid film on its own merits. also, definitely still cyberpunk.
Wanted to love it, watched it twice, don't remember a thing. I've found that's my criteria for movie critique, do I remember it the next day. May seem cool in the moment, I'm easily impressed, but did I wake up thinking, "Holy shit that was cool!"
Went to see the original 2 nights in a row in 1999. Yeah, woke up thinking it was cool.
I really wasn't trying to make a "let's all shit on Matrix Resurrections" post here. I was hoping for more of a discussion about at what point something stops being cyberpunk. I guess I misjudged things...
I don't think Resurrections is a film that can be talked about plainly. Not right now, anyway.
It's really interesting because it's an almost objectively terrible movie, but it's self-aware of that, as if it were mocking people for being interested in the first place, deliberately rubbing their noses in the carpet shit-stain they somewhat innocently paid to see. And so, it is a film that wields its audience as a weapon against the producers that forced its birth, and there is essentially no way this plays out without a lot of unbridled anger and resentment.
I actually like it for having the balls to be that awful. But for a lot of people, who simply do not care about the "broader conversation" this film sits within, there's just nothing else to talk about but how boring that particular Sunday was for them.
Matrix Resurrections was Terminator Genisys bad. It took real effort not to look away from the screen.
The action was weak with constant slow motion and no impact. Neo spends the whole movie spamming force pushes. Trinity's return made no sense and had zero buildup. Morpheus was turned into a meme. Smith was just some guy with no presence. The new crew was forgettable. The meta commentary was embarrassing and killed any immersion. It felt like the film hated being a Matrix movie and wanted out.
I'm pretty sure "hated being a Matrix movie and wanted out" is basically in the text of the film in the meta commentary at the beginning