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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Happy Johnny Mnemonic Day! (lemmy.zip)

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Yes, I will gladly take any random date appearing in a cyberpunk movie as an excuse to post here.

Now go watch Johnny Mnemonic on Netflix.

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[–] toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is the movie I show people when I want to introduce them to cyberpunk. Its got everything: dark distopian future, cybernetics and transhumanism, rebelling against the system, cyberspace hacking, etc. AND its written by William gibson! Its the most direct adaptation of his neuromancer universe ever put to film!

There is a fancut floating around the net that includes deleted scenes that were rescued from a dumpster. However, in my opinion, the scenes dont add much and slow down the pace of the movie a bit too much.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Every time I watch the movie, I WANT to really like it, but it's just made kinda poorly. They totally messed up the tone. iirc the directors wanted to make a kinda lowkey ironic artsy film, but suddenly Keanu Reeves to big bc of Speed so the producers suddenly started adding money and demanding a blockbuster.

[–] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago

Here's a quick snippet from an interview with William Gibson in 2014:

“I was really fond of the film that I wrote and that Robert shot, but that wasn’t the film that Sony Image Works released. It’s a really extreme example of not being the director’s cut. It was written to be comic in its own way, and be a commentary on sci-fi films and how they are made. Keanu never played any of it straight because we didn’t want him to.”

So yeah, it sounds like Keanu's performance was intentional but then the studio messed with the movie so much that his performance didn't make sense anymore.

[–] aberrate_junior_beatnik@midwest.social 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I WANT ROOM SERVICE!!!

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago

“SNATCH BACK YOUR BRAIN, ZOMBIE!!! SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT!!!”

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 6 points 3 months ago

It's still available free on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkpBwCmfgyY

[–] teft@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The day of the week is wrong. It can’t be a thursday if the date is 5 years ago with one leap year. It was a sunday.

[–] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Now I don't remember where the movie is set, but 29°C? In January?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

 $ curl wttr.in
Weather report: Montevideo, Uruguay

      \   /     Clear
       .-.      +24(26) °C     
    ― (   ) ―   ↙ 13 km/h      
       `-’      10 km          
      /   \     0.0 mm         
                                                       ┌─────────────┐                                                       
┌──────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┤  Sat 17 Jan ├───────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│            Morning           │             Noon      └──────┬──────┘     Evening           │             Night            │
├──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│     \   /     Sunny          │     \   /     Sunny          │     \   /     Sunny          │  _`/"".-.     Patchy rain ne…│
│      .-.      +24(25) °C     │      .-.      +29(30) °C     │      .-.      +26(28) °C     │   ,\_(   ).   +23(25) °C     │
│   ― (   ) ―   ↓ 20-25 km/h   │   ― (   ) ―   ↘ 5-7 km/h     │   ― (   ) ―   ← 23-30 km/h   │    /(___(__)  ↙ 17-34 km/h   │
│      `-’      10 km          │      `-’      10 km          │      `-’      10 km          │      ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘  10 km          │
│     /   \     0.0 mm | 0%    │     /   \     0.0 mm | 0%    │     /   \     0.0 mm | 0%    │     ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘   0.2 mm | 100%  │
└──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘

[–] teft@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago

Could be anywhere around the equator or in the southern hemisphere.

But the film is set in Beijing for this shot so i’m guessing it’s just a play on global warming.

[–] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Doesn't the movie start with him in like Singapore or something then he flies to Newark?