Cyberpunk

I don't know anything about this game other than what's in the trailer, but it reminds me a lot of Anno: Mutationem with its 2.5D pixel art style and (what appears to be) "exploration" sections completely separate from the "combat" sections. Who knows, maybe this game will have random combat encounters while also exploring, but in Anno: Mutationem those two styles were almost two separate games. You would be locked in a 2d-plane during combat but had 3d movement when exploring.

Anyway, Anno: Mutationem was a Chinese-made game; this game is Brazilian-made and takes place in Sao Paulo. If that means anything to you.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3066300/Sky_Dust/

In the year 2057, a greedy CEO takes control of the Earth, and it's up to his rebellious daughter and a cyberpunk hacker to save mankind.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20918378/

• the link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe88RsahSsA
• another link, this is the one I watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fEsMHphNZc but looks like it's only available in Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and United States of America (the other one is unrestricted)
• I think this is the link if you want to pay to watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53flivF9GNI
• some behind-the-scenes video from the moviemakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbC_sh5McBM
• the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScbUCkG-Kuo

Does a hacker protagonist immediately make a movie cyberpunk? Can a movie be cyberpunk if it takes place in the modern day?

I had an online argument once with someone who thought Sneakers wasn't just a cyberpunk movie but essential viewing for the cyberpunk genre. I don't consider Sneakers to be cyberpunk, or even a very good movie, so that argument was crazy to me. But maybe I was being too much of a gatekeeper; maybe other people consider Sneakers to be cyberpunk.

At least WarGames had a curious high schooler hacker rather than a bunch of old guys in suits hacking, but I wouldn't really consider either movie to be cyberpunk. Are they cyberpunk-adjacent though? Are cyberpunk fans likely to enjoy WarGames or Sneakers?

Here's a trailer for WarGames. You can watch it on Max. Fun fact: when Ronald Reagan watched WarGames, he asked his staff whether something like that could actually happen. They looked into it and came back to say "The problem is much worse than you think." This led to the creation of the first National Security Directive regarding computer security.

Here's a trailer for Sneakers. I'm not aware of any presidents having watched this movie. I don't think it's streaming anywhere either.

I know I seem to be posting a lot of Netflix shows lately, but I really just post anytime I come across a new cyberpunk-looking trailer and I can't help if they've all been on Netflix lately. I swear it's just a coincidence.

Anyway, this Tomorrow And I show looks like an anthology of cyberpunk stories just like Black Mirror. The trailer looks interesting at least. Coming to Netflix on December 4.

I've seen people recommending Pantheon a lot but I've never had a chance to watch it. It's never been available for streaming on any of the services I have. But, the series will be added to Netflix tomorrow (Friday) in the US so I'll finally get a chance to see it. I figured I'd share in case there are others who haven't seen it.

As far as I know, it's about people's consciousnesses being uploaded to cyberspace. Sounds cyberpunk to me.

Fantasy/Cyberpunk anime currently ongoing in Japan and the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Lord_2099#Anime

As far as I can tell, there isn't a trailer for this anime on youtube but there is a trailer on its Netflix page so that's what I'm linking here.

The synopsis is:

When a lonely hacker gets entangled with a group of underground couriers, they uncover the dark truth lurking beneath Tokyo's seemingly perfect facade.

That sounds perfectly cyberpunk and I'm interested. But the trailer looks.... like a kids cartoon? Yet Netflix is calling it TV-MA? I really don't know what to think of this. I'll definitely watch it (I'm a sucker for anything cyberpunk) but I've got my expectations pretty low on this one.

It'll be available on Netflix on November 21.

What was the first cyberpunk video game you played? Were you playing the point & click adventure games back on DOS? Shadowrun on SNES? Deus Ex on PC? Or did you just recently discover this thing called "cyberpunk" with Cyberpunk 2077?

I'm curious how long everyone here has been into cyberpunk.

Keep in mind this was over 30 years ago. The very first Doom was was still a year away, there were no cell phones, and the internet was still something that only geeks knew anything about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film)

Molli and Max in the Future is a strange movie. It's basically When Harry Met Sally but set in a cyberpunk world. So the main plot of the story is the various chance encounters between Molli and Max throughout the years and eventually realizing love was right in front of them the whole time (obviously, I mean, that's not exactly a spoiler).

While this movie doesn't really have any cyberpunk themes, the visuals are very cyberpunk.

They spend time together in cyberspace while dressed like Tron:

They have a date in their cyberpunk city:

And there's a part in the movie where Max becomes a mecha fighter and dates his mech's AI.

So even though this is primarily a movie about finding love, the visuals were cyberpunk enough to keep me interested and a lot of the comedy bits worked for me. I don't know, I won't say I loved this movie so it isn't exactly a strong recommendation, but I wanted to bring it to people's attention just in case there are others out there who are more interested in rom-coms than I am. I've complained before about Amazon's tv series Upload and how I wish it wasn't a rom-com and spent more time exploring the cyberpunk world instead. This is very similar. It's a fun (comedic) cyberpunk world but the story is focused on two people falling in love. And I'm just not a rom-com type of person. So I can't say whether this movie is good or bad, I just know it isn't for me.

But, decide for yourself. Here's a trailer, and it's currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Lemmy needs more content that isn't about US politics right now so I'm making a random post.

What's the most obscure cyberpunk movie you've seen? Name a cyberpunk movie you don't think anyone else has heard of.

I'm not saying you have to think it's a good movie (or that you even like it), I just want to discuss obscure, unknown cyberpunk movies. Come on, let's talk about something other than politics here.

Not a GREAT movie, but I think it's fun, and the idea is solid.

"the truth is, there's more than enough. no-one has to die before their time."

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In Time is a 2011 American science fiction action film written, produced, and directed by Andrew Niccol.

Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried star as inhabitants of a society that uses time from one's lifespan as its primary currency, with each individual possessing a clock on their arm that counts down how long they have to live. Cillian Murphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Olivia Wilde, Matt Bomer, Johnny Galecki, and Alex Pettyfer also star.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Time

Aside from the unfortunate name of "Virgin Punk" (which I think is a terrible name), this looks like a fairly standard anime about bounty hunters in a cyberpunk world. It could be fun.

New Netflix original starring Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and Ke Huy Quan and the trailer has a slowed-down rock song. Perfect recipe for success, right??

I'll admit I don't know anything about The Electric State but I guess it's based on a graphic novel. From this trailer, it looks mostly post-apocalyptic but there's a shot of people wearing VR helmets so who knows, maybe there's some cyberpunk buried in there too.

I have no idea what this anime is about other than it appears to take place in a cyberpunk world and the main character seems to do parkour for... reasons. But it's from the creator of Cowboy Bebop (Shinichiro Watanabe) and I guess they got the director of the John Wick movies (Chad Stahleski) to choreograph the action sequences. So it'll probably be good.

I can't find any info about when it'll actually release, but sometime in 2025.

About half of these are cyberpunk, most of the rest are kinda steampunk I guess. The music is sorta weak so just listen to some synthwave instead lel.

When, at an important moment in the story of an anime, the quality of the animation improves drastically to make more impact or to be more dramatic or memorable, you can say that this moment is sakuga or has sakuga.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sakuga

I planned this book for 20 years, spent 4 years researching, writing, editing, and narrating it. The paperback, e-book, and audio versions will be available on October 21!

The link goes to Episode 1 of the 1994 live action TV series. See this playlist for all 22 episodes of Season 1. There was no Season 2; apparently ratings weren't that good. But it's not that bad, given the limitations of its TV budget.

RoboCop is a 1994 cyberpunk television series based on the RoboCop franchise. It stars Richard Eden as the title character. Made to appeal primarily to children and young teenagers, it lacks the graphic violence of the original film RoboCop and its sequel RoboCop 2 and is more in line with the tone of RoboCop 3.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(live_action_TV_series)

Finally a new action game based on Tron. Nothing against Tron: Identity but I'm not really a fan of visual novels. So I'm looking forward to this one.

As we said in the last millennum, "'Nuff said".

Come on now, if this had been posted in the 1980s, it'd be peak cyberpunk. Actually, it holds up today! Synthwave dudes rock.

Does anyone remember cyberpunkreview.com ? If so, does anyone know who Mr. Roboto actually was? :P

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Alternative link where I'm told the story is written better, but unfortunately has a signup wall and I'm not willing to sign up https://www.404media.co/paralyzed-jockey-loses-ability-to-walk-after-manufacturer-refuses-to-fix-battery-for-his-100-000-exoskeleton/

If you like podcasts and cyberpunk then I think the HTLL podcast is pretty enjoyable. It's just two guys re-watching/re-reading various cyberpunk works and then cracking open some beers and discussing it. They aren't experts and don't provide any real new insight, they just talk about what they liked and didn't like. Also, they'll recap the plot as part of their discussion so you don't need to have seen/read the works recently.

As someone who doesn't have anyone in real life that cares about cyberpunk, it's nice listening to a couple friends just informally chatting about the genre. And as far as a cyberpunk podcast goes, I'm not sure what else I'd want. Plus, it's fun listening to them trying to make sense of the plot of various terrible cyberpunk movies from the 90s.

You can listen to it anywhere that hosts podcasts, but I'm linking to their linktree here as a simple starting point.

A new animated Cyberpunk project has been announced for Netflix, and fans are already eager to return to Night City.