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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:

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I'll admit as a kid I never watched Phantom 2040 mostly due to his boring purple outfit. If he had a cooler costume I probably would've watched it because otherwise it's crime fighting in a cyberpunk city, which I'm a fan of.

So have any of you watched it? Is it any good? I worry that being a saturday morning cartoon from the 90s means it'll just be basic childish plots resolved within 20 minutes. I mean, Spider-Man Unlimited has Spider-Man getting trapped in a cyberpunk city of human/animal hybrids with a spider-suit made of nanomachines and yet the execution was mostly boring. So I expect Phantom 2040 probably isn't worth watching.

Here's the intro. I happened to notice the show because the entire series is currently streaming on Amazon Prime, YouTube, Roku, and Pluto. And there's also a SNES game which I've heard good things about.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I think they're both based on comic books and 2040 is just a futuristic reboot.