Why are you calling this documentary cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk
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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What I love about this movie is that despite the dystopian society, the writers still have an optimistic (naive?) take on things. IIRC once the news reporter gets the evidence and the truth comes out, the evil corporation is somehow thwarted.
I absolutely never thought of that movie again since I watched it early 90's on TV. For one second I even doubted I saw it. Now I need to rewatch it 😁
Lol, so many zingers in the old Schwarzenegger movies.
"Here is Sub-zero! Now... Plain Zero!"
"Killian, I'll be back."
"Only in a rerun."
I would lean a little more dystopian. I think it’s missing some of the cooler aspects of cyberpunk.
Thank you, that makes me feel better about questioning it myself. It has a lot of things that could definitely be considered cyberpunk but other things that really don't fit.
The Stephen King novel that this is based on is one of his best stories, IMHO. It's way less "action movie" and more focused on the dystopian society. A sub-plot involves dispossessed youths who are teaching themselves about technology, but there's no cyberspace involved. If you read it, skip King's introduction, there's a major spoiler there.
I remember two things about it. One was that they did a 9/11, and the other was that King wrote it under a pen name, Richard Bachman, under which he also wrote a book called, "Rage", about a school shooter, which he eventually pulled from publishing because it appeared to have been read by a fair amount of school shooters and he didn't want to inspire any more.
It's always interesting to watch movies with Jessie Ventura in them. You can kinda see his downfall from being a big buff wrestler to just being a politician.