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Posted by on Apr-22-2008 20:50:

what are the best cyberpunk movies? ( anime and live action )

what do you think?

Posted by RJT on Apr-22-2008 20:53:

Is there specific criteria for what counts as "cyberpunk"?

I ask because I genuinely don't know.

Posted by jdat on Apr-22-2008 21:20:

quote:
Originally posted by RJT
Is there specific criteria for what counts as "cyberpunk"?

I ask because I genuinely don't know.

look it up

to quote wikipediatrics:
Cyberpunk is a science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life."

there's usually lotsa techy and hackerish scum roaming about

william gibson writes THE books about the subject.

Posted by RJT on Apr-22-2008 21:21:

definitions of genres are meaningless on ta.

Posted by jdat on Apr-22-2008 21:28:

quote:
Originally posted by RJT
definitions of genres are meaningless on ta.

you're just my style

Posted by RJT on Apr-22-2008 21:29:

I don't know, does Blade Runner qualify here then as well?

Hackers?

Posted by jdat on Apr-22-2008 21:38:

quote:
Originally posted by RJT
I don't know, does Blade Runner qualify here then as well?

Hackers?

blade runner yes

hackers ... dunno ... but apparently that movie is pure rubbish

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Apr-22-2008 23:05:

quote:
Originally posted by RJT
Is there specific criteria for what counts as "cyberpunk"?

I ask because I genuinely don't know.

its a subgenre of fantasy that includes the ability for humans to interface with machines, normally at a neural level.

Posted by Audious on Apr-22-2008 23:16:

The Matrix
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Johnny Mnenomic (Movie sucks, but it's the closest you're gonna get to that genre)
Blade Runner

Posted by Mmanu on Apr-22-2008 23:18:

^^^ true about Johnny Mnemonic, well at least Takeshi Kitano's in it.

Blade Runner
Ghost in the shell, but that's animation.. Robocop and Terminator ( the first one ) are kind of cyberpunk. Mad Max(1) was a cool movie as well.

Posted by Audious on Apr-22-2008 23:19:

Really, your best bet would be to look up a Shadowrun forum. They have a metric shitfuck of threads like this.

http://forums.dumpshock.com/
http://forums.s-run.com/

Posted by kadomony on Apr-22-2008 23:26:

i liked Hackers

Posted by on Apr-22-2008 23:38:

I would say Blade Runner, Ghost in the shell and maybe some other anime like Cyber City Odeo 808 and Genocyber

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Apr-22-2008 23:53:

Termintor isn't even remotely cyberpunk.

For anyone that can read, if you love your cyberpunk then you can't go past "snow crash".

Posted by Audious on Apr-23-2008 00:18:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
For anyone that can read, if you love your cyberpunk then you can't go past "snow crash".

Halfway through it as we speak. It's awesome.

Posted by on Apr-23-2008 00:52:

yeah but I said movies

snow crash is just a book

I am sure its cool though .. I am just saying

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Apr-23-2008 01:10:

quote:
Originally posted by avalon warrior
yeah but I said movies

snow crash is just a book

I am sure its cool though .. I am just saying

like i give two fucks about you.

Posted by kadomony on Apr-23-2008 01:21:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Termintor isn't even remotely cyberpunk.

For anyone that can read, if you love your cyberpunk then you can't go past "snow crash".

probably my fav fiction book of all time
epic!

Posted by Silky Johnson on Apr-23-2008 01:24:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
like i give two fucks about you.

lol

Posted by bas on Apr-23-2008 01:25:

quote:
Originally posted by jdat
william gibson writes THE books about the subject.

Posted by bas on Apr-23-2008 01:28:

Oh and Mad Max isn't cyberpunk

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome would be closer, but still no not really.

Aeon Flux
Akira
Existenz (kinda)
Fifth Element (kinda)
Freejack
Scanners
Lawnmower Man (kinda)

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Apr-23-2008 01:42:

listen to bas. he knows what cyberpunk is.

Though im disappointed RJT hasn�t blundered in here with his own weirdo definitions that he loves so very much

Posted by idoru on Apr-23-2008 01:45:

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
like i give two fucks about you.

I don't think I've ever seen a better response from you.

Posted by kadomony on Apr-23-2008 01:46:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
Existenz (kinda)

oh dude NICE call!

great one

the tooth gun

Posted by idoru on Apr-23-2008 01:48:

I suppose it's worth noting to find Idoru by William Gibson.

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