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Tag Archives: Cyberpunk
Déjà Vu All Over Again
The Matrix, resurrected By John Semley Source: The Baffler MIDWAY THROUGH 1999’S THE MATRIX, Keanu Reeves’s hacker-cum-cyberpunk-messiah Neo sees a black cat shivering in a doorway. Then, he sees it again. “Woah,” he utters, in that trademark, flat Keanu Reeves way. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, media, Oligarchy, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged biotechnology, Carrie-Anne Moss, corporate media, culture, Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Keanu Reeves, Lana Wachowski, popular entertainment, Postmodernism, Science fiction, society, Technocracy, technology, The Matrix, The Matrix Resurrections
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Saturday Matinee: Split!
Fractal Accidents: Attachment and Agency in Chris Shaw’s ‘Split’ By Jonathan Lukens Source: We Are the Mutants As a young man, I felt that most people conceived of memory differently than I did, believing that failures of memory were errors … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Chris Shaw, Cult Film, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Split!
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Saturday Matinee: Ghost in the Shell
“Ghost in the Shell” (1995) is a cyberpunk anime directed by Mamoru Oshii and based on the manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow. Set in 2029 Japan, the plot centers on Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg public-security agent hunting … Continue reading
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Tagged Anime, Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Ghost in the Shell, Mamoru Oshii, Masamune Shirow, sci-fi
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Cyberpunk is Dead
By John Semley Source: The Baffler “It was an embarrasser; what did I want? I hadn’t thought that far ahead. Me, caught without a program!” —Bruce Bethke, “Cyberpunk” (1983) Held annually in a downtown L.A. convention center so massive and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, media, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Akira, Blade Runner, corporatocracy, culture, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2077, Cyborg, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dystopia, E3, Japanese Cinema, Johnny Mnemonic, Katsuhiro Otomo, Keanu Reeves, media, Neal Stephenson, Neuromancer, Philip K. Dick, PKD, Science fiction, Shinya Tsukamoto, Snow Crash, society, Technocracy, technology, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Total Recall, William Gibson
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Cyberpunk: The Human Condition amid High-tech Alienation and Urban Dystopia
By Raymond Lam Source: BuddhistDoor.net I love the seashore and the countryside, but I have spent most of my life in cities, with little to no time spent in the country. I grew up in Brisbane, Australia (which, despite its … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, media, Philosophy, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Buddhism, Consciousness, culture, Cyberpunk, Dystopia, J.G. Ballard, Literature, media, Philosophy, Science fiction, society, technology
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Cyberpunk is Now and No One Knows What to Do With It
By Pattern Theory Source: Modern Mythology Cyberpunk broke science fiction. Creeping in alongside the commercialization of the internet, it extrapolated the corruption and dysfunction of its present into a brutal and interconnected future that remained just a heartbeat away. Cyberpunk … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, elites, Film, media, society, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Art, Blade Runner, CD Projekt Red, Code 46, corporatocracy, culture, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2077, Dystopia, film, Ghost in the Shell, Hyper-Reality, Keiichi Matsuda, media, Mr. Robot, Neuromancer, Science fiction, society, Technocracy, technology, William Gibson
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Initial Thoughts on Blade Runner 2049
Upon hearing early reports of a planned Blade Runner sequel a couple years ago, I felt both anticipation and dread. I considered it a singular vision which didn’t necessarily need a sequel, yet could understand the desire to re-immerse oneself … Continue reading
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Tagged Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, culture, Cyberpunk, Denis Villeneuve, Dystopia, film, Hampton Fancher, Harrison Ford, media, Philip K. Dick, sci-fi, Science fiction, society
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David Cronenberg’s Videodrome Was a Technology Prophecy
Editor’s note: Since today marks director David Cronenberg’s 73rd birthday, it’s a good time to appreciate one of his greatest and most notorious works. Though my favorite of his remains the distinctly PKD-like eXistenZ, a close runner up is the … Continue reading