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Tag Archives: Cyberpunk
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
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video
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
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, media, Philosophy, society
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
The Role of Dystopian Fiction in a Dystopian World
By Luther Blissett and J. F. Sebastian of Arkesoul A few years ago, Neal Stephenson wrote a widely-shared article called Innovation Starvation for the World Policy Institute. He began the piece lamenting our inability to fulfill the hopes and dreams … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, History, media, Philosophy, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Art, civilization, culture, Cyberpunk, Dystopia, environment, Government, language, media, Philosophy, sci-fi, Science fiction, society, technology, Utopia
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Skynet Ascendant
By Cory Doctorow Source: Locus Online As I’ve written here before, science fiction is terrible at predicting the future, but it’s great at predicting the present. SF writers imagine all the futures they can, and these futures are processed by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Film, History, media, Philosophy, Social Control, society, Technology
Tagged Corporations, corporatocracy, Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Income Inequality, The Matrix, The Terminator, Thomas Piketty, Wealth Disparity
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