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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:

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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[Movie] Johnny Mnemonic (1995) (yewtu.be)

submitted 7 months ago by Rolando@lemmy.world to c/cyberpunk@lemmy.zip

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--==J 0 H N N Y M N 3 M 0 N 1 C==--

"One more run, Johnny..."

"SNATCH BACK YOUR BRAIN, ZOMBIE!!! SNATCH IT BACK AND HOLD IT!!!"

"Hit me!"

"What's going on, Ralphie? This sounds like a blown deal, man!"

"I WANT to get online... I NEED a computer!!!"

"Initiate the virus!"

"I could crash you from here, man! Wipe out your entire fucking board!"

"Information overload! All the electronics around you poisoning the airwaves! Technological fucking civilization! But we still have all this shit. Because we can't live without it..."

With:

a young Keanu Reeves in his underwear,
Ice-T,
Henry Rollins,
Dina Meyer
Dolph Lundgren,
and "Beat" Takeshi Kitano.

Screenplay by William Gibson

Featuring Turkish subtitles, to evade copyright strikes from the corporate bots that are continually prowling cyberspace! Jack in to your portable network device, and stream this data straight to your in-skull neural network! ...if you have the memory for it...

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[–] Manos@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I watched this again recently after finally reading the short-story it's based on. Even with the author writing the screenplay, it doesn't stand up to the original. It's a smaller story, but that brings the focus on these great characters, especially Molly (aka Jane from the movie). The movie really doesn't do her character justice. Her climactic fight scene at the end really stands out.

I'd encourage anybody to track down William Gibson's "Neuromancer" or "Burning Chrome" (the collection of stories Johnny Mnemonic comes from) if you haven't read them already.

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah the wikipedia page talks about how the Gibson and the director wanted to make a small-budget ironic art film, but the studio wanted to make a blockbuster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)

[–] Manos@lemm.ee -1 points 7 months ago

Just read that in the x-post in another community. That all makes sense, and was missed opportunity.