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Cyberpunk

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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:

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“In Los Angeles 2099, Cora lived her entire life on the run, a chameleon forced to adopt numerous identities. To secure a stable future for her brother, she assumes one final identity and is forced to partner with Olwen, a Replicant who’s confronting the end of her life.”

https://collider.com/blade-runner-2099-filming-wrapped/

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The director is not Denis Villeneuve, its someone who has never directed a movie before :(

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Ugh! Well, I guess that's the end of that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Amazon Prime Movie is the new straight-to-video.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a tv miniseries, not a movie.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Most Amazon Prime miniseries are the new straight to the SciFi channel.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

is this real?? I cant take it seriously with that googly eye on her forehead.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that's a shot from "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ok that is better, I thought these were all from the show and I was like.... am I missing something here. Thank you, I was.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Zero of the three images are from the movie in question. Even the one on the left is of Ryan Gosling's character in BR2049.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It's a tv miniseries, not a movie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Probably because ‘@DiscussingFilm’ on twitter either doesn't have access to or there just aren’t any promo stills.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I wouldn't give this a whole lot of hope since this is Amazon. They managed to even make Wheel of Time OK at best.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

"Ok at best" is generous...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Okay? OKAY? It was awful! Truly horrendous. What a terrible outcome for such a beloved book series. Their show runner should never be allowed to run anything except commercials after that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

OK at the very best. Look, I am hurt, too, and I had wished for the series to exist for a long time. The only reason I said it was OK (in spots) was because at times it looked cool at times and there are people out there that care about that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That show was an abortion of television. Robert Jordan is doing barrel rolls in his grave.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that’s why you haven’t seen any Sanderson adaptations yet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sanderson was doing his best to wash his hands of it when it was released. He publicly stated that his opinion was ignored, and that he won't do any TV or movies unless he's given more control. Imagine the hubris required to ignore the best living modern fantasy writer, a writer who actually worked with Jordan on the series, and wrote the last 2.5 books, and instead rewrite the script to just do your own thing. Truly mind boggling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah I don’t know if their idea was to court people who haven’t read the books, but this just leads to alienation of book readers and they failed to create a good show to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

That is likely the most award winning googly eye of all time

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Is this another one of those second screen experiences? I can't get excited about these direct to streaming movies no matter how big the names and budget. Damn fools did it to themselves.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

It's a tv miniseries, not a movie.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Its probably going to be trash anyway. BR2049 was really good. I also didn't know that it was released in tje same year the original blade runner was released. So much artistic talent and care was put into BR2049 and that's clearly not going to be the case here.

Like there were so many hidden things in BR2049. Such as the issues about AI and Joi.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I'm... cautiously optimistic due to Fallout being a good amazon prime show.

[–] SplashJackson 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didn't they already make this movie with the guy from Breaker High?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It's a tv miniseries, not a movie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I am intrigued to see Hunter Schafer in it. I'll give it a shot.