Been getting on a Cyberpunk binge lately because of the Cyberpunk 2077 video game. Here's a list of essentials I've been considering rewatching.
Of course, this all begs the question "what is Cyberpunk?" I do have a definition, which is very basic -- there's Cyberstuff (cyborgs, hacking, “the ‘net”) and there's Punks (Roy Batty and The Replicants, Kaneda and his gang, Tetsuo the Iron Man). This is why I didn't include A Clockwork Orange (not cyber enough) or THX 1138 (not punk enough). There are, however, exemptions. Ex Machina, for example, is something I would consider Cyberpunk except there aren't really any punks, even if you could make the case for Sonoya Mizuno being a punk. In the end, it's…
Been getting on a Cyberpunk binge lately because of the Cyberpunk 2077 video game. Here's a list of essentials I've been considering rewatching.
Of course, this all begs the question "what is Cyberpunk?" I do have a definition, which is very basic -- there's Cyberstuff (cyborgs, hacking, “the ‘net”) and there's Punks (Roy Batty and The Replicants, Kaneda and his gang, Tetsuo the Iron Man). This is why I didn't include A Clockwork Orange (not cyber enough) or THX 1138 (not punk enough). There are, however, exemptions. Ex Machina, for example, is something I would consider Cyberpunk except there aren't really any punks, even if you could make the case for Sonoya Mizuno being a punk. In the end, it's like porn: hard to define, but you know it when you see it.
TAKE NOTE: when I put one movie from a franchise, it usually means that whole franchise is worth checking out (Blade Runner and Tron especially, Robocop and Matrix not as much). If I put a sequel or a remake, it means that particular movie is the superior one.
