Hell, I was originally going to run with this premise covering Black Panther, convinced by the footage of a nanosuit-clad juggernaut engaging in a high-speed car chase through the streets of Seoul, one of the most cyberpunk cities on the planet, that it would dig deep into cyberpunk tech and aesthetics while leaving the themes behind as Disney had similarly done with Tron: Legacy.
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After all, when the inbred universes spawned by Marvel and Star Wars inevitably come crashing down, what seems most likely at this point to take the science fiction throne other than cyberpunk itself? In terms of film, it and its imitators are already filling the spaces between the aforementioned super blockbuster franchises, nearly brimming over in the current sci-fi zeitgeist, seemingly beating out space operas, post-apocalyptic action flicks, and retrofuturism. And, at the risk of sounding as elitist as Ernest Cline, this may not be a good thing. Am I safe from the conglomerates mining my data now?!Īccurate portrayal of my current living conditions.Īnyways, my point is that cyberpunk is becoming something of a buzzword. After all, we here at Neon Dystopia pride ourselves on staying on the cutting edge of cyberpunk news, but it’s hard to stay on top of all that from my cabin in the boonies where the Hughesnet is slow as molasses and I get all my ‘zines delivered to my doorstep on a bi-weekly basis via a three-hour hike. You probably know all about Altered Carbon’s first season by now, but since we here at Neon Dystopia partook in some rigorous soul-searching, I’m ready to jump on the Takeshi Kovacs bandwagon months after everyone else has stopped talking about it. I know I’m kinda coming out of the gate with a message that pretty directly contradicts what I was saying just a little while back, but damn, guys, it’s been a rough few months. All modern science fiction is, or wants to be, cyberpunk, until the mainstream tosses it away like a used tissue after rubbing one out.
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Haven’t you heard? Cyberpunk is cool now! Cyberpunk is what all the edgy, rebellious kids are into these days.