What's Good Cyber Punk?

[Bolt]

I'm a big fan of the Cyberpunk species (as you might have picked up from my avatar); I'm not all that familiar with Cyberpunk literature or art beyond the scope of H.R. Giger, but here are some of my favorite Cyberpunk films:

-Cowboy Bebop (Shinichiro Watanabe)
-Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
-Tetsuo The Iron Man (Shiya Tsukamoto)
-Alive (Ryuhei Kitamura)
-Brazil (Terry Gilliam)
-Cube (Vincenzo Natali)
-The Animatrix (Various; better than the actual film series)
-Videodrome (David Cronenberg)
-Alien (Ridley Scott; of course)
-Dark City (Alex Proyas)
-Avalon (Mamoru Oshii)
-Casshern (Kazuaki Kiriya)
-Electric Dragon: 80,000 Volts (Sogo Ishii)
-Renaissance (Christian Volckman)

As for the severely limited selection of Cyberpunk writing I am familiar with, the late Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" is a fantastic, weird, nihilistic short story, and George Orwell's dystopian classic 1984 is a must. Also, I'm not sure if it exactly qualifies as Cyberpunk, but Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451 is mandatory reading for those interested in dystopian future novellas.

 

[OverdrivePrime]

"Harrison Bergeron"

I knew that story was real! I remember reading it in 8th grade or something and really liking it. Hadn't been able to find a trace of it since.

Great suggestions here, guys!

I'm well-acquainted with Bubblegum Crisis, but will definitely be looking into Tetsuo the Iron Man, and plan on picking up Neuromancer, Snow Crash and a couple other titles from the book store, and will see if I can rent anything evocative from Blockbuster tonight! :buttrock:

 

[Keith Justice]

And that podcast I pointed out that talks about Shadowrun and Cyber Punk RPG'ing specifically?

Or podcasts just really not your thing?

 

[OverdrivePrime]

And that podcast I pointed out that talks about Shadowrun and Cyber Punk RPG'ing specifically?

Or podcasts just really not your thing?

Podcasts just always seem like too much effort to listen to! :redface2:

 

[Keith Justice]

Podcasts just always seem like too much effort to listen to! :redface2:

Answer: accepted.

But.... how? Seems like the best way to take in more information while driving.

 

[OverdrivePrime]

First I gotta download the file. Then I gotta transfer it to my iPod. That takes at least two clicks and a drag. Probably takes around five minutes too!

The real reason is that I can't hook up my iPod to my car stereo, and I'm paranoid about wearing headphones or earbuds while I drive, since I think it cuts down on my vehicular awareness.

 

[Keith Justice]

Ooooh yeah..... I got a FM transmitter. Fergot about that.

 

[Bolt]

"Harrison Bergeron"

I knew that story was real! I remember reading it in 8th grade or something and really liking it. Hadn't been able to find a trace of it since.

Yeah, it's a great short story. It's actually got some Toku-like vibes going on too, some of you guys would really dig it.

but will definitely be looking into Tetsuo the Iron Man

When you do, just make sure you don't expect to, like, understand it or anything. The whole thing is a practice in surrealism, and some of the imagery is fairly disturbing, so be warned!

 

[Remi Leopold]

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
For the fucking win.

Also; If you're getting into Cyberpunk and wanna RP Shadowrun or any other Cyberpunk based RP, you should listen to some industrial too.
Front 242, Skinny Puppy, Nitzer Ebb, Neubauten, and *hides from elitist rivetheads* Nine Inch Nails too.

Also; the Borg = DEFINITION OF CYBERPUNK

 

[DigDoug]

If you're gonna watch Tetsuo: The Iron Man, then just be aware that there are many parts (one in particular comes to mind) that you may wanna keep a barf bag around for. Even if you've seen every gory psychological horror movie ever made except Tetsuo, then you're still gonna feel at least a little uneasy :sick: