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Cyberpunk films (Genre/Form Term)

Preferred form: Cyberpunk films
Used for/see from:
  • Cyberprep films
  • Cyberpunk science fiction films
  • Post-cyberpunk films
  • Postcyberpunk films
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Work cat.: Blade runner (Motion picture : Final cut). Blade runner, 2007.

Film criticism, fall 1996: p. 1 (Ridley Scott's 1982 film Blade Runner; the first truly cyberpunk film)

An introduction to cyberpunk films, via YouTube, viewed Jan. 24, 2019 (cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction; it visualises a high-tech dystopian future, where the line between virtual and physical reality is blurred; films like Runner, Ghost in the Shell, Total Recall, and RoboCop; some focus on the cyber aspect and others are more interested in the punk element; computers are everywhere, the Internet is ubiquitous; androids and cybernetic body augmentation are ordinary, and humans occupy cyberspace as much as they occupy real space)

Wojnar, Z. 13 best cyberpunk movies of all time, via Screen rant website, posted Jun 08, 2016, viewed Jan. 24, 2019 (Cyberpunk is science fiction, often set in a dystopian future, in which society is dominated, for better or worse, by computers and the internet. Rather than direct government overlords, society-at-large is usually controlled by mega-corporations who skew the balance of power away from the poor and needy, fueling tensions and inspiring revolution. The people are represented by radical groups using their soldiers--or hackers--to shock the system. The internet is used as a great equalizer, a weapon of the oppressed to even the playing field against their tormentors. Then again, the danger of computers taking over society and our daily lives is often a theme in the genre. Aesthetically, Cyberpunk often borrows from the film-noir detective genre, but with vivid splashes of electronic neons and proliferation of wildly sci-fi technologies. Cybernetically-enhanced humans coexist with their unaugmented brethren, but a looming sense of foreboding hangs above everyone; a Cyberpunk world, if not already in full-scale urban warfare, is always on the brink of one revolution or another. Finally, Cyberpunk is empowering to outcasts, misfits, minorities, and other people who are so often characterized as "less than." In Cyberpunk, anyone can be powerful, as long as their computer software is up to date.)

The Matrix trilogy : cyberpunk reloaded, 2005: pp. 126-127 (post-millennial cyberpunk film; race in cyberpunk film) p. 149 (cyberpunk films)

TV tropes website, Jan. 24, 2019 (Post-Cyberpunk, aka: Cyberprep. Post-Cyberpunk picks up where Cyberpunk left off. Whereas cyberpunk is/was a Darker and Edgier riposte to older Science Fiction, intended to portray what might happen if we don't all destroy ourselves, Post-Cyberpunk is intended to present a less pessimistic and more realistic vision. Where Cyberpunk is anti-corporate and anti-government, Post-Cyberpunk is willing to give both parties redeeming features; Postcyberpunk involves reconstruction of concepts Cyberpunk deconstructed, or deconstruction of Cyberpunk Tropes (such as the Dystopia); what Post-Cyber Punk has that separates it from pure-Cyberpunk works, is an emphasis on positive socialization; Cyberpunk characters frequently seek to topple or exploit corrupt social orders. Postcyberpunk characters tend to seek ways to live in, or even strengthen, an existing social order, or help construct a better one)

Science fiction films that depict the relationship between human beings and the rapid advancement and omnipresence of technology, which leads to a radical change in the social order.