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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:

Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.

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Do you consider Demolition Man to be cyberpunk? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Demolition Man takes place in a world with a large income gap, where the rich (or at least the middle class) live on the surface while the poor (or at least those wanting to be "free") live underground. And there's a lot of futuristic tech involved (like cyber sex!). But this is primarily a story about political correctness in a police state and it doesn't include any all-powerful corporations (aside from Taco Bell, of course). So what do you think? Do you consider Demolition Man to be cyberpunk?

Here's a trailer. It isn't streaming anywhere right now though.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's kind of "Cyberpunk for Dummies".

[–] Delphia 3 points 8 months ago

See... I kind of think you're right on this because I am of the perfect age to have seen this when I was about 10 and I'd call it a "Fisher Price - My first dystopian future" because you can understand the themes without being scared by them. Its friendly and paletable cyberpunk

It would be a great intro into the idea of cyberpunk and some of the themes for a kid of about that age.