Why The Matrix Defined a Generation of Sci-Fi Cinema
When my students inevitably groan, “Sir, do we have to read another textbook about movies having deep philosophical meanings,” I crack open my copy of...
Cyberpunk Aesthetic
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Blade Runner 2049 Review The Sequel Nobody Believed Could Work
Blade Runner 2049 Review: A Sequel We Didn’t Think Could Exist Hi folks! It’s Kathleen here again, and I just have to take a moment...
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Ex Machina Review The AI Thriller That Gets More Unsettling Every Year
Ex Machina Review: This AI Thriller Is More Disturbing Every Year Ok, full disclosure: When I first screened this movie for my Year 12 Film...
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Snow Crash Review Neal Stephensons Chaotic Cyberpunk Satire Predicted The Metaverse
Snow Crash first hit my desk in 1992, just as I was starting to get sick of reading dreary cyberpunk novels trying to replicate Neuromancer....
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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep Review The Philip K Dick Novel That Became Blade Runner
“Blade Runner is essentially everything you need to know about Dick.” Luna is forever yelling this from our screenwriting room’s rooftops while Dylan just stares...
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Neuromancer Review William Gibsons Cyberpunk Bible Still Reads Like A Fever Dream
Alright, it’s Luna here again and I need to hash something out because team Lunacon is having some serious disagreements about Neuromancer . Dylan swears...
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Why We Keep Coming Back to Rain-Soaked Streets and Neon Dreams
Look, I know what you movie folks think when I say I’m “into cyberpunk” right now. You’ll eye-roll me when I bring up Blade Runner...
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How Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner Taught This Engineer to Appreciate Science Fiction as Art
It was 1983 and my wife rented the movie Blade Runner on VHS – at that time video rental stores were relatively new and renting...
