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What's your favorite *bad* cyberpunk movie?(lemmy.zip)

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There are hundreds of lazy low-budget cyberpunk movies that flooded the (direct-to-video) market in the 80s and 90s. Stuff like Crime Zone, Nemesis, or Omega Doom. So what cyberpunk movies can you admit are objectively bad yet still hold a place in your heart?

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YaksDC@lemm.ee
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Freejack, with Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger and Anthony Hopkins.

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Che Banana@beehaw.org
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Oh shit man I still have this comic, 10 out of 10 never even looked at it, bought it on a whim with others and put it in a bag& board to keep it prestine

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KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
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Does Hackers (1995) count?

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BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org
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No, because Hackers is too awesome to be bad.

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SeedyOne@lemm.ee
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Along with Sneakers (1992), it’s still regarded as one of the most accurate hacking movies ever despite the over the top visuals (which were all practical, no CGI). Most of those social engineering tricks still work.

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Delphia@lemmy.world
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I genuinely want them to do hackers as a tv series. Keep the actual “hacking” as nonsense but keep the vibe and the counterculture fun.

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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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Dredd

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snooggums@midwest.social
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Dredd is awesome, and this is asking about bad movies.

Did you mean Judge Dredd?

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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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I must have skimmed over the bad part, you’re right

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nahuse@sh.itjust.works
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Johnny Mnemonic. Keanu Reeves. Henry Rollins. Fuckin… a bright orange videocassette with Keanu Reeves but his head is the tape of the movie.

It’s honestly amazing. And his rant about room service was peak Keanu.

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circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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Cyborg (1989) is a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie that I would say is technically cyberpunk. It’s bad but also super entertaining.

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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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