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Cyberpunk Documentary PART 1 | Neuromancer, Blade Runner, Shadowrun, Akira

Let’s take a journey back to the 1980’s and beyond, to discover the origins of the Cyberpunk movement, in literature, cinema, television, video games, comics and more! In this documentary miniseries, we will discover the wonders of Cyberpunk, dating back to the 1940’s, all the way through 1989, with each successive episode taking on a new decade.

Co-written by Shalashaskka
https://www.youtube.com/c/Shalashaskka

0:02:19 – The Origins of Cyberpunk
0:04:14 – PROTO-PUNK
0:04:58 – Philip K. Dick
0:05:30 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
0:06:25 – Colossus: The Forbin Project
0:07:03 – Westworld
0:08:53 – The Long Tomorrow, Métal Hurlant
0:09:21 – 2000 AD, Judge Dredd
0:09:51 – Early cyberpunk authors, where the term came from
0:11:09 – FUTURE NOIR
0:11:25 – Blade Runner
0:18:49 – Syd Mead
0:19:55 – TRON
0:20:55 – Neuromancer
0:24:55 – CHAIN REACTION
0:25:20 – Cyberpunk, the tabletop game
0:26:07 – Shadowrun
0:29:08 – WarGames
0:29:28 – Trancers
0:29:56 – The Terminator
0:31:02 – Blade Runner, the game
0:32:04 – Max Headroom
0:33:55 – RoboCop
0:36:22 – RoboCop, the game
0:36:45 – The Running Man
0:37:38 – Bubblegum Crisis
0:38:10 – Akira
0:39:07 – VIRTUAL WORLDS
0:39:21 – Snatcher
0:41:50 – Neuromancer, the game
0:43:52 – Cyberpunk as a genre, literary symposium

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MUSIC CREDITS

Outro music: ‘Flight Path’ by Kuedo
http://www.kuedo.co.uk/

Stock music licensed through http://www.EpidemicSound.com

Intro music is ‘Insomniac’ by Matt Large – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCRjagL6rhU

YouTube Audio Library:
‘Back Streets of Seoul’ by MK2
‘Descent’ by Houses of Heaven
‘Direct to Video’ by Chris Zabriskie
‘Dreamer’ by DivKid
‘Dreams Electric’ by Geographer
‘Frequency’ by Silent Partner
‘Lament Golden Light’ by Devon Church
‘Mist’ by Odonis Odonis
‘Virtual Light’ by Houses of Heaven
‘Where Are My Clothes’ by The 129ers

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FOOTAGE CREDITS

B.A.T. footage by ankokumen | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAe8z5-MR9A

Neuromancer cyberspace gameplay by Crowley9 |
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCirKbPmlwMDPvIYiJmetRsA

Snatcher footage by GoggleBoxFairy | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrmEaL6i1Jc

RoboCop MAME footage by bubufufu and Si0r:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxjZ0UA21ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPXH86yh6cI

Blade Runner, Tron art by Syd Mead:
http://sydmead.com/

Neuromancer 3D artwork rendition by Rafael Moco:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ZLR5X

Circuit’s Edge gameplay by MDCore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=titfH1NxjZ4

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SOURCES

Gardner Dozois
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1984/12/30/science-fiction-in-the-eighties/526c3a06-f123-4668-9127-33e33f57e313/