Cyberpunk has always been hard to create and define.
I made a video to help!
Links to interesting stuff seen in the video:
Nerdwriter’s video on Ghost in the Shell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXTnl1FVFBw
Lessons from the Screenplay’s video on Blade Runner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tbvMzqk3F4
Matt Draper’s video on Blade Runner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkI8ceJMiNw
MrBTongue’s video on cyberpunk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXVO1HCNQ8M
Article by Ursula Le Guin on the downsides of extrapolation:
https://www.theliterarylink.com/leguinintro.html
Blogposts by Shaun Duke on how cyberpunk is not an aesthetic/visual medium:
http://shaunduke.net/cyberpunk-aestheticvisual-movemen-6/
Interview with William Gibson:
https://www.project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/gibson_interview.html
A dissertation on Blade Runner with some very profound insights, where I found the Theodor Adorno quote:
https://web.stanford.edu/~jonahw/PWR1/Docs/Williams-BladeRunner.pdf
Street Samurai #1 artist:
https://www.artstation.com/adobongsiomai
Street Samurai #2 artist:
https://www.artstation.com/siimrimm
Deus Ex Mankind Divided Steam page:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/337000/Deus_Ex_Mankind_Divided/
Footage attributions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uMNtOQOaLU – Ghost in the shell English trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqlJ0Mcx6zk – Westworld tribute to ghost in the shell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB-ik-Bpl0c – Ghost in the Shell – Ghost City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JB8EKEUbn8 – Bogart clips Big Sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-K49CUaeto – Big Sleep 1974 trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP8Sj-wxq3c – Neo matrix hacking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqWwHI604n4 – GITS, Rooftop drop scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u77XdL8_B4 – Making of a cyborg, GITS opening scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYNnPx8fZBs – Hacking the gibson cyberspace scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpj0emEGShQ – Mycotoxin how a virus attacks your bloodstream NPR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYnBgKsIu88 – Magnemite evolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epwer3w96ew – Human evolution flipbook Jurian Moller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gIIega50To – Motherboard living with prosthetics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFaXSNiEHYM – Mr Robot walking compilation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKiAnxjM8Nc – Normal life Mr robot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu2hyqDVOhA – Shadowrun trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pupdeq1MoVw – The Last Night trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNfxPYspxkI – Hengsha cutscene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvK4l-nvWwI – Observer trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMyQlnnxXuk – Remember Me trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rls_Pg5WPxs – Cabinet of dr caligari trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plF3wI9klDE&app=desktop – Futurama in real life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHel0LwRFlA – Shibuya timelapse
Music (in order of appearance)
1) Rain – Blade Runner 2049 OST
2) Proximity – At a Loss for Words, F0
3) A Thousand Worlds Behind – Shumatsu No Tani, Nibana
4) Surveillance – At a Loss for Words, F0
5) Thoughtful – Music for Podcasts 2, Lee Rosevere
NOTE: I do not monetize these videos and do not intend to do so for the foreseeable future.
These videos are not intended as copyright infringement and are created for the purpose of criticism and hence are (hopefully) protected by Fair Use.
