I'm losing faith in film as a vehicle for good science fiction.

[Lorizael]

Are there any good cyberpunkish movies out there other than Blade Runner? Every one I've come across is either about secret military superhuman killing machines or robots/androids/replicants trying to become more human.

[Kuciwalker]

The Matrix.

[Kuciwalker]

Also, since when is good science fiction = cyberpunk?

[Sava]

i hate blade runner

[Lorizael]

Cyberpunk just happens to be what I'm interested in right now. Well, cyberpunk/transhumanism/posthuman stuff.

And oh, you've seen the Matrix, too? I thought I was the only one.

[Sava]

cyberpunk/transhumanism/posthuman

just what in the holy **** is this?
explain it to me
do you even know?

[Lorizael]

Cyberpunk = gritty, corporations rule the world and people have implants in their heads sort of thing

Transhumanism = people merged with machines, uploaded into computers, and genetically enhanced to live on Mars kind of thing

Posthuman = Humans "evolved" beyond the regular human condition, such that they have transcended mortality/emotions/corporeality/etc...

[Sava]

hmmm okay

[Darius871]

Are there any good cyberpunkish movies out there other than Blade Runner? Every one I've come across is either about secret military superhuman killing machines or robots/androids/replicants trying to become more human.

FWIW, A Scanner Darkly was excellent, and I thought Strange Days & Johnny Mnemonic were a little underrated but I'm probably in the minority on that. Screamers was ok-ish too, but probably falls into both of your two weak subcategories there. A lot of good but more actiony flicks gets called cyberpunk (e.g. Robocop, Total Recall, etc.) but not in the sense that you mean it I guess.

[Sava]

robocop is fun
i saw it again recently

[Lorizael]

FWIW, A Scanner Darkly was excellent, and I thought Strange Days & Johnny Mnemonic were a little underrated but I'm probably in the minority on that. Screamers was ok-ish too, but probably falls into both of your two weak subcategories there. A lot of good but more actiony flicks gets called cyberpunk (e.g. Robocop, Total Recall, etc.) but not in the sense that you mean it I guess.

Johnny Mnemonic was hilarious. It actually doesn't do a bad job of visually presenting some pretty classic cyberpunk themes, though.

A Scanner Darkly was interesting, but I was never engaged by the main character.

I've come across both Strange Days and Screamers in my googling; I might give them a try.

[Theben]

I'm losing faith in film as a vehicle for good...

... anything, these days.

[Sava]

wut about pr0n?

[Theben]

pron sux

[The Mad Monk]

Have you looked at Ghost In The Shell?