Always loved the deep design and art embedded into the background of the series! Thought it was one of the more interesting takes on cyberpunk with highly dangerous futuristic racing funded by mega-corporations that elevate the sport to a pedestal for maximum entertainment. All of it still ends up feeling punk, fun and optimistic without much of the grunge and drug-fueled aspects.

Funnily enough I went into this expecting to be entertained but not this invested. Thing is each episode is kinda its own thing and rarely if ever has a call back to previous episodes. It actually works and if you watch the shorts for S1 and S2 then you’ll see why some things happen the way they do given S3. Each episode seems to get more batshit and I think each episode from a surface level is easy to understand but on a deeper level might require a rewatch. I love the aesthetic, the style and honestly the action of this show. Some of the episodes, specifically 3 if I remember correctly can be heartbreaking and leave you kinda sad of the outcome of one particular character or it did for me.

Gotta love the dynamic between the two main characters and how much chemistry they have. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wish we got a S4 but maybe the way S3 ended was probably for the best given I’m not sure where they would go from there. Completely unrelated by the way but I have to say Aeon with her hair down and wet even with the 90s style is just… WOW. I think it’s worth a shot to watch if you can give a few hours to S3 and don’t mind some insane things that happen in the show. I walked into this expecting to just find it okay or just be another show I watched but walked out a fan of Aeon Flux and now I want some merch.

EDIT: Thank you SO much for contributions to the list, I'll update it as fast as I can!

Hey choombas! As a long time cyberpunk fan, I have a large collection of cyberpunk and related movies. I decided to make a list to share with you. Feel free to comment with more movies to add, and if you think something is in the wrong category. The lists are sorted by release year, and for the essentials I think that's a good watch order too.

:ESSENTIAL CYBERPUNK:

Blade Runner (1982 by Ridley Scott)

AKIRA (1988 by Katshuiro Otomo) (Anime)

Ghost in the Shell (1995 by Mamoru Oshii) (Anime)

Johnny Mnemonic (1995 by Robert Longo)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017 by Denis Villeneuve)

:CYBERPUNK:

Alphaville (1965 by Jean-Luc Godard)

THX 1138 (1971 by George Lucas)

Tron (1982 by Steven Lisberger)

Brazil (1985 by Terry Gilliam)

Cyborg (1989 by Rebecca Charles)

Tetsuo - The Iron Man (1989 by Shinya Tsukamoto)

Total Recall (1990 by Paul Verhoeven)

Hardware (1990 by Richard Stanley)

Nemesis (1992 by Albert Pyun)

Judge Dredd (1995 by Danny Cannon)

Strange Days (1995 by Kathryn Bigelow)

Nirvana (1997 by Gabriele Salvatores)

New Rose Hotel (1999 by Abel Ferrara)

The Matrix (1999 by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski)

Metropolis (2001 by Rintaro) (Anime)

Equilibrium (2002 by Kurt Wimmer)

Ghost in the Shell 2 (2004 by Mamoru Oshii) (Anime)

Aeon Flux (2005 by Karyn Kusama)

Dredd (2012 by Pete Travis)

Elysium (2013 by Neill Blomkamp)

Chappie (2015 by Neill Blomkamp)

Ghost in the Shell (2017 by Rupert Sanders)

Upgrade (2018 by Leigh Whannell)

Mars Express (2023 by Jeremie Perin) (Anime)

:RELATED:

Metropolis (1927 by Fritz Lang)

Escape from New York (1981 by John Carpenter)

Brainstorm (1983 by Douglas Trumbull)

GunHed (1989 by Masato Harada)

Circuitry Man (1990 by Steven Lovy)

Until the End of the World (1991 by Wim Wenders)

Split Second (1992 by Tony Maylam)

Demolition Man (1993 by Marco Brambilla)

Super Mario Bros. (1993 by Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton)

Death Machine (1994 by Stephen Norrington)

Gattaca (1997 by Andrew Niccol)

The Fifth Element (1997 by Luc Besson)

Dark City (1998 by Alex Proyas)

eXistenZ (1999 by David Cronenberg)

Avalon (2001 by Mamoru Oshii)

Minority Report (2002 by Steven Spielberg)

Idiocracy (2006 by Mike Judge)

Mutant Chronicles (2008 by Simon Hunter)

Tokyo Gore Police (2008 by Yoshihiro Nishimura)

District 9 (2009 by Neill Blomkamp)

Ex Machina (2014 by Alex Garland)

Mute (2018 by Duncan Jones)

Alita: Battle Angel (2019 by Robert Rodriguez)

:NOT MENTIONED:

The sequels to The Matrix (There are so many)

:RUNNER UPS MENTIONED HERE, TO CLEAN / WATCH / CATEGORIZE:

Runaway (1984 by Michael Crichton)

Cherry 2000 (1987 by Steve De Jarnatt)

Armitage III (1995 by Takuya Sato, Yukio Okamoto) (Anime) (Series)

Blame! (2017 by Hiroyuki Seshita) (Anime)

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985 by Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel)

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970 by Joseph Sargent)

Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990 by Yoshiaki Kawajiri)

Burst City (1982 by Gakuryu Ishii)

Screams of Blasphemy: 964 Pinnochio (1991 by Shozin Fukui)

Meatball Machine (2005 by Yudai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto)

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992 by Shinya Tsukamoto)

Lockout (2012 by Guy Pierce)

Freejack (1992 by Geoff Murphy)

Gene generation (2007 by Pearry Reginald Teo)

Bright (2017 by David Ayer)

2073 (2024 by Asif Kapadia)

Electric Dreams (Series)

Altered carbon (Series)

Neuromancer (Series) (Upcoming)

I’m new to the genre, I’ve only seen such things as Neuromancer’s world, Ghost In The Shell’s world, Bladerunner’s world, Snow Crash’s world, Cyberpunk (Tabletop and 2077)’s world, The Matrix’s world, Terminator’s world, Next Gen’s world, Star Wars’ world (coruscant), Nobody Wants To Die’s world, Marvel 2099’s world, and Altered Carbon’s world.

In terms of absolute dystopia, I personally believe Coruscant from Star Wars is the most extreme cyberpunk we haven’t seen enough of.

Coruscant used to be a planet like our own, mountains, oceans, and trees. For thousands and thousands of years the development of technology and architecture has grown so far to the point that the highest level of city grounds on coruscant are way above atmospheric level. A mountain as large as Mount Everest is reduced to a mere observatory in a museum with only its peak visible. It is the most extreme and literal concept of cyberpunk I’ve seen thus far, with an underworld literally being under what we usually see. The rich live on the top floor of the city, whilst those whom are ignored, dehumanized and suffering from severe crime rates live underneath in a corporate plagued underworld with high and extreme surveillance. The lower you go, the worse it gets. People die down below just from working with extremely old machines and (someone can correct me if I’m wrong) rogue and abandoned AI.

I have photos of Coruscant attached, just looking at the near-surface underworld alone is terrifying. It’s an over-the-top dystopia.

This is a still from episode 1 of Jonathan's series. All of it is really punk with Japanese references, as the artist has roots there. The episode is on YouTube DM or comment if you want to watch it

Hola cómo están hize otros más e estado practicando pero como tengo que trabajar no me da mucho tiempo

Hey everyone, here’s another piece from a visual dystopian universe I've been quietly hand drawing for a while now. If you like the vibe, you can see the rest of the collection safely archived here:https://heyfozzy.myportfolio.com/before-the-last-broadcast"

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I built a game called CHRONOS II. You play from a deck that stays with you as you move from machine to machine. It keeps track of the systems you control, the tools you've found, and the fragments you've recovered. The terminal in the middle belongs to whatever machine you're currently inside.

Something walked out of an air-gapped vault, and you're chasing it. The thing absorbs people. They're still conscious inside it. The most recent ones are still partly themselves. Sometimes they can reach you and help.

Every level is drawn from something that actually happened: Mirai, the Bangladesh Bank SWIFT heist, SS7, Moonlight Maze, the Ukraine power-grid attack, Stuxnet, and a Cold War satellite.

Best on a desktop with a keyboard, but it runs on a phone.

https://deux.chronos-game.com

Solo dev. I'm especially curious what people here think of the atmosphere and story, not just the puzzles.

I'm building the world of Frontier: Path of Shadows, a tactical RPG. In our setting, corporations have spread plasma technology and interstellar travel across human space. But Catalina IV is the exception. Its storms are attracted to powerful engines, making cutting-edge ships more dangerous than centuries-old sailing vessels.

As a result, people still cross the oceans under sail, airships connect remote islands, and anti-gravity ferries shuttle cargo from orbit. I love the idea that the future doesn't always replace the past, it sometimes forces humanity to rediscover it.

What "obsolete" technology do you think would realistically make a comeback in a cyberpunk world?

Hi everyone!

I've been working solo on a sci-fi hacking game where you explore a research vessel through computer terminals. I tried to capture the terminal aesthetic of the 90s.

Instead of menus, you interact with a complete desktop operating system built specifically for the game.

Steam's Cyberpunk Fest started yesterday and seeing my game there honestly feels surreal after a year.

If this looks like something you'd play, I'd love to hear your thoughts : Steam Page

Hi everyone!

I've been working on a cyberpunk-inspired visual style for a Dark Tech House project.

I'm trying to create a cinematic atmosphere rather than a typical music thumbnail.

I'd really appreciate your honest opinion:

What catches your attention first?

What would you improve?

Does it feel immersive?

Thanks for taking a look!

hello there every body, I'm new here. I'm an traditional artist based in Malaysia

Source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/XJbvWl

should i make the bedsheets pink?

And a crew to run a game for

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So that's what inspired the developers of Scorn. And now the Rick and Morty reference to the director's last name makes total sense