Cyberpunk is my favorite genre of sci-fi, and I definitely found it via movies and TV, so I’m wondering what everyone’s favorite pieces of media out there?
Some of my tops are of course the classics like Blade Runner, Akira, Robocop, and Dredd
I think one of the earliest reasons I fell in love with Cyberpunk was Batman Beyond. That theme song also totally deeply influenced my music taste.
What about yall?
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex was the first time i really engaged with cyberpunk media, and (I would realize a decade later) was what led me to question my own gender and sexual identity and honestly helped mold my outlook on life and politics so it will always have a special place in my heart.
The Original GitS movie is up there too, obviously Edgerunners, Psycho-Pass (Season 1 specifically), and while Mardock Scramble was (imo) a weaker entry in the genre, I really enjoyed the visual aesthetics of the film trilogy.
If video games count then MGS2, Va-11 Hall-A, Cyberpunk 2077, and Deus Ex: HR. A bit more that are (imo) weaker entries in the genre are Watch Dogs, Mirror’s Edge, and Syndicate (2012) (Seriously nobody should play this game it was bad and the bloom was blinding, but I liked it because it was brainless fun and eye candy if you can get past the bloom)
The original Deus Ex was one of the first cyberpunk games for me! Human Revolution was also a good game.
I completely forgot about Psycho-Pass. That had some neat ideas in it and I loved the story (of S1 at least never watched the others).
Season 2 was decent but I never heard anything good about S3 or any of the movies.
I really loved that it explored the idea of institutional prejudices in criminal justice during season 1. S2 kinda felt like it was heavily inspired by GitS SAC and the laughing man but that doesn’t make it bad by any means.