Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction set in a dystopian future. It is characterized by its focus on a combination of "lowlife and high tech". It features a range of futuristic technological and
A screenshot of InSilico, a cyberpunk city hub from Second Life
Life in Kowloon Walled City has often inspired the dystopian identity in modern media works.
Metropolis (1927) is considered a work of proto-cyberpunk.
Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, i
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…with its 1988 anime film adaptation (also directed by Otomo) later popularizing the subgenre. Early films in the genre include Ridley Scott's 1982 film Blade Runner, one of several of Philip K. Dick's works that have been adapted into films (in this case, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?). Robocop (1987), Total…
The Bradbury Building in Los Angeles was used as one of the filming locations.
A "spinner" (police variant) on display at Disney-MGM Studios in the 1990s
Screen capture of DVD bonus feature from Prometheus (2012), a dictated letter by Peter Weyland about Eldon Tyrell, chief executive officer of the Tyrell Corporation