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Ulfednar:
Ah, yes, the Dystopian theme... awesome! Kinda rare in movies, though...
For movies, we have V for Vendetta, Equilibrium, Fahrenheit, Blade Runner, Matrix...
Computer games on the other hand kick ass at this, from Deus Ex to System Shock, from Fallout to Half Life 2 and so on.
Forgot to mention TV shows, but right now i can only recall Charlie Jade.
KharBevNor:
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Though I did just crack open Virtual Light after a long absence and find it remarkably refreshing. Very much post-cyberpunk smartassery combined with vivid settings The Bridge is totally bumping as a location concept.
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Virtual Light is more cyberpunk than post-cyberpunk...
I'm surprised Dark City hasn't been mentioned yet.
Slick:
Broad definition, yes, but it's just a broad definition of some of my favorite things. It's not really a genre, no, I just love things set in the future (near or distant) where we haven't fixed everything. Star Trek = blah, Firefly = win. The universe is still semi-corrupt, smugglers and pirates can make a living, and spaceships don't have food synthesizers and waste recyclers, just toilets that come out of your cabin wall and bland protein supplements.
V for Vendetta, Snow Crash, and The Stand seem to be topping my 'to get' list now.
Dark City was a great read, is the movie worth watching?
And does anyone want to port Half Life to the mac, hmmm? Pretty please?
Scandanavian War Machine:
movies: everything that was said before me is agreed with.
books: The Dark Tower series by Stephan King
Jenno:
Whoops, I thought that The Road Warriors must have been a different movie. It was Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior here :/
On the subject of computer games, the Dystopia mod for Half Life 2 has some really good multiplayer mechanics behind it. It's only in beta at the moment, but plenty of people still play it.
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