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Cyberpunk

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What is Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.

Cyberpunk characteristics include:

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The corpos decide to demonstrate "urban pacification" techniques using robot police. Hilarity ensues.

The 1982 science-fiction film Blade Runner was filming on the Warner Bros. lot behind [aspiring screenwriter] Neumeier's office, and he unofficially joined the production to learn about filmmaking.[12][14][15] His work there gave him the idea for RoboCop: "I had this vision of a far-distant, Blade Runner–type world where there was an all-mechanical cop coming to a sense of real human intelligence".[12][14] He spent the next few nights writing a 40-page outline.[12]

Neumeier... believed that Detroit's declining automobile industry was due to increased bureaucracy. ED-209's malfunction in the OCP boardroom was based on Neumeier's office daydreams about a robot bursting into a meeting and killing everyone.[12][16][19] [Co-screenwriter] Miner described the film as "comic relief for a cynical time" during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, when economist "Milton Friedman and the Chicago Boys ransacked the world..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop

[Visual effects team member Phil] Tippett developed preliminary sketches of ED-209 to budget for its development and hired [Craig] Davies to design the full-scale model and construct it with Paula Lucchesi.[5] ... Davies was influenced by killer whales and a United States Air Force Corsair Jet. He approached the design with modern American aesthetics and corporate design policy that he believed prioritized looks over functionality, including excessive and impractical components. He did not add eyes because they would make ED-209 more sympathetic.[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ED-209

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[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Depends on a couple things, like: did they call a paramedic? And did anyone touch him?