That was one of the things I liked about Blade Runner- it depicted a future that was chaotic, filthy and disgusting, kind of like cities of today are chaotic, filthy and disgusting, in stark contrast to the insanely clean and perfect Star Trek vision of the future.
I've always felt that Mirror's Edge presented a more accurate of a cyberpunk dystopia than the ur-example Bladerunner. The city in that is like a perfectly run Singapore, with only hints of riots and war in the past, and data couriers being the only opposition to the system. Our tyranny will be clean and commercialized, because that's what sells. I used to think it would look "family friendly" too but in a society that's conditioning us to accept MAPs and tranny story hour, that's gone out the window.
Well, yes.
Because we've already got the cyberpunk dystopia.
We just didn't get the aesthetic with it, and people resent that.
We were looking FORWARD to eating ramen at a stand on a trash filed street on a rainy, neon lit night.
That was one of the things I liked about Blade Runner- it depicted a future that was chaotic, filthy and disgusting, kind of like cities of today are chaotic, filthy and disgusting, in stark contrast to the insanely clean and perfect Star Trek vision of the future.
Same reason Star Wars was liked compared to Star Trek. The Falcon [and more] was a mess while The Enterprise was all neat and tidy.
I've always felt that Mirror's Edge presented a more accurate of a cyberpunk dystopia than the ur-example Bladerunner. The city in that is like a perfectly run Singapore, with only hints of riots and war in the past, and data couriers being the only opposition to the system. Our tyranny will be clean and commercialized, because that's what sells. I used to think it would look "family friendly" too but in a society that's conditioning us to accept MAPs and tranny story hour, that's gone out the window.
Too clean.
Instead, you have to go to San Francisco to eat tacos outside a truck on a street strewn with poop and used needles.
Ha… they thought newspapers would be a thing.