Huh... Until this post, I thought Ultraviolet was the only vampire cyberpunk media in existence.
And how depressing is that?? For Ultraviolet to be the best example of cyberpunk vampires. So disappointing.
The one good thing I always keep in mind about Ultraviolet is that it was better than Aeon Flux and even felt more like the Aeon Flux cartoon than the AF movie did.
Although that might be even more depressing if you're a hardcore Aeon Flux fan.
Daybreakers is a debatably cyberpunk vampire movie. The corporate exploitation vibes are spot-on
I would say Daybreakers is definitely a sci-fi vampire movie (of which there also aren't many) but I personally wouldn't call it cyberpunk. Maybe there's a twist I don't remember, but I thought the corporation was simply trying to keep up with demand, not that they were doing anything outright evil to increase profits.
They were farming and oppressing humans and trying to monetize/monopolize artificial blood, IIRC. Been a long time since I last saw it, though
That's the one I was thinking of.
The Firefall series kinda fits the bill. The first book is called Blindsight, the second Echopraxia. It's maybe not so much cyberpunk in that society is mostly absent from the books, but it is in the future with some crazy technology and there are vampires.
I think of "Blade" when I think of vampire movies. But probably won't fit the cyberpunk genre..
Yeah, as much as I enjoy Blade, I don't think there's any way I could justify it being cyberpunk. At least there's !vampires@lemmy.zip for those movies!
The Dresden Files vampires don't exactly fit, but you did make me think of White court/Red court vampires
One of my favorite podcasts was on this subject, it’s worth a listen. https://www.stephenwinter.me/adventures-in-america
Cyberpunk
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:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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