Poll: Steampunk or cyberpunk?
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This movie is awesome. I hope the sequels on the website are real and not just an elaborate hoax.Oliver Pink said:
Any who, my personal "Punk" of choice is Biopunk. But for the confines of this thread I'll choose Steampunk. Cyberpunk is a cool read but Steampunk is just a cool idea and something you can make in your home if your patient enough.
I love girl genius, I love Cyberpunk...
Cyberpunk is a lot harder to dress in,
At the moment you can be a steampunk, but technology does not allow for cyberpunk
Dieselpunk is annoying
Can't Decide!
On another note, why is everyone saying cyberpunk is now?
I don't see any megacorparations (not big, mega) chocking the worlds individuality
I don't see any fully mechanical limbs more efficient than normal limbs
I don't see any radioactive wastelands brought upon by nuclear war
And AI is not within immediate scientific discovery
Where do you get your definition of cyberpunk from?
Because you seem to have lost the "dark" part of "The role playing game of the dark future"
And we have not currently reached a level of technological advancement anywhere near that which defines cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a lot harder to dress in,
At the moment you can be a steampunk, but technology does not allow for cyberpunk
Dieselpunk is annoying
Can't Decide!
On another note, why is everyone saying cyberpunk is now?
I don't see any megacorparations (not big, mega) chocking the worlds individuality
I don't see any fully mechanical limbs more efficient than normal limbs
I don't see any radioactive wastelands brought upon by nuclear war
And AI is not within immediate scientific discovery
Where do you get your definition of cyberpunk from?
Because you seem to have lost the "dark" part of "The role playing game of the dark future"
And we have not currently reached a level of technological advancement anywhere near that which defines cyberpunk
I like both when done well, but Steampunk wins easily for me. Maybe because even if they stuff it up it's at the very least still pretty to look at.
Also Cyberpunk more often than not also means dystopian, and I'm sick to death of dystopian.
Also Cyberpunk more often than not also means dystopian, and I'm sick to death of dystopian.
I'm a massive Isaac Asimov fan, so I guess Cyberpunk. But Bioshock was brilliant so Steampunk too I suppose. But Cyberpunk makes me think of a future where everyone had a slightest sense of logic when constructing their technology, as apposed to just giving up and saying, "the hell, Steam will do, no need for PROGRESS now, is there lads?"
A lot of people are asking what cyberpunk actually is and where it came from, from what I've read over the years many believe this was the first Cyberpunk story http://www.amazon.ca/Neuromancer-William-Gibson/dp/0441569595/ref=pd_cp_b_3
And by a Canadian no less, WOO HOO
And by a Canadian no less, WOO HOO
I guess I'll go with cyberpunk. Steampunk is nice and all, but I just like the feel of cyberpunk more.
Plus with cyberpunk comes cybernetics. And I love me some cybernetics.
Plus with cyberpunk comes cybernetics. And I love me some cybernetics.
Im a sucker for anything with advanded AI, augmentations and androids. So I will have to go with cyberpunk.
I believe more are being made, but they've been in production for years now...Arctodus_Simus said:MagnificentOliver Pink said:
I bought a massive compilation of shorts off Amazon just for this one; also I hear there's supposed to be more? OR more being made? Or something.
One can only hope!
I prefer cyberpunk, simply because I prefer the contrast that it presents over that of steampunk. With steampunk, you have much more advanced technology embedded within a much older society, but because it's steam power, and things are...well, steam powered, it still feels a bit too...fitting, I guess.
With cyberpunk, there's this feeling that even with such advanced technology, society has actually *degenerated*. If done properly, it's pretty damn jarring.
With cyberpunk, there's this feeling that even with such advanced technology, society has actually *degenerated*. If done properly, it's pretty damn jarring.
Oliver,
First, yes I have seen "Gentleman's Duel" before but it never gets old. Pixar needs to make a full length movie out of it.
Second if you like giant mechs fighting you should read Leviathan by Scott Westerfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Westerfeld_novel)). Its an alternate history WWI novel with the Central Powers fighting with steam/diesel powered mechs and the Allied powers fight with biologically created super-weapons (the Leviathan in the title).
First, yes I have seen "Gentleman's Duel" before but it never gets old. Pixar needs to make a full length movie out of it.
Second if you like giant mechs fighting you should read Leviathan by Scott Westerfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(Westerfeld_novel)). Its an alternate history WWI novel with the Central Powers fighting with steam/diesel powered mechs and the Allied powers fight with biologically created super-weapons (the Leviathan in the title).
