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I remember seeing it in 96 or maybe 97. It blew my mind and it was my first experience with cyberpunk and a "sci-fi" movie that really clicked with me. It was t
by pSYoniK 4y ago
I remember seeing it in 96 or maybe 97. It blew my mind and it was my first experience with cyberpunk and a "sci-fi" movie that really clicked with me. It was the first that modeled the future the way I was seeing it from my corner of the planet. I was annoyed and angry at all the happy-go-lucky variants that were presented almost all the time, I was tired of this oppressive optimism regarding technology and this was a breath of fresh air to my young mind.
A lot of things from it made their way to The Matrix for me visually and thematically and I was so sad that the movie never got the recognition it deserved. It felt the closest it would get to something that had that negative feeling and vibe that I get whenever I watch Ghost in the Shell again. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this black and white edition!
- illwrks 4y agoI first saw it around 1998 I think, in my early teens, and it made the same impression on me. So many of the ideas were amazing! It was also around this time I saw Terminator 2, RoboCop and The Fifth Element for the first time also. And then another few years later when my english teacher in secondary school had us watch the Matrix on VHS. It wasn't until I watched it in my own time I appreciated it. So many good films, rose tinted glasses!