#3: Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
Keanu is such a charming man :3
For years, I had seen his art in digital spaces, but I hadn't put a name to it yet.
My official introduction to Robert Valley's style was when I watched Disney XD's TRON: Uprising for the first time. As usual, I was surfing the web... analyzing TRON Fandom pages, searching for nothing in particular. At this point, I hadn't even watched the original TRON (still haven't); I was just curious. But since I'm a sucker for animated works, I decided to start my TRON journey with Uprising.
Apparently it was some niche... [read more]
Keanu is such a charming man :3
I’ve held off on watching this because I wanted to view the OG one first. The 1982 film. I don’t even know what freakin’ cut I watched. Anyway, I’m glad I did because I believe that led me to appreciate 2049 just a little more. I loved how Deckard (Harrison Ford) returned to the franchise. His appearance was not merely a cameo, nor did it feel like they brought him back just for nostalgia’s sake. Plus, there was continuity or whatever…
It’s indeed a treat: viewers get a mix of body horror, psychological thrills, and-–of course--science fiction’s must-have implications. Manmade horrors beyond my comprehension? Hell yeah! Even the architecture is brutal. Well, brutalist. Wallace’s room (lair? Lol…) is stunning. Gosh, there’s so much to nerd about.
I love, love, <3 Blade Runner!!! I’m so excited to dive into the franchise. Apparently the iceberg is HUGE. Probably bigger than TRON’s own. (No shade to TRON, though. Love that one, too.)
I myself would argue that it is not a cyberpunk film... BUT The Matrix holds a special place in my heart.
I originally wrote this for a college composition class. It was an easy assignment -- a simple review. I did not keep it simple though. Sorry not sorry
From the get-go, viewers are immersed into the structure of the ever-expanding, ever-evolving Matrix. In William Gibson’s 1984 novel, Neuromancer, the average person is able to “[project] his [or her] disembodied consciousness into the consensual hallucination that [is] the matrix” (6). However, the 1999 film, The Matrix, borrows this idea and puts a...[read more]