![]() ![]() The Japanese cyberpunk subgenre began in 1982 with the debut of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga series Akira, with its 1988 anime film adaptation (also directed by Otomo) later popularizing the subgenre.Įarly films in the genre include Ridley Scott's 1982 film Blade Runner, one of several of Philip K. Other influential cyberpunk writers included Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker. Released in 1984, William Gibson's influential debut novel Neuromancer helped solidify cyberpunk as a genre, drawing influence from punk subculture and early hacker culture. Ballard, Philip José Farmer and Harlan Ellison examined the impact of drug culture, technology, and the sexual revolution while avoiding the utopian tendencies of earlier science fiction.Ĭomics exploring cyberpunk themes began appearing as early as Judge Dredd, first published in 1977. Dick, Michael Moorcock, Roger Zelazny, John Brunner, J. G. Much of cyberpunk is rooted in the New Wave science fiction movement of the 1960s and 1970s, when writers like Philip K. From top to bottom: Shibuya, Tokyo ( Japan), Times Square, New York ( United States), Monterrey, Nuevo León ( Mexico) and São Paulo ( Brazil).Ĭyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting that tends to focus on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with societal collapse, dystopia or decay. I would not be shocked if they attempted to do the show in Japan next year as I would guess they’ll want to trade off which country it’s done in every year and if that’s the case NJPW may want to do it at a different time of year.Artificial landscapes and “city lights at night” were some of the first metaphors used by the genre for cyberspace (in Neuromancer, by William Gibson). The only issue is that’s when they’ll want to do the Arthur Ashe show and they probably don’t want to cut NJPW in on that show. So following that show with a crossover show would make sense and probably allow them to better focus on crossover storylines. If DON is AEW’s Royal Rumble in scale of show and booking then All Out is their Wrestlemania where storylines generally get paid off and there’s a little bit of a reset. ![]() ![]() While I generally would want this show to have more space between AEW PPVs if it were to land somewhere closely after an AEW PPV I think it would work better after All Out. ![]() I have to imagine they’ll pick a different time of year to do the show next year. I’m not expecting this to be the blow away show of the year but I expect it to be very solid with at least two standout matches and to be much better than Double or Nothing (which I found to be kind of a lackluster show or a show of two halves).Īll that is to say, I think we’re guaranteed to get at least one more Forbidden Door show though if we don’t I think it’ll have more to do with the AEW & NJPW relationship falling apart and not because the show did poorly. I think the only way we don’t get another Forbidden Door show next year is if it either does absolutely horrible PPV numbers (it won’t) OR if it’s on the lower end of AEW PPV buy rate AND the reception to the show is largely negative (which COULD happen but I think will be exceedingly unlikely). ![]()
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