Doesn't Vampire: The Masquerade have a sci-fi element?
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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Not to my knowledge... Does it?
The Dresden Files vampires don't exactly fit, but you did make me think of White court/Red court vampires
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.
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.
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.
Legit biological vampires, and it's hard sci-fi. I've read both books an embarrassing number of times.
My people.
Fess up. How many time have you read either book? I swear I'm probably at 12-14 for Blindsight. Think I've extracted everything I'm smart enough to understand. Some of the math and statistical terms elude me.
At least 6 reads of each Blindsight and Echopraxia. I'm really hoping for Omniscience to drop one day, but I distracted myself a bit with Freeze Frame Revolution.
Each time I re-read any if them I find a different interpretation. Like a prism you keep discovering facets on or something. I suppose that's the byproduct of how excitingly unreliable the narrators are and how a baseline (like me) would perceive the motives of post singularity artilects.
Priest also might scratch this itch. I enjoyed that one.
IIRC it's based on a Korean comic, which in turn was based on the Blood game?
That's true. Priest has an odd mix of cyberpunk city within the walls and wild west outside the walls (even though that makes no sense). Definitely a fun movie, but the vampires never show up inside the cyberpunk city. If only there had been a sequel...
The Priest manhwa apparently has very little to do with the movie, and it wasn't particularly vampire-centric. Very much Weird West, although the community for that's gone pretty quiet lately.
I would think immortality and hightened abilities make for an odd clash with cybernetics. Nobody who expects to live for another 200 years is going to sign up for a Generation 1 implant.
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 [email protected] for those movies!
Would The Breed apply?
I've never heard of this movie. 😳
I'll definitely check it out and get back to you, thanks!
I will say, It's not a great movie. But it's also not a complete waste of time, if you enjoy vampires and tech-noire type settings.
I'll set my expectations accordingly. I do enjoy vampires and tech-noire settings though, so I think I'll be able to handle it.
Edit: And it's on Tubi! I'll definitely be watching it tonight now.
Well, The Breed is an interesting movie. Definitely not cyberpunk at all but it is a noir vampire movie, which I've never seen done before.
It was weird how the movie starts by saying "the near future" and yet all clothes, cars, and sets looked like they were from the 1940s. It definitely helped create a "film noir" feel, I just wish they hadn't mentioned the near future as if this was supposed to be our world when it's more of an alternate history. Overall, it's not exactly an award-winner, but like you said, I don't feel like I wasted my time watching it.
One of my favorite podcasts was on this subject, it’s worth a listen. https://www.stephenwinter.me/adventures-in-america