Cyberpunk is about expressing (often dark) ideas about human nature, technology and their respective combination in the near future. There is a negative aspects and it includes a man’s appreciation for machine. Now-a-days we are really reliant on technology for our necessities such as online shopping. Cyberpunk also involves hackers, artificial intelligence and mega corporations for high-tech and low-life.
In some senses cyberpunk isolates us from reality. As mentioned before about relying on the internet for our needs, we also separate ourselves from the general society. Websites like Facebook or Twitter makes us believe that that is the real world; we tend not to go out psychically these days to meet new people. We believe that everything and anything is found online. Cyberpunk is basically uses a method of “virtual reality environment” to replace the “real world.”
The Matrix involves cyberpunk concepts, cyberpunk visuals and high-tech. Neo has been taking away from the real world and onto this cyber space which is what the cyberpunk focuses on; taking man away from reality. Also, Trinity, Morpheus and other members of the ship can by classified as the hackers in the movie.
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