Aside from aesthetics, I don’t want any cyberpunk. I’m not sure I can handle even a dash of “I slot this chip in my head to behave like this dead celebrity so other people can fuck my body, but on the plus side I’m not aware of it while it’s happening”.
Sign me up for solarpunk tho.
I mean, it’s supposed to be a dystopian world. You’re not supposed to want the world they’re giving you, hence the “punk” part. Too many people ignore that punk movements are meant to fight against an established system. That’s what punk is. When you say something is solarpunk or steampunk you are implying a downside to the established order. If nobody is rebelling it’s not punk.
Personally I see appeal in virtual worlds and a bit of the asthetic. But putting screens on everything isn’t sustainable at all. I guess cyberpunk is a sufficiently abstract concept for everyone to have their own qualifiers for what counts.
Virtual worlds are fine. Less so the armed gangs stealing cybernetics out of living people. And corporations doing the usual corporation thing.
Dieselpunk!
Rifftrax version, sure, but not on its own.
I unironically love it. The fact that it has a big tribute to the Fleischer Superman cartoon The Mechanical Monsters helps. I had it on VHS when I was a kid.
Also, come on, zeppelin battle!
I’ll watch The Rocketeer for my zeppelin fix. Plus Jennifer Connelly.
I love both. And both are dieselpunk.
BIBLEPUNK LET’S GOOOOOOOO
His Dark Materials series then
Solarpunk is best punk ngl
Anything in the hopepunk area is a win for me
Any solar punk recommendations other than “Monk and Robot”?
