Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is an interesting mixture of high technology with a punk lifestyle. Grungy science! I have never really been "hooked" on the genre as a whole, but I do enjoy some specific media that has been created out of the genre. The Matrix for example (while based upon earlier works like Neuromancer) is one of my favorite movies.

After reading a bit more about cyberpunk, I began to realize that one of my favorite television series is definitely based in this genre. Batman Beyond was a television series that took place in "Neo-Gotham," a futuristic, advanced version of Gotham city. Gotham was as dangerous as ever, but with crazy technological advances and a new underground of hackers. The world was grungy and insane, with the advances in technology allowing people to customize their appearance from purple eyes to being injected with animal DNA. Bruce Wayne is an old man, but now the young Terry McGinnis is proving to be an amazing batman in his own way. It was definitely one of the more darker animated series of Batman.

It's interesting to see how cyberpunk has found its way into all sorts of media, from books to movies, comics and television series. It even has found its way into different brands, like Batman. In this case, a cyberpunk genre was a successful twist on the Batman Beyond series, as it still remains one of my favorites!