A crew of low-lifes working with an android in a dirty old spaceship for a faceless corporation that treats them as expendable.

Obviously the movie is really scifi horror, but it does hit a lot of cyberpunk themes. So do you consider Alien to be cyberpunk? If you don’t, what would need to change to make it cyberpunk?

I usually include a trailer for the movies I reference but come on, it’s Alien. You already know about this movie.
It’s streaming on Hulu if you haven’t watched it recently.

  • magnetosphere @beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I never thought of this question before now, but your answer explains my initial reaction. I was thinking “actually, yeah, Alien does seem kinda cyberpunk, but not quite…” Until I read your response, I couldn’t put my finger on why.

    If the story was changed only slightly, and this was the crew of an independent ship that got screwed and betrayed by a corporation, then my answer would be an unqualified YES.