The High Tech Low Life Podcast: A Cyberpunk Media Retrospective High Tech Low Life

This week we return to the High Tech Low Life book club covering Halting State by Charles Stross.  In the near future a video game bank robbery opens an investigation into high financial crimes and international espionage.  Bit of a split decision on this one as one of us enjoyed the book and the other not so much.  We hash it out live to tape.
The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television, Literature, Games, and Music are all on the table. In each episode we will revisit the property, it's influences, it's prescience, and enshrine it in the chrome and neon halls of Neo Valhalla.
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This week we continue recapping Blade Runner with our special Guest, Chris Mccoy.  Time for Deckard to start shooting some replicants, and time for Roy to start delivering some legendary monologues (and maybe break a few fingies).
The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television, Literature, Games, and Music are all on the table. In each episode we will revisit the property, it's influences, it's prescience, and enshrine it in the chrome and neon halls of Neo Valhalla.
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What better way to celebrate 50 episodes than by finally covering one of cyberpunk's most revered properties?  If you are listening to this podcast you don't need me to summarize Blade Runner here, needless to say that Ridley Scott sure can make a movie.  I think that guy has a future in this town.  We are joined this week by actual professional movie critic, writer, musician and fellow podcaster Chris Mccoy to whom we are immeasurably thankful for donating so much of his time.  Thanks for 50 episodes!
The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television, Literature, Games, and Music are all on the table. In each episode we will revisit the property, it's influences, it's prescience, and enshrine it in the chrome and neon halls of Neo Valhalla.
Astronomica: http://www.astronomicapodcast.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnny60seconds
Patreon: http://patreon.com/hightechlowlife
Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com

How can a movie be cyberpunk, horror, buddy cop, comedy, and action movie all at once?  I don't know, but Split Second manages to pull it off.  Rutger Hauer gives an incredible performance as Harley Stone, the hard boiled cop living on chocolates, coffee, and anxiety, hunting his partner's killer: an Alien/Venom/Satan monster.  It's an insane movie, and it immediately captured the hearts of everyone at the High Tech Low Life podcast.  Please enjoy.
The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television, Literature, Games, and Music are all on the table. In each episode we will revisit the property, it's influences, it's prescience, and enshrine it in the chrome and neon halls of Neo Valhalla.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnny60seconds
Patreon: http://patreon.com/hightechlowlife
Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com
 

This week, Ben from the Pink Fohawk podcast sits down with us to discuss a movie that may have slipped under your radar but perhaps shouldn't: Cherry 2000.  Basically Cherry 2000 is a sex bot, Sam Treadwell's sex bot.  When a heated moment of passion in laundry water renders her body inoperable, Sam takes her memory chip, and sets out into the wastelands of the American Southwest to find a Cherry 2000 body and bring his beloved back to life.  Once he's in the desert stuff really starts to get wild.
The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television, Literature, Games, and Music are all on the table. In each episode we will revisit the property, it's influences, it's prescience, and enshrine it in the chrome and neon halls of Neo Valhalla.
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnny60seconds
Patreon: http://patreon.com/hightechlowlife
Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com

Vibes.  Sometimes something just has cyberpunk vibes, even if it's really more of a whodunnit mystery in a Scandinavian winter.  We're gonna cover it anyway, what are you a cop?  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is both a good movie, and an incredibly uncomfortable movie.   It's simultaneously cozy and utterly revolting.  It's both fun to talk about on a podcast, and a minefield that two such as us probably would have been better off not crossing.  Nevertheless, here we stand amidst the unexploded ordinance, asking you the audience to simply listen, and attempt not to judge too harshly.  
The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television, Literature, Games, and Music are all on the table. In each episode we will revisit the property, it's influences, it's prescience, and enshrine it in the chrome and neon halls of Neo Valhalla.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnny60seconds
Patreon: http://patreon.com/hightechlowlife
Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com