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

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.
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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.
Pink Fohawk: https://pinkfohawk.podbean.com/
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
 

This week we are once again joined by Geoff from the Astronomica podcast to finish our deep dive into Virtual Light, William Gibson's first book in the acclaimed Bridge Trilogy.  If you need a recap of part 1, I really don't know what to tell you, you should probably go listen to that first.  If you are insistent in pushing on just know that there are some dudes, a lady, a bridge, and a pair of sunglasses. 
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://astronomicapodcast.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnny60seconds
Patreon: http://patreon.com/hightechlowlife
Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com

Virtual Light is the first book of William Gibson's Bridge Trilogy.  A naive ex cop and a spikey-haired courier get into hijinks on the Golden Gate Bridge turned squatter's haven. Your hosts have read it, and plan to talk about it, with the help of Geoff from the Astronomica Podcast.  This first part will give our initial impressions and introduce the main characters, the full recap will happen in Part 2.
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://astronomicapodcast.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnny60seconds
Patreon: http://patreon.com/hightechlowlife
Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com

Willem Dafoe and Christopher Walken in a movie written by William Gibson?  It has to be amazing, right?  There's no way that trio wouldn't come up with a banger.  Well, unfortunately all that glitters is not necessarily gold as New Rose Hotel doesn't really deliver on anything.  A good short story and a few good performances do not, a movie, make.  We watched it, however, and we are going to give our many complaints, and maybe a little faint praise.  We also pad time with a whole mess of recommendos.
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