sin spirit
It was the first fair I went to alone. The side shows attracted me a lot, all the gambling booths not so much. Except one. It featured those moving stairs littered with coins. The player’s task was to insert … Continue reading →
Category Archives: associations
connection
The slight apparition of a smile is irritating. Deckard whips out his lightsaber from its holster concealed beyond the left shoulder. In the very fraction of a moment when the thumb strives for the blade’s ignition switch, when the … Continue reading →
tally’s eyes
“Look, Turner, here’s your leading lady.” The man smiled up at Jane Hamilton, who smiled back, her wide blue eyes clear and perfect, each iris ringed with the minute gold lettering of the Zeiss Ikon logo. Turner froze, caught … Continue reading →
bounty hunter
During the last nights, in the hours when I couldn’t find sleep—and believe me, I can’t find sleep—I read Do androids dream of electric sheep? (↑Dick 2005[1968]) in order to really get into the cyberpunk-mood. And I succeeded. When … Continue reading →
mr. lomas
And the things are intertwined. All things. Just one or two weeks ago I bought a DVD-set containing the three Matrix-movies (see according ↑essay at ↑cyberpunkreview.com), The Animatrix, and a heap of so-called bonus-material. I carried the whole box … Continue reading →
compupromo
↑According to SFAM, besides the dirty, hyper-realistic “lived-in” looks and dark motifs contrasted by schocking neon color schemes, there’s yet another element defining cyberpunk visuals—a sense of slick style. Additionally, in the ↑comments to the Blade Runner review, DannyV_El_Acme … Continue reading →
karate
To be honest, I can’t retrace where this pic came from—presumably it circulated within the community, and I filed it away in August 2005. This morning when I again saw the T1000’s split head below, I remembered it.
Continue reading →morphement day
SFAM’s ↑review of the 1991 T2 just reminded me of my favourite sequences from this movie, which drew a lot of people to ↵cg, I guess. And the last one … I mean, that’s ↵boom—headshot! With no … Continue reading →
mk vs sf 2
If you embrace over-the-top renditions of martial arts as to be seen in the famous Xiaoxiao-movies (see ↵style and ↵megaman and xiaoxiao) then ↑Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter 2 [.swf | 5.3MB] definitely is something for you. Hilarious and, … Continue reading →
picasso’s skeleton
The 1956 documentary movie ↑Le Mystère Picasso by director Henri-Georges Clouzot mediated a new way of experiencing contemporary fine art. For the camera Pablo Picasso painted live on vertically erect canvasses and the painting process was filmed from behind the … Continue reading →