About this episode

The episode critiques 'Blade Runner: Black Lotus' for being uninteresting compared to other cyberpunk works.

Blade Runner Black Lotus seems like it should be right up our alley. The problem is, it's boring. And not in a Blade Runner 2049 boring-because-not-a-lot-is-happening-but-interesting-because-you're-watching-characters-develop way, boring in a Surrogates way. Perhaps we were unfair to Black Lotus because we had just watched the aforementioned Surrogates, but if you don't want to be called boring, then be more interesting! 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. Bluesky: @hightechlowlife.bsky.social Patreon: http://patreon.com/hightechlowlife Cover art by Gillyvor Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com

People in this episode

Host: High Tech Low Life

Topics covered

• cyberpunk
• film review
• media retrospective
• Blade Runner
• animation
• character development

Keywords

• Blade Runner
• Black Lotus
• cyberpunk
• film
• review
• animation
• character development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Blade Runner 2049, Surrogates

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