Mar 25, 2026
If you were an adolescent in 2002-2003, Equilibrium ruled. Equal parts Matrix-cool and not-at-all-subtle anti authoritarianism were the perfect mix for angsty young men such as your humble hosts. As an adult in 2026 it's still kinda rules, though the flaws may be slightly more apparent. Pre-Batman Bale, fresh off of...
Mar 18, 2026
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...
Mar 11, 2026
Surrogates is kind of a bummer. Not because it's exceptionally bad, or exceptionally squandered potential, it's just a waste of time that could be better spent doing almost anything else. It stands for nothing, it's trying to say nothing, it offers nothing. Most of the performances are people playing robots, and they...
Mar 4, 2026
This week we have a fresh intro to discuss all the fun new dystopian things happening, and then we jump back into Transmetropolitan with issues 2-6.
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...