| >Can you qualify this statement a bit more? I don't really agree here. The Matrix doesn't even appear in this list It's obviously going to be somewhat subjective, but if take film critics or scholars words to have any weight since they are constantly comparing these things, The Matrix and Blade Runner are almost always at the top of 'Most Influential Sci-fi Movies of All Time' lists. e.g. Empire: 1. BR 4. Matrix https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-sci-fi-mov... Screenrant: 1. Matrix 4. BR https://screenrant.com/most-influential-sci-fi-movies-of-all... Vogue: Not ranked but both are in the top 10 https://www.vogue.com/article/most-influential-sci-fi-films Cultural ifluence doesn't equal financial success. (There are tons of best seller books out there that sell far more than classics ever have, but are forgotten about almost immediately after). The impact both films have had on popular culture is gigantic. Think of all the movies, TV shows, and cartoons that parodied or copied their styles. There's tons of scholarship out there on it too, but still it's always going to be somewhat subjective. But yeah I somewhat agree that cyberpunk style was starting to die out in the early 2000s, I just think it had a revival recently due to the fact that certain elements of cyberpunk really came to fruition in recent years. https://bluelabyrinths.com/2018/12/05/cyberpunk-1-0-visions-... |