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Do you consider Alien to be cyberpunk?

A crew of low-lifes working with an android in a dirty old spaceship for a faceless corporation that treats them as expendable.

Obviously the movie is really scifi horror, but it does hit a lot of cyberpunk themes. So do you consider Alien to be cyberpunk? If you don't, what would need to change to make it cyberpunk?

I usually include a trailer for the movies I reference but come on, it's Alien. You already know about this movie.
It's streaming on Hulu if you haven't watched it recently.

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  • It's certainly related, and Alien is richer for the connections, but no.

    Cyberpunk for me has always been primarily terrestrial, or at least planetside. Off-world can exist, but it should probably remain somewhere off to stage left (i.e. the protagonist should remain grounded).

    I know Neuromancer has a space scene, but it feels jarring and doesn't fit well with the rest of the book. I love space, but for whatever reason, it doesn't mix with cyberpunk for me.

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