The 1980s maintains a strong hold on our culture. It’s reminisced about, idealized, dramatized, and remembered in fiction and in documentaries. Why does it have such a strong emotional hold?

What makes something dramatic? It is less a case that some things are inherently dramatic, and more that drama stems from unfamiliarity, shock, or strangeness. Variety is dramatic.

Reflections on what cyberpunk stories written today are supposed to look like. When the real world replicates the dystopian visions of 1980s cyberpunk fiction, what does the genre do today?

Not as stupid as last week! Symbology. More symbology. Bludgeoned into your head. Glad that dragon thing wasn’t an issue. Can be summarized in memes. Yaaas, queen.

Continuity? That’s so not last week…or this week. Do dragons work properly again? Is there a white dove to go with that slow motion? Stupidity upon stupidity. Drogon ex machina.