This episode will be covering the first six issues of the 1997 comic book Transmetropolitan. Transmetropolitan is a story about a guy named Spider, who is super cool 90s edgelord journalist, searching for truth in a remarkably prescient cyberpunk future. It's a lot to cover, and this is just the first 10th of the whole series, but consider this your intro to Transmet course.

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.

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Cover art by Gillyvor

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At last this bottom-feeding podcast gets a much needed injection of class and taste with 1981's Heavy Metal. A film for the discerning cine-o-phile. Ok so only about 1/5th of this movie can be considered cyberpunk, but that's good enough for us, so we are diving in. Cut yourself a line of Niborg and Loc your Nars in baby.

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.

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Cover art by Gillyvor

Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com

This week we are recapping 3 short films found on the internet.

The first is a French film called Lost Memories 2.0 about a man searching for his lost love after a global computer crash.
https://youtu.be/4WwC6CT92qw?si=AlBiIJk6BNKKl5m0

The Second is a Serbian Film called Anima about a cool dude trying to get "juice" for a mysterious reason.
https://vimeo.com/992417940

And the third is a Malaysian film called The Masseuse, wherein a technician has to service the titular robotic Masseuse in the midst of an anti-robot movement.
https://youtu.be/jeI2qXq0RRc?si=J0Jh9lW2Vg9Scyo0

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

This week's property was a pretty big deal when it came out. A film created by a legendary director who died before he could see it made, picked up and finished by another legendary director, and what these two legends created was.... fine. It was fine. Kind of a bummer actually. Cool special effects and solid performances, but overall just kind of a bummer. That's not gonna stop us from talking about it for 2 hours!

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

This is the second half of our Running Man 2025 recap. What new infuriations will the second half hold? Tune in and I'm sure we will tell you about it.

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.

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Edgar Wright's The Running Man is not a good movie. It's so not good that all our complaints couldn't fit into one tight ninety and we had to give it two. Episode 2 will drop later this week, but in this first episode we discuss our initial thoughts on the movie and start the recap. That is after we review the horrors of the week, of course. Big thanks to Kristen from Astronomica for sitting in on this one.

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.

Astronomica: http://www.astronomicapodcast.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/johnny60seconds

Patreon: http://patreon.com/hightechlowlife

Theme music by http://www.nihilore.com

The year is 202x, Kaiju are squirting out of a butthole in the Pacific ocean. The only way to stop them is to build impossibly elaborate 30 story tall robots. It makes perfect sense if you don't think about it at all whatseover. Pacific Rim is not a cyberpunk film, but it does share certain vibes, and it was requested by our beloved listeners, so we are covering it regardless. So snort yourself a big line of Kaiju bone dust and get ready for 2 hours of Rimming baby!

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

2025 was a rough year, but it did produce some pretty top notch media. For this special year-end episode, we will recap our top recommendos of 2025, and yes, we immediately thought of a bunch of stuff we forgot immediately after we finished recording so this is by no means definitive. Bonus: Start this podcast at exactly 10:26 PM on December 31st and we'll countdown the new year with you.

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