The show was about a low-life trying to infiltrate a corporation. I find it interesting because all other cyberpunk stories I know will only show the evil CEO hiding at the top of some giant building. It’s rare to find a story that shows the life of the average worker drone. Obviously, it was cancelled after one season.
I was legitimately thinking of posting about that show to this community, but I wasn’t sure if people would think it’s cyberpunk because how heavily corporate it is.
I thought it was a pretty good show. If I recall correctly there were no public police, only private ones. Explicit price tags on justice always seem like a bad idea.
Why’s it look like the West Bank?
Yeah this show hit a little close to home. I was working in a biomedical company’s HQ that was the size of a small gated village. This place had dozens of buildings, 5 cafeterias, a couple of fancy parks, and even an elementary school/daycare. The daycare is what really freaked me out. I wouldn’t be surprised if the kids were being taught to narc on their families through being drip fed pro-corporate propaganda.
It taught me we’re not in danger of being in a corporate dystopia because we’re already living it.
Of course it was cancelled after a season. This seems really uncomfy for people who still “live in the matrix” and want to keep kicking the cans down the roads.
Thanks for pointing it out! I’ll give it a watch. Is it any good?
I enjoyed it. They did a good job setting up the world. Just expect some plot threads to not be resolved since it was cancelled before they could wrap anything up.
Great recommendation, thank you, I’ve watched it. I really got into it, well done story telling.
Wish they had more then one season.
The writers did a great job making the corporation / government divide seem believable. The government’s still exist, but are underpowered and highly corrupt, the corporations basically have a free hand. Kinda like modern day developing nation against the petroleum companies, but at a global scale.
The Gattica take was interesting, I liked the deep baseball power politics. The love angle I think didn’t work in the second half of the season, it felt liked a forced motivator once we got the whole backstory.
