{"id":11911,"date":"2021-05-20T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itwaslikemagic.com\/?p=11911"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:44:53","slug":"thursday-movie-picks-cyberpunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/thursday-movie-picks-cyberpunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Movie Picks: Cyberpunk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wanderingthroughtheshelves.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Wandering through the Shelves<\/a>\u00a0hosts a weekly movie challenge in which you choose 3-5 movies based on that Thursday&#8217;s theme and explain why you chose those movies.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s theme is Cyberpunk so here are my choices! Full disclosure: I&#8217;m not a huge fan of cyberpunk, so I have seen very few of these movies, and I didn&#8217;t want to choose The Matrix! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/121.png\" alt=\"Thursday Movie Picks: Cyberpunk\" height=\"675\" width=\"1200\" title=\"Thursday Movie Picks: Cyberpunk\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<h3><strong>Ex Machina (2014)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Funnily enough, I own <i>Ex Machina<\/i>, but I have never seen it! I will eventually because I love the cast, and I&#8217;ve heard good things about this movie. Honestly, I&#8217;ll watch anything with Oscar Issac, and he&#8217;s primarily the reason I chose this movie for TMP. #sorrynotsorry<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/120.png\" alt=\"Thursday Movie Picks: Cyberpunk\" height=\"675\" width=\"1200\" title=\"Thursday Movie Picks: Cyberpunk\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<h3><strong>Blade Runner 2049 (2017)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Another film I haven&#8217;t seen. I want to, though. But I feel like I have to see the first <i>Blade Runner<\/i>, and I just need to find time to do that. So, I&#8217;ve chosen <i>Blade Runner 2049<\/i> because of Ryan Gosling. I suppose I&#8217;m just choosing movies with good-looking actors&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theromcomcatalog.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/119.png\" alt=\"Thursday Movie Picks: Cyberpunk\" height=\"675\" width=\"1200\" title=\"Thursday Movie Picks: Cyberpunk\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<h3><strong>District 9 (2009)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Okay, I have seen <i>District 9<\/i>, though I haven&#8217;t watched it since it premiered in theaters. I do remember it being tense and enthralling, and I keep hoping for a sequel, but at this point, I don&#8217;t see it happening, though my fingers remain crossed.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday Movie Picks: Cyberpunk: Wandering through the Shelves hosts a weekly movie challenge in which you choose 3-5 movies based on that Thursday&#8217;s theme and explain why you chose those movies. Today&#8217;s theme is Cyberpunk so here are my choices! 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