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sir pball

(5,256 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:26 PM 6 hrs ago

So I've been hosting movie nights for the 20somethings at work...which created a question.

Showing them things that they generally don't know. We started with Clue, universally adored, I mean, Tim Curry…but then, since we're all kind of geeky, we took a side tour into anime and cyberpunk. Our most recent weekly plays I pick the movie), in order, were Ninja Scroll, Blade Runner, Akira, and the 1995 Ghost in the Shell.

Ulterior motive here…show them a great pure anime film, a great pure cyberpunk film, and then two of the greatest anime cyberpunk films of all time. I asked them to decide between Akira and GitS, which is the better "cyberpunk film that's an anime" versus the better "anime that's a cyberpunk film" and gave them until Monday to decide.

So, six twentysomethings vs. you guys…what say you? I'll update Monday when I have all their answers…and I'm not telling you mine until then.

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So I've been hosting movie nights for the 20somethings at work...which created a question. (Original Post) sir pball 6 hrs ago OP
Akira! JoseBalow 6 hrs ago #1
I'm old...not into anime or cyberpunk sdfernando 4 hrs ago #2

sdfernando

(6,027 posts)
2. I'm old...not into anime or cyberpunk
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 10:29 PM
4 hrs ago

even though my entire career was in computer tech.

Loved Clue but I will go with the original Blade Runner. Rutger Hauer was truly amazing!

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