"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", the Philip K Dick short story (later lengthened into novel), hardly classifies as "cyberpunk," but I suppose that depends on where you place the birth of the movement. And while the movie was a fine example of noir-gone-haywire, it not-too-neatly sidesteps the basic theme of the story (as I see it, of course), that of redemption/martyrdom through the vicarious enjoyment of others' actions. And really, is the idea of people getting *off* while following a Christ image's travails up a mountainside much different than what is going on these days w/Rodney King co-travellers? IMHO Donosaur Bitnet: STWD@NMUMUS "The Music is Nothing if the Audience is Deaf"