Cyber Village series: meaning, trailer, facts
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It all started in autumn 2020: on the domestic YouTube channel birchpunk there's a funny video out called "RUSSIAN CYBERPUNK FARM.". Very quickly he attracted the attention of a wide audience - not only Russian, but also foreign! To date, he has collected 18 million views and I'm sure that's far from the limit.
As a result, a cyberpunk-style joke film shot for free in a Russian village has grown into a full-fledged TV series! We would like to talk about it today: what is it? Cyber village and how did the idea to present such a humorous, yet eye-catching view of the Russia of the future come about in the first place? Let's find out!
"Oscar to Studio": a review from FUZZ MUSIC
The video quickly gained the first million views - and it was not only among Russian-speaking viewers, but also among the aliens. So, under the video you can find a lot of English comments, and what is most interesting - all of them are full of admiration and good wishes to the author of the video. "Give this guy an Oscar! This is the best thing I've seen" - wrote foreign friends. And here is what our compatriots write:
"To tell the truth, I was pleasantly surprised. Strangely enough, this mockumentary surpassed all Russian films of the last 20 years! Well done guys!"
And so, in 2023, Filmopolis released TV series of the same name! Now the inhabitants of the Cyber village - led by the NicholasWe have already had time to get acquainted with in the video - have found a self-sufficient plot. Speaking of the series, I would like to mention the excellent computer graphicsas well as good and understandable humour. In the story - farmer Nicholas lives in 2100 on Mars, where he does his farming. However, on his "Ryazan County" A disaster strikes: businessman Baragozin intends to build a factory on the site of the farm! Now Nikolai has to save his life's work, and the plot centres around his adventures.
From a visual point of view - the serial is beautiful. The actors have also gotten into their roles, and the script is full of humorous episodes that can't help but bring a smile to your face. Of course, some of the moments are also cringe-inducing. big questions... But considering that the series is a joke, you stop paying attention to them. Anyway, and "Cyber village" has already proven itself - the score on Kinopoisk is 8.1, which, you must agree, is very good for the Russian series. By the way: and you have already had time to watch it? If yes - be sure to share your impressions in the comments.
"treated as a joke."
The idea for the Cyber Village came to mind Sergei Vasilieva graduate of VGIK. By the way: the wonderful computer graphics are his merit. But the acting, in particular the role of Nikolai the farmer, is a credit to him. Sergei Chikhachev. It so happened that these two had studied together and once worked together on a joint thesis project. Then their paths somehow diverged, but their contacts remained... And so, Vasiliev got in touch with an old friend and offered to take part in his cyberpunk project. Chihachev has the floor next:
"I liked the idea, but we initially regarded it as a joke, a kind of funny video without any commercial hopes. We just decided to film it for fun, as it's fashionable to say today. We didn't have any money for filming, so the whole concept was assembled literally from improvised means: some of the clothes were brought by me and some by Sergey. We arrived in our own cars and left in theirs. That's how we filmed it..."
Yes: at first, Cyber Village was just a joke for everyone, filmed for fun! But what was the surprise of the friends when the film started click through. People liked the video very much, and they started to demand a full-fledged series about farmer Nikolai! It was no joke.....
Is it worth watching?
When the much-anticipated series finally launched in 2023, audiences and critics were divided into two camps: some found it funny and entertaining, while others called the "vulgar." and criticised for being meaningless. Some critics called "Cyberderevnya" a "dummy" that does not reflect any realities and carries no meaning for the viewer. So what is it: irony or a serious look at the Russia of the future? The authors of the project commented as follows:
"It's clear that there will always be two different opinions: some are amused, others are not. As far as we are concerned, this project cannot be called serious, but neither can it be called completely pointless. This series is about ordinary people in simple language - it all depends on how you look at the story. Of course, it is not without irony - and where without it? Irony is among us, without it, a world with good and bad is impossible. But there is nothing sarcastic here - just a good story about life, told in a peculiar manner...".
Whether to watch it or not - here everyone decides for himself. However, the fact that this project is really unique and made with a soul is an ironclad fact! And at least for this reason it deserves attentions.
