Johnny Silverhands appearance likely fake

[UnlivingEnd]

When it was confirmed that most of Johnnys segments were false recollections of the canon events in the tabletop, it made me wonder if his tabletop appearance was also canon.
The version of him we see is likely how he always saw himself/how he wanted to be seen, as a grizzled warrior rather than a baby faced pretty boy.

[Skorge]

there are multiple forms of media in the city that shows johnnys image. you can watch a live recording of johnny with kerry.

[Phynrae]

Originally posted by UnlivingEnd:

When it was confirmed that most of Johnnys segments were false recollections of the canon events in the tabletop, it made me wonder if his tabletop appearance was also canon.
The version of him we see is likely how he always saw himself/how he wanted to be seen, as a grizzled warrior rather than a baby faced pretty boy.

Nah, it's just a byproduct of this being an adaptation of the origional.

David Bowie was the hot rockstar when the tabletop game was made, and thus Johnny Silverhand was origionally depicted as looking similar to David Bowie.

When the videogame was made decades later, they got Keanu Reeves onboard to voice Johnny, so it made sense to use Keanu's likeness aswell.

It's really that simple.


Johnny's face is depicted on items such as album covers you can find in the game, which are not affected by Johnny's altered or faulty memories, and yeah, his face looks like Keanu, because this is an adaptation where the character is played by Keanu.

[EricHVela]

Mike Pondsmith (the creator of Cyberpunk) stated that there are deliberate retcons from Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0 to Cyberpunk RED which is the greater influence on 2027 than all prior editions.

Cyberpunk RED doesn't wreck the world. But it resets many of the elements of that world without having to make it unrecognizable.

For CP'77 canon, what's in RED pre-empts any conflicts in canon from the prior editions.

[Bjørn]

You can also choose an alternate look for Johnny in the game options somewhere (under 'extras' I believe?). Gives him kind of an 80's look, with the weird hairdo's and clothes we used back then. I used so much gel in my long hair back then, making it stand straight up, I could poke someone's eyes out with it...

Originally posted by Phynrae:

David Bowie was the hot rockstar when the tabletop game was made, and thus Johnny Silverhand was origionally depicted as looking similar to David Bowie.

That is interesting, and might be the reason for the alternate look?

[The Yeen Queen]

Originally posted by Bjørn:

You can also choose an alternate look for Johnny in the game options somewhere (under 'extras' I believe?). Gives him kind of an 80's look, with the weird hairdo's and clothes we used back then. I used so much gel in my long hair back then, making it stand straight up, I could poke someone's eyes out with it... :lunar2019crylaughingpig:

....not without a mod.

Originally posted by Phynrae:

David Bowie was the hot rockstar when the tabletop game was made, and thus Johnny Silverhand was origionally depicted as looking similar to David Bowie.

That is interesting, and might be the reason for the alternate look?

Keanu Reeves is awesome? XD

[Bjørn]

I don't think it's a mod, but a feature that was added in some update:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3417675544

Can also set this in the game options menu, like it says there.

I tried it for the first time now, but I prefer the default. I saw someone comparing his alternate look to 'Depeche Mode'-look, and I agree. Good band, though.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3417676751

If he's awesome? Never met him, so I wouldn't know

[The Yeen Queen]

Originally posted by Bjørn:

I don't think it's a mod, but a feature that was added in some update:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3417675544

Can also set this in the game options menu, like it says there.

I tried it for the first time now, but I prefer the default. I saw someone comparing his alternate look to 'Depeche Mode'-look, and I agree. Good band, though.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3417676751

If he's awesome? Never met him, so I wouldn't know :steamsunny:

Weird, never saw that before. But god it looks horrid. Keanu should be offended. XD

And, yeah, everything I've seen and heard, he's a genuine and very nice guy and strongly supportive of the rights of minorities.

[Phynrae]

Originally posted by Bjørn:

That is interesting, and might be the reason for the alternate look?

The alt-outfit does look like something Bowie might wear in the 80's, and yeah i don't think that's a coincidence, that's likely a deliberate callback to the tabletop.

It doesen't quite work though, because Keanu's features really does give it more of a Depeche Mode look, rather than a David Bowie look. Though i guess that's still closer to the classic look from the 80's tabletop manuals.


If you want to see what he origionally looked like, just do an image search for "Johnny Silverhand manual", and you'll find some of the hand-drawn depictions of him from the old tabletop manuals.

[UnlivingEnd]

Originally posted by The Yeen Queen:

Originally posted by Bjørn:

I don't think it's a mod, but a feature that was added in some update:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3417675544

Can also set this in the game options menu, like it says there.

I tried it for the first time now, but I prefer the default. I saw someone comparing his alternate look to 'Depeche Mode'-look, and I agree. Good band, though.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3417676751

If he's awesome? Never met him, so I wouldn't know :steamsunny:

Weird, never saw that before. But god it looks horrid. Keanu should be offended. XD

And, yeah, everything I've seen and heard, he's a genuine and very nice guy and strongly supportive of the rights of minorities.

The outfit would have suited him 20-30 years ago.

[Censor me daddy]

What do you mean? Are you talking about a Edward Norton from Fight Club scenario? Or did they just not render Keanu and its just AI?

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by The Yeen Queen:

Originally posted by Bjørn:

If he's awesome? Never met him, so I wouldn't know

And, yeah, everything I've seen and heard, he's a genuine and very nice guy and strongly supportive of the rights of minorities.

My kind of guy, then!