Anyway, this was fun. I'll leave this as a coda, from the Music section of the credits:

"Alex Descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk", written by Bono and the Edge.

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So, as I recalled, the movie is strong in suggesting a William Gibson milieu, but not nearly as strong at telling a story in that milieu.

Which is a little odd, given that the screenwriter is [checks notes] William Gibson.

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Boy, there's sure a lot of 90s industrial music in this.

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Impressive how quickly the baddies' office tower caught fire once the download happened

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A lot of CRTs in 2021, apparently

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this CG is... well, "dated" is probably the kindest way to put it

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The Preacher seems like a pro-wrestling gimmick incarnated. (Also like a dancing pink bunny, q.v.)

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I like how the Lo Teks in the movie use crossbows and dress like Mad Max extras, but in the short story "low tech" was a sawed-off shotgun in an Adidas bag padded with tennis socks.

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Wait, there's two flaming VW Bugs in this thing? How did I forget that?

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Also I'm not sure the screenwriter fully grasped how encryption (or I guess enciphering) works, but then again I don't think Gibson was a computer scientist either.

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That bridge that houses "Heaven" echoes the Bridge trilogy, too, which IIRC was Gibson's next work after finishing the Sprawl trilogy.

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But honestly, watching this movie now, the "room service" soliloquy might be the closest thing we get to a genuine emotion from Johnny, or from most of the characters.

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Aaaaaand the "room service" soliloquy (which reminds me of a 3rd quote I saw about this movie, in another review; the reviewer said that "I want room service, dude!" would've been more in keeping with Keanu's acting chops. (You have to remember this was made long before movies like The Matrix and John Wick, back when we thought maybe Keanu Reeves had peaked in Bill and Ted.))

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Ah, there it is, the burning VW Bug (as I recall this was the source of WG's comment about "dancing pink bunnies")

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Oof, 20% on Rotten Tomatoes (and a whole 31% from The Audience) #JohnnyMnemonicIn2024

I can't help but think Molly Jane might be more comfortable if she had an undershirt between her skin and that chainmail tank top she wears.

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320GB is a lot of data, yes, but back in '95 it would have been a lot

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It's been so long since I've seen this that I can't remember if Jones the dolphin makes an appearance, or if he's only in the short story.

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Henry Rollins is back, and he's very much Henry Rollins-ing all over the place.

Ice-T, in the very next scene, remains convincing.

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Huh, the Yakuza baddie in Newark is played by the same guy who played Zatoichi.

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