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A few months ago they came out with a black and white recut of Johnny Mnemonic. Around that time I was rewatching it and what hit me like a brick was this is w
by VectorLock 4y ago
A few months ago they came out with a black and white recut of Johnny Mnemonic. Around that time I was rewatching it and what hit me like a brick was this is what the movie's depiction (released in 1995) of what Beijing in 2021 would look like: https://i.imgur.com/WZY6hjf.png https://i.imgur.com/WZY6hjf.png
- qbasic_forever 4y agoYep the movie is strangely prophetic. To be fair though I remember hearing people talk about the risk of airborne virus pandemics since the 90s. One thing they got squarely wrong were cybernetic dolphins being used to crack decryption LOL.
- aidenn0 4y agoYeah, GPUs seem to have displaced dolphins for so many computational tasks.
- LarryMullins 4y ago> To be fair though I remember hearing people talk about the risk of airborne virus pandemics since the 90s. Airborne pandemics were an established trope in cyberpunk by this time. Masamune Shirow's sardonic Dominion series from the late 80s comes to mind.