“Hack Your Own Brain” ITF Read & Watch: Johnny Mnemonic (1981 story & 1995 film)

William Gibson is considered a founding father of the cyberpunk genre, but does he deserve the reputation? In episode 221, Luke & James read one of Gibson’s earliest stories set in the world of his “Sprawl” trilogy, then watch the adaptation directed by Robert Longo and compare the two. Topics include sharp dressed men in business suits, the Mandela Effect, a cross-dagger wielding Dolph Lundgren, Keanu Reeves’s extensive cyberpunk résumé, and a cyberspace dolphin sequence to remember. They finish by casting their vote on which was better: the short story or the movie!

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