Johnny Mnemonic

I found it funny that Johnny gave up his personal memories to get more storage in his head so that he would be able to earn more money. Now he's just trying to earn enough money doing this "one last job" in order to get his memories back. Funny how things can change and how we can quickly regret greedy decisions we make in the heat of the moment.

I also think there is some discrepancy as to what the name of the film is referring to. "Mnemonic" refers more to the access codes Johnny has to access the information later, rather than the whole process of information storing. Flash Gordon (was it him?) is a great 1/3 of a mnemonic device that helps unlock 320 gb of information. that's a lotta info!

Overall Johnny Mnemonic is on my list of awesomely bad movies. Sure the acting is pretty bad, but that's half the entertainment. I half-expected Jones to be in Ice-T's chest when we're introduced to the best and last hope for Johnny. It's crazy twists and turns like this, plus a psycho jesus, that makes Johnny Mnemonic shine.

The story and the film may be a little out there at times, but I don't think the premise is such a bad idea. Sure the technology used to get the information in and out of Johnny's head may seem like a bit overkill, but the idea of using the human brain to transport information makes increasingly more realistic sense. Exactly how the brain will be used to do this may take a few years to figure out, but it's just another example of how the body is becoming a commodity and how people are willing to sell themselves to make money. What's so different between renting out space in your head to carry information and a woman carrying another couple's child for 9 months (or even selling sperm)? Sure the latter example may have more noble causes, but the point remains. We're letting technology take over our bodies, and much of the time purely for money.

Let's just be careful and not let our society become Newark.