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+** DONE The Lawnmower Man (1992)
+CLOSED: [2024-02-19 Mon 23:03]
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+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: lawmower-man-1229
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract My mirco reviview of a vr killer  thriller
+:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c
+:END:
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+Back in the glorious 90s, when kids still enjoyed linear TV, we had /Polsat/.
+In the post-communist Poland, this was the first /western/ TV station.
+Filled with western movies, and western series[fn:series]
+Among those, there were constant replays of /The Lawnmower Man/[fn:trans]
+I watched it on every occasion and loved it.
+
+Now, 30 years later it is time for a rewatch.
+No cyberpunk deep dive can be considered a good one without /The Lawnmower Man/.
+
+/The Lawnmower Man/ is a movie about a disabled lawnmower man who, with usage of virtual reality, becomes a genius and starts exhibiting mind reading abilities and telekinesis (because, obviously, why not?).
+There's also the (popular at the time) subtext about the dangers of corporates who, without supervision, play God.
+Somehow we stopped doing that, and now we've got Altman killing humanity with the clap of happy crowd.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "lawnmower-man-1992-0001.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Remember when huge companies were scary?
+#+end_img-c
+
+The movie was initially released as a /Stephen King/ movie.
+But he sued, as the movie has nothing to do the short story of the same name.
+And he won, because it was based on original script called /CyberGod/.
+Damn, I miss /cyber/ sounding cool.
+They should have the original name, instead of forcing King on everyone.
+And yes, I know King was the king back then.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "lawnmower-man-1992-0002.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+That's one way to save your neck from Apple Vision
+#+end_img-c
+
+The movie is we have here is a much dumbed down version of /Flowers for Algeron/, which I intend to finally read.
+I don't think anyone ever called it a /good/ movie, and for a good reason.
+It's cool, it's got great cyberspace CGI, it's got Pierce Brosnan.
+It also has an opening scene with a monkey using a gun, so yeah.
+
+Story-wise is as straight forward as it gets.
+The first half is full of sweet shots of grass and sexualization of a lawnmower.
+And the most awkward sex scene I've seen in ages... or two.
+Then, through a heavy-handed comment about religion and corporations we go the killing part.
+
+This movie fails as horror (there is not even blood or any scare here), and fails as morality play (it's not smart enough).
+But it is a testament to the glorious time, when /cyberspace/ was magical and full of potential.
+We sure deserve more of that.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "lawnmower-man-1992-0006.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+The cyberspace we all need.
+#+end_img-c
+
+I give it a 3.0/5.
+
+I was *sure* the ending of this film was from the sequel.
+But nope - I don't remember anything from the second one.
+Therefore, see you on the other side, /Beyond Cyberspace/.
+
+If anything, it's a great movie to show everyone how amazing trackballs are.
+And we all know it is a fact.
+No one can tell me otherwise.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "lawnmower-man-1992-0004.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+The hidden star of the movie, right behind that hairy guy.
+Look at that keyboard!
+Look at how beige it is!
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "lawnmower-man-1992-0005.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Cyber God indeed.
+#+end_img-c
+
+[fn:series] And Polish version of those.
+We had a great copy of /The Honeymooners/ named /Miodowe Lata/.
+The translation of the title is surprisingly spot-on.
+[fn:trans] Under an amazingly translated title, which would translate back as /The Lawmower Man of Minds/.
+Perfection.
+We knew /Dirty Dancing/ as /Spinning Sex/ and /Die Hard/ as /Glass Trap/.
+Those were simpler times.
 ** DONE Hardware (1990)
 CLOSED: [2024-02-17 Sat 19:39]
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-An ordiary store.
+An ordinary store.
 Great vibes!
 Fun for the whole family.
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 [fn:cp] I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element... or most of "cyber".
 No one rebels against the system, no one enters the /cyberspace/.
-But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than /John Menomic/ a /Cyberpunk/.
+But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than /Johny Menomic/ a /Cyberpunk/.
 Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it.
-[fn:alien] Aka "the clearly inferior of the /Alien/ series"
+[fn:alien] Aka "the clearly superior of the /Alien/ series"
 
 ** DONE STD of Apple
 CLOSED: [2024-02-16 Fri 16:29]
@@ -509,7 +595,7 @@ It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution.
 I enjoyed it a lot.
 It is not a /good/ movie, but it is enjoyable.
 
-I give it a =3.25/5.=
+I give it a =3.0/5.=
 
 links:
 - [[https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine][Ghost in the Machine on TVDB]]