Johnny Mnminute

Finally we get some action. Johnny centers himself after a harrowing data upload, then all hell breaks loose. Mono-molecular whips, air powered guns, total mayhem. We break it down frame by frame.

What is a courier to do after uploading a dangerous amount of data into his wetware memory implants? Why, excuse himself to the restroom to freak out, of course. This minute is that freakout and our reaction to it. Hope it tickles your implants too.

This week's minute of Johnny Mnemonic is a blast through the (for some reason) visual representation of data being downloaded. There is not a lot of story to unpack, but there are a lot of visuals to meticulously comb through, and we attempt to do so with a fine toothed comb. Before that, we spend probably far too much time speculating about the world we will all emerge into once we have stopped NAS (or COVID-19).

After the obligatory quarantine talk that every podcast is likely doing these days, your hosts discuss some Johnny Mnmedia they consumed, then dive into the 11th minute, which they both thoroughly enjoy. Get ready for some sick 90s beats, some sick 90s trench coats, and some sick 90s special effects, because the download has begun.

Not a lot of dialogue in this minute, but a whole lot of scenery to chew on. Futuristic tech abounds and your hosts go piece by piece and try to figure out exactly how Johnny gets data from a hard copy into his wetware. We also get the first look at our creepy antagonists and promises of firefights to come. Speaking of wetware, I am moist with anticipation.

This week, due to the plague currently ravaging the earth, your hosts are each broadcasting from their own personal heavily fortified bunkers, and bringing you their own brand of cabin-fever ravaged humor as they (we) watch and review minute 9 of Johnny Mnemonic. It's an exposition heavy minute as we learn that Big J is gonna be in trouble if he exceeds his capacity. But Johnny knows better than that, right? Johnny would never exceed capacity. Right? Uh-oh.

Minute 8 is an exciting one. Smokey hotel rooms, razor girls, hired goons with submachine guns, and of course our favorite courier dropping iconic lines. We also discuss a variety of other things, some related to Johnny Mnemonic, some not.

This week starts with an email and a deleted scene from the week before. After that we get into the good cyberpunk stuff: Memory doublers, data jack cybernetics, and cheap matte paintings of 2021 Beijing.

This week on Johnny Mniminute we begin with two listener emails, one of which proves very difficult to read out loud. Then we get into Johnny's walk through a futuristic hotel lobby, encounter with some creepy children, and the fashion of 2021.

The fifth minute of Johnny Mnemonic finds Johnny finishing his phone call with Ralphie and heading off to beautiful Beijing, currently in the midst of plague and civil unrest. Sound familiar? It does to us as well. We talk about that and more, including Keanu Reeves tight hammys. Thanks for listening.