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* DesignatedVillain: The Net Police officers are treated like terrible people, despite the fact we never see them do anything malicious or morally-questionable and are willing to protect Steve even though he's a jerk to them.
* {{Narm}}: One of the scientists who worked on Drexel describes video games as though they were a ''drug habit'' (the phrase "gateway games" is used unironically). Video game addiction ''is'' a thing, but the movie treats them like heroin.
* {{Narm}}: One of the scientists who worked on Drexel describes video games as though they were a ''drug habit'' (the phrase "gateway games" is used unironically). Video game addiction ''is'' a thing, but the movie treats them like heroin.
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* DesignatedVillain: The Steve treats the Net Police officers are treated like terrible people, people and cogs in an authoritarian system, despite the fact we never see them do anything malicious or morally-questionable and are willing to protect Steve even though he's a jerk to them.
them. Both of them ultimately lay down their lives in the name of doing the right thing, protecting Steve, his lady sidekick, and the world.
* {{Narm}}:One of the scientists The main scientist who worked with and on Drexel describes video games as though they were a ''drug habit'' (the phrase "gateway games" is used unironically). Video game addiction ''is'' a thing, but the movie treats them like heroin.
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{{Narm}}: One of the scientists who worked on Drexel describes video games as though they were a ''drug habit'' (the phrase "gateway games" is used unironically). Video game addiction ''is'' a thing, but the movie treats them like heroin.
*SoBadItsGoodNarmCharm: Stupid? Yes. Unintentionally hilarious? Also yes. Watchable? Surprisingly, yes.
* SoBadItsGood: It's a movie made out of ''Sega CD clips''. This was the best it could aspire to. It does rather well.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Drexel, the AI obsessed with video games, has some potential... but instead is wasted as a bog-standard "evil computer". The little kid voice they use throughout (even taking into account that they had to change Walter Koenig's dialogue to fit the movie's plot) just makes it impossible to take seriously.
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* SoBadItsGood: It's a movie made out of ''Sega CD clips''. This was the best it could aspire to. It does rather well.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Drexel, the AI obsessed with video games, has some potential... but instead is wasted as a bog-standard "evil computer". The little kid voice they use throughout (even taking into account that they had to change Walter Koenig's dialogue to fit the movie's plot) just makes it impossible to take seriously.
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* ClicheStorm: Particularly the beginning, where Drexel is established as a powerful artificial intelligence, all leading up to the [[TheUntwist revelation]] that Drexel is [[AIIsACrapshoot evil]].
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