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28th Mar '13 1:54:21 PM Austin

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These aren't YMMV. Moving.

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* AwesomeYetPractical: Johnny's "wet-wired" NeuroVault. He has an I/O port in his head, and he "dump(ed) a chunk of long term memory"(his childhood) to make space for a few dozen gigabytes of squishy RAM. Johnny's implant is a completely undetectable hiding place, as it's plugged into the Broca region of his brain and indistinguishable from a perfectly legal dyslexia prosthetic. The difference is that he has a file folder in his ''mind'', which can only be identified, let alone accessed, with a download code; there's nothing for even the most OverreactingAirportSecurity to find.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: A portion of his brain was removed or otherwise toyed with to make room for the implant that left Johnny without his childhood memories and, possibly, [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul with stunted emotions and personality]]. But while, essentially, having lost part of his humanity seems pretty trivial (especially compared to the significantly greater risks that would present themselves had this been a RealLife procedure), even Johnny is so unhappy with this tradeoff that he explicitly makes it clear to his work contact (Ralfi) that he wants to have the implant removed for these reasons. More importantly, uploading anything onto the implant puts such a torturous strain on Johnny that he has to wear a mouth guard, presumably to avoid him biting off his own tongue. Finally, the implant lacks a safeguard to prevent the user from exceeding storage capacity, which is implied to be lethal.

17th Mar '13 9:30:13 AM arisboch

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2nd Mar '13 5:50:47 PM Hyruleboy

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10th Dec '12 10:57:28 PM SeanMurrayI

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Not that it matters; even Gibson isn't fond of the movie, and despite his credit as screenwriter, he insists it wasn't even his script that was ultimately produced. (See Johnny Mnemonic Trivia tab)

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10th Dec '12 9:38:09 PM SuddenFrost

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29th Nov '12 9:18:43 AM AaronAAardvark

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Plot Hole isn't subjective. Moving to main page space.

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* PlotHole:
** In the movie's opening scenes, it's quickly understood that Johnny must undergo a very expensive and risky "procedure" in Chiba City to remove his brain implant if he were to regain the lost memories of his childhood[[note]]If not, to restore the literal chunk of his brain which housed those memories and was removed to make room for his NeuroVault.[[/note]]; in fact, it's Johnny's deep desire to get this procedure done that leads to him taking the courier gig in Beijing and setting the whole film's plot in motion. However, the story inexplicably concludes with Johnny's lost memories returning to him by simply completing the download code to access the information that was stored in his NeuroVault. There is nothing done to explain how the download code for the data in Johnny's implant could access the lost memories when it was already established that Johnny needed to seek a completely different route to retrieve them.
** A point about Johnny having told the Yakuza the location of the [=LoTek=] headquarters is not adequately dealt with in the narrative. It's foreshadowed that Johnny should face ''some'' repercussions for this action; as Jane says, "Now if ''they'' don't kill you, J-Bone will." However, this issue is abandoned immediately following this line. J-Bone and the [=LoTeks=] wind up giving full, unconditional assistance to the very person responsible for their hideout being raided and don't even bother to reprimand Johnny (not even after the Yakuza finally do show up to take siege of their "stronghold") for what he had done to them for no rational reason.
** In Jane's first scene, where she tries to get work as a bodyguard for Ralfi, she never tells anyone her name (and no one else refers to her by her name). Later, when the audience ''does'' finally learn her name, it's said by Ralfi, who, previously, never learned her name.
** When Johnny and Jane are being chased by Shinji after their escape from Ralfi's nightclub, they get protection from J-Bone and a large group of [=LoTeks=] ...who have no clear reason given for being there, not to mention that there is no way they could have possibly known at the time that something was going down at Ralfi's nightclub. It is already established before this scene that the [=LoTeks=] have their own headquarters (which is not where Johnny and Jane are when running from Shinji) and that J-Bone doesn't feel he owes Johnny any favors... so J-Bone suddenly goes back on what he said about that and helps Johnny unconditionally with no clear rationale given for it...? After Johnny and Jane coincidentally bump into him and his large band of tribal hobos out on an inexplicable midnight stroll away from the safety of their headquarters...?

8th Oct '12 4:24:20 PM SeanMurrayI

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Natter. This page is designated Your Mileage May Vary for a reason.

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8th Oct '12 10:52:13 AM 84788484

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5th Oct '12 8:39:06 AM SeanMurrayI

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28th Sep '12 8:08:52 PM SuddenFrost