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* CriticalResearchFailure: The infamous line "Yesterday he absorbed Latin in two hours. It took me one year just to learn the Latin alphabet". Latin alphabet is the same as the modern English alphabet, minus a few letters (such as J, U and W) that were added later.
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* SignatureScene: The "cybersex" sequence, to the point where images of it were even featured in some promotional materials for the sequel, despite it not even being alluded to in that film.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: The first film already wasn't generally felt to be a classic, but this one has an idiotic storyline even compared to the first, and doesn't even have the SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome that the first had (for the time), with VR mostly being depicted through live-action stock footage, and the few CGI effects that we see being no better than what you'd have seen on a contemporary episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: The first film already wasn't generally felt to be a classic, but this one has an idiotic storyline even compared to the first, and doesn't even have the SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome that the first had (for the time), with VR mostly being depicted through live-action stock footage, and the few CGI effects that we see being no better than what you'd have seen on a contemporary episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''. And even people who liked the first film weren't fans of the sequel largely for the fact that it ignores many of the events of the first film.
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Potholed to The Minds Eye, which to me was conspicuously missing
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Certain viewers may recognize the CGI sequences more from the hour-long video ''Beyond ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye Beyond the Mind's Eye'', Eye]]'', which came out later the same year.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The film's claim that virtual reality will be in widespread use by the turn of the millennium, and especially Jobe's claim that ''everyone'' will be using VR by the year 2001, can only be described as a laughably bad prediction, and/or one that may be more than a decade off.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** The film's claim that virtual reality will be in widespread use by the turn of the millennium, and especially Jobe's claim that ''everyone'' will be using VR by the year 2001, can only be described as a laughably bad prediction, and/or one that may be more than a decadeoff.off.
** Peter, played by Austin O'Brien, is told by Dr. Angelo to wait in the car with his mother, but ignores his instructions and eventually follows Angelo into the VSI building, nearly getting himself killed, but also causing Jobe to have a PetTheDog moment that saves Angelo's life. The following year, [[Film/LastActionHero another character played by O'Brien]] was left deciding whether to stay in a car, or follow TheHero into a building and possibly endanger his own life, but possibly also save the life of said hero -- only this time there was ''way'' more LampshadeHanging involved.
** The film's claim that virtual reality will be in widespread use by the turn of the millennium, and especially Jobe's claim that ''everyone'' will be using VR by the year 2001, can only be described as a laughably bad prediction, and/or one that may be more than a decade
** Peter, played by Austin O'Brien, is told by Dr. Angelo to wait in the car with his mother, but ignores his instructions and eventually follows Angelo into the VSI building, nearly getting himself killed, but also causing Jobe to have a PetTheDog moment that saves Angelo's life. The following year, [[Film/LastActionHero another character played by O'Brien]] was left deciding whether to stay in a car, or follow TheHero into a building and possibly endanger his own life, but possibly also save the life of said hero -- only this time there was ''way'' more LampshadeHanging involved.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: The first film already wasn't generally felt to be a classic, but this one has an idiotic storyline even compared to the first, and doesn't even have the SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome that the first had (for the time), with VR mostly being depicted through live-action stock footage, and the few CGI effects that we see being no better than what you'd have seen on a contemporary episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''.
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* {{Woolseyism}}: The French and French-Canadian version of the film is called "Le Cobaye" (The Guinea Pig) which is not only a more accurate title but prevents issue with Stephen King's short story which is called "La Pastorale" in french in reference to the main character's lawnmowing company "Pastorale Greenery".
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* {{Woolseyism}}: The French and French-Canadian version of the film is called "Le Cobaye" (The Guinea Pig) which is not only a more accurate title but prevents issue with Stephen King's short story which is called "La Pastorale" in french French in reference to the main character's lawnmowing company "Pastorale Greenery".
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: As [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] put it, the decision to release a sequel to a film that was both four-years-old and only a modest hit didn't put ''The Lawnmower Man 2'' on a good footing from the start. The decision to then make it PG rated to attract an audience that probably didn't see the original, and have it star a cast of [[KidAppealCharacter Kid Appeal Characters]] while only bringing back one minor actor from the first film killed its chances outright.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: The first film wasn't generally felt to be a classic, but this one has an idiotic storyline even compared to the first, and doesn't even have the VisualEffectsOfAwesome SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome that the first had (for the time), with VR mostly being depicted through live-action stock footage, and the few CGI effects that we see being no better than what you'd have seen on a contemporary episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''.
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** On the CGI front, one of the studios, Angel Studios, would go on to become [[Creator/TakeTwoInteractive Rockstar San Diego]], better known for ''VideoGame/RedDeadRevolver'' and its sequels.
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* {{Woolseyism}}: The French and French-Canadian version of the film is called "Le Cobaye" (The Guinea Pig) which is not only a more accurate title but prevents issue with Stephen King's short story which is called "La Pastorale" in french in reference to the main character's lawnmowing company "Pastorale Greenery".
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The SNES adaptation of the movie isn't entirely without merit, boasting a great soundtrack and some impressive-for-the-time "virtual reality" segments, but is let down by its repetitive, NintendoHard platforming segments.
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** The SNES adaptation of the movie isn't entirely without merit, boasting a great soundtrack and some impressive-for-the-time "virtual reality" segments, but is let down by its repetitive, NintendoHard platformingsegments.segments.
** The CD-ROM game released for PC, Macintosh and Sega CD is one of those games that put far more emphasis on showcasing the technology than making an enjoyable game. The game consists of various minigames depicted by looping prerendered video footage with player input limited to PressXToNotDie.
** The SNES adaptation of the movie isn't entirely without merit, boasting a great soundtrack and some impressive-for-the-time "virtual reality" segments, but is let down by its repetitive, NintendoHard platforming
** The CD-ROM game released for PC, Macintosh and Sega CD is one of those games that put far more emphasis on showcasing the technology than making an enjoyable game. The game consists of various minigames depicted by looping prerendered video footage with player input limited to PressXToNotDie.
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* NightmareFuel: Having your brain overloaded with so much information cannot be a ''good'' thing.
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* NightmareFuel: MoralEventHorizon: Averted in the theatrical cut, since Jobe only kills bad guys, but in the director's cut he crosses the line into being evil himself when he kills Angelo's wife ForTheEvulz.
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** Having your brain overloaded with so much information cannot be a ''good''thing.thing.
** Negated somewhat by how clunky the effects are, but the death by slow molecular dissolution that Jobe inflicts on several agents of The Shop in the climax.
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** Having your brain overloaded with so much information cannot be a ''good''
** Negated somewhat by how clunky the effects are, but the death by slow molecular dissolution that Jobe inflicts on several agents of The Shop in the climax.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: The first film wasn't generally felt to be a classic or anything, classic, but this one tends has an idiotic storyline even compared to be regarded as the first, and doesn't even have the VisualEffectsOfAwesome that the first had (for the time), with VR mostly being just terrible beyond belief.depicted through live-action stock footage, and the few CGI effects that we see being no better than what you'd have seen on a contemporary episode of ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot''.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Certain viewers may recognize the CGI sequences more from the hour-long video ''Beyond the Mind's Eye'', which came out later the same year.
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* FetishRetardant: The cybersex scene is this. Particularly once Jobe goes from humanoid to a frog-like abomination.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: JamesBond! [[{{Lost}} Frank Lapidus]]! The kid from ''LastActionHero''! [[BreakingBad Hank Schrader]]!
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* HilariousInHindsight: The film's claim that virtual reality will be in widespread use by the turn of the millennium, and especially Jobe's claim that ''everyone'' will be using VR by the year 2001, can only be described as a laughably bad prediction.
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** Which is a reference to the brand name of a real head-mounted display built by [=VPL=] in the early 1990s, which was heavily featured in the first movie. Incidentally, when [=VPL=] went bankrupt, its patents were acquired by Thomson, which is why a scene of [[JohnnyMnemonic another 1990s cyberpunk movie]] makes a reference to "Thomson Eyephones".
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** Which is a reference to the brand name of a real head-mounted display built by [=VPL=] in the early 1990s, which was heavily featured in the first movie.movie (in pretty much every scene with virtual reality equipment, [[ProductPlacement you can see the VPL logo somewhere]]). Incidentally, when [=VPL=] went bankrupt, its patents were acquired by Thomson, which is why a scene of [[JohnnyMnemonic another 1990s cyberpunk movie]] makes a reference to "Thomson Eyephones".
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** Which is a reference to the brand name of a real head-mounted display built by [=VPL=] in the early 1990s. Incidentally, when [=VPL=] went bankrupt, its patents were acquired by Thomson, which is why a scene of [[JohnnyMnemonic another 1990s cyberpunk movie]] makes a reference to "Thomson Eyephones".
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** Which is a reference to the brand name of a real head-mounted display built by [=VPL=] in the early 1990s.1990s, which was heavily featured in the first movie. Incidentally, when [=VPL=] went bankrupt, its patents were acquired by Thomson, which is why a scene of [[JohnnyMnemonic another 1990s cyberpunk movie]] makes a reference to "Thomson Eyephones".
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** Which is a reference to the brand name of a real head-mounted display built by [=VPL=] in the early 1990s. Incidentally, when [=VPL=] went bankrupt, its patents were acquired by Thomson, which is why a scene of [[JohnnyMnemonic another 1990s cyberpunk movie]] makes a reference to "Thomson Eyephones".
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The then-groundbreaking CGI is not nearly as impressive now.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: A lot of people dislike the sequel entitled ''The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace'', or ''The Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War'' for the DVD.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: A lot of people dislike the sequel.
* HilariousInHindsight: The device that jacks people into virtual reality is called "eyephone".
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!!The sequel:
* FanonDiscontinuity: A lot of people dislike the sequel.
* HilariousInHindsight: The device that jacks people into virtual reality is called "eyephone".
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Not a subjective trope, or a trope at all. Bad grammar and formatting
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