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| 6 | [[quoteright:350:[[Film/IronMan1 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/006b540f94561bc43b33c3bc87b4f991.jpg]]]] |
| 7 | [-[[caption-width-right:350:[[DoubleEntendre Oooh, baby, you know just how to put me together...]]]]-] |
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| 9 | ->"''We'll use my new duel-disk system, because I have a hard-on for technology.''" |
| 10 | -->-- '''Seto Kaiba''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' |
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| 12 | A sequence, scene, or overt emphasis on the design and/or workings of machines, gadgets, and vehicles, with the intent of showing admiration and possibly invoking audience lust for the items in question. Often features smooth pans across ultra-glossy exteriors, a sequence of parts moving in intricate and complex patterns, lingering close-ups of key components, [[SchematizedProp or highly detailed descriptions and diagrams of how a device is put together]]. |
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| 14 | It appears most commonly in visual works, such as movies, television, animated series, comic books and manga, where the creators put in extra effort to focus on details that might not influence the plot. In literature, Technology Porn may appear as paragraphs that go into greater detail than necessary about the tech, such as describing at length the interlocking mechanisms of a watch, or highly detailed and elaborate technical diagrams. |
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| 16 | Any CoolCar, CoolStarship, or other type of cool machine is likely to be an example of Technology Porn. Sometimes referred to by ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' fans as "[[AscendedFanboy Ryusei]] Porn". An ActivationSequence is also a likely time to indulge in this. |
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| 18 | For tech geeks in the audience, this can be real {{Fanservice}}... even if it's not realistic but [[RuleOfCool sufficiently cool]]. |
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| 20 | A SisterTrope to SceneryPorn, FoodPorn, CostumePorn, GunPorn, DescriptionPorn, FighterLaunchingSequence, CreationSequence, SchematizedProp, RoboticAssemblyLines. |
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| 22 | Compare/Contrast {{Technobabble}}. |
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| 24 | While this may induce {{Nerdgasm}}s, note that this is ''not'' RuleThirtyFour with robots (''aka'' that {{Fetish}}). Nor is it about [[TheInternetIsForPorn technology used to deliver porn]]. If you came here looking for [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant a trope about literal pornographic usages of technology]], you're probably looking for {{Robosexual}}, SexBot or PowerPerversionPotential. Though [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] might disagree on all points. |
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| 27 | !!Examples: |
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| 31 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 32 | * The new [[https://youtu.be/gOnC5chCag0 Droid]] commercials are just made of this. Or [[ElectronicEyes this]]. |
| 33 | * Some of the commercials for the Microsoft Surface lineup, such as [[https://youtu.be/Rj1_8JCdWiE this]], tend to have closeups of sleek exteriors and the electronics and mechanisms inside. With epic and/or inspirational music playing in the background. |
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| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 37 | * Just about every stock TransformationSequence in every Japanese TransformingMecha or CombiningMecha anime ever: |
| 38 | ** The {{transformation sequence}}s in ''Anime/TransformersVictory'', with robot parts folding, nesting, and combining with each other all over the place. |
| 39 | ** The ''Eldoran'' and ''Anime/BraveSeries'' (being the {{Spiritual Successor}}s to ''Anime/TransformersVictory'') have a lot of interlocking pistons and gears in the {{Transformation Sequence}}s of its CombiningMecha, especially ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. Just look at [[https://youtu.be/wODKm9cI9Lw Final Fusion.]] |
| 40 | ** Anime/{{Gunbuster}} also has one of the greats, with [[https://youtu.be/fGMNJqV_8eo#t=4m44s this]] video starting at 4:44. |
| 41 | ** The VF-0's [[https://youtu.be/atbdDXRen_o first transformation to battroid mode]] in ''Anime/MacrossZero''. |
| 42 | ** From ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', the [[CombiningMecha SRX's]] "[[https://youtu.be/F5IBlMjYpXQ Variable Formation]]" is one of the best. |
| 43 | ** ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' does this from time to time, particularly in ''Anime/ZoidsNewCentury'' when the Liger switches between modes. |
| 44 | * ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'', being set in a gritty UsedFuture, has more than one scene of the mechs -- usually Scopedogs -- in various stages of disassembly and repair. The whole first 15 minutes or so of the ''Last Red Shoulder'' OVA are dedicated entirely to the team modifying four [=ATs=] into Turbo Custom variants. Supplementary materials have detailed diagrams of internal workings of every mech in the show too. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', both manga and anime, especially the motorcycle scenes. Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo's obsessive eye for detail makes for some of the best SceneryGorn/[[SceneryPorn Porn]]. |
| 46 | * The only part of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' that was made in 3D (well, obvious 3D), was the futuristic videogame "world." Tons of ships and views of torpedoes being loaded and general "technology smut". |
| 47 | * The CGI anime ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series tend to have {{Transformation Sequence}}s that mimic the toys; i.e., they're really long and detailed. |
| 48 | * The introduction of ''[[https://youtu.be/N7T-6ThKoJ0 Madox-01.]]'' |
| 49 | * The works of Kosuke Fujishima like ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' & ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''. |
| 50 | * This is one of the many appeals of ''Manga/AirGear.'' |
| 51 | * The manga version of ''Literature/AllYouNeedIsKill'' is filled with it, with its detailed art-style putting emphasis on the weaponry and parts of the {{Mini Mecha}}s. |
| 52 | * An in-universe example from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' would be Winry's reaction to Rush Valley, the automail mecca of Amestris. |
| 53 | * ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'': Series creator Creator/MasamuneShirow holds a degree in engineering, and [[Manga/GhostInTheShell the original manga]] contains countless side notes that explain how many of the machines and mechanisms are supposed to work. [[Anime/GhostInTheShell1995 Both of the Oshii films]] contain several scenes which can be considered hardcore technology porn, and have massively influenced the animation style of the company who made the films, Creator/ProductionIG. The [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex two-season series]] does them to a lesser extent. |
| 54 | ** Any incarnation is sure to show several scenes of both the main characters and the antagonists carefully assembling and preparing their high-tech equipment. |
| 55 | ** Both films start with highly artistic scenes showing the assembly of androids. Female, of course. And naked. Up close. Technology Porn [[https://youtu.be/S_1PssU1a9U for real.]] |
| 56 | *** It's a cyborg being fitted to a prosthetic body in the first movie, actually...There's deliberate contrast between the two, as the making of a cyborg is very mechanical, while the birth of a gynoid has an organic feel, especially with the initial formation of the neurochip, resembling an egg being fertilized. |
| 57 | ** The second movie includes a several minute long scene showing nothing but a plane circling a massive cathedral with its segmented wings flapping in the wind like feathers. And then there's the horde of naked robo-chicks spinning and jumping through the corridors while decapitating armed guards. And the virtual assault on the facilities internal computer defense. And... |
| 58 | ** Obsessive detail for futuristic machines and weapons is [[CreatorThumbprint a recurring trait]] in Masamune Shirow's creations. He even has a recurring small arms manufacturer, Seburo, which shows up in his various works. |
| 59 | ** As are his insanely legged and [[AmazonianBeauty chiseled]] female protagonists, especially in his recent H-works. Which again bridge Technology Porn with, well, normal porn. |
| 60 | * Since ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' takes more notes from HumongousMecha anime than MagicalGirl shows, it's no surprise that this is present. The TransformationSequence focuses just as much time on the individual components of their Devices snapping together in place as much it does [[MaleGaze on the characters themselves]] for one, and every time a Device [[SwissArmyWeapon switches forms]], it will dominate the screen while it goes through the process. |
| 61 | * The opening shots of ''Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01'' are all lovingly detailed and animated, highlighting the development of the titular MADOX and all its mechanical parts and components. |
| 62 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'''s first battle starts with [[TheHero Amuro]] reading Project V manual for Gundam complete with rather detailed diagrams. Supplementary materials go even further with detailed explanation of science behind almost every tech used and assembly instructions for [[MerchandiseDriven HG model kits]] are often broken up with illustrations showing various internal working of Mobile Suit in questions along with description of various parts functions. |
| 63 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' deserves mention here due to the OVA's emphasis on the SuperPrototype mecha in question, specifically their vital role in the story. |
| 64 | ** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'', which is weighted more towards long-time fans, is full of Technology Porn, from the suits to the cockpit displays. |
| 65 | * The battle against Ramiel in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Particularly the ''Rebuild'' version. |
| 66 | ** And the battle against Iruel, which was left out of ''Evangelion 2.0''. |
| 67 | ** Unit 00's berserk incident. Hell, even Unit 01's first Rebuild launch counts, what with the copious amounts of hi-res CGI. And Unit 02 engaging [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Beast Mode]]. |
| 68 | ** Both Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Creator/HideakiAnno worked on the [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross first]] ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' anime (see below), and Anno also was one of the key artists for Miyazaki's ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' with its lush and detailed tech, before founding Creator/StudioGainax. No surprise here. |
| 69 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', in its happier moments, lavishes attention on technology and onro the futuristic cityscape of Mitakihara. This eventually serves [[spoiler:to set up MoodDissonance between the outwardly sleek, high-tech world of the series, and the dark and horrible things lurking just beneath the surface]]. |
| 70 | * ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' is full of Technology Porn, from descriptions of psychogenic drugs of the future (Accela) to Lain's HackerCave to an entire episode filled with strange shots of technology and [[MindScrew god knows what else]]. |
| 71 | * Creator/ShojiKawamori graduated as an aircraft engineer, and entered the animation industry only because there weren't many open vacancies in Japanese aircraft industry in the early [=80s=]. So when producer Noboru Ishiguro needed a mecha designer for ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', he knew whom to ask: Kawamori was a friend and a schoolmate of ''Macross''s artist Haruhiko Mikimoto, better known as HAL[[note]]HAL also heavily influenced early Sadamoto, who worked with him on ''Macross''[[/note]]. Kawamori then applied all his engineering training to the lovingly detailed and well thought-out series' mechas — and continues to do it ever since in subsequent ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' series, having with time replaced Ishiguro as ''Macross''[='s=] mastermind. |
| 72 | ** Their team also included the famous animation director Ichiro Itano, already a living legend for his "''[[MacrossMissileMassacre Itano Circus]]''". Itano, just as HAL, also worked on the first (and many other) ''Gundam'' series, so there's actually a lot of creative cross-pollination between the two franchises, as both were produced (at least partially) by Creator/{{Sunrise}}, and creators often migrate between projects. It is therefore not entirely surprising that both are known for their attention to complex and detailed technology. |
| 73 | * ''Animation/SkyBlue'' has several '''long''' scenes depicting nothing but the motorbikes of the future speeding along [[SceneryGorn ruined landscapes of a post-apocalyptic Earth]]. |
| 74 | * In the original series, ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', one early episode was devoted to giving a tour of the ship. Naturally, it was very heavy on this trope. |
| 75 | * ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'', full stop. The rest of the franchise probably as well, but its visual style is just too Creator/LeijiMatsumoto-specific and his early-Seventies look seems really dated for some, despite being a conscious aesthetic choice. ''2199'', OTOH, updated it with more mainstream stylings. |
| 76 | * ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}''. Pretty much every single device in the film can induce steam-boners in fans of SteamPunk. Even Scarlett's little treadmill for her pet chihuahua is meticulously detailed with gears, levers and ornate designs. |
| 77 | * The painstaking detail in which the Texhnolysis process is depicted in ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'' (duh) certainly qualifies, especially seeing how Doc, the doctor performing the operation has nearly orgasmic reactions throughout it, and makes clear in her dialogue that she considers it an erotic experience. |
| 78 | * In ''Anime/TransformersArmada'', Unicron gets another chance, after [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie the movie]], to cause massive {{Nerdgasm}}s, as seen [[https://youtu.be/fZCw1qD3_L0&NR=1 here.]] |
| 79 | * In ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' twenty years later, seeing Primus transform caused quite a few [[JawDrop jaws to drop]] in the fandom. Lesser examples include Optimus Prime's SuperMode sequence, and any shot of him as a flying fire truck. |
| 80 | * Creator/TsutomuNihei's works often include generous amounts of tech-porn, though the actual mechanics behind them are rarely elaborated on. When it is, it's all TechnoBabble anyway given how ''far'' into the future he likes to set things. |
| 81 | ** Nihei was educated as an architect, and some of his wider shots are sometimes impossible to distinguish from architectural sketches. |
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| 84 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 85 | * ComicBook/IronMan lapses into this from time to time, but Len Kaminski and Kevin Hopgood's run in the early 90s was the best example, with the War Machine, Telepresence 2, Modular and Hulkbuster armors, and the "Iron Manual". |
| 86 | * When the original ''ComicBook/OfficialHandbookOfTheMarvelUniverse'' series came out in TheEighties, the last issue was devoted to equipment, complete with cool-looking blueprints for everything from the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers' quinjets]] to [[ComicBook/RomSpaceknight Rom's cyborg armor]] to the [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Green Goblin's bat glider.]] |
| 87 | * Featured in ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'' whenever the title tool goes to work, thanks to Alan Weiss' highly detailed and clean mechanical drawings. |
| 88 | * In the German comic ''ComicBook/{{Werner}}'': Brösel can't draw women (at least, he couldn't for most of his career), but boy, can he draw machines and vehicles! |
| 89 | ** The Red Porsche Killer concept drawings in ''Eiskalt!'', provided by the real-life Ölfuß, definitely count, too. While he drew them, he kept stating that it's possible to actually build all that. [[{{Defictionalization}} He did, and it worked]]. %% This entry was added automatically by FELH2. In case the wording doesn't make sense, rewrite it as you like, remove this comment, and tell this troper. |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
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| 92 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 93 | * In ''Fanfic/{{Eleutherophobia}}: How I Live Now'', Tom spends a ''lot'' of words admiring how sleek and efficient [[spoiler:the Blade ship]] is. Lampshaded when another character jokingly asks if they want to spend some time alone. |
| 94 | * The authors of the ExpandedUniverse of ''Fanfic/PokeWars'' have written technical manuals that go into detail of the weapons used by the various human factions. ''Exquisite'' detail that'll make any technophile pop a boner. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
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| 97 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 98 | * From ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'', the first unveiling of Lightning [=McQueen=]. |
| 99 | * ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'': Three words. The Pie Machine. |
| 100 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'': Happens when the Giant repairs itself after the train crash, and [[spoiler:when it's attacked by the Army and deploys its weapons.]] |
| 101 | * Watching [[https://youtu.be/TG4GaPcLgOs Unicron's transformation]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' in the theater was a life-defining experience for some tropers. Earlier in the movie the Autobot city shifting into battle mode was rather impressive as well. |
| 102 | * Similarly, from ''WesternAnimation/WallE'', when EVE first arrives on Earth, particularly the intricate routine where she is unloaded from the shuttle and activated. |
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| 105 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 106 | * [[http://vimeo.com/29642342 This]] short film, as well as other works by the director. |
| 107 | * The ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise generally prefers a UsedFuture look, but there are a few examples of this trope mixed in: |
| 108 | ** Mother's control room aboard the ''Nostromo'' in ''Film/{{Alien}}''. |
| 109 | ** The LockAndLoadMontage in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' showing the Marines checking out their weapons and loading the dropship. Particularly the sequence of Ripley powering up the powerloader. Naw, ''that's'' not gonna be significant later... |
| 110 | ** ''Film/AlienResurrection'', especially the labs. [[AwesomeButImpractical Want some whiskey?]] |
| 111 | * ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' movies: |
| 112 | ** The [=DeLorean=] gets some of this, especially when Doc Brown introduces it in the [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 first movie]]. |
| 113 | ** Also, the opening of the first movie, showing off various gadgets Doc has at home. |
| 114 | * The ejection sequence in ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'' with slow-motion tracking and close-ups of each step of the ejector seat's operation. |
| 115 | * ''Film/BicentennialMan'': The assembly line in the opening credits, as well as when Andrew and Rupert have designed robotic versions of all the human organs. |
| 116 | * Station's assembly of the Good Robot Usses from ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'' combines this trope with HomemadeInventions. |
| 117 | * ''Film/BladeRunner'' is ALL OVER this trope with the Voight-Kampff test machine, as well as some action with the photos in the Esper. |
| 118 | * ''Film/{{Brainstorm}}'' is made of this. |
| 119 | * The Inventing Room in the 2005 version of ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''. |
| 120 | * A turn-of-the-20th-century-esque version in ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'' with the breakfast machine in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBJGpNTP_lY this scene]]. |
| 121 | * ''Film/TheConversation'' has this is spades. Aligning playheads, long distance mikes re-mounted and aimed by snipers, and each multiple audio pass savored for its methodical slowness. In the digital age, it still qualifies as analog porn that would make the typical DieselPunk aficionado blush. |
| 122 | * ''Film/EnemyOfTheState'' brings this to [[BigBrotherIsWatching paranoia]]. |
| 123 | * From ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'', there was CGI showing the inner workings of the cars' engines, notably when enhancements like nitrous were used. |
| 124 | * ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', being an AffectionateParody of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and Star Trek fandom, shows one of the fans with a wireframe model of the ''entire'' interior of the NSEA ''Protector''. Later, when Jason and Gwen walk through the room that houses the Omega 13, we're treated to ''genuine'' technology porn, complete with awe-inspiring music. |
| 125 | * ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'' had a bunch of this going on, especially with the closeups showing off the inner workings of the Golden Army robots. Watching Nuada's crown put itself together is like a free stripper-cake! |
| 126 | * ''Film/TheHungerGames'': The room where the overseers "modify" the game has some incredible animation. |
| 127 | * Any scene in a ''Film/JamesBond'' movie in Q's workshop where he demonstrates his latest gadget for Bond to use on his next mission. A great example is in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' where he shows 007 his new Aston Martin [=DB5=] with all kinds of hidden weapons and features. |
| 128 | * A frequent feature of Creator/JamesCameron movies. Even in ''Film/Titanic1997'' he managed to have the camera linger just as lovingly on the heavy metal of the ship's engines as on Creator/KateWinslet. It's present in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' when it isn't indulging in SceneryPorn or naked blue {{fanservice}}. The [[https://youtu.be/us3ggae8-Ec "assembly line" teaser trailer]] for ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' is nothing but it. |
| 129 | %% * The puzzle box from ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' films. |
| 130 | * In every Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film with ''ComicBook/IronMan'', when he [[https://youtu.be/HpX1mDEw1gk suits up]]. |
| 131 | ** In ''Iron Man 1'': A legion of computer-controlled waldos, cranes, hoses and parts dance all over, building his suit around him with lavish close-ups of automated ratchets buttoning it up. Reaches a crescendo when his chest piece closes with a pneumatic hiss, and climaxes with Iron Man's mask slamming shut and his visor's eyes lighting up. An earlier scene when Tony gets ready to try-out the Mk.II suit has a 360 degree pan as Tony runs a diagnostic to "test flight surfaces," so many shiny moving fiddly-bits. ''*drool*'' |
| 132 | ** In ''Iron Man 2'', one scene shows Tony putting on the movie version of the Suitcase Armor. Also a brief scene at the beginning when he appears at the Expo and has his suit smoothly disassembled, a far cry from the awkward sequence in the previous movie. |
| 133 | ** In ''The Avengers'': |
| 134 | *** His suit assembly rig is a big upright wheel on a walkway that disassembles Tony's Iron Man suits as he walks along it without obstructing his movement -- he just lands on the roof of Stark Tower and casually strolls into his penthouse. The amount of motion tracking technology and smoothly operating mechanics such a device would require is ''insane''... [[RuleOfCool But it looks]] ''[[RuleOfCool so cool]]'' |
| 135 | *** The Mark VII armor (with cool features like panels on his chest that open up and allow repulsors to provide more vertical thrust) and its emergency deployment mechanism: [[spoiler: The suit flies to Tony, locks in on his wristbands, pulls in and wraps itself around him.]] |
| 136 | *** The Helicarrier's transformation from sea mode to flight mode, plus it turning invisible. |
| 137 | ** ''Iron Man 3'' features the Mark 42 suit, which consists of individual pieces that can fly to and attach to the user on their own. Also, all of Tony's armor suits can now open up, allowing him to "enter" and "exit" them without hassle just like a car. |
| 138 | ** In ''Age of Ultron'', the Hulkbuster is a suit ''for'' his suit, and Individual pieces of armor fly to and attach to the Iron Man suit. He even built an orbit-based flying garage for all the additional armor modules so he can replace broken parts within seconds. |
| 139 | ** In ''Captain America: Civil War'', he has an ImpossiblyCompactFolding repulsor gauntlet in a GadgetWatch and an entire suit of InstantArmor hidden in a helicopter that clicks onto him at the push of a single button -- the pointer finger of the suit even slides out ''around'' the button he pushes. |
| 140 | ** In ''Infinity War'', he's said [[https://youtu.be/7lVolULFxX8 "screw it"]] to all the support equipment and just carries a load of {{Nanomachines}} in a chest piece. |
| 141 | ** Heck, forget about the armour, just look at his completely automated holographic interfaces! Or the computers he can access anywhere in his mansion, including on a coffee table! Or his personalized PDA that he used to hack the Pentagon! Iron Man may as well be renamed Technology Porn, TheMovie! |
| 142 | ** He demonstrates to an auditorium full of MIT students a pair of glasses he designed that can project 3D holographic representations of his own memories in the real world. At over six-hundred million dollars, no research firm would ever provide him the funding so he [[FictionFiveHundred foots the bill himself]]. |
| 143 | * Creator/MichaelBay's ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' movies have loads of Technology Porn, most often when the titular robots are transforming for the first time. The result of which is Optimus Prime taking anywhere from from eight to thirty seconds to transform as opposed to an animation sequence that was completed by the end of ''"chii-choo-chuut."'' |
| 144 | ** Prime's first transformation in [[Film/Transformers2007 the first movie]], and the transformation in in NEST HQ in ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', are both accompanied by a 360-degree camera {{pan}}. |
| 145 | ** Then there's the collapsing of the [=AllSpark=] from a cavern-sized cube to a block no more than two feet on a side. [[note]]Travel-sized for your convenience.[[/note]] |
| 146 | ** Overlapping with GunPorn, the military LockAndLoadMontage that occurs whenever an army is deployed to back up the Autobots includes impressive fly-bys of ships, WallOfWeapons, readouts of special anti-Transformer ammunition and a quick FighterLaunchingSequence or two. |
| 147 | * ''Film/MinorityReport'' was full of these. Especially the computer and eye scanner scenes. |
| 148 | * ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'' doesn't waste any opportunity to show off the awesome tech, with particular enthusiasm for the [[AttackDrones drones]] and the protagonist's FutureCopter. |
| 149 | * ''Film/PacificRim'' has scenes in it that seriously threaten to steal the title of "Technology Porn: TheMovie" right out from under ''Film/IronMan1''. The [[AMechByAnyOtherName Jaegers]] are truly beautiful pieces of sci-fi engineering, and any scene involving them is pure, unadulterated technology porn. Inside the cockpits, their assembly and maintenance, the way they fight is a techhead's dream. |
| 150 | * A more macabre example: The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' movies feature scenes showing off the intricacy and complexity of the various deathtraps. |
| 151 | * The opening sequence of ''Film/ShortCircuit'' shows the construction process of the S.A.I.N.T. robot line. |
| 152 | * Parodied in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', with an [[OverlyLongGag overly long ship passing]]. Creator/MelBrooks says on the DVD commentary that if he could've gotten away with it, he would've had nothing but 90 minutes of the ship passing the camera. Unfortunately for him, the studio ''insisted'' there be a plot. |
| 153 | * ''Film/TheStarfighters'' can be described as Technology Porn Without Plot, being fixated so much on the titular fighter planes that the human characters get no real development. |
| 154 | * The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movies ran the gamut on this. |
| 155 | ** In ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture,'' they played the full movie orchestral theme while Kirk and Scotty toured the ''Enterprise'' in a loading shuttle. In ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', it took a little less time, but they still showed off the model quite a bit. By ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' it was just business as usual, and by ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' it was just "get em on the ship, wham bam thank ya ma'am." |
| 156 | ** ''Film/{{Star Trek III|The Search for Spock}}'', however, introduced Trekkies to the sexiness that is Spacedock. |
| 157 | ** Also, from the beginning of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture,'' the gratuitous flyby of the Klingon ships in all their badass glory. |
| 158 | * From the Films in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' series: |
| 159 | ** ''Film/ANewHope'' gives a long, detailed view, in the opening scene, of the '''massive''' Imperial Star Destroyer flying past the camera in all of its Rebel-crushing glory. |
| 160 | ** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' shows the ''Super'' Star Destroyer utterly dwarfing the monster ships from the first movie! |
| 161 | ** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' has the sequence of the Droid Army being deployed against the Gungan army. |
| 162 | ** The opening shot of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', with Anakin and Obi-wan maneuvering through the battle over Coruscant, is still another example, especially the vulture droids and buzzdroids. |
| 163 | * ''Film/{{Tron}}'' is nothing ''but'' technology porn, with more to be found in its sequel ''Film/TronLegacy''. |
| 164 | * ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' is pretty much a 50/50 mix of this and SceneryPorn. |
| 165 | * ''Film/WarGames'', for its depiction of computer technology of the era, including the IMSAI 8080, 8-inch floppy disks and of course the acoustic coupler modem. |
| 166 | * ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' has any scene where the contraptions work. |
| 167 | * A {{zeerust}} version in ''Film/WhenWorldsCollide'' with scenes of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_analyser differential analyser]] connected to an early pen plotter. The helicopter rescue scene also goes on far too long, because in TheFifties it was still an unfamiliar technology to the audience. |
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| 170 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 171 | * The Creator/RobertAHeinlein juveniles like ''Literature/HaveSpaceSuitWillTravel''. The protagonist is a teenager who restores a secondhand spacesuit, giving the author the opportunity to go into extensive detail on how a spacesuit is designed and used [[ZeeRust at a time when Mankind had not yet gone into space]]. Justified as Heinlein wanted his young readers to grow up and become engineers and rocket scientists to [[IWantMyJetPack create the future that he was writing about]]. |
| 172 | * Creator/AlistairMaclean used this trope a few times, including his first novel, ''H.M.S. Ulysses''. An entire chapter is given to a detailed description of the ''Ulysses'' as a warship, and specifically of the systems that allow her to function as a warship: radar, sonar, engines, weapons. |
| 173 | * The "techno" in "techno-thriller", like for example those written by Creator/TomClancy, is there for a reason. Authors in the genre tend to go into loving detail about the hardware used in the work. Authors who are specifically writing ''military'' techno-thrillers take it up an extra notch, with some justification because how can you tell a dramatic story involving advanced technology, especially advanced military technology, if the reader doesn't understand what makes it dramatic? |
| 174 | * ''Literature/{{Bolo}}'' covers both Tech Porn AND GunPorn with their AI tanks that ultimately get up to cruiser and battleship sizes, and acquire enough firepower to justify being called Continental or Planetary Siege Engines. |
| 175 | * Creator/DavidWeber's ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' lovingly describes in exquisite detail the physics and appearance of starships in hyperspace, and the [[MacrossMissileMassacre Manticore Missile Massacres]] often go into the fine points of missile warfare technology in the Honorverse. |
| 176 | * ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear'' never goes into high levels of detail about tech, but there's an in-universe example in ''The Nightmare Machine'', when the mechanically inclined Zak finds rare droid parts and everything he wants to see in a workshop, and excitedly chirps about this and that while his sister has the same blank reaction non-tech lovers often have to this kind of thing. |
| 177 | * The more serious works by Creator/StanislawLem tend to fall into this at times, especially ''Literature/{{Fiasco}}''. This novel makes HumanPopsicle machinery cool. |
| 178 | * A literary example would be the various ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Generation-Technical-Unnumbered/dp/0671704273 Technical Manual books]]. Hundreds of pages of diagrams, technical schematics, and plans for vehicles that don't exist. The ''Ships of the Line'' calenders and collections are basically pinup collections for Starship porn. |
| 179 | * ''Literature/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' has those too. Some for people, places, and creatures, some for tech. [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Incredible_Cross_Sections Incredible Cross Sections]], [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Visual_Dictionary Visual Dictionaries]], [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_New_Essential_Guide_to_Vehicles_and_Vessels New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]. |
| 180 | * The description of the ''Nautilus'' in ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' may be the Ur-Example. Captain Nemo's proud, detailed, scientifically plausible explanation of how his submarine works - published in 1869, thirty years before anybody actually built a comparable vessel - is this trope to a T, making it OlderThanTheyThink. |
| 181 | * ''Literature/TheYoungAncients'' is magitek, but otherwise plays this perfectly straight. The mages of the setting, called Builders, can enchant small metal or wood plates with fields where the laws of physics operate a bit differently, imposing new rules like "all water flows to Point A" with a symbol serving as both the on/off switch and an identifier for the device. Much is made of the various devices, and adapting their principles to new uses. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 185 | * ''Series/BabylonFive'' usually had technology that simply looked practical, but a few of the starships cross over into this trope, most notably the ''White Star'' class cruisers and the larger ''Excalibur''-class destroyer that appears in ''Series/{{Crusade}}''. |
| 186 | * For ''Series/DoctorWho'', they sell blueprints of Daleks, a diagram which can be seen in one of the episodes. |
| 187 | * ''The Gadget Show'' in the UK is full of this. Given the sheer amount of stuff they give away and the scale of the things they do on the show, companies probably pay more than a pretty penny to have stuff gushed over (not that all stuff is shown to be excellent). |
| 188 | * ''Series/HowItsMade'', on the Discovery Channel, lives on this trope, as do ''Factory Made'' and ''How Do They Do It?'' |
| 189 | * ''Series/ModernMarvels'' is a technophile's dream come true, going into the history ''and'' the mechanics behind everything from knives and swords to the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. |
| 190 | * The ViewerFriendlyInterface in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''. [=McGee=] practically does a [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] drool on it. |
| 191 | * While ''Franchise/StarTrek'' has always liked to show off its futuristic tech, ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' takes it to a whole new level when the titular starship is sent into the 32nd century and her crew marvel at technology that's over 900 years more advanced than what they're used to. They then have even more fun when ''Discovery'' gets a MidSeasonUpgrade that practically turns her into a completely different ship. |
| 192 | * Any of Creator/GerryAnderson's series, especially his UsefulNotes/{{Supermarionation}} ones, are absolutely made of this, setting a standard that influenced countless later science fiction works, especially in Japan. Just check out the [[https://youtu.be/VDjmSYDq7es opening credits]] to ''Series/Joe90.'' |
| 193 | * Many {{toku}}satsu series do this, especially when a character or mecha first transforms, even in some cases where the transformation only results in a fairly shapeless spandex bodysuit. |
| 194 | * The UK TV show ''Series/TopGear'' is full of Technology Porn, especially with the camera swooping over the glossy curves of expensive cars. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 198 | * Years after Music/JeanMichelJarre quit playing insanely gigantic outdoor concerts, he became a grandmaster of Technology Porn. [[http://blog.texfm.ro/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jmj-pic.jpg Just have a look at this.]] He even toured with all that stuff. |
| 199 | * The Saxon song "Princess of the Night" is full of Technology Porn about a steam engine. |
| 200 | * ''[[https://youtu.be/lYjqojwp2hQ Then You Look At Me]]'', by Music/CelineDion, takes place in a lab where they're building NDR114 robots. Dion stays in one spot, [[ThreeMinutesOfWrithing dancing in a skimpy outfit]], while the camera [[MultiTakeCut jumps around the entire room]], sometimes focusing on all the equipment and the engineers working on the construction. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Pinballs]] |
| 204 | * Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/{{Spectrum}}'' attempted to invoke this trope with its playfield design, which was decorated with illustrations of diodes, capacitors, and other electronic components. |
| 205 | [[/folder]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 208 | * The ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'' fluff has a lot of this, although in many cases the writers didn't know the facts about the military technologies they were describing. There are several sourcebooks that go into more visual detail about the workings of the HumongousMecha and the specifics of their innards, ranging from highly plausible (a Battlemech undergoing regular routine maintenance having its armor panels removed and its hundreds of unique components laid out for review) to the rather improbable (isntalling a BrainComputerInterface in the form of body tattoos that somehow interface directly with the human nervous system ''and'' the Mech control computer). |
| 209 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' is, as an RPG about war tens of thousands of years into the future, loaded with tech porn in the "fluff"[[note]]flavor descriptions[[/note]] for the various units of all the factions, especially the Tau and Empire of Man. The latter even has an entire cult/organization devoted to studying the technology of the past in order to understand it, the [[TechnoWizard Adeptus Mechanicus]]. |
| 210 | %% * Appears very frequently in the various ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' *-Tech books. |
| 211 | %% * ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}'' has tons of space tech porn. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 215 | * The introduction to ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'', which includes the camera rushing between the ridges of the nano-muscle-suit the soldiers wear in the game, complete with the hammy "MAXIMUM!" voice-over. |
| 216 | * In ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2'', whenever [[PlayerCharacter Isaac]] exchanges his [[PoweredArmor RIG]] for another at [[AnEconomyIsYou one of the in-game stores]], it's always accompanied by a short sequence of him flexing his arms, sections of the suit moving, and [[CollapsibleHelmet the helmet closing into place]]. |
| 217 | * ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' is crammed to the gills with this, not at all unlike ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''. |
| 218 | * From ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', we have [[https://youtu.be/ZdWifJioVoo Ark]]. |
| 219 | * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', basically every FMV that isn't directly related to the characters is either technology porn or SceneryPorn. Exemplified by [[https://youtu.be/JLyJWr4K5QE this FMV]]. |
| 220 | * The [[https://youtu.be/Hvl1kFOeMvw Autovista]] mode in ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 4'', which lets you explore a select number of cars with absurdly detailed bodywork and interiors. Detailed diagrams appear in the air above the cars like holograms, the narrator describes all the technology in the car, the engine revs, and [[Series/TopGearUK Jeremy Clarkson]] gives his blunt opinion about the cars. |
| 221 | * The ''VideoGame/GhostRecon'' video games contain a lot of attention to details regarding weapon performance and other military hardware. |
| 222 | * The mission briefings in ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeWii'' before each new locale is a cavalcade of tactical maps, personnel profiles, and target identifiers all spinning, sliding, and panning in rapid choreography. |
| 223 | * ''VideoGame/{{Halo 4}}'' gets one in ''Spartan Ops'', at least [[https://youtu.be/d66NOXhwfoI in the cutscenes]]. The new [=Spartan-IVs=] get sexy Aerotrim-style suiting rigs reminiscent of the ''Film/IronMan'' rigs. Seems the coolest way to suit up is to step into a rig and have the armor assembled via arms waldos and whatchamahoosits. Unfortunately, Master Chief is bigger than a Spartan-IV, so technicians have to take off his armor by hand using the mechanism arms. It's a bit odd that these mechanisms are compatible with Mark VI MJOLNIR armor, being literally a generation older. |
| 224 | * ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' is to Technology Porn as your run-of-the-mill HGame is to actual porn -- it takes the scenario and makes the player an active participant rather than a passive viewer. More specifically, the game is a spaceflight simulator that allows the players to assemble relatively true-to-life designs from various bits and bobs and pilot them in a solar-system-scale sandbox under the constraints of real-world physics. |
| 225 | * In the same vein than ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'', Wayward Terran Frontier (a recent independent game), focus 80% of its gameplay over designing the inner working of increasinbly bigger and bigger space Warship. From gigantic power source to every single power-conduit and piece of armor. Then you get to fly and walk around physically in what you've built bolt per bolt. |
| 226 | * ''Franchise/MassEffect'' has an in-game codex which [[MinovskyPhysics goes to great lengths to explain how technology in the game's universe works]], most of it related to [[{{Unobtainium}} element zero]]. It even goes so far as to describe what FTL travel looks like to an outside observer, and explains how spaceship stealth systems work. It furthermore describes the weaponization of Eezo, its effect on biology, and how the interstellar 'extranet' allocates bandwidth on its priority levels. |
| 227 | * The [[https://youtu.be/fEcqLrvIZko intro sequence]] to ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' is a prime example. An entire three minutes is dedicated to highlighting every single little mechanical detail about the titular Metal Gear. |
| 228 | * ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'': Samus' entrance was ''made'' to show off her power suit in glorious 3d. ''Echoes'' and ''Corruption'' both mirrored this scene, with ''Corruption'' also treating us to an extended landing sequence for Sammy's [[CoolShip new gunship]]. The rest of the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' has some intricate high-tech looking mechanisms complete with tron lights in the intro, slowly zooming out. It doesn't reveal it's the inside of Samus's arm cannon until the player starts a game. |
| 229 | * In the ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' series (and in the latest ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' game) during loading screens, there are occasionally long sequences showing the exact design parameters and armaments of whatever vehicle will be involved in the next scene. |
| 230 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}'' series as each sequel came out. Possibly the most notorious case is ''VideoGame/MystIIIExile''. In fact, one of the worlds (Amateria) in ''Myst III'' has giant, automatic mechanics as its main motif. |
| 231 | * Done in ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' before the [[spoiler:nonexistent]] boss fight with Letz Shake and Dr. Shake. The game goes to great lengths to show the Earthquake Generator powering up [[spoiler:before Henry shows up and cuts Letz and his machine in half]]. |
| 232 | * ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''VideoGame/Portal2'' have numerous intricate scenes of test chambers coming together, as well as [=GLaDOS=]' "resurrection" in ''Portal 2'', or the [[https://youtu.be/A88YiZdXugA co-op trailer]]. |
| 233 | * In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', Mecha Sonic transforms in a completely [[RuleOfCool awesome]] and [[NightmareFuel freaky]] fashion, extending cables and assembling rubble he made on the ship he's in. [[https://youtu.be/FaCFMFOGR6Y Looks even cooler than it sounds.]] |
| 234 | * The ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' [[https://youtu.be/RHfI46cwBbE trailer]]. Look at the comments in the Film/IronMan example above. One magazine editor commented after seeing it that he finally understood why [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality it took so long to build ''one'' marine]] in the original game. |
| 235 | * ''In VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', placing a level 1 Sentry Gun involves it quickly unfolding and setting itself up. [[https://youtu.be/7b_dXfVP9RE It's awesome to watch.]] |
| 236 | * ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' and ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'', just ''reloading your gun'' has it shift into place, with things like an automated set of arms loading new rockets into your launcher. |
| 237 | * ''VideoGame/TronEvolution'' and ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' continue the tech porn from the movies, given they use the same setting. |
| 238 | * The [[PoweredArmor ARS]] in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'' sure likes to shift and reconfigure, as does the [[MorphWeapon BLADE]]. |
| 239 | * The [[https://youtu.be/1NZG8UQcTIA opening sequence]] to ''[[VideoGame/{{Wipeout}} Wipeout Pure]]''. |
| 240 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' just EXTRUDES this in a refined way. |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 244 | * ''WebAnimation/TIEFighter'' really likes its lingering, detailed, shaded shots of ships, engines, weaponry... |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Web Comics]] |
| 248 | * The PoweredArmor in ''Webcomic/WeAreTheWyrecats'' gets a lot of detailed shots of their inner workings and the author likes to throw in hints at just what those armor suits are capable of at full output. |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 252 | * Website/{{Cracked}} had a Photoplasty of "[[http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_1228_the-24-most-satisfying-gifs-machines-in-action/ The 24 Most Satisfying GIFs of Machines in Action]]". |
| 253 | * The Website/YouTube channel WebVideo/LinusTechTips is best described as the Creator/FPSRussia of computer building. One has to wonder WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys |
| 254 | * [[https://youtu.be/Ge97KtCx20w This]] is equal parts Technology Porn and'SovietSuperscience. |
| 255 | [[/folder]] |
| 256 | |
| 257 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 258 | * In ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Bravestarr}} Bravestarr: The Legend]]'' citizens of the New Texas rebuild their town into a weaponized metal fortress which starts its long and stunning TransformationSequence right before the Stampede invasion. |
| 259 | * ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' spent ludicrous amounts of time on this kind of thing, usually combined with some sort of montage. |
| 260 | * Just about ''every'' kid in the 90s wanted a room like Arnold's in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''. |
| 261 | * The alien technology in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' is so mind-blowingly impressive that it should have its own page. |
| 262 | * ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' is an homage to classic video games, 90's mecha anime and kaiju movies, and American hot-rod culture. why wouldn't the giant robot hot rod be filled with more pop-out gadgets, clever devices, special attacks, gleaming metal, and industrial hydraulics than you can fit into it's two season run-time?! |
| 263 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' has all kinds of technology porn, starting (of course!) with the [[CoolCar main character's cars]], and moving on to [[UsedFuture the scrap-punk Motor City itself]] and later [[EverythingIsAnIpodInTheFuture Detroit Deluxe]]. |
| 264 | * In ''any'' version of [[{{Franchise/Transformers}} The Transformers,]] any scene set on Cybertron can scarcely help but be this. |
| 265 | * As with the movies it's based on, ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' is practically built on tech porn, the main setting being inside computers. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
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