![]() ![]() She appears every so often on computer screens to both Johnny and Takahashi. There is also Anna, the former CEO of Pharmakom who is now a “neural net persona” within the Pharmakom mainframe after being “imprinted” shortly before her death. I suggest reading Neuromancer if you’re interested in cyberpunk body modifications, as Jane is just a renaming of Molly who appeared in the original Johnny Mnemonic short story and Neuromancer. She has an augmented nervous system, with sockets in her arms that we briefly see connected to some electronic medical equipment, but alas we never learn the full extent of her capabilities. Jane is a bodyguard, who relies on simple but reliable blades and throwing spikes for weapons. She won’t appear in any of these discussions though, because she never uses any interfaces. In this remaining hour Johnny is always accompanied by Jane, the other lead character. The last of these phone calls itself demonstrates two interesting interfaces, a puppet avatar and a cringing computer. ![]() In between action scenes Johnny and others make video phone calls using a variety of different gadgets.Retrieving the data without the codes needs two brain reading medical scanners and a final LoTek brain hacking device.Johnny enters cyberspace to try and find the download access codes for the data, an attempt that fails.The LoTeks and Yakuza both use a kind of high tech binoculars.Fortunately, by abandoning a strict chronological approach these can be grouped into four types of interfaces. At this point there is still an hour of film and a dozen interfaces to go. ![]()
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