816: Fascism for Algernon

About this episode

The episode discusses the 1996 film 'Lawnmower Man 2' and its cyberpunk themes.

Put on your eye phones and jack in to the cyberscape! Rocket Surgery comes for 1996’s cyberpunk epic “Lawnmower Man 2.” (Don’t worry if you haven’t seen the original “Lawnmower Man,” half of us didn’t either.) Matt Frewer is Max Headrooming it up! A bunch of urchins populate a rainy L.A. that’s straight out of “Blade Runner,” but, you know—cheaper. There’s a brilliant doctor in charge of virtual-reality research, and also there’s Jennifer! And everything in the future is hackable!...

People in this episode

Host: Jason Snell

Topics covered

• cyberpunk
• film analysis
• virtual reality
• 1990s cinema
• Lawnmower Man franchise

Keywords

• Lawnmower Man 2
• cyberpunk
• Matt Frewer
• virtual reality
• Blade Runner

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lawnmower Man 2, Lawnmower Man, Blade Runner

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