From: nvuxr!mf@uunet.UU.NET (26217-fusco)
Subject: Re: CULTURE: Lawnmower Man
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 92 03:53:04 GMT
Organization: On the Road



Hi,
	I wouldn't recommend this movie - at least not for
insight to VR. I went with a nontechnical friend whom I have 
explained (a little) what VR is about (knowledge from Rheingold's 
book) and he came away with what I think is a perverted view of
the technology. I didn't like the relationship to 'covert' 
government work and the link with the drugs. The movie does
suffer from lack of a plot and doesn't really establish
the benefits of VR. Sure, the graphics were cool but so was
Tron.

Besides, it wasn't scary at all!

Marc