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Sounds like Brain Dances (BDs) from Cyberpunk 2077.

nyc_data_geek1 2y ago
Yes, which originally came from Cyberpunk, the first sourcebook for which was released in 1988, with Cyberpunk 2020 releasing in 1990 complete with the idea for pre-recorded replayable memories/full sensory experience, ie:Braindance. Strange Days was released in 1995. Maximum Mike was, and is, a prophet right alongside Gibson. edit: Although almost certainly this wasn't the first place people imagined being able to record and playback memories.
- saxonww 2y ago
  Made me think of Total Recall, which was adapted from "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," looks like from 1966.
- Fluorescence 2y ago
  Wiki tells me there was a Cyberpunk 2013 released in 1988. Feels like a millennial cult that keeps missing it's big day... Cyberpunk 2013 - join us! Jack in choom Cyberpunk 2020 - oops sorry, had to reschedule Cyberpunk 2077 - crazy story, anyway we've got a new date Cyberpunk ???? - this time, we promise!
ahartmetz 2y ago
Simstim from Neuromancer (released in 1984) is the first mention of such a thing that I know of.
- atombender 2y ago
  Brainstorm (1983) did it before Neuromancer. The movie is about a device that records and replays sensory and emotional experiences, and a central plot point is that it records the dying moments of a character.
  - bregma 2y ago
    I thought the central point was the porn played on a loop. Maybe I was distracted and missed the real plot. Also maybe mixed up by the fact that one of the principle actors died in real life while the movie was being made.
    - Fluorescence 2y ago
      The central point was like Lawnmower Man, the military / government were going to misuse the tech for evil purposes. The porn and the vicarious near-death-experience were just plot points.
      - atombender 2y ago
        The military stuff is a McGuffin-type subplot. The real plot is the main character's obsession with seeing Lillian's vision of the afterlife. The author of the screenplay, Bruce Joel Rubin, is a self-described spiritual teacher, and "transitional journeys" is kind of his thing. His three most well-known films (Brainstorm, Ghost, and Jacob's Ladder) are all about characters experiencing the afterlife in some way.
    - atombender 2y ago
      The porn thing showed that the device could be harmful to the viewer. This adds another dimension of risk to the later scenes where the Walker character is experiencing the death tape. The actor was Natalie Wood, and the event is shrouded in mystery about how she died. However, the character who dies in the movie is played by Louise Fletcher.

Yes, which originally came from Cyberpunk, the first sourcebook for which was released in 1988, with Cyberpunk 2020 releasing in 1990 complete with the idea for pre-recorded replayable memories/full sensory experience, ie:Braindance. Strange Days was released in 1995. Maximum Mike was, and is, a prophet right alongside Gibson. edit: Although almost certainly this wasn't the first place people imagined being able to record and playback memories.

saxonww 2y ago
Made me think of Total Recall, which was adapted from "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale," looks like from 1966.
Fluorescence 2y ago
Wiki tells me there was a Cyberpunk 2013 released in 1988. Feels like a millennial cult that keeps missing it's big day... Cyberpunk 2013 - join us! Jack in choom Cyberpunk 2020 - oops sorry, had to reschedule Cyberpunk 2077 - crazy story, anyway we've got a new date Cyberpunk ???? - this time, we promise!

ahartmetz 2y ago

Simstim from Neuromancer (released in 1984) is the first mention of such a thing that I know of.

atombender 2y ago
Brainstorm (1983) did it before Neuromancer. The movie is about a device that records and replays sensory and emotional experiences, and a central plot point is that it records the dying moments of a character.
- bregma 2y ago
  I thought the central point was the porn played on a loop. Maybe I was distracted and missed the real plot. Also maybe mixed up by the fact that one of the principle actors died in real life while the movie was being made.
  - Fluorescence 2y ago
    The central point was like Lawnmower Man, the military / government were going to misuse the tech for evil purposes. The porn and the vicarious near-death-experience were just plot points.
    - atombender 2y ago
      The military stuff is a McGuffin-type subplot. The real plot is the main character's obsession with seeing Lillian's vision of the afterlife. The author of the screenplay, Bruce Joel Rubin, is a self-described spiritual teacher, and "transitional journeys" is kind of his thing. His three most well-known films (Brainstorm, Ghost, and Jacob's Ladder) are all about characters experiencing the afterlife in some way.
  - atombender 2y ago
    The porn thing showed that the device could be harmful to the viewer. This adds another dimension of risk to the later scenes where the Walker character is experiencing the death tape. The actor was Natalie Wood, and the event is shrouded in mystery about how she died. However, the character who dies in the movie is played by Louise Fletcher.