It's a classic... Back when it came out we were hoping they'd do the whole Sprawl trilogy
Johnny Mnemonic is just one of a collection of short stories from an anthology called Burning Chrome
These were the stories that shaped my view and expectations of the times we live in.
Some things didn't happen but the escalation of totalitarianism and mind control it depicts are here now and they want to turn everyone into puppet whores.
It seems like it started off very techno optimistic with flying cars and jolly citizens living in luxury. This didn't happen. Then writers became a lot more dystopian. This is greatly exaggerated though much closer to our present reality. I suppose it's always like that with reality vs fiction. Both heroes and villains are lazier, dumber, weaker, lamer. And the tech for totalitarian control has numerous flaws.
That's just my opinion. It's dangerous to fear nonexistent capabilities of totalitarianism.
