From:	"Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject:	Re: Filmography
Date:	Sun, 31 May 1998 02:56:38 -0300

Alfredo B Alves escreveu:
>
> On Sat, 30 May 1998 18:28:05 EDT Machine-gun Kelly <MgkellyMP5@***.COM>
> writes:
> >In a message dated 98-05-30 18:26:53 EDT, Jett writes:
>
> ><< > > Johnny Pneumonic
> > ^^^^^^^^^
> > > LOL!
>
> > Care to explain?
> >
> >
> > --Jett in the dark
> > >>
> >
> >Because the movie barely followed William Gibson's book, hence the
> 'based on
> >the novel by' disclaimer.
> >
> >Mgkelly
>
> Hunh? I thought the LOL was because Pneumatic means something that is
> full of air (ie Pneumatic tires) and the movie was Mneumonic (memory
> related) and the Pneumonic was a crack at the movie (like saying it was
> full of hot air perhaps ...)
>
>

Or the guy had pneumonia (nasty respiratory disease) :) .

Bira