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* This trope is the sole premise behind ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]''. Series Creator Masamune Shirow holds a degree in engineering and the original manga contains countless side notes that explain how many of the machines and mechanisms are supposed to work. Both of the Oshii films contain several scenes which can be considered hardcore technology porn, some of them several minutes long. The two season series does it to a lesser extent.
** Any incarnation is sure to show several scenes of both the main characters and the antagonists carefully assembling and preparing their high-tech equipment.
** Both films start with highly artistic scenes showing the assembly of androids. Female, of course. And naked. Up close. Technology Porn for real. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_1PssU1a9U\].
*** It's a cyborg being fitted to a prosthetic body in the first movie, actually...There's deliberate contrast between the two, as the making of a cyborg is very mechanical, while the birth of a gynoid has an organic feel, especially with the initial formation of the neurochip, resembling an egg being fertilized.
** The second movie includes a several minute long scene showing nothing but a plane circling a massive cathedral with its segmented wings flapping in the wind like feathers. And then there's the horde of naked robo-chicks spinning and jumping through the corridors while decapitating armed guards. And the virtual assault on the facilities internal computer defense. And...
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== Film - Live-Action ==
* The Delorean gets some of this in the [[Back to The Future]] movies, especially when Doc Brown introduces it in the first movie.
** Also, the opening of the first movie, showing off various gadgets Doc has at home.
** The refrigerator doc makes in 1885.
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* A frequent feature of [[James Cameron]] movies. Even in ''[[Titanic]]'' he managed to have the camera linger just as lovingly on the heavy metal of the ship's engines as on [[Kate Winslet]].
** "Warning: This Ship Has Triple Screws"
* The puzzle box from ''[[Hellraiser]]'' films.
* A more macabre example: The ''[[Saw]]'' movies feature scenes showing off the intricacy and complexity of the various deathtraps.
* The ''[[Star Trek]]'' movies ran the gamut on this. In ''[[Star Trek: The
** ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|Star Trek III the Search For Spock]]'', however, introduced Trekkies to the sexiness that is Spacedock.
** Also, from the beginning of ''[[Star Trek: The
* From ''[[The Fast and the Furious]]'', there were CGI-generated shots showing the inner workings of the cars' engines, notably when enhancements like nitrous were used.
* ''[[Hellboy II]]'' had a bunch of this going on, especially with the closeups showing off the inner workings of the Golden Army robots.
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* ''[[Tron]]'' is nothing ''but'' technology porn.
** And you can be sure there's more in ''[[Tron: Legacy]]''.
** Hell, ''anything'' in [[Tron Uprising|that]] [[Tron Evolution|franchise]] [[Tron 2.0|counts]]!
* All over the place in [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', when it isn't indulging in [[Scenery Porn]] or naked blue [[Fan Service]].
** Naked Blue Fanservice. [[Good Name for A Rock Band]]
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* Any scene in a [[James Bond]] movie in Q's workshop where he demonstrates his latest gadget for Bond to use on his next mission. A great example is in ''[[Goldfinger]]'' where he shows 007 his new Aston Martin [[DB 5]] with all kinds of hidden weapons and features.
* ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'', being an [[Affectionate Parody]] of ''[[Star Trek]]'' and Star Trek fandom, shows one of the fans with a wireframe model of the ''entire'' interior of the NSEA Protector. Later, when Jason and Gwen walk through the room that houses the Omega 13, we're treated to ''geniune'' technology porn, complete with awe-inspiring music.
* The opening sequence of [[Short Circuit]] shows the construction process of the S.A.I.N.T. robot line.
* ''[[The Conversation]]'' has this is spades. Aligning playheads, long distance mikes re-mounted and aimed by snipers, and each multiple audio pass savored for it's methodical slowness. In the digital age, it still qualifies as analog porn that would make the typical [[
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== Music ==
* Years after [[Jean Michel Jarre]] quit playing insanely gigantic outdoor concerts, he became a grandmaster of Technology Porn. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140911112410/http://blog.texfm.ro/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/jmj-pic.jpg Just have a look at this.] [[Crazy Awesome|He even toured with all that stuff.]]
* The Saxon song "Princess of the Night" is full of Technology Porn about a steam engine.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The ''[[BattleTech]]'' fluff has a lot of this, although in many cases the writers [[Did Not Do the Research]] about the military technologies they were describing.
* ''[[Warhammer
** How were the Imperials mentioned above ''the Tau?''
*** It's the way Tau cannot bring 9 Leman Russ equivalents.
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== Video Games ==
* The ''[[
** One magazine editor commented after seeing it that he finally understood why [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|it took so long to build ''one'' marine]] in the original game.
* Done in ''[[No More Heroes]]'' before the {{spoiler|nonexistent}} boss fight with Letz Shake and Dr. Shake. The game goes to great lengths to show the Earthquake Generator powering up {{spoiler|before Henry shows up and cuts Letz and his machine in half}}.
** Incidentally, said machine's inner workings are based on the [[
* Samus' entrance in ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' was pretty much ''made'' to show off her power suit in glorious 3d. ''Echoes'' and ''Corruption'' both mirrored this scene, with ''Corruption'' also treating us to an extended landing sequence for Sammy's [[Cool Ship|new gunship]].
* [[Final Fantasy VIII]]. Basically every FMV that isn't directly related to the characters is either technology porn or [[Scenery Porn]]. Exemplified by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLyJWr4K5QE&feature=related this FMV].
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== Western Animation ==
* Just about ''every'' kid in the 90s wanted a room like Arnold's in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''.
* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' spent ludicrous amounts of time on this kind of thing, usually combined with some sort of montage.
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