November 2020 – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Real Genius (1985) | Martha Coolidge

November 27, 2020November 26, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

Real Genius centers on several students at Pac Tech, an institution esteemed for its technological breakthroughs. They’re currently working on a project to build a high-powered laser. The project is led by an egotistical professor and TV science show host named Jerry Hathaway (William Atherton), who has been employed by a clandestine group within the […]

Weird Science (1985) | John Hughes

November 20, 2020November 19, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) are a pair of best friend suburban Chicago high school geeks tired of being everyone else’s doormat and wanting to have girlfriends of their own. When the traditional methods prove to be of no avail, the duo decides to use Wyatt’s computer skills to work by creating […]

Electric Dreams (1984) | Steve Barron

November 13, 2020November 12, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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A San Francisco-based architect named Miles Harding buys a new computer to help him stay organized and on schedule, as well as to assist in the design of a brick that will hold a building together through an earthquake. Realizing that it has the potential to streamline everything in his life, Miles uses it to […]

Demon Seed (1977) | Donald Cammell

November 6, 2020November 5, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Demon Seed‘s story is set 20 years in the future, Proteus IV is a new, highly advanced computer that scientists at the ICON Institute (International Control Corporation) spent eight years constructing as a massively powerful synthetic version of the organic human brain, hoping to use it for the financial success of the conglomerate funding the […]