I have once spilled my coffee on my laptop with my early morning brain and my computer asked me what brew it was and told me that it loved me. And then i woke up and actually spilled my coffee on my laptop and i had to get it fixed
@@loganmacgyver2625 covid cautious I accidentally "killed" office keyboard whilst cleaning it with alcohol as out of lysil wipes. Never became sentient.
4:15 "Throughout the movie, the computer also starts to watch more and more television. And that being its only connection to the outside world, its understanding of people is limited." *Just like everyone on lockdown right now*
Man, this movie was on TV all the time in the '90s, not seen it for years though. But if you like unknown '80s computer movies, check out "and you thought your parents were weird"
I love this movie. It was made in the eighties for the people of that time. I feel in some ways it was ahead of it’s time - the internet, control of lights and home appliances, wireless connections etc. It’s all common place these days. A lot of movies made in the eighties that predicted the near future didn’t get anything right. Giorgio Moroder’s electronic soundtrack was incredible. I could never understand though why Miles was basing his earthquake proof brick on the jigsaw piece that actually fell out of the jigsaw. This movie and Wargames really take me back to my high school days.
The use of power plug modules to control electrical objects was well underway via x51 controllers. So that part is legit. Which goes on to explain the locking bolts and the rest of the house being controlled in a similar fashion. Pressure sensitive pads under the carpeting can let the PC know what is going on via.the stairs.The music, the montages, the cool little music video cutaways are what makes this movie a classic. I don't personally care for reviews that get all nit picky and try to pull a fun enjoyable movie apart using hindsight of some three decades lapsed to justify your smarminess.
I had already been involved with computers for a few years when this movie came out. Some friends & I saw it at the theatre and laughed at the tech then. To this day, whenever one of us does something tech-stupid, we call that person "Moles" ("way to screw it up, Moles!") Great review & great videos. You got a new subscriber.
At 9:08, you said that the title song of the movie is by the Human League. That is not correct. It's by Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder. It's often mistaken as an HL song because Oakey is their lead singer.
OMG! I rented this on VHS some rainy day as a nerdy teenager. And my views then was about the same as yours. The cheesiness problem was a bit low on priority because, well, i was a teenager in 1985 which just got his first C64. This film really did not help me with my own crazy ideas regarding what computers will be able to do some day. And i guess i sit here today a bit too much over-enthusiastic about my new z-wave gadget just because i saw this movie, and after that tried too find all computer-related movies i could get my hands on. And yep... Saw it again recently for the first time since 1985, and i still think the same; Cheesy but interresting. Mybe that´s why i am still a bit romantic about computer stuff and internet and all stuf we are able to do today. Well, as cheesy as it may sound, this movie probably changed my life. Just one example: I have worked as a IT-tech since the mid 90´s, and are still fascinated with the hole thing. I will probably never stop beeing enthusiastic about things like remote controlling servers in another country, or sitting there in the evening and building stuff. Wow. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, and some small answers i just gave myself. And sorry if something sounds wrong or strange. I am Swedish, so English capability is just a badly written emulator in my head. Thanks for a great video, and keep up the good work. Ps. Just remembered... That "rainy day". was actually a couple of days when i stayed at my beloved grandmother (born 1908 and dead since the mid 90´s). She was hearing impaired and had some strange computer looking text-telephone terminal from the Swedish telephone company. (yep, that one also got a bit to my head). Just think about it... Here we have a kid with ADHD in 1985 visiting his old grandma who grown up in the rural parts of Sweden when WW1 was around. And she was living in a neighborhood where mostly old people lived, therefore the movie-rentals. And no, she did´nt have a VCR. We have to rent a "MovieBox" when i should go there. And if i remember it right, my mom told me that i was´nt allowed to take my computer to grannys place because mom thought that granny may be able to understand the concepts of a VCR, but a computer... ehh, no. And probably she was right. Granny was not a 100% comfortable when i started connecting stuff into her TV, and on top of that, playing actual TV from tape!!!. Sorry for my long trip down my childhood, but how "grown up" i may look like, you just made me 13 again, and now i want to stay home and build useless stuff that speaks and turn on home appliances. (If someone knows when "adult" happens, please tell me.) Regards from Sweden.
"Prince Charming" certainly didn't have a chance thanks to the way this plot is written (and somehow I was thinking Miles' boss would get a bigger role too but that didn't happen either). It's a rather personal story of how two people come together (thanks to an AI).
I love, love, love this movie. Not just for the corny storyline, but yes, the awesome soundtrack featuring Giovanni Giorgio Moroder! And with the under-rated talent of Lenny von Dohlen and a young and effervescent Virginia Madsen, how can you go wrong? If only they would release it on region 1 (US) DVD or perhaps BluRay!
EXCELLENT summary! Glad to see this movie get some love and attention. I saw it by chance in the theater back in the day, and thought it was deeply flawed but thoroughly enjoyable. It's become something of a personal favorite of mine since then. The key is not to take it too seriously. There must have been some kind of licensing issue with it, as it wasn't released on DVD until rather recently, and only in Region 2. It's a shame that it languished in obscurity. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to shed a little light on it!
Wow, I hadn't seen that movie in so long (back when it first came out, as a matter of fact) that I had forgotten what it was called! It might have been on HBO (my father had one of the big satellite dishes back then). I only remembered a couple of parts, like the computer printing out a newspaper on his printer (*serious* tech foreshadowing much?) and at the end when he blew himself up. I might try to watch it again one of these days.
I want to add something hidden deeper in the movie. It's about Miles's Earthquake brick. Edgar figures out his brick! He does so in the dream sequence he has. This is Edgar's dream! But this information never gets to Miles! Edgar does try to tell Miles that he has been working on it. But Miles ignores him really. You would think if a sentient super computer is trying to tell you about the creation you have been working on, that you would listen? I liked the movie. But I can't stop thinking about the realization that Miles never got the brick done with Edgar's help.
The movie is excellent as yes it's 80's but also innocent without swearing and not cheesy and can show young couples about getting into a relationship as starting out as friends and respecting each other, the music too is great and watching it when the movie ends one can walk away feeling good.
Noticed you skipped over that the computer was talking to "Dr. Ruth" on the radio, anyone familiar with her during the 80's would know what I'm talking about!
I'm a Generation X-er and I can't believe I only saw this movie for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It got lost at the box office when it was released because it was a romantic comedy up against a ton of popular movies that became blockbusters...Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, Ghostbusters, Purple Rain, etc. I think it's one of the best films of the 1980s and definitely an underrated one. "THAT'S telling him, Howard!" 😂
I remember hiring this out for the night for my Mum and Sister to watch, werent my scene watched part of it but felt like a wet sponge! A good film from around that time was The Keep bit strange but a great film and soundtrack all the same ps beware the AI!!!
The Science Elf stresses director Steve Barron's role in Electric Dreams, but does not mention producer and writer Rusty Lemorande's, which is just as important. I discuss more on my video on Electric Dreams. Link in the reply, or in my channel. Please let me know if the link does not appear. Thank you.
1982 I attended summer school ( 9th grade) my classmate had a Macintosh and we played strip poker.It was a red outline of a female 2 dimension. Nothing to go crazy over and it was mind blowing and state of the art..lol good times. Seen this on the big screen for $8.00 which was expensive seen 8 times. Virginia Madsen was hawt!!
Steve Barron didn’t write Electric Dreams. The idea wasn’t his, either. He was given the script by his mother who was given the script by the writer and producer. Steven was chosen as the director (his first film) because of his abilities with rock videos. This was important because Electric Dreams-a musical-had several musical numbers.
This is not a review but an oral synopsis. The comments also indicate a failure to understand fantasy (non real) elements in a story, especially a comedic one. The film never suggested that the results could happen. If only reality were utilized there could be no film or any fantastic film.
He did. The screen went black but after a couple of seconds it came back on and the computer said "do you really think I need that" in a very condecending voice.
