The machines have already taken over. Think about it. You wake up in the morning and check your phone, possibly before you even get out the bed. You have it attached to your person all day long and consult it before making any major decisions, or for directions to your next destination. When you get to work, there's a decent chance you do the majority of things with the help of another computer. For far too many of us, if our wi-fi goes down, at work or at home, the Earth stops spinning until it comes back up. I mean, YouTube was down for a bit yesterday and you would've thought someone dropped a nuke on us. And I haven't said anything of our reliance on simpler machines. Our mobility is completely tied to the whims of planes, trains, and automobiles. They've won. We're all just waiting on them to figure out we're no longer needed and go about the business of exterminating us.
I'm okay...
I'm okay...
I just need a minute...
Okay, okay, okay...
This week's topic for Thursday Movie Picks hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves is...um...technology.
The Car
(1977)
A huge and mysterious Lincoln Continental suddenly shows up and terrorizes a lazy country town by running over anyone in its path. And no one's actually driving, at least no one human. Of course, this means there's lots of figuring how to stop it. However, there's also plenty of the eponymous car wreaking havoc. That makes this campy, craptacular fun. (Full Review)
Videodrome
(1983)
Max (James Woods) is a program director for a network that resides way down at the end of the dial. And he will put just about anything on the air. He gets hold of what's said to be series of snuff tapes and wants to find out if it's real or not before he televises it. This leads him down a rabbit hole where he gets closer to that videotape than he ever thought possible. For my money, this is David Cronenberg's twisted, satirical, and insightful masterpiece. (Full Review)
The Day After
(1983)
Back in the 80s, the technology we all feared most was the nuclear bomb. Since the Cold War threatened to heat up at any moment, it seemed entirely possible that launch codes would be put into use. In the midst of all this came a television movie showing us what it could be like the day after a nuclear strike and the entire world was shook to its core. And I'm not even kidding. It's airing was one of the most widely watched shows in the history of television. A huge part of the reason was that many kids all over the country, including yours truly, had to watch this for homework so we could discuss it the next day in school. I haven't watched it since, and I'm not sure I want to.
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