Media Montage Podcast 93: Short Circuit (1986) and Short Circuit 2 (1988)

Number 5 is alive! Loveable robot Johnny 5 is in the spotlight this week as Bruce and Larry revisit the 1980s Short Circuit films.  

Tim Blaney as Number 5, Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenburg, Fisher Stevens and Michael McKean appear in Short Circuit (1986) and Short Circuit 2 (1988). 

These sweet family comedies explore some important science fiction themes about humanity,  the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence, and what it means to be 'alive'.  Short Circuit was also an especially prescient film on the topic of military robots and how they would be used. 

How do these films hold up against modern movie magic?  How do they hold up as comedies?  Were they any good to begin with? Find out in episode 93 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage 32: Rock 'N Roll Conspiracies

In this episode Bruce and Larry take a look at a few crazy conspiracy theories that surround the already weird world of Rock 'N Roll. Faked Deaths, mind controlled CIA agents, and the global Satanic underground. Play this podcast backward for hidden instructions!

Media Montage 28: The JFK Hit - November 22, 1963

The 50th Anniversary of the John F. Kennedy Assassination is this week. Larry and Bruce look at the assassination as the mother of modern conspiracy theory, the gateway to many other conspiracy theories, and some the myriad of tendrils that spring from it.

Here's an interesting composite and stabilized version of the Zapruder Film:

Media Montage 15: The Outer Limits - OBIT

This week Bruce and Larry discuss OBIT, the Outer Limits episode that originally aired 11/4/63, but seems ripped from today's headlines. Somebody is watching you!

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