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WarGames (1983) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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Our number 1 on Popcorn Requests! I don’t know why guys, but I felt wild ;)

It had a fun mix of suspense and playfulness but also relevant themes. Brought me back to my Oregon trail days! Up next, The Pianist.

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WarGames (1983) - Full Reaction - Popcorn In Bed

Watch the full reaction to WarGames on Popcorn In Bed.

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Wes

Oldie but a goodie!

Thomas

Oregon trail?! How old are you?

Stick Figure Studios

"Is it real or is it a game?" "What's the difference?" From the same guys who wrote SNEAKERS, this was essentially the first hacker movie and while the technology in it is now archaic, the themes and ideas in it are still relevant... sadly perhaps even more relevant today than they have been in a long time. This was more or less the movie that introduced me to the concept of nuclear war and the truth that it is a game where the "only winning move is not to play" really hit home to me in my youth. There's one shot in this film that I find absolutely chilling and it's when the guy at NORAD holds his thumb over the button ready to launch when given the order. I do so hope that we never get to that spot, but this film at least broaches the harrowing subject in a fun, suspenseful, engaging, humorous and even at times sweet manner. The cast is great. Matthew Broderick, Ali Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and in very small roles at the film's intense opening scene are the recently departed Michael Madsen and THE WEST WING's John Spencer. I can't wait to watch this reaction. :-)

Rosario Cicero

Dabney Colemen was the quintessential 80s villain

Dan M

Shall…we…play…a…game?

Larry Darrell

Son of… I was just going to bed! I can’t stay up late like I used to anymore. So, this game will have to wait till morning… Joshua ;-)

Uncle Phoenix

“Good morning Dave” — HAL9000

Planner

There's just something satisfying about the #1 request getting a reaction and everything moving up a slot 😀 `Who Framed Roger Rabbit` is the new #1

Brent Petty

Yes the guy who refused to turn the key at the start was the chief of staff on West Wing.

Mike Lemon

He was also great in Short Time (1990), a nice little comedy.

Chris Thom

Today might be the day I finally see this movie. Not sure why I thought Sarah Jessica Parker was in it.

Just Plain Bob

Now it’s time for a reaction to 1980s Cold War comedy masterpiece “Real Genius”, starring Val Kilmer.

deskmerc

I second that.

Mike Lemon

Finally, I can complain about the glaring flaw with this movie. Tic-Tac-Toe is easy to win. If the first move is in a corner, 7 of the 8 next moves will result in a win, but the computer never started in a corner in any of the simulations.

Mike Lemon

I want to play a game.

deskmerc

At the time this movie came out, programs that dialed numbers sequentially didn't really have an agreed upon name...but now they are all called "Wardialers".

Just Plain Bob

It’s Val Kilmer at his Val Kilmer-iest.

Mark Vaderr

Yes! Looking forward to this, Cassie! Greetings, Professor Falken.

Big Lazy Dragon

Cassie now understands why this movie was one of the most requested movies on Patreon, why it continues to hold a 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, how it still holds up after 40+ years, and how a simple movie can have such a big impact that it actually inspires government policy (yes, this was the movie that caused the very first serious conversations in cyber-security, and would lead to the very first Presidential Directive on computer security after President Ronald Reagan asked his advisors if anything that happened in the movie was possible & they told it was even worse than they could imagine). Yes, this was the first in a long line of 'hacker' movies, and is also credited with bringing the 'hacker' community into the public eye.

Phil Stubblefield

Agreed! The Wikipedia entry for Dabney Coleman says he "was recognized for his roles portraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic performances." Yup! In addition to his role in WarGames, I think of him as the arrogant, sexist boss in 9 to 5... another great '80s comedy!

Big Lazy Dragon

WOPR sending repeated password attempts to the silos in order to find the right one also has a name. It is called a 'brute force attack', and it is still in use today, which is why increasingly complex passwords, with not just letters & numbers, but also special characters is often suggested, and why 2-step authentication has become so popular.

Brent Petty

"Guess number A." LOL, NEVER change, Cassie.

K, Zachary

We just finished Man Of Steel and now this one. I saw this along time ago. Back in the early 90's maybe? I got asked is this worth watching I was like yeah I believe so. I asked her if she had ever played the Commodore 64? She said the what? Before NES there was the Regular Atari and the Commadore 64. I think my brother still has ours in his basement. She was you guys had one? Oh yeah. Played poker on it all the time. It still works to. She said well Cassie gave this movie a thumbs up. So that should be good enough right ZACH? I was like of course. However it will have to wait till morning. She was looking at the comments I made on Extra Butter, and said I was learning.

Big Lazy Dragon

Line quoted by Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansen) in the MCU movie 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'.

Michael West

I love this movie. It was a fun ride then and even more so with today's technology. Love Ally Sheedy in this.

JohnnyUtah

Alreadyyyy??? I thought I was gonna have to wait until late night Sunday! Cassie putting in work! Saturday night planned!

Chris Thom

For some reason I always thought this was where they met. And then later got married. Any idea if SJP was in any John Hughes type movies when she was young?

Phil Stubblefield

As I said in the comments for the weekly preview, I strongly identified with Matthew Broderick's character because I also graduated from a Washington State high school in the 1980s and went on to become a software engineer. I've seen a lot of comments about the change in technology, but not much about the topic of nuclear war. I first saw the movie not too long after its release, and I remember how chilling the opening scene was! The Berlin Wall hadn't yet fallen, the USSR was still intact, and Ronald Reagan was president. Even though it was no longer the height of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear war was still terrifying! Unfortunately, even though the international stage has changed tremendously, that threat still looms today.

Dan M

I said the same to my daughter when we watched this movie together. She knew she had heard that line before.

Chris Thom

Hope she watches that soon so she can show it to her kids while they're still young. Curious what they would think of it. I remember being obsessed with that film.

SEAN ƴü KAY

Beaing able to Successfully hide under the stairs during a tour of a facility like this that is giving tours to seemingly anyone during the cold war/red scare era is both a glaring and weird writing choice I can never get past...

bknsty14

His role in Modern Problems made me hate him so much. Despicable.

bknsty14

She was in The Breakfast Club movie with the Estevez Brothers

Brent Petty

Not very old. I died of dysentery.

Mark T

The two men in the launch sequence at the beginning of the movie are John Spencer, most notable as Leo McGarry on The West Wing, and films like The Rock and Cop Land. The other actor, Michael Madsen just passed away 3 weeks ago, he's been in so many movies; Reservoir Dogs, Donnie Brasco, Wyatt Earp, Hateful Eight, and many more. I'd love to see a tribute to him. Donnie Brasco or Reservoir Dogs would be great movies to react to.

Stick Figure Studios

My favorite Dabney Coleman film is the spy thriller CLOAK AND DAGGER with E.T.'s Henry Thomas. I wore out my VHS tape of that movie as a kid. I'd love to see a reaction to it.

Big Lazy Dragon

Fun fact: the 'dinosaur movie' that Falken shows to David & Jennifer is actually stock footage from two different movies: 'One Million Years B.C.' (1966) which started Raquel Welch), and 'The Land That Time Forgot' (1974) which started Doug McClure &, interestingly enough, took place during WWII & involved a German U-Boat that had been taken over by survivors of of a sunken passenger ship discovering a lost island populated by dinosaurs & primitive humans.

Doug Fisher

One of my favorite movies. You also have to keep in mind Cass, that when this was released in '83 the Cold War was still going strong, the Berlin Wall was still up, the Iron Curtain was still up, the Soviet Union was still together, Perestroika had not started yet, and the "Doomsday Clock" was the closest to Midnight it had been since 1959... so, the threat and fear of Nuclear War was very strong and on everyone's mind. It added a lot of tension to the movie. If you want another great young Matthew Broderick film check out "Ladyhawke" (1985) which was also released before "Farris Bueller's Day Off".

Doug Fisher

Man... they are dropping like flies the last few weeks!! RIP Michael!

Doug Fisher

Except for the fact that NORAD gave regular public tours inside Cheyenne Mountain from the 1960's right up until the late 1990's. It was only stopped due to an increase in Terrorism concerns.

Doug Fisher

I guess it all depends on how you define the "height of the Cold War". The Doomsday Clock was as close to Midnight during the '80s as it had been since 1959.

Shawn Kildal

Probably 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton is his most famous role. I remember seeing him in an episode of The Fugitive which was in the '60s

Doug Fisher

Man... that brings back memories. I remember using the VIC-20 with its 8 Bit Processor and 5 KB RAM 🤣🤣. Funny... in many ways I prefer those days.

Anthony Carlson

@Doug Fisher 2 minutes to midnight The hands that threaten doom 2 minutes to midnight To kill the unborn in the womb Iron Maiden “2 Minutes to Midnight”

Doug Fisher

While I like your enthusiasm it isn't true. If you start in the corner and the second player puts their first mark in the centre and makes no mistakes after you can't win. Two player playing perfectly and logically will always end in a draw no matter where you start.

Doug Fisher

It depends Chris on if you consider "Footloose" a "John Hughes type" movie.

McShades

I remember when this movie came out and there was a spike in hacking incidents afterwards, I also remember a teenager got busted for hacking into a Bank of America. But yeah back then you had the Cold War going on between the US and Russia. So this movie did freak some people out, given the time we were living in back then.

Stick Figure Studios

LADYHAWKE is great. PROJECT X is another good Matthew Broderick movie (and remarkably similar to RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES).

Philip Alan

You didn't even recognize Ally Sheedy from Breakfast Club. That's all I have to say/write! :)

SEAN ƴü KAY

Ignoring how and where the tours went for the moment...hiding under the stairs tho...like 6 stairs???

Phil Stubblefield

Two things, Cassie: (1) WOPR didn't need to abort the missiles because it hadn't launched them, presumably because it was focused on simulating all of the war scenarios. (2) I've probably seen this film a dozen times in the last 40 years, and it never occurred to me that David could have used the tape recorder to leave a message for McKittrick containing all of the additional details he had learned about Joshua. 😲 Well done, my friend!

Chris Thom

YES. Thank you, Doug. That's exactly it. Was thinking it was either this one, Pretty in Pink, or Sixteen Candles.

Chris Thom

She did look quite different in Breakfast Club.

Patrick Flanagan

People tend to think of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis as the time that the Cold War came closest to turning hot, but actually 1983 might have been the closest we came to nuclear war. This movie came out in June of 1983. Three months later, the Soviets mistakenly - or "mistakenly" - shot down a South Korean passenger jet which had flown off course, killing hundreds of civilians. For a brief window of time America considered a military retaliation, which probably would have escalated things very rapidly. Cooler heads prevailed. A few weeks after that, the Soviet Air Defense Forces' early warning system suffered a QUINTUPLE failure - it reported five straight false messages about an American ICBM first strike. The lieutenant colonel on duty ignored his standing orders and did not report these launches up the chain of command to the very paranoid military chiefs in the Kremlin, which probably prevented a nuclear "response" and saved all life on Earth; for this, he later received a reprimand from his superior for not properly filing paperwork about the incident. Then in November, NATO launched a series of winter war games called Able Archer 83, designed to be extremely realistic. The Kremlin became convinced that this war game was just a cover and that NATO was going to launch an all-out attack on the USSR. All Soviet and Eastern European forces were placed on high alert for several weeks. If a NATO plane had flown off course or if a tank had mistakenly driven too far east, World War III was quite possible. Only gradually did the Soviets ease up and decide that the war game was just that. This was the era that gave birth to the post-apocalyptic genre of MAD MAX and a hundred imitations. There were also a number of films which tackled the subject quite seriously - TESTAMENT, THREAD, SPECIAL BULLETIN, COUNTDOWN TO LOOKING GLASS and the most famous one, the TV-movie THE DAY AFTER. It was reported that President Reagan screened THE DAY AFTER at the White House and found it absolutely horrifying, ordering the Joint Chiefs of Staff to watch it as well. Later in his presidency Reagan became dedicated to the idea of working with the Soviets to achieve major gains in nuclear disarmament.

Mikey Mike

It's interesting just how many times computer glitches brought us to the brink of nuclear war. Just look up the 1979 NORAD incident or Stanislav Petrov.

Chris Thom

I was born in 1985 but I distinctly remember being five and thinking I would probably die by nuclear bomb or some kind of war with Russia. Crazy how quick one forgets about the threat though. After the wall came down it was like that fear was never there.

Patrick Flanagan

Born in 1974 and we all just assumed it was going to happen. Luckily two years after this movie came out, John Rambo won the Vietnam War in overtime and Rocky Balboa got a standing ovation from Mikhail Gorbachev, ending the Cold War.

Jake McNulty

I'm with you there Planner. Hope Cassie considers doing this once a month.

Jake McNulty

He was great in "9 to 5". I later found out that he was the voice of Principal Prickly in "Recess".

Mark White

This was a Saturday morning treat, thanks Cassie. Such a nostalgic movie, the music, the 80s tech and fond memories of watching this as a kid. Cassie, I never seen someone munch popcorn with such Intensity! 😆 I love your Big Lebowski quote, There’s a beverage here! Anybody would think you watch movies for a living😉

Clay F

Born in 1963 (5 months before assassination of JFK). I remember the Fall of Saigon well. I remember feeling depressed that the US lost the Vietnam War. I remember feeling dread well into the 1980s at the possibility of nucear war. I remember being ecstatic (a sense of disbelief) at watching the Fall of the Berlin Wall on TV. I was thankful for Reagan and Gorbachev helping to bring about the end of the Cold War. Gorbachev was praised for introducing new political and economic freedoms in Soviet Union, and tolerating both the fall of Marxist–Leninist administrations in eastern/central Europe and the German reunification. Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his role in ending the Cold War and promoting international cooperation. The prize recognized his contributions to reducing global tensions and fostering peaceful transitions in Eastern Europe. He was lauded for his policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring)

Mark White

Those old Doug McClure movies were such fun, “At the Earths Core” “Warloads of Atlantis” It reminds me I still would love to see a Harryhausen poll on PiB: Clash of the Titans 1981 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad One million years BC 7th voyage of Sinbad Jason and the Argonauts

Chris Thom

We definitely owe Stallone a debt of gratitude.

Big Lazy Dragon

Don't forget: 20 Million Miles to Earth The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Earth vs. The Flying Saucers It Came from Beneath the Sea Mighty Joe Young (1949) Mysterious Island (1961) No Ray Harryhausen would be complete without those classics

Clay F

Good movie. I liked it. Entertaining. RT 94%. Nominated for 3 Oscars = Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound. That guy early in the movie who refused to launch and you couldn't quite place was John Spencer who played Leo McGarry in West Wing. Leo McGarry was WH Chief of Staff (President Bartlet's right-hand man). I loved West Wing -- we watched it weekly as it aired. A Matthew Broderick movie I recommend is "Election" (1999) (comedy) [RT 92%] w/Reese Witherspoon. The two Matthew Broderick movies that I like the most are: 1. "Glory" (1989). A clear No. 1 for me. Also my favorite Matthew Broderick performance. I loved your reaction to Glory. 2. "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986). I like the movie. Plus, my No. 2 ranking undeniably driven by my nostalgia. As you know, AI makes mistakes today, so you can imagine how bad and unreliable AI was in 1983 with archaic programming (and little digital data available) running on a mainframe thousands of times slower than an iPhone.

Chris Thom

Did you rent the movie? Tried to find it on HBO Max but no go.

Ted Whalen

Patrick- there is a great book (The Spy and the Traitor) that covers a lot of those incidents in the 80’s. I think a good follow up would be to watch The Day After (I remember watching this with my parents).

Doug Fisher

Love "Ladyhawke" (mesmerized by Michelle then and now) and just a great Sword and Sorcery / Fairy Tale / Fantasy film. I have to admit I have not seen "Project X" and wasn't even aware of it to be honest. I don't always agree 100% of the time with you Stick (more like 95% of the time 😉😁) but I do respect you so I will give it a watch. Thanks for the heads up.

Doc Larry/old geezer

Fun entertaining movie I’m glad you enjoyed it early days of computer and the Internet, the old dial up days remember them well

Clay F

Yeah -- that dial-up sound -- the modem.

Carol Rocha

So happy to see this on this Saturday morning!! Hope you all are doing well.

Clay F

Chewing Tobacco? I've noticed that you sometimes don't seem to recognize when people are chewing tobacco in movies you’ve reacted to. I grew up around it, so it is obvious to me. In the movie, the General wasn't eating but was chewing tobacco. He was taking tobacco to put in his mouth from that white “Red Man Chewing Tobacco” package (pouch) -- the same brand my dad chewed. Chewing tobacco was generally acceptable for kids in the 70's in E. Texas when I was young. In chewing the tobacco, you generally don’t swallow the tobacco (don’t eat the tobacco) but remove the tobacco from your mouth eventually after the tobacco is spent. While you are chewing the tobacco, you spit out saliva (brown b/c laden with tobacco residue) into a container (e.g., cup) or onto the ground if outside. When I was young in Texas, there were 2 basic ways to chew tobacco: 1. The first was called “chewing tobacco” in which you placed loose leaf tobacco (what the General was chewing) between your cheek (right or left) and your gums. This was the primary way of grown-ups (our parents, grandparents). 2. The second was called “dipping” in which you placed a pinch of snuff (a finely ground form of tobacco – powder) between the lower lip and gums. This is what kids primarily did. Snuff came in short (not quite flat) cylindrical rigid containers that you could place in your pants back pocket.

Doug Fisher

It wasn't that big of a stretch and certainly didn't break verisimilitude for me. It is not hard for me to believe that someone who has walked those stairs a thousand times does it on automatic, even military, so is more focused on papers in hand etc. and not really seeing (and it was only the first two Airmen walking together that might have seen him. Also, he was behind a screen in the shadows, not just under the stairs. But hey, I get it, sometimes a film doesn't work for someone and they seek out reasons for it (consciously or unconsciously); whether they are legitimate reasons or just conformation bias that is something only they (you) can answer.

Doug Fisher

@Anthony Carlson Great song!

Mark White

Yeah, I rented it on Amazon.

Doug Fisher

My pleasure! 😊 I can also understand the confusion as Molly Ringwald and a young SJP kind of had the same vibe back in those days.

Ted Whalen

As Walt Garrison use to say, “put a little pinch between your check and gums.”

Clay F

Exactly. Ha.

Mark White

I’ve known it was Chewing tobacco for along time, but I never really understand how it worked. Snuff or snuff box, is a word I’ve heard around my dads generation without fully understanding what they meant. Thanks Clay. You learn something new every day.

Clay F

Chris -- "We definitely owe Stallone a debt of gratitude." -- not sure if you're being sarcastic or not. The Cold War would have ended without Rocky IV.

Mojo One Thousand

You were right, Cassie... the gentleman held at gunpoint in the missle command room is John Spencer, who played "Leo McGarry" the president chief-of-staff. The other gent was Michael Madsen who recently passed away and most cited his Tarantino work, but for people of a certain again would recognise him from "Free Willy". The brings back memories of my first grown-up job. It was in a raised floor computer room with no windows, and had to deal with the tape reel drives that typically see in this vintage of movies. This was in the current century, so usage of those reels spanned decades. I was hoping Cassie would recognise "Falken" played by John Wood. He played the limo driving, conscientious saving father of "Sabrina" in the 90s remake of "Sabrina" with Harrison Ford. I remember Cassie being fond of him. I don't think we have many Dabney Coleman ( "McKittrick") movies on the channel, but I did think he may have been recognised as the father of Tom Hank's "Joe Fox" from " You've got mail".

Chris Thom

Snuff always went in the lip right? Was having a back and forth with someone the other day about an old Madonna performance where the Victorian-dressed dancers were sniffing something from little containers and this person swore the nobles sniffed tobacco back then. I was like 'no that's mock cocaine'. But wasn't totally sure.

Mark White

Patrick, another YT channel I watch is Green Dot Aviation. He has done a good little documentary on that Korean flight “what really happened to Korean flight 007” it’s worth a watch.

bgb1975 (Brian)

Wow.. "The Oregon Trail" :) Fond memories of that old game.

Chris Thom

That sound is nostalgic. But not sure why because that sound with our computer meant the internet was going to be So. Freaking. Sloooooowww. Like eight minutes to load a single page on the Mac.

bgb1975 (Brian)

I think I still have a functional Atari 5200 in my basement.

Clay F

Yeah, snuff is for the lip, not the cheek. Snuff can be sniffed and historically was sniffed, but not much around me when I was young. Snorting tobacco was something my great grandmother (who was alive and I would see her) might have done. Snuff for sniffing can be even more finely ground (a true fine poweder) than snuff for dipping.

My_Cousin_Mose

It wasn't like everyone did it but at least 1/10 of the guys (maybe double that) in my high school used to dip. I'm not sure which was worse the smell or those vile bottles they carried around. I never saw one spill thankfully.

Chris Thom

You just know some guys accidently drank that s--on accident. I did chew for like two months tops and I got VERY close multiple times. lol

K, Zachary

That's a collectors item. Sure the games seem like ancient dinosaurs. Back in the day they were all the rage.

Ted Whalen

Clay- was Red Man the really popular true chewing tobacco brand?

Phillip Bates

Cassie: "Lock out changes? That seems like a bad, dumb button." I couldn't agree more, Cassie! Haha - My favourite line is, "I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it would do any good!" Great reaction, as always!

fastecp1

Some more Matthew Broderick movies that I recommend: Glory (1989), Biloxi Blues (1988), and The Cable Guy (1996).

Above Average Dave

That was the - "Hey, there's a song I need! on Napster!" sound!

Above Average Dave

Whenever Gen Z tells me "You have no idea how stressfull it is living today!" I tell them I'm Gen X and woke up every day wondering if this would be the day they would nuke the world. And there was about a 10% chance of this happening on the regular, with spikes up to 70-80% every 7 to 10 years. Btw, a great book on this is "The Dead Hand" by a Washington Post reporter who went into the archives of the former Soviet Union before Putin put them back under lock and key. The title refers to a doomsday nuke system right out of DR. STRANGELOVE. Basically the Soviets built that kind of system and we never knew it. They also weaponized Anthrax and kept it in silos. An accident with one of the silos under Gorbachev apparently wiped out a small Soviet city of 150,000+ people. Officially, they attributed it to "tainted meat," but the archives showed it was the weaponized anthrax. And those are just two of the highlights. That book reads like the worst horror movie ever. So, Gen Z, it's y'all who have no idea 😁😁😁😁

OddThomas

Another great John Badham film is Short Circuit (and the sequel is even better imo)

Above Average Dave

Gorbachev got the Peace Prize, but it was Reagan at Reykjavík who proposed that the US would get rid of all its short and medium range nukes and retain only a small number of ICMBs if the USSR would do the same. This would be all but nuclear disarmament by the two countries everyone was afraid would start WWIII, probably accidentally as is mentioned above. Looking at the documents from the time, Reagan shocked his staff with this proposal. Most of his people were extreme hawks but, of all things, the TV movie THE DAY AFTER, about a nuclear war in present day and its effects had deeply affected Reagan hiving him literal nightmares for weeks and changed his personal perspective on nukes. Unfortunately Gorbachev refused and the summit "failed." (But both men became friends because of it). Gorbachev knew the USSR's goals still included absorbing the rest of Europe, and getting rid of their short and medium range missiles would create a revolt of his generals because they were essential in that plan. Gorbachev basically received the Nobel Prize for presiding over the final economic decline of his country. He was a hero to many in the west, but was so hated by the Russian/Soviet people that he had to move to Paris (and then New York). Very complex history from that time all around.

Above Average Dave

Such a provacative and yet fun movie in its time. Cassie, the Air Force General played brilliantly by Barry Corbin, is actually a near mirror image of Air Force General Curtis LeMay, who was mentioned often in MASTERS OF THE AIR (although he was a colonel then). He became one of the joint chiefs of staff under President Eisenhower and President Kennedy. Corbin is a dead ringer for him physically and had the personality down pat.

Above Average Dave

THE FRESHMAN is a great, small movie, and perhaps Brando's best post-APOCALYPSE NOW role. Let's just say he plays it straight, but has some fun with one of his most famous character portrayals.

Above Average Dave

When I played baseball in high school, Legion and one year in college, some of the guys would take 5 pieces of Bazooka Bubble Gum, work it in, then take it out and put the chewing tobacco in that. I stuck with the five pieces of Bazooka and got so I could blow the much-prized bubble within the giant bubble. So, yeah, never made MLB but I was the bubble-in-a-bubble king. So, I have that going for me. Which is nice.

Steve Holton

President Reagan gifted the film "Friendly Persuasion" (1956) to Premier Gorbachev at the 1988 Summit. The film about a peace loving quaker family pressed by the approaching Civil War was one of the President's favorite movies and an uplifting classic.

MikeLL

You are right Cassie, this really was something back in '83. This movie was huge, and hugely popular. So much fun watching this again after so many years. Also, Cassie needs to see more Dabney Coleman movies. I can't believe she didn't say, "Look, it's Dabney Coleman!" 9 to 5 will happen one day, at least. I laugh sometimes at the current AI craze. There is some hysteria about it, and sometimes I think it is intentional propaganda, to make people think AI can do more than it can really do. I'm not sure what it can really do, but one thing I am sure of is that a machine cannot, and never will have one original thought. I'm not afraid of AI, because I know mankind knows how to throw switches, knows how to turn off the electricity. Man also knows how to use wrenches and screwdrivers!

Mike Lemon

"Snuff came in short (not quite flat) cylindrical rigid containers" Come on. She's partially Canadian, just say hockey puck shaped.

Zane From Canada

OMG! One of the launch sequence guys at the beginning was Michael Madsen. R.I.P. 😔🪦

Shad Kanyak

You’d think with the current geopolitical tensions in the world right now, we’d get similar fun Cold War films like we got in the 80’s.

Mark White

Dave, wait for it!! I can here the Baby boomers saying “hold my Beer”!! 😂

Mark White

Spot on Donald, you clearly have a far superior memory to my sieve like brain! Those would make a great poll.

BibbitduBois

So the one guy in the silo from the opening scene was in fact the actor who played the Chief of Staff in the West Wing, John Spencer. The other guy in that scene who pointed the gun at him was actually Michael Madsen, a prolific actor who just passed away like last week.

BibbitduBois

Agree on The Freshman, I love that movie!

Ted Whalen

Dave- do you remember the bubble gum Big League Chew. The great thing was that since it was shredded bubble gum it made it easier to shove as much gum into your mouth so that you could look like John Kruk.

Gray

wouldn't they just have intercepted him before he got to Falken, I think McKittrick would have countinued not believing David.

Gray

Always enjoyed this film such a perfect lazy afternoon movie for me, some classic Cassie lines such as "Guess number A" was good. Bet this was crazy watching this and similar films when the Cold War was in full flow.

Clay F

Yes, Red Man brand was popular. Hockey puck is a great description for the geometry of the snuff can.

Joe J

Cassie should go dark and watch "The Day After" (1983). More than 100 million people, about 67 percent of the American viewing public watched the movie's premiere.

Gray

Yeah we have a similar film in the UK called Threads (1984) and it's probably one of the bleakest films i've even seen, really well made though for a TV movie.

K, Zachary

We both watched this, and then walked the dogs as we were walking we talking about much this reminded us of Ferris Bueller's Day Off at least at the beginning. We pointed out a lot of stars in movie Cassie has watched. Ally Sheedy from The Breakfast Club big teen star in the 80's then there was the principal from Back To The Future. The guy that wouldn't pull his key in the beginning he was in The Rock. So we really enjoyed this movie Cassie, this isn't what I remembered so it was almost was like watching it for the first time. Which I have to say both of us really liked. Thank you Cassie, I don't say this enough Thank you to everyone who helps put on these great movies for Cassie to watch Now we are off to see The Fantastic Four. I say to you Good Day!

Above Average Dave

One thing often forgotten but very real during the Cold War years was the fact that most people in the world believed a nuclear war between the USSR and the USA was inevitable. We live in the luxury of knowing that didn't happen, but back then is was a very real "given." A lot of this idea runs through themes in movies from the late 1940s to the late 1980s. In fact, even before the US detonated the first nuke, the USSR was widely seen as just a shade different than the Nazis in terms of their methods and ambitions. When, in PATTON, Patton says basically let me start a war with the Soviets now while we have all the men and machines right here, it was not an extreme sentiment. In fact, many German soldiers were asking the Americans to enlist them so they could help them fight the Russians. Incredible to contemplate now since we know the outcome, but this is why context in history is everything.

Silver Machine

This may be the first instance of computer hacking in a movie that wasn't presented as science fiction/futuristic tech that could only be accomplished by professional spies or mad scientists.

Frank

Try the original disaster movie OG, AIRPORT from 1972. It had a few sequels that sucked, but AIRPORT is the grand daddy of them all—massive all-star cast.

Above Average Dave

Well, Mark, they all got high . We got jobs 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Just Plain Bob

I had forgotten much of this film since I first saw it forty years ago and was pleasantly surprised when I saw that they used a variation of Captain Kirk’s solution to Nomad, a sentient satellite in the original series episode “Changeling”, that threatened the destruction of the Enterprise. Fun movie and reaction with some thoughtful stuff thrown in for flavor.

Rick Williams

Great Movie. This came out when I was a kid. It blew my mind. I grew up during the Cold War. I was aware that the USSR could attack the west at any moment, but it was something I really didn't understand when I was young. This movie opened my eyes to what could really happen. When this movie came out, I was living in West Germany a short distance from the border with East Germany which was part of the Warsaw Pack which were allies with the USSR. My Dad was in the US Air Force, and he was stationed there on a US Air Base. This movie helped me understand what was going on and that I was living near what could become the front lines of World War III. It made me sit up and take notice. I was no longer just a kid in Junior High. I was in the middle of a very tense and dangerous world. This movie opened my eyes to the real world. And it shocked me. Great reaction Cassie.

Phil Stubblefield

Perhaps you're right, but my point was that Cassie immediately thought of that possibility, while I hadn't done so in four decades... 🤦

Stick Figure Studios

Not to get too political, but a part of the problem with that is that we're no longer the good guys.

Stick Figure Studios

Another good Dabney Coleman film is CLOAK AND DAGGER with Henry Thomas.

Stick Figure Studios

She has seen GLORY, but THE FRESHMAN would be great. Especially now that she's seeing the original GODFATHER.

Stick Figure Studios

It's not a great film, but it's a pretty good one. I remember seeing it in the theater as a kid and it had an impact on me. A very young Helen Hunt also appears in it.

Canadianant

I really enjoyed watching this one with you . Pretty tense thriller. A literal ticking clock! In the 80s this was nuts. Certainly no public internet, just dialing direct computers but even then most people had no personal computers and even more had no idea how it worked. I loved in this movie how they showed what real hacking is. It's not fast typing and techno music . Its mostly doing research and some social engineering. It's interesting that with Matthew broderick's character you questioned how he could be obviously intelligent and yet was still failing in school. There are often individuals who are incredibly smart but can't keep focused on school work or they are often not challenged by certain subjects but are highly focused on personal pursuits. Some of these other similar individuals are also autistic. I thought Matthew Broderick was great in this and you can see a little bit of Ferris Bueller in it. I think Ally Sheedy is adorable as well. She really had that cute bubbly girl next door kind of vibe. In a completely separate comment did you get corn on the cob from the road side stands full of Taber corn? They make their way further east as well and seemed to be everywhere in the summer. Always remember " A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

Keith Jones

This was so big when it came out, one of the few movies I was willing to pay to watch again (extreme for a kid with a small allowance) I still love the instrumental version of "Edge of the World" with the harmonica, hauntingly perfect for the end, not happy happy, but oh so close near miss vibe. Had a teenage crush on Juanin Clay (the assistant holding the door, calling out numbers locked), had some respectable small parts on the 80's, career cut short by cancer. Great movie, I can now stop entering it as my pick each month, now it's either "Wind" or "The Peacemaker"

Uncle Phoenix

The new Predator movie trailer is coming out on HULU tonight. And “they” are saying that Arnold and Danny Glover are in it.

Michael Gilbrook

This is a great idea. I'm a Boomer who grew up only 12 miles from a SAC base, and we were very aware of what might happen if the Cold War suddenly became hot. I think a lot of GenX, Millenials and Gen Z have no appreciation for what that period of history was like. "The Day After" was terrifying for us in 1983, and would be a real eye-opener for younger generations like Cassie and Carly.

Michael Gilbrook

"The only way to win... is not to play." Absolutely true then and now.

MikeLL

I would love for Cassie to watch Airport. But it is from 1970, not 1972. It is indeed the beginning of the great disaster movie cycle of the 1970's, even though it is really much more than a disaster movie. It set the template for all the disaster movies of the 70's: a big all star cast and many story lines. It was always one of my 5 movies I would give to Cassie should I have ever won the trivia contest.

Darren Harrison

I saw in the theater when it was released in 1983. It was a major motion picture back then and every once in a while I return to it. I remember the dial-up method of accessing the internet but I am not sure about the accessibility of the WWW in the early 1980s. I talked to an ITIL instructor in 2013 who recalled he had sat on a committee in the early 1990s debating whether to keep the internet with the military and universities or open it up to public use. He had argued to keep it with the military and universities but was glad his side lost in the argument.

Stick Figure Studios

I also think she would enjoy PROJECT X. A movie featuring Matthew Broderick, a very young Helen Hunt and an adorable chimp. It might even remind her of RISE OF PLANET OF THE APES.

John A

Fun movie, yes back in the 80's there was a lot of talk about computers taking over, now it is AI

Chris Thom

The plus side of nuclear weapons is that they MAY have saved a lot of lives over the year just because of deterrence and MAD. I know that's debatable.

Chris Thom

I think many Americans want a better relationship with Russian citizens at least. I talk to quite a few Russians online and the ones that aren't paid trolls are pretty great, honestly. Sucks that our governments can't get along. But Putin continually makes it difficult. Not that the US doesn't have it's own issues.

Chris Thom

Thanks for reminding me. I've been wanting to see that for a long time.

Shad Kanyak

That’s pretty typical. It’s rarely the population that causes or maintains conflict, it’s the ego and desire of power of its leaders/government.

Johnny Bullis

Great reaction as always Miss Cass.. I swear sometimes its more fun to watch your mind go to work while watching these movies than to watch the movie itself. Some interesting movie trivia for you though. Matthew Broderick's character from this has 2 things in common with Ferris Bueller.. both hacked their school computers to change something and both had a mom that worked in real estate. Also Matthew Broderick and Dabney Coleman (McKitrick) both starred together again in 1999 in the live action movie of Inspector Gadget. Also Ally Sheedy was in another John Badman film a few years later.. Short Circuit.. another dont trust the military film. Just thought you might like to know.

Rick Williams

I agree that MAD kept WW III from happening between NATO and the USSR & the Warsaw Pack.

Rick Williams

That would be a good movie for Cassie and Carly to watch to see what we lived in fear of happening one day.

Clay F

You have to watch her Glory reaction = excellent.

Chris Thom

PIB, I hope you can have another Matthew Broderick movie called Election on your radar (1999). Very quirky comedy/drama from director Alexander Payne, who also did The Holdovers, The Descendants, and Sideways. Co stars Reese Witherspoon and Chris Klein. Unique film, with kind of a strange tone. Part realistic, part late 90's teen drama, part (humorous) meditation on power, determination, influence, democracy, belonging, and regret. And scandal. Kind of hard to explain, but it's one of a kind.

Clay F

+1 for Election (1999)

Shawn Kildal

I love most everything about this movie, except the soundtrack.

Larry Darrell

+1 for Short Time (1990) And I recommend… The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), where Dabney Coleman plays Mr. Drysdale.

phillip giroux

Crazy to remember growing up in a time when nuclear war felt like a real possibility, I guess it still is, but in that window of time it was pretty scary.

Larry Darrell

That was a Lot a Fun. WarGames is an All-Time Classic, and one of my favorites. Thank you, Cass, for getting to the #1 film so soon. If this became a more regular thing, it wouldn’t bother me. ;-) WarGames is still insanely relevant today. In the 80s it was nuclear war, which is still something to have on your mind, and now we have AI to consider. Just how fast is AI going to learn, and is that a good thing? I saw this video the other day. I don’t use ChatGPT, so, I don’t know if this could be faked or not. But, the possibility that this really happened sends chills through the body. https://youtu.be/bpk3X6CnHGw?si=lO7ooDkJEXyDhVs6 Real or Not? Still Creepy though. Anyhoo… back to Fun Movies. I’ve got 3 more films that could sit on your shelf next to WarGames… Real Genius (1985), starring Val Kilmer. This ain’t the first time you’ve seen this one recommended. ;-) The Manhattan Project (1986), starring Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon and John Lithgow. Project X (1987), starring Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt and… monkeys. and if you’re interested in the Real Fear that EVERYONE lived with for more than 40 years, check out these 3 films… On the Beach (1959), starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire. Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Peter Sellers, Slim Pickens and Peter Sellers. The Day After (1983), starring Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg and John Lithgow. This TV movie scared the He🏒🏒 out of the entire country in 1983. PS: Speaking of Matthew Broderick… +1 for Ladyhawke (1985). It’s been long enough. You’ll love it Cass. Trust me. :-)

Larry Darrell

Oh Yeah! Now you’re prepared for Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning ;-)

Clarence Newman

If you want a couple of war movies that are more on the fun side, I strongly suggest The Dirty Dozen (1967) and Kelly's Heroes (1970). Clint is in both of them except the one he isn't.

Ted Whalen

They are both great WWII movies. Telly Savalas is in both movies.

Mark White

To be fare, The Dirty Dozen is one of the few movies that doesn’t need Clint. That Cast is already stacked!

Clarence Newman

In Dirty Dozen, Telly Savalas has one of the best names in movie history - I wish my parents had named me Archer Maggot!

SEAN ƴü KAY

I hear you, and that is not where I am sitting here,and maybe text isnt the best way to express it, I just feel the lack of operational security shown is not only juxtaposed to the current time, but also to the part of the story where he is picked up and they are on top of his hack...I dont mean to claw at something you love because I am a hater, I have just always laughed at that moment and felt that it is weird/doesn't fit...I would welcome anyone who wants to talk about it in the discord tho cuz I am not a very good texter kind of person...I love these kinds of discussions respectfully

Ted Whalen

I always laugh at the line in the movie- you are on guard duty Maggot!!!!

SEAN ƴü KAY

Also fun seeing verisimilitude in text, verisimilarity ...been a while.. lol and a serious top self word...props. I've always felt that its use ironically ends up breaking the wall of the point it was meant to reinforce...I'm not fucking with u; this is a side bar cuz I love the english language....

Above Average Dave

Did we watch THE NAME OF THE ROSE - because that has both Matthew Broderick and Sean Connery. Plus, several of the all-time worst haircuts in history.

Mike Lemon

Did you miss where WOPR is running through all the not-stupid (1) possibilities, not just reiterating the same game over and over? For instance, with the grid- 123 456 789 - if player one moves on 1, two moves on 3, one on 9, two has to block on 5, one has to block on 7 and wins on its next move. (1) For instance it never considers- one on 5, two on 1, one on 4, two on 2, one on 6 -because the not-stupid move is to block.

Mike Lemon

Agree on the sequel being better. I love that chase scene.

Mike Lemon

That depends on what you mean by "original thought". Neuro-sama and Evil come up with some pretty good stuff based on what they have learned through chat.

Mike Lemon

"with E.T.'s Henry Thomas." Really? You go with that little known movie, when he stars in the much move famous Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995).

Larry Darrell

The Name of the Rose (1986) has Sean Connery and Christian Slater, not Matthew. But still a great recommendation. It’s an excellent Investigative Mystery Thriller, with a unique spin. +1 for The Name of the Rose (1986), not starring Matthew Broderick ;-)

Joe J

It's funny to me how many patrons advocate for pre-60 films, but 1960's films ain't getting much love on the channel.

Mike Lemon

I doubt he had time to leave a message. He got to the elevator right as it was about to open, if he took the time to leave a message he would have been caught and the U.S. would have launched its retaliatory strike.

Just Plain Bob

Throw in the original “Inglorious Bastards” with Fred Williamson. Wonderful B budget “kill the Nazis” fare, very much a fun rip off of “Dirty Dozen.”

Grad

That's actually a young Christian Slater in The Name of the Rose. Edit: Oops. Did not se Larry's comment.

Joe J

Cassie hasn't seen "Bullet Train" (2022). Entertaining film, worth a look see IMO. Would be a good PPOTM.

Grad

I agree, the soundtrack was a bit distracting at times. Not on point. The movie overall was surprisingly good.

Above Average Dave

Dang - it is Christian Slater. I shall now have to chastise myself.

Clay F

I chime in alongside Joe and Clarence to suggest these as PPOTM: --1. Lost in Translation (2003) [PR No. 20] --2. Thelma & Louise (1991) [PR No. 66]. One or both you may have alluded to as a possible PPOTM. One or both might be competitive in a poll. Thelma & Louise lost to Adventures in Babysitting in a poll by about 20% two years ago. A third is the profound and newer: 3. "Past Lives” (2023) (romance/drama). Korean-Canadian director (Celine Song). RT 95%. RT Audience 96%. --Oscar noms: Best Picture, Best Screenplay. --AFI Top 10 Movie of the Year. --Golden Globe noms: Best Picture (Drama), Best Director, Best Female Actor, Best Screenplay. Lastly, you alluded to this as a possible PPOTM, which I strongly support: 4. "The Peanut Butter Falcon" (2019). RT 95%. RT Audience 96%. SXSW Audience Award Winner. A sleeper hit – the highest grossing independent film of the year.

Scott Macaulay

The Army introduced me to chewing tobacco, which is what the general was putting in his mouth. It was popular in Iraq because we couldn’t smoke on night missions for light discipline. Many smokers became chewers or dippers or “spitters” as I referred to them 😂

Joe J

A shirtless Brad Pitt, lol. I thought she'd have been all over Thelma & Louise by now.

Joe J

I notice Baseball players no longer use the chew much. I believe players have also been asked not to spit as much (seriously).

Clay F

Yeah, he was young too. Thelma & Louise (1991) made him a household name.

Ted Whalen

Joe- in 2016 Major League Baseball implemented a new rule which prohibits new players from using smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco). Additionally, a number of baseball stadiums have outlawed using smokeless tobacco.

Clarence Newman

I agree with Clay’s 1 & 2, but would replace number 3 with Vicky Christina Barcelona. What a week of reactions those three would be.

Clay F

Agree that 1 & 2 + Vicky Christina Barcelona would be an excellent week. VCB is my PAF. I would do 1 [PR No. 20] or 2 [PR No. 66] as my PAF but hoping they get reacted to anyway. Clarence -- you might like "Past Lives” (2023).

Clay F

Smoking and chewing/dipping are nasty habits. There has been more than once in which a brother or friend placed their spit cup next to my drink cup, and I inadvertently drank from their spit cup.

Just Plain Bob

Flag, I came to this conversation late, so I don’t understand the quote or your response. But I am curious, what don’t you like about “Sunset Boulevard”? I haven’t seen “All About Eve”, so I have no independent judgment on how good it is (although I’ve heard good things). But I’m a big fan of “Sunset Boulevard.” Is it that you don’t like it or that you don’t think it would do well for the channel (which is sadly true of so many fantastic movies from the 30s thru the 60s)? Just curious.

Ted Whalen

It was funny that during his playing days at BYU Jim McMahon was a well known user of chewing tobacco ( which is against the rules at BYU). I don’t think that there are many BYU rules that McMahon did not break during his days at BYU.

Chris Thom

For a while at 7/11 every pack of cigarettes was sold with these little pouches you could put in your cheek. They were like those little bags of crystals you find packaged back with beef jerky that keeps them fresh. Not sure why they did that but I had a drawer full of them for a while.

Chris Thom

There are so many distinct varieties of Karen. lol

Chris Thom

Yeah she may just have to pick Lost in Translation. Not sure what poll it would even go on.

Chris Thom

It's got another good Clint.

Clarence Newman

The biggest gap on my chronological Favourites list (ie the longest unbroken run of films Cassie hasn't seen yet) is in the 1960s. Sons of Katie Elder (1965) The Cincinnati Kid (1965) The Great Race (1965) Carry On Screaming (1966) El Dorado (1966) Cool Hand Luke (1967) The Dirty Dozen (1967) Bullitt (1968) They are bookended by Goldfinger (1964) and Butch Cassidy (1969).

Clarence Newman

JP Bob. Flag will answer in due course, but I personally have never seen Sunset Boulevard. The only reason I can think of is that every picture or poster I've ever seen has been of a ridiculously over-dramatic Gloria Swanson. I guess it's always turned me off. All About Eve I'd be more interested in. I have a fascination for Bette Davis and a lifelong adoration for Marilyn Monroe.

Clarence Newman

And let the record show....I see the 1960s as the start of modern cinema.

Chris Retzlaff

I love this movie even though it's ridiculous...RIP Michael Masden...he pulls the gun on Leo in the beginning....I learned how to butter corn on the cob and found out really quick that you cant connect a payphone by unscrewing the receiver and holding it to the key lock.....lol...Brodrick was so goid as that character and my love for Ally Sheedy just grew....and grew...Short Circuit!! Come on....In Jurrasic Park, when they come out and Grant says after careful consideration Ive decided not to endorse your park.. ...I think of this movie and Beringer...after careful consideration I think your defense system sucks.. The other programmer guy for the WOPR....was the Door Man at the Hotel in Crocodile Dundee...that Mick befriends

Clay F

If I remember correcly, Lost in Translation has been in a couple of polls and performed ok. Lost in Translation is one of those kind of movies in which people either love it or hate it (e.g., not into the Sofia Coppola style). Plus, there are voting patrons who have never seen it, as you might guess. Lost in Translation being being ranked at No. 20 at Popcorn Requests is a good sign. A poll type would be romance, tender November, Bill Murray poll, Scarlett Johansson poll.

Doug Fisher

No worries Sean. I don't even consider you a "hater" and I have zero problems with pushback on films I like/love as I don't put my self-worth in my opinions or interests. In fact, I also welcome a good to and fro. It was not my intent to suggest you were out to hate on the film. I just meant that we all dislike films including good, great, horrible, and bad films; either due to "legitimate" reasons (poor writing/directing/acting/etc.) or something about it just doesn't sit well with us. Then we all suffer from conformation bias to varying degrees to support that dislike. It isn't a conscious thing or even a good thing or a bad thing, it is just human nature. I can absolutely appreciate your perspective on that scene and understand your reaction to it; very much embodying the parable of the Three Blind Men and the Elephant. I think they were just adding to the perceived cleverness of the character and while it worked for me I can also see how it didn't work for you. The reason I put legitimate in quotes earlier is because any reason someone likes or dislikes a film, or any art form, is "legitimate". None of us can help what takes us out of a movie, it is like trying to control what flavor of ice cream you like. My pushing back on your OP points wasn't an attempt to denigrate them, just to give a different perspective. So from my side we are good. 😀

Clarence Newman

It could also go on a "What The Frick Are You Waiting For?" poll - it's that far into Cassie (and Carly's) wheelhouse. Thelma & Louise would be on the same poll, but for slightly different reasons.

Doug Fisher

I am just saying that if two players play perfectly, no matter the staring position, it will always end in a draw. Starting in a corner does not guarantee anything. Have I freeze framed and verified all of WOPR's play throughs?! No, since it wasn't an actually computer simulation, is was screen frames created by humans. You also do not know if the WOPR never started in the corner of a simulation since the camera cut away from the display multiple times. The WOPR wouldn't consider the scenario that you laid out because those are not all logical moves.

Clay F

Clarence -- I didn't think about it that way but good one. "What The Frick Are You Waiting For?" poll

Just Plain Bob

Swanson plays a silent era movie queen that desperately wants to make a comeback when she meets a screenwriter. It’s a story about obsession and mental illness and people feeding into that for their own profit or out of pity. She is over the top, but it’s a stylistic choice based on her character’s past as a silent star and her inability/unwillingness to deal with the real world in a real way. There’s a good reason it was nominated for 11 Academy Awards.

fire12wife

I love the soundtrack... I even have it on vinyl!

Mike Lemon

We've done second move on 3 (and 7 by mirror)- both wins Let's look at the others- One on 1, two on 2 (and 4 by mirror), one on 7, two on 4 to block, one on 9 (or 5) and win on next move. One on 1, two on 6 (and 8 by mirror), one on 5, two blocks on 9, one blocks on 3 and wins on the next move. One on 1, two on 5, ends in tie One on 1, two on 9, one on 3, two blocks on 2, one on 7 and wins on next move. Perfect play wins 7 out of the 8 next moves.

fire12wife

Barry Corbin, who played General Beringer, also played Sheriff John Stone in the movie Six Pack (1982), starring Kenny Rogers, Erin Gray, Diane Lane, and Anthony Michael Hall! Kenny plays a race car driver who gets his car stripped for parts, while on his way to a race. He finds the thieves, and when he discovers they're just kids... he ends up with 6 orphans in tow when he makes it to the racetrack. Now what?!?!? Kenny was as great an actor as he was a singer! He was so great in this movie. I'm a big fan of his music. My parents had his records playing all the time, and my whole family watched Six Pack (1982) at least a few times a month! Check it out! II haven't found it anywhere to stream, but DVDs of this one are easy to find! Amazon and eBay, I know for sure, have them!

Mike Lemon

How have I never even heard of that movie? To the internet machine!

Robert Durant

The part in Ferris Bueller where he mentions asking for a car but getting a computer is a callback to his character in this movie. I love how the entire plot of the movie happens because the phone company screwed up.

Chris Thom

I always get Real Genius mixed up with Weird Science. Not sure if I've seen either.

Keith Jones

My father worked in the nuclear weapons world (plutonium production, also helped fuel the Mars Viking landers) those weapons while dangerous held the line and prevented WWIII

Wally Hartshorn

If I had 10 votes to cast for PPOTM, I would use all 10 to vote for "Lost in Translation". It's a wonderful, understated movie, with fabulous performances by Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. It's my favorite movie, and there have been very few reactors who have watched it. I think Cassie would love it.

Juley

I came here to say this. Everybody assumes that the premise of War Games is completely ridiculous, but it’s not that crazy when you read about some of the real incidents.

Juley

Matthew Broderick and SJP were both theater kids from theater families. SJP actually played Annie on Broadway when she was little and her brothers were actors too. Broderick’s mother was a playwright and his father was an accomplished actor. Broderick and SJP were introduced by her brother who worked with Broderick through his theater company.

Chris Thom

First thing that came to mind was the redhead from Edward Scissorhands? The one that brought the ambrosia salad to the bbq and molested him at the salon.

Chris Thom

Oh interesting. Thanks for the info. I do vaguely remember him being on Broadway in something not too long ago. Cute couple.

fire12wife

The soundtrack for Six Pack is great, too! I found it on vinyl a couple of years ago! If you find the movie streaming somewhere, let me know! They have Kenny's other movies and series, but not Six Pack... not yet, anyway!

Wayne McKinney

Prepare for a long post as I reminisce.

Wayne McKinney

Here's my long post. Boy! Did this one bring back some memories. I bought my first computer in 1988; a 286 with 1MB(megabyte) of RAM and a 40MB hard drive (big back then). The operating system (OS) was DOS 4; there was no such thing as “Windows” and, although they came out with a rudimentary form a couple of years later, Windows didn’t really become acceptable until Windows 95 came out around 1997 or so. And I bought it to play “Harpoon”, a naval simulation game pitting the U.S. Navy against the Soviets. It was a great game and I played it for years after it became obsolete. Graphics were very elementary and the games that used them were either CGA (4 colors) or EGA (16 colors). VGA (256 colors) didn’t become common ‘til a couple of years later. The Internet existed but almost no one had access to it. If you wanted to communicate with other computer owners you joined a “Bulletin Board.” Compuserve was probably the most popular followed by AOL (America Online). Then there were the more specialized ones such as Genie (specializing in games) and Delphi. None of these could communicate with each other so you could Email only those who were members of the same Bulletin Board as you. I started off on Genie but switched to Delphi because it was the only one that had genuine Internet access. When you see Matthew Broderick putting his phone receiver into a box and hear the screeching sounds, that’s how computers talked to each other back then. The box is a 2600 Baud Modem. Of course, since this is a movie with money to burn, it might have been 5600 Baud. There was no World Wide Web (WWW) so Internet access was strictly text based and you had to learn some UNIX commands to be able to use it. The search engines were called “Archie” and “Veronica” (nerds have always had a unique sense of humor) and are the basis of search engines still used today. If you found one, you COULD download a photograph but screen resolution was only 640 X 480 and those modems were so slow that it it would take several minutes to download the photo and render it on screen. In one scene where Matthew Broderick is looking for his fellow nerds to learn how to break into the system he walks through a room with 20 – 30 large cabinets with large, reel-to-reel tapes running. That’s how they stored data back then. In the early ‘80s there were no hard drives and personal computer came with either a cassette tape drive or, if you were really advanced, a 5 ¼” floppy drive. If you don’t have memories of these things a description doesn’t really convey what it was like. There’s probably few of you who are as old as I am but on the off chance that someone finds a mistake in something I’ve related above, please forgive me and remember that I’m relating what it was like nearly 40 years ago. Memories fade. Having said all that, now that Cassie has seen a movie featuring Ally Sheedy, may I recommend “Short Circuit”?

Mark T

My first computer was in 1983, I saved money from a newspaper route and bought a TI-99/4A. It had only 16KB of RAM. I still remember playing Tunnels of Doom for hours on end. I learned my first programming language on it, BASIC. Now, 40 years later I have an IT consulting company, go figure, lol.

Tommymctomflynn

Great reaction loved it. My favorite part was Cassie advising teenagers how to properly hack into a NORAD computer. Yes, don’t do it but if I can’t stop you, you need to do it like this…

Carol Rocha

Cassie, I was still tied up in knots throughout this entire film. It’s almost like PTSD! lol! It was horrifying to a lot of people when this movie came out. This was truly when most people learned just what DEFCON 1 meant. It was so unnerving!! After seeing War Games, Reagan's interest in this film is credited with leading to the enactment 18 months later of NSDD-145, the first Presidential directive on computer security. How bout that?! It truly did get everyone thinking. 🤔 I knew you would get into it once the plot thickened. ☺️ It’s great to revisit this one from time to time. The only way we win is not to play. I’m sure you understand why so many people recommended this movie now. I think it’s ALWAYS relevant. Great reaction, as always. ❤️ “Would you like to play a game?” 😉

Chris Thom

Crazy what the internet did for fast communication. The bulletin board things cracked me up. Sounds practically Victorian nowadays.

Mark Vaderr

This was a good time, Cassie. It brought back memories of your reaction to "Crimson Tide". That remote controlled dinosaur is a "Pteranodon".

Chris Retzlaff

😄🤛 🍎 .......Vergel. I loved Project X....its kind of like Rise though.

Vak

I remember that one - it's been forever since I've seen it; I need to look it up again. I THINK they tried to turn it into a TV show back then, which may not even have finished airing the pilot episode before it was cancelled. Teenaged Me enjoyed that movie rather a lot, because a.) race cars and b.) Teenaged Diane Lane, who was just a few years older than me. I think she was 17 when the movie came out, so, probably 16 when they shot it. Even today, that woman is aging at like 1/2 of the normal speed at most, and she was definitely crush-worthy material for me at the time Six Pack was released. Today, I mostly remember Barry Corbin from Northern Exposure, where he was the wealthiest landowner in a backwoods Alaska town and former (fictitious, obviously) Mercury astronaut/minor celebrity. That show was wonderfully twisted and deadpan-hilarious.

Carlos Stevens

Oh wow... I never knew that Matthew Broderick married Sara Jessica Parker. He coulda done better. Peter Griffon was right. Just sayin'

Carlos Stevens

I think I saw this movie in the theater when i came out about 5 times.

Carlos Stevens

for the record... I got my first computer in 1983.

YodatheHobbit

Personally I wouldn't call screaming at the TV a reaction that shows a film was entertaining. I would call yelling at characters who commit actions which seem purposely illogical bad writing, solely to increase the run time of the movie.

YodatheHobbit

I got my first home computer from like 1986 in around 1994. It could play 21, some kind of Text document generator, and that's it. It ran just DOS. My family was SO PC ignorant even though my mom had a job in the 70's putting together little computer parts. Years later, my PC ignorant mom found my stepdad and our family got our first current gen PC, a Compaq Presario in 1997. Since my room had the only extended walk in closet, it got to be in MY ROOM! I LOVED playing Moto Racer on it.

Eddie O

There has got to be way where in we do not have to listen to the popcorn stirring, grabbing, chomping and chewing. Love ya, but just too much. Is the microphone IN the bowl? Again, love ya.

RegalEagle

Barry Corbin is also C.J. In ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ (1982)