Real Genius (1985) | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching | Val Kilmer Is Really Smart!
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- Thanks to Granny Christi + Grandaddy Patrick, we both get to check out the Val Kilmer Comedy, Real Genius (1985). Here's our reaction to our first time watching.
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Val Kilmer's health issues are such a shame. I always wanted him to cameo as Chris Knight on The Big Bang Theory.
Omg that would have been amazing
I'm just happy we got to see him in Top Gun Maverick. That was a great scene with both him and Tom.
I don't like the show but great idea missed opportunity 😕
That would have been PERFECT.
Show up with a bag of popcorn.
It's sad they waited so long for the Willow show. I do hope we get a wizened old Madmartigan appearance though.
In my opinion this is Val Kilmer at his best. His delivery was absolutely perfect in every scene.
OH SNAP!!! I totally forgot this movie! FUN MOVIE! A notch above weird science...but only a tiny notch
His best movie as the lead. He does funny better than serious.
Can see a lot of his Jim Morrison in this 👌
yep, val kilmer was the ryan reynolds of his generation
Tombstone, Willow, The Salton Sea, The Island Of D... Just kidding.
Though Mr talked over it with his So-crates reference, the 'I drank what?!' joke is top tier intellectual comedy 🧐
My favorite joke in the movie. Lol
One of the best lines in the movie. 😟
My second favorite line:
Government Guy- Where’s the laser?
Jerry- It’s coming.
GG- Coming? It’s not even breathing hard. Jerry!!!
There are so many great lines in this movie.
It’s actually called witty comedy
I can't believe somebody is finally reacting to this movie! I saw it in the theater when it came out, introduced me to Val kilmer
I saw top secret with my Aunt when it came out. They’re both wonderful and I’m sure we know them both word for word.
@@HappyHarryHardon you two are old!!!!
@@MikeB12800 You'll be there before you know it.
This movie is the perfect level of fun 80s nonsense. So glad you did this.
"I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said 'I drank what?'"
Kilmer isn't really playing "smart" in this, he is playing "cool." He just happens to be smart.
he, kurt russel and jody forster are a few of hollywood's real geniuses.
He's speaking words from a script. However "smart" he may be in real life, he's still "playing" smart because that's what *acting* is.
Otherwise you're saying that he can't play stupid. But it's not a problem for smart people who are good actors to play stupid.
@@victore6242: Kurt Russell and Jodie Foster. How hard is it to check the spelling of their names if you think highly of them?
@@NoHandleGrr they all are. though rudtger hauer added to his soliloquy at the end of blade runner. all actor are saying most actors are speaking someone else's words. plus they have years to practice. and with movies many attempts at crafting the needed delivery. hey, it's business of lies. but we have grown to depend on those lies. so much so that now the liars are paid more for two years work then those who actually perform those tasks in real life.
@@NoHandleGrr information was transmitted and received. you understood to whom i referred. get over yourself. i's just the movies.
This film has one of my favorite go to lines "Sure I tell you, you tell somebody else, next thing you know we're in another ice age."
Yeah...we need that dude's tech right about now.
I *LOVE* this movie. It's one of the best comedies to come out of the 80's and is *criminally* underrated.
This was the first VHS we ever owned. It's an all-time favorite. So many fun moments. "Is that popcorn? Throw that out. I hate popcorn." "Lazlo" "Are you there God?!"
Hah, exactly the same here! Literally, the first VHS i bought and it is my fav memory having watched it with my best friend like a dozend times. Still love the movie and especially the soundtrack!
It took three different popcorn companies to make all the popcorn and one of them suffered a fire from the popcorn poppers, and Real Genius even had its own episode of Mythbusters to see if it was possible to destroy a house with popcorn 🍿
What was the Mythbusters outcome?
And it took special screw lifts driven by three V8 engines to fill the house with enough popcorn to make it bust open.
@@johnw8578 I think it was busted for being way implausible (not enough energy in that amount of popcorn to fill it to that state).
Probably a miniture (doll) home filled with popcorn from underneath is my bet.
Fun fact: 2 of the nerds in this are in 2 different Karate Kid movies. Mitch is in the third one, paid to pick a fight with Daniel in a club. And the Japanese guy standing by Kent when he's talking to "Jesus", is in the 2nd one that fights Daniel at the end. Love this movie. Watched this and Top Secret many times after I bought them.
Also the actress who plays Jordan the hyperkinetic nerd also played a nerd the previous year in revenge of the nerds
Since my favorite line was cut I’ll leave it here: “I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates who said, I drank what?”
Best line in the movie. I’ve been quoting it pretty much my whole life since this came out when I was in 5th grade.
@@ZacCostillaSure you have
3 “science “ comedies came out the summer of 85, this movie, Weird Science and My Science Project. All are great.
Actually 4. Explorers came out in 1985 also..
@@VictorLugosi Explorers is classic Joe Dante but it’s not a comedy, it’s more of a sci/fi adventure. R.I.P. River Phoenix
This & Weird Science. I'm 50-50 on Top Secret! It was never my jam. More my brother's. How about "Nothing But Trouble". Does that have the removable nose of the judge? It's one of our 80's silly funny movies. European Vacation too.
My Science Project! “I’m cool, you’re cool, we’re cool. Thank you, good night!” Still use that quote! 😂
@@gunnarolbrand2242 “Hey Chill Out McCloud!!”
It’s a moral imperative that everyone watches this film. Real Genius is an 80s gem.
Thanks for this reaction! Such an underappreciated gem.
In the early 2000’s I worked at a video store in los angeles and Val Kilmer came in to buy a copy of this for his kids to watch. We ended up talking movies for two hours.
Also, his kids were the least annoying kids ever.
Well, their mom is a kick-ass swordwoman...
Fun fact, this movie came out a year before the B1 Lancer was introduced to the public and officially put into service for the military.
Jon Gries is one of my favorite actors ever, his performance in this is incredible, as is his turn in Fright Night II and Napoleon Dynamite.
Good to see someone react to this, there haven’t been many RUclipsrs doing so.
This movie made a big impression on me when I was younger, with its message of “it’s ok to be smart, but remember to have fun too.” It was also the first place I heard Everybody Wants to Rule the World, and made me a Tears For Fears fan,
One of my many, many honorary "Top 10 Movies!" I have been saying, "Well then, I'm happy and sad for you," for nearly 40 years. I love Lazlo. So glad you're doing this. Here we go! :)
One of my favorite movies! Not just because of Michelle Meyrink, but a lot because of Michelle Meyrink. So much quotability from the characters. Great soundtrack. A fun story with moral imperatives. It’s simply a winner. Thanks for reacting to it. I hope others will, too.
Now, if you’ll pardon me, it’s hot and I’m hungry. Where’s that Jello?
Have you seen her in "Nice Girls Don't Explode"?
Fun fact, Michelle Meyriink, who played Mitch's girlfriend, was also in Revenge of the Nerds, and Jon Gries, Laslo Feld, was in Napoleon Dynamite.
She played Judy, who becomes Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) girlfriend....
She was also in Valley Girl with Deborah Foreman, was was the CIA guys daughter.
And, she was also in Nice Girls Don't explode, which no one has seen except me, apparently.
Seen it.
@@ApesAmongUs I've seen it! It's been a while though.
Val Kilmer’s character in this and Helen Hunt’s character in Girls Just Wanna have Fun were my role models as a tween. I wanted to be cool and funny and just not care. The best.
The cute genius girl was an inspirational for Gadget Hackwrench from Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers. Ya know, in case you needed any more reasons to like her. 😄
Fun fact: the pilot of the ship in the opening is Stacy Peralta, one of the legendary Zephyr skate team, The Dogtown Z-boys, and founder of the Powell-Peralta skateboarding company!
I was checking to see if anyone would mention this. So, now I don’t have to. Thanks!
One of my all time favorite 80s movies. Glad to see someone react to it. “This.. This is Ice.. this is what happens to water when it gets too cold”
Here is a fun fact. The kid who plays Mitch, has a bit role in Karate Kid 3. He hits on Jessica at the dance club because Terry Silver paid him to, then Daniel broke his nose.
Oh hell yeah, this is by far my favorite of the "college comedy" movies from the 80's. Its criminally underrated imo.
It’s underrated but you clearly haven’t seen many..
@@VictorLugosi Yes, yes I have.
@@VictorLugosi you could watch every movie on earth and still have the bee movie as your favorite.
Hell yeah! It's about time someone reacted to Real Genius!
Ever since seeing this movie back in 1986, I have quoted his professor when ever someone calls me an a-hole or something... "count on it!"
I like to file this movie under F for Movie.
No one reacts to Real Genius. What a niche choice. 👏 👏 👏
Actually there’s like about 4 or 5 different reaction videos to real genius
@@StMichael7 the comment was posted a year ago. Bruh.
Thank you! Someone finally reacted to this. Glad it was you guys.
"Real Genius" was a piece of art. An 80's master piece. almost 33% montage...
There is _a lot_ of montage! Thank god they all work, and the music that plays over the top of them is good...
An alumni of Caltech was a consultant on the movie, and many of the pranks and set designs were inspired by real things that were done there: the sweepstakes entrees, the car in the room, the space wall, the steam tunnels, even the Spanish tile roofing. Engineering stunts on par with the pool party were things that happened yearly there at the time.
Several years after the movie, the inspiration went the other way, and the students turned a hall (nicknamed “Hell”) into an iced area. Two students performed a fake wedding at the event because, when asked, one said they’d marry the other if hell froze over.
I’ve always believed that, knowing Chris Knight, that he purposefully left the chip laying on the floor in front of the fire control computer on the bomber so Jerry would find it and start snooping around the open computer, trying to find the open slot, and look suspicious to the Air Force guys, and the fact that the suspected tampering resulted in it targeting the house that Jerry embezzled government money to build, made Jerry Hathaway look like a nut that purposefully sabotaged the weapon he was under so much pressure to create, even though he didn’t create it. You could hear the Air Force guy ask Jerry “what have you done?!” when they saw Jerry’s house on the screen.
Of course it's possible. It's called "sublimation." In fact, it's common. That "ice" could have been "dry ice" (solid carbon dioxide) which sublimates directly to gas easily.
If only we can keep it from exploding!🤣🤣🤣
Dry ice would sound horrendous if skated upon though 😖
@@LordVolkov Carbon dioxide is mostly inert, and practically impossible to explode. It's also heavier than air, and would have suffocated everyone on that floor.
You can't skate on dry ice though
@@ATSaale Actually, I recall reading not too long ago that the "traditional explanation" we have for skating (that blade pressure creates a thin layer of liquid) is likely wrong. It might very well be that you COULD skate on dry ice. Although this has nothing to do with the actual film -- movie magic, etc.
Finally someone reacts to this! One of a bunch of highly enjoyable 80's movies that for some reason didn't hit that big when they came out, but are almost as good as the more iconic movies. Martha Coolidge also Directed Valley Girl and Plain Clothes. Plain Clothes is another underappreciated movie as far as I'm concerned.
For those who didn’t know, the closet guy Lazlo also was Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite.
Michelle Meyrink(Jordan) was also in Revenge of the Nerds. She was a delightful actress that never quite got the respect she deserved.
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates when he said... "I drank what?"
YES! This is my favorite Val Kilmer film, and one of my favorite films of the 80's.
I think you're the first reaction channel that I've seen react to it.
Thank you!
Probably not a very popular movie especially today but I saw this years ago on "on-demand" I too thought it was pretty fun. Great reaction. Val is one of my fav actors
It has gotten to the point where I pause starting to watch a movie ("She's Out of Control") to switch to watching a reaction video.
I too got the new Blu Ray a couple of weeks ago. It was long overdue for a proper disc. I remember catching it on HBO and watching it every time it was on.
The school was based on life at CalTech, from the pranks to details like drawing all over the walls.
Director Martha Coolidge made a comment on all the t-shirts, about spending a lot of time seeking out bizarre ones.
It is indeed based on Caltech and the dorms are accurately reproduced. As a Caltech freshman, I stayed across the hall from the "Saturn room" (Mitch and Chris's room) in what the movie has as Jordan's room. The cool feature of the room (which you can sort of see in the scene where Jordan is sanding her floor), is a loft for the bed that is seven feet off the ground. Apparently a mechanical engineering student wanted more floor space. Since the room had an extra high ceiling, he built a custom loft that allowed him to walk under the bed without hunching over. And he also built the bed- a heated water bed! Caltech was fine with the modification (the thing was solidly built out of 4x4s), and it was left as a permanent part of the room for future students to enjoy.
Fun fact: the guy who exits the bathroom before Jordan comes in and you see walking down the hall when they're gassing Kent is a real Caltech student. He was literally the "Tech" consultant for the movie. His younger sister was in my class.
Independence Day writer and producer Dean Devlin and Karate Kid 2 and Cobra Kai actor Yuji Okumoto are in this film.
Michelle Meyrink who plays Jordan is an early 80s teen movie staple.
She was also 'Judy' in Revenge Of The Nerds (1984)...
OH SNAP!!! I totally forgot this movie! FUN MOVIE! A notch above weird science
It's possible that this is the movie that I've watched the most in my life. There was a time when I worked an afternoon shift and before I left for work this was running on some channel or other, and I just left it on in the background. That went on for weeks. Because why would I even bother putting anything else on when Real Genius is available?
I've watched The Princess Bride quite a bit more...but this one is definitely WAY up there. I think my #2 is actually Forbidden Planet.
"Just him and his sunglasses." That actually sounds like the cover for a John Cusack movie called "Better Off Dead". A movie that definitely needs to be added to the watch list. Fun side note: I was actually nicknamed Lazlo at work by someone because of where my office was located. While it wasn't in the basement, it was through several doors that passed through other offices. So it always looked like I was exiting a closet, or disappearing all together when entering.
The girl was always my favorite as well. That actress did an awesome job. And I love the popcorn house.
I'm so glad someone is finally reacting to this one! A friend taped this off HBO (or some pay channel) in 1987 when I was in HS, and I watched it all the time. Totally fun movie.
Jon Gries, the actor who plays Lazlo also plays Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite
A great 'that guy' actor. Also in Monster Squad and Fright Night 2 around this time.
Oh, my heart just melted. ❤️ I love that you picked this (I've been bugging other reactors for it with no luck). It's so wonderful, and never gets old for me.
The AV Club did a great write-up on this one. Worth reading.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I love this movie. My favorite scene is when they're breaking into Kent's room wearing gasmasks and the student walks by like it's all normal.
As an engineering student living in a dorm at the University of Colorado in the 70s, it was the sort of thing I'd have walked by. Or been wearing a gasmask.
Trivia: Kent (Robert Prescott) also played Cole in Bachelor Party in 1984 (the year before Real Genius) where he also played an obnoxious jerk who also had his car stolen and messed with as a prank.
Seriously this movie is so underrated, its just perfect in every way
This was on cable constantly from 86-89. It felt like it was on the TV at least twice a week during that time. Me & my friends pretty much had it memorized back then. I haven’t seen it in 20 years or more, but I’m glad to see that it still holds up.
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Willl always hold up, vals one liners always kill lol i wanna see more of you in the lab.. then ill gain weight
Possibly my favorite 80S movie.
"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" is the best end credits song that wasn't specifically written to be an end credits song.
The pilot of the Shuttle in the very beginning is Stacy Peralta, the founder of the Skateboarding Company Powell-Peralta. One of the companies that put skateboarding on the map in the late 70's/80's. Also "Closet Guy" is Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time!
This so reminds me of collage. It was very similar to this movie. Not only was it packs for of genius kids, we even had buildings with steam tunnels in them. One actually had a grad student decide to make one his office.
Val Kilmer absolutely IS the BEST BATMAN!!!
Another childhood favourite of mine. Val nails it with the witty remarks. Very quotable. And I quoted this movie a lot, to my friends dismay. 😂
16:40 😆😆😆 Oh, this young lady and her _experiments._
The guy who plays Mitch was also in Apollo 13 and, briefly, in the remake of Poseidon.
Wow. I envy you. Seeing Real Genius for the first time is one of life's little pleasures. Enjoy. I grew up with this film. My friends and I would often quote it all throughout junior and high school. Some kids quoted Caddyshack, we quoted Real Genius. It's a great film.
I have a theory that for a certain portion of the population who grew up in the 80’s and hates the EPA, college professors, and journalists we have William Atherton to thank.
They actually tried some of these experiments on Mythbusters. The found that you really can pop popcorn with a laser, but the popcorn isn't strong enough to break through a house.
Did they determine if it's possible to sit down with a license plate in your underwear?
Randomly saw this movie on tv as a kid. Always love me some Val Kilmer! Btw, my favorite real genius is a tie between his character Chris and closet sweepstakes winner Lazlo. Also enjoy seeing William Atherton play the asshole antagonist in our favorite 80s classics but also enjoy it more when he gets his inevitable comeuppance.
Michelle Meyrink is so underrated... She is an amazing actress.
I also loved her in Revenge of the Nerds.
Her parts in this and "Valley Girl" are so different I did not recognize her for a while after I was familiar with both movies.
It's too bad she retired from acting.
@@ksavage681 She teaches acting in Canada nowadays.
She was in a film called Permanent Record with Keanu that was good..a bit of a bummer film in parts but a underrated film I feel.
The ice in the hallway was really done at Cal Tech in real life. Most of the stunts were. That's how they got the ideas.
Another movie in the vein, is "Deal of the Century" with chevy chase, sigourney weaver and gregory heines as arms dealers in the 80's. A great satire film!
5:22 The woman is Patti D’Arbanville, longtime supporting actress, and subject of a Cat Stevens song.
19:29 Deborah Foreman, very popular in the 80s: “Valley Girl,” “My Chauffeur,” “April Fool’s Day,” “Waxworks,” and many others.
Patti was on the Dick Wolf cop show, "New York Undercover". She and Don Johnson ("Miami Vice", "Nash Bridges") have a son from a previous relationship.
I worked at T-SHIRTS PLUS at my mall when I was 15 yo and had 3 diff customers come in to make I HEART TOXIC WASTE shirts!!!! This is def one of the best 80's comedies of all time!!!! ALWAYS love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you guys have seen Bachelor Party. You should recognize the guy playing Kent, he was the ex-boyfriend that was trying to ruin the party so the main actors wouldn't get married. His name in that movie was Colt I think. He plays the asshole so well in movies. MythBusters tried to recreate this scene and proved it could not be done so it was "Busted".
When my Dad was in High School him and his auto class buddies actually did the car prank in the office. The got caught and were forced to put it back. Dad said the principal was actually impressed.
To this day, i enjoy this movie. For me, this film and Spartan are Kilmer's two best movies where he was the lead actor. But this movie put kilmer on the map.
Thanks for watching one of my favorite movies! ❤️
Val Kilmer wasn’t an Air Force pilot, he was a naval aviator.
OH! MY! GOD! Someone is FINALLY reacting to this gem! I have loved this movie since I saw it on HBO back in the mid 80s! I can literally quote it from memory!
My second favorite line:
Government Guy- Where’s the laser?
Jerry- It’s coming.
GG- Coming? It’s not even breathing hard. Jerry!!! 😂😅
This is one of my favourites. I don’t think anyone else has done a reaction to it.
I met "Dickless" (William Atherton) at a DragonCon and asked him "why do you always get typecast as asshole douchebags?" He looked hurt for a second, but just when I thought he was going to walk away or say something offensive, he smiled, shrugged, and said, "Guess I'm the right guy for the role!"
Check him out in the Robert Wise movie *The Hindenburg.* He doesn't play a douchebag...but he plays a good man who thinks he's doing the right thing, which is of course ten thousand times worse. 😎
Wow, this is a deep dive, I am glad you are reacting to it, one of my favorite 80's movies.
this is one of my favorite 80s films. Love Val Kilmer. Another film he is great in is Willow. The girl is my favorite genius. The guy who played Laslo is the uncle on Napoleon Dynamite,
The guy in the closet (Lazlo Hollyfeld) is played by Jon Gries who is better known as Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite.
LOVE this movie!!!! Val Kilmer’s wiseass humor kills me every time I see this…..oh yeah: “KENT….STOP PLAYING WITH YOURSELF!!!!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
During the scene where the professor says never forget to check your references, when Mitch bumps into someone trying to get away… he bumps into Tom Hanks.
From one nerd to the next, you guys make me laugh🤣. Love your channel, keep it up.
Thank you so much for reacting to this! It’s such an underrated film! A real gem!
Yes! One of my all-time favorites, and the first reaction to this film I've ever seen. Well done!
A lot of favorite songs from this Real Genius movie, and I like playing the popcorn music montage, though I wish it was longer. Yes, this was one of my favorite movies from the 1980s. Most kids today will never experience the freedom one felt if you had the life experiences similar to the youth movies from the 1980s.
“How’d they get it in there?”
Took it apart and put it back together. It’s an actual prank people have done.
I had a douchy coworker that hated popcorn. So, I got popcorn air fresheners and put them in his drawers where he couldn't find them. And i got popcorn scented spray and sprayed his chair and fabric wall when I walked by. After he was fired, somebody moved over to his cubicle. She brought a ton of air fresheners to combat the smell. I walked by and opened the drawers and cupboards and removed all the popcorn flavored stuff. Ah, good times.
You two need credit for your movie selections. Even if they are patron motivated you are still reacting to obscure stuff. I have loved Real Genius, Clay Pigeons for years and people never react to them. I think you reacted to True Romance too so even more of the lesser watched greats. Another great to react to is Idiocracy. I don’t think you’ve reacted to it so if you haven’t both seen it you should add that for a perfect score. Keep doing what you guys do. It’s so nice to find variety in a sea of the same.
It would be a crime not to watch :Top Secret!" as well. Val Kilmer is so incredibly talented and it really comes out in that film. "Spies Like Us" starring Chevy Chase & Dan Ackroyd is from the same era as this film, with similar themes, and is a must watch.
Real Genius was inspired by SDI, or "Strategic Defense Initiative", the futuristic weapons program put in place by President Reagan, which was quickly nicknamed "Star Wars" by pundits, defense contractors and military types.
This was my very first favorite movie. Kilmer has been at the top of my list of actors since I was seven or eight.
Check out Joe The King to see his unique version of abusive drunk father.
@@tempsitch5632 That's actually one I have not yet seen. I'll go correct that shortly. Thanks for the recommendation!
Have a wonderful day.
@@JKM395 Warning: it’s Heavy. Directorial debut of, and autobiographical story of Frank Whaley (you know him from a lot of things, hopefully Career Oppurtunities). Enjoy.
Also, Kilmer is excellent in Salton Sea if you’ve never seen it.
@@tempsitch5632 I'll keep that in mind. I have seen Salton Sea. You're right. I quite enjoyed it.
The hijinks shown in the movie (including the tape recorders in the classroom) all actually happened over the years at CalTech in Los Angeles. The campus is full of real geniuses who invented many creative ways to relieve the tension from intense class expectations. They also did other things for real too gross to put into the movie.
I didn't see this when it first came out (I was eight), but I did see it in college in the late '90s, and loved it immediately; one of my top favorite comedies. Val Kilmer at his most charming, irreverent, charismatic, annoying, intelligent, goofy, and funny.
Such a quotable movie! "Why am I the only one who has that dream?..."
I had a big crush on the awkward girl, Jordan. I agree with Mrs: she's my favorite.
Favorite experiment? The ice-to-vapor inventor casually hands Mitch a giant cherry, claiming that he grows them himself. But that throw-away exchange is never explained; it's just one of the "genius kids" being eccentric. Does a giant cherry come from a giant cherry tree? If so, where is this tree? If he grows these all the time, where are the rest? How much cherry pie and cherry preserves and cherry cobbler and cherry milkshakes can one consume? Could this technology solve world hunger? The world will never know, because this guy is not the focus of our story; Mitch and Chris are. So the giant cherry mystery will forever go unsolved...
Other Kilmer favorites: "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1996), and "The Saint" (1997).
(an aside on Dr. Moreau. I found it quite an interesting experience to read the 1896 H.G. Wells book, then watch "The Island of Lost Souls" (1932), then "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1977), then the 1996 film. Each version of the story uses the cutting edge technology of its era- with a sci-fi twist, of course- and explores different elements of the morality at play, depending on the era it is made in. Quite the interesting comparison, if one is so inclined...)
The Audio COmmentary to the disc is really interesting..the director stated that all the experiments in the film are in theory possible...they had experts to run all the things by..Also that contest win actually happened, I think it was student from Cal Tech , thats why they started saying one entry per household and etc on contests..
The movie poster with "him in his sunglasses" you're thinking of is Tom Cruise in RISKY BUSINESS.
Despite your confident assertion, there are no lasers in orbit powerful enough to zap a single person on the ground into ashes in a moment.
If they existed, there would be triumphant magazine spreads and press conferences and write-ups in journals and a ton of scientific evidence and publicity.
But, back in reality, clouds and atmosphere disperse laser light like crazy, which is why so far even land and ship-mounted lasers are good only for blinding missiles and possibly lightly burning thin skins, aka "soft" targets such as solar panels, in the best of weather.
What will come far sooner are laser weapons that *in the vacuum of space* will eventually be able to outright vaporize material, but lasers that reach from orbit to the ground and vaporize are way way way not technically feasible yet.
I'm kind of amazed that someone would blithely claim otherwise with no knowledge whatever, although, on the other hand, not knowing at all what you're talking about is the only way to make such a dopey assertion.
This is one of the few movies I randomly discovered on hbo or another movie channel and never looked back. It’s sooooo good.
The 6 inch spike line is one of my favorite quotes.