Electric Dreams

[stephbg]

In need of some cheering up this evening I luckily had to hand a video (!) of Electric Dreams, for which I have been searching for some years. Husband finally uncovered a copy from Planet Everything a couple of days ago and I have now recreated several moments of bliss from my early teens.



Well, not quite the exact same moments of bliss, for I had not quite remembered the rather unfortunately psycho personalities involved. Any fans of garfieldminus might recognise bits of Jon, but Moles/Miles was easier on the eye. Interestingly, the idea of using a computer to control one's blender (and toothbrush - what was that all about?) and door locks struck me as a bad idea then and it still does today.

But the soundtrack was great (hmmm, I knew every single lyric though), and the opening our-life-is-dominated-by-technology montage hilarious. Someone was actually using a digital watch/wrist calculator.

The credits were alarmingly short in the programming department.

Comments

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I remember the song.. and something about spilling champagne on a circuit board.. then it all gets a bit hazy...

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

Then you have perfect recall of the script :P

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Video's the only way you can get it. I don't think it's out on DVD. (I have occasionally looked.) It's very rare that I find physical features arresting in people but Moles/Miles eyes tend to capture my attention. I think it's the rare contrast of the bright blue vs the dark hair. (I think Lucy Lawless has similar)

And the key point of allowing computer control of your household stuff is *manual overrides*

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

I remember it well. I had something of a crush on Edgar. And I loved the Earthquake brick.