Tag: Nick of Time

• “Tales of the Future”

  Written by David Lawler (and Julie) Additional Commentary by Andrew La Ganke (and Julie) Original Music by Alex Saltz, APS Mastering Introduction Music:”Video Killed The Radio Star” (Trevor Horn/Geoff Downes/Bruce Woolley) by The Buggles (from the 1979 album, “The Age Of Plastic). Audio Clips: Hot Robot At SXSW Says She Wants To Destroy Humans from…

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  September 22, 2016

  Podcast

  1960, androids, Blissville, Cayuga Productions, CBS Television Network, CBS Video Library, David Lawler, Fantasy, Inger Stevens, John Hoyt, Lateness of the Hour, magical realism, Misadventures In BlissVille, Nick of Time, Patricia Breslin, Podcast, robots, Rod Serling, science fiction, supernatural fantasy, Supernatural stories, The Twilight Zone, Twilight Zone, William Shatner

• Vintage Cable Box: “WarGames, 1983”

  “Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, Sir, I’ve come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks.” WarGames, 1983 (Matthew Broderick), MGM/UA The entirety of John Badham’s thriller, WarGames is encapsulated in the personal anguish of John Wood’s programming genius Stephen Falken, who had tried (and failed) to make his computers understand the concept…

  lawlerd

  February 15, 2016

  Blog

  1983, Ally Sheedy, Blue Thunder, computer defense, computers, Dabney Coleman, Dr. Strangelove, Generation X, John Badham, John Wood, Matthew Broderick, Nick of Time, paranoia, Short Circuit, strategic defense, thriller, video games, WarGames, World War III