Comments on: 25 Days of Terror: Brainscan http://markwilson.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/25-days-of-terror-brainscan/ It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock n'roll. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark Wilson http://markwilson.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/25-days-of-terror-brainscan/#comment-51 Mark Wilson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:00:20 +0000 http://markwilson.wordpress.com/?p=274#comment-51 The early to mid '90s went a bit crazy with the technology films. I really love Hackers. I have a soft spot for these '90s tech films. Everyone is always some kind of a crazy hacker or computer genius in them. I love Hackers. I haven't seen Virtuosity in a long time. I know I enjoyed it the first time I saw it. I was thinking about Ghost In The Machine when I watched Brainscan. I've never seen it. I would like to go back and check it out. Like you mentioned, these films age very poorly. I think that's part of the charm. I found it almost quaint that the CD-ROM in Brainscan was so antiquated. It was an external drive instead of being installed in the actual computer. The early to mid ’90s went a bit crazy with the technology films. I really love Hackers. I have a soft spot for these ’90s tech films. Everyone is always some kind of a crazy hacker or computer genius in them.

I love Hackers. I haven’t seen Virtuosity in a long time. I know I enjoyed it the first time I saw it. I was thinking about Ghost In The Machine when I watched Brainscan. I’ve never seen it. I would like to go back and check it out.

Like you mentioned, these films age very poorly. I think that’s part of the charm. I found it almost quaint that the CD-ROM in Brainscan was so antiquated. It was an external drive instead of being installed in the actual computer.

]]> By: Jon http://markwilson.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/25-days-of-terror-brainscan/#comment-48 Jon Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:09:21 +0000 http://markwilson.wordpress.com/?p=274#comment-48 You know, this movie may in fact be bad, but when I was a young teen, back in the halcyon days of the 90's, it blew my goddamn mind-hole. My guess is that this film -- like "Lawnmower Man" or a bunch of other early "technology is scary" type of movies (I remember watching "Ghost in the Machine," but can't remember if it was any good or not) -- probably just ages really poorly. Tech-horror type stuff often does, which is odd because Frankenstein is the basic model, and it has largely proven timeless. For excellent films in this vein, I'd go with "Virtuosity" (more of an action flick) and a long-lost gem called "Demon Seed." The latter is from the 70's, and is hilariously dated, but still pretty sweet. The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror spoofed it a couple of years back. You know, this movie may in fact be bad, but when I was a young teen, back in the halcyon days of the 90’s, it blew my goddamn mind-hole. My guess is that this film — like “Lawnmower Man” or a bunch of other early “technology is scary” type of movies (I remember watching “Ghost in the Machine,” but can’t remember if it was any good or not) — probably just ages really poorly. Tech-horror type stuff often does, which is odd because Frankenstein is the basic model, and it has largely proven timeless.

For excellent films in this vein, I’d go with “Virtuosity” (more of an action flick) and a long-lost gem called “Demon Seed.” The latter is from the 70’s, and is hilariously dated, but still pretty sweet. The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror spoofed it a couple of years back.

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