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WEIRD SCIENCE (1985): Dial-up Genies, Acoustic Couplers, & Smashing up Memotech MTX500s
This week on Tech Film Noir, we're watching Weird Science (1985), John Hughes's hormone-fueled Frankenstein story that asked the ultimate 80s question: can a half-megabyte of RAM generate the perfect woman?
Join Lianne Potter, Simon Painter, and Jeff Watkins as they revisit a cinematic fever dream where two desperate teenagers bypass actual coding in favor of a acoustic coupler and a ceremonial bra on the head.
Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith star as Gary and Wyatt, two nerds who hook up a Memotech MTX500 to a government mainframe and accidentally invent an AI girlfriend. Kelly…
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