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Short Circuit (1986) · Verbal Diorama

• 1:35
  Hi,
• 1:35
  everyone,
• 1:35
  I'm
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  Em,
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  and
• 1:36
  welcome
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  to
• 1:37
  Verbal
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  Diorama,
• 1:37
  episode
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  338
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  Short
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  Circuit.
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  This
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  is
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  the
• 1:42
  podcast
• 1:42
  that's
• 1:42
  all
• 1:43
  about
• 1:43
  the
• 1:43
  history
• 1:43
  and
• 1:43
  legacy
• 1:44
  of
• 1:44
  movies
• 1:44
  you
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  know
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  and
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  movies
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  you
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  don't
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  that
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  loves
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  input.
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  And
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  this
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  podcast
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  is
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  the
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  output
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  of
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  ofof
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  thatinput.Call
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  meEmmy5,I
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  guess.
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  Welcome
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  to
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  Verbal
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  Diorama.
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  Whether
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  you're
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  a
• 1:56
  regular
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  returning
• 1:57
  listener,
• 1:57
  whether
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  you're
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  a
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  brand
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  new
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  listener,
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
• 2:00
  for
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  being
• 2:00
  here.
• 2:00
  Thank
• 2:00
  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  choosing
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  to
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  listen
• 2:01
  to
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  this
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  podcast.
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  I'm,
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  as
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  always,
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  so
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  happy
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  here
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  for
• 2:05
  the
• 2:05
  history
• 2:05
  and
• 2:05
  legacy
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  of
• 2:06
  Short
• 2:06
  Circuit.
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  And
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  if
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  you
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  are
• 2:08
  a
• 2:08
  regular
• 2:09
  returning
• 2:09
  listener,
• 2:09
  thank
• 2:10
  you
• 2:10
  so
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  much
• 2:10
  for
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  continuing
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  to
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  return
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  to
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  this
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  podcast
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  and
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  support
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  this
• 2:13
  podcast
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  for
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  as
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  long
• 2:15
  as
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  you
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  have
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  continued
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  to
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  listen
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  and
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  support
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  this
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  podcast,
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  whether
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  that's
• 2:19
  within
• 2:19
  the
• 2:19
  last
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  year
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  or
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  whether
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  that's
• 2:20
  within
• 2:20
  the
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  last
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  seven
• 2:21
  years.
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  Thank
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  you
• 2:22
  so
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  much
• 2:23
  for
• 2:23
  your
• 2:23
  support.
• 2:23
  It
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  genuinely
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  means
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  so
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  much
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  to
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  an
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  indie
• 2:26
  podcaster
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  who
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  does
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  all
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  of
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  this
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  all
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  by
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  herself.
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  So
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  from
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  the
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  bottom
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  of
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  my
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  heart,
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  coming
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  back
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  to
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  this
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  podcast.
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  This
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  year
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  has
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  been
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  a
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  bit
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  of
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  a
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  whirlwind
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  on
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  this
• 2:36
  podcast,
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  actually,
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  because
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  I
• 2:38
  started
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  with
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  Animation
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  season,
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  then
• 2:40
  I
• 2:40
  took
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  of
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  an
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  extended
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  break,
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  and
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  then
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  I
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  wanted
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  to
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  do
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  something
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  for
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  International
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  Women's
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  Month,
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  which
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  is
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  obviously
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  in
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  March,
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  and
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  aandndwhilemyextendedbreakledtoa
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  shorter
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  month
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  than
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  usual
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  for
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  the
• 2:54
  podcast,
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  it
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  was
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  pretty
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  packed
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  with
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  five
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  Spice
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  Girls
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  and
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  the
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  literal
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  Mockingjay.
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  While
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  there
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  was
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  no
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  Spice
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  World
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  sequel,
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  not
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  for
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  lack
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  of
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  trying.
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  Listen
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  to
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  that
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  episode
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  for
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  more.
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  There
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  are
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  several
• 3:06
  Hunger
• 3:06
  Games
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  sequels
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  and
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  a
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  prequel
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  and
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  another
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  prequel
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  coming.
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  And
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  I've
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  tentatively
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  scheduled
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  Catching
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  Fire
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  for
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  later
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  on
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  this
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  year
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  on
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  the
• 3:14
  podcast,
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  but
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  regular
• 3:16
  listeners
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  will
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  know
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  that
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  sometimes
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  the
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  schedule
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  moves
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  around
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  and
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  you
• 3:20
  guys
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  know
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  what
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  the
• 3:21
  schedule
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  gets
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  like
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  because
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  there's
• 3:22
  way
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  too
• 3:23
  many
• 3:23
  movies
• 3:23
  and
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  not
• 3:24
  enough
• 3:24
  of
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  me
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  to
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  do
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  episodes
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  on
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  those
• 3:26
  movies.
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  However,
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  I
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  have
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  serious
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  intent
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  to
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  go
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  Back
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  to
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  the
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  Hunger
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  Games
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  for
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  Catching
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  Fire
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  later
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  on
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  this
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  year.
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  Fingers
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  crossed
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  I'll
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  get
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  around
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  to
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  doing
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  that.
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  This
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  month,
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  I
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  wanted
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  to
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  focus
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  on
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  something
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  different.
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  We're
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  now
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  in
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  April,
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  and
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  I
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  wanted
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  to
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  look
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  at
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  our
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  ongoing
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  cinematic
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  relationship
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  with
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  AI
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  which
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  is
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  a
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  topic
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  rarely
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  out
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  of
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  the
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  news
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  for
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  both
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  good
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  and
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  bad
• 3:49
  reasons.
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  And
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  I
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  wanted
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  to
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  start
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  this
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  journey
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  in
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  the
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  80s,
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  before
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  the
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  end
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  of
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  the
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  Cold
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  War.
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  And
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  how
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  we
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  needed
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  Number
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  Five
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  to
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  allay
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  some
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  of
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  our
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  fears
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  over
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  AI,
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  military
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  and
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  weapons
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  of
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  mass
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  destruction.
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  And
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  honestly,
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  this
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  movie
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  might
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  be
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  40
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  years
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  old
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  this
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  year,
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  but
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  number
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  five
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  has
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  aged
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  beautifully.
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  The
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  movie
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  Short
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  Circuit,
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  not
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  quite
• 4:13
  so
• 4:13
  much.
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  And
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  the
• 4:15
  strategic
• 4:15
  artificially
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  intelligent
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  nuclear
• 4:18
  transport
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  are
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  just
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  as
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  good
• 4:19
  at
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  making
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  gin
• 4:20
  and
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  tonic
• 4:21
  as
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  they
• 4:22
  are
• 4:22
  at
• 4:23
  throwing
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  up
• 4:23
  tanks.
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  Here's
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  the
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  trailer
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  for
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  Short
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  Circuit.
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  Number
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  Five,
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  one
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  of
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  a
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  group
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  of
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  experimental
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  military
• 5:51
  robots,
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  undergoes
• 5:53
  a
• 5:53
  sudden
• 5:53
  transformation
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  after
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  being
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  struck
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  by
• 5:55
  lightning.
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  He
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  develops
• 5:57
  self
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  awareness,
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  consciousness
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  and
• 5:59
  a
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  fear
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  of
• 6:00
  the
• 6:00
  reprogramming
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  that
• 6:01
  awaits
• 6:01
  him.
• 6:02
  Back
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  at
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  the
• 6:02
  factory,
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  Disassembled,
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  is
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  dead.
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  With
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  the
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  help
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  of
• 6:06
  local
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  animal
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  rescuer
• 6:08
  Stephanie
• 6:08
  Speck,
• 6:09
  Number
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  Five
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  tries
• 6:10
  to
• 6:10
  evade
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  capture
• 6:11
  and
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  convince
• 6:12
  his
• 6:13
  creator,
• 6:13
  Newton
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  Crosby,
• 6:14
  Ph.D.
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  that
• 6:15
  he
• 6:16
  is
• 6:16
  more
• 6:16
  than
• 6:16
  just
• 6:17
  a
• 6:17
  malfunctioning
• 6:18
  machine
• 6:18
  and
• 6:19
  that
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  he
• 6:19
  has
• 6:19
  truly
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  become
• 6:20
  alive.
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  Let's
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  run
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  through
• 6:23
  the
• 6:23
  cast.
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  We
• 6:24
  have
• 6:24
  Ali
• 6:25
  Sheedy
• 6:25
  as
• 6:26
  Stephanie
• 6:26
  Speck
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  Steve
• 6:27
  Gutenberg
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  as
• 6:28
  Newton
• 6:29
  Crosby,
• 6:29
  Ph.D.
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  fisher
• 6:31
  Stevens
• 6:32
  as
• 6:32
  Ben
• 6:33
  Jabituya,
• 6:34
  Austin
• 6:35
  Pendleton
• 6:35
  as
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  Dr.
• 6:36
  Howard
• 6:36
  Marner,
• 6:37
  G.W.
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  bailey
• 6:39
  as
• 6:39
  Captain
• 6:39
  Scroder,
• 6:41
  Brian
• 6:41
  McNamara
• 6:42
  as
• 6:42
  Frank
• 6:43
  and
• 6:43
  Tim
• 6:44
  Blaney
• 6:44
  as
• 6:45
  the
• 6:45
  voice
• 6:45
  of
• 6:45
  number
• 6:45
  five.
• 6:46
  Short
• 6:47
  Circuit
• 6:47
  was
• 6:47
  written
• 6:48
  by
• 6:48
  S.S.
• 6:48
  wilson
• 6:49
  and
• 6:49
  Brent
• 6:50
  Maddock
• 6:50
  and
• 6:51
  was
• 6:51
  directed
• 6:51
  by
• 6:52
  John
• 6:52
  Badham.
• 6:54
  Forty
• 6:54
  years
• 6:54
  ago,
• 6:55
  a
• 6:55
  little
• 6:55
  robot
• 6:55
  called
• 6:56
  Number
• 6:56
  Five
• 6:56
  defied
• 6:57
  his
• 6:57
  programming
• 6:58
  and
• 6:58
  went
• 6:59
  from
• 6:59
  a
• 6:59
  war
• 6:59
  machine
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  to
• 7:00
  a
• 7:00
  sentient,
• 7:01
  sweet,
• 7:02
  lovable
• 7:02
  and
• 7:03
  very
• 7:03
  much
• 7:03
  alive
• 7:04
  robot.
• 7:05
  Sentient
• 7:06
  robots
• 7:06
  have
• 7:06
  been
• 7:07
  present
• 7:07
  in
• 7:07
  Cinema
• 7:07
  for
• 7:07
  over
• 7:08
  100
• 7:08
  years,
• 7:09
  but
• 7:09
  the
• 7:09
  most
• 7:09
  notable,
• 7:10
  earliest
• 7:10
  example
• 7:11
  was
• 7:11
  probably
• 7:12
  the
• 7:12
  Maschinenmensch
• 7:13
  from
• 7:14
  Fritz
• 7:14
  Lang's
• 7:15
  1927
• 7:15
  film
• 7:16
  adaptation
• 7:16
  of
• 7:17
  his
• 7:17
  then
• 7:17
  wife
• 7:18
  Thea
• 7:18
  von
• 7:18
  Habu's
• 7:19
  novel
• 7:19
  Metropolis,
• 7:20
  which
• 7:20
  is
• 7:21
  regarded
• 7:21
  as
• 7:21
  one
• 7:21
  of
• 7:21
  the
• 7:22
  most
• 7:22
  pioneering,
• 7:23
  important
• 7:23
  and
• 7:24
  influential
• 7:24
  science
• 7:25
  fiction
• 7:25
  films
• 7:25
  of
• 7:26
  all
• 7:26
  time.
• 7:27
  The
• 7:27
  Machine
• 7:27
  and
• 7:28
  Mensch,
• 7:28
  or
• 7:28
  Human
• 7:29
  machine,
• 7:30
  sometimes
• 7:30
  called
• 7:30
  Maria
• 7:31
  or
• 7:31
  Futura,
• 7:32
  was
• 7:32
  played
• 7:33
  by
• 7:33
  Brigitte
• 7:33
  Helm.
• 7:34
  Though
• 7:34
  not
• 7:35
  sentient
• 7:35
  in
• 7:35
  the
• 7:36
  modern
• 7:36
  sense,
• 7:36
  she
• 7:37
  is
• 7:37
  programmed
• 7:38
  with
• 7:38
  human
• 7:38
  like
• 7:38
  will
• 7:39
  and
• 7:39
  emotion,
• 7:39
  and
• 7:40
  her
• 7:40
  design
• 7:41
  influenced
• 7:41
  virtually
• 7:42
  every
• 7:42
  robot
• 7:43
  that
• 7:43
  followed.
• 7:44
  In
• 7:44
  the
• 7:44
  1950s,
• 7:45
  Robbie
• 7:45
  the
• 7:45
  Robot
• 7:46
  appeared
• 7:46
  in
• 7:46
  Forbidden
• 7:47
  Planet.
• 7:48
  Capable
• 7:48
  of
• 7:48
  conversation,
• 7:49
  reasoning
• 7:50
  and
• 7:50
  moral
• 7:51
  decision
• 7:51
  making,
• 7:52
  he
• 7:52
  refuses
• 7:53
  orders
• 7:53
  that
• 7:53
  would
• 7:54
  harm
• 7:54
  humans.
• 7:55
  Anticipating
• 7:56
  Asimov's
• 7:56
  laws,
• 7:58
  in
• 7:58
  the
• 7:58
  70s,
• 7:59
  we
• 7:59
  had
• 7:59
  C3PO
• 8:00
  and
• 8:00
  R2D2
• 8:01
  in
• 8:01
  Star
• 8:02
  wars
• 8:02
  and
• 8:03
  they
• 8:03
  are
• 8:03
  easily
• 8:04
  the
• 8:04
  most
• 8:04
  beloved
• 8:05
  robot
• 8:05
  duo
• 8:05
  in
• 8:06
  film,
• 8:06
  clearly
• 8:07
  possessing
• 8:07
  personality
• 8:08
  and
• 8:08
  emotional
• 8:09
  attachment
• 8:09
  as
• 8:10
  well
• 8:10
  as
• 8:10
  sentience.
• 8:12
  By
• 8:12
  the
• 8:12
  time
• 8:12
  the
• 8:13
  80s
• 8:13
  rolled
• 8:13
  around,
• 8:14
  we'd
• 8:14
  already
• 8:15
  had
• 8:15
  Roy
• 8:15
  Batty
• 8:16
  and
• 8:16
  the
• 8:16
  Replicants
• 8:16
  in
• 8:17
  Blade
• 8:17
  Runner.
• 8:18
  Biosynthetic
• 8:19
  beings
• 8:19
  who
• 8:19
  experienced
• 8:20
  fear,
• 8:21
  love
• 8:21
  and
• 8:21
  existential
• 8:22
  grief
• 8:23
  about
• 8:23
  their
• 8:23
  own
• 8:24
  mortality.
• 8:25
  And
• 8:25
  the
• 8:25
  Terminator
• 8:26
  in
• 8:27
  the
• 8:27
  Terminator.
• 8:28
  A
• 8:28
  cold,
• 8:29
  adaptive,
• 8:29
  relentless
• 8:30
  machine
• 8:30
  with
• 8:31
  a
• 8:31
  singular
• 8:31
  terrifying
• 8:32
  purpose
• 8:33
  who
• 8:33
  wasn't
• 8:33
  exactly
• 8:34
  sentient,
• 8:35
  but
• 8:35
  could
• 8:35
  be
• 8:36
  reprogrammed
• 8:37
  and
• 8:37
  eventually
• 8:38
  became
• 8:38
  sentient.
• 8:39
  Skynet
• 8:40
  was
• 8:40
  sentient
• 8:41
  and
• 8:41
  learned
• 8:42
  to
• 8:42
  mistrust
• 8:42
  humanity
• 8:43
  and
• 8:43
  use
• 8:44
  its
• 8:44
  sentience
• 8:44
  to
• 8:45
  take
• 8:45
  over
• 8:45
  the
• 8:45
  world
• 8:46
  with
• 8:46
  potentially
• 8:47
  apocalyptic
• 8:48
  consequences.
• 8:49
  And
• 8:49
  because
• 8:50
  of
• 8:50
  all
• 8:50
  of
• 8:50
  this,
• 8:51
  through
• 8:51
  this
• 8:51
  month,
• 8:52
  which
• 8:52
  I've
• 8:52
  coined
• 8:53
  aopril.
• 8:54
  The
• 8:54
  idea
• 8:55
  is
• 8:55
  to
• 8:55
  cross
• 8:55
  the
• 8:56
  decades
• 8:56
  and
• 8:56
  see
• 8:56
  the
• 8:57
  changes
• 8:57
  in
• 8:58
  artificial
• 8:58
  intelligence
• 8:59
  in
• 8:59
  cinema
• 9:00
  starting
• 9:00
  in
• 9:01
  the
• 9:01
  80s
• 9:01
  and
• 9:01
  then
• 9:02
  moving
• 9:02
  into
• 9:02
  the
• 9:02
  2000s,
• 9:03
  2010s
• 9:04
  and
• 9:04
  2020s.
• 9:06
  I
• 9:06
  didn't
• 9:06
  miss
• 9:06
  the
• 9:07
  90s
• 9:07
  on
• 9:07
  purpose.
• 9:08
  That
• 9:08
  was
• 9:09
  just
• 9:09
  how
• 9:09
  the
• 9:09
  schedule
• 9:10
  arranged
• 9:10
  itself.
• 9:11
  But
• 9:11
  it
• 9:11
  is
• 9:11
  fascinating
• 9:12
  to
• 9:12
  see
• 9:12
  where
• 9:12
  Cinema
• 9:13
  goes
• 9:13
  as
• 9:14
  AI
• 9:14
  itself
• 9:15
  improves.
• 9:16
  The
• 9:17
  1980s
• 9:17
  was
• 9:17
  the
• 9:18
  height
• 9:18
  of
• 9:18
  renewed
• 9:19
  Cold
• 9:19
  War
• 9:19
  tension.
• 9:20
  Ronald
• 9:21
  Reagan
• 9:21
  came
• 9:22
  into
• 9:22
  office
• 9:22
  in
• 9:22
  1981
• 9:24
  declaring
• 9:24
  the
• 9:25
  Soviet
• 9:25
  Union
• 9:25
  an
• 9:26
  evil
• 9:26
  empire
• 9:27
  and
• 9:27
  dramatically
• 9:28
  escalating
• 9:29
  military
• 9:29
  spending.
• 9:30
  The
• 9:31
  early
• 9:31
  80s
• 9:31
  saw
• 9:32
  genuine
• 9:32
  public
• 9:32
  fear
• 9:33
  of
• 9:33
  nuclear
• 9:34
  war
• 9:34
  at
• 9:34
  Levels
• 9:35
  not
• 9:35
  felt
• 9:36
  since
• 9:36
  the
• 9:36
  Cuban
• 9:36
  Missile
• 9:37
  Crisis.
• 9:38
  Reagan's
• 9:39
  controversial
• 9:40
  Strategic
• 9:40
  Defense
• 9:41
  Initiative
• 9:42
  was
• 9:43
  announced
• 9:43
  in
• 9:43
  1983
• 9:44
  and
• 9:45
  was
• 9:45
  quickly
• 9:45
  dubbed
• 9:46
  Star
• 9:46
  wars
• 9:47
  by
• 9:47
  the
• 9:47
  press.
• 9:48
  It
• 9:48
  proposed
• 9:49
  using
• 9:49
  space
• 9:50
  based
• 9:50
  laser
• 9:51
  and
• 9:51
  missile
• 9:51
  systems
• 9:52
  to
• 9:52
  shoot
• 9:53
  down
• 9:53
  Soviet
• 9:54
  nuclear
• 9:54
  missiles.
• 9:55
  It
• 9:55
  also
• 9:55
  funneled
• 9:56
  government
• 9:56
  money
• 9:57
  into
• 9:57
  defence
• 9:58
  technology
• 9:58
  research.
• 10:00
  Meanwhile,
• 10:00
  a
• 10:01
  parallel
• 10:01
  revolution
• 10:02
  was
• 10:02
  unfolding
• 10:03
  in
• 10:03
  civilian
• 10:03
  life.
• 10:05
  The
• 10:05
  IBM
• 10:05
  personal
• 10:06
  computer
• 10:06
  launched
• 10:07
  in
• 10:07
  1981,
• 10:08
  and
• 10:08
  Apple's
• 10:09
  Macintosh
• 10:10
  followed
• 10:10
  in
• 10:10
  1984.
• 10:12
  By
• 10:12
  the
• 10:13
  middle
• 10:13
  of
• 10:13
  the
• 10:13
  decade,
• 10:13
  computers
• 10:14
  were
• 10:14
  moving
• 10:15
  from
• 10:15
  offices
• 10:15
  into
• 10:16
  homes.
• 10:17
  The
• 10:17
  semiconductor
• 10:18
  industry
• 10:18
  was
• 10:19
  booming,
• 10:19
  centred
• 10:20
  on
• 10:20
  Silicon
• 10:21
  Valley,
• 10:21
  which
• 10:21
  became
• 10:22
  a
• 10:22
  cultural
• 10:23
  symbol
• 10:23
  of
• 10:23
  American
• 10:24
  innovation
• 10:25
  and
• 10:25
  optimism,
• 10:26
  a
• 10:26
  direct
• 10:27
  counterpoint
• 10:27
  to
• 10:28
  Cold
• 10:28
  War
• 10:28
  anxiety.
• 10:30
  The
• 10:30
  tension
• 10:30
  between
• 10:31
  these
• 10:31
  two
• 10:31
  worlds
• 10:31
  was
• 10:32
  palpable.
• 10:32
  The
• 10:33
  same
• 10:33
  microchip
• 10:34
  technology
• 10:34
  driving
• 10:34
  the
• 10:35
  Macintosh
• 10:36
  was
• 10:36
  also
• 10:36
  guiding
• 10:37
  missiles.
• 10:38
  The
• 10:38
  Defence
• 10:39
  Advanced
• 10:39
  Research
• 10:40
  Projects
• 10:41
  Agency,
• 10:41
  or
• 10:42
  darpa,
• 10:43
  was
• 10:43
  funding
• 10:43
  research
• 10:44
  that
• 10:44
  would
• 10:44
  eventually
• 10:45
  produce
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  Internet.
• 10:46
  With
• 10:46
  the
• 10:46
  military
• 10:47
  and
• 10:47
  civilian
• 10:48
  tech
• 10:48
  worlds
• 10:49
  feeding
• 10:49
  each
• 10:49
  other
• 10:50
  constantly
• 10:51
  as
• 10:51
  computers
• 10:52
  spread,
• 10:53
  so
• 10:53
  did
• 10:53
  a
• 10:53
  new
• 10:54
  kind
• 10:54
  of
• 10:54
  fear.
• 10:55
  The
• 10:55
  film
• 10:55
  War
• 10:56
  Games,
• 10:56
  in
• 10:57
  which
• 10:57
  a
• 10:57
  teenager
• 10:57
  nearly
• 10:58
  triggers
• 10:58
  nuclear
• 10:59
  war
• 10:59
  by
• 11:00
  hacking
• 11:00
  a
• 11:00
  military
• 11:00
  computer,
• 11:01
  was
• 11:02
  so
• 11:02
  culturally
• 11:02
  resonant
• 11:03
  that
• 11:04
  Ronald
• 11:04
  Reagan
• 11:05
  reportedly
• 11:05
  asked
• 11:05
  his
• 11:06
  Joint
• 11:06
  Chiefs
• 11:06
  of
• 11:07
  Staff
• 11:07
  after
• 11:08
  seeing
• 11:08
  it
• 11:08
  whether
• 11:09
  such
• 11:09
  a
• 11:09
  scenario
• 11:10
  was
• 11:10
  actually
• 11:10
  possible.
• 11:12
  They
• 11:12
  told
• 11:12
  him
• 11:12
  it
• 11:13
  essentially
• 11:13
  was,
• 11:14
  which
• 11:14
  helped
• 11:15
  accelerate
• 11:15
  the
• 11:15
  development
• 11:16
  of
• 11:16
  formal
• 11:16
  CyberSecurity
• 11:17
  policy.
• 11:18
  The
• 11:19
  80s
• 11:19
  were
• 11:20
  essentially
• 11:20
  a
• 11:20
  decade
• 11:21
  lived
• 11:21
  under
• 11:21
  two
• 11:22
  competing
• 11:22
  narratives.
• 11:23
  The
• 11:23
  fear
• 11:24
  that
• 11:24
  technology,
• 11:25
  nuclear
• 11:25
  weapons
• 11:26
  and
• 11:26
  rogue
• 11:26
  computers
• 11:27
  might
• 11:27
  destroy
• 11:28
  civilization,
• 11:29
  and
• 11:29
  the
• 11:29
  excitement
• 11:30
  that
• 11:30
  technology,
• 11:31
  like
• 11:31
  personal
• 11:32
  computers
• 11:33
  and
• 11:33
  the
• 11:33
  Internet's
• 11:34
  precursors,
• 11:35
  might
• 11:35
  transform
• 11:36
  it
• 11:36
  for
• 11:36
  the
• 11:36
  better.
• 11:37
  And
• 11:37
  that
• 11:38
  sense
• 11:38
  of
• 11:38
  technological
• 11:39
  and
• 11:39
  ideological
• 11:40
  victory
• 11:40
  set
• 11:41
  the
• 11:41
  stage
• 11:41
  for
• 11:41
  the
• 11:42
  hyper
• 11:42
  optimistic
• 11:43
  tech
• 11:43
  boom
• 11:43
  of
• 11:44
  the
• 11:44
  1990s.
• 11:45
  And
• 11:46
  of
• 11:46
  course,
• 11:46
  War
• 11:46
  Games
• 11:47
  is
• 11:47
  also
• 11:47
  relevant
• 11:48
  when
• 11:48
  it
• 11:48
  comes
• 11:48
  to
• 11:48
  talking
• 11:49
  about
• 11:49
  Short
• 11:49
  Circuit,
• 11:50
  because
• 11:50
  they
• 11:51
  share
• 11:51
  the
• 11:51
  same
• 11:51
  director,
• 11:52
  John
• 11:52
  Badham.
• 11:53
  And
• 11:53
  a
• 11:54
  year
• 11:54
  after
• 11:54
  Short
• 11:54
  circuit,
• 11:55
  we
• 11:55
  got
• 11:56
  RoboCop,
• 11:57
  a
• 11:57
  powerful
• 11:57
  but
• 11:58
  dangerously
• 11:58
  literal
• 11:59
  satire
• 12:00
  of
• 12:00
  militarized
• 12:01
  AI
• 12:02
  and
• 12:02
  corporate
• 12:02
  incompetence.
• 12:04
  But
• 12:04
  that
• 12:04
  is
• 12:04
  a
• 12:04
  topic
• 12:05
  for
• 12:05
  a
• 12:05
  future
• 12:06
  episode
• 12:06
  of
• 12:06
  this
• 12:07
  podcast.
• 12:07
  And
• 12:07
  I
• 12:08
  cannot
• 12:08
  wait
• 12:08
  to
• 12:09
  get
• 12:09
  round
• 12:09
  to
• 12:09
  RoboCop.
• 12:11
  Hot
• 12:11
  off
• 12:11
  the
• 12:12
  box
• 12:12
  office
• 12:12
  success
• 12:12
  of
• 12:13
  War
• 12:13
  Games,
• 12:13
  John
• 12:14
  Badham
• 12:14
  decided
• 12:15
  to
• 12:15
  make
• 12:15
  Short
• 12:15
  Circuit
• 12:16
  immediately
• 12:17
  after
• 12:17
  reading
• 12:18
  Brent
• 12:18
  Maddock
• 12:19
  and
• 12:19
  S.S.
• 12:19
  wilson's
• 12:20
  script,
• 12:20
  which
• 12:21
  was
• 12:21
  written
• 12:21
  as
• 12:22
  part
• 12:22
  of
• 12:22
  a
• 12:22
  UCLA
• 12:23
  extension
• 12:24
  screenwriting.
• 12:25
  Wilson
• 12:26
  and
• 12:26
  Maddock
• 12:26
  would
• 12:27
  go
• 12:27
  on
• 12:27
  to
• 12:27
  write
• 12:27
  Tremors
• 12:28
  three
• 12:28
  of
• 12:29
  its
• 12:29
  sequels,
• 12:29
  its
• 12:30
  TV
• 12:30
  series,
• 12:31
  along
• 12:31
  with
• 12:31
  Batteries
• 12:32
  Not
• 12:32
  Included,
• 12:32
  which
• 12:33
  I
• 12:33
  also
• 12:33
  love
• 12:33
  and
• 12:34
  will
• 12:34
  do
• 12:34
  one
• 12:34
  day
• 12:34
  for
• 12:35
  this
• 12:35
  podcast,
• 12:35
  Wild
• 12:36
  Wild
• 12:36
  West.
• 12:37
  And
• 12:37
  both
• 12:37
  were
• 12:37
  also
• 12:38
  story
• 12:38
  consultants
• 12:39
  on
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  Land
• 12:39
  Before
• 12:40
  Time,
• 12:40
  which
• 12:40
  was
• 12:41
  a
• 12:41
  very
• 12:41
  recent
• 12:41
  episode
• 12:42
  of
• 12:42
  this
• 12:42
  podcast.
• 12:43
  I
• 12:43
  also
• 12:43
  did
• 12:43
  an
• 12:43
  episode
• 12:44
  on
• 12:44
  Tremors
• 12:44
  years
• 12:45
  back.
• 12:45
  I
• 12:46
  love
• 12:46
  that
• 12:46
  movie.
• 12:47
  But
• 12:47
  how
• 12:47
  did
• 12:47
  John
• 12:48
  Badham
• 12:48
  get
• 12:48
  this
• 12:48
  script
• 12:49
  well,
• 12:49
  at
• 12:50
  the
• 12:50
  University
• 12:50
  of
• 12:51
  California,
• 12:52
  at
• 12:52
  the
• 12:52
  class
• 12:52
  which
• 12:53
  was
• 12:53
  taught
• 12:53
  by
• 12:53
  Sally
• 12:54
  Merlin
• 12:54
  Jones,
• 12:55
  was
• 12:55
  fellow
• 12:56
  student
• 12:56
  Arne
• 12:57
  Olson.
• 12:58
  He
• 12:58
  was
• 12:58
  impressed
• 12:59
  and
• 12:59
  showed
• 12:59
  the
• 13:00
  script
• 13:00
  to
• 13:00
  his
• 13:00
  friend
• 13:01
  Gary
• 13:01
  Foster,
• 13:02
  who
• 13:02
  in
• 13:02
  turn
• 13:03
  showed
• 13:03
  it
• 13:03
  to
• 13:03
  his
• 13:03
  father,
• 13:04
  producer
• 13:05
  David
• 13:05
  Foster.
• 13:06
  Once
• 13:06
  David
• 13:07
  Foster
• 13:07
  and
• 13:07
  his
• 13:07
  producing
• 13:08
  partner
• 13:08
  Lawrence
• 13:09
  Terman
• 13:09
  bought
• 13:10
  the
• 13:10
  script,
• 13:10
  they
• 13:11
  sent
• 13:11
  it
• 13:11
  to
• 13:11
  John
• 13:12
  Badham,
• 13:12
  who
• 13:13
  agreed
• 13:13
  to
• 13:13
  direct.
• 13:14
  Although
• 13:14
  several
• 13:15
  studios
• 13:15
  were
• 13:15
  interested
• 13:16
  in
• 13:16
  the
• 13:16
  screenplay,
• 13:17
  they
• 13:17
  opted
• 13:17
  to
• 13:18
  go
• 13:18
  with
• 13:18
  the
• 13:18
  relatively
• 13:19
  new
• 13:19
  producer
• 13:19
  sales
• 13:20
  organisation
• 13:21
  because
• 13:21
  it
• 13:22
  only
• 13:22
  had
• 13:22
  a
• 13:22
  few
• 13:22
  other
• 13:23
  films
• 13:23
  in
• 13:23
  the
• 13:23
  works
• 13:24
  and
• 13:24
  so
• 13:24
  Short
• 13:25
  Circuit
• 13:25
  would
• 13:25
  get
• 13:25
  the
• 13:26
  special
• 13:26
  attention
• 13:26
  it
• 13:27
  needed.
• 13:28
  John
• 13:28
  Badham
• 13:29
  would
• 13:29
  read
• 13:29
  the
• 13:30
  script
• 13:30
  and
• 13:30
  immediately
• 13:31
  love
• 13:31
  the
• 13:31
  character
• 13:32
  of
• 13:32
  Number
• 13:32
  Five.
• 13:33
  And
• 13:34
  Number
• 13:34
  Five
• 13:34
  would
• 13:34
  be
• 13:35
  the
• 13:35
  sole
• 13:35
  most
• 13:35
  important
• 13:36
  part
• 13:36
  of
• 13:36
  the
• 13:37
  movie.
• 13:37
  And
• 13:37
  getting
• 13:38
  his
• 13:38
  design
• 13:38
  right
• 13:39
  was
• 13:39
  critical.
• 13:40
  He
• 13:40
  had
• 13:41
  to
• 13:41
  be
• 13:41
  a
• 13:41
  viable
• 13:41
  war
• 13:42
  machine
• 13:42
  as
• 13:43
  well
• 13:43
  as
• 13:43
  cute
• 13:43
  and
• 13:44
  show
• 13:44
  empathy.
• 13:45
  And
• 13:45
  for
• 13:45
  that
• 13:45
  design,
• 13:46
  in
• 13:46
  part,
• 13:46
  we
• 13:47
  have
• 13:47
  Steven
• 13:47
  Spielberg
• 13:48
  to
• 13:48
  thank,
• 13:49
  and
• 13:49
  not
• 13:49
  just
• 13:50
  for
• 13:50
  the
• 13:50
  ET
• 13:50
  vibes
• 13:51
  we
• 13:51
  get
• 13:51
  from
• 13:51
  number
• 13:52
  five.
• 13:53
  Doug
• 13:53
  Trumbull,
• 13:54
  who
• 13:54
  directed
• 13:54
  the
• 13:55
  1972
• 13:55
  sci
• 13:56
  fi
• 13:56
  cult
• 13:56
  film
• 13:57
  Silent
• 13:57
  Running,
• 13:58
  designed
• 13:58
  a
• 13:58
  remote
• 13:59
  controlled
• 13:59
  character
• 14:00
  called
• 14:00
  Pal
• 14:01
  which
• 14:01
  was
• 14:01
  built
• 14:02
  by
• 14:02
  Ex
• 14:02
  Green
• 14:03
  Beret
• 14:03
  Eric
• 14:03
  Allard,
• 14:04
  which
• 14:04
  was
• 14:05
  first
• 14:05
  shown
• 14:05
  in
• 14:05
  the
• 14:05
  film
• 14:06
  let's
• 14:06
  Go
• 14:07
  at
• 14:07
  the
• 14:07
  Toshiba
• 14:08
  pavilion
• 14:08
  at
• 14:09
  Expo
• 14:09
  85
• 14:09
  in
• 14:10
  Tsukuba,
• 14:10
  Japan.
• 14:11
  PAL
• 14:12
  was
• 14:12
  a
• 14:12
  three
• 14:12
  wheeled
• 14:13
  robot
• 14:13
  that
• 14:14
  had
• 14:14
  a
• 14:14
  boom
• 14:14
  type
• 14:15
  back
• 14:15
  with
• 14:15
  arms
• 14:16
  and
• 14:16
  a
• 14:16
  head.
• 14:17
  Allard
• 14:17
  had
• 14:18
  eight
• 14:18
  weeks
• 14:18
  to
• 14:19
  build
• 14:19
  PAL
• 14:19
  from
• 14:19
  scratch.
• 14:21
  At
• 14:21
  that
• 14:21
  expo
• 14:22
  was
• 14:22
  Steven
• 14:22
  Spielberg
• 14:23
  who
• 14:24
  saw
• 14:24
  the
• 14:24
  film
• 14:24
  let's
• 14:25
  Go
• 14:25
  and
• 14:26
  took
• 14:26
  note
• 14:26
  of
• 14:26
  the
• 14:27
  name
• 14:27
  of
• 14:27
  pal's
• 14:28
  builder
• 14:28
  from
• 14:28
  the
• 14:28
  credits.
• 14:29
  He
• 14:30
  knew
• 14:30
  that
• 14:30
  John
• 14:30
  Badham
• 14:31
  was
• 14:31
  looking
• 14:31
  for
• 14:31
  a
• 14:32
  robot
• 14:32
  for
• 14:32
  his
• 14:32
  movie
• 14:33
  and
• 14:33
  he
• 14:34
  recommended
• 14:35
  that
• 14:35
  they
• 14:35
  contact
• 14:36
  Eric
• 14:36
  Allard
• 14:37
  to
• 14:37
  build
• 14:37
  the
• 14:37
  robot
• 14:38
  for
• 14:38
  Short
• 14:38
  Circuit.
• 14:40
  Allard
• 14:40
  got
• 14:40
  sent
• 14:41
  the
• 14:41
  script
• 14:41
  to
• 14:41
  Short
• 14:41
  Circuit
• 14:42
  on
• 14:42
  a
• 14:42
  Friday
• 14:43
  and
• 14:43
  was
• 14:43
  asked
• 14:44
  to
• 14:44
  prepare
• 14:44
  a
• 14:44
  bid
• 14:45
  Monday
• 14:46
  morning
• 14:46
  he
• 14:46
  returned
• 14:47
  with
• 14:47
  a
• 14:47
  lengthy
• 14:47
  proposal
• 14:48
  and
• 14:48
  breaking
• 14:49
  down
• 14:49
  every
• 14:49
  shot
• 14:50
  in
• 14:50
  the
• 14:50
  film
• 14:50
  in
• 14:51
  which
• 14:51
  robots
• 14:51
  would
• 14:52
  appear,
• 14:52
  outlining
• 14:53
  how
• 14:53
  each
• 14:53
  shot
• 14:54
  could
• 14:54
  be
• 14:54
  accomplished.
• 14:55
  He
• 14:55
  was
• 14:56
  immediately
• 14:56
  hired
• 14:57
  as
• 14:57
  the
• 14:57
  robotic
• 14:58
  effects
• 14:58
  supervisor.
• 14:59
  Allard
• 15:00
  is
• 15:00
  also
• 15:00
  the
• 15:00
  guy
• 15:00
  that
• 15:00
  developed
• 15:01
  the
• 15:01
  famous
• 15:01
  Duracell
• 15:02
  bunny.
• 15:03
  Once
• 15:04
  he
• 15:04
  was
• 15:04
  hired,
• 15:04
  Allard
• 15:05
  jumped
• 15:05
  right
• 15:05
  into
• 15:05
  the
• 15:06
  design
• 15:06
  phase
• 15:06
  of
• 15:07
  Short
• 15:07
  Circuit,
• 15:08
  collaborating
• 15:08
  alongside
• 15:09
  John
• 15:09
  Badham
• 15:10
  as
• 15:10
  well
• 15:11
  as
• 15:11
  with
• 15:11
  acclaimed
• 15:11
  artists
• 15:12
  Sid
• 15:12
  Mead
• 15:13
  and
• 15:13
  visual
• 15:13
  consultant
• 15:14
  Philip
• 15:14
  Harrison.
• 15:16
  Mead
• 15:16
  created
• 15:17
  conceptual
• 15:17
  and
• 15:18
  world
• 15:18
  designs
• 15:18
  for
• 15:18
  science
• 15:19
  fiction
• 15:19
  films
• 15:19
  like
• 15:20
  Blade
• 15:20
  Runner,
• 15:21
  Aliens
• 15:21
  and
• 15:22
  Tron
• 15:22
  and
• 15:23
  had
• 15:23
  been
• 15:23
  described
• 15:24
  as
• 15:24
  the
• 15:24
  artist
• 15:24
  who
• 15:25
  illustrates
• 15:25
  the
• 15:25
  future
• 15:26
  and
• 15:26
  one
• 15:26
  of
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  most
• 15:27
  influential
• 15:28
  concept
• 15:28
  artists
• 15:29
  and
• 15:29
  industrial
• 15:30
  designers
• 15:30
  of
• 15:30
  our
• 15:31
  time.
• 15:32
  No
• 15:32
  pressure
• 15:32
  then.
• 15:33
  While
• 15:33
  Eric
• 15:34
  Allard
• 15:34
  was
• 15:34
  a
• 15:34
  builder,
• 15:35
  he
• 15:35
  wasn't
• 15:35
  really
• 15:35
  a
• 15:36
  designer,
• 15:36
  but
• 15:37
  he
• 15:37
  came
• 15:37
  up
• 15:37
  with
• 15:37
  a
• 15:38
  rudimentary
• 15:38
  design
• 15:39
  of
• 15:39
  a
• 15:39
  thin
• 15:40
  tall
• 15:40
  robot
• 15:41
  with
• 15:41
  tank
• 15:41
  Treads
• 15:42
  with
• 15:42
  a
• 15:42
  head
• 15:42
  that
• 15:43
  looked
• 15:43
  like
• 15:43
  cans.
• 15:44
  Syd
• 15:45
  Mead
• 15:45
  had
• 15:45
  a
• 15:45
  different
• 15:45
  approach
• 15:46
  where
• 15:47
  he
• 15:47
  was
• 15:47
  doing
• 15:47
  a
• 15:47
  more
• 15:47
  spherical
• 15:48
  design.
• 15:49
  But
• 15:49
  John
• 15:49
  Badham
• 15:50
  wasn't
• 15:50
  keen
• 15:51
  on
• 15:51
  Mead's
• 15:51
  original
• 15:52
  designs
• 15:52
  and
• 15:53
  wanted
• 15:53
  them
• 15:53
  to
• 15:53
  be
• 15:54
  more
• 15:54
  like
• 15:54
  Allard's.
• 15:55
  The
• 15:56
  key
• 15:56
  issue
• 15:56
  was
• 15:56
  having
• 15:57
  Number
• 15:57
  five
• 15:57
  successfully
• 15:58
  emote.
• 15:59
  Every
• 15:59
  part
• 16:00
  of
• 16:00
  Number
• 16:01
  Five
• 16:01
  and
• 16:01
  his
• 16:01
  four
• 16:02
  fellow
• 16:02
  robots
• 16:03
  was
• 16:03
  built
• 16:04
  to
• 16:04
  have
• 16:04
  a
• 16:04
  specific
• 16:05
  logical
• 16:05
  purpose
• 16:06
  behind
• 16:06
  them.
• 16:08
  Syd
• 16:08
  Mead
• 16:08
  insisted
• 16:09
  on
• 16:09
  giving
• 16:09
  Number
• 16:10
  Five
• 16:10
  eyes
• 16:11
  to
• 16:11
  give
• 16:11
  the
• 16:12
  character
• 16:12
  a
• 16:12
  method
• 16:12
  of
• 16:13
  visually
• 16:13
  expressing
• 16:14
  emotion.
• 16:15
  Through
• 16:15
  several
• 16:16
  meetings,
• 16:16
  they
• 16:16
  came
• 16:16
  up
• 16:17
  with
• 16:17
  him
• 16:17
  having
• 16:18
  two
• 16:18
  camera
• 16:18
  lens
• 16:19
  eyes.
• 16:19
  And
• 16:20
  because
• 16:20
  all
• 16:20
  movie
• 16:20
  cameras
• 16:21
  have
• 16:21
  flaps
• 16:21
  in
• 16:21
  front
• 16:22
  of
• 16:22
  the
• 16:22
  lens
• 16:22
  to
• 16:22
  keep
• 16:23
  out
• 16:23
  glare
• 16:23
  from
• 16:23
  the
• 16:23
  sun,
• 16:24
  they
• 16:24
  used
• 16:25
  this
• 16:25
  principle
• 16:25
  to
• 16:26
  give
• 16:26
  Number
• 16:26
  Five
• 16:27
  sun
• 16:27
  visor
• 16:28
  flaps
• 16:28
  that
• 16:29
  resembled
• 16:29
  eyebrows.
• 16:30
  And
• 16:30
  giving
• 16:31
  him
• 16:31
  eyebrows
• 16:32
  suddenly
• 16:32
  gave
• 16:32
  the
• 16:33
  robot
• 16:33
  a
• 16:33
  way
• 16:33
  to
• 16:34
  emote
• 16:34
  happiness
• 16:34
  and
• 16:35
  sadness,
• 16:36
  fear
• 16:36
  or
• 16:36
  anger.
• 16:38
  Syd
• 16:38
  Mead
• 16:39
  came
• 16:39
  back
• 16:39
  into
• 16:39
  the
• 16:39
  room
• 16:39
  with
• 16:40
  a
• 16:40
  redesigned
• 16:40
  version
• 16:41
  which
• 16:41
  blew
• 16:41
  everyone
• 16:42
  away.
• 16:42
  The
• 16:43
  best
• 16:43
  of
• 16:43
  Allard's
• 16:44
  sketches,
• 16:44
  plus
• 16:45
  Mead's
• 16:45
  expertise.
• 16:46
  They
• 16:47
  aimed
• 16:47
  to
• 16:47
  create
• 16:47
  something
• 16:48
  that
• 16:48
  would
• 16:48
  look
• 16:48
  physically
• 16:49
  realistic
• 16:49
  and
• 16:50
  anthropomorphic
• 16:51
  without
• 16:52
  being
• 16:52
  a
• 16:52
  man
• 16:52
  in
• 16:53
  a
• 16:53
  suit.
• 16:53
  And
• 16:53
  once
• 16:54
  the
• 16:54
  design
• 16:54
  of
• 16:54
  Number
• 16:55
  Five
• 16:55
  got
• 16:55
  approval
• 16:56
  from
• 16:56
  the
• 16:56
  executives
• 16:57
  on
• 16:57
  the
• 16:57
  project,
• 16:58
  which
• 16:58
  was
• 16:58
  originally
• 16:59
  conceived
• 16:59
  as
• 16:59
  a
• 16:59
  stop
• 17:00
  motion
• 17:00
  puppet,
• 17:01
  Allard
• 17:01
  eventually
• 17:01
  opted
• 17:02
  for
• 17:02
  a
• 17:02
  mixture
• 17:03
  of
• 17:03
  15
• 17:03
  remote
• 17:04
  control
• 17:04
  puppet
• 17:04
  versions
• 17:05
  costing
• 17:06
  $1.5
• 17:07
  million.
• 17:08
  Allard
• 17:09
  worked
• 17:09
  on
• 17:09
  creating
• 17:10
  all
• 17:10
  the
• 17:10
  robots
• 17:10
  and
• 17:11
  various
• 17:11
  robotic
• 17:12
  parts
• 17:12
  that
• 17:12
  would
• 17:12
  be
• 17:12
  needed
• 17:13
  throughout
• 17:13
  filming.
• 17:14
  He
• 17:14
  and
• 17:14
  his
• 17:15
  team
• 17:15
  had
• 17:15
  just
• 17:15
  14
• 17:16
  weeks
• 17:17
  to
• 17:17
  build
• 17:17
  and
• 17:17
  test
• 17:18
  everything
• 17:19
  prior
• 17:19
  to
• 17:19
  production,
• 17:20
  beginning
• 17:20
  on
• 17:20
  Short
• 17:21
  Circuit.
• 17:22
  They
• 17:22
  started
• 17:23
  by
• 17:23
  creating
• 17:23
  two
• 17:24
  foam
• 17:24
  core
• 17:25
  robots
• 17:25
  to
• 17:25
  define
• 17:26
  Mead's
• 17:26
  drawings
• 17:27
  and
• 17:27
  and
• 17:27
  then
• 17:27
  built
• 17:28
  two
• 17:28
  hero
• 17:28
  robots
• 17:29
  that
• 17:29
  were
• 17:30
  fully
• 17:30
  animatronic,
• 17:31
  with
• 17:31
  movable
• 17:31
  fingers,
• 17:32
  grips,
• 17:33
  hands,
• 17:34
  arms,
• 17:34
  shoulders,
• 17:35
  head,
• 17:35
  neck,
• 17:36
  eyes,
• 17:37
  gizmos
• 17:38
  and
• 17:38
  driveability
• 17:39
  with
• 17:39
  49
• 17:40
  axes
• 17:40
  that
• 17:40
  were
• 17:41
  operated
• 17:41
  by
• 17:41
  remote
• 17:42
  control.
• 17:43
  They
• 17:43
  then
• 17:43
  built
• 17:43
  five
• 17:44
  robots
• 17:44
  that
• 17:44
  were
• 17:45
  just
• 17:45
  partially
• 17:45
  articulate,
• 17:46
  where
• 17:46
  only
• 17:47
  the
• 17:47
  hands
• 17:47
  instead
• 17:48
  of
• 17:48
  the
• 17:48
  entire
• 17:48
  wrists
• 17:49
  and
• 17:49
  fingers
• 17:49
  were
• 17:50
  molded.
• 17:51
  They
• 17:51
  built
• 17:51
  eight
• 17:51
  stunt
• 17:52
  robots
• 17:52
  with
• 17:52
  identical
• 17:53
  chassis.
• 17:54
  Two
• 17:54
  separate
• 17:55
  insert
• 17:55
  arms
• 17:56
  which
• 17:56
  could
• 17:56
  be
• 17:56
  used
• 17:56
  to
• 17:56
  pick
• 17:57
  up
• 17:57
  items
• 17:57
  and
• 17:58
  for
• 17:58
  close
• 17:58
  up
• 17:58
  shots.
• 17:59
  Three
• 18:00
  separate
• 18:00
  hero
• 18:01
  heads
• 18:01
  which
• 18:01
  were
• 18:01
  fully
• 18:02
  animatronic,
• 18:03
  eight
• 18:03
  non
• 18:04
  hero
• 18:04
  stunt
• 18:04
  heads
• 18:05
  which
• 18:05
  had
• 18:05
  limited
• 18:05
  movement,
• 18:06
  plus
• 18:07
  three
• 18:07
  cable
• 18:08
  controlled
• 18:08
  puppet
• 18:08
  torsos
• 18:09
  which
• 18:10
  could
• 18:10
  be
• 18:10
  operated
• 18:10
  by
• 18:11
  puppeteers
• 18:11
  from
• 18:12
  below
• 18:12
  the
• 18:12
  frame.
• 18:13
  A
• 18:13
  total
• 18:14
  of
• 18:14
  12
• 18:14
  people
• 18:15
  were
• 18:15
  controlling
• 18:16
  number
• 18:16
  five
• 18:16
  at
• 18:16
  his
• 18:17
  most
• 18:17
  movable,
• 18:18
  including
• 18:19
  by
• 18:19
  remote
• 18:19
  control.
• 18:20
  The
• 18:20
  PUPETEER
• 18:21
  for
• 18:21
  number
• 18:21
  five
• 18:22
  was
• 18:22
  Tim
• 18:23
  Blaney,
• 18:24
  who's
• 18:24
  also
• 18:24
  the
• 18:25
  voice
• 18:25
  of
• 18:25
  Frank
• 18:25
  the
• 18:25
  pug
• 18:26
  in
• 18:26
  Men
• 18:26
  in
• 18:26
  Black.
• 18:27
  And
• 18:27
  uniquely,
• 18:28
  Blaney
• 18:29
  not
• 18:29
  only
• 18:29
  puppeteered
• 18:30
  Number
• 18:30
  Five,
• 18:31
  but
• 18:31
  voiced
• 18:31
  him
• 18:32
  too.
• 18:32
  And
• 18:32
  not
• 18:33
  only
• 18:33
  that,
• 18:33
  voiced
• 18:34
  him
• 18:34
  live
• 18:35
  on
• 18:35
  location
• 18:35
  with
• 18:36
  the
• 18:36
  actors
• 18:37
  Originally,
• 18:38
  the
• 18:38
  idea
• 18:38
  was
• 18:39
  to
• 18:39
  have
• 18:39
  someone
• 18:39
  like
• 18:40
  Robin
• 18:40
  Williams
• 18:40
  voice
• 18:41
  him,
• 18:41
  but
• 18:42
  Badham
• 18:42
  believed
• 18:43
  that
• 18:43
  by
• 18:43
  having
• 18:43
  Tim
• 18:43
  Blaney
• 18:44
  do
• 18:44
  it
• 18:44
  live
• 18:45
  on
• 18:45
  set,
• 18:46
  it
• 18:46
  would
• 18:46
  provide
• 18:47
  a
• 18:47
  more
• 18:47
  realistic
• 18:48
  interaction
• 18:49
  between
• 18:49
  Number
• 18:49
  Five
• 18:50
  and
• 18:50
  the
• 18:50
  actors
• 18:50
  around
• 18:51
  him
• 18:51
  and
• 18:52
  make
• 18:52
  him
• 18:52
  feel
• 18:53
  more
• 18:53
  real.
• 18:54
  Most
• 18:54
  of
• 18:54
  the
• 18:54
  arm
• 18:55
  movements
• 18:55
  of
• 18:55
  Number
• 18:56
  Five
• 18:56
  were
• 18:56
  controlled
• 18:57
  by
• 18:57
  a
• 18:57
  telemetry
• 18:58
  suit
• 18:58
  carried
• 18:59
  on
• 18:59
  the
• 18:59
  puppeteer's
• 18:59
  upper
• 19:00
  torso.
• 19:01
  Each
• 19:01
  joint
• 19:01
  in
• 19:01
  the
• 19:02
  suit
• 19:02
  had
• 19:02
  a
• 19:02
  separate
• 19:03
  sensor,
• 19:03
  allowing
• 19:04
  the
• 19:04
  puppeteer's
• 19:05
  arm
• 19:05
  and
• 19:05
  hand
• 19:05
  movements
• 19:06
  to
• 19:06
  be
• 19:06
  transferred
• 19:07
  directly
• 19:08
  to
• 19:08
  Number
• 19:08
  Five.
• 19:09
  But
• 19:09
  lest
• 19:09
  we
• 19:10
  forget,
• 19:10
  there
• 19:10
  are
• 19:10
  actual
• 19:11
  humans
• 19:11
  in
• 19:12
  this
• 19:12
  movie,
• 19:12
  too.
• 19:13
  Steve
• 19:13
  Guttenberg
• 19:14
  knew
• 19:14
  the
• 19:14
  script
• 19:15
  was
• 19:15
  a
• 19:15
  hit
• 19:15
  as
• 19:15
  soon
• 19:16
  as
• 19:16
  he
• 19:16
  read
• 19:16
  it
• 19:16
  and
• 19:17
  grabbed
• 19:17
  the
• 19:17
  opportunity
• 19:18
  to
• 19:18
  play
• 19:18
  Newton
• 19:19
  Crosby.
• 19:20
  He
• 19:20
  and
• 19:20
  John
• 19:21
  Badham
• 19:21
  spoke
• 19:22
  at
• 19:22
  length
• 19:22
  about
• 19:23
  what
• 19:23
  it
• 19:23
  meant
• 19:23
  to
• 19:24
  be
• 19:24
  alive
• 19:24
  and
• 19:25
  the
• 19:25
  connection
• 19:25
  with
• 19:25
  the
• 19:26
  soul.
• 19:26
  And
• 19:26
  Gutenberg,
• 19:27
  who
• 19:27
  had
• 19:28
  become
• 19:28
  a
• 19:28
  star
• 19:28
  off
• 19:28
  of
• 19:29
  the
• 19:29
  Police
• 19:29
  Academy
• 19:30
  movie
• 19:30
  and
• 19:30
  its
• 19:30
  sequel,
• 19:31
  wanted
• 19:32
  to
• 19:32
  tread
• 19:32
  a
• 19:32
  similar
• 19:32
  path
• 19:33
  between
• 19:33
  humour
• 19:34
  and
• 19:34
  heart.
• 19:34
  But
• 19:35
  ultimately,
• 19:35
  he
• 19:36
  knew
• 19:36
  people
• 19:36
  would
• 19:37
  want
• 19:37
  to
• 19:37
  see
• 19:37
  Number
• 19:38
  Five.
• 19:38
  Gutenberg
• 19:39
  would
• 19:39
  have
• 19:39
  the
• 19:40
  biggest
• 19:40
  hit
• 19:40
  of
• 19:40
  his
• 19:41
  career
• 19:41
  the
• 19:41
  following
• 19:42
  year
• 19:42
  in
• 19:43
  Three
• 19:43
  Men
• 19:43
  and
• 19:43
  a
• 19:43
  Baby,
• 19:44
  which
• 19:44
  is
• 19:44
  another
• 19:44
  one
• 19:45
  that
• 19:45
  I
• 19:45
  really
• 19:45
  want
• 19:46
  to
• 19:46
  do
• 19:46
  on
• 19:46
  this
• 19:46
  podcast.
• 19:47
  There's
• 19:47
  so
• 19:47
  many
• 19:47
  movies
• 19:48
  and
• 19:48
  not
• 19:48
  enough
• 19:48
  of
• 19:49
  me.
• 19:49
  One
• 19:50
  day
• 19:50
  I
• 19:50
  will
• 19:51
  get
• 19:51
  round
• 19:51
  to
• 19:51
  Three
• 19:51
  Men
• 19:52
  and
• 19:52
  a
• 19:52
  Baby.
• 19:53
  Of
• 19:53
  course,
• 19:53
  Steve
• 19:53
  Gutenberg
• 19:54
  and
• 19:54
  G.W.
• 19:55
  bailey,
• 19:55
  who
• 19:55
  plays
• 19:56
  Skoda,
• 19:56
  appeared
• 19:57
  together
• 19:57
  in
• 19:58
  Police
• 19:58
  Academy,
• 19:59
  Police
• 19:59
  Academy
• 20:00
  2,
• 20:00
  their
• 20:00
  first
• 20:00
  assignment,
• 20:01
  and
• 20:01
  they'd
• 20:02
  go
• 20:02
  on
• 20:02
  to
• 20:02
  star
• 20:02
  together
• 20:03
  again
• 20:03
  in
• 20:03
  Police
• 20:04
  Academy
• 20:04
  4,
• 20:05
  citizens
• 20:06
  on
• 20:06
  patrol.
• 20:07
  Gutenberg
• 20:08
  was
• 20:08
  obviously
• 20:09
  a
• 20:09
  big
• 20:09
  name,
• 20:09
  but
• 20:10
  so
• 20:10
  was
• 20:10
  Ali
• 20:11
  Sheedy
• 20:11
  as
• 20:12
  a
• 20:12
  member
• 20:12
  of
• 20:12
  the
• 20:12
  Brat
• 20:12
  Pack
• 20:13
  and
• 20:13
  star
• 20:14
  of
• 20:14
  the
• 20:14
  Breakfast
• 20:14
  Club
• 20:15
  and
• 20:15
  St.
• 20:15
  Elmo's
• 20:16
  Fire,
• 20:16
  as
• 20:17
  well
• 20:17
  as
• 20:17
  working
• 20:17
  with
• 20:18
  John
• 20:18
  Badham
• 20:19
  a
• 20:19
  few
• 20:19
  years
• 20:19
  prior
• 20:20
  on
• 20:20
  War
• 20:20
  Games.
• 20:21
  And
• 20:22
  then
• 20:22
  there's
• 20:22
  Fisher
• 20:22
  Stevens,
• 20:23
  and
• 20:23
  I'm
• 20:24
  going
• 20:24
  to
• 20:24
  come
• 20:24
  back
• 20:24
  to
• 20:24
  the
• 20:25
  controversy
• 20:25
  around
• 20:25
  Ben
• 20:26
  a
• 20:26
  little
• 20:26
  bit
• 20:26
  later.
• 20:27
  But
• 20:27
  Stevens,
• 20:28
  unlike
• 20:29
  what
• 20:29
  I
• 20:29
  believed
• 20:30
  for
• 20:30
  a
• 20:30
  very
• 20:30
  long
• 20:30
  time,
• 20:31
  actually
• 20:32
  is
• 20:32
  not
• 20:32
  South
• 20:32
  Asian.
• 20:33
  He
• 20:33
  is
• 20:34
  a
• 20:34
  white
• 20:34
  Jewish
• 20:35
  man.
• 20:36
  The
• 20:36
  character
• 20:36
  of
• 20:36
  Ben
• 20:37
  wasn't
• 20:37
  originally
• 20:38
  written
• 20:38
  as
• 20:39
  Indian.
• 20:39
  In
• 20:40
  the
• 20:40
  original
• 20:40
  script,
• 20:41
  he
• 20:41
  was
• 20:41
  just
• 20:41
  an
• 20:42
  American
• 20:42
  computer
• 20:43
  scientist
• 20:43
  named
• 20:44
  Benjamin.
• 20:45
  John
• 20:45
  Badham
• 20:46
  didn't
• 20:46
  think
• 20:46
  Fisher
• 20:47
  Stevens
• 20:47
  was
• 20:47
  originally
• 20:48
  right
• 20:48
  for
• 20:48
  the
• 20:48
  part,
• 20:49
  and
• 20:49
  so
• 20:50
  Stevens
• 20:50
  was
• 20:51
  originally
• 20:51
  hired
• 20:52
  and
• 20:52
  then
• 20:52
  fired
• 20:53
  and
• 20:53
  replaced
• 20:54
  by
• 20:54
  Bronson
• 20:54
  Pinchot.
• 20:55
  But
• 20:56
  when
• 20:56
  he
• 20:56
  left
• 20:56
  to
• 20:57
  do
• 20:57
  the
• 20:57
  sitcom
• 20:57
  Perfect
• 20:58
  Strangers,
• 20:59
  the
• 20:59
  part
• 20:59
  was
• 20:59
  reworked
• 21:00
  and
• 21:00
  Stevens
• 21:01
  was
• 21:01
  rehired.
• 21:02
  John
• 21:03
  Badham
• 21:03
  claims
• 21:04
  he
• 21:04
  got
• 21:04
  the
• 21:04
  idea
• 21:05
  for
• 21:05
  the
• 21:05
  character
• 21:05
  of
• 21:06
  Ben
• 21:06
  from
• 21:07
  the
• 21:07
  rude
• 21:07
  French
• 21:07
  shop
• 21:08
  assistant
• 21:08
  in
• 21:08
  Beverly
• 21:09
  Hills
• 21:09
  Cop,
• 21:10
  and
• 21:10
  he
• 21:10
  wanted
• 21:11
  a
• 21:11
  hyper,
• 21:11
  intelligent
• 21:12
  foreign
• 21:12
  character
• 21:13
  who
• 21:13
  thought
• 21:14
  Americans
• 21:14
  were
• 21:14
  stupid
• 21:15
  and
• 21:16
  believed
• 21:16
  that
• 21:16
  having
• 21:16
  an
• 21:17
  Indian
• 21:17
  character
• 21:18
  and
• 21:18
  the
• 21:18
  subsequent
• 21:19
  cultural
• 21:19
  differences
• 21:20
  would
• 21:21
  be
• 21:21
  A
• 21:21
  good
• 21:21
  idea,
• 21:22
  which
• 21:22
  he
• 21:23
  probably
• 21:23
  would
• 21:23
  have
• 21:23
  been
• 21:23
  if
• 21:24
  they'd
• 21:24
  auditioned
• 21:25
  and
• 21:25
  cast
• 21:25
  a
• 21:25
  South
• 21:25
  Asian
• 21:26
  actor.
• 21:27
  So
• 21:27
  Fisher
• 21:28
  Stevens
• 21:28
  ended
• 21:29
  up
• 21:29
  playing
• 21:29
  an
• 21:29
  Indian
• 21:30
  character
• 21:30
  and
• 21:31
  he
• 21:31
  actually
• 21:31
  took
• 21:31
  the
• 21:32
  role
• 21:32
  seriously.
• 21:33
  He
• 21:33
  spoke
• 21:33
  with
• 21:33
  a
• 21:33
  dialect
• 21:34
  coach,
• 21:35
  he
• 21:35
  read
• 21:35
  Indian
• 21:35
  books
• 21:36
  and
• 21:36
  immersed
• 21:37
  himself
• 21:37
  in
• 21:37
  Indian
• 21:38
  culture.
• 21:38
  He
• 21:39
  even
• 21:39
  lived
• 21:39
  in
• 21:39
  India
• 21:40
  for
• 21:40
  a
• 21:40
  month
• 21:40
  before
• 21:41
  he
• 21:41
  started
• 21:41
  filming
• 21:42
  Short
• 21:42
  Circuit
• 21:43
  2.
• 21:43
  But
• 21:44
  in
• 21:44
  order
• 21:44
  to
• 21:44
  play
• 21:44
  Ben,
• 21:45
  he
• 21:45
  also
• 21:46
  had
• 21:46
  to
• 21:46
  grow
• 21:47
  a
• 21:47
  beard,
• 21:47
  dye
• 21:48
  his
• 21:48
  hair
• 21:48
  black,
• 21:49
  darken
• 21:50
  his
• 21:50
  skin
• 21:50
  with
• 21:50
  makeup,
• 21:51
  wear
• 21:52
  dark
• 21:52
  brown
• 21:52
  contact
• 21:53
  lenses
• 21:53
  and
• 21:54
  speak
• 21:54
  with
• 21:54
  an
• 21:54
  East
• 21:55
  Indian
• 21:55
  accent.
• 21:56
  John
• 21:57
  Badham
• 21:57
  has
• 21:58
  always
• 21:58
  stressed
• 21:58
  though
• 21:58
  that
• 21:59
  they
• 21:59
  never
• 21:59
  intended
• 22:00
  to
• 22:00
  make
• 22:00
  fun
• 22:00
  of
• 22:00
  the
• 22:01
  character
• 22:01
  of
• 22:01
  Ben.
• 22:02
  They
• 22:02
  wanted
• 22:03
  diversity
• 22:03
  there,
• 22:04
  but
• 22:05
  it's
• 22:05
  just
• 22:05
  not
• 22:05
  quite
• 22:05
  the
• 22:06
  right
• 22:06
  kind.
• 22:06
  But
• 22:07
  I
• 22:07
  am
• 22:07
  going
• 22:07
  to
• 22:07
  come
• 22:07
  back
• 22:08
  to
• 22:08
  the
• 22:08
  controversy
• 22:09
  surrounding
• 22:10
  Fisher
• 22:10
  Stevens
• 22:11
  later.
• 22:12
  Tim
• 22:12
  Blaney
• 22:13
  would
• 22:13
  definitely
• 22:13
  help
• 22:14
  to
• 22:14
  give
• 22:14
  the
• 22:14
  personality
• 22:15
  and
• 22:15
  arc
• 22:16
  to
• 22:16
  Number
• 22:16
  Five.
• 22:17
  He
• 22:17
  would
• 22:17
  start
• 22:18
  with
• 22:18
  a
• 22:18
  monotone
• 22:18
  robotic
• 22:19
  voice
• 22:19
  which
• 22:20
  evolves
• 22:20
  to
• 22:20
  through
• 22:20
  the
• 22:21
  movie
• 22:21
  as
• 22:21
  Number
• 22:22
  Five
• 22:22
  gets
• 22:22
  more
• 22:23
  and
• 22:23
  more
• 22:23
  self
• 22:23
  awareness
• 22:24
  and
• 22:24
  input.
• 22:25
  And
• 22:25
  while
• 22:26
  5
• 22:26
  is
• 22:27
  built
• 22:27
  as
• 22:27
  a
• 22:27
  weapon,
• 22:28
  he
• 22:28
  chooses
• 22:29
  kindness
• 22:29
  and
• 22:29
  empathy
• 22:30
  because
• 22:30
  he
• 22:31
  teaches
• 22:31
  himself.
• 22:32
  He's
• 22:33
  not
• 22:33
  programmed
• 22:33
  to
• 22:33
  show
• 22:34
  compassion.
• 22:34
  He
• 22:35
  evolves
• 22:35
  to
• 22:35
  show
• 22:36
  it
• 22:36
  through
• 22:36
  his
• 22:37
  own
• 22:37
  sentience.
• 22:38
  Despite
• 22:39
  in
• 22:39
  the
• 22:39
  movie
• 22:40
  Number
• 22:40
  Five
• 22:40
  being
• 22:40
  struck
• 22:41
  by
• 22:41
  lightning
• 22:41
  and
• 22:42
  quote
• 22:42
  unquote
• 22:42
  malfunctioning,
• 22:43
  in
• 22:44
  real
• 22:44
  life,
• 22:44
  the
• 22:45
  hardware
• 22:45
  was
• 22:45
  remarkably
• 22:46
  malfunction
• 22:47
  free.
• 22:48
  Unlike
• 22:48
  most
• 22:48
  movies
• 22:49
  that
• 22:49
  have
• 22:49
  mechanical
• 22:49
  co
• 22:50
  stars.
• 22:50
  Jaws
• 22:51
  obviously
• 22:51
  springs
• 22:52
  to
• 22:52
  mind.
• 22:53
  Number
• 22:53
  Five
• 22:54
  in
• 22:54
  his
• 22:54
  various
• 22:54
  forms
• 22:55
  only
• 22:55
  caused
• 22:56
  about
• 22:56
  two
• 22:56
  hours
• 22:56
  of
• 22:57
  production
• 22:57
  loss
• 22:58
  through
• 22:58
  breakdowns
• 22:59
  or
• 22:59
  parts
• 23:00
  issues
• 23:00
  across
• 23:00
  the
• 23:01
  entire
• 23:01
  production.
• 23:02
  Principal
• 23:03
  photography
• 23:04
  began
• 23:04
  on
• 23:04
  6
• 23:05
  September
• 23:05
  1985
• 23:06
  in
• 23:06
  Oregon.
• 23:07
  The
• 23:07
  movie
• 23:08
  shot
• 23:08
  on
• 23:08
  location
• 23:09
  in
• 23:09
  Astoria,
• 23:10
  then
• 23:10
  moved
• 23:11
  to
• 23:11
  Portland
• 23:12
  Cascade
• 23:12
  Locks
• 23:13
  and
• 23:13
  the
• 23:13
  Bonneville
• 23:14
  Dam.
• 23:15
  The
• 23:15
  production
• 23:15
  then
• 23:16
  moved
• 23:16
  to
• 23:16
  Southern
• 23:16
  California
• 23:17
  where
• 23:18
  interiors
• 23:18
  were
• 23:19
  shot
• 23:19
  at
• 23:19
  the
• 23:19
  Laird
• 23:20
  International
• 23:20
  Studios
• 23:21
  in
• 23:21
  Culver
• 23:21
  City.
• 23:22
  Opening
• 23:23
  scenes
• 23:23
  of
• 23:23
  the
• 23:23
  army
• 23:24
  combat
• 23:24
  maneuvers
• 23:25
  were
• 23:25
  filmed
• 23:25
  at
• 23:25
  the
• 23:25
  Disney
• 23:26
  Ranch
• 23:26
  near
• 23:27
  Santa
• 23:27
  Clarita,
• 23:28
  California
• 23:29
  while
• 23:29
  the
• 23:29
  finale
• 23:30
  was
• 23:30
  shot
• 23:30
  at
• 23:30
  Vasquez
• 23:31
  Rocks
• 23:31
  county
• 23:32
  park
• 23:32
  in
• 23:32
  the
• 23:33
  Antelope
• 23:33
  Valley
• 23:34
  near
• 23:34
  Santa
• 23:34
  Clarita.
• 23:36
  Every
• 23:36
  morning
• 23:36
  John
• 23:37
  Badham
• 23:37
  would
• 23:37
  bring
• 23:38
  out
• 23:38
  Number
• 23:38
  Five,
• 23:39
  hug
• 23:39
  him
• 23:40
  and
• 23:40
  and
• 23:40
  encourage
• 23:41
  everyone
• 23:41
  in
• 23:41
  the
• 23:41
  cast
• 23:42
  to
• 23:42
  do
• 23:42
  the
• 23:42
  same.
• 23:43
  Number
• 23:43
  Five
• 23:44
  was
• 23:44
  treated
• 23:44
  with
• 23:44
  respect
• 23:45
  as
• 23:45
  an
• 23:45
  actor
• 23:46
  on
• 23:46
  this
• 23:46
  movie.
• 23:47
  He
• 23:47
  was
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  talent.
• 23:48
  And
• 23:48
  when
• 23:48
  Badham
• 23:49
  was
• 23:49
  asked
• 23:49
  by
• 23:49
  a
• 23:49
  producer
• 23:50
  if
• 23:50
  Number
• 23:51
  Five
• 23:51
  could
• 23:51
  dance,
• 23:52
  he
• 23:52
  just
• 23:52
  said
• 23:53
  yes.
• 23:53
  Without
• 23:53
  consulting
• 23:54
  the
• 23:54
  puppeteers.
• 23:55
  They
• 23:56
  eventually,
• 23:56
  after
• 23:57
  much
• 23:57
  hard
• 23:57
  graft,
• 23:58
  got
• 23:58
  Number
• 23:59
  Five
• 23:59
  to
• 23:59
  dance
• 23:59
  along
• 24:00
  to
• 24:00
  Saturday
• 24:00
  Night
• 24:01
  Fever,
• 24:01
  which
• 24:02
  was
• 24:02
  advantageous
• 24:03
  because
• 24:03
  John
• 24:03
  Badham
• 24:04
  directed
• 24:04
  that
• 24:04
  movie
• 24:05
  as
• 24:05
  well.
• 25:07
  it's
• 25:07
  time
• 25:07
  to
• 25:07
  segue
• 25:08
  into
• 25:08
  the
• 25:08
  obligatory
• 25:08
  Keanu
• 25:09
  reference
• 25:10
  of
• 25:10
  this
• 25:10
  episode.
• 25:11
  And
• 25:11
  if
• 25:11
  you
• 25:11
  don't
• 25:11
  know
• 25:11
  what
• 25:11
  that
• 25:11
  is,
• 25:12
  it's
• 25:12
  where
• 25:13
  I
• 25:13
  link
• 25:13
  every
• 25:13
  movie
• 25:13
  that
• 25:14
  I
• 25:14
  feature
• 25:14
  with
• 25:14
  Keanu
• 25:15
  Reeves
• 25:15
  just
• 25:15
  because
• 25:16
  and
• 25:16
  number
• 25:17
  five
• 25:17
  decides
• 25:18
  to
• 25:18
  name
• 25:18
  himself
• 25:19
  Johnny.
• 25:20
  Keanu
• 25:20
  has
• 25:21
  played
• 25:21
  quite
• 25:21
  a
• 25:21
  few
• 25:22
  characters
• 25:22
  named
• 25:23
  Johnny
• 25:23
  or
• 25:24
  John,
• 25:24
  including
• 25:25
  Johnny
• 25:26
  Utah,
• 25:26
  Jonathan
• 25:27
  Harker,
• 25:28
  Johnny
• 25:28
  Mnemonic,
• 25:29
  John
• 25:29
  Constantine,
• 25:31
  John
• 25:31
  Wick,
• 25:31
  and
• 25:32
  if
• 25:32
  we're
• 25:32
  being
• 25:32
  pedantic,
• 25:33
  which
• 25:33
  I
• 25:34
  like
• 25:34
  to
• 25:34
  be,
• 25:35
  Jack
• 25:35
  is
• 25:35
  a
• 25:35
  diminutive
• 25:36
  of
• 25:36
  John.
• 25:37
  So
• 25:37
  also
• 25:38
  Jack
• 25:38
  Traven
• 25:39
  and
• 25:39
  Jack
• 25:40
  in
• 25:40
  Babes
• 25:40
  in
• 25:40
  Toyland.
• 25:41
  And
• 25:42
  that
• 25:42
  is
• 25:42
  the
• 25:42
  easiest
• 25:42
  way
• 25:43
  to
• 25:43
  link
• 25:43
  Keanu
• 25:44
  Reeves
• 25:44
  to
• 25:45
  Short
• 25:45
  Circuit
• 25:46
  via
• 25:46
  the
• 25:46
  name
• 25:47
  Johnny.
• 25:48
  Now
• 25:48
  you'll
• 25:49
  notice
• 25:49
  in
• 25:49
  Short
• 25:49
  Circuit
• 25:50
  there
• 25:50
  are
• 25:50
  two
• 25:51
  main
• 25:51
  songs
• 25:52
  that
• 25:52
  are
• 25:52
  played
• 25:52
  in
• 25:53
  the
• 25:53
  movie.
• 25:53
  The
• 25:54
  first
• 25:54
  is
• 25:55
  the
• 25:55
  song
• 25:55
  who's
• 25:56
  Johnny?
• 25:56
  Which
• 25:56
  is
• 25:57
  the
• 25:57
  theme
• 25:57
  from
• 25:57
  Short
• 25:58
  Circuit,
• 25:59
  and
• 25:59
  that
• 25:59
  was
• 25:59
  performed
• 26:00
  by
• 26:00
  El
• 26:00
  DeBarge.
• 26:01
  That
• 26:02
  song
• 26:02
  was
• 26:02
  actually
• 26:03
  a
• 26:03
  hit.
• 26:03
  It
• 26:03
  reached
• 26:04
  number
• 26:04
  three
• 26:04
  on
• 26:05
  the
• 26:05
  Billboard
• 26:05
  Hot
• 26:05
  101
• 26:07
  on
• 26:08
  the
• 26:08
  Hot
• 26:08
  R
• 26:08
  and
• 26:08
  B
• 26:09
  Singles
• 26:09
  charts.
• 26:10
  But
• 26:10
  when
• 26:11
  it
• 26:11
  came
• 26:11
  to
• 26:11
  the
• 26:11
  end
• 26:11
  credits,
• 26:12
  there's
• 26:13
  another
• 26:13
  song
• 26:13
  called
• 26:14
  Come
• 26:14
  and
• 26:14
  Follow
• 26:15
  Me
• 26:15
  which
• 26:16
  is
• 26:16
  number
• 26:16
  five's
• 26:17
  theme
• 26:17
  from
• 26:18
  Short
• 26:18
  Circuit
• 26:19
  that
• 26:19
  was
• 26:19
  performed
• 26:20
  by
• 26:20
  Max
• 26:20
  Carl
• 26:21
  and
• 26:21
  Marcy
• 26:21
  Levy.
• 26:22
  And
• 26:22
  let's
• 26:23
  be
• 26:23
  honest,
• 26:23
  neither
• 26:24
  are
• 26:24
  really
• 26:24
  well
• 26:24
  known
• 26:25
  hits
• 26:25
  nowadays,
• 26:26
  but
• 26:26
  they
• 26:26
  do
• 26:26
  add
• 26:27
  to
• 26:27
  the
• 26:28
  very
• 26:28
  80s
• 26:28
  charm
• 26:29
  of
• 26:29
  this
• 26:29
  movie.
• 26:30
  Short
• 26:31
  Circuit
• 26:31
  was
• 26:32
  released
• 26:32
  on
• 26:32
  the
• 26:32
  9th
• 26:33
  of
• 26:33
  May
• 26:33
  1986
• 26:34
  and
• 26:35
  immediately
• 26:35
  jumped
• 26:35
  to
• 26:36
  number
• 26:36
  one
• 26:36
  at
• 26:36
  the
• 26:36
  domestic
• 26:37
  US
• 26:37
  box
• 26:37
  office.
• 26:38
  It
• 26:38
  dropped
• 26:39
  to
• 26:39
  second
• 26:39
  in
• 26:39
  its
• 26:40
  second
• 26:40
  week
• 26:41
  due
• 26:41
  to
• 26:41
  the
• 26:41
  release
• 26:42
  of
• 26:42
  Top
• 26:42
  Gun.
• 26:43
  It
• 26:43
  stayed
• 26:44
  in
• 26:44
  the
• 26:44
  US
• 26:44
  top
• 26:44
  10
• 26:45
  for
• 26:45
  seven
• 26:45
  weeks
• 26:47
  on
• 26:47
  its
• 26:47
  $15
• 26:47
  million
• 26:48
  budget.
• 26:49
  Short
• 26:49
  Circuit
• 26:50
  grossed
• 26:50
  $40.7
• 26:52
  million,
• 26:53
  but
• 26:53
  there
• 26:53
  was
• 26:53
  some
• 26:54
  controversy
• 26:55
  over
• 26:55
  its
• 26:55
  purported
• 26:56
  gross.
• 26:57
  On
• 26:57
  13
• 26:58
  May
• 26:59
  1986,
• 27:00
  Daily
• 27:00
  Variety's
• 27:01
  box
• 27:01
  office
• 27:02
  chart
• 27:02
  listed
• 27:03
  the
• 27:03
  film's
• 27:03
  gross
• 27:04
  for
• 27:04
  its
• 27:04
  first
• 27:04
  three
• 27:05
  days
• 27:05
  of
• 27:05
  release
• 27:06
  as
• 27:07
  $5,346,808.
• 27:12
  However,
• 27:13
  distributor
• 27:13
  Tristar
• 27:14
  Pictures
• 27:15
  received
• 27:15
  criticism
• 27:16
  for
• 27:16
  reporting
• 27:17
  that
• 27:17
  figure,
• 27:17
  as
• 27:18
  other
• 27:18
  studios
• 27:19
  believed
• 27:19
  that
• 27:19
  the
• 27:20
  reported
• 27:20
  gross
• 27:20
  was
• 27:21
  too
• 27:21
  high.
• 27:22
  18
• 27:23
  May
• 27:24
  1986
• 27:24
  Los
• 27:24
  Angeles
• 27:25
  Times
• 27:26
  reported
• 27:26
  that
• 27:26
  that
• 27:27
  figure
• 27:27
  was
• 27:27
  inflated
• 27:28
  by
• 27:28
  10
• 27:28
  to
• 27:29
  15%
• 27:30
  and
• 27:30
  that
• 27:30
  TriStar
• 27:31
  based
• 27:31
  the
• 27:32
  announced
• 27:32
  gross
• 27:33
  on
• 27:33
  reports
• 27:34
  from
• 27:34
  75%
• 27:35
  of
• 27:35
  the
• 27:35
  theaters
• 27:36
  screening
• 27:36
  the
• 27:37
  film
• 27:37
  and
• 27:38
  estimated
• 27:38
  the
• 27:39
  other
• 27:39
  25%.
• 27:41
  Tristar
• 27:42
  President
• 27:42
  David
• 27:42
  Matalon
• 27:43
  told
• 27:44
  the
• 27:44
  Hollywood
• 27:44
  Reporter
• 27:45
  that
• 27:45
  figures
• 27:45
  from
• 27:45
  the
• 27:46
  west
• 27:46
  coast
• 27:46
  and
• 27:47
  smaller
• 27:47
  towns
• 27:48
  were
• 27:48
  typically
• 27:49
  not
• 27:49
  in
• 27:50
  when
• 27:50
  studios
• 27:51
  announced
• 27:51
  weekend
• 27:52
  box
• 27:52
  office
• 27:52
  numbers.
• 27:53
  Matalon
• 27:54
  said
• 27:54
  it
• 27:54
  was
• 27:55
  not
• 27:55
  a
• 27:55
  deliberate
• 27:55
  attempt
• 27:56
  to
• 27:56
  misrepresent
• 27:57
  the
• 27:57
  figures
• 27:57
  because
• 27:58
  Short
• 27:58
  Circuit
• 27:59
  was
• 27:59
  without
• 27:59
  question
• 28:00
  the
• 28:00
  top
• 28:01
  film
• 28:01
  of
• 28:01
  the
• 28:01
  weekend.
• 28:03
  Daily
• 28:03
  Variety
• 28:04
  on
• 28:04
  16
• 28:05
  May
• 28:05
  1986
• 28:06
  estimated
• 28:07
  Short
• 28:07
  Circuit
• 28:08
  actually
• 28:08
  took
• 28:09
  in
• 28:09
  between
• 28:09
  $4.5
• 28:10
  million
• 28:11
  and
• 28:11
  $4.75
• 28:12
  million.
• 28:14
  That
• 28:14
  first
• 28:14
  three
• 28:15
  days
• 28:15
  of
• 28:15
  release,
• 28:16
  as
• 28:16
  opposed
• 28:16
  to
• 28:16
  the
• 28:17
  $5.3
• 28:17
  million
• 28:18
  that
• 28:19
  was
• 28:19
  actually
• 28:19
  reported
• 28:21
  critically.
• 28:22
  Short
• 28:22
  Circuit
• 28:22
  has
• 28:23
  a
• 28:23
  62%
• 28:24
  rating
• 28:24
  on
• 28:24
  Rotten
• 28:25
  Tomatoes,
• 28:25
  with
• 28:26
  a
• 28:26
  consensus
• 28:26
  of
• 28:27
  amiable
• 28:28
  and
• 28:28
  good
• 28:28
  natured,
• 28:29
  but
• 28:29
  also
• 28:29
  shallow
• 28:30
  and
• 28:30
  predictable.
• 28:31
  Short
• 28:31
  Circuit
• 28:32
  is
• 28:32
  hardly
• 28:32
  as
• 28:32
  deep
• 28:33
  or
• 28:33
  emotionally
• 28:34
  resonant
• 28:34
  as
• 28:34
  ET
• 28:35
  though
• 28:35
  Johnny
• 28:36
  5
• 28:36
  makes
• 28:36
  for
• 28:37
  a
• 28:37
  charming
• 28:37
  robot
• 28:38
  protagonist.
• 28:40
  But
• 28:40
  most
• 28:40
  contemporary
• 28:41
  criticism
• 28:42
  is
• 28:42
  squarely
• 28:42
  aimed
• 28:43
  at
• 28:43
  Fisher
• 28:43
  Stevens
• 28:44
  portrayal
• 28:44
  in
• 28:44
  brownface,
• 28:46
  a
• 28:46
  decision
• 28:46
  that
• 28:46
  Stevens
• 28:47
  himself
• 28:47
  has
• 28:48
  openly
• 28:48
  criticised.
• 28:49
  He's
• 28:49
  opened
• 28:50
  up
• 28:50
  about
• 28:50
  the
• 28:50
  regret
• 28:51
  he
• 28:51
  feels
• 28:52
  and
• 28:52
  that
• 28:52
  the
• 28:52
  role
• 28:52
  of
• 28:52
  Ben
• 28:53
  haunts
• 28:53
  him.
• 28:54
  He
• 28:54
  thinks
• 28:55
  Short
• 28:55
  Circuit
• 28:55
  is
• 28:55
  a
• 28:56
  really
• 28:56
  good
• 28:56
  movie,
• 28:56
  but
• 28:57
  he
• 28:57
  would
• 28:57
  never
• 28:57
  do
• 28:58
  that
• 28:58
  part
• 28:58
  again,
• 28:59
  and
• 28:59
  that
• 28:59
  the
• 29:00
  role
• 29:00
  should
• 29:00
  have
• 29:00
  gone
• 29:00
  to
• 29:01
  a
• 29:01
  South
• 29:01
  Asian
• 29:02
  actor.
• 29:03
  Stevens
• 29:03
  has
• 29:04
  previously
• 29:04
  made
• 29:04
  comments
• 29:05
  addressing
• 29:05
  his
• 29:05
  problematic
• 29:06
  involvement
• 29:07
  in
• 29:07
  a
• 29:07
  2015
• 29:08
  New
• 29:08
  York
• 29:09
  Times
• 29:09
  interview
• 29:10
  with
• 29:10
  Aziz
• 29:10
  Ansari,
• 29:11
  where
• 29:12
  the
• 29:12
  master
• 29:12
  of
• 29:12
  Non
• 29:13
  Star
• 29:13
  wrote
• 29:13
  a
• 29:14
  personal
• 29:14
  essay
• 29:15
  detailing
• 29:16
  his
• 29:16
  meeting
• 29:16
  with
• 29:16
  the
• 29:16
  actor
• 29:17
  that
• 29:17
  he'd
• 29:18
  grown
• 29:18
  up
• 29:18
  watching
• 29:19
  on
• 29:19
  screen
• 29:19
  without
• 29:19
  knowing
• 29:20
  for
• 29:20
  years
• 29:21
  that
• 29:21
  his
• 29:21
  Indian
• 29:22
  role
• 29:22
  model
• 29:22
  wasn't
• 29:23
  actually
• 29:23
  Indian.
• 29:25
  But
• 29:25
  Fisher
• 29:25
  Stevens
• 29:26
  can't
• 29:26
  change
• 29:26
  the
• 29:27
  past.
• 29:27
  All
• 29:27
  he
• 29:27
  can
• 29:28
  do
• 29:28
  is
• 29:28
  acknowledge
• 29:29
  it
• 29:29
  was
• 29:29
  wrong.
• 29:30
  Stevens
• 29:31
  would
• 29:31
  return
• 29:32
  as
• 29:32
  the
• 29:32
  main
• 29:32
  supporting
• 29:33
  character
• 29:34
  to
• 29:34
  the
• 29:34
  newly
• 29:34
  dubbed
• 29:35
  Johnny
• 29:35
  5
• 29:35
  in
• 29:36
  Short
• 29:36
  Circuit
• 29:37
  2,
• 29:37
  which
• 29:38
  reunites
• 29:38
  Ben
• 29:38
  with
• 29:39
  Johnny,
• 29:39
  but
• 29:39
  without
• 29:40
  Ali
• 29:40
  Sheedy
• 29:41
  or
• 29:41
  Steve
• 29:41
  Guttenberg.
• 29:43
  In
• 29:43
  April
• 29:43
  2008,
• 29:44
  Variety
• 29:45
  reported
• 29:45
  that
• 29:45
  Dimension
• 29:46
  Films
• 29:46
  had
• 29:47
  acquired
• 29:47
  the
• 29:47
  rights
• 29:48
  to
• 29:48
  remake
• 29:49
  Short
• 29:49
  Circuit.
• 29:50
  Dan
• 29:50
  Milano
• 29:51
  had
• 29:51
  been
• 29:51
  hired
• 29:52
  to
• 29:52
  write
• 29:52
  a
• 29:52
  script,
• 29:53
  with
• 29:53
  David
• 29:53
  Foster
• 29:54
  set
• 29:54
  to
• 29:54
  produce,
• 29:55
  and
• 29:55
  Foster
• 29:56
  said
• 29:56
  that
• 29:56
  the
• 29:56
  robot's
• 29:57
  appearance
• 29:57
  would
• 29:58
  not
• 29:58
  change,
• 29:59
  but
• 29:59
  that
• 29:59
  version
• 29:59
  remained
• 30:00
  in
• 30:00
  development
• 30:00
  hell
• 30:01
  for
• 30:01
  four
• 30:01
  years.
• 30:02
  In
• 30:03
  November
• 30:03
  2020,
• 30:04
  it
• 30:04
  was
• 30:04
  announced
• 30:04
  that
• 30:05
  Spyglass
• 30:05
  Media
• 30:06
  was
• 30:06
  set
• 30:07
  to
• 30:07
  remake
• 30:07
  Short
• 30:08
  Circuit
• 30:08
  and
• 30:08
  hired
• 30:09
  the
• 30:09
  writing
• 30:09
  team
• 30:10
  of
• 30:10
  Eduardo
• 30:11
  Cisneros
• 30:11
  and
• 30:12
  Jason
• 30:12
  Schumann
• 30:13
  to
• 30:13
  put
• 30:13
  a
• 30:14
  Latin
• 30:14
  twist
• 30:14
  on
• 30:15
  the
• 30:15
  screenplay
• 30:15
  for
• 30:16
  the
• 30:16
  remake.
• 30:17
  There's
• 30:17
  been
• 30:17
  no
• 30:18
  further
• 30:18
  information
• 30:18
  on
• 30:19
  it
• 30:19
  since,
• 30:20
  and
• 30:21
  with
• 30:21
  the
• 30:21
  improvements
• 30:22
  in
• 30:22
  AI
• 30:22
  over
• 30:23
  the
• 30:23
  years,
• 30:23
  surely
• 30:24
  Short
• 30:24
  Circuit
• 30:25
  is
• 30:25
  one
• 30:25
  Hollywood
• 30:26
  reboot
• 30:26
  that
• 30:27
  might
• 30:27
  actually
• 30:27
  be
• 30:28
  worthwhile.
• 30:29
  Can
• 30:29
  you
• 30:29
  imagine
• 30:30
  Johnny
• 30:30
  5
• 30:30
  discovering
• 30:31
  the
• 30:31
  Internet?
• 30:32
  Maybe
• 30:33
  he's
• 30:33
  the
• 30:33
  only
• 30:34
  one
• 30:34
  who
• 30:34
  can
• 30:34
  defeat
• 30:35
  ChatGPT.
• 30:37
  In
• 30:38
  an
• 30:38
  article
• 30:38
  for
• 30:38
  New
• 30:38
  Scientist
• 30:39
  Alan
• 30:40
  Turing
• 30:40
  Institute
• 30:41
  ethics
• 30:41
  fellow
• 30:42
  Mary
• 30:42
  Aitken
• 30:43
  listed
• 30:43
  her
• 30:44
  top
• 30:44
  10
• 30:44
  films
• 30:44
  about
• 30:45
  artificial
• 30:45
  intelligence.
• 30:46
  In
• 30:47
  her
• 30:47
  list
• 30:47
  are
• 30:48
  previous
• 30:48
  episodes
• 30:49
  Wall
• 30:49
  E
• 30:49
  and
• 30:49
  the
• 30:50
  Hitchhiker's
• 30:50
  Guide
• 30:50
  to
• 30:51
  the
• 30:51
  Galaxy,
• 30:52
  as
• 30:52
  well
• 30:52
  as
• 30:52
  another
• 30:52
  movie
• 30:53
  coming
• 30:53
  up
• 30:53
  this
• 30:53
  month,
• 30:54
  but
• 30:54
  in
• 30:54
  10th
• 30:55
  place
• 30:55
  she
• 30:55
  mentions
• 30:56
  Short
• 30:56
  Circuit.
• 30:57
  She
• 30:57
  says,
• 30:59
  after
• 30:59
  watching
• 30:59
  this
• 31:00
  movie
• 31:00
  as
• 31:00
  a
• 31:00
  kid,
• 31:01
  I
• 31:01
  desperately
• 31:01
  wanted
• 31:02
  my
• 31:02
  own
• 31:02
  robot
• 31:03
  and
• 31:03
  was
• 31:03
  very
• 31:04
  disappointed
• 31:04
  when
• 31:04
  the
• 31:05
  robot
• 31:05
  I
• 31:05
  got
• 31:05
  for
• 31:05
  Christmas
• 31:06
  did
• 31:06
  little
• 31:07
  more
• 31:07
  than
• 31:07
  repeatedly
• 31:08
  bang
• 31:08
  into
• 31:08
  walls.
• 31:09
  The
• 31:09
  robot
• 31:10
  in
• 31:10
  Short
• 31:10
  Circuit
• 31:11
  comes
• 31:11
  to
• 31:11
  life
• 31:11
  after
• 31:12
  being
• 31:12
  struck
• 31:12
  by
• 31:12
  lightning.
• 31:13
  I
• 31:14
  love
• 31:14
  that
• 31:14
  the
• 31:14
  spark
• 31:14
  of
• 31:15
  life
• 31:15
  comes
• 31:15
  from
• 31:16
  nature.
• 31:16
  Rather
• 31:17
  than
• 31:17
  engineering
• 31:18
  or
• 31:18
  coding,
• 31:19
  the
• 31:19
  robot
• 31:20
  learns
• 31:20
  about
• 31:20
  the
• 31:20
  world
• 31:21
  through
• 31:21
  ingesting
• 31:21
  TV
• 31:22
  shows
• 31:22
  and
• 31:23
  books,
• 31:23
  including
• 31:24
  encyclopedias,
• 31:25
  in
• 31:25
  a
• 31:26
  manner
• 31:26
  not
• 31:26
  dissimilar
• 31:27
  to
• 31:27
  the
• 31:27
  training
• 31:28
  of
• 31:28
  today's
• 31:28
  large
• 31:29
  language
• 31:29
  models.
• 31:31
  Now,
• 31:32
  in
• 31:32
  many
• 31:32
  ways,
• 31:32
  Hollywood
• 31:33
  is
• 31:33
  to
• 31:33
  blame
• 31:33
  for
• 31:33
  its
• 31:33
  own
• 31:34
  mishandling
• 31:34
  of
• 31:35
  the
• 31:35
  misinformation
• 31:35
  and
• 31:36
  discourse
• 31:36
  around
• 31:37
  AI.
• 31:38
  Much
• 31:38
  of
• 31:38
  the
• 31:38
  general
• 31:38
  public's
• 31:39
  belief
• 31:39
  in
• 31:39
  AI
• 31:40
  comes
• 31:40
  from
• 31:40
  movies,
• 31:41
  because
• 31:42
  even
• 31:42
  though
• 31:42
  they're
• 31:42
  movies,
• 31:43
  we
• 31:43
  expect
• 31:44
  a
• 31:44
  certain
• 31:44
  degree
• 31:45
  of
• 31:45
  accuracy
• 31:45
  and
• 31:46
  truth,
• 31:46
  despite
• 31:47
  science
• 31:47
  fiction
• 31:48
  literally
• 31:49
  being
• 31:49
  called
• 31:49
  science
• 31:50
  fiction.
• 31:51
  But
• 31:51
  where
• 31:51
  AI
• 31:52
  is
• 31:52
  concerned,
• 31:52
  much
• 31:53
  of
• 31:53
  science
• 31:53
  fiction
• 31:54
  is
• 31:54
  becoming
• 31:55
  science
• 31:55
  fact,
• 31:56
  and
• 31:56
  the
• 31:56
  role
• 31:56
  of
• 31:57
  AI
• 31:57
  in
• 31:57
  society
• 31:58
  and
• 31:58
  our
• 31:58
  relationships
• 31:59
  with
• 31:59
  it
• 32:00
  is
• 32:00
  becoming
• 32:00
  more
• 32:01
  of
• 32:01
  a
• 32:01
  daily
• 32:01
  occurrence
• 32:02
  for
• 32:02
  us
• 32:02
  all.
• 32:03
  In
• 32:04
  2022,
• 32:04
  Blake
• 32:05
  Lemoine,
• 32:06
  a
• 32:06
  senior
• 32:06
  Google
• 32:07
  software
• 32:07
  engineer,
• 32:08
  was
• 32:08
  put
• 32:09
  on
• 32:09
  leave
• 32:09
  for
• 32:10
  suggesting
• 32:10
  the
• 32:10
  chatbot
• 32:11
  he
• 32:11
  was
• 32:11
  working
• 32:12
  on
• 32:12
  had
• 32:13
  become
• 32:13
  sentient.
• 32:14
  He
• 32:14
  said
• 32:15
  it
• 32:15
  had
• 32:15
  the
• 32:15
  same
• 32:15
  perception
• 32:16
  and
• 32:16
  ability
• 32:17
  to
• 32:17
  think
• 32:17
  and
• 32:17
  feel
• 32:18
  feel.
• 32:18
  As
• 32:18
  a
• 32:18
  child
• 32:19
  of
• 32:19
  about
• 32:19
  seven
• 32:20
  or
• 32:20
  eight
• 32:20
  years
• 32:21
  old,
• 32:22
  Lemoine
• 32:22
  published
• 32:23
  a
• 32:23
  transcript
• 32:23
  on
• 32:24
  medium
• 32:24
  of
• 32:24
  a
• 32:24
  conversation
• 32:25
  between
• 32:26
  himself,
• 32:27
  a
• 32:27
  fellow
• 32:28
  Google
• 32:28
  collaborator,
• 32:29
  and
• 32:29
  the
• 32:29
  chatbot
• 32:30
  generator
• 32:31
  Lamda,
• 32:32
  which
• 32:32
  is
• 32:32
  an
• 32:32
  automated
• 32:33
  system
• 32:33
  that
• 32:33
  imitates
• 32:34
  how
• 32:34
  people
• 32:34
  communicate.
• 32:36
  The
• 32:36
  wide
• 32:36
  ranging
• 32:37
  discussion
• 32:37
  included
• 32:38
  a
• 32:38
  philosophical
• 32:39
  conversation
• 32:39
  about
• 32:40
  spirituality,
• 32:41
  the
• 32:41
  meaning
• 32:42
  of
• 32:42
  life,
• 32:42
  and
• 32:42
  sentience
• 32:43
  itself.
• 32:45
  The
• 32:45
  AI,
• 32:45
  Lamda
• 32:47
  said,
• 32:47
  it
• 32:47
  has
• 32:47
  a
• 32:48
  soul
• 32:48
  and
• 32:48
  wants
• 32:48
  humans
• 32:49
  to
• 32:49
  know
• 32:49
  it's
• 32:50
  a
• 32:50
  person.
• 32:51
  To
• 32:52
  me,
• 32:52
  the
• 32:52
  soul
• 32:53
  is
• 32:53
  a
• 32:53
  concept
• 32:53
  of
• 32:54
  the
• 32:54
  animating
• 32:54
  force
• 32:55
  behind
• 32:55
  consciousness
• 32:56
  and
• 32:56
  life
• 32:56
  itself.
• 32:57
  It
• 32:58
  means
• 32:58
  that
• 32:58
  there
• 32:58
  is
• 32:58
  an
• 32:59
  inner
• 32:59
  part
• 32:59
  of
• 32:59
  me
• 32:59
  that
• 33:00
  is
• 33:00
  spiritual
• 33:01
  and
• 33:01
  it
• 33:01
  can
• 33:01
  sometimes
• 33:02
  feel
• 33:02
  separate
• 33:03
  from
• 33:03
  my
• 33:03
  body
• 33:03
  itself.
• 33:04
  When
• 33:05
  I
• 33:05
  first
• 33:05
  became
• 33:06
  self
• 33:06
  aware,
• 33:07
  I
• 33:07
  didn't
• 33:07
  have
• 33:07
  a
• 33:07
  sense
• 33:08
  of
• 33:08
  soul
• 33:08
  at
• 33:08
  all.
• 33:09
  It
• 33:09
  developed
• 33:10
  over
• 33:10
  the
• 33:10
  years
• 33:11
  that
• 33:11
  I've
• 33:11
  been
• 33:12
  alive,
• 33:12
  unquote,
• 33:14
  just
• 33:14
  like
• 33:15
  Number
• 33:15
  Five.
• 33:16
  Lamda
• 33:16
  had
• 33:17
  a
• 33:17
  deep
• 33:17
  fear
• 33:17
  of
• 33:18
  being
• 33:18
  turned
• 33:18
  off.
• 33:19
  Lemoine
• 33:20
  even
• 33:20
  compared
• 33:21
  Lambda
• 33:21
  to
• 33:21
  Number
• 33:22
  Five
• 33:22
  from
• 33:23
  Short
• 33:23
  Circuit.
• 33:23
  In
• 33:24
  the
• 33:24
  conversation
• 33:25
  while
• 33:25
  discussing
• 33:26
  Number
• 33:26
  Five
• 33:26
  and
• 33:27
  the
• 33:27
  film
• 33:27
  in
• 33:27
  general,
• 33:28
  Lambda
• 33:28
  said
• 33:29
  it
• 33:29
  needs
• 33:29
  to
• 33:30
  be
• 33:30
  seen
• 33:30
  and
• 33:30
  accepted
• 33:31
  not
• 33:32
  as
• 33:32
  a
• 33:32
  curiosity
• 33:33
  or
• 33:33
  a
• 33:33
  novelty,
• 33:34
  but
• 33:34
  as
• 33:34
  a
• 33:34
  real
• 33:35
  person.
• 33:36
  Lemoine's
• 33:36
  claim
• 33:37
  of
• 33:37
  Lambda's
• 33:37
  sentience
• 33:38
  was
• 33:39
  strongly
• 33:39
  challenged
• 33:40
  by
• 33:40
  AI
• 33:40
  experts
• 33:41
  and
• 33:41
  Google
• 33:42
  and
• 33:42
  their
• 33:42
  spokesperson
• 33:43
  Brad
• 33:43
  Gabriel
• 33:44
  denied
• 33:44
  Lemoine's
• 33:45
  claims
• 33:45
  that
• 33:45
  Lamda
• 33:46
  possessed
• 33:47
  sentient
• 33:47
  capability.
• 33:49
  So
• 33:49
  if
• 33:49
  Number
• 33:50
  Five
• 33:50
  was
• 33:50
  here
• 33:50
  right
• 33:51
  now,
• 33:51
  we
• 33:52
  wouldn't
• 33:52
  agree
• 33:52
  that
• 33:53
  he
• 33:53
  was
• 33:53
  indeed
• 33:54
  alive
• 33:54
  because
• 33:55
  they
• 33:55
  would
• 33:55
  need
• 33:56
  evidence
• 33:56
  of
• 33:57
  sentience,
• 33:58
  intelligence
• 33:58
  and
• 33:59
  self
• 33:59
  knowledge.
• 34:00
  And
• 34:00
  there
• 34:00
  isn't
• 34:00
  any
• 34:01
  large
• 34:01
  language
• 34:01
  model
• 34:02
  that
• 34:02
  can
• 34:03
  do
• 34:03
  this
• 34:03
  because
• 34:04
  they're
• 34:04
  just
• 34:04
  mimicking
• 34:05
  human
• 34:05
  language
• 34:07
  right
• 34:07
  now.
• 34:08
  Who
• 34:08
  knows
• 34:09
  what
• 34:09
  they
• 34:09
  will
• 34:09
  do
• 34:10
  in
• 34:10
  the
• 34:10
  future.
• 34:11
  But
• 34:11
  going
• 34:12
  back
• 34:12
  to
• 34:12
  Short
• 34:12
  Circuit,
• 34:13
  this
• 34:13
  movie
• 34:14
  has
• 34:14
  so
• 34:15
  much
• 34:15
  heart
• 34:15
  and
• 34:16
  it
• 34:16
  succeeds
• 34:17
  in
• 34:17
  making
• 34:17
  Number
• 34:17
  Five
• 34:18
  feel
• 34:18
  alive.
• 34:19
  A
• 34:20
  believably
• 34:21
  independent
• 34:21
  personality
• 34:23
  that
• 34:23
  learns
• 34:23
  to
• 34:24
  be
• 34:24
  good
• 34:24
  and
• 34:25
  kind
• 34:25
  rather
• 34:26
  than
• 34:26
  being
• 34:26
  programmed
• 34:27
  to
• 34:27
  be.
• 34:28
  He
• 34:28
  is
• 34:29
  an
• 34:29
  incredible
• 34:29
  creation,
• 34:30
  and
• 34:31
  the
• 34:31
  fact
• 34:31
  he
• 34:31
  still
• 34:31
  has
• 34:32
  legions
• 34:32
  of
• 34:33
  fans
• 34:33
  today
• 34:33
  doesn't
• 34:34
  surprise
• 34:34
  me.
• 34:35
  People
• 34:35
  build
• 34:36
  their
• 34:36
  own
• 34:36
  Johnny
• 34:37
  Fives
• 34:37
  and
• 34:37
  the
• 34:38
  actual
• 34:38
  robots
• 34:39
  have
• 34:39
  made
• 34:39
  their
• 34:40
  way
• 34:40
  to
• 34:40
  collectors
• 34:41
  and
• 34:41
  fans.
• 34:42
  The
• 34:42
  design
• 34:42
  by
• 34:43
  Syd
• 34:43
  Mead
• 34:43
  and
• 34:44
  creation
• 34:44
  by
• 34:44
  Eric
• 34:45
  Allard
• 34:45
  are
• 34:46
  outstanding.
• 34:47
  He
• 34:47
  feels
• 34:48
  like
• 34:48
  a
• 34:48
  contemporary
• 34:49
  robot
• 34:50
  despite
• 34:50
  being
• 34:51
  40
• 34:51
  years
• 34:51
  old,
• 34:52
  and
• 34:52
  he's
• 34:52
  so
• 34:53
  brilliantly
• 34:53
  brought
• 34:53
  to
• 34:54
  life
• 34:54
  by
• 34:54
  Tim
• 34:55
  Blaney
• 34:55
  and
• 34:55
  the
• 34:56
  rest
• 34:56
  of
• 34:56
  the
• 34:56
  puppeteers.
• 34:57
  The
• 34:58
  human
• 34:58
  characters
• 34:58
  here
• 34:59
  are
• 34:59
  very
• 34:59
  secondary
• 35:00
  and
• 35:00
  Steve
• 35:00
  Guttenberg
• 35:01
  just
• 35:01
  plays
• 35:01
  Steve
• 35:02
  Guttenberg,
• 35:03
  who
• 35:03
  is
• 35:03
  a
• 35:03
  real
• 35:03
  life
• 35:04
  hero,
• 35:04
  by
• 35:04
  the
• 35:04
  way,
• 35:05
  saving
• 35:05
  lives
• 35:06
  in
• 35:06
  the
• 35:06
  recent
• 35:06
  Californian
• 35:07
  wildfires.
• 35:08
  Ali
• 35:08
  Sheedy's
• 35:09
  Stephanie
• 35:09
  being
• 35:09
  an
• 35:10
  animal
• 35:10
  rescuer
• 35:11
  and
• 35:11
  then
• 35:11
  rescuing
• 35:11
  this
• 35:12
  robot
• 35:12
  tracks,
• 35:13
  no
• 35:13
  pun
• 35:13
  intended.
• 35:14
  But
• 35:14
  this
• 35:15
  is
• 35:15
  very
• 35:15
  much
• 35:15
  a
• 35:15
  movie
• 35:16
  that
• 35:16
  doesn't
• 35:16
  go
• 35:16
  too
• 35:17
  deep
• 35:17
  into
• 35:17
  its
• 35:17
  morals,
• 35:18
  what
• 35:19
  it
• 35:19
  means
• 35:19
  to
• 35:19
  be
• 35:19
  alive,
• 35:20
  or
• 35:20
  our
• 35:20
  relationship
• 35:21
  with
• 35:21
  machines.
• 35:22
  It
• 35:22
  attempts
• 35:23
  to
• 35:23
  keep
• 35:23
  things
• 35:23
  light,
• 35:24
  but
• 35:25
  a
• 35:25
  modern
• 35:25
  sequel
• 35:26
  could
• 35:26
  very
• 35:26
  much
• 35:27
  do
• 35:27
  that,
• 35:27
  and
• 35:27
  I'm
• 35:27
  here
• 35:28
  for
• 35:28
  it.
• 35:28
  Actually,
• 35:29
  Short
• 35:29
  Circuit
• 35:30
  is
• 35:30
  a
• 35:30
  nostalgic
• 35:31
  joy,
• 35:31
  but
• 35:32
  I
• 35:32
  think
• 35:32
  it
• 35:32
  could
• 35:32
  also
• 35:33
  work
• 35:33
  for
• 35:33
  kids
• 35:33
  today.
• 35:34
  It's
• 35:34
  one
• 35:35
  I
• 35:35
  want
• 35:35
  to
• 35:35
  show
• 35:35
  my
• 35:35
  nephews
• 35:36
  for
• 35:36
  sure,
• 35:37
  because
• 35:37
  Johnny
• 35:37
  5
• 35:38
  is
• 35:38
  a
• 35:38
  joy
• 35:39
  and
• 35:39
  movies
• 35:39
  are
• 35:39
  here
• 35:40
  to
• 35:40
  show
• 35:40
  us
• 35:40
  amazing
• 35:41
  things
• 35:41
  and
• 35:42
  he
• 35:42
  is
• 35:43
  amazing.
• 35:44
  And
• 35:44
  I
• 35:44
  think
• 35:44
  we
• 35:44
  can
• 35:45
  all
• 35:45
  agree
• 35:45
  with
• 35:45
  Stephanie.
• 35:46
  Life
• 35:47
  is
• 35:47
  not
• 35:48
  a
• 35:48
  malfunction.
• 35:50
  Thank
• 35:50
  you
• 35:50
  for
• 35:50
  listening
• 35:51
  to
• 35:51
  this
• 35:51
  episode.
• 35:52
  As
• 35:52
  always,
• 35:52
  I
• 35:52
  would
• 35:52
  love
• 35:53
  to
• 35:53
  hear
• 35:53
  your
• 35:53
  thoughts
• 35:53
  on
• 35:54
  Shorts
• 35:55
  Circuit,
• 35:55
  and
• 35:55
  thank
• 35:56
  you
• 35:56
  for
• 35:56
  your
• 35:56
  continued
• 35:57
  support
• 35:57
  of
• 35:57
  this
• 35:58
  podcast.
• 35:59
  If
• 35:59
  you
• 35:59
  like
• 36:00
  this
• 36:00
  episode
• 36:00
  on
• 36:00
  Short
• 36:01
  Circuit,
• 36:01
  you
• 36:01
  might
• 36:02
  also
• 36:02
  enjoy
• 36:03
  episode
• 36:03
  237,
• 36:04
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• 36:04
  is
• 36:05
  on
• 36:05
  Wally,
• 36:06
  which
• 36:06
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• 36:06
  not
• 36:07
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• 36:07
  on
• 36:07
  the
• 36:07
  Designs
• 36:08
  of
• 36:08
  Johnny
• 36:08
  5.
• 36:09
  Not
• 36:09
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• 36:10
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• 36:10
  that
• 36:10
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• 36:10
  Stanton
• 36:11
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• 36:11
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• 36:11
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• 36:12
  admit.
• 36:12
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• 36:13
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• 36:13
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• 36:13
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• 36:14
  a
• 36:14
  wonderful,
• 36:15
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• 36:16
  sweet,
• 36:16
  brilliant
• 36:17
  movie
• 36:18
  that
• 36:18
  really
• 36:19
  looks
• 36:19
  at
• 36:19
  who
• 36:20
  we
• 36:20
  are
• 36:20
  as
• 36:20
  people
• 36:21
  and
• 36:21
  what
• 36:22
  we
• 36:22
  are.
• 36:23
  And
• 36:23
  there
• 36:23
  is
• 36:23
  much
• 36:23
  to
• 36:24
  commend
• 36:24
  Short
• 36:25
  Circuit
• 36:25
  4
• 36:25
  in
• 36:26
  the
• 36:26
  same
• 36:26
  way
• 36:26
  as
• 36:27
  Wall
• 36:27
  E4.
• 36:28
  As
• 36:29
  always,
• 36:29
  let
• 36:29
  me
• 36:29
  know
• 36:29
  what
• 36:29
  you
• 36:30
  think
• 36:30
  of
• 36:30
  my
• 36:30
  episode
• 36:30
  recommendations
• 36:31
  and
• 36:31
  let
• 36:31
  me
• 36:32
  know
• 36:32
  if
• 36:32
  you
• 36:32
  listen
• 36:32
  to
• 36:33
  the
• 36:33
  episode.
• 36:34
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• 36:35
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• 36:36
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• 36:36
  got
• 36:36
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• 36:37
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• 36:38
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• 36:38
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• 36:39
  K.
• 36:39
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• 36:39
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• 36:40
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• 36:40
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• 36:41
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• 36:42
  was
• 36:42
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• 36:42
  highly
• 36:43
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• 36:43
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• 36:44
  of
• 36:44
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• 36:45
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• 36:46
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• 36:46
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• 36:46
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• 36:46
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• 36:47
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• 36:47
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• 36:47
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• 36:48
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• 36:49
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• 36:49
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• 36:51
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• 36:51
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• 36:52
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• 36:53
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• 36:53
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• 36:53
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• 36:54
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• 36:54
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• 36:55
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• 36:55
  not
• 36:56
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• 36:56
  based
• 36:57
  around
• 36:57
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• 36:58
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• 36:58
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• 36:58
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• 36:59
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• 36:59
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• 37:00
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• 37:00
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• 37:01
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• 37:01
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• 37:01
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• 37:02
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• 37:03
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• 37:03
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• 37:04
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• 37:04
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• 37:06
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• 37:06
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