Prompted by current events, Gila and Rob use the 1996 film "Citizen Ruth" as a starting point to talk about the current state of bodily autonomy and reproductive rights in the United States.This is not a standard fun episode of "Modern Technology Watches," but it's the episode we needed to make this particular week. We appreciate your understanding.Content warnings: US politics, reproductive health and decisions, religious fanaticism, addiction.Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_RuthShare your thoughts via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
Rob continues Gila's hacker-movie education with the 1992 film "Sneakers," a techno-classic in which an all-star cast engages in text-mode and heist-mode battles over a magic box of HAX.Will this be more fun for Gila than her previous forays into cyberpunk standards, or will it prove as incomprehensible as a pile of random Scrabble tiles?Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakers_%281992_film%29Stephen Tobolowsky's memories of the shoot: https://slate.com/culture/2012/09/robert-redford-sidney-poitier-ben-kingsley-dan-aykroyd-what-it-was-like-shooting-the-movie-sneakers.htmlQuestions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
Gila christens the third season of "Modern Technology Watches" by showing Rob "Keeping the Faith," a quirky 2000 romantic comedy about a rabbi, a priest, and the woman they love.Will the joined forces of Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, and Jenna Elfman count Rob as a new believer? How well does the experience of watching Abrahamic clergy fight over Dharma hold up for Gila?Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_the_FaithQuestions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
Hack the planet! For the second-season finale of "Modern Technology Watches" Rob finally shows Gila 1995's "Hackers," a film with a firmly argued-about place in the history of the real-life hacker community as well as a firewall-protected place in Rob's hacker head.Will the movie win Gila's heart through cyberspace hijinks, or will she send it to the pool on the roof?Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_%28film%29Visit https://hackerscurator.com , the premier "Hackers" movie fansite.Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
High school is a real-life game show as Gila shows Rob 2000's "Cheaters," a made-for-cable dramatization of the 1995 Steinmetz academic-decathlon cheating scandal.Will Rob accept the results and award medals accordingly, or will Gila get caught reading the answers to the podcast off her shoe?Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheaters_%282000_film%29Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
In the mood for a quiet night in, Rob introduces Gila to Fritz Lang's 1927 silent scifi drama "Metropolis."How will Gila take to such a large dose of iconic German expressionism from between the World Wars? How much delicate explaining will Rob have to do? What's with all that floppy hair? Listen along as we break some new ground of our own.Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_%281927_film%29Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
Gila takes Rob on a trip down the dark side of high-school fake politics with the 1999 Alexander Payne dark-comedy "Election."Will this movie get Rob's vote, or will he rebel against it and get expelled from the audience?Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_%281999_film%29Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
Major "Doctor Who" fan Rob shows not-very-fannish Gila the 2013 TV docudrama "An Adventure in Space and Time," a celebratory look at the creation and early years of "Doctor Who" and the people involved.Will Gila dig the looks at 1960s TV production and creative-human drama to be found among the scifi-flavored fanservice, or will Rob need anti-radiation gloves to protect him from the fallout? Join us in the control room as we find out!Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Adventure_in_Space_and_TimeQuestions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
Gila shows Rob the 1995 TV-movie version of the musical "Bye Bye Birdie."Catchy songs! Intense choreography! Sanitized nostalgia! Tyne Daly! No Paul Lynde! Listen along as we find out how it all comes together.Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bye_Bye_Birdie_(1995_film)Questions? Comments?Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/
Rob shows Gila the 1975 spoof "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother."How does writer/director/star Gene Wilder and his band of Mel Brooks irregulars fare without Mel Brooks? Does this fit within Sherlockian canon? What's with the Kangaroo Hop? Listen and find out!Wikipedia link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_Sherlock_Holmes%27_Smarter_BrotherAs mentioned in this episode, check out MAD artist Sergio Aragones' "I Killed Marty Feldman" story:http://www.theofficialmartyfeldman.com/main/news/marty-and-the-cartoonist/Questions? Comments?Contact us via email or voice:https://modern.technology/contact/