I admit watching Short Circuit twice during the 1980s. I saw it once with my recently deceased best friend from college — a wicked smart computer science grad student studying the stuff before 100% of you reading this owned a computer in your home. Then I saw it again on cable or VHS with a female friend who thought it was cute.
Didn’t like the first especially well although I enjoyed seeing my friend go apoplectic over stuff that didn’t exist in government and university labs at the time. We catcalled during War Games too except when Ally Sheedy was on the screen. Then I told him to be quiet or he would eat a circuit board because I was concentrating.
But today comes news of a Short Circuit remake to be distributed by Dimension.
Really?
Did we run out of crappy ’80s movies already?
Look, besides the original 1984 flick starring Ally Sheedy (oops, there she is again), I don’t get the progression of John Badham’s career. Consider: in three years he moved from directing the underrated Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings, quickly moved from Richard Pryor to disco and directed Saturday Night Fever and then took on Olivier and Langella in Dracula.
So there was enough movie cred and enough Ally Sheedy to watch Short Circuit and sit through half the sequel. Besides Ally, El DeBarge kicked in a video and the film starring Steve Guttenberg with Police Academy foil G.W. Bailey staggered to a semi-respectable $40 million in U.S. box office.
After watch Ally, err, El prancing around the courtroom, what say you to a sequel?
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Comments
suemillinocket
I can tell you without question that it is not Robert Downey Jr. Beyond that, I'm sketchy.
George Bounacos
Someone was in the video besides Ally? Hmm. I had better watch it again
suemillinocket
I watched it to enjoy Ally and Steve's matching poofy mullets. I *heart* the 80's!
roheblius
Just to hear the song of course.
George Bounacos
It's the movie blog, but admit you watched the video!
roheblius
My kids will like this. I liked the first movie when I was a kid and I showed it to my oldest and he liked it. It's aged terribly, but Johnny 5 is still charming.They have to have Ne-Yo re-do […] Read MoreMy kids will like this. I liked the first movie when I was a kid and I showed it to my oldest and he liked it. It's aged terribly, but Johnny 5 is still charming.They have to have Ne-Yo re-do El's track right? Wait, this is the movie blog. Damn. Read Less