Real Genius - discuss!

[serafina]

In keeping with the laser theme this week, our Netflix movie of the week is Real Genius (http://imdb.com/title/tt0089886)! Share your thoughts here.

[computoman]

Angel:
That was a wickedly good movie! I think it was on tv in the last week or so. I like to watch it if I happen to catch it.

[greendragon78]

This movie Rocks!

I haven't seen it in a long time, but this is one of the movies that I'll sit down to watch. This is in the realm of "Hackers" for me, oldies but goldies..

[masherscf]

Awesome flick. I haven't seen it in years. But, the one-liners are classic.

[bchiesa]

Real Genius is classic mindless entertainment. This movie and War Games where the two movies I would watch anytime they were on tv. It's a lot of fun.

[scienceking]

I just saw this movie for the first time actually. Pretty interesting, and at times still funny against time. Not a scifi masterpiece, but a fun film to watch. A good mix of comedy and drama.

Some slight tech jokes too like "Darlington Power" as the company at which a job was up for grabs. Darlington pair transistors are just two BJT transistors with one's collector hooked up to the other's base to form one frankenstein transistor, essentially squaring the amplifying effect. Because of this square in amplification(BJTs are current amplifiers), it means you need less input current to get any resulting current at the outer collector, and so small current controls(like a micro) can pump massive currents with these "Power Transistors". Some other references too lead me to believe some people behind the movie either actually studied some science or engineering in school, or really did their homework for the movie.

[zeronome]

after watching the episode i had to watch it via netflix. good memories and it reminded me how much i like val kilmer movies. ended up watching the saint afterwards which makes me want the new nokia goodness.