Greetings friends! I’m writing to you from the year 2022...where life is quickly beginning to resemble the plot of one of those 80’s action flicks I/we grew up on (minus the rad soundtrack). The United States appears to be on the brink of a hot war with Russia and talk of World War III is on the wind. The same wind that continues to carry disease droplets around the globe, eternally preventing me from watching a film in proper cinema. I just refuse to watch Dune on the telly at home, alright? I refuse! Like most 80’s kids, I was raised to be terrified of the Soviet Union (and....I guess Libya as well thanks to Back to the Future). In fact, at one point in 1986 my mom actually suggested that we purchase ushanka hats for “when Gorbachev comes.” Like...was Gorbachev actually going to show up at our three-decker in Worcester?? How was that gonna go down, exactly?? Was he gonna come smash my Hot Wheels? Subsisting on a steady diet of films with anti-Soviet plot lines like Red Dawn, Red Heat, and Red Sonja did little to quell my mostly unfounded fears of a Soviet takeover (note: I haven’t actually seen Red Sonja and have no idea what it’s about. Sounds Russian-ish!). After the USSR dissolved in 1991, fictional movie villains started to trend Middle Eastern....because Hollywood is racist like that. But now, with a saber rattling Vladimir Putin on the verge of invading Ukraine, the vodka swilling, fuzzy hat wearing villain is bound to make a re-emergence in future films. I mean....if there is a future! With our friends to the east on the brain, I thought I’d take another look at the 1983 doomsday classic WarGames to see how that flick holds up. Answer: quite well!
WarGames
WarGames
WarGames
Greetings friends! I’m writing to you from the year 2022...where life is quickly beginning to resemble the plot of one of those 80’s action flicks I/we grew up on (minus the rad soundtrack). The United States appears to be on the brink of a hot war with Russia and talk of World War III is on the wind. The same wind that continues to carry disease droplets around the globe, eternally preventing me from watching a film in proper cinema. I just refuse to watch Dune on the telly at home, alright? I refuse! Like most 80’s kids, I was raised to be terrified of the Soviet Union (and....I guess Libya as well thanks to Back to the Future). In fact, at one point in 1986 my mom actually suggested that we purchase ushanka hats for “when Gorbachev comes.” Like...was Gorbachev actually going to show up at our three-decker in Worcester?? How was that gonna go down, exactly?? Was he gonna come smash my Hot Wheels? Subsisting on a steady diet of films with anti-Soviet plot lines like Red Dawn, Red Heat, and Red Sonja did little to quell my mostly unfounded fears of a Soviet takeover (note: I haven’t actually seen Red Sonja and have no idea what it’s about. Sounds Russian-ish!). After the USSR dissolved in 1991, fictional movie villains started to trend Middle Eastern....because Hollywood is racist like that. But now, with a saber rattling Vladimir Putin on the verge of invading Ukraine, the vodka swilling, fuzzy hat wearing villain is bound to make a re-emergence in future films. I mean....if there is a future! With our friends to the east on the brain, I thought I’d take another look at the 1983 doomsday classic WarGames to see how that flick holds up. Answer: quite well!