# Movies about tech paranoia for TechTV appearance

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 9, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-tech-paranoia-for-techtv-appearance/102737 "2002-04-09T22:59:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-tech-paranoia-for-techtv-appearance/102737/41 "2002-04-12T02:38:58Z")

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There’s the “unstoppable” bomb and the failure of technology in _Dr. Strangelove_, and the fatalism of Slim Pickens riding the bomb…

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**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-tech-paranoia-for-techtv-appearance/102737/42 "2002-04-12T03:54:00Z")

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_Runaway_ : Robots run amok.  
_Sneakers_ : Evil guys using tech to rob everyone.  
_Silent Running_ : Just on bad science priniples.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-tech-paranoia-for-techtv-appearance/102737/43 "2002-04-12T04:01:24Z")

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I can’t believe that in all the talk of Michael Crichton movies no one’s mentioned _Looker_! You know the film where they have this flash gun that causes people to blank out for a minute or two, and they use it for rather nefarious purposes. Oh! What about the classic _The Invisible Man_? Surely that fits. (The original _Time Machine_ might fit as well.)

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**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-tech-paranoia-for-techtv-appearance/102737/44 "2002-04-25T20:56:14Z")

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This is a bit of a bump, but also to let you know that the show airs tomorrow at 2:00 Pacific (5 Eastern). We settled on “Enemy of the State”, “Jurassic Park” and “The Matrix”. It should be fun!

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