There’s the “unstoppable” bomb and the failure of technology in Dr. Strangelove, and the fatalism of Slim Pickens riding the bomb…
Runaway : Robots run amok.
Sneakers : Evil guys using tech to rob everyone.
Silent Running : Just on bad science priniples.
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.)
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!