Disturbing Friday Fun: Short Circuit Shrine

June 29th, 2007 at 11:00 by C J Davies

Johnny Five Short Circuit ShrineThe 1980s, eh?

They were a strange old time. So strange, in fact, that we're imagining Stuart Maconie's retrospective face right now, waffling away about how BMX Choppers were "mental" and how the opening sequence to Knightmare "always made me hide behind the sofa! Honest!!! No, really, it did!!! Can I have my money now?"

You know what else the 1980s were good for? Films that you can now see repeated every Bank Holiday on ITV, that's what - from The Goonies to The Princess Bride to, erm, that one with Corey Feldman where he has to learn to drive but isn't very good at it. Platoon, we think it's called.

King of all these mid-afternoon public holiday TV treats, however, is Short Circuit - the story of an amusing robot called Johnny Five who gets into all sorts of government-annoying scrapes. Well we say amusing. By the point - about five minutes in - you've seen Johnny whizz-read through another book for the millionth time, and then yabber about what he's learned in his silly robot voice, you'll want to douse the bastard in soapy water and watch his circuits really short.

Short Circuit, then - not the sort of movie you devote your life to. Okay, not all of us, anyway. The chaps over at this Johnny Five internet shrine would evidently seem to disagree. Best bit: check out the 'scrapbook' section for a full-on descent into one woman's madness.

Someone really should call social services, shouldn't they?

Johnny Five Obsessives 

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4 Responses to “Disturbing Friday Fun: Short Circuit Shrine”

  1. flierpa Says:
    June 29th, 2007 at 2:34 pm

    hahaha short circuit….

    made me think of hardware (1990) with iggy and lemmy

  2. your mom Says:
    June 29th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    It’s sad to see someone dedicate their lives to such a crappy movie. Now if you want to see a great fanpage, go over to my website http://www.manniquin-the-movie-fan-that-lives-in his-basement.com

  3. Virginia Smith Says:
    July 17th, 2007 at 4:53 am

    I’d be that mad woman who wrote the scrapbook. I can’t say my life is completely dedicated to Short Circuit… at least not for the last 17 years or so. I’ve actually gone into something much more insane…. BAGPIPING! AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

  4. Joe Zigmund Says:
    November 16th, 2007 at 3:01 am

    Personally, I don’t see why you have to bash such a good movie. I’ve not dedicated my life to it, but I do love it. The really sad thing here isn’t that there are fans of quote unquote a “crappy” movie, but rather that there are people like you giving shittyass reviews. All I can say is you need to really think your lives over.

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