The Lawnmower Man Movie Review | "high tech" sci-fi

[@mesmerikon]

Just wanted to point out that the company responsible for the CGI in this movie, Angel Studios, would eventually go on to develop the Midnight Club games, become Rockstar San Diego, create the RAGE engine, and bring us Red Dead Redemption. Their magnum opus, of course, was the cutscenes for Mr. Bones. That's just a matter of fact.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

Credit to Jeff Fahey for being able to convincingly play a childlike simpleton and then slowly progress into a malevolent human supercomputer.

[@justyagre6296]

@@AkuTenshiiZero was happy to see him in Battle Angel Alita

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

@@justyagre6296 Oh yeah, he was the Houndmaster, I forgot about that.

[@seanryan3020]

Flowers for Jeff Fahey!

[@RawbeardX]

Decker... LIVES!

[@pounce8]

We missed you Decker

[@john_blues]

The SUMMMMER...OF DECKERRRRR!

[@ebbderelict]

Happy to see a new movie review

[@church2550]

You can't kill the messiah.

[@justyagre6296]

Stomp stomp

[@zigfaust]

I've been WAITING YEARS for you to review this movie. Hell yeah!

[@cyrollan]

Now he has to do Jobe's War!

[@danlotroth9231]

Or perhaps even brainstorm

[@brians1793]

@@danlotroth9231 Never heard of the movie, but I was thinking of Brainscan and thought maybe that's what you meant.

[@bobcat5844]

So that’s why it took us so long to develop VR technology they had to figure out a way to take out the mind powers that it gives you.

[@Worm.In.Waiting]

I was honestly worried you left KZbin. You are by far one of my movie reviewers.

[@Lukkern]

Yay Decker's back! Have missed watching your videos these past months!

[@jeremiahjowers1208]

Is he all right what happened to him. For some reason can't add a comment on anything so you're my next best hope

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

This movie is a good example why practical effects aged better than CGI.

[@johnmorey720]

CGI dude going "I am GOD here!" was like... in every single trailer and advertisement for the movie.

[@sirwannabeguy4886]

Of course it was, it was an absolute gem

[@kyleolson8977]

We did have Virtual Reality in the early 1990's. I owned a VR headset in 1995 I paid $500 for (which was all the money my teen self could possibly put together). It was pretty much the same was what became big in the 2010's, only lower res with worse tracking, before augment reality was part of the mix. The biggest problem was that PCs did not have 3D graphics that could keep up with it. They needed to wait until 1997-1998, when all the gaming PCs had 3DFx cards. But even then, it would have been limited. But hey, 20 years after I had the headset I was making VR hardware professionally. Hollywood has never quite understood VR. Most of the time they confuse it with Tron or The Matrix, where you have plugged either your brain or whole body into a computer. In fact, you're sticking glasses on your head. Very different. The two that get the closest: Ready Player One, which uses some real modern tech to pretty much make all of the technical parts of using VR "Real" (ignoring the future part). Occasionally it loses the plot, like when VR players are running through the streets at the end of the movie, which is roughly the same as running down the sidewalk of a busy city with a cell phone stapled to your face and hoping traffic doesn't hit your. Ironically, the movie completely misunderstands video games, especially what makes a game good. The story would have us believe that what they would call an "Open World PVP Hardcore Full-Loot MMO" that resembles a fancy Second-Life with the economics of a predatory Free-To-Play game would be the experience that brings the world together and can then enslave the world. Disclosure: The movie is inspired by real VR tech and ideas that were being worked on at the time. If you ignore how Michael Douglas is rendered in the VR world and the cheesy movie style-interfaces, it's mostly reasonable. In fact, the way he uses the computer in the virtual world is similar to augmented reality interfaces I've worked with. The biggest issue is one of the major problems real VR has faced: there's no advantage over your 2D desktop or regular monitor-based 3D for tasks like "document management", as seen in the film. So most of the stuff he did in the movie did not need VR. But it was real that people had tried VR for those things in 1994 (although most of that didn't get anywhere).

[@willlastnameguy8329]

Okay. Thanks.

[@zerrodefex]

I remember when $500 felt like big money, now thanks to inflation it doesn't even cover a monthly grocery bill.

[@GriffinPilgrim]

I watched this at, like, 12 years old. There was a copy in the cupboard at a holiday home we were staying at. I had no idea what was going on.

[@hernehaugen6878]

I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED FORTH ONCE MORE FROM THE PITS OF- oh hey Decker

[@grapeshot]

And we have the shadowy government agency known as the SHOP, the same organization we saw in Fire Starter.

[@martincann5052]

Who also very briefly pop up in The Tommyknockers as well.

[@Scaevola9449]

A true bone chilling, spine tingling, genre redefining, slow-burn gemerald

[@Seeker4you2]

Welcome back mister Decker, we missed ya! Usually check once a day for a review upload. Happy you’re still pumping out reviews!

[@sterlingdavis8244]

Life imitates art. RIP Harambe.

[@robertryan8784]

Hello Mr Shado. Thanks for the vid. Hope your well sir.

[@Ironcabbit]

May I second this sentiment!

[@FischerFilmStudio]

Always a great day when Decker posts!

[@GaryTurbo]

Similar to Starship Troopers, the funniest thing is that Stephen King still has to remind people that that movie is not based on his books

[@KamenRiderGumo]

That's probably why this movie is actually entertaining in ways, unlike anything he ever wrote.

[@judsongaiden9878]

Heinlein and King are both misunderstood. Heinlein is sometimes accused of being fash, when really he viewed himself as a John Connor-like futurist. He believed that military readiness was the only way to stop tyranny. King is often accused of being anti-Christian, when really he's got no beef with working-class Christians. Rather, he punches upward at oppressive, pharisaic, ruling-class hypocrites (like a proper first-century Christian). Plus, his villains are often demons or are in league with demons.

[@davidripley2916]

Damn straight. The ORIGINAL author was Daniel Keyes, NOTHING TO DO with King.

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Random fun fact. The lawnmower man has an official TTRPG book and a Super Nintendo game.

[@AdamBrowning]

Job: "I'm calling in regards to your car's extended warranty."

[@jonbourgoin182]

I had no idea the kid from Last Action Hero starred in any other movies besides that one

[@DeltaDemon1]

Windows 95 screensaver in 1992..Pretty impressive.

[@chooka83]

Decker on a sunday morning. What a great start to the day mate

[@benjaminmorgan425]

Lawnmower Man has the pleasure of being my first Stephen King experience. Take that how you will

[@chain872005]

Job yelling even though the needle didn't hurt is very accurate to how a kid would react, I was one of those kids.

[@grapeshot]

My birth cry will be all the phones in the world ringing in unison☎️☎️☎️

[@bandit_six5418]

Damn it’s good to have you back, Decker! You were missed

[@Tigerwolf1357]

I have been waiting for a new decker video for so long this has made my long day so worth it man! Keep making the super awesome content you do! Much love from the uk man!

[@jamesmoss3424]

Pierce Brosnan is fantastic as Dr. Lawrence Angelo and Jeff Fahey is fantastic as Jobe Smith. 😀👍

[@destructivecriticism3734]

Hooooolllleeeeyyyyyy shit! All these years I kept thinking "who does he remind me of?!?!?" When I'd see Trey Parker in Baseketball and it's the goddamn Lawnmower man!

[@paramount_pi0314]

We missed you Decker. Keep working hard!

[@dottiegillespie8067]

Thank you so much Mr Shado!!!! Ive missed your reviews. I saw this in the theater at 11. Wow, how bad i thought it was. Still is! Thanks for the laughter!

[@matttyree1002]

I love "magical technology" movies from the 80s and 90s, back when no one knew what computers could or couldn't do XD, especially when there's some kind of virtual GUI interface where you are basically flying around as you type things, and the computer says out loud everything that its doing. "Input security protocol. Access denied. Overriding scurity. Accessing mainframe." And like, what are they typing? "Fly forward. Fly up to glowing tetrahedron that represents a program file. Access glowing tetrahedron program."

[@Spooky_Spookerson]

Hey man glad to see you back! Do more 90s movies reviews, plenty of weird vaguely horror movies in that decade.

[@Darusamon]

I love movies like this and Johnny Mnemonic because I love what they thought VR was gonna be like in the 90s

[@nick_4972]

Yay Decker’s back!

[@Timelord007]

Decker your reviews are awesomely entertaining & witty. Glad your back buddy 👍

[@gepisar]

nice! Some quality cultural callbacks, Linus' hard-R. Algorithmic abominations and AI Art not being able to draw feet! This was great!

[@Kalmaggedon]

Yay, Deckers back! And with a great movie! 🤩

[@joshuahoover6841]

Having first read the short story before walking into the movie theater, I was seriously wondering how they were going to have a man eating grass put on screen. I was that guy in the theater going WTF. The whole time, but at least I didn't have to watch a guy eat another guy

[@joshuahoover6841]

Oh and I love your reviews decker❤️

[@Goodlordwhatshappeninginthere]

It's so weird watching James Bond play a nerd.

[@cruisematt8585]

Oh man Decker I missed you so much! I guess it’s a little late to get a “the summer of….” this year but that’s ok. I just genuinely miss seeing you. I don’t even remember how many years I’ve been watching at this point but it’s been a long time. I’ve seen just about every video at least once and some several times. You’ve got a great sense of humor, you can tell you put a lot of effort and work into every video, you are a down to earth and kind person and of course, you have the best hair lol. I know the algorithm sucks balls and I thoroughly believe yt has treated you like garbage. I hope you and Charlie are doing well. You are truly loved and cared about by so many of us Decker.

[@joejira2809]

I first heard of this movie from the channel Funhaus. Which has my favorite quote about it. "You might also be mixing it up with Demolition Man which we did make you watch."

[@jacobriggs2671]

i like this guy and his look, but my brain keeps seeing a hybrid of Doug Walker and Weird Al Yankovic lol Great video :D

[@Ridiculousman3]

But he's better than doug. Nostalgia critic has been dog shit for years now.

[@Tigerfire75]

Just so Decker knows funny thing is that a home video of my family actually matches almost perfectly with the Stephen King story you mentioned.

[@quinbatcheller5805]

Lawnmower man looks like he's cosplaying as 90's Trey Parker.

[@goldreplicant2032]

having a crappy 1992 screensaver stuck in your head on loop would drive you nuts

[@JokerToker88]

Bro I’ve been subscribed to your channel for 4 years now and was worried you weren’t doing to good. Glad to see you posting again man!

[@rykerblade_snb]

“THERE IS NO PHONE RINGING, DAMNIT!”

[@chrisbalfour466]

You're a mega hostile man. Besides, it wasn't people. It was just cyber christ calling to tell you about him being your lord and savior. Less disturbing than Jehovah's witnesses.

[@sesfilmsllc]

“I’m being dipNdots to death! It’ll never be the ice cream of the future!

[@XxAmayaSanxX]

One of my absolute favorite movies ever!!!

[@mackdebruin999]

I've been concerned! Where has he been!?

[@FD-io4pk]

What a breath of fresh air it is to watch an all new review of yours Decker ! Lawnmower man was one of those movies that came up regularly on TV and it was pleasant enough to watch, though VFX are dated the characters are strong enough that entertainment is there. Keep'em coming !

[@eerieeric834]

You know what’s another good underrated movie about outdated technology at least by today’s standard of outdated technology was the movie hackers look into it? It’s good.

[@capthavic]

HACK THE PLANET!

[@chrisbalfour466]

Fisher Stevens is my spirit animal

[@danielbullock1019]

It's great to see you, Decker! I just recently found out that Geoffrey Lewis is the father of Juliette Lewis. I've always thought this movie was ridiculous fun. Anyways, keep crushing it!

[@blackjohnsnow9375]

I never knew what I had until it was taken away, decker we need you back reviewing and posting consistently, you are the GOAT ! We need ya buddy , no diddy!

[@FloweredAngelFilms]

Holy cow... for years, I was half-convinced that this was some sort of strange dream I had made up...

[@muzien87]

damn its a good day when decker finally uploads some new stuff...well new to me, FB has been hiding sub uploads from me for a few months so when i see this pop up, i dont even think, i react like a trained kung fu master, i click.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

It’s just been a long while since he uploaded a video that wasn’t his podcast is all

[@bettsman2369]

@@JamesJohnson-tr1guwhile I do admire Decker greatly, I wish he returned to reviewing movies this style on his couch, because on the couch the jokes hit harder, and the video has a more comfortable and enjoyable atmosphere.

[@TheDjhavikk]

So good to see you back Decker! Been watching your reviews since 2017. Your humor and charisma has gotten me thru some dark times. Thanks brother!

[@lordbaethan]

To this day I still thank your Review of Jason Goes to Hell for finding your channel

[@paperfox19]

so glad to see you posting stuff, hugs hoping you are okay, and if not wishing you good health and productivity

[@favoritemustard3542]

Funny, in a `92 movie theater, this looked pretty awesome. Perhaps that's where a chunk of ev1's ire comes from... 2nd hand experience. (CGI grew up faster than I did; I was here 1st, though! lol But then I remember also being impressed with the lawnmower mowing on its own, too.) ...Overall, 👍 review.

[@locke103]

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS I'VE LAYED DORMANT. WHO DARES TO DISTURB MY--- oh snap, Decker! I trust all is well?

[@SurgeTH]

And when the world needed the Internet Personality with the Best Hair the most, has returns.

[@hiarhu746]

Decker returns!

[@nathanadams3432]

Decker has RETURNED!!!

[@JazzyBlade-pp4hv]

Great review as always Decker. And yes while the Lawnmower Man is riddled with the most basic of tropes and slight leaps in logic when it comes to virtual reality, it’s got its charm as a cheesy cult classic 90’s flick. Plus it’s more logically believable than its sequel. Oh yes, the Lawnmower Man had a sequel, and when watching it all you can think of is “WTF were they thinking when making this?” Anyways, here are some requests for future reviews. - Universal Soldier movies - Blade Trilogy - Underworld movies - I. Frankenstein - Season of the Witch 2011 - Terminator Salvation/Genisys/Dark Fate - Deep Rising - Ice Planet 2001 - Priest 2011 - No Escape 1994 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters - Interview with the Vampire 1994 - House on Haunted Hill 1999 - House of Wax 2005 - Thirteen Ghosts 2003 - Darkness Falls - Queen of the Damned 2001 - Skyline Trilogy - The Time Machine 2002 - Wanted 2008 - Jumper 2008 - Push 2009 - Next 2007 - DOA: Dead or Alive movie - Legion 2010 - Bulletproof Monk - The Medallion 2003 - The Forbidden Kingdom - Tekken 2010 - Looper 2012 - Gabriel 2007 - The Descent - Van Helsing 2004 - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2003 - The Island of Dr Moreau 1996 - The Mummy Returns/Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - Flash Gordon - Highlander movies - 10,000 BC - End of Days 1999 - Dark City - Stargate 1994 - Knowing 2009 - 2012 2009 - The Day The Earth Stood Still remake - The Covenant 2006 - Doomsday 2008 - GI Joe Rise of Cobra/Retaliation - Clash of the Titans 2010 - Wrath of the Titans - I Am Legend 2007 - The Colony 2013 - Extinction 2015 - Venom 2005 - Riddick trilogy - Constantine 2005 - I Robot 2004 - The Number 23 - The Crow movies - Night/Day Watch movies - Race to Witch Mountain - Dragon Crusaders - John Carpenter’s Vampires - Ghosts of Mars - Dracula 2000 trilogy - Dracula Untold - Blade of the 47 Ronin - The Warriors Gate - Alpha Rift 2021 - Enhanced 2019

[@whitemouse2460]

Now THAT'S a Christmas list!

[@drez0352]

Decker Where is our “The Summmer offf !!!!

[@Fenris77]

11:09 Well all the doc needs is one of those nifty Psychlo learning beams!

[@thomasdesposito]

Holy shit the version I seen years ago didn't have an ape at all, but maybe my long-term memory is fried from all the years of drugs.

[@r.babylon2885]

Nice to hear someone mention Hellblade.

[@DMitr0]

i have so many memories about this movie, but i seen it once. io'm from switzerland, and back then, barely anybody knew any english, and our biggest gripe with this movie was, how you read that title. in our minds the movie was about everything, but what it actually was. especially with that dorky cover we got in the german version. also, i'm pretty sure, if everybody would try VR once, 70% of the populus wouldn't be watching corn on it, they'd be hurling out their intestants. i can play for 24 hours on a normal screen no problem, with 3D glasses which i tried, i could also do it. was in the cinema a few times during the ccraze too, never felt ny ill feeling. but once i put on that PS4 VR when a friend got it, i first tried a racing game. that felt already really bad. but then i tried skyrim, and my head started jolting out of muscle memory to even out the movement my brain visually perceived, when i was walking and it took me 3 steps, and i had to take the headset off cause i got violently nauseous. now imagine ppl that just rarely even look at a screen trying this out ^^ also love how hollyweird simply decided to throw in the evil religion stuff, they probably just thought that stpehen forgot to add it. wouldn't surprise me if this wasn't part of his publishing contract, to have that in there, cause holly weird, is holy weird like that.

[@dbabaganoosh]

Decker! You're back! and with a kickass movie to review! Also, if you haven't listened to the soundtrack to the Lawnmower Man SNES game, check out the opening theme song, it kicks ass!

[@yupanquid5538]

I definitely needed a Decker review this weekend... Cheers to the best of us, the one with the best hair

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

"You can't make an omelet without putting a few brains on drugs." Man, that really got me. 😂😂😂

[@GTBreezy]

😔 sad there’s no summer special this year Glad you’re back tho decker ❤

[@martinholt8168]

The original Stephen King short story was about a homicidal groundskeeper who sacrificed to the old gods with his lawnmower. New Line cinema: 'It's about VR.' Dear bloody Christ in a blender.

[@jameskerr3258]

Awesome, Decker! But yeah please post more content. I'll watch the fuck out of it!

[@adamy.7053]

You're still here, Decker. Right on.

[@Gameswitchnz]

🎶Deckers Back!...... Back again!

[@cozyoni1425]

Hair looks as fabulous as ever sir

[@Avenuewriter]

So glad to see another review from you, bro! This was awesome!

[@maleficentdunn5370]

Great video. Unfortunately timing couldn't have been worse.

[@terrypayne8658]

Aye I also whip out my chest and drink whiskey when I need to think about events that have transpired

[@Banished-rx4ol]

Welcome back decker

[@catsithgaming]

A Decker Shado video. I have not seen a recommendation in months. Time to go through your videos and binge watch. I just watched this a few weeks ago.

[@XboxNuisance]

Damn homie I see that you got your teeth fixed. Big ups king Edit: best hair and now best teeth

[@EpicJasonX9000]

YES!!! At long last, my other heavily requested film is finally being reviewed! Thanks very much Decker! ^-^

[@nicholaslehner3004]

Holy shit! The KZbin gods have finally been merciful to you, Decker!

[@Alfadrottning86]

i remember watching this movie (on TV) with my dad (probably because he is a child of the 70s .. so to him VR was something of the future hehe). As a child, i never understood it .. and all the CGI made no sense. I do not think my father understood it neither - but i do remember him being astonished by those "amazing computer graphics". Come to think of it - pierce brosnan has not had a hair style change for a long time ...

[@versebuchanan512]

Thank you for your continued reviews, Weird Al

[@ozcohen3972]

Decker is back!!!!

[@dvnk6971]

cob on the 'fied 'body though

[@ArcologyCrab-gq9ub]

The prologue with Job and the chimp is so funny imagine thinking Batman came to your house to be friends with you and hours later he gets gunned down by the police.

[@NemesisTWarlock]

Please, for the love of all that's holy... do the sequel. It's an experience.

[@maxssister1985]

I love the movies that use the good ol, “if all else fails. Get hot actors and it’ll work itself out”

[@serpentinious7745]

After watching this, I looked up the plot to Stephen King's short story and ... um ... what? What did I just read? 😵‍💫

[@john_blues]

I was hoping by now that VR would be able to rapidly download books into my brain. Instead we got beat saber. I guess that's something.

[@AnvilPictures]

Don’t forget Saints and Sinners.

[@filmforthought4793]

Good to see you back--I missed not seeing your videos pop on my feed every Wednesday. Keep up the good work!