Short Circuit 2 (1988) MOVIE REACTION | Her FIRST TIME WATCHING this Johnny Five sequel!

[@LatetotheParty]

Short Circuit 1 MOVIE REACTION @ kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqrOaYqKmNONja8 Short Circuit 2 Watch-Along: Members: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWq1gZ1pnt13sLc Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/96203316

[@emirlsanchos6302]

God, the way they depict Johnny Five's beating so brutally still makes me shudder. And Ben desperately trying to bring Johnny Five back to life, his "Come on, Johnny Five!" and "PLEEASE! COME OOOOOOOON!" is still heart wrenching to this day.

[@ColinPoole]

I was a little too young and sensitive for this movie when it came out - saw it in theaters and when J5 is getting beat up I was sobbing.

[@christopherking4932]

I'm 34 and cry to that part as well. Mainly because Johnny five is just so freaking kind and innocent.

[@frankz5103]

@@christopherking4932I’m 42 and still tear up lol

[@christopherking4932]

@@frankz5103 yeah that scene is too heartbreaking.

[@stephengonsalves9705]

I'm 45, and I can't watch this scene without tearing up. I mean how can anyone want to hurt Johnny 5, he's just too kind and innocent to hurt.

[@danifeatherby]

I was 11. Same.

[@jamespolnick]

Theres a youtube video of the "i need a hero" part that mentions "johnny five shows more humanity in ten minutes, dying, than most of us will in a life time." And i agree.

[@neverend3r]

I was a young child when i first watched this. I cried, I am now 40 years old. Still crying,

[@joshuacameron5333]

One of my favorite movies growing up, I absolutely love the sequel even more than the original.

[@zerocool527]

Me to

[@UncleUncleRj]

same.

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

Definitely

[@stevekongliew8305]

Holy Schmolly! Nostalgiagasm!!!! Johny 5 I'm ALIVE !!!! The Original WALL - E Thankyou for reacting this! Hello from Australia!

[@Harrisboyuno]

It took me 30 years to realize that Ben was not played by an ethnic Indian. In today's PC culture stuff like that doesn't fly but I think it's awesome. Fischer Stevens played that role like a damn fiddle, I love it.

[@UncleUncleRj]

Yeah, I never had a problem with it, but hey that's today's culture, finding problems with everything in the past and not dealing with today's problems.

[@emirlsanchos6302]

Yeah, Ben isn't a negative depiction at all. Stereotypical, yes, but ask any Indian Immigrant and they'll tell you of their own early challenges in adapting to English terminology, phrases, and slang. Sometimes to mixed results. Plus, Ben's a successful Robotics Engineer and Toy Maker.

[@mikemartel3138]

imitate them does one American guy dressed up as a Mexican wearing a poncho and sombrero Americans were saying that he should feel ashamed of himself and and tearing them down but then he went around Mexicans and they thought it was great that he was paying them homage because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I was just people have to find something to bitch and complain about that's all it boils down to

[@Oldtaku1]

I was 14 when i saw this movie in theaters and it broke me when Johnny 5 was attacked,

[@Oddworld2024]

Thanks guys! ❤ these movies are great. I loved it when it came out and still love it. The second movie here was all filmed in Toronto. Mostly along queen street and then end was at the waterfront east of downtown. When I realised it as a kid I was excited to walk the streets knowing Johnny 5 was there.

[@Oddworld2024]

I was 8 at the time.

[@cypher515]

I keep on hearing that since it's supposed to be in New York, they had a Hell of a time making it look period-appropriate _dirty_ on the streets. Every time they'd put some junk on the ground it would be picked up whenever they walked away five feet. That says something.

[@WastedPo]

I unironically love this movie, and I actually prefer it to the first one. The entire music score is great, and the showtunes/meat locker sequence is a genuinely magical movie scene. (I also found it pretty funny when I found out years later that both Siskel and Ebert both liked this, even though they didn't like the first one.)

[@UncleUncleRj]

Nearly every person I've met has said the second one is better than the first - I don't know why the general consensus is the opposite.

[@corran9361]

I’m happily surprised to find a reaction to this movie .

[@crunchytaco7734]

This movie broke me when I was a kid, watching him suffer hurt me. But then…… we get gold Johnny ❤❤❤❤❤❤ who am I kidding, at 47, I still tear up at that scene. So hard to watch. Thanks for making me smile with these two classics. Happy Holidays to you all!!!!!!!

[@SakataRi]

You mention the iconic peeking shot being the VHS cover, but I have a very clear memory of it also being the movie theater standee. Motorized as well so the Johnny 5 would lean in and out. I can't recall if the eyes lit up, but it wouldn't surprise me if that gimmick had also been added.

[@DarthVoxyn]

This movie is the rare instance where the sequel is better than the original

[@alexanderbaluch1860]

Aliens, The Godfather - Part 2, Terminator 2 😂

[@OHS24]

@@alexanderbaluch1860 Don't forget Top Gun Maverick

[@profanepersonality]

My cousin and I used to sing the Los Locos song all the time. 😂😂😂

[@elliepira8400]

That scene of him getting hurt is one I still can never rewatch after crying as a kid.

[@bernie472]

Still remember seeing this in the theater when I was 12 with my grandma. Movie reminds me of her somewhat, and makes me miss her.

[@stefaniweaver6563]

I saw this as a little kid on VHS. I forgot how heartbreaking it was. But of course it ended well so I'm glad I watched the reaction

[@DannyDowd-fq4pm]

I loved it when he said “I’m not slave-omatic I’m Johnny 5.”

[@smoothALOE]

Love the t-shirt man. Great to see a reaction to this movie. I’ll agree either way what others are saying, that this is better than the original movie. I always have to brace myself for the sequence when Johnny is attacked and, of course, the aftermath. It has that “ET” effect, as I call it. Works everytime.

[@MrBoyYankee]

Short Circuit 1 & 2 were certified classics. In my opinion, 2 was superior. Due to Tim Blaney making (S.A.I.N.T.) Johnny No#5 more human. Ben Jabitua (Fisher Stevens) gets a redemptive arc. Yeah, if you didn't cry when Johnny is assaulted. You have no soul. That being said, that ending, at the naturalization ceremony when Johnny goes gold that made me cry tears of joy. Also, the original poster when you see Johnny in the pool floating raft. That's when you knew that you were in for a real treat. Btw this was the correct use of Bonnie Tyler "I need a hero." 39:13 I miss it when Hollywood would make feel good comedies like this.

[@emirlsanchos6302]

That's what people who attack the character for being a degradingly racist depiction of Indians, played by a white guy in brown face, miss: Ben is well-rounded with a heart and soul, not to mention a successful robotics engineer than can build toy replicas of the real thing he once designed while working for Nova Robotics. Yes, his broken english is obviously stereotypical but if you talk to actual Indian Immigrants, they'll tell you of the same struggles to understand English slang and phrases, often mixing it up out of confusion. Ben's own journey as an Indian-American Citizen reflects that.

[@devinpaul9026]

I always get goosebumps when he calls in the air reserves.

[@this.is.a.username]

Bonnie Tyler's song will forever belong to J5 imo. That scene absolutely still gets me teared up. I love both movies equally, honestly if the first one was as camp as this was, i doubt we would've got the sequel.

[@dwtunchained217]

Belongs to Harry Crumb too.

[@TheCoreyd1086]

I will say when Johnny 5 was beaten up and then died that was very emotional for me. Just as bad as when he was blown up in the first one. As a young kid i didn't understand why they were beating him up. So Steve Guttenberg said he regretted not taking a role in the sequel but when the script was written Crosby wasn't included. Ally Sheedy wasn't credited in the movie plus wanted way to much money. The movie was filmed in Toronto Canada but gave the impression it was New York. Jack Weston the actor who played Oscar died a few months after this movie so this was his final movie. There is a 20 minute blooper video on KZbin for this movie i think you would enjoy. Glad you guys reacted to this one as i don't see any other reactions for this movie yet

[@cypher515]

Honestly, if they ever reboot or continue Short Circuit? They need Ben. OBVIOUSLY recast but he's the heart of this movie, and for all the issues with Fisher Stevens' casting? His _performance_ is _amazing._

[@tomhoffman4330]

Just stumbled across this Reaction and I had to say "Thank You!" 🥲👍 Johnny-Five holds a Special Place in Our Hearts, to know Him is to Love Him!❤‍🩹 I-Myself was honestly traumatized (in part) by this Sweet-&-Sad Sequel: I can't ever watch that Brutal Scene without Mentally-Regressing back to My 6-year-old Self, who Cried halfway through the Theater...😭

[@gradydurham4990]

Thank you so much for watching this movie. I'm 42 "Number Johnny 5!"

[@TOOTIREDTOARGUE]

woowhoo another 40's club member

[@mechamanblade8465]

Why there is no actual toy of Johnny 5 (besides a KO Lego set) by NOW is a crime against humanity.

[@LatetotheParty]

Right? We would totally buy a Hot Toy of Johnny 5!

[@IanSmith2814]

I saw the first movie once and this about a million times growing up. It’s such a fun little film.

[@nikkiloveslife4841]

I was 11 years old when this came out in 1988, and I was 12 when I first saw it on HBO in 1989.

[@jediknightgeo]

This was directed by Kenneth Johnson, who developed & directed numerous episodes of '77 The Incredible Hulk TV show, The Bionic Woman, and V. He also directed the 1997 SMASH HIT.....Steel.

[@trainguy111]

I would love to visit that book store Johnny 5 visited. If they are still open and if they have a good enough section about trains, then they are one step closer from me visiting.

[@lauracontino269]

This movie makes me emotional all over the place. The significance of the two books he needs to read ‘very carefully’, Frankenstein and Pinnochio- and that he could have escaped the police at any time but didnt because it was the right thing to do- the way hes turned away at the church, how hes insulted by the art critics, that hes trying so hard to fit in- it means a lot to someone who has always felt rejected and alone like an alien- and because of these movies i have an affinity for movies like this, and I was charmed by Wall-E of course.

[@philrob1978]

I love both of these movies - were favourites when I was a kid - but damn that sequence of the attack on Johnny 5 and the aftermath was sheer childhood trauma back then, I still recoiled from it in short clips in this reaction, and I'm 46! Almost on a par with "Artax" in The NeverEnding Story. And of course this one has Kenneth Johnson's touch all over it thematically. His body of work in sci-fi/fantasy television from the The Incredible Hulk , to "V", and later with Alien Nation, always championing the "other", and fighting against bigotry. It might not be subtle but the message imparted by Short Circuit 2 comes from a very humane place.

[@Lexi_Zone]

I've loved this film since I was a kid--maybe even more than the original! I always dread the scene where they attack Johnny, though. I guess it's stuck with me as a traumatic childhood moment. I think this film is highly responsible for teaching me empathy and compassion.

[@motleykingdom9394]

Short Circuit, Gremlins, Ghostbusters, Weekend at Bernie's, and TMNT... the first ones have more heart and the 2nd ones have the "let's just have a fun time" mentality.

[@Jaketherobonrd]

I remember i watched the second movie before the first one. I remember watching it alot round by school years on dvd, and it was honestly one of my favourites

[@JoeCab]

39:15 The best part of the movie. The grand finale. Our hero is broken and he's bleeding to death but that doesn't matter to him right now. Johnny 5 is on a mission of justice and vengeance. He's not only chasing down the man who betrayed him he's trying to outrun the robotic grim reaper. This scene still brings tears to my eyes.

[@KandiStomper]

I'm one of those people that preferred the 2nd movie more. I think i was 6 to 7 years old when i watched this in theatres and little kid me got so damn hyped when johnny got his makeover and the hero song started playing. I get goosebumps just remembering the moment. 😂

[@Moochtv]

It's awful when your feeling poorly but boy didn't Vanessa sound kinda hot lol. Please sing "Sticky shoes!" What made this video was Mr. Robs occasional look to camera for those who knew what was coming! I saw film on first day it was released on VHS when I worked in a video store and was almost broken! I ended up giving families spoiler free disclaimer warnings! And was thanked when they returned back tapes! Great reaction guys.

[@Filmbuff1979]

I saw it in theaters in 88 I was 9 with my family. When we got the tickets I said 4 for Short Circuit 2 also #5 is ALIVE!;! I was already a huge fan of the original.

[@MrTbk1701]

This is one of the movies that was consistently in the VCR that and The Little Mermaid 😊😊

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

Steve Guttenberg character was in the first script, but he passed on part 2 and the new guy replaced him. Steve after hearing how much fun they had making the movie has said not doing this movie was one of his biggest regrets.

[@Carnage1975]

Ah yes, this movie brings me back to my childhood, such easier times.

[@BG_StuartJ]

I have to agree with Vanessa that Wall-E must have taken inspiration from the SHort Circuit movies. It's like Johnny-5 rolled the Earth so Wall-E could travel to space.

[@jamespolnick]

I just cried thinking about the fact that im gonna cry when johnny gets attacked...

[@lickagoat]

Despite somethings not ageing well, we need Johnny 5 to comeback.

[@LadyTam716]

I saw this on tv a few years after it came out. I was young, & my heart broke for Johnny 5 too

[@Acid-Fire]

I remember commenting with someone in regards to movie reactions. The other person was saying how much he was looking forward to when the channels would go through all the popular movies of the 80s and 90s so they’d finally start looking back at and exploring some classics. I joked that that wouldn’t happen. Once the movie react channels went through all the most popular movies of the 80s and 90s, they’d then simply start watching all the mediocre, disposable, and forgettable movies of the 80s. Like Police Academy, Crocodile Dundee, and Short Circuit. 😂 Looking forward to your guys reaction to the Crocodile Dundee series! 😅

[@bidwell13]

6:15 “now thats a big door” - Tron. 44:49 yeah that’s what’s great about these movies is you don’t have to see one to understand the other.

[@DannyDowd-fq4pm]

35:35 I was a teenager and I cried at that part.

[@danwoodward1527]

I think the gold plated prop in that final scene was on display for several years somewhere. Like a Disney or MGM movie prop tour. But I’m not sure if it’s still around. Anyway, cool film. Thanks for sharing.

[@keith.morgan]

First time I've seen this too, was fun. I'm 99% convinced the woman who called him repulsive in the sculpture park was Gates McFadden aka Dr Beverley Crusher in Star Trek tng. She's not credited but I'd know that voice anywhere!

[@Exaris79]

Thx for reacting to this. Just realized that the cargo van from the 1st movie had a lot of spare parts enough to build some more units. Doubt Newton&Stefanie would allow Johnny#5 to go out of their supervision. This Johnny5 in this movie might be a DUPLICATE considering that he made a duplicate of himself that was blown up from the end of the last movie. So it's not out of the question that this duplicate would go out in the world and then would return back or phone back with all of the new data/experience that it gained.

[@jamesgeorge2852]

I still have my original copies on VHS loved these movies as a kid also have Iron Eagle 1 and 2 on VHS another great 80's series

[@LordLOC]

Unironically my favorite of the two movies. Obviously it's not as good as the first one - but it's so cute and wholesome (most of the time) and the fact Johnny 5 runs around a city is great. The music in the movie is incredible. I was 15 when this came out, and still remember seeing it in the theater. The experience was terrific, until the scene where they beat up Johnny 5 - I still remember hearing kids in the theater literally crying. But the movie is basically a way to show people empathy and love. It's a shame Guttenberg and Sheedy didn't come back for this one, but I understand why and the movie works without them as it is. Johnny 5's voice actor (I always forget his name) is just having a ball in this one. Still hoping we get some sort of continuation one day. Either a new sequel or even a reboot I guess. But it has to have the original voice actor to play Johnny 5 still. Maybe a crossover with Chopping Mall :D

[@carlosrvra]

- "...fish out of water..."? More like FISHER out of water, AM I RIGHT?!?! 🤣😀😶🤐 - I do wish that Los Locos came back one more time to chase away the goons beating Johnny 5 up, or to help patch him back up afterwards. As if they consider him a Loco now. - Try to find the movie trailers for this on KZbin… it’s Johnny 5 acting like a bunch of different characters… many impressions from pop culture at the time. - #NunSoup? still gets me 😂 But I watched SC2 a lot as a kid. Fun walk down nostalgia lane.

[@LatetotheParty]

That would have been awesome!

[@Kradle888]

Same here back in the day when I was a kid for sum reason watch sequels before the first movie...examples were ghost busters 2, terminator 2, gremlins 2..and this one

[@jkhoover]

The real first true hero. Waaay before Shrek. That chase scene always effects me more then the beating scene. It is truly my favorite.

[@GuardianOwl]

And the music change makes sense considering the change in Johnny’s adversary. The music in the first one well represented a giant, corporate defense contractor. But then you have some tunes in 1 like when Johnny takes off with Stephanie’s snack wagon that could have easily also been in 2 and not sounded out of place.

[@drewo.127]

In all honesty, I think if one was to make a third film, I think it would be interesting to follow J5 in modern day, with the modern rise of AI, and him existing in a world that seems to be more accepting of robot sentience, but only recently have people been able to manually create AI without any lightning strikes. But J5 is aware that these newer robots are not quite the same, and he has to deal with various people misusing AI, and also try to understand why all of a sudden everyone is either against machines, or are embracing them, but for questionable reasons! While yes, it would be a topical movie, It doesn’t have to be like a pro-AI or anti-AI story. I’d imagine it could be a story where both sides are explored and instead of an “AI all good or all bad” movie, it should have a much more nuanced take on the subject!

[@Nekotaku_TV]

I love this movie, I saw it before the first one and didn't even know it existed for many years. Dad recorded this on VHS when I was a kid, he didn't record the title card in time. It's waaay better than the first one. So few have reacted to this on KZbin. Damn I want that little Johnny 5, even if it doesn't move. And yeah that beating hurt to watch, especially since I have an affinity for machines and robots. But damn I love when he's beat up and getting fixed but bugging and then goes after them with the song. Every time I hear I Need A Hero I think of this scene. I do not like that he's all gold at the end though haha.

[@trunksGav]

For a while after first watching this I thought the runaway toy was Johnny and later he somehow grew. When delivered and just couldn't understand it

[@LatetotheParty]

😂 We totally can see that!

[@jasondillon2462]

Wow you haven't seen this classic? This is one of those sequels much like ghostbusters 2 that i think gets unfairly hated. I especially love the scene where Johnny 5 gets the hell beat outta him and gets revenge by taking control of a radio controlled airplane and nails the guy in the butt! That scene traumatized me though. I was like Noooo stop! 😢 He gets em back later though. He's like you will not get away! I am really pissed off! Then the holding out for a hero song kicks in! Awesome scene!

[@MrBoyYankee]

Robert Lasardo 14:02

[@jodyspiegel73]

Reminds of Church Lady from Saturday Night Live;

[@jodyspiegel73]

Who remembers Radio Shack?

[@nikkiloveslife4841]

I do.

[@mikejohn29mj]

Me too! And Circuit City.

[@danifeatherby]

As far as I can tell from the comments no one has noticed that the priest was played by the professor in Fraggle Rock!

[@de-fault_de-fault]

Oh god you can't make someone watch this cold. The level of trauma I carry around with me from watching both Short Circuit 1 and 2 on TV on consecutive nights when I was 7... Actually now that I think about it, it was mainly from re-watching them a few months later because I'd taped them, and for some reason both of them hit harder the second time even though I already knew the happy endings to both parts. But I digress, the beating scene has to be one of the most disturbingly violent things ever to find its way into what was marketed as a kids movie. It's almost cruel to make someone watch it for the first time.

[@mystisith3984]

Hooo. That Mean Johnny tee shirt hits hard. 🤩 Being a child of the 80's, political correctness can jump from a cliff. SC2 was a great entertaining movie about a rag tag group of people & villains who got their comeuppance (that Bonnie Tyler song was EVERYWHERE at the time). I would love a 3rd movie to close the saga but it would have to be financed & produced by independent fans, with the real tin can & not CGI. Thanks for sharing this.💙🤖🦿🦾

[@brandonthompson8039]

I only wished that Stephanie and Newton would’ve joined the citizenship ceremony

[@mikemartel3138]

I love short circuit 2.. I like to just as much as the first if not more, Michael McKean, so was Fisher Stevens, love the music, enlighten got the girl at the end of the movie just like Newton got the girl at the end of the first one

[@OG_Fernando]

I honestly love part 2 more than part 1. It's funny, cute and made me cry...simply perfection #johnny5isalive

[@mitchellknight]

Where tf did you get that shirt and where tf can I get one?

[@LatetotheParty]

www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/33641436-no-disassemble-johnny-five#321P33641436D1V

[@glenncabacungan9269]

I don’t know which made me sadder… Watching ET die. Watching a scorpion kill an ant. Or watching a bunch of goons try and disassemble Johnny Five.

[@jkhoover]

Artax

[@alberthart4146]

is Cocoon on the to-do list?

[@LatetotheParty]

Yes, it's on the list.

[@SmokinDroFrayser]

NY has Johnny now lol

[@tristanMWC]

80s baby so Short Circuit 1/2 were definitely part of my childhood amongst all the 80s/90s classics. I do have to admit as an adult now a small part of me is jaded by these two films. Finding out in the late 90s that the actor Fisher Stevens and the producers had him do brown face which was unnecessary.

[@Renegade2786]

Johnny Five aka the Trooper Terminator.

[@hugoz.7281]

I love it!!!

[@rsuriyop]

I've watched both the first and second of the Short Circuit movies years ago. But only just found out that the actor who played the Indian inventor of Johnny Five was actually white! Quite a revelation indeed! I've read though that the guy actually now regrets playing the role because of how times have changed which of course is completely understandable. But heck, I'm still surprised that he was white guy all along. They did a good makeup job on him and he played his part pretty convincingly.

[@9_Tails_Fox_]

Thank you for this video. I have subscribed.

[@LatetotheParty]

Thanks for the sub!

[@mykamartinez3434]

If you like Michael McKean in this era AS not a bad guy, you should definitely check out D.A.R.Y.L.

[@seansmith4880]

Short Circuit 3, Johnny 5 battles new A.I. Or the new A.I. is an evil Johnny 5 and a battle between the two takes place. Like Superman 3 kinda. It could work

[@TearyEyesAndersonReacts]

If you like Michael McKean, there is a great video here on KZbin, with an interview of him and his wife about their first date. "Broadway First Dates: Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole". It's really inspiring, ahh this is what true love should be like.

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

Short Circuit 2 is my favorite of the two but I think of them as chapter 1 and chapter 2, conjoined permanently

[@angelacrobat7332]

When it comes to telling people how you feel, it really isn’t complicated. People make it complicated. There’s a reason we have mouths. All we have to do, is tell them. No subtle hints, flirts, forget all that. Nobody is a mind reader. If anyone is not willing to tell a person how they feel, then they don’t deserve that potentially good relationship. You’re going to have to put yourself out there if you want to know for sure. Simple.

[@astromanjdh5908]

I have a theory that J5 became embittered by his treatment by humans as documented in these movies, and changed the name of Input, Inc. to Cyberdyne Systems in the '90s.

[@astromanjdh5908]

Look at the tanks in the terminator future - giant J5s with lasers like the first movie.

[@jodyspiegel73]

If you want to see a huge door watch the movie War Games; yall are still great keep up the good work; Yall are very enjoyable to watch

[@janel1386]

Love it 😭❤️

[@devynjohnson317]

I love this movie so much lol

[@xvln]

Helloo Bozo! gotto love Nr 5

[@firefly24601]

Huh. I don't remember him being gold at the end!

[@eanur99]

This movie traumatised me as a child, even to this day I cant watch the beat up scene

[@John_Locke_108]

I have no recollection of this sequel. But I can guarantee that I watched it at least once.

[@jkhoover]

I watched it million times. It was always on cable.

[@chrisretzlaff2895]

This is such a sequel cliche, and everything about it shouldn't work. Plot, relationships, setting, etc.... But man, it does work, I absolutely love this movie. This is where my friend Number 5 became like a brother Johnny 5. I will say on Jan 11 2024 two historic things happened, Belichick departs as coach of Patriots...and I found someone (Robert) that loves Short Circuit as much as me.

[@noisetank21]

Have you guys both watched UHF? The Al Yankovic movie?

[@LatetotheParty]

We've never seen it! It's one that is on the top of our list.

[@jodyspiegel73]

Did this movie predict that we would have a robotic citizen; Look up Sophia the robot by Hanson Robotics; she was made a citizen of Saudi Arabia;

[@christopherking4932]

Awesome reaction/ can you please watch a movie called THE BIG YEAR.

[@Lans32485]

The biggest disappointment of this movie...was that the toy Johnnies were never commercially available.