Technology in the Movie Runaway (1984)

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

I loved this movie when I was a kid. I thought it was awesome lol.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Same. Came on UK TV one night I think it was, never knew about it before and really enjoyed it. Like Invitation To Hell. That came on one evening, both were on the BBC I think so no adverts. Both stuck with me as classic 80s flicks. Invitation To Hell was how I saw America back then. The nice, green burbs with open lawns and warm weather and fancy, big, detacted American homes.

[@simonphoenix8230]

I just watched this and it was so far ahead of it's time ! Great movie 🍿

[@frugalfilmmaker]

Lots of good information and a fun commentary! I really like the "alternate timeline" idea, which does make more sense. Another thing this movie predicted was the use of semi-automatic sidearms by the police. At the time, revolvers were standard issue for most (if not all) police at the time. Though all of them had a layer of cheese, Chrichton's movies were entertaining, thought-provoking and never boring. "Runaway" is a good example.

[@ACBMemphis]

Thank you for the kind comments!

[@toomanyaccounts]

Semi autos use by police took off due to Glock mass marketing and offering the guns incredibly cheap to police. Criminals were moving to semi autos outgunning the police depts. Police depts had years ago been told they were not allowed to have rifles hence why the police in the North Hollywood had to go to a gun store because the swat SMGs firing 9mms couldn't penetrate the body armor the criminals were using. One thing often not mentioned is that the glock barrel polygonal rifling doesn't leave marks on the bullet. hence it is not possible to forensically fingerprint the bullets fired by glocks which comprise over half the new handgun sales in the US. you also cannot fingerprint any gun whose rifling has worn done or nonexistent such as a smoothbore or if the bullet is deformed or broken apart in certain ways

[@sanchoodell6789]

This movie was just so so ahead of its time. It's unreal! 1984 Nineteen Eighty Four!

[@davidhanson4909]

I've always wanted one of those killer robot roaches.

[@llopnikgaharrison3136]

Sally is one of my main childhood crushes. Messed up when they offed her towards the end.

[@Wrangler-fp4ei]

I was always fascinated by the technology and concepts it was introducing. I like idea this being billed by the reviewers as alternate 1980s verse near future. Goes show you marketing people didn't know what to tell the public.

[@kascnef]

Drones before drones were real

[@TheStevenWhiting]

You missed the tablet that the kid was watching in bed.

[@goostador]

I remember this movie, thank you for creating this video! My sons are about the same age as I was when I watched it, been looking for a place to see it. You hit all the notes about the tech in the movie and what we currently have today. I knew many of these things will become possible as tech was advancing so quickly in the 80s and 90s.

[@ACBMemphis]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! This movie used to be on HBO all the time. Michael Crichton did some cool stuff, as a writer and a director, and I think he even programmed some video games...

[@rtc1977]

Great movie. Michael crichton was a great visionary

[@DarthVader-1701]

Michael Crichton also wrote Twister.

[@tomarnold7284]

I don't understand why this movie was a flop. I watched it on VHS when I was a kid, and was surprised that not many people aware of this movie. I loved it because all the technology were not very far from the 80s, which made it all the more believable. It would be a "hard science movie" of the 80s.

[@ACBMemphis]

Yes, it was a good movie and played on HBO frequently in the 1980s. I think part of the reason it was not successful is the Terminator came out a few months earlier so more people may have chosen to see that film... Thanks for watching!

[@tomarnold7284]

@@ACBMemphis You're right. It's too bad viewers always choose action over science. Things hasn't change over 40 years!

[@mhmrules]

I'm thinking this was part of the Alternate 1985 Doc Brown was talking about, or one of the MANY

[@GypsyRoadMysteries]

I was wondering if I can show your video during my live show on Monday? Love your information

[@ACBMemphis]

Sure - go for it! There were a lot of more obvious things in there not covered, like the video doorbell system... Also worth mentioning that this movie is now available for viewing on Amazon Prime (as of Nov 2020).

[@GypsyRoadMysteries]

@@ACBMemphis also in the movie they mentioned the word SmartPhone in it

[@GypsyRoadMysteries]

@@ACBMemphis my show is at 11am pacific so if your not doing nothing your more than welcome to join us on the live show

[@judsongaiden9878]

0:23 Technically, "Scroder" there is the captain, right? Or lieutenant? Tom Selleck's character, Jack Ramsay, is a sergeant. The movie points out his rank right away. 4:03 EYE-phone. What if you had a phone built into your eye?! Wait, no. The ear would make more sense.

[@ACBMemphis]

Yes you are correct! Thanks for watching & commenting on the video!

[@micai.j8920]

I can’t believe today is my first time watching this movie, and I’ve seen many movies from the 80s, mainstream and rare. For 1984 this movie looks great, very 80s though but way ahead of it’s time seeing that today we have a lot of the same or similar technology.

[@jonathannalley1076]

I remember this movie...🧀🧀🧀 now, but was amazing as a kid🤷🏽‍♂️

[@tomarnold7284]

They're not self-driving cars, they just had robots driving an ordinary car! 😁 Which brings up an interesting fact - that robotic was big in the 80's, and we thought having everything done by robots. What we didn't thought of, was the software that runs in. We didn't think that software can run a car or our home without even having a robot!

[@Tito151]

Geez, could of at least given us a Gene Simmons spoiler warning!

[@user-ed3pq2yf7n]

Predijo los drones

[@johnadams2063]

I seen this at the theater in 84 I guess..

[@JasonNation72]

I actually liked this movie when it came out. I think if it was released in the early summertime, it wouldn't have been a box office flop. It was released in December which was up against Beverly Hills Cop, Dune, and 2010 which was a sequel to 2001, so it was just bad timing on the movie company's part, not so much on the movie itself.

[@ACBMemphis]

Yes, and I bet that same kind of timing causes even more movies to slip through the cracks today, with all the different streaming services... Thanks for watching!

[@philldevil2]

I loved this movie when I watched it, its for smart people and people who have great taste, which apparently don't include the narrator of this youtube clip.

[@rodneybryant4172]

This movie sucked then and it sucks even worse, now.