It isn’t often that I get to force Anna to watch something she has no interest in. Typically I have to find some way of piquing her interest or there simply is no way she will go. Take Midnight Meat Train, for example. While she isn’t averse to gore or horror films by any means, trying to talk her into driving 20 minutes to one of the worst areas of town to watch a film that might be terrible wasn’t an easy task. But after informing her on the treatment the film was receiving from Lionsgate, she became interested enough to see if the movie really deserved to be stashed away in the far reaches of the metro area. Of course after watching it we both realized why the film isn’t getting a wide release, but you have to give her credit for making the effort. (more…)

So I was reading the latest issue of Wired when I stumbled upon an article on the making of WarGames that absolutely fawns all over the movie. Since this is the 25th anniversary of the release of the film this year it seems as if geeks are coming out of the woodwork praising the film for introducing the world to computers, the various precursers to the Internet, and hacking.

So yes, lets hear it for the film responsible for that series of tubes that sends you daily reminders on how you can claim billions of dollars that are just sitting around with nothing to do in Nigeria.

And closed circuit to my girlfriend Anna, who was just a wee babe when the movie was released and thus has never seen the film, be prepared to get your geek on for the next week as I force you to watch Tron and The Last Starfighter in a stunning display of 4-bit special effects glory.

Nerd up!