Short Circuit (Special Edition)

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Summary: Number 5 Should Be Dead
Review: I almost did not finish the film because Fisher Stevens' East Indian character Ben Jabituya was very annoying (It brings to mind such annoyances as Chris Tucker in THE FIFTH ELEMENT...and Jar Jar Binks doesn't seem so bad after all!). SHORT CIRCUIT is another attempt of filmakers in the 80's trying to do Disney type family films due to the success of E.T. An experimental robot is struck by lightning at an electronics lab dealing in artificial intelligence/robotics. It then takes on a life and personality of its own taking on the name "Number 5" (it's actual numerical name from a bunch of experimental robots of its class). Then (surprise!) the military gets wind of it and wants to destroy it (how many movies have we seen this plot device!). Then the race is on to save it..him. If Steven's/Jabituya character is annoying, the Robot is even more annoying once it starts talking and sprouting pop culture quips fed to it by humans thinking he's an alien. Overall, a film that has a couple of laughs with a fish-out-of-water theme along with some pathos to make the audience take out their hankerchiefs. However, in the end we really don't care about anyone in this film.

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Summary: Johnny 5 short circuited my heart
Review: I bestow this epic Johnny-5 out of 5 stars.

Not since "Police Academy 4 - Citizens on Patrol" has Steve Guttenberg given us such a stunning performance. Mr. Guttenberg doesn't tell the story he lets the story tell itself. The cast of supporting actors shine as well. Keeping up nicely with the high mark Mr. Guttenberg has set. It's a shame that they weren't the recipients of the 1986 Academy Award. Johnny 5 the most lovable of the bunch looks similar to what you would have if you were to take a box cutter and slowly skin away the latex covering on E.T. to reveal just the animatronic puppet beneath. Even with the aforementioned statement Johnny still makes for a very deep and inspirational character. In fact he inspired me to pursue my love for Jamie Lyons, and just for the record ,Jamie, it doesn't say anywhere in the restraining order that I can't mention you in a online movie review of Short Circuit on Amazon.com so just lay off b1tch, God I love you!!

The story starts with Johnny 5 as a killing machine made for Military uses. After getting struck by lightning in a demo for the Military Johnny receives feelings and the ability to tell bad jokes. Funny because a friend of mine Keith Ko, was struck by lightning and all he received was 10 minutes of unconsciousness and a soiled pair of tighty whiteies to boot. After Johnny gets his new found talents he takes us all on a journey that we will not soon forget. It's up to you if you will take this journey with him. Buy this DVD and for the next 2 hours you can leave all yours woes, transgressions and that DUI behind you and just enjoy the trip.


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Summary: Still great
Review: I grew up watching this movie when I was a child. I recently bought this DVD and I still love it. This movie is timeless.

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Summary: another classic
Review: i love any movies with steve guttenberg. he did a great job in this great movie. watch this for a great movie.

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Summary: Nice movie - some bad language
Review: I remembered watching this movie as a child, so when I noticed it at our video store and it was PG I checked it out. My 7 year old son enjoyed it very much - watched it two days in a row. My only qualifer is that for a PG movie, it had more bad language than I would like - and certainly more than I like my son to hear.



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Summary: I could watch this again!
Review: I saw Short Circuit in it's original theatrical run and a few times on cable movie channels and video and though it's probably a little dated these days I think it would be a fun movie to watch on a rainy weekend sitting on the couch with a bowl of popcorn. Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy were good and the robot called Johnny 5 was funny and though I don't want to own this movie on video or DVD I would rent it to watch again, I would rent the DVD because it's presented in widescreen.

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Summary: A picture quality that has a very little problem on the DVD.
Review: I was looking for the "Short Circuit" DVD in every video store in my area, but I could not find it in any of them. So I purchased it from Amazon.com and I was happy that I got it, but the picture quality has a very little problem, but the sound quality is OK and the features are fine. Ally Sheedy is good in her role as Stephanie Speck, a young lady who loves animals. She befriends the Johnny 5 robot from her truck. Steve Guttenberg and Fisher Stevens are terrific here, too. If you have not seen "Short Circuit", see it. And if you liked it, buy it. I think you will not be disappointed.

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Summary: Short Circuit personal despite mechanical
Review: If "Johnny Five" has a personality, then he needs to fix my computer to be the same. After a robot is struck by lightning at the Nova Laboratories it becomes "alive." The robot then develops a personality to think that it is human. Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg star in this high-tech life story.

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Summary: Image should be ashamed of this edition
Review: Not including extras is one thing but releasing this edition without the close captioning just shows contempt for the hard of hearing.

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Summary: Short Circuit! A movie to charish!
Review: Ok, when i was a little kid i remember watchin this movie. I was like 5 or something, and since then i have looked and looked and looked, any finally i rented it once, then i really didnt have time to watch it, so i kept looking and looking, and the only place i could ever think of is somewhere online. So today i finally bought both of them! I just loved this movie the first time i saw it! Im 18 now, and im still thinking, i cant wait till those movies get to my door step! I would reccomend this movie to anybody, yes it may be a little Korny, but who cares! This is one of those movies you will charish for a lifetime!