Scanners (1981)

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“There.  I just saved you two boobless hours.”  -Peter Griffin

The two scenes above are by far the best from this movie.  I’ve wanted to see this film for awhile, but it turned out to a real snoozer.  The movie’s about psychics, there abilities, and society’s distrust of them.  It reminded me a little of X-Men.  The main story deals with a good psychic fighting an evil psychic who is trying to destroy society.  Real exciting…  But, I can see where some of today’s sci-fi films have been influenced by this one. 

Another good scene involves the good psychic accessing a prehistoric Macintosh computer over a public phone booth.  The computers and special effects used in this film are a riot.  It’s worth checking it out for that alone.  Well, that and the exploding head of course!

One Response to “Scanners (1981)”

  1. Rick Deckard says:

    Whatever man! Scanners is as great a movie as the incomparable Dune!

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