And that is where he learns of a rumored third piracy event that seems to be out there as well. And voila?! JAMES IS OBSESSED! Why get a counselor and do the heavy lifting if you have a conspiracy theory to work on? And he starts off his research by visiting the head of the FCC Dr. At the time, there were only 10, and these two events are the only two that hadn’t been solved. The acts of piracy were so critical that the FCC and the FBI dove in and investigated these attacks. Was the third tape the connection to his missing wife? Insert rare furniture dealers, and deliveries, and FBI files that seem more inline with a well coordinated Greatest Race television show than real life. And the day before the intrusion on May 9, a woman named Marie Bedford went AWOL. Could this be a confession to this character’s murder of his wife? May 2, 1987, a day before the first intrusion, Frederica Sexton went missing in Chicago. I fixed them all.” was there under all the other noise. And better yet, November 23, 1996, is the date AFTER the date tattooed on his wrist, 11-22-96… which, is the date his wife went missing.Īfter re-listening to the two tapes in his possession he realizes that the phrase, “I fixed them. You know… like his wife? Interesting… no? Huh! This is so much better than grief therapy. And its then that he learns that the character in these videos is Sal-E Sparks, a double for the android wife from Sparkbot an awful 80s sitcom.Īs he continues diving he becomes obsessed with the underworld of BBS’s (a place I know well from my childhood… did you young people know that we used to use our computers to call other computers, where other users would be calling simultaneously, and we could chat, play chess, and do who knows what there? Think 20 people at a time max? Yes, I understand you are young, but you could have watched Halt and Catch Fire to learn this stuff.) and he learned that the intrusions were connected to women going missing. Through a friend though, Chester, another avid electronics geek, he gets a copy of the second tape. The hackers attacked a broadcast of a syndicated science fiction series, “Don Cronos.” He searched for a tape of the video, but was disappointed when he learned that the FCC had confiscated the tape, and was searching for anyone inquiring about the tape. The second video was discovered through a report on video piracy which occurred on May 10th, 1987… 12 years prior. But generally speaking, they generally aren’t done, and require some serious resources to jump a broadcast and take it hostage. You know, like something out of a Batman movie. Quickly after, James learns that the video was part of several broadcast intrusions that were just several of a handful of video piracy hits that were conducted in the 90’s. It’s a weird video of a masked person inside a house and all kinds of weird distorted chaotic audio. And, boy, does James get a distraction royale with a videotape that James finds while doing his job as an archivist. And to cope, he starts attending a grief therapy session that does absolutely nothing for him.īut, better than grief therapy is a distraction. Hannah was her name, and he spends large swaths of his time watching her on video cassettes and mooning over what might have been. Like, as in, his wife died… or went missing a couple of years prior, and he hasn’t been able to move on. ![]() – Glee anyone? Man I loved Glee… please don’t tell a soul.) and he has a problem. And it does it by diving into the weird underworld of betamaxes, camcorders, walkman tape players, and answering machines. The film is set in 1999… you know, party like its 1999? And it actually does a pretty decent job of making 1999 fairly convincing. So, if you aren’t afraid – then click one of the links above, and watch the film, then join us as we head down this rabbit trail of a movie. And we watch as this guy does his best to stay this side of sane as he follows this ultra-tenuous road. And by any random evidence… I mean, literally anything. And he is desperate to find her, so desperate that he clings to pretty much any random evidence he can find that falls his way. ![]() BBS’s, hacking, phreaking, and the like… I definitely enjoyed those bits for sure.īut it tells the story of a man looking for closure – his missing wife… an empty coffin, etc. ![]() But, it did do some really cool flashback cafe things for me. If you are still curious whether you should watch this particular film? I got nothing for you.
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