Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it 'took off where Wargames left off', called Terminal Entry. I saw about 5 minutes of it when I was a kid then my mom made me switch it off because it had boobies in it or something ;)

Anyway, I just found it on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/lmkTKv3nxb4

Anyone seen this almost forgotten piece of mega 80s overload ?

Chur
Al


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Hello hyjinx!

** On Tuesday 29.06.21 - 22:04, hyjinx wrote to All:

Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it
'took off where Wargames left off', called Terminal Entry.

Never heard of it.

I saw about 5 minutes of it when I was a kid then my mom
made me switch it off because it had boobies in it or
something ;)

That's funny. What's funnier is that the woman steps out of the
shower with full make-up on. That's as far as I got, to check
out the video quality before I moved it to a flash drive.

Anyway, I just found it on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/lmkTKv3nxb4

That one refuses to load in NA, but I found another one. The
one I found has a short preview of Dixie Lanes

Anyone seen this almost forgotten piece of mega 80s overload ?

Might be fun to discuss it amongst us!

I started watching Michells vs The Machines from someone's
recommendation in the echos here. I'm really enjoying that
one. It's not something I would normally watch, but the
animation is amazing. The humour (dialog and visual cues) are
well conceived.


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hyjinx wrote to All <=-

Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it 'took off
where Wargames left off', called Terminal Entry. I saw about 5 minutes
of it when I was a kid then my mom made me switch it off because it had boobies in it or something ;)

Anyway, I just found it on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/lmkTKv3nxb4

Anyone seen this almost forgotten piece of mega 80s overload ?

Not until you sent the link. I think it should stay forgotten, though. 8)


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Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it 'took off
where Wargames left off', called Terminal Entry. I saw about 5 minutes
of it when I was a kid then my mom made me switch it off because it had boobies in it or something ;)

I collect these -- movies about computers. Terminal Entry is a real stinker. Terminal Entry is almost one of those movies that worked towards an 80s
cheese aesthetic; like they were trying to make the movie they made, rather than tried to make something good and failed.

One movie in my collection that people rarely talk about is the
Commodore-heavy Hide and Seek, a Canadian made-for-TV movie loosely based on the novel The Adolescence of P-1. Early in the movie, the protagonist orders
a pizza via modem.

There are also some great shots of a nuclear power plant being run by
Commodore 64s. In fact, aside from a portable TTY (like, a portable paper
TTY one of the characters uses to dial in from a diner!), every computer in
the movie is a Commodore of some sort.

There's also a PET network at school through which the AI speaks to the protagonist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjByXo8JVc0

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Re: Terminal Entry Movie
By: hyjinx to All on Tue Jun 29 2021 10:04 pm

Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it 'took off where Wargames
left off', called Terminal Entry. I saw about 5 minutes of it when I was a kid then
mom made me switch it off because it had boobies in it or something ;)

Anyway, I just found it on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/lmkTKv3nxb4

Anyone seen this almost forgotten piece of mega 80s overload ?

Chur
Al

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Aside from boobies, how good is the film? Is it good bad film? Good bad films are the
best!

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Hello hyjinx!

** On Tuesday 29.06.21 - 22:04, hyjinx wrote to All:

Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it
'took off where Wargames left off', called Terminal Entry.
I saw about 5 minutes of it when I was a kid then my mom
made me switch it off because it had boobies in it or
something ;)

Finished the film last night. It was laborious to watch. The
best parts are [1] the opening scenes with the lady from the
shower, and [2] about the last 30 minutes of the film where the
kids suddenly realize they are affecting realworld events. But
the whole "rescue" is a silly mess.

But the dialog is overly bad, acting is worse. It wastes too
much time with the romance angles amongst the teens. The
romance life of the rambo-wannabie hero and his lady reporter
friend adds nothing.

How the real-world Terminal Entry interface even shows up on a
gaming network is unexplained.

I was watching the credits and didn't see any credit for "Lady
Electric" (Barbara Edwards) ..the lady from the shower.

Nevertheless, it was an interesting trip to the past.


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Ogg wrote to hyjinx <=-

Hello hyjinx!

** On Tuesday 29.06.21 - 22:04, hyjinx wrote to All:

Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it
'took off where Wargames left off', called Terminal Entry.
I saw about 5 minutes of it when I was a kid then my mom
made me switch it off because it had boobies in it or
something ;)

Finished the film last night. It was laborious to watch. The
best parts are [1] the opening scenes with the lady from the
shower, and [2] about the last 30 minutes of the film where the
kids suddenly realize they are affecting realworld events. But
the whole "rescue" is a silly mess.

Sounds like you all should watch "Johnny Mnemonic", if you haven't. All of
the Dystopian Megacorporations and mirrored sunglasses you could want set in
a future world of 2021. And Keanu Reeves. And Dina Meyer.

Pluto TV has it for free.

Bring popcorn, and turn your pager off.




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Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it 'took off
where Wargames left off', called Terminal Entry. I saw about 5 minutes
of it when I was a kid then my mom made me switch it off because it had boobies in it or something ;)

I haven't, but I'm going to check it out now!! Sweet. I watched the trailer and yea, this one needs to live on my PLEX for sure...

Anyway, I just found it on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/lmkTKv3nxb4

I think the l is an I...

https://youtu.be/ImkTKv3nxb4

Thanks for sharing this... :P yee haw!



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Sounds like you all should watch "Johnny Mnemonic", if you haven't. All
of the Dystopian Megacorporations and mirrored sunglasses you could
want set in a future world of 2021. And Keanu Reeves. And Dina Meyer.

Bring popcorn, and turn your pager off.

One of my favorites from back in the day. This one, IMO, is actually worthwhile and GOOD to watch. +1 for Johnny Mneumonic.

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Hello poindexter FORTRAN!

** On Wednesday 30.06.21 - 07:04, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Ogg:

Around about 1986/87 a real cheesy B-Movie that claimed it
'took off where Wargames left off', called Terminal Entry.

[...]

Finished the film last night. It was laborious to watch.

[...]

Sounds like you all should watch "Johnny Mnemonic", if you
haven't. All of the Dystopian Megacorporations and
mirrored sunglasses you could want set in a future world
of 2021. And Keanu Reeves. And Dina Meyer.

I don't think I've ever heard of that one. 1994-1996 was a
period when I got fed up with cable TV, and disconnected
everything. Then it was jut the occassional VHS rental.

But I do remember seeing Source Code (2011) and rather enjoying
that one.


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Aside from boobies, how good is the film? Is it good bad film? Good bad films are the
best!

Oh it's bad. It's real bad. It stinks worse than the farts from a lactose-intolerant 14 year old that got drunk for the first time and was
force fed blue cheese for kicks by his mates..


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Sounds like you all should watch "Johnny Mnemonic", if you haven't. A of the Dystopian Megacorporations and mirrored sunglasses you could want set in a future world of 2021. And Keanu Reeves. And Dina Meyer

Oh yeah. The year 2021... We will never be alive then... oh wait....

And the tag line from the movie "it is no longer safe to transmit inforation, phones, computers and sattelites are all vulnerable"..... oh, wait....


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Re: Re: Terminal Entry Movie
By: hyjinx to Arelor on Fri Jul 02 2021 09:19 pm

Aside from boobies, how good is the film? Is it good bad film? Good bad films are the
best!

Oh it's bad. It's real bad. It stinks worse than the farts from a lactose-intolerant 14 year old that got drunk for the first time and was force fed blue cheese for kicks by his mates..

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Thank you very much for the information. You have spared me an awful fate, so now I am free to pick an awful fate of my choosing. I wonder which bad film it iwll be XD

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Thank you very much for the information. You have spared me an awful fate, so now I am free to pick an awful fate of my choosing. I wonder which bad film it iwll be XD

Mr. Majestyk starring Charles Bronson out to do the trick.. ;)

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Re: Re: Terminal Entry Movie
By: Al to Arelor on Fri Jul 02 2021 04:36 am

Thank you very much for the information. You have spared me an awful fate, now I am free to pick an awful fate of my choosing. I wonder which bad fil it iwll be XD

Mr. Majestyk starring Charles Bronson out to do the trick.. ;)

I don't remember watchign anything great from Bronson, but I haven watched anything awful from him.

I am kind of a Bronson fan. He was a tough guy IRL. The man made himself.

It takes a special kind of actor to have the expresive capabilities of a brick and still make for interesting characters. Buster Keaton (from the 20s) was another one who could do. Als this bald guy, who I think is called Steve Austin.

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Mr. Majestyk starring Charles Bronson out to do the trick.. ;)

I don't remember watchign anything great from Bronson, but I haven watched anything awful from him.

I liked his westerns like Once Upon a Time in the West.

I am kind of a Bronson fan. He was a tough guy IRL. The man made himself.

He was, we don't often see people like Bronson anymore.

It takes a special kind of actor to have the expresive capabilities of a brick
and still make for interesting characters. Buster Keaton (from the 20s) was another one who could do. Als this bald guy, who I think is called Steve Austin.

I like the Death Wish series also, they were good. At least they started out good, maybe they should have stopped at Death Wish 2.

I never watched or even knew of Mr. Majestyk until my sister suggested it for a movie night.

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Oh it's bad. It's real bad. It stinks worse than the farts from a lactose-intolerant 14 year old that got drunk for the first time and
was
force fed blue cheese for kicks by his mates..

That sounds like a great movie!


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Re: Re: Terminal Entry Movie
By: Al to Arelor on Fri Jul 02 2021 09:31 pm

I don't remember watchign anything great from Bronson, but I haven watched anything awful from him.

I liked his westerns like Once Upon a Time in the West.

That movie was quite fine. I loved the Fonda vs Bronson duel. So cool electric guitars for a Western. The only issue that tweaks me from that film is that the initial scene takes 15 minutes to kick in.

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On 03 Jul 2021, JOE DOOM said the following...

That sounds like a great movie!

I had to force myself to watch it to the end. I don't recall doing that before...


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