Short Circuit Page #5

Synopsis: Number 5, one of a group of experimental military robots, undergoes a sudden transformation after being struck by lightning. He develops self-awareness, consciousness, and a fear of the reprogramming that awaits him back at the factory. With the help of a young woman, Number 5 tries to evade capture and convince his creator that he has truly become alive.
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Director(s): John Badham
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
50
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG
Year:
1986
98 min
1,870 Views


and you're inside some place,

maybe just your brain...

in a little jar

or something like that?

- Malfunction.

- You can talk!

Malfunction.

Need input.

Input.

That's information.

Listen, I am full of it.

Why don't you come to my house

and we can sit down and talk...

get to know each other.

Communicate. Input.

Come on.

It's okay.

No, no.

I mean come with me.

Come here. This way.

Come here.

Come on. Right this way.

March! Heel! Giddy up!

- Forward!

- Forward!

Forward, forward.

Come forward.

That's good.

That's really good.

Don't be afraid, guys.

He's a friend.

These are animals.

They're lower life forms.

They're always a little skittish

around new people, aliens. Whatever.

Malfunction. Need input.

Input.

All right, right. You got it, OK.

This is a house.

We live within it, inside it.

- We have a floor, see...

- Floor.

And we have the opposite

of a floor...

which is the ceiling.

Look up!

Ceiling.

We have windows and...

air! Look over here.

Light.

Music.

And... look at this.

This is a plant.

See?

And these are goldfish.

Don't touch.

And look over there.

See, these are ants.

They're not aunts,

they're ants.

It's an ant farm.

Look! These are my bunnies.

Edwina and Norman.

Norman.

I bet you got some amazing

animals in your planet.

Good, there you go.

This is Earth, where

we are now.

You are here.

Here.

- Oregon.

- Oregon.

Home of the beaver,

famous for cherries.

Beavers.

Cherries. Input.

I'm giving you

great input.

More input.

More input.

How about pictures?

Do you like pictures?

We have a lot

of pictures here.

A lot of them.

This is a picture

of an aardvark.

See that? It's an aardvark.

- It's a mammal.

- Input. Aardvark.

- Abyssinia, Adams...

- Holy Crowl. You can read.

Input.

- More input.

- Okay, no problem.

Volume two.

No problem.

- My neck.

- Sorry.

This is very healthful

for the neck.

Can you believe it's been

I'd say ten.

It's all coming

back to me, though.

You know what many people

are liking at night?

- What?

- Headlights.

- It's a lot better. Thanks.

- Definitely, ya

More input, Stephanie.

- More!

- There isn't anymore.

You've read everything

in the house.

Animal.

Mammal, skunk.

That's a container

drinking glass.

Pasta, semolina,

spaghetti.

Food, liquid,

spaghetti sauce.

Look, this may be hilarious

where you come from...

but on this planet it's considered rude.

Plants, fruits, oranges...

apples, lemons, limes.

That's great.

Thanks a lot.

Fabric.

Tablecloth.

No, my dishes!

Oh, my God!

Breakfast table.

American contemporary.

Oh! My China!

- Numerous fragments.

- Ok, fine...

Some large, some small.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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