Right at that time I was 14 years old, and I was already programming in assembly; replicating games; the games ran without allowing pauses; so I wrote assembly programs and put them in RAM; when the game loaded the program in assembly could stop the execution of the game and I could copy and save it as many times as I wanted on cassette tape ... good times.
I have collected autographs from everyone who starred in this film. At least 25 signatures and the hardest autograph to obtain was Juanin Clay who passed away in 1995. The nicest guy was Irvin Metzman who played Richter. The computer guy from Norad. He gave me his badge that he wore in the film.
I love Ally’s reactions to these guys. Legit like she’s seeing them for the first time, with their quirks and banter. And how much she scored by getting a normal one.
Yeah, but the reason it’s the most accurate look is partly because it shows how in order to be a successful _Hacker_ it takes a person who’s EXTREMELY RESOURCEFUL & ANALYTICAL... the only big inaccuracies - a high school female who isn’t a fellow hacker or even a nerd is interested in a computer geek at a time which being a computer nerd WASN’T that profitable... and he’s using an _IMSAI 8080_ Computer which was an extremely early microcomputer released 1975, based on the Intel 8080 (hence it’s name). It was a clone of the MITS Altair 8800. The Apple ][, TRS-80, Commodore Vic-20 or Commodore 64 would’ve been FAR MORE APPROPRIATE hardware for a 1983 setting... and he’s doing things at modern (2019) broadband internet speeds... Broadband with an Acoustic Coupler modem?!? Not realistic...
@@marycanary He was SysAdmin at some corporation/uni. along with this really nerdy guy. Broderick visits them at work for advice on how to break in ProtoVision. Every SysAdmin I've met always wore plaid shirts, jeans, and workboots (they're actually on their feet alot during their workday) - His best line was "Mr. Potato-Head, Mr. Potato-Head!!!....what did I say about manners/butting-in?"
Malvin and Jim, so hilarious. I’m honestly surprised that the studio that made WarGames didn’t try to spin these characters off into their own movie franchise or TV series.
"Remember when you told me to tell you when you were acting rudely and insensitivity?" (Melvin nods) " you're doing it now" Lmaooooo!!! That line cracks me up everytime. Turns out Melvin was right along.
@@execattydude it’s the same world!! We had problems then…we have problems now!! It’s how you choose to see it!! But it’s the same though!! Like the great wooderson once said…Just gotta keep on livin my man… L-I-V-I-N 👍😁👍
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and had a great time watching it. Many of the 80's movies were pretty exciting compared to the movies we get today ...
Mom balked at this one, when I suggested it for our monthly movie ritual. I was 8 at the time. Went all the way to the theatre, and she was not looking forward to it. Flash forward to the end, and she's gotta death grip on my arm shouting at the screen, "Hold the goddamn door!" From then on, she trusted ONLY my opinion on movies to see. Grow up, move to another country halfway around the world, meet my future husband, and his Amiga is named Joshua. This movie man, it had an impact.
I remember loving this movie when it came out. I waited patiently for it to be released on video. I must have driven every video store clerk nuts by asking them when it was going to be available.
@@chrissyrdale569 If you mean who died its Maury Chaykinm the heavyset guy in this scene, If you mean of what, it was kidney failure in 2010 at the age of 61.
For those who aren't aware, Maury Chaykin, who played Jim Sting, was also in Dances with Wolves. He played Major Fambrough, the insane commander of Fort Hays, who blows his brains out right after he sends Lt. Dunbar off to the abandoned Fort Sedgewick.
@@ferrariserena, "The king is dead. God save the king!" (BOOM!) It was years before I realized how that one event changed the entire course of Dunbar's life. If Dunbar had arrived one day, or even a few hours, after the Major's suicide,an interim commander would have been in place, & he'd never have been sent to the old fort, or known the Sioux. And Timmons, the wagon driver, would likely have gotten back to Fort Sedgewick far sooner, & not been ambushed & killed by the Pawnee war party. A case where the "Butterfly effect" didn't change the plot, it determined it.
@Ernie Tetrault And in My Cousin Vinny, the witness who was cooking breakfast, and didn't make instant grits, lol. He also played Nero Wolfe with Timothy Hutton in a TV series based on the books. Those are here on YT, fun detective/whodunit stories, and he really nails it. He's one of those guys who had a long career of mostly small but very memorable roles, he died at only 60 or so, too soon.
Look up what happened to the actor who played "Melvin", Eddie Deezen, he seems to have had a mental breakdown of some sorts, he was in high demand as an actor, even turning down a few roles.
Malvin saved the world, actually.....He instructed Ferris Bueller to go through the first game on the list which lead him to find out Dr. Falken designed the system, etc. etc. and then the world was eventually saved from nuclear annihilation.
Although he never would have caused a problem if he hadn't started digging. Then again, someone else certainly would have done the same thing, and the end result may have been very different.
@@wolverine9632 Adding to that, if anything were to happen, it would've probably been a hacker attack and without Dr. Falken to help them to figure out the tic tac toe trick to teach the system about not winning a game, a nuclear war would've ensued.
Edward Harry Deezen (born March 6, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He played bit parts as nerd characters in 1970s and 1980s films such as Grease, Grease 2, Midnight Madness, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, 1941, and WarGames.
Mr Deveroux, my computer science HS teacher played this movie at the end of every school year (84-88), you know, the gigantic CRT TV on the cart along with the gigantic VCR, dim the lights, turn the a/c down and put my head on the desk and goto sleep!
In the early 90’s, I was on a date in Hollywood when I looked out to the street and saw Eddie Deezen crossing around fifty feet away from me. I took a second look and he vanished.
@@toomanyaccounts Last data center I visited had strict security requirements including biometric... so no I don't believe you can simply waltz into a data center with the wave of a hand
@@AndyCutright LOL! I have gone to data centers run by one of the largest telecoms their headquarters building in fact and even supercomputer centers (quite chill in those areas) and there was no security checks what so ever. I even went into areas most of those who worked in these places didn't even know existed
@@toomanyaccounts That's odd...most of those places are heavily guarded for not only protection against spionage or sabotage attempts, but also because most datacenters will be equipped with installations to deplete a room of oxygen in case of a fire, in which you only have a limited amount of time to leave before the area is sealed off and the oxygen-depleting gas is released. Some datacenters might even provide emergency oxygen cannisters should you be unable to make it out in time, and because of these measures, you are not allowed to wear ear protection.
Melvin here aka Eugene from Grease may have played the nerd, but he got the last laugh. Dude hardly aged compared to the other cast members. Must be living right.
Although Malvin acts rather geeky in this scene, he does appear to possess a photographic memory. Malvin only glances at the sheet of paper for less than 15 seconds and is able to tell Lightman to go through Falken's Maze, which is one of the first games listed on the sheet.
My description of a photographic memory is of a different kind: being able to remember absolutely non-trivial things years later... Sometimes even something that happened 6 months a go can make me talk to someone and refer to that when they mentioned that, and get back: "When was that?" and I'm like "6 Months a go?" And I only hear: "Oh god I already forgot about that."
Edward Harry Deezen (born March 6, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He played bit parts as nerd characters in 1970s and 1980s films such as Grease, Grease 2, Midnight Madness, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, 1941, and WarGames.
Mainframes are tried and true, the cloud sucks. You want secure, bring things back on premise. You'll see that happen gradually. I miss the 80s and 90s. Love this movie.
not long after i saw this (many times) i got my first commodore, good old basic...im in IT now and this scene takes me back to a time i think of often. jim is my spirit animal.
Jim(Maury Chaykin) the actor who played the Crazy Major Fambrough in Dances with Wolves in 1990. I seen War Games in the theater. I forgot this scene. Malvin(Eddie Deezen) doing his best Jerry lewis.
"WarGames", among many other treasures, has absolutely pitch perfect casting, even in the smallest roles. Not only John Spencer and Michael Madsen, but also William Bogert and Susan Davis as David’s parents, Alan Blumenfeld as the mean biology teacher, and of course Maury Chaykin and The Deez in this scene. These two aren’t acting; they’re inhabiting.
They *are* dorks but also happen to be the kind who make a lot of money later in life. If you're in the business of mentoring young kids especially young girls, tell them not to be afraid of the really smart guy who's sort of a dork. Sometimes that goes away and they turn into real world beaters.
I think this movie is so underrated. The year 1983 (the year that were older than my birth year 1986) these guys talking about A.I. / Internet Connection / Game Theory Stuff. That's Really Amazing. I'm really fan of this movie and i'm showing it to guys that interesting in computer science, programming and game design. Loves from Turkey for great movie, thanks! 😃
This should be remade,with today's tech.Keep the same tone.But give Malvin and Jim their own spin-off movie.Hell,there could be a whole Wargames Cinematic Universe.....
That would never work. Among other things, there are scenes that have an eery tension to them merely for someone using a pay phone by messing with the electrical contact of it and having to explain from where he was calling, while, after some time multiple cars show up having followed him... Next to someone using a smartphone these days, triangulating a smartphone, in case you know who did what along with tapping that phone to listen to the microphone to know when they committed a computer crime would make those scenes not exist in the first place...
Lorenzo1950 Yes, sounds very much like a young Jerry Lewis. Eddie has related a couple of his personal encounters with Lewis and they weren't very pleasant. Couldn't help thinking Jerry was probably nonplussed over how much Eddie reminded him of his (Jerry's) younger self.
Jim...he was the Major from Dances with Wolves!!...who had "just pissed in his pants, and nobody can do anything about it!" lol one of the best scenes ever what a great actor
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MR. POTATO HEAD! MR. POTATO HEAD!
lol, that line always cracked us up!
Mr. Potato Head really annoyed the shit out of me.
Me too!!
Today Biden would say "Yes?"
@@289cobra9 LOL, or in the words of Homer Simpson, "it's funny because it's true".
I have actually used this line on people before.
This scene accurately depicts the world of computer science in the early 1980s. When I started.
Good times.
Right at that time I was 14 years old, and I was already programming in assembly; replicating games; the games ran without allowing pauses; so I wrote assembly programs and put them in RAM; when the game loaded the program in assembly could stop the execution of the game and I could copy and save it as many times as I wanted on cassette tape ... good times.
Sounds like a fun time.
Yes, indeed
This movie is what made me want to get into computers. 80s movie were all so damn good, but so was the music, and girls and parties, and back roadin'
I have collected autographs from everyone who starred in this film. At least 25 signatures and the hardest autograph to obtain was Juanin Clay who passed away in 1995. The nicest guy was Irvin Metzman who played Richter. The computer guy from Norad. He gave me his badge that he wore in the film.
Really. What a score!
By the way, great screen name. Love Kiwis.
Any chance you can share at least a picture of this? This is my favorite movie of all time.
Wow! Amazing.
I bet
Melvin is the stereotypical computer nerd.
Jim is the realistic computer nerd.
I love Ally’s reactions to these guys. Legit like she’s seeing them for the first time, with their quirks and banter. And how much she scored by getting a normal one.
I mean he's not "normal" just less socially awkward
idk if I would call him normal
It's sad that this movie from 1983 has the most accurate depiction of hackers ever filmed.
Oh, absolutely. I can't tell you how many Melvins I've worked with. Too many.
Leaving your iphone unlocked so someone can post on your FaceBook status is not hacking ugh god bless this classic!
Quite so
Yeah, but the reason it’s the most accurate look is partly because it shows how in order to be a successful _Hacker_ it takes a person who’s EXTREMELY RESOURCEFUL & ANALYTICAL... the only big inaccuracies - a high school female who isn’t a fellow hacker or even a nerd is interested in a computer geek at a time which being a computer nerd WASN’T that profitable... and he’s using an _IMSAI 8080_ Computer which was an extremely early microcomputer released 1975, based on the Intel 8080 (hence it’s name). It was a clone of the MITS Altair 8800. The Apple ][, TRS-80, Commodore Vic-20 or Commodore 64 would’ve been FAR MORE APPROPRIATE hardware for a 1983 setting... and he’s doing things at modern (2019) broadband internet speeds... Broadband with an Acoustic Coupler modem?!? Not realistic...
Why? They have character. Are funny
This movie changed my life... made me the nerd I am.... over 30 years later still going.
Kool story
I just now realized that the Melvin guy is the Know-it-all kid from "The Polar Express".
Erin Miller He also voiced Mandark in Dexter's Laboratory.
Ikr....got that right away. War Games is one of my all time favorite movies...saw it at the theater when it came out....
And Ned from Kim Possible
Eugene from Grease
Erin Miller And he voiced Snipes in Rock a Doodle
"Hey I don't believe that any system is totally secure" love that quote
well he wasnt wrong lol. that quote is still relevant imo
Just in different ways. You can't hack into NORAD using a 7-Eleven payphone anymore. lol
@@MrWolfSnack Yes, you need a windows 98 laptop to do that.
@@jerrycallo :D
Maury Chaykin definitely did his homework for this role. He nails it.
I liked him in Iron Eagle 2
Which character did he play?
@@marycanary He was SysAdmin at some corporation/uni. along with this really nerdy guy. Broderick visits them at work for advice on how to break in ProtoVision. Every SysAdmin I've met always wore plaid shirts, jeans, and workboots (they're actually on their feet alot during their workday) - His best line was "Mr. Potato-Head, Mr. Potato-Head!!!....what did I say about manners/butting-in?"
June 23 2024 I'm watching this movie!!! Takes me back to the 80s.. 😂
Malvin and Jim, so hilarious. I’m honestly surprised that the studio that made WarGames didn’t try to spin these characters off into their own movie franchise or TV series.
Check into The IT Crowd, a British TV series. It's more or less two guys like this.
“Jim” was actually a type cast but high demand actor at the time…. Cranking out 2-4 projects a year
@@MrSheckstrThe first thing I remember seeing him in was Twins as one of the Claim brothers.
They were both in Zapped and 1941. They were a comedy duo.
I could definitely see a tv series with those two. Especially in the 80’s/90’s.
"Remember when you told me to tell you when you were acting rudely and insensitivity?" (Melvin nods) " you're doing it now" Lmaooooo!!! That line cracks me up everytime. Turns out Melvin was right along.
*knock, knock, knock* "Hi, Lightman!" was what I had my first Mac play when it'd finish booting up. It's always cracked me up.
The plump guy yanking the paper back angrily from "Mr. Potato Head" is HYSTERICAL!
Brilliant scene. The writing is so good. It's essential to the viewing of the whole film.
This along with all 80s movies, music, parties, and girls, was great ! What a fun time to be a teen !!!!!
we had it so good.. I was 16 in 83.. how sad our world has become.. but we have such great memories of a truly better place and time.. ✌️
@@execattydude it’s the same world!! We had problems then…we have problems now!! It’s how you choose to see it!! But it’s the same though!! Like the great wooderson once said…Just gotta keep on livin my man… L-I-V-I-N 👍😁👍
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and had a great time watching it. Many of the 80's movies were pretty exciting compared to the movies we get today ...
Mom balked at this one, when I suggested it for our monthly movie ritual. I was 8 at the time. Went all the way to the theatre, and she was not looking forward to it. Flash forward to the end, and she's gotta death grip on my arm shouting at the screen, "Hold the goddamn door!" From then on, she trusted ONLY my opinion on movies to see.
Grow up, move to another country halfway around the world, meet my future husband, and his Amiga is named Joshua.
This movie man, it had an impact.
Agree
I remember loving this movie when it came out. I waited patiently for it to be released on video. I must have driven every video store clerk nuts by asking them when it was going to be available.
Me2
people..this is exactly what it was like back in the early 80s...so happy i was a kid back then and not now
1:32 "This didn't come from ProtoVision."
One of my favorite lines in the movie!
Nice work by Maury Chaykin as Jim. A very good character actor who sadly passed away in 2010.
We lose to many great actors JT Walsh John Candy Heath Ledger
That sucks, I remember him as Nerus in Stargate SG-1.
Who did he die?
@@chrissyrdale569 If you mean who died its Maury Chaykinm the heavyset guy in this scene, If you mean of what, it was kidney failure in 2010 at the age of 61.
My college roommate at SUNY Buffalo. Everyone knew he'd be a successful actor - his filmography list goes on for-ever.
Love Eddie Deeson. He is funny in every movie he's in. I'll watch any movie that he's in too!!
This is where I found out that Mandark's voice wasn't exaggerated. It's literally just how Eddie Deezen talks lmaoooo
My nephew with Asperger's acts EXACTLY like this!!
Jim is surely very proud of his system design, and his grits.
Oh right. His grits. LOL
Yep.
No self respectin nerd uses instagram.
Jim's t-shirt is very cool, especially for 1983
James Orwell pre programming for the late 80s 90s acid house scene.
For those who aren't aware, Maury Chaykin, who played Jim Sting, was also in Dances with Wolves. He played Major Fambrough, the insane commander of Fort Hays, who blows his brains out right after he sends Lt. Dunbar off to the abandoned Fort Sedgewick.
I thought that was him! He looks entirely different here but the voice & bubbling volcanic intensity was a big giveaway.
"To your journey! To MY journey!"
@@ferrariserena, "The king is dead. God save the king!" (BOOM!) It was years before I realized how that one event changed the entire course of Dunbar's life. If Dunbar had arrived one day, or even a few hours, after the Major's suicide,an interim commander would have been in place, & he'd never have been sent to the old fort, or known the Sioux. And Timmons, the wagon driver, would likely have gotten back to Fort Sedgewick far sooner, & not been ambushed & killed by the Pawnee war party. A case where the "Butterfly effect" didn't change the plot, it determined it.
Duh
He’s in some stuff and great in all of them. Devil in a blue dress , my cousin Vinny, Nero Wolfe- tv
Worked with Eddie Deezan off and on for several years. Super nice guy, and very much like the characters he portrays.
Had I been a producer I would have put Eddie Deezen in every movie I made. He's such a scene stealer :)
It's sad what's become of him (Eddy Deezen). Hope he gets help....
@@DC7BQC Yeah, read about his problems. I am a FB friend of his.
Lol omg. The way the guy walks up, takes a slight peek, then just flat out takes the paper
I’ll do that to people at work from time to time
"Turn your Key Sir!" STILL Scares the bejesus out of me! It's 2023
Mr. Potato-head. Mr. Potato-head!!!
Channeling Jason Alexander for that line.
Gotta love Eddie Deezen....
Looks like Liev Schrieber after being castrated
I fucking hate his cancerous voice
Roman Gold that’s not his real voice though lol. Go listen to Gilbert Gottfried’s Podcast, you’ll see what I mean.
@@Fan_Made_Videos they are both Jews, of course they look the same
I love his voice. I grew up with him on dexters lab… Mandark HA HA HAA HAHA HA HA HA
RIP Maury Chaikin
He was also great in Dances with Wolves and Trailer Park Boys. Wasn't he in Iron Eagle II as well?
@@SixFeetUndr101 He was also the Sheriff in Eureka in the pilot episode.
@Ernie Tetrault And in My Cousin Vinny, the witness who was cooking breakfast, and didn't make instant grits, lol. He also played Nero Wolfe with Timothy Hutton in a TV series based on the books. Those are here on YT, fun detective/whodunit stories, and he really nails it. He's one of those guys who had a long career of mostly small but very memorable roles, he died at only 60 or so, too soon.
I wanna see a movie or TV show just about Jim and his exploits. You know he's up to some shady underground shit in his spare time.
Too bad. He's dead.
Later, Jim would be the completely insane commander in "Dances with Wolves".
'To your journey '😂🥂
The 80s:
inflation receding
economy booming
movies great
music amazing
women slender
criminals in jail
The 2020s:
exactly the opposite
LOL!
Scenes like this are what makes any great movie truly great..... Favorite scene of the whole movie hands down.
Look up what happened to the actor who played "Melvin", Eddie Deezen, he seems to have had a mental breakdown of some sorts, he was in high demand as an actor, even turning down a few roles.
It’s weirdly nice that they had the discussion of “I’m a jerk sometimes so let me know when I’m doing it.”
maybe he's autistic and can't read social qs
Malvin saved the world, actually.....He instructed Ferris Bueller to go through the first game on the list which lead him to find out Dr. Falken designed the system, etc. etc. and then the world was eventually saved from nuclear annihilation.
Although he never would have caused a problem if he hadn't started digging. Then again, someone else certainly would have done the same thing, and the end result may have been very different.
@@wolverine9632 Adding to that, if anything were to happen, it would've probably been a hacker attack and without Dr. Falken to help them to figure out the tic tac toe trick to teach the system about not winning a game, a nuclear war would've ensued.
These guys should've been recurring characters in all the 80s tech movies.
would have been great for a crossower with "Whiz kids"
a great example of the great casting in this film. even in this little scene, the guys fit their parts perfectly.
Legend has it that Jim is an amazing fast cook too and can whip up some magical grits and once accused the Karate Kid of shooting a clerk.
Malvin voices Mandark on Dexter's Laboratory.
Evan You mean Eddie Deezen
Edward Harry Deezen (born March 6, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He played bit parts as nerd characters in 1970s and 1980s films such as Grease, Grease 2, Midnight Madness, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, 1941, and WarGames.
The original "IT" Crowd.
Alley is soooo fascinated by the nerds 😃😃😃
I've been able to convince three people (who were too lazy to check for themselves) that Malvin was played by a young Liev Schreiber.
It's funny how many others mention Liev I thought it at first too but then checked imdb.
You almost had me. That’s actor Edward Harry Deezen who also was in Grease!
@@rubedogg6969 Please keep it to yourself. I'm up to four people now and would like to reach double digits by the end of the decade.
I knew that was Mandark the moment I heard his voice.
Mr Deveroux, my computer science HS teacher played this movie at the end of every school year (84-88), you know, the gigantic CRT TV on the cart along with the gigantic VCR, dim the lights, turn the a/c down and put my head on the desk and goto sleep!
In the early 90’s, I was on a date in Hollywood when I looked out to the street and saw Eddie Deezen crossing around fifty feet away from me. I took a second look and he vanished.
Could have been just another random jew.
I love how they just waltz into a data center.
back then and even today you can do the same. also Lightman was known to the personal there.
Personnel, not “personal”.
@@toomanyaccounts Last data center I visited had strict security requirements including biometric... so no I don't believe you can simply waltz into a data center with the wave of a hand
@@AndyCutright LOL! I have gone to data centers run by one of the largest telecoms their headquarters building in fact and even supercomputer centers (quite chill in those areas) and there was no security checks what so ever. I even went into areas most of those who worked in these places didn't even know existed
@@toomanyaccounts That's odd...most of those places are heavily guarded for not only protection against spionage or sabotage attempts, but also because most datacenters will be equipped with installations to deplete a room of oxygen in case of a fire, in which you only have a limited amount of time to leave before the area is sealed off and the oxygen-depleting gas is released. Some datacenters might even provide emergency oxygen cannisters should you be unable to make it out in time, and because of these measures, you are not allowed to wear ear protection.
I don’t care I would love to have a friend like Malvin 😂😂😂😂
Whenever I hear Eddie Deezen talk I just think of Mandark XD
@@momo-chanthegerbil6205 In every Deezen actuation
It sound like Mandark XDD
The way Malvin snatches the paper from Jim had me dying since I was a little kid and watching this -
This is one of my favourite scenes in the whole movie!
I barely remembee this scene
Jim can program a computer but he can't cook a decent bowl of regular grits for breakfast.
We all met a Melvin IRL at some point :)
Harmless, totally besotted with their craft and oblivious to much else.
Melvin here aka Eugene from Grease may have played the nerd, but he got the last laugh. Dude hardly aged compared to the other cast members. Must be living right.
Must be that new data encryption algorithm.
Eddie is a Facebook friend of mine and a super-nice guy if there ever was one! :D
And still has the exact same hairline.
@@teddymills1188 🤣🤣
Actually Malvin was right go straight through falkens maze
Although Malvin acts rather geeky in this scene, he does appear to possess a photographic memory. Malvin only glances at the sheet of paper for less than 15 seconds and is able to tell Lightman to go through Falken's Maze, which is one of the first games listed on the sheet.
My description of a photographic memory is of a different kind: being able to remember absolutely non-trivial things years later...
Sometimes even something that happened 6 months a go can make me talk to someone and refer to that when they mentioned that, and get back: "When was that?" and I'm like "6 Months a go?"
And I only hear: "Oh god I already forgot about that."
Still one of my favorites.
Anytime someone I know mentions WarGames, for a laugh I always tell them that Melvin was played by Liev Schreiber.
Edward Harry Deezen (born March 6, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He played bit parts as nerd characters in 1970s and 1980s films such as Grease, Grease 2, Midnight Madness, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, 1941, and WarGames.
I love this scene! ❤️
If only the real - life Eddie Deezen would listen as well, when people tell him that he's acting rudely and insensitive!
HI, LIGHTMAN! 🙋🏻♂️
2020 and i still come back to look at just this scene. Love the movie of course, i have the poster profesionally framed as well as lobby cards.
Love this scene, Mr potato head, back doors are not secrets , lol 😂
I've always wanted to use that line on the city bus drivers when they forgot to activate the back door.
such a good story, and well told 🥰
This scene with Chaykin and Deezen is so good that they could have made a TV sitcom spin-off starring them -- but alas, no one thought about it.
...and a hot girl as their next door neighbor. ;)
In a way that's kind of who the lone gunmen were.
it was called Big Bang theory and it ran for oh 6 years or more.
Mainframes are tried and true, the cloud sucks. You want secure, bring things back on premise. You'll see that happen gradually. I miss the 80s and 90s. Love this movie.
not long after i saw this (many times) i got my first commodore, good old basic...im in IT now and this scene takes me back to a time i think of often. jim is my spirit animal.
He looks exactly like Mandark!!!
That's because he also the voice of Mandark
Dark Fox GT ha haha ha haha ha ha
one of my favorite scenes from this movie. Eddie is awesome!
This scene is a vivid example of cybersecurity threat, known as "Backdoors", on the CompTIA cybersecurity Sec+ certification exam in 2021!
I remember Murray in Brubaker and The way we were with Robert Redford...regards from México!
Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak, too.
The IT Crowd
Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, & Penny! LOL
Including Huey Lewis and the News
Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallmann.
Jim(Maury Chaykin) the actor who played the Crazy Major Fambrough in Dances with Wolves in 1990. I seen War Games in the theater. I forgot this scene. Malvin(Eddie Deezen) doing his best Jerry lewis.
"WarGames", among many other treasures, has absolutely pitch perfect casting, even in the smallest roles. Not only John Spencer and Michael Madsen, but also William Bogert and Susan Davis as David’s parents, Alan Blumenfeld as the mean biology teacher, and of course Maury Chaykin and The Deez in this scene.
These two aren’t acting; they’re inhabiting.
Whenever Malvin speaks, all I hear is Mandark.
Malvin kinda reminds me of the assistant entomologist in "Silence of the Lambs"
Eddie Deezen played a geek in every movie he was in LOL I remember him from GREASE 😂😂😂
I love how he just grabs the paper out of Jims hand. Cracks me up every time I see it.
Mr. Potato Head is right up there with "I'll be back" and "I have made fire"
I always enjoy this movie. Watch it every couple of years on DVD.
Mr potato head. Mr potato head!! 🤣. Always makes me crack up
'Mr. Potato head, MR. POTATO HEAD!!! back doors are NOT SECRETS!!' LOL!
David's girlfriend is probably standing there laughing thinking man you guys are such dorks lol
That’s Alley Sheedey my personal favorite big screen crush from the 80’s
Filmbuff1979 oh yeah she was a real cutie
LOL yeah had to keep her away or else her scent would totally scramble their brains!
They *are* dorks but also happen to be the kind who make a lot of money later in life. If you're in the business of mentoring young kids especially young girls, tell them not to be afraid of the really smart guy who's sort of a dork. Sometimes that goes away and they turn into real world beaters.
@@Filmbuff1979
Her, and Molly, and how can you forget Phoebe Cates?
Anytime I Malvin talks all I hear is
“HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA!”
I think this movie is so underrated. The year 1983 (the year that were older than my birth year 1986) these guys talking about A.I. / Internet Connection / Game Theory Stuff. That's Really Amazing. I'm really fan of this movie and i'm showing it to guys that interesting in computer science, programming and game design. Loves from Turkey for great movie, thanks! 😃
This was before being a hacker was kind of cool. It defined a new archetype.
2:01 Jim give the side eye to David when David validates his hacking skills :)
This should be remade,with today's tech.Keep the same tone.But give Malvin and Jim their own spin-off movie.Hell,there could be a whole Wargames Cinematic Universe.....
That would never work. Among other things, there are scenes that have an eery tension to them merely for someone using a pay phone by messing with the electrical contact of it and having to explain from where he was calling, while, after some time multiple cars show up having followed him...
Next to someone using a smartphone these days, triangulating a smartphone, in case you know who did what along with tapping that phone to listen to the microphone to know when they committed a computer crime would make those scenes not exist in the first place...
Mr Potato head, Mr Potato head!
I’ve always loved that line and used to use it. No one got it
Classic 80's Scene from
Classic 80's Character's in a
Classic 80's Movie..!
Eddie Deezen, he reminds me of a young Jerry Lewis.
Lorenzo1950 Yes, sounds very much like a young Jerry Lewis. Eddie has related a couple of his personal encounters with Lewis and they weren't very pleasant. Couldn't help thinking Jerry was probably nonplussed over how much Eddie reminded him of his (Jerry's) younger self.
A lot of people on YT thinks Deezen looks like Chris Pirillo.
E Unhill But Eddie's voice is reminiscent of the young Jerry Lewis.
Jim...he was the Major from Dances with Wolves!!...who had "just pissed in his pants, and nobody can do anything about it!" lol one of the best scenes ever what a great actor
The back door concept must be where cheats in computer games come from. I wonder how widely known those were back when Adventure was only 4 years old.
well known to those in the industry. not well known to the public prior to this.
Wargames, Sneakers, and the book The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll are the foundation of early computer hacking culture.
2:09 that girls standing over there listening and your telling her about our back doors?
ew
-That girl is standing over there listening and you're telling her about our back doors?-
Hilarious!
Malvin needs his own merch. Malvinwear!