The Lawnmower Man

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Venganza Media, Inc.

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film:film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2014

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

There have been a lot of bad Stephen King films, and a lot of films based on the author's works that are virtually unrecognisable from their source material. But of all the films bearing Stephen King's name on the poster only one drew the horror writer's ire to the point of filing a lawsuit to expunge any connection between him and the movie, and that film is The Lawnmower Man. A tale of a mentally challenged landscaper who, through use of virtual reality, becomes a digital god, The Lawnmower Man combined live action and computer generated images to give the audience something they couldn't see on their home PC. Is this a film worth booting up, or should the Now Playing hosts have followed the author's example and disavowed this film from their Stephen King Retrospective Series? Listen to cyber-gods Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart to find out!

{Stephen King Series}

{Lawnmower Man Series}

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0:00.0	Virtual Reality is not just a simulation, it's a whole other world, a new electric dimension.
0:10.3	Virtual Reality will grow.
0:12.8	It will do you everywhere.
0:15.4	Once I've entered the neural net, my birth cry will be the sound of every phone on this planet ringing and unison.
0:24.5	Welcome to Now Playings, the lawnmower man, retrospective series.
0:31.5	lawnmower man's in your head now, there's no escape, ever.
0:36.3	Part of the Now Playings, Stephen King, podcast review series.
0:40.4	This is the future, and you're afraid of it.
0:45.3	Hosted by Stuart.
0:47.2	Smagged is like a clean, hungry sponge.
0:51.1	Arnie.
0:51.9	My treatments are making him smarter and incredible rad.
0:55.3	And Jacob.
0:56.6	He's already been exhibited at the payroll instability and what you're suggesting could destroy his mind.
1:03.9	This podcast will contain detailed plot spoilers, harsh language and cyber sex.
1:09.2	Well, I'm looking forward to having my lawnmower.
1:12.1	Listener discretion is advised.
1:15.3	So if you're ready, don your iPhones and we can begin.
1:29.2	Today we're discussing the lawnmower man, starring Jeff Fahey.
1:34.5	Yes, he got top billing above Pierce Brosnan.
1:38.3	Jenny Wright directed by Brett Leonard.
1:42.0	I'm Arnie, your cybercoast of Now Playing, and I am God here.
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