Wild Palms (1993) - Have you seen this movie? - GoFuckYourself.com

AkiraSS · 05-03-2006, 01:45 PM

http://www.jackasscritics.com/movie.php?movie_key=770

It's an awesome flick

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When I think of OS (Windows) bashing, big brother and geekish world domination I always think of this movie.

"I am a little too young to have caught the Twin Peaks phenomenon when it was on TV. But thanks to the success of TV on DVD, it came out as a spectacular package last year (or maybe even in 2003, I forget). I greatly enjoyed it and since have kept my peepers peeled for similar type movies and shows. I saw the press release for Wild Palms and it seemed very influenced by the Twin Peaks phenomenon. Into the Netflix queue it went. Over the past 2 weeks I took in the 6 episodes. Wild Palms was definitely an ambitious project. Set in 2008 (the show aired in 1993) technology has arrived that allows television to be projected in 3 dimensions into peoples living rooms. The owner of the technology, Tony Kreutzer (Robert Loggia) happens to be a Senator, and has more nefarious plans for his technology. A struggle is occurring right underneath the noses of American between the "Fathers" and the "Friends". Using the technology, Kreutzer and his cronies plan on taking control of the world by doping the minds of the people. The underground resistance is trying to fight against the fascists, but with limited resources its an uphill battle.

Enter Harry Wykoff (James Belushi) a corporate lawyer who ends up working for Kreutzer. Wykoff is more involved in the "Friends" and "Fathers" than he realizes, as his wife happens to be the daughter of the "Friends" resistance and his son may well be a planted mole from "Fathers". Wykoff is manipulated by both sides.. the "Friends" are encouraging Harry to delve into Kreutzer's operations and feed the information back to them. Kreutzer and the "Fathers" plan on using Harry to destroy the resistance once and for all. Harry's situation is even more incestuous when it comes to light that his mother-in-law is Kreutzer's sister... Had Harry been living his whole life as a sham, with his destiny already written for him? All this occurrences are far too unusual to be sheer coincidence. "

Agent 488 · 05-03-2006, 01:53 PM

panned by critics and wasn't popular - but i dug it - cool occult/scientology references if you know how to read between the lines.

05-03-2006, 01:45 PM	#1
AkiraSS Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ICQ: 17630227 Posts: 2,988	Wild Palms (1993) - Have you seen this movie? http://www.jackasscritics.com/movie.php?movie_key=770 It's an awesome flick . When I think of OS (Windows) bashing, big brother and geekish world domination I always think of this movie. "I am a little too young to have caught the Twin Peaks phenomenon when it was on TV. But thanks to the success of TV on DVD, it came out as a spectacular package last year (or maybe even in 2003, I forget). I greatly enjoyed it and since have kept my peepers peeled for similar type movies and shows. I saw the press release for Wild Palms and it seemed very influenced by the Twin Peaks phenomenon. Into the Netflix queue it went. Over the past 2 weeks I took in the 6 episodes. Wild Palms was definitely an ambitious project. Set in 2008 (the show aired in 1993) technology has arrived that allows television to be projected in 3 dimensions into peoples living rooms. The owner of the technology, Tony Kreutzer (Robert Loggia) happens to be a Senator, and has more nefarious plans for his technology. A struggle is occurring right underneath the noses of American between the "Fathers" and the "Friends". Using the technology, Kreutzer and his cronies plan on taking control of the world by doping the minds of the people. The underground resistance is trying to fight against the fascists, but with limited resources its an uphill battle. Enter Harry Wykoff (James Belushi) a corporate lawyer who ends up working for Kreutzer. Wykoff is more involved in the "Friends" and "Fathers" than he realizes, as his wife happens to be the daughter of the "Friends" resistance and his son may well be a planted mole from "Fathers". Wykoff is manipulated by both sides.. the "Friends" are encouraging Harry to delve into Kreutzer's operations and feed the information back to them. Kreutzer and the "Fathers" plan on using Harry to destroy the resistance once and for all. Harry's situation is even more incestuous when it comes to light that his mother-in-law is Kreutzer's sister... Had Harry been living his whole life as a sham, with his destiny already written for him? All this occurrences are far too unusual to be sheer coincidence. "

05-03-2006, 01:53 PM	#2
Agent 488 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22,511	panned by critics and wasn't popular - but i dug it - cool occult/scientology references if you know how to read between the lines.