01
Oct
20

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Date watched: 9/30/20

Starring: Emilio EstevezPat HingleLaura Harrington 

Plot: A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.  (From IMDB)

Quotes:

  • I think I just loaded my pants
  • That’s what I was doing before every machine went into Maximum Overdrive (Drink!)
  • I’ll tell you one thing. — What’s that? — You sure make love like a hero.
  • I like spoons
  • They can’t! We made them! You can’t! We made you! Do you hear? Where’s your sense of loyalty? You things! We made you! We made you! Made you! We made you!
  • You boys are just as crazy as a couple of rats in a plugged-up shithouse!

Viewer Quotes:

  • And the worst part is it was after Labor day and that man was wearing all white
  • You know vending machines kill more people on average than sharks
  • Fuck I could watch kids getting hit with soda cans all day
  • <Asshole Bible salesman gets hit by truck> — Aww… That looked almost survivable…
  • I like the Jesus jukebox
  • Curtis will do anything to get away from you Connie
  • “How many people do you think peed in this? *guy gets water splashed in his face* How did it taste?” — Listen we already knew he was into water sports…
  • Poor Deke… first he gets named Deke… then his dad dies…
  • <building blows up> Oh no! I forgot to clock out! — I guess he is getting… Maximum Overtime
  • I shot the LAW and the… trucks won

Things we learned:

  • “I hope /they/ get run over by a truck”
  • Stephen King was super hopped up on cocaine when he made this (no really, true story)
  • The lawnmower scene went wrong, shot a splinter into the photography director’s eye causing him to lose it, he successfully sued Stephen King for $18M

Final Take:

We didn’t get to this…