The year was 1988 and Kenneth Johnson was about to get his big break. He was asked to direct a follow up to the wildly successful "Short Circuit". The world was begging for more Johnny Five, more input, more robot jokes, and more allusions about what it meant to be "alive." Now, the utter failure of this movie cannot be attributed to Mr. Johnson alone (unlike the movie "Steel"). I like to think he just exacerbated a bad situation. Think about the screenplay he was given. Someone actually believed that this would make a good film. Sadly, that was not the case. *sigh* I can only attribute Siskel & Ebert's "two thumbs up" on this movie to being still love-drunk on the first one. Or perhaps, like me, they felt emotionally attached to the loveable animated Erector Set Johnny Five, and therefore could not possibly fault it. So please, enjoy this week's podcast realizing that the crew here at Watch This Instead are as torn as you are. Hurray Jonny Five! Boo "Short Circuit 2"! Do you have a mo
