![]() The Stoner: Papageorge, who can't seem to function without his drug fix, which may explain some of his Jerkassity.Pat makes a big deal out of her, and rightly so, since female engineers are rare even now - in 1983 they were as scarce as unicorns. The Smurfette Principle: Shelley is the only female programmer at the conference.One character warns the cameraman that if he shoots the sun, he'll ruin the tubes in the camera, which happens in the last shot of the film. Shown Their Work: The film was shot on Sony AVC 3260 cameras which were around in 1980.This might have been a deliberate reference in-universe, but Papageorge does share some characteristics as Jack Torrance (inability to sleep, needing an illicit substance to function, mildly racist, prone to Precision F Strikes and so on.) Bishton whispers something to Peter, which may be him pointing out the reference to him. Shout-Out: The NooG team claims they ran an algorithm that would predict the room that the wandering Papageorge would end up in: Room 217.Papageorge nomadically looks for a room to sleep with after the hotel screws up his reservation. ![]() Robo Sexual: The Mind Screw ending reveals the prostitute is an android.The movie instead goes for a Mind Screw ending. Red Herring Twist: It's implied that once Peter and Shelly discover that the TSAR wants to play against humans instead of other computers, that it's the machine that will play against Pat.(Mike ignores Pat as Pat wears a thoroughly shocked expression.) Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Peter leaves the SAR computer exposed to the rain.Nerds Are Virgins: Implied, played straight with Peter.Mushroom Samba / Splash of Color: During Papageorge's aforementioned time loop, the only time the film is in color.He's also a bit of a Cloud Cuckoo Lander whom the other contestants start making fun of late in the film. Jerkass: Michael Papageorge spends most of the film being a complete ass to everyone, including and especially Pat. ![]()
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