WarGames movie - Mr. Potatohead! Backdoors are NOT secrets

[Elucidarian]

Library scene @2:54. Check.

[dlausactor6373]

"Melvin"? Clearly an alias! We all know he's been waiting for the info on JOSHUA for a long time, and we know who Melvin really is!

"HA HA HA!!! HA HA-HA HA-HA!!!

HA HA HA!!! HA HA-HA HA-HA!!!

HA HA HA!!! HA HA-HA HA-HA!!!

HA HA HA!!! HA HA-HA HA-HA!!!"

You just gave the keys to the nuclear program to MANDARK!!!

[quadputer]

I love how when "DECEASED" prints, a huge time's up buzzer sounds...

[AntiFederalist1]

Yes, Malvin is the nerdy kid in Polar Express.

[avq5]

Looks like a young Steve Jobs @3:32

[kennethcharlesrhea]

Is Melvin saying "new data encryption algorithm" at 1:52?

[TheWheels777]

@kennethcharlesrhea yup, thats exactly what he says

[rainbirdeleven]

Herr Kartoffelkopf

[panton41]

Jim and Melvin are me and my best friend.

[iTzzEuphoriaaaaaa]

" You'll never get in there, it probably contains nude data encryption algorithims " hahah

[WinstonSmith6079]

"Mr. Potatohead! MR. POTATOHEAD!" LOL so awesome!

I saw this film brand new in theatres. That line was immediately one of my favorite lines ever spoken in any movie, and remains so to this day! So many fucking potatoheads, and now more of them (of so many varieties) than ever before!

LOL I love that line! LOLOLOLOL nice! hehehehe

[BrianCD85]

Mandark does not approve of this.

[w3bguru]

Backdoors are NOT secrets!!!!!

[RedJoe10]

I love these two dudes!

[lin2k4]

Damn, how long has the nerd concept been around?

[WinstonSmith6079]

@lin2k4 Long time, dood, longer than you have! hehehe

Eer, well actually even longer than *I* have been around, and that's even longer! :/ Hell, longer than the word "nerd" as been around and rather specifically defined as such.

Before computers were slowly but surely becoming available to like civies and all of the public, such (early) "nerds" would screw around with like HAM-radios, [...]

[more...]

[WinstonSmith6079]

@lin2k4 [...more]

[...]later making LED digital wrist-watches and calculators that actually fit in your pocket instead of some big, heavy hunk of metal adding-machine on the desk of some accountant. As if no one needed math but fucking accountants! hehehe

It's always been about the Tech, dood. In case you haven't noticed, the Stone Age is OVER by now! hehehe

[BTCRAIL101FILMS]

2:50 Best music in the 80's!! :D

[1985lsf]

Remember when you had to do research at a library? 

[Phi1618033]

OMG, holy fucking a shit! 3:48 A card catalog! He probably spent a week or two or doing research that today would maybe 20 to 30 minutes, tops.

[rbryant100]

@Phi1618033 I know that cracks me up as well. I'm 40, and can remember being taught the card catalog back in school. Young people look at me like a fool when I try to explain that's how we looked up reference material back in the 80's/early 90's.

[godstomper]

Did anyone ever think that the real hero of WAR GAMES is the ferry boat captain?

If didn't he hold the gate for David and Jennifer then probably World War 3 could have started.

[Cnat123]

What is it about movies from the 80's about computer hacking and videogames that I LOVE so much???!!!!!

WarGames, Tron, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Cloak and Dagger...

They just dont make movies with that feel anymore.. maybe becuase any 10 year old now can not only hack but can wirte programs too..

[cessna65423]

After Graduating Rydel High Eugene changed his name to MELVIN and took a job in the mail room at Software Systems in Silicon Valley.

[Cnat123]

@cessna65423 lol That's exactly what I was thinking!

[a1mint]

Everyone has an ever so slight helium voice. Is this the artifact of the fact Europe's TV system is 50 fps, and American movies 24 fps, that the Europeans play movies at 25 fps...? that's a slight percentage over, perhaps enough to cause that slight helium voice effect?

[bluereaper75]

ahahaha....AHAHAHAHA...AHAHAHH­A.AHAHAHAHA!!!!

-mandark laugh-

[BrianCD85]

MANDARK!!!!!

[crustyeyegoop]

I always wanted an artificial voice emulator to sound like this one but have never come across one. Now the ones you hear on transit systems are getting closer to the real thing. Pretty frightening to look back at this and think how corny it is compared to the real life of today. If you guys like computer films from the 80s.. watch "Electric Dreams". not a hacker film but the guys computer comes to life (voice over played by Bud Cort).

[SzYm42]

2:53 best smile ever :D

[PaintSniffer07]

His hair reminds me of Justin Bieber...but I can see past it...probably.

[KNS1996DFS]

The German subtitles really enhance the experience. "Herr Kartoffelkopf!"

[apologyisnothepolicy]

duuuuuude,last time i saw this scene was almost seventeen years ago

thank you so much for uploading this

[Turco949]

They used the backdoor! Lol. Man even the music was cool. Damn I miss the 80s.

[Sachse009]

RIP Jim aka Maury Chaykin. He died at his birthday, the 27th July 2010. What a sad story behind this funny scene, on of the best ever!

[fireoutlaw23]

Is that the guy/nerd who plays Mandark from Dexter's Lab? Sounds like him

[maxcady360]

@fireoutlaw23 He is.

[Ieatpancakeseveryday]

I would not mind entering Ally sheedys tiny little brown back door.

knock knock

[EendjeKwak]

I IMDB'd the Malvin actor. And he didn't age a bit!

[kataisa3]

I know I'm not the only one who said "Where have I heard that voice before?" when I heard the annoying know-it-all kid in The Polar Express. It could only be the nerdy actor who played Malvin the Potatohead. Great character actor. War Games was a great, underrated movie ahead of its time.

[Kwasi5179]

My iPod has more hard drive capacity than that whole room....

[JimSting]

I figured it out all by myself!!

[zero2blur]

I like how they just waltz into the office, no security, no one stops them....hehehe

[StarshotSCV]

Mandark does not like to give away his best tricks!

[addder01]

You guys are dumb.

[sadalite]

same guy is in Dances with wolves and shots himself after pissing his pants

[RevSyd]

These two are arguably the first realistically depicted computer geeks in a Hollywood movie. Grubby clothes and Aspergers, not crew cuts and pocket protectors. You've met these guys. Hell, I'm one of these guys.

[tonydoblel]

Fucking Melvin

[luckenbachtx]

Fucking Melvin

[haljor22]

Maury Chaykin! Son-of-a-gun...

[adewshbag]

It's Eddy Deezen!

[Elendil1337]

Fucking Steven.

[bozodaclown51]

Fucking Melvin.

[ATTICUSsperatus]

Fucking Melvin

[hvglaser]

Fucking Melvin.

[5iveize]

Fucking Melvin.

[dvdfrnzwbr]

RIP Jim. Actor Maury Chaykin.

[tonybeir]

wow that's a fucking offensive jewish stereotype...

the 80's were so shit. glad I didn't live through it

[Mainsail76]

@tonybeir I didn't know that Jews were thought of as computer wizards. Now, if Mr. Potatohead was playing a banker, lawyer, or doctor, then maybe you'd have a point. I just don't see this as being a Jewish stereotype.

[columbusmozart]

@Mainsail76

Who do you think developed nuclear weapontry to start with>

[Mainsail76]

@columbusmozart Did I ask your opinion? I was talking to tonybeir. He said that the Melvin character was a Jewish stereotype. I disagreed. Perhaps you didn't see this movie.  Melvin and Jim aren't developing nuclear weapons. They're computer geeks. That comment was made two weeks ago. It's none of your business. Piss off.

[columbusmozart]

@Mainsail76

I don't care if you asked for my opinion or not...Youtube isn't your personal sandpit, so if you can't deal with other's opinions on here, don't opine.

[AlonTavor]

Fucking Melvin.

[mj9collins]

Fucking Melvin.

[shourfo]

So that's what happened to Mandark...

[Ghotherkill]

Fucking Melvin.

[Schone23666]

Damn, Ally Sheedy and Matthew Broderick, synthesized 80's music, old-school monitors and Commodore 64's, floppy disks....having serious retro 80's flashbacks right now. :O

[DingKong]

"New Data Encryption Algorithm" - love it when they throw in random techy words to make it sounds more... techy. Great movie and a geat scene.

[myteewhytee]

Malvin doesn't want Jim talking about their backdoors in front of Lightman's girlfriend. lol

[Dulcimerist]

Eddie Deezen!!! LOL

[Lonette]

Maury Alan Chaykin who plays computer hacker Jim died in July on his 61st birthday from complications of a heart valve infection. Widely known for his expressive work as a character actor in many films and on television programs, among them Dances With Wolves, My Cousin Vinny, and on cable A Nero Wolfe Mystery. Specialized in comic roles with disturbing undertones and disturbing roles with comic undertones. Was a professor at City College of New York. Held dual citizenship Canada and US.

[Kailaner]

Der Film ist einfach so geekig :P

[christopherm2k]

This is absolutely one of my favorite scenes from a great movie with one of those objectionable remakes. (sequels) I happen to be one of those quintessential nerds. lol You know ... chess team, Klingon, 5 languages, math wiz ... recites Monty Python, etc. Seriously though, the funniest aspect of this video is the German translation: "Herr Kartoffelkoph!" Say that 3 times fast.

[stableshadow]

Eddie Deezen. One of the most annoying ppl on earth.

[bonzo874]

er , boy are you guys dumb ?? Mr potato head !!

[GaryOakIsMine]

I want to be an 80's nerd... -_-;

[williwonti]

Herr Kartoffelkopf!

[herbienbrian]

MR. POTATA HEAD!

[mws19700]

RIP Maury Chaykin (Jim)

[ptorrington]

I wanna play those games!

[legogenius]

RIP Maury Chaykin (Jim) Long live Malvin!!

[StormsongK]

It's MANDARK!

[deathsforbiddenangel]

RIP Maury Chaykin aka Jim in Wargames

[TheWeisszil]

R.I.P , Maury Chaykin

[SirMick84]

The guy playing Jim died today :( .

[upinflamezzz]

@SirMick84 He as only 34 in this movie. Looks 43. He aged fast.

[autisticotakugirl]

Okay! Does anyone else notice that the nerd with the glasses sounds just like Mandark from Dexter's Laboratory?

[DevioXS]

@autisticotakugirl The nerd with the glasses did in fact do the voice of Mandark from Dexter's Lab, as well as a ton of other cartoon voices.

[shawnygz]

melvin has a total monkey face oo oo oo ah ah ah

[autisticotakugirl]

@shawnygz LOL!

[RideMyBMW]

They coulda done a whole movie with Jim and Malvin: "Hackers Unite!" It woulda

fu%$in rocked! BTW, they gotta get Broderick to do a sequel to War Games.

[FreeLanceArizona]

MAN i miss the 80's nerds..they were REAL nerds.

[pinguino50]

@FreeLanceArizona You're right, there are no nerds like those today.

[MrBigben1221]

@FreeLanceArizona hahahahahahahaahaha true!!!

[TheCoolProfessor]

@FreeLanceArizona I know. The day of the classic nerd has faded and the new yuppie-like nerds have taken over.

[MondoBeno]

What's the name of the actor who plays the computer nerd at 2:52 ?

[legogenius]

@MondoBeno Eddie Deezen

[MondoBeno]

I know a computer programmer who discovered a backdoor. He could've sold it for a fortune.

[AMMW77]

this is one of best part

[Jamerio3D]

I know people like this :)

[paulhulatt]

Back Doors !!!!!!....I love it

[TeamRedz]

man that nerd's voice is so annoying

[TemplarReturns]

THIS CORN IS RAW!

[Nueroactive]

Nice laundry mat :14-22 does the government wash dirty clothes?

[cuseter]

I really, really, really thought Malvin was played by a young Liev Schreiber, and guess what? He's not!

[dmana3172]

I was a kid, and I dreamed of hacking into government computer like DOD after I watched WarGames. I hope one day, we will. :-))

[hannahhify]

David is the cutest nerd out of them all lol:)

[globbo100]

God, I want to smack Malvin on the head.

[shibotto]

The italian version sucks. They made David say "I don't believe that EVERY system is totally secure." :(

[SmokePropaganda]

"I dont believe any system is totally secure!"

ahh the oath of the eternal hacker

so it remains true today.

[BatsintheBelfrey]

Lol, Anyone remember Dexter's lab? Malvin is the voice of Mandark.

[evan22303]

@BatsintheBelfrey Yep, that's Mandark alright.

[jpalmz1978]

Mr Potato Head, MR POTATO HEAD LMAO!!!

[bobjones01]

my son will never know microfiche or dewy...

[UklaTheMokk]

why didn't he just google it? and what the hell was that big room with all the books...and that strange thing at 3:48??

i bet the password was something personal, like the dude's son's name.

fortunately, the military would never have a single point of failure for every nuke in the inventory.

[auroreboreale]

The use of this strange thing is best illustrated in the first two minutes of Ghostbusters 1 ;-)

[robinoi]

bollocks. one lone British fool hacked into the Pentagon and elsewhere repeatedly

[UklaTheMokk]

are you fucking stupid? my comments were a JOKE. sar-ca-zm. Say it with me now.

[UklaTheMokk]

"could you wait here?"

"sure, why?"

because computers are a man's business, baby."

[anisete46]

The Famous Back Door LOL see Eddie Izzard's sketch on this site, Computer Encore...... hilarious....

[neosonologists]

I love these two characters. Should have had their own movie...or sitcom.

[zhivagosdj]

a record came out just after this film was made.bit of a rave tune,that sampled."what;s the differance"does anyone know who it was by.

i did have the record but lost it years ago,

[JessicaKathlynn]

I love the song that starts at 2:53 and if I'm correct and someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this part but this was the movie that when it came out it started the Computer Hacking and got people interested in it and it really took off when the movie HACKERS was released. Either way that you look at it this was the start of basically an Illegal craze that still continues to this day.

[txtwisterchaser]

The song is called History Lesson by the Beepers.

[ignoranceandwant]

Is it? I always thought it was part of Arthur Rubinsteins score. I dig it nonetheless.

[UklaTheMokk]

the movie tron is what popularized hacking IMHO.

[ZingsVideos]

Jim looks the most like a real geek. He probably stayed up all night optimizing his hand coded assembly language purely for the fun of it.

[TheJoeyD27]

Great movie

[wlbaz]

I laugh myself silly over this clip...it's my favorite part of the whole movie. The poor guy Jim bangs his head while working underneath his desk, and that annoying-as-hell Malvin barges in, plucking the findings from Jim's hand and giving his loud opinions about what's going on. I loved the way Jim called him "Mr. Potatohead!" :)

[KaLNFoRc3R]

That guy is so anoying i'd beat the crap out of him if i saw him

[legounderdog456]

is that german

[youtub3k]

As I got older, and more into computers, I realized how much this movie doesn't know what the hell it's talking about. DEA wouldn't be used to protect access to game content. And most games wouldn't automatically be compatible with any system that logged on its file server. And BTW, the kids IMSAI 8080 didn't have the graphics board for the Apple II's "Global War" game. The movie cheats a lot.

[jbmorgan]

Of course it doesn't make any sense. Even if the "voice converter" in the movie was real in 1983, does it make any sense that the computer would still have that voice even at NORAD? No. But hardly anyone apart from a small elite knew anything about computers in 1983, and I have to say, having been 10 at the time...we loved it! But, yes, if you look deeply at all into its premises, it's mostly fantasy (albeit with an important message behind it for the 1980s).

[youtub3k]

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[WOPRJR]

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[hendrixonlsd]

shit, all that research and he actually had to go out and get.. NOW, u can just go to google or wikipedia... getting information seemed to have gotten easier. but hacking has gotten more difficult. but i'm not that sophisticated at that type of stuff as probably mitnick and others. Anyhow, this movie is awesome.

[laytonrobinson]

Does anyone know what the song is starting at 2:54? I really like 80's music and really appreciate it, if someone could help me out.

[youtub3k]

That's not a song. The part of the movie's original soundtrack music. Or "incidental music" as its sometime known. There's a bit of that in the movie "InnerSpace" at the Inferno Club, that I dearly wish was a real song. But I've never found a single reference to it as such. So it was probably invented just for the scene.

[ursamajor10]

Best and most memorable part of the movie.Malvin rules!!!ha ha ha...

[chase6470]

If you like this music - check out Medeski, Martin and Wood. Jazzy fusion that's utterly unique. FYI

[DetroitLove4U]

This movie was so ORIGINAL. I love a lot of scenes from this movie and I have the soundtrack. Cool 80's tunes starting at 2:52!!! 80's classic all the way.

[HunterHuiet105]

Eddie Deezen does a great job of playing the part of Mr. Potato Head.

[mikethegamer]

love this movie.

[K2JMan]

Herr Kartoffelkopf.

HERR KARTOFFELKOPF!!

[LAchickee]

love the nerdie teckies -they havent changed much since 1985

[EnriquePalazzo]

I could listen to Melvin's voice all day...seriously

[MishuTaste]

What's funny is that he's using the library cards with the Dewey Decimal System to look up books. How many libraries still have that?

[a1mint]

Of course, these days, instead of walking to the library, you'd just Google it, lol!

[trem7469]

Mr potato head MR POTATO HEAD BACK DOORS ARE NOT SECRETS

LOL

[Fos1964]

Immer wieder ein sehenswerter Film !

[chase6470]

Before the internet, there were these things called BBS's (Bulletin Board Systems) - No graphics, modem couplers and "secret" files - just like in this movie. It was awesome and to have a voice modulator was every geeky twelve year old's dream...awesome awesome movie

[emulator900]

chase6470:

> Before the internet, there were these things called BBS's

heh. these days norad would have joshua accessible via a flash game, .. and that chick wouldn't be impressed with his hacking skills because she spends 16 hours a day on msn chat and facebook.

Times have changed. People these days have no idea how it was back in the day. Back when using a computer was something special.. :-)

[somberlight]

internet in c64 era, that wasnt too special :D

[emulator900]

> internet in c64 era, that wasnt too special :D

that's why BBS's were king back then

[thedigitalcollective]

how about texas instruments?....

[0hPhuc]

I spent many late nights transferring whopping 3-5K files via BBS's

[emulator900]

0hPhuc you must have had a pretty slow modem to spend the entire night on a 5k file

[hendrixonlsd]

i dont even think they had 28.8bps so i'd totally assume it took awhile ha ha ha

[motherthing]

ARPANET was around in the 1970s. I got my first internet access in the late 1980s. Did not go very far. In my case, I started on the Atari three years before the Commodore even came out. 300 baud acoustic modem.

[aspetwhy]

I had a bbs is in 1985 it was off of a c64...called resorts international...my co sysop was my friend.....shadowkeep was another bbs in the philly area

[sgbr101]

lol marvin "hiya lightman"

[thetruegladiator]

augh I just saw the remake of this great movie, its called wargames game of the code or something like that. and It sucked. This one was the best ever!

[BatsintheBelfrey]

Lol malvin was the voice of Mandark on Dexter's Lab

[aftrthejake]

holy hell!!! i didnt realize that but now i cant believe i missed that!!! lol

[ignoranceandwant]

The great Maury Chaykin and Eddie Deezen.

[locutus625]

great retro soundtrack