A disaster horror comedy that’s equal parts Can’t Hardly Wait and Idle Hands, Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut Y2K is often hilariously sincere in its depiction of social and technological anxieties from the tail end of 1999. Mooney remembers all too well a world where promises of connectivity had not quite caught up with the technology. For those that were not ’90s kids, your mileage may vary and the premise of Y2K might seem confounding: why would a computer system rolling back the clock to 1900 be an issue?
Of course, the anxiety was very real––as documented in Brian Becker and Marley McDonald’s recent HBO documentary Time Bomb Y2K and in stickers from Best Buy telling consumers to shut their computer off before the clock strikes midnight. Mooney’s version bursts with the absurd creativity of a teenager sketching out a wild comic book scenario with...
Of course, the anxiety was very real––as documented in Brian Becker and Marley McDonald’s recent HBO documentary Time Bomb Y2K and in stickers from Best Buy telling consumers to shut their computer off before the clock strikes midnight. Mooney’s version bursts with the absurd creativity of a teenager sketching out a wild comic book scenario with...
- 3/11/2024
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Time Bomb Y2K Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Peter De Jager, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Leonard Nimoy
Director: Brian Becker, Marley Mcdonald
Time Bomb Y2K Movie Review ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
What’s Good: The documentary skillfully maintains a severe tone, reflecting the genuine anxiety of the Y2K period. The absence of narration and talking heads enhances the immersive experience, making it a true time capsule. The film’s exploration of the intersection between technology, media hysteria, and societal fears adds depth to the narrative.
What’s Bad: While “Time Bomb Y2K” effectively captures the essence of the Y2K panic, its exclusive reliance on archival footage prevents a contemporary accountability check for those involved. The absence of post-event interviews with crucial figures creates a notable blind spot, leaving certain aspects unexplored.
Loo Break: Given the documentary’s gripping nature, skipping any breaks is advisable. The constant flow of 4:3 aspect ratios,...
Star Cast: Peter De Jager, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Leonard Nimoy
Director: Brian Becker, Marley Mcdonald
Time Bomb Y2K Movie Review ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
What’s Good: The documentary skillfully maintains a severe tone, reflecting the genuine anxiety of the Y2K period. The absence of narration and talking heads enhances the immersive experience, making it a true time capsule. The film’s exploration of the intersection between technology, media hysteria, and societal fears adds depth to the narrative.
What’s Bad: While “Time Bomb Y2K” effectively captures the essence of the Y2K panic, its exclusive reliance on archival footage prevents a contemporary accountability check for those involved. The absence of post-event interviews with crucial figures creates a notable blind spot, leaving certain aspects unexplored.
Loo Break: Given the documentary’s gripping nature, skipping any breaks is advisable. The constant flow of 4:3 aspect ratios,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
There was actually a time when we didn’t need social media to drum up mass hysteria, and the new HBO documentary Time Bomb Y2K is ready and raring to take us back there. This superbly edited dash through pre-millennial anxieties is a time capsule of archive footage — no narrator, no talking heads, no new interviews — from the years and days leading up the year 2000 that had millions worrying a computer glitch could lead to government takeover, nuclear catastrophe, cats and dogs playing together, and any other kind of mayhem you might imagine.
- 12/30/2023
- by Chris Vognar
- Rollingstone.com
"I pray that people don't panic." HBO has unveiled an official trailer for a documentary called Time Bomb Y2K, which HBO will be debuting just in time for this year's New Years right at the end of 2023.
- 12/13/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The HBO Original documentary Time Bomb Y2K, directed by Brian Becker and Marley McDonald, and executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Penny Lane (HBO’s “Listening to Kenny G”), debuts Saturday, December 30 at 10:00 p.m. Et/Pt on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. As the clock counts down to the dawn of the 21st century, the world faces the largest potential technological disaster to ever threaten humanity. The problem is comically simple yet incredibly complex – a bug that could cause computers to misinterpret the year 2000 as 1900, sowing chaos throughout the world as electronic systems failed. Crafted entirely through archival ... Read more...
- 12/12/2023
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) is setting her sights on a new TV role.
The Emmy Award-winning actress will star in and executive-produce the legal-thriller limited series The Holdout, our sister site Deadline reports.
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- 12/12/2023
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service Max will be getting a little mad this December, literally, as George Miller‘s Mad Max: Fury Road is coming to the streamer. The 2015 Oscar-winning action epic debuts on Max as part of the build-up to the fifth installment in the Mad Max franchise, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which is set to land in theaters on May 24, 2024. A new trailer for the Anya Taylor-Joy starring prequel was released Thursday, November 30. Other titles coming to Max this December include Originals Boom Boom Bruno, Elmo & Tango Holiday Helpers, Great Photo, Lovely Life, Trees and Other Entanglements, Daniel, Oprah and The Color Purple Journey, and Time Bomb Y2K. This December also brings the season finales of the Max Original comedy series Bookie, the Sarah Lancashire-starring Julia, and Rap Sh!t, about two estranged high school friends who reunite to form a rap group. Additionally, the...
- 12/1/2023
- TV Insider
Sometimes you get a documentary film which on paper sounds interesting, yet not exciting, but that elevates its central premise by how well it was made. Time Bomb Y2K is that sort of film. Time Bomb Y2K tells the story of the so-called "millennium bug", an error in computer data that could potentially have ruined the entire digital infrastructure of America, leading to a widespread collapse of things like banking systems, nuclear plants, the entire grid of traffic lights and even sewage plants. And that is not even mentioning all personal computers affected and data lost when this would've happened. The millennium bug would 'strike' at the stroke of midnight 31st of december 1999, cause most computers would've only been equipped to process data up...
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- 11/17/2023
- Screen Anarchy
We all felt doomsday looming over us when Covid-19 spread rapidly in March 2020. HBO’s all-archival documentary Time Bomb Y2K reminds us that, pre-pandemic, the world last witnessed this level of mass hysteria in the late 1990s (even though the 2003 Sars outbreak was more directly related). In the years preceding 2000 computer engineers realized a mass-scale glitch within electronic systems would incorrectly update the year from 1999 to 1900 as the new millennium began because most computer systems only store the last two digits of a year when recording calendar data. Soon theories about how this would lead to global information systems collapsing like wildfire. Hysteria ensued, prompting businesses to go berserk over tackling this problem and civilians to panic as they sought approaches to survive.
Co-directed by debut directors Brian Becker and Marley McDonald, and executive-produced by Penny Lane, Time Bomb Y2K is a reminder to not rely too much on technology.
Co-directed by debut directors Brian Becker and Marley McDonald, and executive-produced by Penny Lane, Time Bomb Y2K is a reminder to not rely too much on technology.
- 3/6/2023
- by Edward Frumkin
- The Film Stage
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