The Man in the White Suit - At 'Dem Flicks with Malcolm

As long as we recognize Lucas is washed up and most TV sucks, we'll all get along fine.
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Malcolm
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Alec Guinness plays a chemist who invents a radioactive fibre that lasts forever and never needs cleaning. The bigwigs in the textile industry try to fuck him over. So do the workers themselves after they realize they'll be out of a job. A fine case study of how luddites hold back the rest of the world.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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