HackerTube

Real Genius (8/8) Movie CLIP - Jerry's House of Popcorn (1985) HD

Movieclips0 HN recommenders · 2015–2023
397K views · comedy · evergreen · Uploaded 2013-03-09

A clip from the 1985 comedy Real Genius in which a laser ignites a giant container of popcorn inside a house.

Not recommended; commenters use it as a joke reference in threads about military lasers and similar technology.

Film & TV clips

Watch on YouTube

4 comments from Hacker News

@baldfat2015 · in “Military technology: Laser weapons get real”

Here the link I am referring to before I get 4 down votes. This "joke" actually is referring to something special. A 1980s movie about technology, military and academia. [VIDEO]

JokeView on HN
@mr_overalls2019 · in “U.S. Air Force has shot down multiple air-launched missiles in a test”

This scenario has been carefully explored since the mid-1980s. For clarification, are you made of popcorn? [VIDEO]

JokeView on HN
@hnhg2020 · in “X-37b space plane’s microwave power beam experiment”

I don't know if you're referencing it but that was the ending of Real Genius: [VIDEO] [edit: possibly a spoiler?]

JokeView on HN
@karmakaze2023 · in “Britain to build world’s most powerful laser”

Good to see it's for a nuclear fusion energy source, rather than say a 'star wars' weapon or popping popcorn[0]. [0] [VIDEO]

JokeView on HN