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Time Bomb Y2K

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Rumors spread about a bug that will cause computers worldwide to reset as 1999 becomes 2000. Mass hysteria follows, changing the fabric of modern society.
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Time Bomb Y2K

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Jasper Rees Daily Telegraph (UK) 01/03/2024
4/5
The computers look clunky, the haircuts dorky and the Backstreet Boys are asked for a quote about imminent Armageddon. Hey, the past is a foreign country – they do things hilariously there. Go to Full Review
Chris Vognar Rolling Stone 01/02/2024
Time Bomb Y2K works mostly because it keeps a straight face, acknowledging that, even if a lot of the hysteria seems silly now, the anxiety was quite real back then. Go to Full Review
Brian Lowry CNN.com 01/02/2024
“Time Bomb” makes a persuasive case that in a media culture where the squeakiest wheels get the grease, there seemed to be little caution about platforming those crying wolf in the most provocative terms, and no real penalty for being conspicuously wrong. Go to Full Review
Carla Hay Culture Mix 08/25/2024
Time Capsule Y2K is a more accurate title for this all-archival documentary that looks back at the fears and preparations for computer operations transitioning to the year 2000. It's not a bad movie, but it could've been better with hindsight interviews. Go to Full Review
Aaron Murray Loud and Clear Reviews 08/04/2024
3/5
What’s fascinating about Time Bomb Y2K is the optimistic naivety many people show as the world approaches the 2000s. Go to Full Review
William Schwartz Book & Film Globe 05/04/2024
Time Bomb Y2K is very careful not to editorialize. But it’s difficult to watch Time Bomb Y2K and not make some very obvious takeaways about the crises of yesteryear and the crises of today. Go to Full Review
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Y B 08/18/2024 This is one of those documentaries that uses media from the time period to attempt to tell a story. This one in particular was kind of boring and I’m still not sure what they were trying to say with it. I lived through this time period as a teenager so I wasn’t too shocked by the way things looked back then. If the value of this is to show people who were not there what it was like, perhaps it’s more informative and entertaining for them than it was for me. See more stephen b 01/28/2024 Interesting watch. Not much of a movie though. It feels less like a film and more like going down a YouTube vortex on the subject. See more Cody P 01/18/2024 This movie is just a bunch of old footage meshed together. There is absolutely no narration or anything that resembles a documentary. I think they meant to hire a narrator and their budget ran out, that's all I can think of to explain quite possibly the worst documentary of the year. See more D T 01/12/2024 It is actually quite entertaining to see the ridiculousness of it all! Granted hindsight is 20/20 but even then I was thinking the insanity of all the doomsday-ers, religious zealots, and general absence of logic and critical thought was astonishing!! Of course, history continues to repeat itself, albeit in different ways, and we see the same idiocy, credulity, and ignorance today! See more Brent R 01/11/2024 Waste of time. Lived through Y2K and learned nothing new. If I had NOT lived through Y2K I would have been confused, as the problem was very poorly explained. See more Nick M 01/08/2024 A bunch of old video footage pastiched together doesn't make a documentary. In chronological order it shows you two hours of TV clips. Which is a shame…Especially when there are so many questions to be answered: Was Y2K real? Was it an overreaction? Did those programmers make a difference by fixing what they did? Where are all the main characters in this story now…what are their thoughts looking back? Where are the Y2K preppers now - still on their farms and bunkers? Did they re-join society or just move onto another doomsday obsession? Do they feel foolish about their decisions? It goes on and on… Can you call yourself a documentary when you don't document anything? When you answer no questions and investigate nothing? See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Rumors spread about a bug that will cause computers worldwide to reset as 1999 becomes 2000. Mass hysteria follows, changing the fabric of modern society.
Director
Brian Becker, Marley Mcdonald
Producer
Brian Becker
Distributor
Max
Production Co
HBO Documentary Films, Spinning Nancy
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 30, 2023
Runtime
1h 24m
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