History Trivia / OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank

* DoingItForTheArt: New York resident Raul Julia was heavily involved with public television, and appeared in many WNET pledge drives and productions (he also spent four years as a regular on ''Series/SesameStreet'').

* DoingItForTheArt: Native New Yorker Raul Julia was heavily involved with public television, and appeared in many WNET pledge drives and productions (he also spent four years as a regular on ''Series/SesameStreet'').

* FranchiseKiller: The third and last in a series of literary sci-fi adaptations by PBS. According to ThatOtherWiki, the film ran overbudget due to its special effects and only covered its cost due to pre-sales to American cable networks. Although it received decent reviews when initially released, the cost and difficult production persuaded PBS not to pursue any further science fiction adaptations.

* FranchiseKiller: The third and last in a series of literary sci-fi adaptations by PBS. According to TheOtherWiki, the film ran overbudget due to its special effects and only covered its cost due to pre-sales to American cable networks. Although it received decent reviews when initially released, the cost and difficult production persuaded PBS not to pursue any further science fiction adaptations.

* FollowTheLeader: Amazingly, the film, made in 1984, is far ahead of its time. It would be another 10 plus years before the virtual reality craze began, including films like ''Film/TheMatrix''. It was actually on the recommended films list for the ''[[TabletopGame/Cyberpunk Cyberpunk 2020]]'' [=RPG=]. That's what cyberpunk cinema looked like in the eighties.

* FollowTheLeader: Amazingly, the film, made in 1984, is far ahead of its time. It would be another 10 plus years before the virtual reality craze began, including films like ''Film/TheMatrix''. It was actually on the recommended films list for the Cyberpunk 2020 [=RPG=]. That's what cyberpunk cinema looked like in the eighties.

* FollowTheLeader: Amazingly, the film, made in 1984, is far ahead of its time. It would be another 10 plus years before the virtual reality craze began, including films like ''Film/TheMatrix''. It was actually on the recommended films list for the Cyberpunk2020 [=RPG=]. That's what cyberpunk cinema looked like in the eighties.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The ''MST3K'' version is easy to find, but good luck finding a copy of the actual movie, which you can only find on VHS and Laserdisc.

* FollowTheLeader: Amazingly, the film, made in 1984, is far ahead of its time. It would be another 10 plus years before the virtual reality craze began, including films like ''Film/TheMatrix''. It was actually on the recommended films list for the Cyberpunk2020 [=RPG=]. That's what cyberpunk cinema looked like in the eighties.

* DoingItForTheArt: Native New Yorker Raul Julia was heavily involved with public television, and appeared in many WNET pledge drives and productions.

* ActingForTwo: Raul Julia plays not only Aram Fingal, but also Fingal's AscendedFanboy version of Rick from ''Casablanca'' in Cyberspace. The two are shown to interact on numerous occasions (in fact, at one point the timing of the SplitScreen dialog doesn't quite match up, resulting in an awkward pause).

* DoingItForTheArt: Native New Yorker Raul Julia was heavily involved with public television, and appeared in many WNET pledge drives and productions.

* DoingItForTheArt: Native New Yorker Raul Julia was heavily involved with public television, and appeared in many WNET pledge drives and productions.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Hey, [[Series/ANeroWolfeMystery Nero Wolfe]] as the Chairman's assistant!

* ActingForTwo: Fingal's scenes with "Rick."