Outer Limits: "Virtual Future"

'''"Virtual Future." The Outer Limits.''' Joseph L. Scanlan, dir. Showtime, 5 May 1995. Canada: Trilogy Entertainment Group & Atlantis Films Ltd. (prod.) / MGM Domestic Television (dist.), 1995. 45 min. Shawn Alex Thompson, script. Josh Brolin, Kelly Rowan, Bruce French, and David Warner, stars.

Premised on VR tripping into the future while wearing a high-tech VR suit. Dialog indicates trip is made by tapping into the collective unconscious; accepting this idea gives us images suggesting the superimposition of the cybernetic upon the Jungian Archetypal. Features a fairly realistically done, brief "run" (to use William Gibson's word) in which the hero computer-hacks his way into his firm's computer system so that he can get physical access to his (former) lab. MORAL: Don't mess with time (hero destroys his own VR invention, while his wife saves his life by killing David Warner's character, who would use knowledge of the future for power).