#10 – The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

This (in)famous 1970s TV movie featured a young John Travolta as
Tod, a teenager with immune deficiencies that forced him to live
in plastic tents and positive-pressure rooms all his life, until
he met this girl… Loosely based on a true story, this movie took
a few liberties with science that are a little hard to swallow.
For our next round of “You Did This to Us,” David, Brett, Nicole,
and guest Dominic Cichocki dug into this bit of melodramatic
cheese, taking a hard look at Robert “Mr. Brady” Reed’s acting
style, the overdone music, and wondering why Tod would fall for
this girl, who is mildly pretty, but also horrible. Also, what is
Buzz Aldrin doing here?


Next episode, Movie-Go-Round rolls on back to the beginning! It’s
time for the third rotation! We’ll be watching the third New to
Two film, “The Midnight Meat Train.”