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Jul 1, 2018 1 hr 17 min

Canceled Too Soon #103 - VR.5 (1995)

from Critically Acclaimed Network Hosted by William Bibbiani

The year was 1995, and virtual reality was going to unlock all the mysteries of the universe. Or at least, it was going to be the subject of endless sci-fi movies and TV shows like VR.5, a post X-FILES knockoff about a secret society who employs hacker Sydney Bloom (Lori Singer) to drag criminals into virtual reality and unlock their deepest secrets. Over a dial-up phone line. VR.5 may be a little hilarious now that we know more about computers, the internet and, well, virtual reality... but was it CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold unlock the secrets of VR.5 to reveal what works, what doesn't, how we know Christopher Nolan was probably a big fan, and you should never, EVER do a parallel reality episode in your very first season. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, exclusive videos, Google Hangouts and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy CANCELED TOO SOON shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise! Follow us on Twitter at @CanceledCast, "Like" us at Facebook.com/CanceledTooSoon, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, reviews and more! Do you have a suggestion for a TV show that was "canceled too soon" (i.e. lasted only one season or less)? You can email us at [email protected], or you can head over to our Amazon Wish List to send us more exciting one season wonders that we can review on the show! Theme Song: "The C2S Team" by Andy Hentz Support the show: https://www.patreon.com//criticallyacclaimednetwork

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The hit show THE X-FILES spawned a wave of imitators, but none were as utterly 1990s as VR.5, a sci-fi show about hacking the human mind over dial-up phone lines. Was it... CANCELED TOO SOON?

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