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Remembering Val Kilmer in Real Genius (1985). Somehow laser science got an astonishingly accurate pop culture movie. It didn’t have to accurately depict building and troubleshooting excimer lasers and yet somehow it did.

With Jurassic Park and Jaws scientists are all like “well it wouldn’t really” and “actually they wouldn’t” and “this could never even” With Real Genius it’s like “wow, it would” and “yes that’s how you would” and “okay maybe not that bit”

using a space laser to cook a houseful of Jiffy Pop is, I assume, the completely accurate bit.