FLUBBER
This post is about this movie called Flubber which entertained wide range of audience in the year 1997.
The very first scene is of a boy dispatching a newspaper with the following news on the front page; "Hoenicker threatens to close college."
Next is the introduction of the hero proff Philip Brainyard. He wakes up to the alarm of a walking Robotic clock and is surrounded by gadgets that make his life easy. A breakfast making machine comprising of 2 parts wherein one part uses laser technology to break eggs and makes omlettes and another part that makes 🥞 pancakes on a hot pan. In other words, it's a assembly comprising multiple parts that achieve making a complete piping hot breakfast; ready to be served by Webber, a Robot that keeps the Proffessor's home in order. Another interesting creation of Proff Brainyard Philip is an interesting looking Robot that is professor 's closest companion.
Now, the proff works very hard to invent a metastable compound. According to him, a new energy source will always have a good market . Moreover, Medfield college due has to be paid at the end of the year.
Now comes Wilson, proff Brainyard's class mate and rival who is in the habit of stealing his ideas. He himself discloses that he has earned profit selling proff's idea.
He invents a slimy, rubber like substance - Flying rubber flubber.
Professor Brainyard makes a Flubber cream and uses them on different kinds of balls 🏀 🏈. The cream makes them fly really high and the proff says this flubber cream could be very welcoming in sports. He makes fluid flubber and makes his car fly. He uses flubber pins on shoes of his college basketball team p and makes his team Medfield win the basketball match against Wilson's team Rutland. Thereafter, he surprises his fiancée with a ride in his flying car. He and his fiancée realize that it is an intelligent substance and discuss flubber's possibilities as a commercial product.
Hoinecker makes an offer to the professor for his flying car and he refuses to sell it to him as expected.
Professor closes a deal with Ford to sell his flying car but unfortunately the proff's remarkable invention is stolen by Hoinecker. His people not only steal flubber but also destroy his trusted companion Weebo. Prof's is heartbroken seeing his beloved friend destroyed. Nevertheless, he retrieves flubber and saves Medfield college from Hoinecker by paying off the debt.
The movie FLUBBER is a good watch; funny and entertaining and further enlightens you on the potential of a good invention. The movie also is extremely helpful in understanding the concepts of exploitation and commercialization of intellectual property.
