Movies and Mainframes

About Movies and Mainframes

Your host, Andy, and guests break down the technology in your favorite movies/tv shows. They will discuss everything, from plotlines to plot holes, while keeping an eye on how technology is represented. Find out if your favorite movie/tv show got technology right… or wrong… or ridiculously wrong.

Publisher

SolarWinds

Category

technology · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jun 2023

Latest episode

16 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2025

   The Fly (1986)

   Cronenberg, Goldblum, and a baboon named Typhoon star in a horror opera that "penetrates beyond the veil of the flesh." In true Cronenberg fashion, this movie is thought-provoking and gross.

2. 

   18 Sept 2025

   iRobot (2004)

   Robots, robots everywhere! Will Smith plays a technophobic cop investigating a murder. I do believe the gentleman doth protest too much.

3. 

   21 Aug 2025

   Top 5 Future Technologies

   Have you ever wanted a time machine? Or how about a teleporter? How many lightsabers would you have? In this episode, we list our top 5 favorite technologies featured in movies and television shows.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

5,945,296

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

59

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

60

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