The guy that preserved the World Wide Web with a daisy might have an inflated title, but it is as vast and weird a tale. In his trilogy of films, Ori Yardeni tells the story of Rob Ryan (Martin Delaney) who was based on his actual life which was relatively unknown to most people. He starts off by introducing him as the savior and think tank of the internet in 1990s.
In Silicon Valley 1983 Terry (Leo Hatton) and Rob are young couple just trying to make it. She’s a lawyer whose direct support of his ability is what leads to him inventing things left and right. Leo Hatton gives an incredible performance as this character; he fits really well in this role. Terry never gave up on Rob even though everyone else would have given up because he can be so cantankerous with his team members like Mark (Troy Hewitt), Rick (Michael Curran-Dorsano), especially Stacy (Sophie Hopkins).
Stacy is a great character in this historical representation of tech world growing up, but she has issues we still don’t understand fully did they have an affair or was it just mental? I guess we’ll see two more movies from now. Mark and Rick are total typecasts for inner circle brain power that any good story about tech wizards needs.
We know what happens in The Man Who Saved The Internet With A Sunflower, all those predictions Rob makes for his investors and Ascend Communications company backed; It changed everything about planet earth except its name & every single person alive today lives differently because of it. But getting there wasn’t easy since physically putting pieces together so they work isn’t obvious at least not according to every investor or board member who ever lived past or present at Ascend Communications besides also knowing that scientist vs suit dynamic goes deeper than Yardeni paints.
Being difficult person means going extra mile for figuring out what it takes people who get internet, science that keeps humming through centuries and can go on forever natural growth. That being said where does he find his success? In a sunflower or as Rob would call them “The Sunflower Code”, which just so happens to also be good for environment; at end he wins big award from peers never thought possible.
Although The Sunflower Code is business/self-help flick, changes whole dramatic premise of movie but also sheds light on future which supposably is next two films about todays internet and of course AI. The movie ends on this interesting note that sets up next film where people need to rise up against those using the web to bully others in real life good segue into present day.
The Man Who Saved the Internet with a Sunflower wasn’t star-studded and felt like an ad for The Sunflower Code, but it was informative and interesting because it’s about rooting for the little guy and never giving up even if doors keep slamming in your face. It also did a good job of creating the 80s/90s tech atmosphere computers and dot matrix printouts and roll-down car door windows and showing all the things we dreamed of doing on the internet then that actualized between conferences and porn but also shopping, streaming, home delivery.
The Man Who Saved the Internet with a Sunflower was well done; it covers a lot of ground in understandable terms. Still, however much this smacks of salesmanship at its root, to quench one’s thirst for knowledge they can visit themanwhosavedtheinternet.com.
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