{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Millennial","description":"This is episode 9 of 1999 FOREVER \u201cRemember: Turn your computer off before midnight on 12\/31\/99\u201d read a Best Buy sticker that was given to every computer customer for months leading up to the new year. An entire catalog of Y2K prep manuals appeared. Suddenly it did seem possible that ATMs would freeze, elevators might plummet, planes might crash, and nuclear missiles would erroneously fire. So many things were controlled by computers. On \u201cThe Simpsons,\u201d Homer messed up and personally caused Y2K chaos and the end of the world.  President Clinton called Y2K \u201cthe first challenge of the 21st century successfully met.\u201d What\u2019s unclear\u2013and in the words of Alanis Morissette, isn\u2019t it ironic that we\u2019ll never really know\u2013whether the Y2K bug wasn\u2019t actually a big deal at all, or whether it only seems that way now. "Run Lola Run" director Tom Tykwer says the 1999 movie is about \u201cthe energy of my generation which is too often kept bottled up inside.\u201d Lola, a Manic-Panic redhead with tattoos and Doc Martens, does cut a striking heroine for the twenty-first century.   1999 FOREVER\u2019S theme song is \u201cIn the Freezer\u201d by Sophie Strauss To support 1999 FOREVER, you can subscribe, leave a rating and a review, and tell all your friends how much you like it. To see episode moodboards, behind-the-scenes photos, videos, and more, follow me on Instagram @dahliabalcazar.    SOURCES Brian Raftery, \u201cBest. Movie. Year. Ever.,\u201d 2019. Perry Chen, \u201cComputers in Crisis,\u201d 2014. ","author_name":"1999 FOREVER","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/442833","html":"