>Excuse me, but I've never seen this beast called Real Genius. What is
>so cool about it?

almost everything.

It's a very good 80's movie about scientist genius kids working with lasers.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089886/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000065U1Q/qid=1082826885/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/102-7249724-1021753?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

(obligatory IMDB, Amazon links)

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