John Badham — British Director born on August 25, 1939,

John MacDonald Badham is an English-born American film director, best known for the films Saturday Night Fever, Blue Thunder, WarGames, Short Circuit and Stakeout... (wikipedia)

Technological things, that Germans and Japanese would get real excited about.
Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament.
The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably.
I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.
Sometimes it's literally just a feeling that you get that somebody is more interested than someone else; and they may both say they're interested, but you get a feeling.