Early 1980s made-for-TV-movie where the equation √e^5u^5 is significant

handyman_hank

I'm trying to remember the name of a terrible made-for-TV-movie from the US from the early 80s. The main thing I remember about the movie is that there was a scientist or mathematician who discovered an equation that had some sort of significance to the plot. The equation was √e^5u^5 . In the end, the significance of the equation ends up being that if you look at the math symbols as letters, it spells out "Jesus". I don't remember much else...

Originally asked by user1118321 on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Note, I have not seen this film, but it sound like it could be it: Holocaust 2000 The reason I think this is because, well, it sounds super terrible AND the following: As Caine cheerily goes ahead with blowing the crap out of some holy caves, the viewers are treated to documentary footage of real famine victims (tasteful) overlaid with carvings of the word IESUS from the cave walls. This is supposed to be the way they spelled "Jesus" in the olden days - and ever noticed how it looks like the equation "2V231" as seen in a mirror? That's comedy plot "twist" number two... and A computer's dire warning that Satanic things are afoot, with the old "two square root of two three one is Iesus spelt...

Full answer by Phlegon_of_Tralles: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/71848 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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