[HN Gopher] Starring the Computer
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Starring the Computer
Author : Lutzb
Score : 52 points
Date : 2023-12-04 09:36 UTC (1 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (starringthecomputer.com)
| Lutzb wrote:
| Starring the Computer is a website dedicated to the use of
| computers in film and television. Each appearance is catalogued
| and rated on its importance (ie. how important it is to the
| plot), realism (how close its appearance and capabilities are to
| the real thing) and visibility (how good a look does one get of
| it). Fictional computers don't count (unless they are built out
| of bits of real computer), so no HAL9000 - sorry.
| have_faith wrote:
| Did you mean to copy and paste the intro as a comment?
| Lutzb wrote:
| Yes, I meant to do that. I posted the link and wanted to give
| some context on what to expect on the site. (HN does that
| automatically when you add a description to a link)
| ptek wrote:
| Need more Amigas, Ataris and NeXTs in movies
| sonicanatidae wrote:
| I'm older than these.
|
| Would you like to play a game?
| Arrath wrote:
| > Would you like to play a game?
|
| I just realized there's two ways to take that quote, with a
| rather stark difference between them. In one case, I would
| love to play a game. In the other, I would most definitely
| not, thank you very much.
|
| (Wargame, and Saw, for those curious)
| kevindamm wrote:
| I think the actual quote for wargames is "shall we play a
| game?"
|
| Same strategy of abstention, though!
| sonicanatidae wrote:
| It is, but I wanted to find the pedants, so I misquoted
| intentionally. ;)
| bombcar wrote:
| Shall we play it again, Sam?
| sonicanatidae wrote:
| Being old, I was thinking War Games, but you make a
| completely valid point RE: SAW. I sit corrected.
| Arrath wrote:
| You could probably come up with a generational
| demarcation between responses to the line (even if
| technically misquoted for one of them), if you were so
| inclined.
| Animats wrote:
| IBM AN-FSQ-7 panels from the SAGE system have been appearing in
| movies for half a century now, and still look futuristic.
|
| They're still for rent as props.[1] Amusingly, none of those are
| part of the computer itself. Those futuristic slanted panels are
| modems. The other panels with all the lights are test gear. The
| computer itself was an entire building full of plug-in racks of
| tubes.
|
| [1] http://woodysprops.com/item.php?uid=122&page=4
| tomaytotomato wrote:
| Nice site,
|
| Is there any info on how some of the UIs they make for TV or
| Movies are done?
|
| For example fake search engines like or custom Operating Systems.
| Is it blue screened or is there actual developers throwing these
| mock UIs together?
| jgrahamc wrote:
| Some folks here know about my Tumblr:
| https://moviecode.tumblr.com and the related site https://behind-
| the-screens.tv/ which talks about the _source code_ that appears
| on computer screens in TV and film.
| ngcc_hk wrote:
| As said it is the thing that you cannot see that is more
| frightening. How about the 6502 in terminator.
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