On 20 December 2010 18:24, Chess <[email protected]> wrote: > Just curious if any other devs on the group had a push in the > computing direction thanks to the original TRON movie. I was already > very interested in computers. I remember looking at HeathKit computers > and drooling over them. > > When I saw the original TRON movie it was like taking a fireworks > factory and dropping it into an active volcano, which was then shoved > inside a nuclear reactor. I was in AWE of what I saw the whole concept > and the look of it! I couldn't wait to write my own programs that did > things (like play random sounds and change the color of the screen! > lol). > > Legacy was great, and can't wait to see it a few more times! > >
It was a good era for inspiring us. Just a year later, Wargames was released, now *there* was a true programmers' film, destined to launch a thousand hackers! As for Tron... Some great early use of CGI, to be sure, but you know that computers aren't really like that on the inside, right? -- Kevin Wright gtalk / msn : [email protected] <[email protected]>mail: [email protected] vibe / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
