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?



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