[Gllug] OT computers in the movies

[Ian Norton]

Also you in terminator 2 when the kid hacks the cash machine near the start he
uses an Atari Portfolio :-)

Ian

On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 12:00:24PM +0100, Tim Gray wrote:
> >>Windows has been in lots of films but what about Linux? :-)
> ..
> 
> > Disclosure (just plain bloody silly)
> 
> I thought they were all SGIs. I recall that Silicon Graphics was pretty
> big on product placement in films. Most of the non-Windows/Mac computers
> were Indys or some such. Ok here's a brain teaser, what was the computer
> used in Wired Science? Apple II?
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk 
> > [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On Behalf Of Martyn Drake
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:54 AM
> > To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: [Gllug] OT computers in the movies
> > 
> > 
> > From: "SteveC" <steve at fractalus.com>
> > 
> > > I saw The Sum Of All Fears the other day, and was surprised to see 
> > > that F16s on a combat run fly above cloud with their 
> > navigation lights 
> > > on. They should obviously have painted "we are here" on the side of 
> > > the plane, maybe trailing one of those air-signs.. Also when 
> > > encrypting mail, you get to see the encrypted chars in a pane below 
> > > your email as you type... fascinating stuff..
> > 
> > They call it artistic license, unfortunately.  But surely 
> > things would bore the leaving pants of viewers if they showed 
> > the reality of these things.
> > 
> > > Anyone have better examples of computer fantasy at the 
> > movies? I know 
> > > MacOS made it into Independance Day right? Windows has been 
> > in lots of 
> > > films but what about Linux? :-)
> > 
> > Jurassic Park
> > Wargames
> > Tron
> > Disclosure (just plain bloody silly)
> > Anti Trust
> > Hackers
> > You've Got Mail
> > The Net
> > 
> > Loads of them..
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> >     Martyn
> > 
> > 
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