Last night I watched an old classic "Wargames". As I was doing so I
realized that 80% of my DVDs(over 400 of em) were done in the 80s. I
guess that's cause I was a kid then and that's when watched the most
movies. But really I think it is because the 90s had bad movies. Take
computer/video game movies for example. "Wargames","TRON","Short
Circuit", "DARYL", "Explorers", "Cloak and Dagger", "Lawnmower Man"
were all good computer movies done in the 80's. That's one reason why
alot of programmers are around my age. We dream of a time when we can
control the world's Thermonuclear War simulations with just a PC. As
a computer guy I can tell you that half of the stuff going on in
Wargames was impossible back then and half of that half is impossible
now. The 90's computer movies saw more of a fear of computers - "The
Matrix", "Hackers", and other movies that use a "Virus" to bring down
the world's computers. At least in Wargames they use an algorithm to
bring down the computer as opposed to a virus. Although the computer
catching on fire was a little unbelievable. The "Computer Virus" is
way overused in Hollywood. The funniest use of them was in
"Independence Day" when Jeff Goldblum suddenly knows how the operating
system of alien spaceships work and destroys the spaceships by
uploading a virus. I still laugh at that. It is completely impossible.
It'd be like expecting to blow up a house by ringing the doorbell. I
also wonder about how a computer nerd in Wargames gets a hot chick
like Alley Sheedy to be amazed at his computer prowess. Yeah right. I
have tons of girls looking at my screen when I'm programming. LOL.

Thought of the Day
WOPR - "An interesting game. The only way to win is not to play."
Wargames