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Desk Set
YEAR: 1957.
STAR: EMRAC (Electromagnetic Memory and Research Arithmetical Calculator).
SUMMARY: Probably the only really funny computer movie.
REVIEW: "Emmy" was clunky, but the most successful computer matchmaker ever.
Alphaville
YEAR:1965.
STAR: Alpha 60.
SUMMARY: Never has logic sounded as sinister as in the chronically sore throat of Alpha 60, a computer who hates art and makes grief illegal.
2001:A Space Odyssey
YEAR: 1968.
STAR: HAL 9000.
SUMMARY: The introduction of the maniacally calm computer voice: "Everything's under control, Dave."
REVIEW: "This is the movie that made me want to make movies," says Virtuosity director Brett Leonard.
The Forbin Project
YEAR: 1970.
STAR: Colossus and his digital voice simulations.
SUMMARY: Colossus gets smart, controls all nukes, humans attempt to fight back but lose.
REVIEW: Cold war paranoia. Sure, someone's going to hand the whole U.S. defense system over to a computer.
Demon Seed
YEAR: 1977.(Dean Koons novel)
STAR: Proteus IV.
SUMMARY: First use of technobabble, e.g., "What you're looking at is a quasi-neural matrix of synthetic RNA molecules."
REVIEW: After Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a sci-fi-fatigued public stayed away. Their loss.
Tron
YEAR: 1982.
STARS: The programs, who are not sure if real humans, known as "users," exist.
SUMMARY: The movie takes place inside a computer, and Disney animators let loose with way groovy computer graphics.
REVIEW: Good looking, but the plot seems to have had a logic bypass.
Brainstorm
YEAR: 1983.
STAR: The helmet.
SUMMARY: The first virtual-reality YEAR, it has some cool afterlife sequences.
REVIEW: Gosh, the military abuses technology?! Who thought up that gem?
WarGames
YEAR: 1983.
STAR: WOPR (War Operation Planned Response), pronounced Whopper.
SUMMARY: Matthew Broderick, the first of a long line of moviedom's teenage hackers.
REVIEW: It made a hefty $74.4 million, and despite the chunky, clunky computer equipment, it's still more fun than most hacker flicks.
Lawnmower Man
YEAR: 1992.
STAR: Special Effects.
SUMMARY: The cybersex scene, left, is one of the cinematic icons of our time. (based on a Stephen King story)
REVIEW: Great special effect scences! Lame plot, stupider ending, couldn't wait to leave the theatre. (just skip "LM2" it was worse)
Johnny Mnemonic
YEAR: 1995.(but set in 2025).
STAR: Johnny Mnemonic's overfilled brain.
SUMMARY: Keanu Reeves loads his brain full of data that will cure some medical ill...opposing factions want the data.
REVIEW: William Gibson's 21 page short story was way better than this mess.
The Net
YEAR: 1995.
STAR: The PowerBook.
SUMMARY: Sandra Bullock looses her identity via infomanipulation.
REVIEW: One of the more realistic computer shows, most tech was "real" not scifi.
Virtuosity
YEAR:1995 (but set in 1999).
STAR: The Virtual Reality Criminal Investigation Simulator, which generates Sid 6.7, a very nasty guy.
SUMMARY: Computer creates silicon being who is psycho...wayout tech VR turns reality.
REVIEW: Great Photoshop/AfterEffects bar scence, nice VR look overall.
Hackers
YEAR: 1995.
STAR: Irrelevant. A group of "90s" hackers
SUMMARY: Evil Hacker unleases computer virus MTV Generation Xers are "hero" hackers.
REVIEW: Hokie! GenX movie...fun to watch hackers on rollerblades. Stupid romance scenes.
Strange Days
YEAR: 1995.
STAR: SQID, the Superconducting Quantum Interface Device.
SUMMARY: Solid plot good verses bad. SQUID captures memory from a victim. Using SQID, a VR headset, is referred to as "jacking in," "wire tripping," "slipping on the trodes" and "doing playback."
REVIEW: Fantastic movie...great plot and realistic sci-tech in the "Cyberpunk" world.
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