ecd (02/16/83)
I for one, feel that "The Soul of a New Machine" would make a lousy movie. The book made interesting reading but a movie would be slow paced and boring to watch. John V. Smith BTL - Naperville Ill.
turner (02/18/83)
#R:ihuxb:-22600:ucbesvax:6400001:000:459 ucbesvax!turner Feb 17 17:26:00 1983 Perhaps if it had been done ORIGINALLY as a movie, i.e., as a documentary, by someone skilled at making them, it would come off OK. Personally, I like that kind of thing. I can only think that, in Hollywood, the idea of computer as being the only "love interest" would cause them to introduce all kinds of perversions of the original spirit. The worst thing they could do with it is to "fictionalize" it - to death. Michael Turner
dmmartindale (02/19/83)
Can you imagine a Hollywood movie in which the computer actually looks like a modern computer? I'll believe it when I see it. Dave Martindale
keith (02/22/83)
#R:ihuxb:-22600:hp-pcd:6500006:000:872 hp-pcd!keith Feb 22 08:24:00 1983 Can you imagine a Hollywood movie in which the computer actually looks like a modern computer? -------------------------------------------------------- It is interesting to see how Hollywood treats the computer in the movies. A computer isn't interesting enough just to look at because it doesn't look like it is doing anything. So they treat us to views of card sorters, tape drives, and crts that make noises like ASR33 Teletypes. In the future, as more mechanical moving parts get eliminated, we will probably get to see pictures of magnetic bubbles rolling over little chevrons (with the appropriate sound effects). It's easy for me to be critical, but the folks making the movies have a difficult challenge. Just how do you portray a computer doing 'work' in a ten second clip? Keith M. Taylor Corvallis, Oregon hp-pcd!keith