Martin Karne on 23/7/2010 at 00:43
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
First actual film trailer now available:
Nope. "SolarOS". Nyuck-nyuck.
That movie is trying to be very tech and shit, but the time frame is wrong, i386 was nowhere to be found back in 1983, as it came out around 1985 at (I suppose) exorbitant prices, now if it was an i286 version maybe it would be more into the right time frame.
But even like that I seriously doubt that there were any serious competition from Intel in that range of servers / computer by that time.
If it was DEC or IBM perhaps.
Nice try to be tech "movie", try again.
Sulphur on 23/7/2010 at 01:19
Yes, let's berate a movie where people will be sucked into computers and wear day-glo neon-lined spandex while racing on 'light cycles' about its technical accuracy.
Martin Karne on 23/7/2010 at 01:27
Of course lets do like the thread starter, unforgiving.
;)
And BTW I refuse to watch videos, no spoilers for me.
catbarf on 23/7/2010 at 01:38
I was watching the trailer and thought 'Wait, I know that voice' and looked it up on Wikipedia. 'The main character in Babylon 5 is Tron?' Blew my mind. Looking forward to this movie, I think it retains the neon-lit retro style while updating it. Keeping the spartan aesthetic of the original would be too limiting, I think.
Fafhrd on 23/7/2010 at 02:10
Quote Posted by Martin Karne
That movie is trying to be very tech and shit, but the time frame is wrong, i386 was nowhere to be found back in 1983, as it came out around 1985 at (I suppose) exorbitant prices, now if it was an i286 version maybe it would be more into the right time frame.
But even like that I seriously doubt that there were any serious competition from Intel in that range of servers / computer by that time.
If it was DEC or IBM perhaps.
Nice try to be tech "movie", try again.
Given the timer, that computer's been around since 1989 at least, so an i386 powering a terminal in a secret lab that digitizes matter doesn't seem wrong to me.
ZylonBane on 23/7/2010 at 05:30
The best part was Martin putting "movie" in scare quotes, as if to imply that this isn't actually a movie.
Martin Karne on 23/7/2010 at 07:33
So if you were to use a mainframe you wouldn't use an Intel CPU back then, they were way too slow, and neither an AMD processor.
And yes writing "movie" is rater scary. Hollywood is scary.
EvaUnit02 on 23/7/2010 at 07:44
Quote Posted by Martin Karne
And yes writing "movie" is rater scary. Hollywood is scary.
scary? What?
Anyway the trailer looks great, been impatiently waiting for this film, which can't say I've done in regards to a Hollywood blockbuster for several years now.
Matthew on 23/7/2010 at 09:23
Let's not berate the non-English-as-a-first-language-speaker just because he forgot a letter guys.
june gloom on 23/7/2010 at 10:24
Jesus Christ Eva, when you're being a bigger dick than I am it's time to rethink your life.
