Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!ucbcad!ucbvax!TOPAZ:fantods From: TOPAZ:fantods@ucbvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: WarGames Message-ID: <210@ucbtopaz.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jun-83 16:06:17 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbtopaz.210 Posted: Mon Jun 27 16:06:17 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 02:35:58 EDT Lines: 20 I can see where you have cause for complaint about the technical veracity in WarGames, but as far as movies go, it's no worse, and much better, than Star Wars. Space ships shouldn't act like they're in an atmosphere when they fly around making tight inertialess turns and going "WHOOSH! ROAR!" in a vacuum. I'd say that 2001 was the last movie that attempted definite veracity as far as outer space or computers went. WarGames comes somewhat closer than most. It's also a sugar-coated propaganda flick. That's what its maker intended. He was tired of leftist filmakers making films that only leftists, or strongly anti-war people, or what-have-you, would go to see. Why preach to the converted? So he made this movie to catch people at least nominally unawares, and come away feeling good about stopping nuclear holocaust. Everyone enjoyed the anti-war sentiment at private screenings except the high government officials he showed it to. They got all grumpy.