Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!ucbcad!ucbvax!TOPAZ:fantods From: TOPAZ:fantods@ucbvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: HUMAN unrealism in WarGames Message-ID: <212@ucbtopaz.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 15:34:06 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbtopaz.212 Posted: Wed Jun 29 15:34:06 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jul-83 07:13:43 EDT References: ihnss.1582 Lines: 35 That's another reason I liked the movie. I have dreaded going to any movie aimed at "teenage" audiences this summer, because of the "Porky's II Effect", that is, "Let's be male and party and rape gorgeous chicks and laugh and drink and destroy things and be TEENAGERS!!!!!" Gah! So I was very pleasantly surprised to find the two main characters in WarGames acting with a modicum of humanity toward each other, even if the film is in the class of "summer exploitation flick" for the most part. Also, the reason everyone is getting mad at the misrepresentation of computer usage in the movie is that it's much CLOSER than most movies get, hence more believable, and more dangerous in its own way, since explaining how it all "couldn't happen that way" requires someone with a fair background in computers. But, it's a step. I think that those who are mad at the representation of computer professionals in the movie should knock the chips off of their shoulders and go see it if they haven't. Remember that what you've seen has been digested and spewed out through fifty script changes, many different writers, producers, editors, directors, etc, etc, etc. Hell, I'm always surprised when ANY technical, or rather "out-of-the-way" field gets presented in any way close to reality. WARGAMES is VERY close to reality, which is why you're getting pissed. You want it to take that last little step. Don't get pissed, be glad that it's finally taken things a little closer, and wait for next time. Sorry about the lenght, and the redundancy, but I think this movie deserves most of the praise it gets. It's not GREAT, but it's pretty fine overall for a summer throwaway release. Richard Moorman