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Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:03 am**

It was so hard to thinking about it?? :lol:

it scares me the CRT screen inside spinners or Groundcar.

Anyway who cares? :lol:

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:01 am**

Well, you could also ask why are people still wearing ties.

Heck, I thunk the tubes add a nice touch to the movie. And hey, ESPER is basically a computer. I've always thought there were other computeresque elements in the movie too.

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:40 am**

I think the lack of modern (1982 modern) computers within the movie doesn't age the movie. There are not many things in BR where you say, "oh that's so 80s".

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:12 am**

...or probably around 2014 they discovered that LCD and Plasma screens were carcinogenic stuff, and they eventually got back to tubes :lol:

anyway, old-style monitors (especially green letterings on black background) reminds me of the good times. i'm a nostalgic kind of guy, and what's better than the late '70s early '80s days?
also, ties, trenches and ladies make the movie look so classy, like in the '20s. how i wish today's women dressed like that, they'd look hotter than those silly low pants or minis...

just look at Her:

how hot

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:36 pm**

If that kinds of things bugs you, you probably shouldn't watch ANY sci-fi film made before 1998.

Honestly, it was made in 1981! We're lucky it even had computers in it anywhere, since at that time, well, it was 1981!

For the record, none of the computers are real computers anyway. They're 24p monitors used for video playback (that have to be synced to the camera's shutter) dressed in various ways.

You think in 2019 people will watch this and say "Jeez, that's NOT what a spinner turned out like, didn't they know anything in 1982?"

hahahaha

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:08 pm**

eccentricbeing wrote:I think the lack of modern (1982 modern) computers within the movie doesn't age the movie. There are not many things in BR where you say, "oh that's so 80s".

*coughATARIcough* :lol:

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:16 pm**

Since Ridley Scott borrowed some of the Spinner screens from his previous film, Alien, I think it's fair that I post my contribution to an old thread called "Things We Learned from Watching the Alien Films":

"In the future, there is no Windows, there is no Mac. DOS rules!"

Posted: **Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:57 pm**

deleted wrote:
eccentricbeing wrote:I think the lack of modern (1982 modern) computers within the movie doesn't age the movie. There are not many things in BR where you say, "oh that's so 80s".

*coughATARIcough*

Atari is still around, though not making consoles. Pan-Am however....

Posted: **Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:08 am**

maledoro wrote:

i always thought that too! back to the roots! :lol:

Posted: **Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:23 pm**

maledoro wrote:Since Ridley Scott borrowed some of the Spinner screens from his previous film, Alien, I think it's fair that I post my contribution to an old thread called "Things We Learned from Watching the Alien Films":
"In the future, there is no Windows, there is no Mac. DOS rules!"

I love that DOS quote and I love that Deckard drinking avatar.

And hey, Alien uses PURGE, not DOS, you know that. :wink:

Posted: **Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:27 pm**

deleted wrote:I love that DOS quote and I love that Deckard drinking avatar.

Thanks! The avatar embodies two of my passions: science fiction films and drinking!

Posted: **Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:30 pm**

lol for the avatar

Posted: **Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:20 pm**

Phantom wrote:lol for the avatar

Grazie!

Posted: **Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:08 pm**

That is the easiest question to answer so far!

- Everything old is new again! It is a nostalgia thing.

Notice the whole retro style?? The LCDs are disguised as old time CRTs. "Because they look better"

LOL

Posted: **Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:12 pm**

I think the reason there are no LCD screens is that they only have 4 year life spans, and everybody started just using the tube screens instead :lol:

. New stuff is made to not last, but with thae state if industry in the movie the use of existing technology and material would make sense.

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Why essentially no LCD, no computers in BR???

Why essentially no LCD, no computers in BR???