Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 10th Sep 2003 03:36 UTC
With the computer market exploding into success the last 20 years more and more movies are featuring people using computers. Being a computer geek myself, I expect a level of "technological reality" for the movies that are not in the realm of "sci-fi", but directors usually are feeding their movies with superficial scenes about computers just for the happy clapping from the computer-illiterate audience.
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in fact, if i remember correctly, not only does Trinity use the UNIX terminal in that film, but also uses SSH!
this made me so happy... that it wasn't telnet! obviously SSH encryption is enough to make it past the matrix!
you're right though - its soooooo annoying seeing people just turn up to any terminal and just know what to type before they say with a deep frown, "hang on.. i... i think i'm in".
oh - and the OSes of the future do have superfluous CPU-hungry animations for every menial task. when you type "ls" ... you won't just get a directory listing, it'll have sound effects, animations and probably be in 3D too. taking the future-supersecure-superfast compuaters a full 3 seconds to give you a result. see, Microsoft are on the right track after all!
they really should make an effort to stop partonising the audience - they put so much effort into perfecting everything else, even when the audience don't notice, but it seems they go out of their way to do toy GUIs! its enough to turn a serious film into a comedy.
having said that - the computer in 2001: A Space Oddyssey aged very well. certainly no "toy gui" feel to that at all. film makes, take note. i do recommend the book "Hal, a legacy" (or similar title, search amazon), its very good, with popular scientists talking about the film and its impact and relevence.