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It was also pretty nice to see all those KDE 3 desktops in the film, especially since it were the historically correct versions for the timeframe of the story.
by sho_hn 16y ago
It was also pretty nice to see all those KDE 3 desktops in the film, especially since it were the historically correct versions for the timeframe of the story.
- gaius 16y agoIf you look at see what SunOS version the Grid is running, when Sam sits down at his dad's old workstation, it doesn't match up with the timeline.
- arethuza 16y agoIf you look really carefully you can see that it is actually running "SolarOS" not "SunOS". I paused one of the trailers at 1080p and captured the workstation desktop and I've been using it as a desktop background - quite a few people have told me that I really need to clean my monitor...
- ndespres 16y agoWould you mind sharing that wallpaper?
- arethuza 16y agoNP I'll do it first thing tomorrow.
- thecoffman 16y agoAwesome, I'd also love that
- arethuza 16y agoHere you go: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1401686/tron.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1401686/tron.png END OF LINE
- ndespres 16y agoThanks very much! It looks great on my desktop.
- rbanffy 16y ago> it doesn't match up with the timeline. A couple seconds later in the movie, the hero is disintegrated by a laser cannon behind his back, scanned and transfered to virtual reality environment where programs break apart when they hit hard things. Suspension of disbelief is a requirement. OTOH, I am quite surprised Disney got to name its first Tron villain the same as Burroughs mainframe OS. It's worth noting MCP's sidekick name sounds a lot like MARC (the Menu Assisted Resource Control).
- dfj225 16y ago> the hero is disintegrated by a laser cannon behind his back, scanned and transfered to virtual reality environment That bit always made me laugh. Tron leads you to believe that the exciting/magical part is the virtual world, while I always thought the laser was the real world changing invention.
- rbanffy 16y agoIt's like Iron Man. The guy creates a compact, cheap, abundant and unlimited power source and a form of non-reactive propulsion and what does he do with it? He builds a suit!
- alanfalcon 16y agoTo be fair, it's Tony Stark.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoActually, he didn't build the suit. The robots he invented built it for him, controlled by the AI system he also invented. The part I found unbelievable: in spite of the fact that Stark Industries is prepared to sell us everything we need to live in an Asimovian future, their stock price is tanking because Stark wants to stop building weapons.