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Often when there's some coding stuff like a terminal inside movies, it's not only the programmers paying attention anymore. Very often because I'm the "compute
by martinced 14y ago
Often when there's some coding stuff like a terminal inside movies, it's not only the programmers paying attention anymore. Very often because I'm the "computer guy" my entourage ask me: "Is it realistic?" or "Do you really use stuff like that?".
So it's not just to please "us" that they pay a little attention to being "correct". People like it when you answer "yes, we do this kind of stuff" and hate it when you say "no, it's complete utter rubbish bullshit". It's like if the movie creators where making fun of them by showing them bullshit and that they didn't like that.
In a way I care less than them: because I know when a movie is bullshitting me on a computer-related scene. Non programmers don't.
- dbpatterson 14y agoThe problem is that if you notice that they are bullshitting you on computers, it makes you wonder how much other stuff is bullshit too, that you might not have the expertise to recognize.
- defrost 14y agoMost things - eg: practically every "destructive" explosion in a movie is BS - "real" explosions lack flames and tend to make objects (like cars) cease to exist.
- anigbrowl 14y agoSome do, some don't. I've had a car bomb go off near me and there were plenty of flames to go around.
- tedunangst 14y agoA giant fireball erupting from the bomb? Or random stuff around the blast catching fire?
- anigbrowl 14y agoSorry for the late reply, I missed this. A giant fireball from the bomb - or more accurately, from the contents of the gas tank when the bomb exploded.
- mprovost 14y agoProgrammers have entourages now?