Odd List Den Of Geek 20 Mar 2013 - 06:35
Far from the familiar tools we use every day, computers are the stuff of magic, if Hollywood's to be believed...
Computers. What began as gigantic, wayward things the size of a house have been tamed and shrunk, and now live cheerfully in our pockets as mobile phones, in our bags as tablets or laptops, and on our desktops as workstations and gatherers of breadcrumbs.
To almost every one of us, computers are about as mysterious and unfathomable as cucumbers. But cast a casual eye over Hollywood's output of the last few decades, and you might think that computers were a product of the dark arts. In movies, computers make weird noises, possess strange powers, harbour despotic fantasies, and when all else fails, explode into a million fragments.
With a helping hand from our techie friends over at Expert Reviews here's our compilation...
Far from the familiar tools we use every day, computers are the stuff of magic, if Hollywood's to be believed...
Computers. What began as gigantic, wayward things the size of a house have been tamed and shrunk, and now live cheerfully in our pockets as mobile phones, in our bags as tablets or laptops, and on our desktops as workstations and gatherers of breadcrumbs.
To almost every one of us, computers are about as mysterious and unfathomable as cucumbers. But cast a casual eye over Hollywood's output of the last few decades, and you might think that computers were a product of the dark arts. In movies, computers make weird noises, possess strange powers, harbour despotic fantasies, and when all else fails, explode into a million fragments.
With a helping hand from our techie friends over at Expert Reviews here's our compilation...
- 3/19/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Are you sick of having your happy memories of TV shows and movies ruined by ill-advised follow-ups? Jeff is, and he’s not taking it any more…
On the 25th December 2003, I watched an episode of a show I had loved for over 20 years. Entitled Sleepless In Peckham, it featured two squabbling but loveable brothers whose comic mishaps had seen me follow them to Hull, Margate, Miami and, of course, Peckham. Little did I know when I sat down to watch it, but it would be the last time I would ever view an episode of Only Fools And Horses. While little known outside the UK, Only Fools And Horses is undeniably one of the most famous and well-watched shows our little islands ever produced. And I cannot watch it now.
Only Fools And Horses, unfortunately, would be one of the highest profile casualties of The Rfd factor, aka The Retrospective Franchise Destructor.
On the 25th December 2003, I watched an episode of a show I had loved for over 20 years. Entitled Sleepless In Peckham, it featured two squabbling but loveable brothers whose comic mishaps had seen me follow them to Hull, Margate, Miami and, of course, Peckham. Little did I know when I sat down to watch it, but it would be the last time I would ever view an episode of Only Fools And Horses. While little known outside the UK, Only Fools And Horses is undeniably one of the most famous and well-watched shows our little islands ever produced. And I cannot watch it now.
Only Fools And Horses, unfortunately, would be one of the highest profile casualties of The Rfd factor, aka The Retrospective Franchise Destructor.
- 8/6/2010
- Den of Geek
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