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July 25, 2008
Wargames and Hot Fuzz
Last night - a one-night only 25th anniversary (my god, that long already?) showing of Wargames - the first movie I ever saw that made it cool to be a computer geek (followed shortly thereafter by Cloak & Dagger which made it cool-ish to be an RPG geek).
The pre-screening documentary sucked (though it did include Capt. Crunch, who I think only part of the audience recognized), as did the trailer for the direct-to-dvd sequel. The only other cool bit was the revelation that the guy responsible for making the WOPR's lights blink was doing it, in real-time, in BASIC on an Apple ][. I got more from the first few paragraphs of the wired article than the cheezy documentary.
Tonight, Hot Fuzz, which was freaking hilarious (albeit gory in the same measure as was Shaun of the Dead). By the Power of Grayskull indeed.
Posted by dberger at July 25, 2008 10:15 PM