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    From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Oct 31 16:27:59 2025
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    Mrs. vallor and I finally got to the theater to see _Tron: Ares_.

    Not a bad film, good on the big screen with big sound.

    Sound mixing was good (which is to be expected, it was done at
    Skywalker Sound) -- dialogue was distinct, with no mumbling. (Mrs. vallor
    did say she had trouble understanding Flynn, but I didn't notice that.)

    Dillinger's system is clearly Unix, but of indeterminate origin. At one
    point, he tries to stop something from happening with "sudo killall" (no argument),
    but at another point, he uses "systemctl".

    There was also an earlier scene on an IBM/PC where one of the stars is
    going through floppy disks, and the text on the screen was vintage
    BASIC. So, movie-magic computers, but with some attempt at realism.

    If you've seen _Tron_ and _Tron: Legacy_, then you're familiar with
    the SF trope of being in- and out- of the computer. There's also some
    thought put into the whole "un-aligned AI as war machine" idea which
    has plot-advancing ramifications.
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  • From Farley Flud@ff@linux.rocks to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Oct 31 18:46:27 2025
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    On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:27:59 +0000, vallor wrote:

    Mrs. vallor and I finally got to the theater to see _Tron: Ares_.

    Dillinger's system is clearly Unix, but of indeterminate origin. At one point, he tries to stop something from happening with "sudo killall" (no argument),
    but at another point, he uses "systemctl".


    This is not the most famous time that Unix has entered into Hollywood
    garbage.

    First, let me emphasize that I have not watched television or seen a
    movie since I was 16yo (before then I didn't know better).

    Hollywood drivel rots the brain.

    But I did manage to pickup that the junk film "Jurassic Park" had
    a scene involving Unix:

    <https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/89p4n4/in_jurassic_park_the_infamous_its_a_unix_system_i/>

    The software that was depicted is still available here:

    <https://fsv.sourceforge.net/>

    I think that it is a stupid idea, but if someone should get it
    built and working (no one will) then report back here.
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  • From Gremlin@nobody@haph.org to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Fri Oct 31 19:53:32 2025
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    vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> news:10e2o2f$k7ib$1@dont-email.me Fri, 31 Oct
    2025 16:27:59 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:

    Mrs. vallor and I finally got to the theater to see _Tron: Ares_.

    Not a bad film, good on the big screen with big sound.

    Sound mixing was good (which is to be expected, it was done at
    Skywalker Sound) -- dialogue was distinct, with no mumbling. (Mrs.
    vallor did say she had trouble understanding Flynn, but I didn't notice that.)

    Dillinger's system is clearly Unix, but of indeterminate origin. At one point, he tries to stop something from happening with "sudo killall" (no argument), but at another point, he uses "systemctl".

    There was also an earlier scene on an IBM/PC where one of the stars is
    going through floppy disks, and the text on the screen was vintage
    BASIC. So, movie-magic computers, but with some attempt at realism.

    If you've seen _Tron_ and _Tron: Legacy_, then you're familiar with
    the SF trope of being in- and out- of the computer. There's also some thought put into the whole "un-aligned AI as war machine" idea which
    has plot-advancing ramifications.

    Nice review. :) I just might have to go see this movie.
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