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| And a very handsomely outfitted living room it is, Bruce. |
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Bud Brewster
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Thanks, Mike!
I designed and built the big entertainment center myself back in the early 1980s, specifically for the stereo equipment I brought back from Germany while I was in the Air Force.
The only piece of the old equipment left in the picture is the big reel-to-reel recorder — which still works!
All the rest are newer items, either acquired at yards sales in the 1990s or from Best Buys (etc). The picture is several years old, and the mantel over the fireplace looks more like this now.
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Bud Brewster
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Vimeo has a fine 1.49 GB version of this fine movie, and I used the Vemeo down loader to get it. (<— link) 
I'll be uploading it to WeTransfer soon so that any member who wants to join All Sci-Fi's Friday Live Chat (<— link) can add it to their video library and watch it with us.
Just FYI, folks.
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Bud Brewster
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| ralfy wrote: | | That'd be a very interesting story line, especially given the point that human operators wouldn't know if the computer was only pretending. |
Ralfy, you're absolutely right!
If WOPER and BIGMACSKI secretly conspired to protect mankind from itself by allowing both America and Russia to think they were controlling their own missile defense systems, the two computers would be acting like loving parents who trick their disorient children into doing the right thing, instead of trying to force them to do so!
This would a story about two wise A.I. systems who protect mankind by teaching them to get along.
The "conflict" in the story (something which every good story must have) is the early part which presents the idea that the computers are conspiring against mankind!
Or better yet . . . that the computers are plotting individually against each other, and the impending nuclear war they will wage will wipe out all mankind!
However, the two computers do this to force America and Russia to realize that if they did wage war on each other, they would both be wiped out!
As a result, the two nations would band together and stop the two computers from starting the war which they finally realize neither of them can win!
Wow, I think this would be a great sequel to WarGames.
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I haven't watched this since it was released, but I did enjoy the heck out of it.
Given the advancements in technology, I wonder how well it has aged over the years and if it is still as enjoyable as it once was.
Odd how many of the Sci-Fi movies from the 50's & 60's have aged very well, while many of those from the 70's & 80's have not.
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I think you'll enjoy it, Wade. The characters are still a joy to watch, and seeing the old tech from our 21st century perspective is fun in it's own way.
Furthermore, since the plot centers around an AI system which has gone rogue, the basic premise is more relevant than ever!  
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