[UA] God in the Machine

[Rayburn, Russell E.]

I see what you mean, and even agree with you to a point.  A film heavy on
accuracy with little / no drama could be called a documentary <wink> .

Although, at times, I like documentaries.

For me, the lack of realism irks me when it breaks my suspension of
disbelief.

The first time it happened was with Steven King's The Stand.  One character
was described as racking the slide on a .45 revolver.  To this young gun nut
( I was on a high school rifle team at the time ) such an error was
unforgivable, and spoiled the rest of the novel for me.

The swirling nonsense around the heads in the movie Hackers had a similar
effect.

Now, on the other hand, the movie Swordfish had some similar things (really
shiny GUIs) which, while farcical, didn't break my suspension of disbelief.


Then again, Swordfish had a much happier ending <grin>.

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick O'Duffy [mailto:redfern at thehub.com.au]

<snip>
To each their own. I'd find a film that threw away drama to be more accurate
boring in the extreme.
</snip>

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