@spottyfox - How hot WAS 1982?
Of all the movies I'd love more information about its preproduction, it's TRON. The concept art dating back to when it was going to be a traditionally animated movie points to a pretty altered story.
A design point I really would have loved to see in the movie is that you can see the MCP castle from EVERYWHERE because it's so huge. Something I think about when I see Mt Ranier and realize it's 70 miles away.
I remember when paying for an internet connection meant you got an email account, a ~user style web space, and access to a local-ish Usenet server. And when a static IP for your broadband connection was $4/month and they didn't care what you served from it as long as it didn't hurt the network or get them in legal trouble.
Somewhere along the way we got tricked into core services like email and hosting simple pages being either additional (and high!) costs or vehicles for ad-oriented surveillance. And it's been so complete a shift that people who aren't even that much younger than me just accept this as the natural order of things.
@AzulCrescent - I had this moment when I zipped up a jacket I had pre-transition. "Oh...OHHH!"
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