{"id":2341,"date":"2008-08-11T06:01:51","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T05:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2008-08-12T01:07:28","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T00:07:28","slug":"ten-things-movies-told-us-about-technology-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/08\/11\/ten-things-movies-told-us-about-technology-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Things Movies Told Us About Technology This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hollywood has long had an interesting relationship with technology from classic films like 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/a> (1968) to nonsense like The Net<\/a> (1995).<\/p>\n Since the rise of the PC over 15 years ago, computers haven’t always always been portrayed accurately in films<\/a>.<\/p>\n For example in real life when you download something on your computer, the screen looks something like this:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n But in a movie it often looks more like this:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n But how about this summer’s crop of movies?<\/p>\n Here is a list of what we learned about technology on the big screen this summer:<\/p>\n 1. TONY STARK IS BOTH A MAC AND PC GUY (IRON MAN<\/a>) <\/strong><\/p>\n If you are a billionaire industrialist trying to make a robotic suit that will turn you into a superhero, you still face the same dilemma as millions of computer users: do you use Mac<\/a> or PC<\/a>?<\/p>\n In order to become Iron Man<\/a>, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jnr<\/a>) appeared to use both.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In this summer’s first blockbuster, I caught a glimpse of a heavy duty Dell<\/a> workstation and some Mac Pros<\/a> – maybe he uses the Dells to crunch some stats and the Macs for the sleek design? Or maybe the two companies paid Marvel a ton of money to feature both.<\/p>\n 2. ARCHAEOLOGISTS CAN SURVIVE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS BY HIDING IN A LEAD LINED FRIDGE (INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL<\/a>) <\/strong><\/p>\n One of the most startling scientific revelations from this summer’s movie season was that Indiana Jones<\/a> could survive a nuclear explosion<\/a> by hiding …in a lead lined fridge.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n It even led to a term being coined: “Nuking the Fridge<\/a>“, which is supposed to be some kind of follow up<\/a> to ‘Jump the Shark<\/a>‘.<\/p>\n This video explains the terms:<\/p>\n