It's a very good movie, with that splendid attempt at super-realism of the late 60s into 1975 or so. It's in the same vein as The Andromeda Strain and even 2001. While these films are, of course, still rather fanciful, they attempt to paint their world in believable settings.
I miss this style likely because I grew up with it, and it lasted on TV until the end of the decade with things like The Six Million Dollar Man and even The Incredible Hulk.
This film is almost comical in how straight laced it is, kind of like watching NASA or IBM engineers at work. And this film makes a pretty good effort to depict actual computer scientists at work.
The downside to this approach is that it's just less fun than later movies like Terminator and War Games.
Though this particular film also feels almost Bond-ish at times, starting with the extremely vast computer, then later, the White House Situation room and the like.
I miss this style likely because I grew up with it, and it lasted on TV until the end of the decade with things like The Six Million Dollar Man and even The Incredible Hulk.
This film is almost comical in how straight laced it is, kind of like watching NASA or IBM engineers at work. And this film makes a pretty good effort to depict actual computer scientists at work.
The downside to this approach is that it's just less fun than later movies like Terminator and War Games.
Though this particular film also feels almost Bond-ish at times, starting with the extremely vast computer, then later, the White House Situation room and the like.