23 Jun
1999
23 Jun
'99
8:27 a.m.
At 06:48 PM 6/22/1999 -0500, you wrote:
While I agree that the _intention_ is to entertain, and so artistic
license is used, I think that there is a point where one should be
required to explicitly point out that what they are portraying is not
"historically accurate" . And some might even say that it is
morally wrong to take so much artistic license as to knowingly
make someone appear to be a much worse person than they
actually were just to "move the story along".
George
Hollywood movies have been making enemies in every field they have
tackled. They hire technical consultants then go their own way leaving the
consultant with egg on his face.
While it is far off the subject of computers, if you would like to see how
Hollywood has treated your friendly northern neighbour, I would suggest you
read "Hollywood's Canada", by Pierre Berton, ISBN: 0-7710-1223-3.
What about "Triumph of the Nerds"? I liked it, but did you more
experienced people find it accurate?
Regards
Charlie Fox
Charles E. Fox
Chas E. Fox Video Productions
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