Don't Look Now writer Allan Scott on why he hates the Nintendo DS but loves his iPad
What's your favourite piece of technology, and how has it improved your life?
The iPad, because I can download books, magazines, TV series, movies and shows I've missed and watch them or read them when travelling, waiting or bored.
When was the last time you used it, and what for?
Last weekend to escape from the deprivations of flybe.
What additional features would you add if you could?
Keyboard and flash. And earphones that don't even feel as if they are there.
Do you think it will be obsolete in 10 years?
Yes.
What always frustrates you about technology in general?
Learning new processes and programs. Since I started with a Wang computer in the 70s and a Commodore 64 for games, one virtually had to create one's own word processing program and learn Basic.
What's your favourite piece of technology, and how has it improved your life?
The iPad, because I can download books, magazines, TV series, movies and shows I've missed and watch them or read them when travelling, waiting or bored.
When was the last time you used it, and what for?
Last weekend to escape from the deprivations of flybe.
What additional features would you add if you could?
Keyboard and flash. And earphones that don't even feel as if they are there.
Do you think it will be obsolete in 10 years?
Yes.
What always frustrates you about technology in general?
Learning new processes and programs. Since I started with a Wang computer in the 70s and a Commodore 64 for games, one virtually had to create one's own word processing program and learn Basic.
- 7/8/2011
- by Stuart O'Connor
- The Guardian - Film News
Tron: Legacy is released this month. Stuart O'Connor explores its computer-generated world
When Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) first enters "the Grid" in the new Disney film Tron: Legacy, he is taken prisoner aboard a recogniser – a sort of flying cross between the Arc de Triomphe and a car carrier – before being sent off to fight in the disc war games. For fans of the cult original, it's a pivotal moment. For a start, it's the point at which the film switches from 2D to 3D. It's also the "We're not in Kansas any more, Toto" moment, when the audience becomes fully immersed in a computer-created world. But most of all, it's the moment that truly defines how much film-making technology – particularly where computer-generated effects are concerned – has changed in 28 years.
When Tron was released in 1982, the technology landscape was somewhat different to today. The internet as we know it did not exist; back then,...
When Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) first enters "the Grid" in the new Disney film Tron: Legacy, he is taken prisoner aboard a recogniser – a sort of flying cross between the Arc de Triomphe and a car carrier – before being sent off to fight in the disc war games. For fans of the cult original, it's a pivotal moment. For a start, it's the point at which the film switches from 2D to 3D. It's also the "We're not in Kansas any more, Toto" moment, when the audience becomes fully immersed in a computer-created world. But most of all, it's the moment that truly defines how much film-making technology – particularly where computer-generated effects are concerned – has changed in 28 years.
When Tron was released in 1982, the technology landscape was somewhat different to today. The internet as we know it did not exist; back then,...
- 12/6/2010
- by Stuart O'Connor
- The Guardian - Film News
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