50 Computer Interfaces from the Movies
Access Main Computer File is a great site I came across while surfing the interwebs. They showcase images of computer GUI (Graphic User Interfaces) from Hollywood Movies. With some of them, it's obvious what films they came from—Brazil, Starship Troopers, Blade Runner, The Fifth Element—while others have sources far more elusive. But taking them all in, you can get a sense of what production designers thought tomorrow's computers would look like, as well as the limitations they had in creating them. So how many of these interfaces do you recognize? Nothing But Trouble, 1991 A Scanner Darkly, 2006 Strangeland, 1998 Sydney White, 2007 Avalon, 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, 2001 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986 Blues Brothers, 1980 Clueless, 1995 TRON: Legacy, 2010 TRON, 1982 Grosse Pointe Blank, 1997 Cube Zero, 2004 Timecop, 1994 Old Dogs, 2009 Sleepless in Seattle, 1993 G.I. Jane, 1997 Disclosure, 1994 Batman Forever, 1995 Machete, 2010 The Art of War, 2000 Freejack, 1992 Bic...