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Aaron Marcus, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 91 Figure: Scene from Total Recall, 1990 Some parts of the human-compuer equipment depicted are the standard gray/silver metallic devices, often of massive scale, that are used in technology centers. They invariably are cold, sinister, and threatening. (Acknowledgement: TBD) Matrix Trilogy, 1999 and 2003, directed by the Warchowski Brothers 91
Aaron Marcus, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 92 An iconic, classic sci-fi movie series from the 1990s is the Matrix Trilogy, 1999 and 2003, directed by the Warchowski Brothers. The film depicts a future that is primarily a mass fanasy, a simulated realty created by sentient machines to pacify the human popluation, which is used as an energy source. Strongly influenced by the cyberpunk sci-fi movement, some philsophical and religious ideas, mythic themes, and Hong Kong action films, the movies are famous for their carefully choreographed fight scenes. Memorable HCI moments sinclude the cascading “waterfall” of cryptic alphanumeric symbols, “plugging in” directly to computer systems (and the consequent virtual worlds as the “display,” the use of pills (chemicals) to aid In connecting to computer systems, and the array of CRT display screens that are supposed to convey a world of high technology, but completely overllook the immense complexity of such displays and their likely uselessness. Nevertheless, the imagery is compelling, which is often the point of it all. Figures: Scenes from the Matrix Trilogy, 1999 and 2003. 92
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