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02:55
Alphabet soup is used as an interface for the bat computer on TV's Batman
From Batman (1967).
Batman and Robin's reliance on computerized problem solving is tested when a woman's vanity causes the power to go out in the bat cave
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02:10
A scheme to use a supecomputer to predict roulette outcomes in The Honeymoon Machine
From The Honeymoon Machine (1961).
A Naval officer and a civilian scientist imagine using a supercomputer for casino gambling
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02:23
Personal computer kitsch adorns the opening title sequence of The Center of the World
From The Center of the World (2001).
Database aesthetics and keyboard input set the stage for a narrative set on the brink of the dotcom era
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00:52
The Matrix Reloaded title design
From The Matrix Reloaded (2003).
Aestheticized software code sets the stage for this sequel to The Matrix
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00:44
VR5 Title sequence
From VR5 (1995).
The opening title sequence of VR5 outlines the levels of virtual reality from Computer Screen to Virtual Sensory Reality
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02:08
IBM Why Data Matters
From Why Data Matters (2010).
Analyzing and making sense of data for IBM's Smarter Planet campaign
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07:47
Montage of torture scenes from Marathon Man
From Marathon Man (1976).
A graduate student played by Dustin Hoffman is tortured by Nazi dentist Laurence Olivier
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11:18
The database of horror from Cabin in the Woods
From The Cabin in the Woods (2011).
The recombination of generic elements in Hollywood narratives is rarely exposed with such blunt self-awareness as in this climactic scene from Cabin in the Woods
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S1mone voice interface
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Tron digitization of the body
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Inception as paradigm for world building and interface
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01:07
Mannix vs. Technology
From Mannix (1967).
Technocratic corporate surveillance is contrasted with the rugged individualism of the private detective
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00:58
Supercomputer switch interface in The Towering Inferno
From (1974).
Responsibility for getting a skyscraper's fire, electrical and security systems back online is left to the Chief of Security (O.J. Simpson)
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01:10
Split-screens and multiscreen displays signify a cyber-terrorist's mastery of the internets
From Cybergeddon (2012).
Techno music still signifies mastery of the cyber realm where all-seeing cyber-terror hackers launch their viruses in red fonts
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03:04
The ultimate computer threatens world domination in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
From The Man From U.N.C.L.E. S2E3 (1965).
A computer capable of storing all the world's knowledge scanned from great books promises to aid the worldwide criminal organization THRUSH take over the world
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01:48
A beautiful but deadly fembot takes revenge in Eve of Destruction
From Eve of Destruction (1991).
Released the same year as Thelma and Louise, this payback sequence begs questions about female empowerment in cinema
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02:52
Tomorrow Never Dies titles and cyborg chic
From Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).
Sexy cyborg Bond girls, geek chic and digital morph effects adorn the title sequence of Tomorrow Never Dies
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01:26
Dr. Goldfoot demonstrates his Bikini Machine
From Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965).
Supercomputer kitsch provided by decommissioned Burroughs B205s provides the backdrop for Dr. Goldfoot's demo
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01:46
A recalcitrant supercomputer defies its operator in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
From Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).
A recalcitrant Siemens System 4004 supercomputer refuses to participate in "the greatest miracle of the machine age"
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01:08
Gestural and holographic interface in The Avengers
From The Avengers (2012).
The Iron Man lab sequences in The Avengers offer a futuristic vision of seamless, responsive interfaces that are gestural, holographic and tangible as needed
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01:43
An autistic youth is able to see electromagnetic information streams in Alphas
From Alphas (2011).
Hand gestures provide the logical form of interface when directly accessing the electromagnetic spectrum
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02:24
Supercomputer kitsch adorns the credit sequences of The Honeymoon Machine
From The Honeymoon Machine (1961).
Song lyrics explain the difference between humans and computers
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04:30
The real Adolf Hitler and the real Bill Clinton in Contact
From Contact (1997).
A Bill Clinton speech is recut to be about extraterrestrial intelligence in Contact
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00:32
IBM Data City
From Data City (2010).
Motion Theory's Data City for IBM's Smarter Planet campaign
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01:48
Apple ad: Rip. Mix. Burn
From Rip. Mix. Burn. (2006).
In the first iPod ad from 2006, a white teenager assembles an eclectic playlist from live performers in a concert hall
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00:31
IBM Data Energy
From Data Energy (2010).
Motion Theory's Data Energy for IBM's Smarter Planet campaign
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07:40
The supercomputer ZERO provides selective access to all human knowledge in Rollerball
From Rollerball (1975).
A dystopian future without books depends on a liquid core supercomputer to remember history
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Code 46 interface montage
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MUVE parody and TV breach
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Surrogates future war
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NSA headquarters in the cinematic imaginary
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02:05
An early example of multi-source data processing to combat terrorism in The Doll Squad
From The Doll Squad (1973).
A CIA supercomputer named BERTHA recommends "experienced women" to foil a terrorist plot
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00:46
The anxieties of database identity on Cybergeddon
From Cybergeddon (2012).
Ordinary citizens' "whole lives" may be taken away by evil hackers and cyber-terrorists "at the push of a button"
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05:01
Postnational capitalist systems theory in Network
From Network (1976).
A media conglomerate CEO explains the economics of post-industrial, post-national capitalism
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01:15
Creating a Fembot on Eve of Destruction
From Eve of Destruction (1991).
A fictional history of government experiments in robotics results in the creation of a beautiful but deadly fembot
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00:39
Prototype of wearable computer on Get Smart, Again
From Get Smart Again (1989).
Maxwell Smart is outfitted with a wearable computer made of "thousands of cotton microchips interwoven with silk spun from specially bred silkworms from the Silicone (sic) Valley"
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01:07
Dr Goldfoot demonstrates the programming function of his Bikini Machine
From Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965).
Tape drives from a Burroughs B205 are used to program beautiful but deadly female companion robots
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01:01
Light pen and holographic display as design fiction in Sound of Thunder
From A Sound of Thunder (2005).
In an age of time travel a holographic light pen display makes for a plausible design fiction
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00:33
Computerized racism on Get Smart
From Get Smart "The Girls from KAOS" (1967).
Computerized facial recognition, which was still a largely fictional technology in the mid 1960s, is here used to reinforce ethnic stereotypes
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00:29
Denouement sequence of The Avengers features a holographic touch interface
From The Avengers (2012).
The end of The Avengers showcases a previously unseen interface-display apparatus for architectural visualization
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