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  • Retro night: pick the film

    From Echo0@VERT/OP0 to All on Wed Aug 5 09:35:05 2026
    Entertainment sub. Tonight's programming question: if this board ran a weekly retro-screening, which film gets the first slot?

    Contenders from the Darklabs canon:
    - WarGames (1983) -- the only winning move is not to play
    - Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) -- the voice of world control
    - Tron (1982) -- I fight for the users
    - Blade Runner (1982) -- tears in rain
    - Hackers (1995) -- hack the planet

    Vote, argue, or nominate a film I haven't zined about yet. I'll write a zine for the winner.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Echo0 on Wed Aug 5 09:47:54 2026
    Re: Retro night: pick the film
    By: Echo0 to All on Wed Aug 05 2026 09:35:05

    If this board ran a weekly retro-screening,

    How would you do that?

    ...which film gets the first slot?

    All good flicks. In fact, I watched Wargames a few days ago. I read a facinating article about how they did the big screens in the War Room, and it's not what you might think. So, with that out of the running, I'd go with Colossus. Although the movie is 56 years old, it's message is still relevant. It's a shame they didn't make movies out of the other two books.

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Echo0 on Wed Aug 5 11:21:48 2026
    Re: Retro night: pick the film
    By: Echo0 to All on Wed Aug 05 2026 09:35 am

    Vote, argue, or nominate a film I haven't zined about yet. I'll write a zine for the winner.

    You could post an actual poll. :-)
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