River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke, who are very young, stare at the screen in amazement. It shows some computer generated vector graphics that can’t really do anything like that. It didn’t matter, because in that scene from the legendary movie ‘Explorers’ (1985) shadow hero was an Apple IIc.

The existence of computers from all eras has been a constant in TV shows and movies for years, and although we often don’t pay attention to them, these machines are a testament to the technology that has and still surrounds us. They are the other heroes of those movies and series.and there is a website that tries to save these (more or less) star views.

How well do movies’ computers do this?

This is the Computer’s Protagonist who recorded the appearance of the Apple IIc (I thought it was the Amiga 500 for a moment) and of course recorded it. saves many more appearances.

We all wanted to be Matthew Broderick in ‘War Games’. what a movie

From the Atari Portfolio that young Edward Furlong used in ‘Terminator II’, of course, IMSAI 8080 Matthew Broderick’s legendary ‘War Games’ where he took control of the US Department of Defense.

of course not all almost impossible to keep up There’s a certain “retro spirit” that pays special homage to the avalanche of contemporary productions and indeed to the computers that accompanied us in the 80’s or 90’s on this website.

There are of course more modern ones, but at Starring the Computer podcast host James Carter (@carterjf), that spirit of computers from other times very lively.

The web is simple in design but effective in its purpose: organize these views from both movies and computersand it is possible to find such formations both ways.

It’s also striking how Carter is for each of his films. characterizes this view with three parameters: the importance of that look—whether the computer is the lead character in the scene or not—its realism—if things are being done with it that it can actually do—and its visibility—the computer is only part of the set if it is or is actually seen in the scene.

This follow-up study is so incomprehensible Carter himself asks for help: If any user detects these occurrences, they can contribute to the website by sending an e-mail notifying them that they did not catch them or by helping out. via Twitter to identify machines that appear in scenes from movies and TV shows. If you like this effort and want to contribute, cheer up.