| These are the terminals of Colossus and
Guardian, communicating over telephone lines. If you look
closely, you'll notice that they are discussing math, a
sure sign that they are up to no good. You'll also notice
that the equations displayed on the terminals are large
enough to be legible from several feet away. This is the
case with most computers in films. They must display text
on their monitors so that it can be easily read from the
distance of a typical medium, over-the-shoulder shot.
This means, of course, that computers in films are rarely
able to display more than two or three lines of text at
any one time. |
