Re: Apple ]['s on the big screen

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Christopher J Lewandowski-pearson wrote:
> 
> Just a quick question:
> 
> I'm almost done putting together my very own apple ][ page and
> I would like to have a small section (list) of scenes from movies
> that show good 'ole apple ]['s, ///'s and gs's!  (don't ask me why)
> 
> Anyway, the only scenes I can remember are:
> 
> TRON:  Jeff Bridges uses an Apple /// when he first tries to hack the
>        into the MCP.
> 
> Explorers (sp): This is a movie about a bunch of kids who build a
>                 space ship.  In it River Phoenix uses an Apple //c to
>                 control said space ship.
> 
> Anyway, if you have some time and know of any encores, please e-mail me!
> 
> (As a reward, your name will be imortalized in the LIST!!)  Ohh-Boy!
> 
> ....


     Maybe someone will remember the name of this (color) sci-fi movie. It 
involved some space/time traveler engaged in a long-distance battle with a 
ship of alien, veil-clad, space women to prevent a disasterous meteor/comet 
strike on Earth. (The space women's "ship" may have been an asteroid.)

     It had something to do with the Tunguska strike in 1908. The wipe of 
forests, etc. was supposed to be a side effect of successfully avoiding a 
direct hit. 

     The time traveler was played, I think, by Victor Bono, (famed for his 
King Tut villian role in the Batman series).

     Anyway, the movie involves a lot of switching between interior shots 
of the two ships. The time guy's ship has 1-2 Apple ][+'s over which the 
hero is constantly laboring to adjust time/space vectors-- great stuff for 
any ][-in-the-movies fan!
          
 
Rubywand