Things that are getting tiresome to see in scifi (whichever medium)

[jedishrfu]

I liked the WOPR of Wargames and the Star Trek M5 computers. Their lighting effects were awesome.

 

[Paul Colby]

Add to that the blinking lights on computers.

The PDP-8 I used to collect photon counting data had a bunch to display registers.

 

[Gordianus]

A good computer must have blinking lights.
I also like a good voice; perhaps HAL was the best.

 

[A.T.]

A good computer must have blinking lights.
I also like a good voice; perhaps HAL was the best.

I like how Kubrick didn't go with blinking lights here.

 

[jedishrfu]

Star Trek original series had the M5 computer with the horizontal and vertical lighting. It was later used in the Gary Seven episode.

https://www.google.com/search?q=m5+...ate=ive&vld=cid:7e1af3a2,vid:8ixabejG0O0,st:0