My father only agreed to have kids if we lived near what's now known as the research triangle. Same line of thinking as prof. Falken: go out early. I was born in '78, so guess I don't owe my life to a movie, but it's an interesting tie in.
To be honest, I'd probably end up where I am with or without that film but the early memory of it is so strong with me that I keep making that connection (for that warm fuzzy feeling). I was born at '76 and that tech to me seemed so far out futuristic for many years. It was only in the 90s that before I got my first modem.
