Please, Mr. Fischer, limit your claims to what you know about, to situations where you were present and to the facts that exist, not just the tiny portion that you know about. And the next time you choose to call me a liar in a public forum, in writing, I’d be happy to introduce you to my lawyer.
David Sosna
Computer Systems Designer
“War Games”
Posted at 2:43AM on Oct 30th 2004 by David Sosna3-23-2006- In the spirit of fairness, I have given Mr. Sosna’s reply full publication. However, his attribution of my calling him a liar is totally unfounded as all I really objected to in his first post was his claim that the “WarGames IMSAI” was his. Although it may have influenced thinking in the “relief” crew, the original solicitation for props to us as Fischer-Freitas came from the office of Linda Fleischer and Unique Products, AFTER Mr. Sosna’s services were no longer needed. I have no doubt that Mr. Sosna has contributed to the world of visual media entertainment, and that he was one of the many individuals who participated in the first efforts to get the “WarGames” script into production. In that same line of thought, I would imagine that Mr. Sosna’s account of the back story of the first “WarGames” efforts would provide an interesting read. But the fact remains that the end product deleted many, if not most, acknowledgements of those initial efforts when the final cut was printed and released, including his.For anyone to claim any part of the IMSAI contribution to the release version of the “WarGames” film detracts from my contribution as well the value of the original items that I possess and have defended for the all of these years. This value has been most recently been realized in five figures when I was asked to provide these items for a commercial shoot for an AT&T commercial that also features “Robby the Robot” (from the film “Forbidden Planet”), and K.I.T. the intelligent talking Pontiac Trans Am from the “Knightrider” television series. It will be one of the three stars in an upcoming commercial for AT&T.If Mr. Sosna demands an apology, it can only be for the misunderstanding and defensive response that I took after an aggressive and unfounded claim of defamation… totally wrong and not in keeping with my nature to give credit where credit is due, and I submit my apologies to Mr. Sosna and all concerned in that sense. -Thomas “Todd” Fischer
Bill Westenhofer, Michael Fink, Trevor Wood, Ben Morris, receiving their Oscar for their work on
“The Golden Compass” (February 22, 2008)Academy Award Oscar winners for “Best visual effects”