Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever?
The only movie I liked wasn't remotely "hacking" was the first Matrix. It was mostly some pop terminology sprinkled through it. Much like all Hollywood interpretations of what hackers actually do.
It's hilariously actually.... Spinning 3D cubes to hack into some database, while the actor looks like he's playing an awesome game of minesweeper on flaming tits that emit crummy (inappropriate) pop music.
*enhances image resolution above what it's original source res is... Badazz >.>
Pirates of Silicon Valley was okay, and I liked The Social Network, even if it bears the same resemblance to Facebook's actual history that Lord of the Rings does to the actual Middle Ages.
Miguel de Icaza had a cameo in Antitrust. The computers are all running Gnome on Linux. A few decisions are made by characters that wouldn't be made by an actual engineer for the sake of dramatic tension, but overall, it is highly realistic as far as Hollywood goes.
A film in Hollywood made "for everyone" is a four-quadrant film with a PG-13 rating.
Less than 30 films a year released by the studios (out of the 120 they release) fit that description – i.e. 80% of the films the major Hollywood studios release each year are explicitly not made for everyone.
What they are all made for is a mass audience, where "mass" is essentially: enough to make their money back.
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"It’s too risky. It doesn’t test well in focus groups. It’s not made for everyone."
Oh how I want to see movies that are not made for everyone.
How many good 'Hacker' movies have there been?
Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever?
The only movie I liked wasn't remotely "hacking" was the first Matrix. It was mostly some pop terminology sprinkled through it. Much like all Hollywood interpretations of what hackers actually do.
It's hilariously actually.... Spinning 3D cubes to hack into some database, while the actor looks like he's playing an awesome game of minesweeper on flaming tits that emit crummy (inappropriate) pop music.
*enhances image resolution above what it's original source res is... Badazz >.>
Pirates of Silicon Valley was okay, and I liked The Social Network, even if it bears the same resemblance to Facebook's actual history that Lord of the Rings does to the actual Middle Ages.
But your overall point is well-taken.
I thought Anti-Trust was ok. It's pretty Hollywood, but the core ideas were pretty good.
Miguel de Icaza had a cameo in Antitrust. The computers are all running Gnome on Linux. A few decisions are made by characters that wouldn't be made by an actual engineer for the sake of dramatic tension, but overall, it is highly realistic as far as Hollywood goes.
Better yet, has there been any good hacker movies, ever?
My personal favorite is "Sneakers": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
+1 to this. While the premise was a bit ridiculous, it was definitely a "hacker" movie.
enhances image resolution above what it's original source res is...Badazz
Well, it's not totally impossible. You can sort of interpolate a higher resolution from an image, with stuff like "fractal resizing", etc:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/07/better-image-resizi...
Although, this is also accurate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaMdXjTn9rc
A film in Hollywood made "for everyone" is a four-quadrant film with a PG-13 rating.
Less than 30 films a year released by the studios (out of the 120 they release) fit that description – i.e. 80% of the films the major Hollywood studios release each year are explicitly not made for everyone.
What they are all made for is a mass audience, where "mass" is essentially: enough to make their money back.
Well, I want to see movies not made for everyone. Like "Primer" for example.
It doesn't even have to be some art-house thing (although those can be very good too). Even a movie like "Fight Club" is NOT made for everyone.
Do you only want to watch generic shit targeted to the average moviegoer?