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Once you accept that a movie isn't a documentary, Hackers is a lot of fun. The editor of 2600 consulted on it (and lent his nym)
by ynniv 1y ago
Once you accept that a movie isn't a documentary, Hackers is a lot of fun. The editor of 2600 consulted on it (and lent his nym)
- rbanffy 1y agoThe soundtrack is much, much, better.
- ineptech 1y agoAgreed, just saw the remaster in a theater and it holds up surprisingly well. What seemed like glaring inaccuracies in 1995 now seem like whimsical visualizations and over the top silliness. Except of course "It's got a 28.8 bps modem". The other thing I noticed was that it is chock-full of gender non-conformity. Not in the plot, but visually - almost every hacker character wears androgynous clothing or makeup or something along those lines. The over-representation of trans people in computer security is a common trope now and I wonder if Hackers was the first time that was depicted in media.
- ynniv 1y agopoint eight bee pee ess, said no one ever. Also too much ADR to censor words that didn't need to be censored
- invalidlogin 1y agoWhat is an nym?
- dredmorbius 1y ago<https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nym https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nym>
- 542354234235 1y agoHackers does a great job at answers the question “How do you make hacking, which is literally just typing, visually interesting?” It is kind of like Pixar anthropomorphizing things like emotions. The software becomes a semi-physical landscape with viruses moving across and through that space (like the rabbit virus literally multiplying rabbits). It isn’t trying to be “accurate”, its playing with the idea and concept of hacking. I think it is a really fun movie.