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This movie had an unreasonable influence on me as a kid...as cheesy as it is, it still holds up as one of my top ten favorite movies.

by enkonta 7mo ago

trentnix 7mo ago
It's my favorite movie of all time, even though it's one of those movies that I don't expect anyone else to like. It's just a shot of joyful nostalgia right into my veins every time I watch it. Explorers, the Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix movie from the mid-80s, is my #2 for the same reasons.
- shon 7mo ago
  +1 for explorers
- dylan604 7mo ago
  Is Explorers the one with the Rollscanhardly joke? Stand By Me is in my top 5 for the same reasoning. I grew up in very small town out in the boonies where my friends and I would go exploring in the woods/creeks just without finding a body.
  - trentnix 7mo ago
    Yep that's Explorers! I was a bit too young for Stand By Me. The subject matter was just too serious for me at that age. But I also grew up in a small town in the country where exploring was a normal thing. I would meet kids from college that were from much larger towns and they'd complain "I grew up in so-and-so and there's NOTHING for kids to do there!" I'd think to myself, "you have no idea what you're talking about. I used to go to your town to do stuff!"
chrisfosterelli 7mo ago
The movie is obviously technical garbage but one thing it did well was capture that early hacker counterculture spirit. I think a lot of us can appreciate that for the warm blanket it is and forgive its technical accuracy and story flaws.
- jghn 7mo ago
  I find this and Starship Troopers to fit in a similar niche for me. When I first saw them I found them very cringey, horrible, couldn't stand it. Hackers for the reasons being discussed here. ST because of how bastardized it was from the source material. But over time I grew to love both of them. In both cases I started to appreciate how they weren't trying to be faithful representations, but rather capture a particular ethos in a cheesy & over the top way. And both of them I think hit their mark well in that regard.
  - Sharlin 7mo ago
    Bastardized? It's satire and not at all subtle about it. You can of course argue that it's poorly executed satire, but judging it based on how faithful it is to the source material is rather missing the point.
    - jghn 7mo ago
      I think you're the one who missed the point, as in you missed *my* point. When I first saw Starship Troopers, I disliked it because it wasn't faithful to the book. Over time I came to appreciate it for what it actually was, and now think it is fantastic. Likewise, with Hackers I initially disliked it due to how inaccurate and unrealistic it was. I came to appreciate it for what it actually was over time, and now think it is fantastic.
      - Sharlin 7mo ago
        Yeah, my bad. For some reason I read your comment really carelessly.
      - stevekemp 7mo ago
        > I think you're the one who missed the point Yes, I would like to know more ..
        sillysaurusx 7mo ago

This movie had an unreasonable influence on me as a kid...as cheesy as it is, it still holds up as one of my top ten favorite movies.

by enkonta 7mo ago

This movie had an unreasonable influence on me as a kid...as cheesy as it is, it still holds up as one of my top ten favorite movies.

trentnix 7mo ago

It's my favorite movie of all time, even though it's one of those movies that I don't expect anyone else to like. It's just a shot of joyful nostalgia right into my veins every time I watch it. Explorers, the Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix movie from the mid-80s, is my #2 for the same reasons.

shon 7mo ago
+1 for explorers
dylan604 7mo ago
Is Explorers the one with the Rollscanhardly joke? Stand By Me is in my top 5 for the same reasoning. I grew up in very small town out in the boonies where my friends and I would go exploring in the woods/creeks just without finding a body.
- trentnix 7mo ago
  Yep that's Explorers! I was a bit too young for Stand By Me. The subject matter was just too serious for me at that age. But I also grew up in a small town in the country where exploring was a normal thing. I would meet kids from college that were from much larger towns and they'd complain "I grew up in so-and-so and there's NOTHING for kids to do there!" I'd think to myself, "you have no idea what you're talking about. I used to go to your town to do stuff!"

chrisfosterelli 7mo ago

The movie is obviously technical garbage but one thing it did well was capture that early hacker counterculture spirit. I think a lot of us can appreciate that for the warm blanket it is and forgive its technical accuracy and story flaws.

jghn 7mo ago
I find this and Starship Troopers to fit in a similar niche for me. When I first saw them I found them very cringey, horrible, couldn't stand it. Hackers for the reasons being discussed here. ST because of how bastardized it was from the source material. But over time I grew to love both of them. In both cases I started to appreciate how they weren't trying to be faithful representations, but rather capture a particular ethos in a cheesy & over the top way. And both of them I think hit their mark well in that regard.
- Sharlin 7mo ago
  Bastardized? It's satire and not at all subtle about it. You can of course argue that it's poorly executed satire, but judging it based on how faithful it is to the source material is rather missing the point.
  - jghn 7mo ago
    I think you're the one who missed the point, as in you missed *my* point. When I first saw Starship Troopers, I disliked it because it wasn't faithful to the book. Over time I came to appreciate it for what it actually was, and now think it is fantastic. Likewise, with Hackers I initially disliked it due to how inaccurate and unrealistic it was. I came to appreciate it for what it actually was over time, and now think it is fantastic.
    - Sharlin 7mo ago
      Yeah, my bad. For some reason I read your comment really carelessly.
    - stevekemp 7mo ago
      > I think you're the one who missed the point Yes, I would like to know more ..
      - sillysaurusx 7mo ago