Underdogs can be underdogs for LOTS of varied reasons. I highly recommend Robert Forward’s “Rocheworld” for hard-SF on interstellar travel – Boredom, Boredom, Boredom, and yes Panic.Įspecially the ex-convict truck-pilot who melted the MacArthur-Maze and the drunkard who commanded the Exxon-Valdez are examples of what happens when Losers get to be Pilots.Įconomically, both incidents involve “Unpriced Externalities” as they say, who paid for the wrecks “we all did”. Pirates of Silicon Valley – was interesting to watch.Īs wikipedia confirms, the basic plot of Gattaca was “loser wants to be an Astronaut”.
Sneakers – also upset me by having the tech so wrong.Įnemy of the State – Did the tech wrong, but I can see the desire for such control existing in the real world already. Johnny Mnemonic – was out of date before it even hit the theatres. WarGames – you don’t crack codes that way. Worse the evil master plan would not have worked in real-life, at-least no for all the ships, and if one ship reports in what have the finger points right back at the bad guys.
There were a few good ideas but their approach again was all wrong. Hackers – these kids could not hack themselves out of a paper bag. did and has no-one who remembers what she looks like?
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Plus what women send her time dressing up to look like S.B. The Net – Where hacker is being hunted to keep a secret but never considers to the final five minutes that posting the secret on the internet will remove the reason they are hunting her.
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Real Genius – Was a great movie where the details went over the head of most viewers. The Matrix – got so many things wrong I don’t even want to try and list them. TakeDown – Left me disliking Kevin Mitnick as a person. The Thirteen Floor – seemed like a weak, feel-good ending to me. Strange-Days – Ok I loved this one but logic about how people would and did react does not match the real-world I live in. The problem is that most so-called hacker movies gets all/most of the tech wrong.Īnti-Trust – information theory says the claimed super hack is impossible.