[ale] Computer centric Movies/TV Shows

[Elliot Holden]

Wow definitely can't leave out

Blackhat (2015)

Whether you like Chris Hemsworth or not I actually learned a few useful
commands from that movie like the "write" command (fun one to use at work)
- plus this movie is dark and edgy and none of the MovieOS stuff, lol.
Actual command line stuff.

Also,

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

she's writing really SQL queries (in MySQL I believe). Another dark and
edgy movie.

Elliot

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 2:55 PM DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> At ALE-NW yesterday, we were discussing some Computer-related movies
> because "The Net" was on TV at the time.
>
> A few came up:
> * Hackers (1995)
> * Tron (1982)
> * WarGames (1983)
> * Hacker (2016)
> * Her (2013) - set in the near-future
> * CitizenFour
> * Snowden
> * The Circle (2017)
> * Antitrust (2001)
> * The Pirates of Silicon Valley
>
> and that PBS documentary _The Triumph of the Nerds_ with an insider view
> from an early Apple employee
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX5g0kidk3Y
>
> Hackers and WarGames are the worst in the list. The Net was terrible and
> so was the sequel. The last 3 are worth a watch if you haven't seen
> them. These are historical and current year movies.
>
>
> TV
>
> There have been many recent TV series about computing. Silicon Valley
> and Halt and Catch Fire come to mind. The IT Crowd and Chuck are always
> funny.
>
> Many are on APV or Netflix or Youtube (free).
>
> We avoided all the Hacking-centric shows.  Mr. Robot S3 will be on
> Amazon Prime next month. S1 and S2 are there already. Real hackers
> validate that everything they claim on the show is possible, BTW.
>
> Antitrust and The Circle show how far fictitious companies are willing
> to go. I suspect they aren't far from reality at all.
>
> What movies in the same "computing startup" vein did we miss?
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