[ale] Computer centric Movies/TV Shows

[Jeff Hubbs]

One I remember from when I was a kid: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project



On 9/24/18 3:44 PM, Arie vW via Ale wrote:
> Mr. Robot is fanstastic
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 2:55 PM DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org 
> <mailto: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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