From: | runnerpaul@*****.com runnerpaul@*****.com |
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Subject: | [OT] Hackers [was: Cyberdecks and PC's] |
Date: | Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:18:42 -0400 (EDT) |
At 10:48 AM 4/27/1999 +0200, Gurth wrote:
>> > Simple answer: because, like whoever wrote the movie I watched
last
>night,
>> > FASA knows *&%%#*#-all about computers. This can be seen first
of all
>from
>> > the entire set of Matrix rules :)
>>
>> Oh, and what movie was this one???
>
>
>Hackers. I got the distinct impression that the writers had heard (or
>looked up) a bunch of computer terminology, and invented what it
meant as
>they went along writing the script.
>
*boggle* You're kidding, right?!?
I've always been of the opinion that the script for Hackers was about
as technically accurate as we're ever going to get out of Hollywood.
If you look past all the 72 point fonts on everyone's screen and all
the extraneous CGI special-effects sequences, I think the movie is
quite plausible.
The large fonts are understandable, since movie audiences have to be
able to read these things. As for all the CGI, I suspect that the
filmmakers just couldn't figure out a way to convey the concept of
"he's reverse-engineering a program that performs some complex and
covert accounting voodoo on the corporation's mainframes" so they just
swirled a bunch of computer generated math symbols around the guy.
Can you cite a specific example from the movie where you felt that
computer terminology was being misused? It's been a while since I've
seen the film, but I've seen it like 8 times and I really can't even
think of one example of jargon misuse. (And I know jargon misuse when
I see it, I happen to be a _big_ fan of the CGI cartoon Reboot, which
is probably the worst offender ever in that category.)
Oh, and were you watching the film in English, or had it been dubbed
over?
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