[ale] Computer centric Movies/TV Shows

[Denny Chambers]

Sneakers (1992)

Blackhat (2015)



On 9/24/2018 1:54 PM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale 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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