[ale] Computer centric Movies/TV Shows

[Chuck Payne]

Here is a list that should be more helpful

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_computers

On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Denny Chambers via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Sneakers (1992)
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> Blackhat (2015)
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> On 9/24/2018 1:54 PM, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> TV
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>> 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.
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>> Many are on APV or Netflix or Youtube (free).
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>> 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.
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>> 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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