[ale] Computer centric Movies/TV Shows

[Lightner, Jeffrey]

I love Office Space.



Don't forget about Dilbert.   The animated show wasn't great but the comics are great.

From: Ale [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Arie vW via Ale
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 3:44 PM
To: DJ-Pfulio; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Computer centric Movies/TV Shows

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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