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Robert Redford has died

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Re: Robert Redford has died

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Post by n1b0m »

stronglikedan wrote: post #83
mentalgear wrote: post #19

Oh no - we’ve lost a great defender of democracy and the environment. Throughout his personal life and professional film career, he consistently sought to spotlight government, corporate, and military-industrial corruption while shining a light on the importance of democracy. The world has lost a remarkable person! Do yourself a favor and watch some of his most important movies that represented his ideology "Truth",…

Two remarkable people in less than one week. Damn shame, but more will pick up their gauntlets and run with them!

Yes, Ricky Hatton the popular British former boxing world champion affectionately known as “The Hitman” was a beloved figure in boxing.

Re: Robert Redford has died

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Post by firefax »

What a loss. Sneakers inspired me to pursue my dream of being a penetration tester.

I first discovered his acting via a long forgotten torrent site.

I used to go onto Suprnova[0] and sort by "most seeded" and alongside a sea of pornography, up filtered gems like the 1992 cult classes we all know and love. (As well as, at the time, a lot of really got big beat electronic albums, but the uhn tiss tiss is a conversation for another thread.)

I had been a big gamer growing up, but found that folks weren't growing out of toxicity, and migrated to being a film/tv geek. More art galleries, less LAN parties, that sort of thing.

I guess he's jammin' revolvers into Russian dude's backs at the opera in heaven now...

I haven't found another film that captures the feeling of blowing past building security, the front desk, and the CEO's secretary to inform them if you were the guy who'd been threatening their NGO, they'd be dead -- and oh, by the way, here's a list of the systems I could own without setting foot in your building.

Nowadays, you're weird if you socialize offline and eschew social media, but back in the day being a hacker was not considered cool or interesting -- if anything, we were scary.

Truly a film before it's time, truly a loss.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprnova.org

Re: Robert Redford has died

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Post by mrexroad »

JKCalhoun wrote: post #3
uptown wrote: post #2

"Sneakers" is such an entertaining watch for anyone that's never seen it. Well worth your time. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/

He more or less was everywhere when I was growing up in the 1970's. "The Sting", "All the President's Men", etc. "The Great Waldo Pepper" was often on T.V. "Jeremiah Johnson" though is still a favorite of mine. Got me into blackpowder. And surprised later when watching The Twilight Zone and he turned up as "Death": https://youtu.be/9tfyv4BZRug

“Spy Game” is one of be one of the best spy films I’ve seen in terms of recruiting and handling assets.

Re: Robert Redford has died

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Post by simne »

War games, was one of the first Western movies appeared in USSR at time of "global discharge" (or better translation global easing), it was so fresh wind.

I have seen movies with Redford later, but unfortunately, I just now got info about connection of Redford with War games.

RIP Great man.

Re: Robert Redford has died

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Post by mbreese »

ascagnel_ wrote: post #34
CrulesAll wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A friend of mine that was in Desert Storm taught me this. Of course, he was on the other side One of my favourites. Great cast. Kingsley and Redford on the roof: "There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information"

They're not on the roof for that scene; they're in his office, using the computer room's air conditioning as a sound mask (and using a Cray Y-MP as a bench). While the movie takes some very early-90s liberties with technology (especially the scene where they use the chip), it's remarkably respectful of hacking -- there's a stronger emphasis on social engineering then the purely technical, and my "head canon" is that…

> breaking any then-known encryption

(Also from fuzzy memory) Any then-known Western encryption. The chip was supposedly useless on Soviet/Russian encryption techniques, thus emphasizing who exactly the chip was meant to be used against.

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