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Re: Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

jghn wrote: post #51
GJim wrote: post #40

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> sellout trash A trifle offtopic, but..... In the 1990's and for us Gen-X'ers, the worst thing you could do was to sell out; to take the mans money instead of keeping your integrity. Calling people and bands 'sell outs' (sometimes without justification!) was to insult them. With the rise of 'influencers' the opposite appears to be the case; people go out of their way to sell out and are praised for doing so. This is…

In a sense, society sold out

I feel that statement is still hedging too much.

Society sold out.

Re: Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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Post by omnibrain »

browningstreet wrote: post #145
Zaskoda wrote: post #10

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I hated this movie the first time I watched it. And the second. The third time I let go of the need for things to be realistic and took it all in as an artistic representation and snap ... I loved it. One could argue that I loved it all along given that I watched it so many times... but there was a distinct moment where I let go and that's when I was able to see just how wonderful this movie really is.

Tried to watch it for the first time recently. Didn’t make it past 20 minutes… feel like I had to be there when it was fresh back in the day.

Try reading Masters of Deception first, to get in the right mood.

Re: Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

elric wrote: post #131

I miss the time when rollerblades seemed like the ideal mode of transport. My ankles don't.

I've been inline skating ten years now, and the last three years been doing long outdoor skates, 43km a couple of weeks ago.

It is the ideal move of transport! (if cars were less common and hills less steep).

I've got weak ankles from rolling them regularly playing other sports, but the inline boots strap em in nice and tight.

If you need some motivation, or just like to watch some decent skating, check out The Stuttering Skater on YouTube. I'm nowhere near even thinking about being that good, but he's great to watch weaving through NYC traffic.

Re: Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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Post by Fluorescence »

dualogy wrote: post #65
alexjplant wrote: post #9

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I, too, have such a work playlist entitled "Hack the Mainframe." It's got this type of stuff along with 90s/early 2000s breakbeat songs that ended up shoehorned into car and techno thriller movies at the time. I know a lot of this music was reviled as sellout trash at the time but I was too young to know any better when I first heard it and think it still holds up phenomenally well.

> 90s/early 2000s breakbeat songs Can recommend such a mix, too. Gather select works of The Chemical Brothers, The Dust Brothers, Bassbin Twins, Crystal Method, DJ Krush, Dub Pistols, Lunatic Calm, Meat Katie... and you're Somewhen Else during it. Works for commutes/trips, too.

> The Chemical Brothers (a), The Dust Brothers (b)

I had a couple of Dust Brothers (a) cassettes before they changed their name after getting a call from the other Dust Brothers (b).

Still can't believe they knowingly copied another band's name "because it sounded cool". Isn't coming up with a shit name half the fun? "I need a handle man".

Re: Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

somethingsome wrote: post #174
runjake wrote: post #48

I grew up hacking in the 1980s and I watched this movie and I totally hated it. Me and the hackers around me were more like War Games, but with skateboards and BMX bikes. On our best days, I likened us to the characters in the movie Sneakers, but no way, they were far more elite than us. Then this Hackers movie came out and it seemed like a laughable clown caricature of hacker culture. It was insulting, like I imagin…

I really loved 'Track Down' (2000), if you want to try. The film depict maybe more 1980-1990 though

In Australia that was titled 'Hackers 2' and was very disappointing - until I learned the backstory and have since read Ghost in the Wires. It's still a totally different thing to Hackers, but it's a good addition to the zeitgeist.

Re: Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

riffraff wrote: post #63
runjake wrote: post #48

I grew up hacking in the 1980s and I watched this movie and I totally hated it. Me and the hackers around me were more like War Games, but with skateboards and BMX bikes. On our best days, I likened us to the characters in the movie Sneakers, but no way, they were far more elite than us. Then this Hackers movie came out and it seemed like a laughable clown caricature of hacker culture. It was insulting, like I imagin…

I haven't watched it, but I seem to recall "Mr Robot" was widely praised by techies too.

Yes, I've watched that TV show through twice and will probably do it again.

Great on the technicals and also a complete mind fuck.

Re: Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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Post by vidalakistrajk »

Hi guys! Original creator here. I had no idea this was trending here until some people on LinkedIn wrote to me!!! I will try to make the garbage files hunt easter egg. This was an idea that started all of this but I couldn't get it to work nicely and I definitely didn't expect this much traction!

Re: Hackers (1995) Animated Experience

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

LandoCalrissian wrote: post #32

Easily my biggest guilty pleasure movie, warts and all, I still love it.

My wife, who isn't into that culture at all, knows how I feel about Hackers.

Every now and then when the opportunistic situation arises, she'll announce at me: "Crash and Burn".

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