IT ignorance in movies

sam83uk · 28 Jul 2007 at 15:46

i thought id make a thread for people to post their examples of movies with complete ignorance for real world IT and computing.

i think the most classic example is 'Independence Day' where an alien ship was infected with a virus as if it was operating an earth OS

Toryglen-boy · 28 Jul 2007 at 15:50

sam83uk said:
i thought id make a thread for people to post their examples of movies with complete ignorance for real world IT and computing.

i think the most classic example is 'Independence Day' where an alien ship was infected with a virus as if it was operating an earth OS

good thread dude, but there are too many to name !!

i am thinking huge graphic search windows for files, and GUI's that look amazing ... re. any recent spy or espionage movie...

penski · 28 Jul 2007 at 15:56

[geeks only] do you think my IT is accurate?

*n

Dravic · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:00

Swordfish, the hacking scenes were laughable.

Frame352 · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:04

Dravic said:
Swordfish, the hacking scenes were laughable.

Agreed. More recently, Die Hard 4.

Participant · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:20

Whenever someone downloaded anything in the X-Files. They used to go at the speed of light and this was ten years ago.

Volcs · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:21

penski said:
[geeks only] do you think my IT is accurate?

*n

Hi 5.

Jurassic Park: "This is a UNIX system...I know this"

Stop scrolling around with your mouse then.

sam83uk · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:25

anyone seen 'Death Warrant' when the female cop gets the help of a 14 year old nerd to hack into goverment files.. he does a lot of typing and stuff

Dano · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:40

Bourne Supremecy, the PDA that scans a fingerprint in about 0.5 of a second by it just being held in front of the screen.

knowlesy · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:41

Dravic said:
Swordfish, the hacking scenes were laughable.

doesn't every script kiddie dream of what happens in the first 30 mins "hacking the fbi" lol

Tax Evader · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:42

Dravic said:
Swordfish, the hacking scenes were laughable.

Can't remember which film it is in, but there's one scene where they 'break in' and you see graphical tunnels and doors opening!

Also - I know it's not a movie, but "24" has to be one of the worst offenders! (even though I love it)

Dravic · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:48

knowlesy said:
doesn't every script kiddie dream of what happens in the first 30 mins "hacking the fbi" lol

Hahaha, that's very true.

divine` · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:52

Why do so many of these examples involve 'hacking'?

Tax Evader · 28 Jul 2007 at 16:57

Superman III - where computer instructions (such as the money stealing thing) are entered as English sentences...

-Nick- · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:01

Green_Giant said:
Agreed. More recently, Die Hard 4.

yea lol, loads of typing but on screen it appeared that none of it was being input anywhere.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:08

Here's a good one, probably...

The Net - Another of Sandra Bullock's finest moments.

Strangely enough I actually quite like it, but for a 'hacking/computer geek' film it is woefully off the mark.

Edit - Ooh, and what about Goldeneye. "I spike you!" Now there's hacking.

phoenix · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:10

knowlesy said:
doesn't every script kiddie dream of what happens in the first 30 mins "hacking the fbi" lol

I know i did...

Jofujofu · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:10

penski said:
[geeks only] do you think my IT is accurate?

*n

ROFL!

Paul

slambo69 · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:20

I wasnt that interested in the thread, but I looked at the topic creator and just had to have a peek to see if anyone made that joke.

I remember reading a blog and the guy was saying - 'how come we never see Windows on computers in movies?'

Kind of true, all movies with computers just have some basic, dodgy OS.

penski · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:24

divine_madness said:
Why do so many of these examples involve 'hacking'?

Because the Hollywood version of hacking is that it is sneaky and dangerous and sexy...

Whereas the truth about hackers is that they are invariably acne-ridden anaemic loners, either obese or hideously underweight, wearing a Tux T-shirt and living with their parents.

*n