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author | mms <git@sapka.me> | 2024-11-17 22:14:40 +0100 |
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diff --git a/content-org/brain-rot.org b/content-org/brain-rot.org index b2075fc..328e2ba 100644 --- a/content-org/brain-rot.org +++ b/content-org/brain-rot.org @@ -14,55 +14,6 @@ :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: hackers/ :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_order name :END: -*** TODO Hackers (1995) - -There are movies which I absolutely despised when I first saw them. -They were loud, abnoxious, made little sense. -Some of them, with passing time, grew on me. - -Hackers is a 1995 movie about, well, hackers. -We start with Dade, an 11 year old geek, being arrested for hacking and crashing over 1,5k computer systems. -He is sentenced to the worst imaginable sentence - an judge impossed mandated ban on using computer system till he reaches 18 years of age. -Somehow we don't care what happened during those years, as we jump 7 years in the future (which seem to be undefined "now" of 1990s). -Dade is hacking once again, and as a result he joins a group of hackers and becomes part of an conspiracy. - -Say what you will, /Hackers/ takes the hacker ethos pretty seriously and this is what espaced my teenage understanding. -All of the main characters (wh are using simply amazing handles, like Zero Cool or Cereal Killer) break into system for the fun of it. -They are prosecuted by the govermnent and media portrayes them as dangerous individuals, but they are anything but malificicet. - -The hacking scenes make close to zero sense - but that's hollywood for you. -We haven't seen serious attempt at showing it before /Mr Robot/. -Therefore, we can see past it. - -But we can't see past the fashion. -I have no idea /how/ anyone came with what we see here, but it's simply glorious. -Just look! -I refuse to believe, that this was not the official fashion of New York in the 90s. - -Also, the quotes. -If there is a infinitelly quotable movie, it is Hackers. -/Hack the Planet/ or /"There is no right and wrong. There's only fun and boring/ should be recognized by anyone working in IT. -I may be wrong, but I think there are questions about /Hackers/ on CompTIA Security+ - -What the movies makes in its heart, it lacks in brains. -The main villian is trying to get rich and put the blame on our hackers. -The plan makes very little sense, as the /twist/ (which I will not reveal) would be very quickly discovered. -This removes some of the tension, as it's not stopping the evil guy, but about who will go jail. - -The antagonist character is also weak. -He has the most over the top quotes and reactions - even if he has the only hacker-worthy keyboard to be seen here. -The acting is great, as no one bursed out laughing, but no points here. - -/Hackers/ is a fun little movie, with a huge soul. -It's dumb, loud and over-stylized. -But it's also one the few movies which show the soul of a hacker. -I think everyone should see it at least once. - -#+begin_quote -You wage wars, murder, cheat, lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals. Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. -#+end_quote - - |