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diff --git a/content/brain-rot/hackers/_index.md b/content/brain-rot/hackers/_index.md deleted file mode 100644 index 35bdd76..0000000 --- a/content/brain-rot/hackers/_index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Hacker movies" -author = ["Michał Sapka"] -date = 2024-04-14T18:10:00+02:00 -categories = ["brainrot"] -draft = false -weight = 3001 -image_dir = "screenshots" -image_max_width = 765 -menu_order = "name" -abstract = "Stories about hackers" -[menu] - [menu.brain-rot] - identifier = "hacker-movies" - weight = 2000 -+++ - -{{< menu "brain-rot-hackers" >}} -Witcher -{{< /menu >}} diff --git a/content/brain-rot/hackers/sneakers-1992.md b/content/brain-rot/hackers/sneakers-1992.md deleted file mode 100644 index 60cf811..0000000 --- a/content/brain-rot/hackers/sneakers-1992.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Sneakers (1992)" -author = ["Michał Sapka"] -date = 2024-07-29T21:12:00+02:00 -categories = ["brainrot"] -draft = false -weight = 3002 -image_dir = "screenshots" -image_max_width = 765 -menu_order = "name" -abstract = "My review" -image = "covers/sneakers.jpg" -rating = 4 -[menu] - [menu.brain-rot-hackers] - weight = 3002 - identifier = "sneakers-1992" -+++ - -_Sneakers_ is a 1992 movie starring a huge cast of brightest stars about penetrating testers hired by NSA to recover a Russian-founder black box codename "Setec Astronomy". -Things get complicated and (as it was in the 90s) full of conspiracies. - -I watched this film _only_ because it is about hackers. -And let me tell you, I did not leave disappointed. -We sure got some red team hacking. -Computers get hacked, doors get unlocked, cameras get taped. -If this is all you want - sure, _Sneakers_ is great. -All of those actions are believable, hackers are not the scum of the earth (as they tend to be in later movies) and it's just plain cool. - -What I was not expecting was a great plot! -It's clear that the task is not what it seems. -It's not X-Files level of conspiracy within conspiracy[^fn:1], but we've sure got some rollercoaster of those. -It <span class="underline">is</span> the 90s, so government are evil and private business is good, but even being raised on those ideas, I had a blast. -Even after the _evil mastermind_ laves the shadow, it doesn't break anything. -It may be a bit too-obvious, but what the hell. 80% of the story is great. - -{{< rating 4 "sneakers.jpg" >}} -Cover -{{< /rating >}} - -And the movie is simply beautiful. -It has _that_ 90s look, which can not be reproduced with modern digital effects. -But the camera work is stop-on. -When I pressed "play" on this hacker movie, I was not expecting such A-game. - -But as the movie started to show its cast, it was obvious - this was to be a blockbuster. -An _Ocean's 11_ for the cyberage. -Just look at the poster - Robert Redford is here! -But, for me, Dan Aykroyd and David Strathairn stole each scene they were in. -Aykroyd played Mother, a young hacker and conspiracy theorist ("the moon landing was fake" kind of, not "Melissa Lavigne"), and Strathairn played Whistler, a deaf phreaker[^fn:2]. -Both played just the perfect amount of over-the-top characters - anything more, and they would be annoying. -Everyone knew when to stop. - -All in all: great cast, beautiful cinematography and interesting story. -And the hacking isn't brain rotting! - -{{< image class="centered" alt="Blue computer screen reflecting in black glasses" file="sneakers-1.png" >}} -Monitors reflected on glasses can not be not cool -{{< /image >}} - -[^fn:1]: But nothing is -[^fn:2]: This movie is so old, that viewer is expected to know what a phreaker is! |