Worst hacker movies

[Abby_Normal]

The "hacking" on NCIS is just awful. I know that real hacking would be too boring to show on tv, but they don't don't even try to make it believable. I guess they think that if the hacker is a cute goth chick we won't notice or something.

[bascule]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that pos Hackers, for some reason DC attendees love that movie.

Al

What I'm surprised no one has mentioned is Swordfish. You have to be the best hacker in the world to stick a logic bomb through their trapdoor while getting a blowjob.

[Second]

What I'm surprised no one has mentioned is Swordfish. You have to be the best hacker in the world to stick a logic bomb through their trapdoor while getting a blowjob.

But hey, wouldn't you rather be hacking WITH one than without one?

[Voltage Spike]

How about Sword Fish? We can pop teh firewallz and drop teh worm.....

What I'm surprised no one has mentioned is Swordfish. You have to be the best hacker in the world to stick a logic bomb through their trapdoor while getting a blowjob.

Oh, it was mentioned...

I don't really understand the point of this thread. Why should we expect action movies to depict realistic events rather than visually appealing scenes? If two hours of video footage covering the Capture the Flag event could yield $100,000,000 in ticket sales, why hasn't anyone done it?

Beyond that, why dwell on the worst examples of a subject rather than the best? Doesn't that just encourage people to make more bad movies?

[Second]

Oh, it was mentioned...

I don't really understand the point of this thread. Why should we expect action movies to depict realistic events rather than visually appealing scenes? If two hours of video footage covering the Capture the Flag event could yield $100,000,000 in ticket sales, why hasn't anyone done it?

Beyond that, why dwell on the worst examples of a subject rather than the best? Doesn't that just encourage people to make more bad movies?

One might confuse the hacking movie Swordfish with The Swordfish, a silent film from 1922

:)

[TheCotMan]

I don't really understand the point of this thread. Why should we expect action movies to depict realistic events rather than visually appealing scenes? If two hours of video footage covering the Capture the Flag event could yield $100,000,000 in ticket sales, why hasn't anyone done it?

We have a thread about better hacker movies from last year. [It was called "Hackers in Movies" but the thread seems to have gone missing. Google has it in its cache, but that will change. Hackers in Movies and google's cache]

One might confuse the hacking movie Swordfish with The Swordfish, a silent film from 1922

The movie Swordfish (IIRC) stole the idea of the name from an old Marx Brothers' film called Horse Feathers. In that movie, there is a scene where Groucho is on one side of a door and a password is required for entry. After some good comedy, information leakage leads Groucho to know what the password is, and entry is gained. [The password was "swordfish" by the way.]

This is one of the earliest examples of "hacking" in movies, of which that I can think. However, it is not a bad hacker movie. It is a comedy.

[ndex]

Oh, it was mentioned...

I don't really understand the point of this thread. Why should we expect action movies to depict realistic events rather than visually appealing scenes? If two hours of video footage covering the Capture the Flag event could yield $100,000,000 in ticket sales, why hasn't anyone done it?

Beyond that, why dwell on the worst examples of a subject rather than the best? Doesn't that just encourage people to make more bad movies?

Isn't it obvious that encouragement to make bad movies isn't required?

While I agree that even 5 minutes of capture the flag footage would put me to sleep, think of the box office receipts you could get writing a script based on something like the annual defcon subtext "dramacon".

[hackajar]

Now I might get a lot of flack about this, but since we are being pressed for "good" hacker movies, what about Anti-trust?

It stayed as true to form as possible, even throwing in tech data to back up buzz words thrown around.

On top of that, it got crappy reviews and box office fan fair, giving it the "cult" status that is usually required to be a "good" movie to the nit picky, don't want to associate with main stream type.

[Voltage Spike]

what about Anti-trust?

We know what bascule thinks:

Anti-Trust was fucking horrible, and not in a good way. The next time I hear someone request a "realistic hacker movie" I'm going to punch them. MURDERED FOR CODE!

Prepare to get punched.

[hackajar]

Prepare to get punched.

I stick to my word Samson, I am who I say I am!

/obscure?

That's the closest Hollywood will get. Short of Sneakers, but the whole de-cryptor in a cube thing kinda threw things off. Nice Red Team work though

[Siviak]

The "hacking" on NCIS is just awful. I know that real hacking would be too boring to show on tv, but they don't don't even try to make it believable. I guess they think that if the hacker is a cute goth chick we won't notice or something.

hrm.. cute gothy haxor chick... and I think her name is ABBY!
I am starting to make a connection here.....

[CP99]

On top of that, it got crappy reviews and box office fan fair, giving it the "cult" status that is usually required to be a "good" movie to the nit picky, don't want to associate with main stream type.

Too true.



Cult classics list:

Antitrust
Hackers
Tron (depending on who you are)
what else?

[TheCotMan]

Cult classics list:

Antitrust
Hackers
Tron (depending on who you are)
what else?

http://www.defcontv.org/ was a place you could go to find many classics that are related to hacking or have a modest cult following in the DC crowd.

http://rootcompromise.org/ had forums for dctv discussion too, but maintainer was busy since the site was moved/updated.

http://ibaku.net/filler/ shows you some of the filler possible for DCTV at DC13.

[Second]

Now I might get a lot of flack about this, but since we are being pressed for "good" hacker movies, what about Anti-trust?

It stayed as true to form as possible, even throwing in tech data to back up buzz words thrown around.

On top of that, it got crappy reviews and box office fan fair, giving it the "cult" status that is usually required to be a "good" movie to the nit picky, don't want to associate with main stream type.

I liked it, what was with the Pepsi though?

[hackajar]

I liked it, what was with the Pepsi though?

It was just a wild goose chase so he felt there was something to look into. They wanted him to confirm that his paranoia was just that. Then he noticed the satellite in the mouse sculpture and found where the real secrects were.