The Net and Hackers are both great movies that show what the internet was like in the mid 90s. I think they are a nice little time capsule. While they don't show what it was like for real people, they really do show how many people seemed to perceive the internet in this time period. These movies are now a lot of fun to watch because of the "history" on them.
I think they show how terribly ignorant people were about the technology. They are both incredibly bad films, but, they are still fun to watch. I love the movie, but, it is far from good. I only watch it because I am a sucker for Sandra Bullock.
sharePeople, especially older people, are still ignorant about computers and the Internet. The media perpetuates this ignorance with BS scare tactic articles. Just a few weeks ago, my local FOX affiliate was running a news story about some scary new virus that could potentially set your computer on fire (supposedly it makes the CPU run at 100%, causing it to overheat and catch fire).
Fact is, most computers are designed to immediately shut down if the CPU is running too hot, and even if they didn't, the CPU would burn itself out and fail, and the motherboard would go into an idle state. It's impossible for a software program to cause a computer to catch fire.
"It's impossible for a software program to cause a computer to catch fire."
thats a bold claim, quite open ended.
theres just to many options...
I admit , yes , its incredibly unlikely
I totally agree. I find both films oddly charming, although not without flaws. It's really good fun to see all the old chunky hardware, hear the dial-up tones and to be reminded of things like floppy discs.
It helps a lot in this film that Sandra Bullock is such an agreeable screen presence, and even if the supporting characters are very two-dimentional (the sleazy shrink ex-boyfriend and evil British villain) at least there's a good pace.
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He left a note. He left a simple little note that said "I've gone out the window."
the supporting characters are very two-dimentional (the sleazy shrink ex-boyfriend and evil British villain)
You've got a point, in the end he did want to help Angela out and he obviously still had feelings for her, but I don't think he was a particularly well-written or developed character - not that you'd expect that given his relatively small role in the film.
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He left a note. He left a simple little note that said, "I've gone out the window."
Disclosure is another film that looks like clunky and obsolete now, but still fun to watch for its nostalgic factors.
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