08-18-2003, 01:07 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Computers in Movies
The weapons forum has their own thread about weapons (and their use/misuse in movies.... ) well, why not computers..
1. Word processors never display a cursor. 2. You never have to use the space-bar when typing long sentences. 3. Movie characters never make typing mistakes. 4. All monitors display inch-high letters. 5. High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA or some such governmental institution, will have easy to understand graphical interfaces. 6. Those that don't have graphical interfaces will have incredibly powerful text-based command shells that can correctly understand and execute commands typed in plain English. 7. Note: Command line interfaces will give you access to any information you want by simply typing, "ACCESS THE SECRET FILES" on any near-by keyboard. 8. You can also infect a computer with a destructive virus by simply typing "UPLOAD VIRUS". (See "Fortress".) 9. All computers are connected. You can access the information on the villain's desktop computer even if it's turned off. 10. Powerful computers beep whenever you press a key or the screen changes. Some computers also slow down the output on the screen so that it doesn't go faster than you can read. (Really advanced computers will also emulate the sound of a dot-matrix printer.) 11. All computer panels operate on thousands of volts and have explosive devices underneath their surface. Malfunctions are indicated by a bright flash of light, a puff of smoke, a shower of sparks and an explosion that causes you to jump backwards. 12. People typing on a computer can safely turn it off without saving the data. 13. A hacker is always able to break into the most sensitive computer in the world by guessing the secret password in two tries. 14. You may bypass "PERMISSION DENIED" message by using the "OVERRIDE" function. (See "Demolition Man".) 15. Computers only take 2 seconds to boot up instead of the average minutes for desktop PCs and 30 minutes or more for larger systems that can run 24 hours, 365 days a year without a reset. 16. Complex calculations and loading of huge amounts of data will be accomplished in under three seconds. Movie modems usually appear to transmit data at the speed of two gigabytes per second. 17. When the power plant/missile site/main computer overheats, all control panels will explode shortly before the entire building will. 18. If you display a file on the screen and someone deletes the file, it also disappears from the screen (See "Clear and Present Danger"). 19. If a disk contains encrypted files, you are automatically asked for a password when you insert it. 20. Computers can interface with any other computer regardless of the manufacturer or galaxy where it originated. (See "Independence Day".) 21. Computer disks will work on any computer has a floppy drive and all software is usable on any platforms. 22. The more high-tech the equipment, the more buttons it will have (See "Aliens".) 23. Note: You must be highly trained to operate high-tech computers because the buttons have no labels except for the "SELF-DESTRUCT" button. 24. Most computers, no matter how small, have reality-defying three-dimensional active animation, photo-realistic graphics capabilities. 25. Laptops always have amazing real-time video phone capabilities and performance similar to a CRAY Supercomputer. 26. Whenever a character looks at a monitor, the image is so bright that it projects itself onto their face. (See "Alien" or "2001") 27. Searches on the internet will always return what you are looking for no matter how vague your keywords are. (See "Mission Impossible", Tom Cruise searches with keywords like "file" and "computer" an 3 results are returned.) |
08-18-2003, 01:25 PM | #3 (permalink) | |
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08-18-2003, 03:29 PM | #6 (permalink) | |
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Re: Computers in Movies
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08-18-2003, 08:55 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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29. All *REAL* hacker work is done on a consumer-grade slick-looking GUI (Swordfish)
These have gotten so cliche that the times when computers were ACCURATELY portrayed stand out more than the times when they were not: A. Hackers use command lines to impliment published exploits to gain access to secure systems (Matrix II) B. Ridiculous shut-down time/save times exist in the office environment (the apple/windows hybrid OS in Office Space) I'm sure there are others... |
08-19-2003, 05:30 AM | #14 (permalink) |
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No one ever uses a mouse. Screens pop up and rotate and the like just by typing. And notice that they are never doing something simple like pressing an arrow key, they are TYPING as in sentences????
You can use a laptop to access anything, anywhere without any cords. What is really sad is that one of the more realistic computer movies of our time was "Wargames" At least it had realistic equipment and real-looking interfaces. "Shall we play a game?"
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08-19-2003, 09:51 PM | #24 (permalink) |
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i love watching computers in movies, mostly because i'm a big nerd, but also because it's obvious that the actor doesn't know how to do much more than checking his or her AOL email account.
not to sound like an elitest here, but come on, some of these operating systems are brilliantly simple to use, yet some how can only be managed by the "super hackers". this thread is definitley worth a chuckle |
08-20-2003, 12:58 AM | #28 (permalink) |
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I had to be in a commercial once, and they wanted 'computery' looking stuff, so i just carreid on doing what i was doing, and they said no computery stuff, i just looked blank, then my boss said load up debug and make it scroll pages and page of hex dumps and tap the keyboard a lot... the film people went yeah thats it, computery stuff.
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08-20-2003, 01:53 AM | #29 (permalink) | |
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08-20-2003, 09:33 AM | #31 (permalink) | |
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08-20-2003, 01:20 PM | #33 (permalink) | |
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i used to insist on them doing it all the time back in the day when I was on the studio floor every day... now it's just set like that from the beginning of the day. *EDIT* damn.. didn't get all the way down to the bottom of the thread before i posted this...
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08-20-2003, 10:27 PM | #36 (permalink) | |
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08-20-2003, 10:53 PM | #37 (permalink) |
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My favorite was always in the movie Hackers, they didnt even have an operating system really, it was just them typing and pictures of the pi symbol flying all around and E=MC2 etc. That movie was great
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08-21-2003, 01:56 AM | #39 (permalink) | |
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08-21-2003, 05:16 AM | #40 (permalink) |
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Well, the sshnuke exploit didn't actually exist - but the vulnerability that it exploited was real.
Still, it was a lot of fun to see them use nmap and then actual procedure to exploit a host.
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