[Ffmpeg-devel] [OT] literary hideosities

[Christian Iversen]

On Wednesday 19 April 2006 15:37, Mike Melanson wrote:
> Christian Iversen wrote:
> > "Hackers" was much, much worse than wargames. They actually got many
> > things right in that movie, completely unlike "Hackers" :)
>
> 	"Hackers", like "Sneakers" a few years before it, were actually fairly
> accurate as long as the characters sat around and talked about technical
> stuff (because the film people hired the right tech advisors for these
> films). However, as soon as they needed to actually show anything
> technical on screen, that's when Hollywood kicked in and believability
> went way down.

I agree - but I don't think this is very abundant in War Games. Maybe I just 
need to watch it again, I might have forgotten :-)

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Regards,
Christian Iversen