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What Movies Got Computers Right?

Posted by Cliff on from the aside-from-that-scene-in-the-matrix dept.

boxturtleme asks: "There have been several posts recently about how movies have gotten computers, hackers, and other geeky stuff entirely wrong. A while back there was an article on Servers, Hackers, and Code In the Movies and another on Usability [of a GUI] in the Movies. Now we all know that most movies out there that have anything to do with technology get some part of it wildly inaccurate, though it often makes for a fun movie. This brings me to my question: What movies got technology right? This could range from movies about the past that represent it correctly to modern day movies or movies about the future that slashdot readers think present something within the realm of possibility. With all the complaining about bad movies, what movies do Slashdot readers think of as the good ones?"

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  1. 2001 : A Space Odyssey by da5idnetlimit.com · · Score: 5, Funny

    Psychotic Computer spying on my life and discussions, programmed with secret instructions and ultimately trying to kill me as it cannot control me ...

    Looks a bit like Vista 8p

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  2. Re:the only one i can think of that i've seen by yotto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, two AOL users who get no spam. Very realistic :D

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  3. Terminator by Marcion · · Score: 4, Funny

    As anyone who has had to maintain any amount of servers will know, you can never turn your back on them for a minute.

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  4. Dexter by PerlDudeXL · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dexter isn't a movie, but they pretty much got the computer stuff right. Even the lab looked real (compared to CSI).

  5. Re:Fictional stuff? by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, there's one fictional movie that seemed fairly accurate. I think it was called "Windows XP." It was pretty scary though. None of the icons looked realistic, either. And they had this application suite called "Office." Nobody would use that in real life. The TV series The Office seemed more realistic than this mythical "Microsoft Office."

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  6. Re:I'd blame MS for many things, but not THAT by mysticgoat · · Score: 4, Funny

    The fact is, noone really knows how to make a computer think, and that's that.

    That's what the botnets want you to think...