Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhats your favorite trope/cliche in media and why?message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhats your favorite trope/cliche in media and why?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareUnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThe hacker that can sit down at a computer and instantly hack it or program something that would normally take weeks or months for an actual professional to do.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoThere is even an apt package for Hollywood hacking. Good way to freak people out. https://packages.ubuntu.com/plucky/hollywood
minus-square843563115848@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoAnd, the hacker is wearing sunglasses, and a black hoodie with the hood pulled up over its head. Some scary shit there in those TV commercials.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 days agoHollywood loves the 1 man army, even when it is on a level of complete insanity. It’s crazy that WarGames is still one of the most accurate depictions of hacking in cinema, and it’s over 40 years old.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoSpecifically the “I left this program running for weeks while I did other things” aspect.
The hacker that can sit down at a computer and instantly hack it or program something that would normally take weeks or months for an actual professional to do.
Swordfish, I’m looking at you
There is even an apt package for Hollywood hacking. Good way to freak people out.
https://packages.ubuntu.com/plucky/hollywood
And, the hacker is wearing sunglasses, and a black hoodie with the hood pulled up over its head.
Some scary shit there in those TV commercials.
Or a balaclava
Hollywood loves the 1 man army, even when it is on a level of complete insanity.
It’s crazy that WarGames is still one of the most accurate depictions of hacking in cinema, and it’s over 40 years old.
Specifically the “I left this program running for weeks while I did other things” aspect.