On Apr 1, 2019, at 12:07 AM, Jeffrey Golas via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

From: Jeffrey Golas <jeffg@junknet.net> Subject: Slightly OT - Favorite computer movie Date: April 1, 2019 at 12:07:14 AM EDT To: vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org

I was poking around my Apple TV tonight and spotted a movie I never got to see called “the computer wears tennis shoes” - a 1969 Disney movie with Kurt Russel about a mainframe. I put it on my short list to watch on a rainy day.

It got me thinking...we all know the staple computer movies like Wargames and Weird Science, Lawnmower man, Matrix etc.

Whats your favorite “computer” movie? Can be current or ancient, modern or mainframe. A one liner about why you chose it would be cool too.

Mine is probably still WarGames. It actually still has a lot of real life applicability: the mad rush to automation and workforce reduction with insufficiently-proven technology resulting in near disaster, poorly-secured network connections and OSINT leading to breaches by bored teenagers, etc. It's all still quite relevant. It's also a great reminder of how mind-bogglingly insane the late Cold War was on all sides. Sneakers is also still pretty good. Hackers is amusing, if maybe a bit overly campy, but it has strong accolades from folks who were actually in the scene back in the day, so I have some respect for it (and the soundtrack is pretty great). - Dave