See me make fun of “Hackers” tonight at the Dark Room
Yeah, it’s last minute. But if you’re in the mood to make fun of a cheesy, mid-1990s movie with Angelina Jolie playing a 1337 haXOr, come out to San Francisco’s Dark Room (2263 Mission) at 8 PM for “Bad Movie Night,” hosted by the incomparable Sherilyn Connelly. Basically everybody will eat popcorn and watch Hackers, while Sherilyn, Charlie Anders, and I hold microphones and make fun of it MST3K style. Actually, everybody will make fun of the movie, but only the three of us will have microphones. I just watched Hackers again last week, and let me just say that you haven’t lived until you’ve seen this silly time capsule full of references to “elite hackers,” phreaking, UNIX, PVC corsets for guys, pirate TV, and raves where the only music playing is by The Prodigy and Underworld.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
All the same, it’s on the list of movies responsible for getting me into comp sci. Other movies on the list: WarGames, The Matrix and Ghost in the Shell. There’s probably a couple of other good (and bad) ones too.
I was 13 when Hackers came out, and I’ve avoided watching it since then in fear that it’ll seem less than “totally awesome.”
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
I seen that movie before. It was a great movie, but I can see someone making fun of it. Angelina was young then and extra cheezy!