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.
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.
There is even an apt package for Hollywood hacking. Good way to freak people out.
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
Swordfish, I’m looking at you
How about the bit in Hackers where the bad guy hacker is being overpowered by the good-guy hacker, so another bad guy hacker steps in to help, with both of them typing away on the same keyboard?
That film truly is a masterpiece.
That before electricity, we had an invisible army of people who lit torches, cauldrons, and candles in unoccupied rooms/hallways just in case someone might walk in.
Even after electricity the evil lair with like 100 lit candles for mood lighting.
I love the way Castlevania explained this away when Trevor entered some catacombs and noticed that all the torches were burning even though they seemed to be abandoned.
The Indiana Jones game has a small brazier lighting mechanic if you approach one holding your torch.
When a character is under mind control and their friend/loved one tries to get them to remember who they are
their friend/loved one tries to get them to remember who they are
Lol, those always feel so weird to me. Pretty sure my parents and older brother would just shoot me and pretend they never had me. Those tear me up, because that shows how strong their relationship is.
Manic pixie dream girls.
Reasons.
After reading a descriptor of MPDG with examples, I find another source of previous gender envy, ticking yet another box on the list of “how I knew I was always a girl”. Thank you!
You’re AuDHD?
No, but definitely neurodivergent to some degree. I place in INTJ on the Myers-Briggs if that matters.
Breaking the 4th wall, but slightly.
The devoted love intrest who is mesmerized by the mc’s competence.
When a large group of people break into a choreographed dance scene.
The jumpscare, but specifically the medicine cabinet jumpscare.
When they have a computer screen that displays large letters and maybe a flashing indicator for whatever happened on the computer. Even better when the ‘hacker’ is using a console that shows the code that is magically doing something while being typed and not compiled and it instantly switches so the audience knows something happened.
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!!! HACKED !!!
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!!! DENIED !!!
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!!! IDENTIFIED !!!
I used to hate it, but now I kind of like it like swords on the back so they don’t get caught on stuff or block faces and silencers being whisper quiet. Movie logic!
HaCk ThE pLaNeT
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