Hollywood’s Fake Internet
Ever notice how noisy computers are on TV and in movies? Every keystroke releases a flurry of futuristic bleeps and blips. Windows hiss and swoosh as they close and open.
And most of the time the internet we see on film doesn’t look like the internet at all. A recent Wall Street Journal article details some of Hollywood’s technological inaccuracies and even includes a video reel of some of the more hilarious transgressions.
In this screenshot, a geek hero uses a plain-old Mac PowerBook to infect an evil alien ship with a crippling virus. See, it’s true, Macs can network seamlessly with Windows PCs.
Bonus points: In the comments, guess the name of the movie the screenshot comes from, and the name of the actor doing the uploading (without checking the WSJ video reel first).
Comments (2 comments)
That would be the guy from Jurrasaic Park and the old Applec ommericals, uplaoding a virus in Independence Day. Jeff Goldblum?
Pat Lang / May 21st, 2006, 1:26 pm / #
That’s right! Unfortunately I don’t have a prize to give you. But at least you can feel good about your effort…
bruno / May 23rd, 2006, 8:06 am / #
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