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Regardless of what Parker says, isn't it obvious that the movie forces too much in the most elemental Hollywood clichés? There are many scenes in the movie that

Regardless of what Parker says, isn't it obvious that the movie forces too much in the most elemental Hollywood clichés? There are many scenes in the movie that show the manipulation: * A bus full of hot girls arriving to be used for sex * A programming competition where the crowd cheers at each line of coded Python. The coders drink a shot to commemorate. * The hero hacks one site in one night when drunk and in 2 hours it crashes the network * All nerds are socially inept but still Zuck has psychological insights about what the site needs to succeed. * Teenagers outsmarting experienced lawyers with witty responses. * Sex, booze and testosterone is what drives every man. Really?

hugh3 16y ago
The hero hacks one site in one night when drunk and in 2 hours it crashes the network That bit actually happened, right? A programming competition where the crowd cheers at each line of coded Python. The coders drink a shot to commemorate Naah, they cheer every time someone takes a shot. That sounds much more plausible. All nerds are socially inept but still Zuck has psychological insights about what the site needs to succeed. That sounds kinda like reality too. Actually the combination of second-by-second ineptness in direct social interaction combined with a reasonable rational-mind level grasp of what people want does seem to be characteristic of quite a lot of successful geeky types. Teenagers outsmarting experienced lawyers with witty responses. Yes, the Sorkinesque dialogue certainly falls into the heightened-reality category. But a film with fully realistic dialogue including a realistic number of "um"s and "ah"s and false starts would be pretty damn dull. A bus full of hot girls arriving to be used for sex Not "to be used for sex", they're just there to attend a party. The portrayal of the final clubs did seem a little over-the-top, though... I'm sure they're not nearly that awesome in real life. Sex, booze and testosterone is what drives every man It isn't?
- epochwolf 16y ago
  > Sex, booze and testosterone is what drives every man > It isn't? Some of us aren't so shallow and self-centered. It grieves me that people live like that.
  - nazgulnarsil 16y ago
    insisting you aren't shallow and self centered is just another mating strategy.
    - MarkyM 16y ago
      Where do you get-off with your psycho-babble? Darwin? PULEASE. So many holes -so little time. Still inferred as fact in your statement. Guess you like the coke-fiend-Freud's take on reality also. Reality check. These hypothesis are JUST THAT! I have successfully mated without 'employing' any 'strategies' whatsoever. Opinion FAIL!
ZachPruckowski 16y ago
>"A bus full of hot girls arriving to be used for sex" At my college the freshmen girls walked more than mile to get to frat houses or apartment parties thrown by older and frequently wealthier students, knowing full well that their hosts weren't giving that beer away as charity. Once you get to "girls in real life are willing go to parties to drink and possibly hook up with guys", it's a short step to going out of their way to party with the more privileged guys. >The hero hacks one site in one night when drunk and in 2 hours it crashes the network It was built in one day. It took slightly longer to propagate and get shut-down, but its method of propagation (email lists), massive traffic (though not network-crushingly so), and the end result (Ad board) were accurate. It shouldn't be surprising that the movie compressed the timeline - after all, there's over a year of story told in 2 hours.
antidaily 16y ago
Hey, at least no one hacked into a mainframe.
_debug_ 16y ago
Sorkin replied to the sexism allegation: http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/aaron-sorkin-on-social-network-women/ http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/aaron-sorkin-on-social-netwo... "I didn't invent the "F--k Truck", it's real -- and the men (boys) at the final clubs think it's what they deserve for being who they are. (It's only fair to note that the women -- bussed in from other schools for the "hot" parties, wait on line to get on that bus without anyone pointing guns at their heads.) These women--whether it's the girls who are happy to take their clothes off and dance for the boys or Eduardo's psycho-girlfriend are real. I mean REALLY real."
- anateus 16y ago
  He's slightly misrepresenting the Fuck Truck which is the (legitimate) shuttle bus that goes from Wellesley College (an all-girls school) to Harvard and MIT, rather than some sort of special purpose direct-to-sexy-party charter.

hugh3 16y ago

The hero hacks one site in one night when drunk and in 2 hours it crashes the network That bit actually happened, right? A programming competition where the crowd cheers at each line of coded Python. The coders drink a shot to commemorate Naah, they cheer every time someone takes a shot. That sounds much more plausible. All nerds are socially inept but still Zuck has psychological insights about what the site needs to succeed. That sounds kinda like reality too. Actually the combination of second-by-second ineptness in direct social interaction combined with a reasonable rational-mind level grasp of what people want does seem to be characteristic of quite a lot of successful geeky types. Teenagers outsmarting experienced lawyers with witty responses. Yes, the Sorkinesque dialogue certainly falls into the heightened-reality category. But a film with fully realistic dialogue including a realistic number of "um"s and "ah"s and false starts would be pretty damn dull. A bus full of hot girls arriving to be used for sex Not "to be used for sex", they're just there to attend a party. The portrayal of the final clubs did seem a little over-the-top, though... I'm sure they're not nearly that awesome in real life. Sex, booze and testosterone is what drives every man It isn't?

epochwolf 16y ago
> Sex, booze and testosterone is what drives every man > It isn't? Some of us aren't so shallow and self-centered. It grieves me that people live like that.
- nazgulnarsil 16y ago
  insisting you aren't shallow and self centered is just another mating strategy.
  - MarkyM 16y ago
    Where do you get-off with your psycho-babble? Darwin? PULEASE. So many holes -so little time. Still inferred as fact in your statement. Guess you like the coke-fiend-Freud's take on reality also. Reality check. These hypothesis are JUST THAT! I have successfully mated without 'employing' any 'strategies' whatsoever. Opinion FAIL!

ZachPruckowski 16y ago

>"A bus full of hot girls arriving to be used for sex" At my college the freshmen girls walked more than mile to get to frat houses or apartment parties thrown by older and frequently wealthier students, knowing full well that their hosts weren't giving that beer away as charity. Once you get to "girls in real life are willing go to parties to drink and possibly hook up with guys", it's a short step to going out of their way to party with the more privileged guys. >The hero hacks one site in one night when drunk and in 2 hours it crashes the network It was built in one day. It took slightly longer to propagate and get shut-down, but its method of propagation (email lists), massive traffic (though not network-crushingly so), and the end result (Ad board) were accurate. It shouldn't be surprising that the movie compressed the timeline - after all, there's over a year of story told in 2 hours.

antidaily 16y ago

Hey, at least no one hacked into a mainframe.

_debug_ 16y ago

Sorkin replied to the sexism allegation: http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/aaron-sorkin-on-social-network-women/ http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/aaron-sorkin-on-social-netwo... "I didn't invent the "F--k Truck", it's real -- and the men (boys) at the final clubs think it's what they deserve for being who they are. (It's only fair to note that the women -- bussed in from other schools for the "hot" parties, wait on line to get on that bus without anyone pointing guns at their heads.) These women--whether it's the girls who are happy to take their clothes off and dance for the boys or Eduardo's psycho-girlfriend are real. I mean REALLY real."

anateus 16y ago
He's slightly misrepresenting the Fuck Truck which is the (legitimate) shuttle bus that goes from Wellesley College (an all-girls school) to Harvard and MIT, rather than some sort of special purpose direct-to-sexy-party charter.