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HCF is really good, but you need to go into it with the correct mindset. It is NOT a documentary — it’s more like a modern film student’s imagination of what th
by orev 6y ago
HCF is really good, but you need to go into it with the correct mindset. It is NOT a documentary — it’s more like a modern film student’s imagination of what things might have been like back then, loosely based on the facts. For example, they make references to things like a BBS being a “social network”, which is not the correct term to use for things in that time period.
It is a very good and entertaining show, but be warned: if you’re the type of person who was bothered that type of things they did in CSI was not “real science” or technically accurate, you may be bothered by this as well. TV shows are meant to be entertaining and convey an overall story and concept.
- herval 6y agoI remember the term social network being used in the BBS era. Sure, maybe it wasn’t called like that all the time, but it’s not a term from the 2010s either?
- orev 6y agoThe BBS era (and the setting of HCF) was in the 1980s and 1990s. The term “social media” was first used in 1997 as a reference to AOL. What we call a “social network” today as a concept simply didn’t exist back then. You can say a BBS was sort of like a social network, but that is retroactively applying a label that just didn’t exist at the time.