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I think that Sneakers was, at its heart, a heist movie and generally heist movies need to have a technical element and be generally believable. There was the "

I think that Sneakers was, at its heart, a heist movie and generally heist movies need to have a technical element and be generally believable. There was the "crew" and each member had their expertise. It's strange how Sneakers never got the nerd love like Wargames and Hackers did. Maybe because the cast were older, established actors and not young people?

munificent 5y ago
Sneakers gets plenty of nerd love in all the social circles I'm in. Like you note, it's right up there with Wargames, Hackers, and the Matrix.
addingnumbers 5y ago
> It's strange how Sneakers never got the nerd love like Wargames and Hackers did. From where I was standing it did. A BBS in my toll-free range was reborn as "SETEC Astronomy". I used a variation of "myvoiceismypassport" as a password for longer than I should admit. On the other hand, "hack the Gibson" was a back-handed taunt to mock users who were more into hacker "fashion" and leetspeak than software and tinkering. War Games was neither diminished nor elevated in comparison to Sneakers, in my circles it just stood alone with unique, unassailable charm.
- eichin 5y ago
  "We're the US Government. We don't do that sort of thing." is up there with "and I... was never here" in "catchphrases that give you an excuse to do a James Early Jones accent"...
  - eichin 5y ago
    Oh, and "My vOicE is mY passp0rt Verify ME" is always good when a voice "authentication" system is in need of mocking...
    - NickNameNick 5y ago
      Try it with google assistant. "Hey google - My voice is my passport" >> "Hello, Martin Bishop..."
      - spurtrenolds 5y ago
        Ohhh! That's almost as good as typing "wargames" on the BSD command line. Shall we play a game?
      - jedberg 5y ago
        I'm now sad because I tried it with Alexa and she just said "hmmm I don't know that".
bredren 5y ago
I think the exposure is low in comparison to those other films. I’d attribute it to branding and the understated style. I haven’t heard “Sneakers” used to describe anything computer / security related when it came out or today. Sneakers are shoes. It also lacks whiz bang effects and violence delivered in The Matrix. (It’s good for other reasons too) That said these are great reasons to like the film then and today. (Unless you were in charge of the studio at the time it was released.)
- slantyyz 5y ago
  > I haven’t heard “Sneakers” used to describe anything computer / security related when it came out or today. Sneakers are shoes. How about "sneakernet"? I believe it predates the movie though, and that shoes are optional.

munificent 5y ago

Sneakers gets plenty of nerd love in all the social circles I'm in. Like you note, it's right up there with Wargames, Hackers, and the Matrix.

addingnumbers 5y ago

> It's strange how Sneakers never got the nerd love like Wargames and Hackers did. From where I was standing it did. A BBS in my toll-free range was reborn as "SETEC Astronomy". I used a variation of "myvoiceismypassport" as a password for longer than I should admit. On the other hand, "hack the Gibson" was a back-handed taunt to mock users who were more into hacker "fashion" and leetspeak than software and tinkering. War Games was neither diminished nor elevated in comparison to Sneakers, in my circles it just stood alone with unique, unassailable charm.

eichin 5y ago
"We're the US Government. We don't do that sort of thing." is up there with "and I... was never here" in "catchphrases that give you an excuse to do a James Early Jones accent"...
- eichin 5y ago
  Oh, and "My vOicE is mY passp0rt Verify ME" is always good when a voice "authentication" system is in need of mocking...
  - NickNameNick 5y ago
    Try it with google assistant. "Hey google - My voice is my passport" >> "Hello, Martin Bishop..."
    - spurtrenolds 5y ago
      Ohhh! That's almost as good as typing "wargames" on the BSD command line. Shall we play a game?
    - jedberg 5y ago
      I'm now sad because I tried it with Alexa and she just said "hmmm I don't know that".

bredren 5y ago

I think the exposure is low in comparison to those other films. I’d attribute it to branding and the understated style. I haven’t heard “Sneakers” used to describe anything computer / security related when it came out or today. Sneakers are shoes. It also lacks whiz bang effects and violence delivered in The Matrix. (It’s good for other reasons too) That said these are great reasons to like the film then and today. (Unless you were in charge of the studio at the time it was released.)

slantyyz 5y ago
> I haven’t heard “Sneakers” used to describe anything computer / security related when it came out or today. Sneakers are shoes. How about "sneakernet"? I believe it predates the movie though, and that shoes are optional.