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Thanks for that, it’s interesting. It seems that his involvement was just for the one lecture scene though? The movie itself is chock full of references to nerd

Thanks for that, it’s interesting. It seems that his involvement was just for the one lecture scene though? The movie itself is chock full of references to nerd, hacker, conspiracy, and security knowledge. Anyone know how they did all the research for this film?

djbusby 3y ago
Many writers/studios get a technical consultant. Sometimes your writer friend will ask for help, other times you'll get an introduction from some VFX house you're working for and others it's your wife's-friends-husbands-boss.
- lll-o-lll 3y ago
  I’d love to watch the directors commentary, but it looks like I need to get some legacy media for that.
  - NoLsAfterMid 3y ago
    I have a pretty high quality blu-ray, it's not just on legacy media. EDIT: it occurs to me that "legacy media" means "not available through streaming/rental services/stores", my bad.
    - pimlottc 3y ago
      You could argue it's legacy media if you can pass it on to your descendants...
      - toast0 3y ago
        As always, legacy means "it makes money and it works and it has customers", as opposed to the new thing that may or may not work or make money.
        lll-o-lll 3y ago
        lol. I sent that post and didn’t think twice about it, but of course you are right! I’ve started to think of physical media as “legacy”, but it is not of course!
- nullc 3y ago
  How much they listen to their consultants differs a lot, and it shows in the production output.
- sillywalk 3y ago
  Two Chiefs of Staff of the United States Air Force guest starred in Stargate SG-1, General Michael E. Ryan and General John P. Jumper, while SG-1 was getting technical advice from Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office.
patcon 3y ago
For example, Silicon Valley, had a handful of co-producers who went to niche tech conferences like dweb camp and got attendees on consulting contracts for the upcoming seasons they were writing. I presume the conference circuit was still where they picked up the contacts in 1992 Coincidentally, staff of the internet archive co-produced and sponsored dweb camp :)
rhplus 3y ago
The screenwriters Lawrence Laskar and Walker Parkes talk about the research for Sneakers and War Games on a recent episode of Star Talk with Neal DeGrasse Tyson: https://startalkmedia.com/show/how-storytelling-prevented-nuclear-war/ https://startalkmedia.com/show/how-storytelling-prevented-nu...

djbusby 3y ago

Many writers/studios get a technical consultant. Sometimes your writer friend will ask for help, other times you'll get an introduction from some VFX house you're working for and others it's your wife's-friends-husbands-boss.

lll-o-lll 3y ago
I’d love to watch the directors commentary, but it looks like I need to get some legacy media for that.
- NoLsAfterMid 3y ago
  I have a pretty high quality blu-ray, it's not just on legacy media. EDIT: it occurs to me that "legacy media" means "not available through streaming/rental services/stores", my bad.
  - pimlottc 3y ago
    You could argue it's legacy media if you can pass it on to your descendants...
    - toast0 3y ago
      As always, legacy means "it makes money and it works and it has customers", as opposed to the new thing that may or may not work or make money.
      - lll-o-lll 3y ago
        lol. I sent that post and didn’t think twice about it, but of course you are right! I’ve started to think of physical media as “legacy”, but it is not of course!
nullc 3y ago
How much they listen to their consultants differs a lot, and it shows in the production output.
sillywalk 3y ago
Two Chiefs of Staff of the United States Air Force guest starred in Stargate SG-1, General Michael E. Ryan and General John P. Jumper, while SG-1 was getting technical advice from Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office.

patcon 3y ago

For example, Silicon Valley, had a handful of co-producers who went to niche tech conferences like dweb camp and got attendees on consulting contracts for the upcoming seasons they were writing. I presume the conference circuit was still where they picked up the contacts in 1992 Coincidentally, staff of the internet archive co-produced and sponsored dweb camp :)

rhplus 3y ago

The screenwriters Lawrence Laskar and Walker Parkes talk about the research for Sneakers and War Games on a recent episode of Star Talk with Neal DeGrasse Tyson: https://startalkmedia.com/show/how-storytelling-prevented-nuclear-war/ https://startalkmedia.com/show/how-storytelling-prevented-nu...