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I was also impressed with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (also by TSN's David Fincher), there was Ubuntu on Lisbeth's Macbook, SQL queries for searching throug

by Andrex 14y ago

I was also impressed with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (also by TSN's David Fincher), there was Ubuntu on Lisbeth's Macbook, SQL queries for searching through a crime database, and some other small touches. Really impressed with Fincher's commitment to detail even in the world of programming.

Cryode 14y ago
Ironically, Josh (the author) references The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo when criticizing Hollywood's choice of using nmap almost ubiquitously.
- Andrex 14y ago
  I did see that, but like in the original Matrix, I think it was one of the few times it was appropriate.
- laumars 14y ago
  Yeah, but he also criticized Jurassic Park despite the fact that most of Jurassic Park's OS views were genuinely Unix (SGI's IRIX, to be precise): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y12_WrlPaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y12_WrlPaw In that clip, you can see fsn, which is a genuinely real 3D file manager for IRIX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaRHU1XxMJQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaRHU1XxMJQ Granted it's fair to say that the average theme park wouldn't be running IRIX, but Jurassic Park wasn't the average theme park (movie quote: "no expense spared"). So I think some of his criticisms are completely misplaced.
  - 89a 14y ago
    Thats one of my fave bits of movie trivia. Also the computers in the back of the server room which just look like fancy looking props are actually a real super computer design (but empty cases obviously) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine
buddy23 14y ago
Did you also watched the swedish (trilogy) version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"? Can't remember which tools they used.
- zhazam 14y ago
  In the Swedish version, they just make up the commands.
  - mprovost 14y ago
    Ebert commented in his review that the film was unique in that it just showed OSX and standard programs like mail.app and iphoto instead of having everything be obviously faked. I like that approach but for whatever reason it is pretty rare in films. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100317/REVIEWS/100319981/1023 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20...
    - Osiris 14y ago
      I've always wondered why films and TV series (with limited budgets) don't just use off-the-shelf screens from Windows, OS X, or Linux distros. Are there some copyright/trademark issues that get in the way? It seems like a lot of work to develop your own UI that will only be on the screen for a few seconds. I did notice that in an episode of Homeland that Saul was runing Media Player Classic on Windows to watch a video from an SD card, with the titlebar blurred out (so the name of the app wasn't visible). Later, another character watches the same video but there's a total custom UI used to bring up the video. In the same episode.
      - bad_user 14y ago
        Personally I get annoyed whenever I see product placements, like Macbooks, or iPhones, or Windows screens in movies, not to mention Google/Bing searches or Xbox/Playstations in futuristic settings. Especially when I go to a movie theater, I go there to watch a movie that I pay for. I'm not paying between $7 and $20 to watch a commercial.

by Andrex 14y ago

Cryode 14y ago

Ironically, Josh (the author) references The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo when criticizing Hollywood's choice of using nmap almost ubiquitously.

Andrex 14y ago
I did see that, but like in the original Matrix, I think it was one of the few times it was appropriate.
laumars 14y ago
Yeah, but he also criticized Jurassic Park despite the fact that most of Jurassic Park's OS views were genuinely Unix (SGI's IRIX, to be precise): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y12_WrlPaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y12_WrlPaw In that clip, you can see fsn, which is a genuinely real 3D file manager for IRIX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaRHU1XxMJQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaRHU1XxMJQ Granted it's fair to say that the average theme park wouldn't be running IRIX, but Jurassic Park wasn't the average theme park (movie quote: "no expense spared"). So I think some of his criticisms are completely misplaced.
- 89a 14y ago
  Thats one of my fave bits of movie trivia. Also the computers in the back of the server room which just look like fancy looking props are actually a real super computer design (but empty cases obviously) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine

buddy23 14y ago

Did you also watched the swedish (trilogy) version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"? Can't remember which tools they used.

zhazam 14y ago
In the Swedish version, they just make up the commands.
- mprovost 14y ago
  Ebert commented in his review that the film was unique in that it just showed OSX and standard programs like mail.app and iphoto instead of having everything be obviously faked. I like that approach but for whatever reason it is pretty rare in films. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100317/REVIEWS/100319981/1023 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20...
  - Osiris 14y ago
    I've always wondered why films and TV series (with limited budgets) don't just use off-the-shelf screens from Windows, OS X, or Linux distros. Are there some copyright/trademark issues that get in the way? It seems like a lot of work to develop your own UI that will only be on the screen for a few seconds. I did notice that in an episode of Homeland that Saul was runing Media Player Classic on Windows to watch a video from an SD card, with the titlebar blurred out (so the name of the app wasn't visible). Later, another character watches the same video but there's a total custom UI used to bring up the video. In the same episode.
    - bad_user 14y ago
      Personally I get annoyed whenever I see product placements, like Macbooks, or iPhones, or Windows screens in movies, not to mention Google/Bing searches or Xbox/Playstations in futuristic settings. Especially when I go to a movie theater, I go there to watch a movie that I pay for. I'm not paying between $7 and $20 to watch a commercial.