Hacking for Dummies: The Funniest Computer Hacking Movie Moments of the 80s and 90s

http://youtu.be/bbOEHcA-71I (Warning: The videos in this post contain language that's NSFW unless your boss is a big fan of movies from the 80s and 90s that featured computers and swear words.) Look, I'm going to be really honest with you right now. I have never hacked a computer. Not once. Not to change my friends' grades after bombing a test in high school. Not in a covert attempt to access secret government files. Not even to upload a virus into the central nervous system of a strange race of alien beings hell-bent on destroying mankind. And the reason I admit that fact to you here, on the internet, is to tell you that, although I've never personally participated in the hacking of any sort of electronic system or device, I'm pretty confident that no movie ever made has portrayed computer hacking accurately. This 90s Computer Hacking Supercut by the team over at FoundItemClothing does a pretty great job of collecting some of the worst offenders for your viewing pleasure. There are some real gems here, including Jean-Claude Van Damme getting the digital finger in Universal Soldier: The Return, Keanu Reeves navigating the world of virtual reality to manipulate some weird triangle puzzle in Johnny Mnemonic, a young Angelina Jolie calling in the killshot to her group of electronic troublemakers in Hackers, and, of course, multiple appearances by the best/worst tech movie of all time, The Lawnmower Man. I'm sure real computer hacking isn't very visually exciting, so it makes sense that filmmakers have spent the last several decades trying to find an entertaining way to depict digital maneuvering onscreen. But, man, do they really make it look silly and ridiculous. If watching actors furrow their brows at compeer screens and randomly slap their hands against keyboards is your cup of tea, here's more Hollywood hacking goodness, this time courtesy of some of the greatest movies of 1980s (the highlight of which is Weird Science's Wyatt and Gary using the "Crypto-Smasher v 3.10" to hack into the local power grid): http://youtu.be/rUGQHdYUIEo Personally, I can't wait for the 2000s hacking super cut, if only because it will contain what might be the most ridiculous scene in movie history - Hugh Jackman's hacking montage in 2001's Swordfish (seriously, has anyone ever looked more absurd while pretending to type?!): http://youtu.be/rjGbvpr_dB8?t=1m30s   @TheSEShepherd