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Old 04-03-2023, 01:00 AM  
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Starring the Computer - Supergirl



This would have been spot on if the film was set in Britain, but the BBC Micro was a major flop in the USA.
To be fair, Brits often play iconic Americans; in this case the Apple II.


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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober View Post
Handy little site that is
I love sites that catalogue when [item] has appeared in movies or TV, particularly tech items.

The port scanner Nmap is used so much in movie "hacker" scenes they have a page about it on their site.

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The UK's Scotland Yard Computer Crime Unit and the British Computer Society have put out a joint warning that "Viewers of the new box office blockbuster 'Matrix Reloaded' should not be tempted to emulate the realistic depiction of computer hacking." Kids - don't try this at home!
So that's what caused a plague of Zone Alarm popups 20 years ago?

*scroll scroll*

Or was it this...

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