Hilariously Antiquated! - The Net (1995) Discussion

[–] End_Of_The_Wrld 18 years ago

indeed..

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[–] Artdoag2 17 years ago

Heh heh 3.5" disks are still used... plus nobody calls it the Net anymore! However this film, while not terribly impressive or well-acted, serves kinda like a timepiece/reference of when the Internet was still a rather mystical and far-off idea to most computer users. So this early Bullock vehicle hasn't aged well, but she has :)

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[–] McQueen1980 17 years ago

ya shes 43 today and still looks like she stepped off production of The Net!!

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[–] WayneSongz 17 years ago

One of her computers even has a 5.25" floppy drive.

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[–] Flyer_1983 17 years ago

It’s amazing how far we’ve come, technically, in twelve years.

I was just saying the exact same thing to my girlfriend. Two examples I noticed was the size of her laptop and the size of the cell phone she uses; both have massively decreased in size since twelve years ago.

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[–] Max06 17 years ago

That's what makes this movie so watchable :) It's entertainment value is enhanced by the spot-the-outdated-technology/terms game.

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[–] Connie93 (826) 3 years ago

the irony is that I'm responding to this 15 years from when you wrote this, and your computer and cell phone then are considered dinosaurs from my time in 2022

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[–] temporary234 17 years ago

It's like the other guy said, it makes it more entertaining. Also, I remember watching this movie around '96 I guess it was, and at least for me back then, some of the stuff she did, like ordering plane tickets and pizzas online, seemed really "high-tech". which only makes it seem even more outdated :)

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[–] LatigoMeans 17 years ago

While not one of the greatest films ever, it's fairly entertaining and suspenseful for the most part. Plus, if you view every film that uses technology in it's telling of the story they'll all be dated. And they date more quickly than ever.

~LjM
Step on it! And don't spare the atoms!

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[–] anglophilejen 11 years ago

I watched this tonight. It's been years since I had seen it. Couldn't help laughing out loud when she dialed up! I remember those days...dial-up and my mom yelling at me to get off the computer because she needed to use the phone. Haha!

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[–] Raimar_Lunardi 11 years ago

The tread started in 2007... And how far have we come from then... think about that... thats is nuts...

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[–] oomba 10 years ago

Lol yeah, I was reading OP and saw 12 years and was like "lolwtf, it's been almost 20 years".

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[–] jacknixs 10 years ago

lol!

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[–] Wonka2009 10 years ago

20 years & Sandra still has it

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

27 years and she no longer does.

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[–] JacintoCupboard 10 years ago

What made me smile was the comment about everything getting smaller. The pre iphone/ipad perspective didn't last long and everything got large again real fast.

The other big change of course is 911. The amount of physical documentation needed post war on terror to do even simple things, is something that could never have been imagined. And of course makes this movie's scenario pretty much impossible today.

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[–] Movie_Piranha_1979 10 years ago

LOL! OP is right! I watched it the other day and was hilarious!

Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.

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[–] strumdatjag 10 years ago

The "time for uploading the program" suspense was more believable back then - it was used a lot in the show "24" as well. Trying to build tension with the "waiting for the program to load" gimmick would be harder to sell today.

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[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 4 years ago

Oh you just wait OP!

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[–] BourbonKing (5777) 3 years ago

It's kind weird reading old posts that haven't aged well, just like the movie 😳

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[–] wickerman1271 (946) 3 years ago

I'm from the future , i live in 2022 , do you want to know what happened in the last 15 years?

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[–] olioz (3673) 3 years ago

You're going to blow his mind.

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