(S1, E17) Hack the Planet!

This week on Pop Culture Boner we’re thinking about the 1995 classic Hackers, starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Lee Miller. Exactly why does this psychedelic, technicolour techno-fest hold up as a film about hacking, when so many newer films with bigger budgets and better technology fail? And 25 years on, how do our attitudes to technology compare?

You can find references here:

• K. Thor Jensen (2020, PC Mag) - 25 Years Ago, ‘Hackers’ Introduced Movie Audiences to the Internet

• The Mentor (1986, Phrack) - The Conscience of a Hacker

• Jake Davis (2018, VICE) - Real Hackers Tell Us Why They Love the Movie 'Hackers'

• Holly Graceful (2016, Graceful Security) - Hackers on Hackers

You can download the transcript here.