Most Egregious Errors in TV and Movies

In this live stream excerpt, Tested members Phil Poppe, David Griffiths, CMorgan and Micah Bruce ask about the most egregious error in TV or movies, Adam's favorite heist movie, which graphic novel should be made into a movie/series, and which version of Blade Runner is best to introduce someone to the franchise. Thank you Phil, David, C and Micah for your questions! Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks like asking Adam questions!:
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[@rothery2]

The worst example of hacking that I've ever seen was in an episode of NCIS where Abby and Mcgee are trying to counter hack a hacker by both of them using the same keyboard.

[@NirateGoel]

Sure that's the same show that thought planes could be controlled from the ground.

[@johnbenson4672]

During that sequence my wife yelled "Shut up, I like this show." That and Bones were the worst shows for accuracy with computers. Sure someone can inscribe a virus on a bone that makes the computer blow up. Sure.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

That is always the top example in my mind of "drama-hacking" - Conversely, the best anti-hacking I have ever seen was in an episode of the show The Sentinel (1996-1999, starring Richard Burgi) where the "brainy" character was trying to stop a murder victim's computer from being remotely erased by a remote user - hammering away at the keys, shouting and sweating, and the main character unplugged the ethernet cable and just stared at the "brainy" character.

[@danelisslow3269]

And then Gibbs just unplugged it lol.

[@ElectroDFW]

@@danelisslow3269 he also shot one at one point. ROFL.

[@fluffiestsugar]

One of my favorite bad hacking scenes is in NCIS, where Abby is trying to hack something and she's failing so McGee helps by typing on one half of the keyboard and together they succeed. It's just such a level of absurd I have to wonder if they were intentionally making it absurd.

[@justin.booth.]

There is no way they didn't know that was absurd when they made it, but there is also no way lots of people watched that and were like "Yep, that's how hacking works"

[@SergioLeRoux]

They don't succeed, but their boss stops the hacker by unplugging the monitor.

[@RonJohn63]

This means that you actually watched NCIS. Being morally superior, I did *not* watch NCIS. (My ex-wife loved it, though.)

[@anticarnick]

"two idiots one keyboard"

[@GeekGinger]

Underrated heist movie? Inside Man with Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster. You just don’t realize that it is a heist movie for most of it.

[@shenaniganz4105]

I was going to suggest it too.

[@dave2132]

It starts off with a bank robbery. :)

[@austynross]

"We've got him right where we want him." "Where's that?" "Right behind us with our pants down around our ankles."

[@GeekGinger]

@@dave2132 So does Dog Day Afternoon! That’s definitely not a heist movie.

[@nms7872]

best spike lee movie

[@Cronocke]

My favorite heist movie is probably still Sneakers, the 90s star-studded Robert Redford movie about hacking which takes a much more grounded and down-to-earth approach to the subject. Instead of trying to hack into a system through the internet, they do a heist to steal the physical object, then spend some time in their hideout picking it apart, plugging it into their own computers, etc. There's some fantastic scenes of the main characters getting into arguments with security guards in order to slip something under the radar, for example.

[@jmgriffee]

It's an early '90s movie and the tech reflects it, but social engineering never goes out of style! I still love that movie dearly.

[@cosmicinsane516]

Sneakers was such a fun movie.

[@asharmstrong6730]

Great soundtrack!

[@jmgriffee]

@@asharmstrong6730 It REALLY is. James Horner + Branford Marsalis: *chef's kiss*

[@MrCytree]

Climbing through ductwork is such a laughably absurd idea to anyone that has even seen actual ductwork, let alone installed it.

[@donsample1002]

"Hark! Thor, God of Thunder, is trying to break into my building!"

[@filanfyretracker]

id also say the fact the building cannot be taken off power without dropping the entire grid segment. I cannot see any building even in the 80s passing a safety inspection before getting its occupancy cert that cannot have its power shut off locally just for fire fighting safety. Alas I do still enjoy Die Hard of course, It was a basically perfect executed action film.

[@peterkitts8815]

Jamie with the magnets in Mythbusters. One of the funniest moments.

[@ElectroDFW]

I gotta wonder how that trope got started, though.

[@rhino015]

@@filanfyretracker the building would have circuit breakers that could be flipped for different circuits surely. But maybe they’d be inside the building where authorities couldn’t get access

[@psyrolz1626]

I love how Sam Rockwell is always "the other guy", no matter what. The moment someone says: "the other guy", I know its him. Also, I was expecting NCIS McGee/Abby hacking skills in the comments... Its awesome how we are all on the same page about that one!

[@ChrisShipway]

I nominate Star Trek IV: The Journey Home as a great heist movie 😂. Any old shlub can go after a giant diamond or w/e, but the real prize was always the whales we saved along the way!

[@timthompson3569]

Plus they have to infiltrate a nuclear wessel.

[@EM-pt7ch]

The only thing that chaps my hide from that film is that the cetacean institute is not real...😫

[@Wolfshead009]

@@EM-pt7ch Try watching it with your military father and having him point out that the carrier was NOT in fact the Enterprise. :)

[@stevenemert837]

@@EM-pt7ch Yeah, but you can go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and see where those scenes were filmed.

[@danaxtell2367]

Time traveling whales in transparent aluminum is fine, but with Star Trek IV, you've got to talk about the elephant in the room: Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, Montgomery, Pavel, and Uhuru show up in San Francisco in 1986 AND NOBODY RECOGNIZES THEM.

[@Clownskull]

I don't know if they qualify as "ordinary" heist movies, but Heat by Michael Mann and Snatch by Guy Ritchie are both pretty friggan amazing for entirely different reasons.

[@bckwrds]

Yes to both of those!

[@maximusprimus2313]

Heat is such a good movie! It manages to take 2 demential characters, and add layers and layers of depth without betraying them.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

As long as you're on shaky ground with "Snatch"... You might as well give an honorable nod to "Lock, Stock, and Two Smokin' Barrels"... Maybe it's not a heist movie exactly... BUT it's definitely a devious variation of the spirit... much the same spirit as "Snatch"... ;o)

[@tonysnark1530]

Snatch is great, I just showed that to my girlfriend a couple days ago, she loved it

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

@@tonysnark1530 Yup... I love movies that I have to watch at least twice to really grasp everything that's going on... ;o)

[@Ch4rmander]

I'm so glad to hear someone say that not every good book needs to be adapted into a movie

[@andersenzheng]

i for one both cant wait and cant stand that Three Body is being turned into a movie. the culture background and the physics background of the books are daunting for me to even begin to imagine being converted into a TV series let alone a 3hrs movie. but ill be the first one to buy the ticket when the movie comes out, no matter how bad/good the review is gonna be.

[@kevintrjohnson]

They are very different media, and not every filmmaker (director/screenwriter/whatever) understands how to translate the ideas of a novel onto the screen. Some books only work because of the narration, especially books with an unreliable narrator, and the mere on-screen portrayal of the story can give more credence than the author intended. As such, I have yet to see an accurate version of, say, Lolita. He's been portrayed as self-deluded, that he doesn't see that his actions have harmed Lolita, but none of the adaptations question the events themselves. Nearly the entire novel of Lolita is comprised of what is referred to by a fictional publisher/editor as "Lolita, or the Confessions of a White Widowed Male," a memoir written by Humbert and only to be published after his and Lolita's death. Even within the publisher's introduction, the words "real" and "true" are in quotations (specifically, "real" people and "true" story). All that we know to be true in the world of Lolita is that Humbert wrote a memoir, died, and a person named Lolita has also died, at which point the memoir was published (unlike Pale Fire, we are not given evidence to distrust the publisher/editor, at least not that I see). It's possible that nothing Humbert says is true at all--it could all be a delusion invented about the daughter of his landlord and he may have never so much as touched her. That said, I doubt that Nabokov wanted us to completely distrust every word of Humbert's tale--Nabokov was very much into making his readers sift through his stories to divine the truth, and for everything to be a lie would be uninteresting.

[@hughejenator]

@@andersenzheng Now I'm going to have to check out Three Body, thanks!

[@elobiretv]

I agree with Adam here, I never look forward to a movie adaption, I'm always just hoping its not terrible. It's like when Dune came out and everyone was raving about it, but I really couldn't care less about it because I knew it just wouldn't live up to the books.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

Not that I dislike the Lord of the Rings films to a great degree but my enjoyment of them was diminished when I started to immerse myself in the books and became aware of the amazing content that was lost or changed. I’m like “hey! Merry isn’t supposed to be there when Barad-dur falls!”

[@davidnicholson6680]

Best heist movie of all time: "Rififi". Not only does it have likely the greatest and most famous heist sequence ever put to film, but it also shows that what happens after the heist is just as important as what happens during the heist itself.

[@gremlinclr]

SNEAKERS! Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley. Absolutely great heist film.

[@ElectroDFW]

SETEC ASTRONOMY

[@ElijahAtchley]

No more secrets...

[@kiruppert]

Came here to recommend this. Gremlinclr, I see you are a creature of refined tastes.

[@510dustmite]

@@ElijahAtchley too many secrets, Marty…

[@sivalley]

Whistler: "let me see something" 😏

[@PhantasmPhoton]

The Great Train Robbery (1963) has to be one of the best heist films. Set in 1855, made in 1963, Starring Shaun Connery. It has amazing props, sets, costumes and film making chops. Its also jovially funny and clever.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

1855 ?? lol

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@harryflashman9495 It's Sean not Shaun and the film was made in 1978. The actual robbery of that name was in 1963.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

@@harryflashman9495 I know, I used Google...

[@Hexon66]

If we're talking train heists, it's got to be The Wild Bunch.

[@jeffh8803]

That was a true story also which probably helps.

[@Xoferif]

The Score (2001) starring Robert de Niro and Edward Norton is a much-overlooked film that goes in-depth into every aspect of pulling off a heist - particularly the planning and set-up.

[@deadaccount6135]

@Xoferif dang you beat me to it. The Score and Heist are the two best movies of the type ever made. 👍👍

[@georgg.5730]

Seconded! Edward Norton's performance is mind-blowing.

[@letsgobs4933]

Good call!

[@teakkaye5364]

Good entertainment but the ones that they break in through the sewers , I dunno . I liked Inside Man .

[@Noone-jn3jp]

Is this where the safe is in the basement of building in Canada? Im trying not to spoil it

[@milesobrien2694]

WOW! Props to you, Adam for mentioning Thief! What was the topper in that movie was the sound track. Tangerine Dream. You would be amazed at the sound tracks this band has done! Sorcerer, Risky Business, The Keep just to name a few. The cast was a weird collection, Caan, Jim Belushi, Tuesday Weld... Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson! I have bought a half dozen or so copies of that book because I lend it to a friend and then never get it returned because they in turn passed it on. Phillip K. Dick's novellas have inspired an amazing number of Movies. Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep), Minority Report, Total Recall, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly and The Adjustment Bureau and for TV, The Man In The High Castle, Minority Report, PKD's Electric Dreams to name a few. For a great heist movie I love the 2003 remake of The Italian Job. Statham and Cheron! A little over the top and maybe a little glib an the hacking but the pace and dialogue are exciting and full of Humor. As to a book I would like to see as a movie or TV series? The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. This book is as seminal to making me a die hard SciFi fan as anything ever written. Maybe with the success The Expanse has has commercially, someone will give Stars another try.

[@xtieburn]

The Sting. I remember catching The Sting late night on TV, completely out of the blue, and it hooked me in so hard.* Really smart, has no doubt influenced a lot of films afterwards, excellent and charismatic cast, and its also just plain a lot of fun. It really does hold up even today. Fantastic film. *Similar thing happened with Shawshank Redemption, caught it on TV, blown away by it, and only later realize its long been considered one of the greatest films made.

[@HermanVonPetri]

I can't believe that Adam didn't at least give The Sting a shout-out. There's just so much to love about it. But I'm a sucker for older movies like that anyway. The original Italian Job would also have been high on my list.

[@snafu2350]

The Sting isn't really a heist movie tho: like Ocean's 11 (original or remake), it's a con job. That being said it's still one of my top 10 movies :)

[@jurjenbos228]

And the music is great, too!

[@herbaden]

Absolutely one of the greatest movies ever.

[@stephenlayland2889]

Before even Adam's time, NBC aired a series about a freelance insurance investigator, _Banacek._ The character is badly outdated, but the puzzles were both fair and interesting --- sometimes fascinating. _Bladerunner_ is that rare sort of movie that rewards repeated viewings, voiceover or no. About that time you get the yen to see it once more, you are about ready to notice something else that you had missed.

[@tempus_fugit7366]

My favorite all time heist movie is without a doubt, Kelly's Heroes! It's an absolute tour deforce of an amazing ensemble cast, a well written story, stellar cinematography and a jazzy almost Spaghetti western score. This film abounds with the greatest actors of the day, from Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, and Don Rickles to Carroll O'Connor and Gavin Macleod. No single actor out shone another in this movie. In todays special effect heavy story telling, this movie relies on a conscise, character driven narrative. Well worth a fresh viewing!

[@HappyCynic]

"Woof woof! That's my other dog imitation."

[@warped_rider]

@@HappyCynic "Up yours, Baby!" - Kilroy

[@brianartillery]

I love this movie. My favourite moment in it is when Kelly (Clint Eastwood) explains to the Tiger tank commander (Karl Otto Alberty) exactly what he's guarding. The look on the Commander's face is priceless. Furthermore, although it seems absurd, the movie is based on actual events, where a large amount of gold bullion 'vanished' towards the end of the war.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

​@@brianartillery The most commonly quoted line from this movie amongst my friends and I is "Aways with the negative waves! Why can't you say something righteous?" - A neat reference, the scene where they trap the German tanks in the tight streets so that the turrets cannot traverse shows up as "research films" in the anime Girls und Panzer.

[@shayneweyker]

In a similar vein I'd put Three Kings on the list.

[@PotentiallyAndy]

I agree on the blade runner question for sure. For me the travel scene without dialog is so much better because you get to hear the swell of the beautiful Vangelis sound track. It’s one of my favorite musical moments in a movie. Two others are the lighting of the beacons in Return of the King, and the “Bishop reappears with the drop ship just in time” moment from Aliens.

[@beavismount]

I agree with your assertion that short stories are better translated to movie form. Almost every complaint about a novel adapted to film can be boiled down to "it wasn't long enough." However, until now I have always thought the contrapositive: that novels are best adapted to television series or miniseries. I think that The Expanse is a perfect example of a book that got a proper adaptation, it would have been terrible as a movie!

[@z-beeblebrox]

Yeah, it's telling that the majority of good film adaptations come from novels that are much closer to novella length

[@JohnWellingtonWells]

On the other hand, my current pet-peeve is that a lot of tv-adaptations these days don't seem to actually care about adopting the source material all that much. It seems more like the writers just want to flex their own muscles.

[@bbcovault]

Though I think "The Martian" worked pretty well.

[@malindemunich2883]

@@bbcovault - Haven't read The Martian, but I bet it's along the same lines as other novels that have worked as movies: It has a lot of description where the timeline isn't moving as much. Movies have to pace with time watching while novels very, very often pull a Zach Morris "time-out" to internalize events for characters or describe surroundings in detail. This is one reason the LotR films had even the slightest chance to succeed (though still a fantastically monumental achievement) because they had so much description that might last pages but could be shown to the eye in moments just by being "there" or even by montage.

[@FosterZygote]

Totally agree about short stories more often being better source material for feature films. Look at Villeneuve's 'Arrival' - based on the great Ted Chiang short story 'Story of Your Life', which was actually expanded upon, rather than trimmed down, to make the film. I think Chiang's short story 'What's Expected of Us' would be perfect for a faithful adaptation to screen. Even some shorter novels, like Gaiman's 'The Ocean at the End of the Lane' would be perfect for feature length films. With the advent of truly beautiful, big-budget series on streaming services, I think novels are now better sources for such projects. Some of the best screen adaptations I've ever seen have been done as multi-season series, like 'The Expanse', 'His Dark Materials', 'Good Omens', 'The Sandman' and Sonnenfeld's brilliant 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'. I'm still up in the air about 'The Peripheral'. It's well done but I think they changed way more than was necessary for a screen adaptation. But yeah, 'Snow Crash' done as a 6-8 episode series has the potential to blow some minds.

[@dr.rotwang]

My #1 personal pet peeve in TV & Film is when they use the sound of cocking a gun to emphasize a threat, or readiness, or whatever, and the gun in question is either already cocked, or more often is of a design that doesn't have a hammer and cannot be cocked. "TWITCH, TWITCH"!

[@robbiemer8178]

And the variant example of pumping a pump shotgun more than once before any action with it has started...

[@bg45420]

Also the rattling sound of a gun being handled.

[@danmoyer4650]

@@bg45420 Absolutely! That's a bad one. Any decent gun is a precision piece of equipment. It doesn't have loose parts and it doesn't rattle.

[@Squirrelking4395]

@@danmoyer4650 but SA80's rattle.... ...oh. Yeah.

[@himself3011]

@@danmoyer4650 lol. wrong

[@ForOrAgainstUs]

The fact that people forget Sam Rockwell's name is actually a credit to his ability to just be other people.

[@PhilHibbs]

I should check out more of his stuff, the only place I know him from is Iron Man 2, he totally steals the show in that one.

[@Opforvideo2]

Proof: I can remember the name Zaphod Beeblebrox more often than Sam Rockwell

[@chadwcmichael]

The original Italian Job is one of the best heist movies of all time, not realistic in the slightest, but wonderful.

[@sclogse1]

Exactly

[@chadwcmichael]

@@sclogse1 We uh… we won’t talk about the remake.

[@marvindebot3264]

@@chadwcmichael Let us never mention that again, please.

[@michaelholmstrom7677]

best cliff hanger movie ending ever literally

[@chadwcmichael]

@@michaelholmstrom7677 chef’s kiss

[@adamfromm]

For heist movies, I highly recommend Rififi: the heist scene itself is 30 minutes long, carried out with no music and no dialogue, with tension you can pluck like a banjo string.

[@FrothingFanboy]

There a lot of good French heist movies, and Rififi is the pinnacle.

[@yobgodababua1862]

I'm glad that we now the the format of "episodic miniseries" available, that really allows novels to be better adapted to a visual medium. On another topic: "Mr. Robot" has The Best representation of on-screen computer hacking I (as a computer professional) have ever seen. Also... kind of a heist thing in the early seasons.

[@Crowley9]

I recommend giving Sneakers a watch. Source: coffee break discussion at an IT security company about good hacker movies.

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

Yeah, they even got linux right - Elliot mentally capping on Tyrell for being a KDE user, the use of vi in a dramatic series, malicious USB devices, etc. My only niggle is Eliot booting up a replacement computer using a Mint CD. I mean, I could see Debian or Fedora or Arch, but Mint?

[@hughejenator]

This is by far my favorite "Ask Adam Savage" that I've seen so far! Especially referencing William Gibson and Neuromancer! I know there have been efforts to adapt Neuromancer for years and years, but at this point so many ideas from that book have made it into other books, movies, and tv shows, that a film adaptation may not seem as genre defining as Neuromancer was when it originally came out. I'd still go see a Sprawl Trilogy anyway, and a Bridge Trilogy adaptation!

[@hughejenator]

Also Neuromancer is a heist AND hacking story!

[@DETHMOKIL]

I agree with Adam being hesitant about book adaptations. That collective sigh of relief when Dune came out was a palpable experience lol

[@yourundoing12]

Which was inversely proportional to the whole Dark Tower experience:(

[@tumbles8350]

such a shame about mortal engines, rip

[@MichaelSheldon]

I also agree with Adam that Snow Crash would be a pretty good one to do. Weird, lots of action, lots of potential eye-candy with props, sets, CGI, etc. I was always tempted to get a "Poor Impulse Control" tattoo. 😆

[@davydatwood3158]

And see, just to show that this is all very subjective - for me, Dune the novel was interesting and engaging. Dune the movie - either of them, really, but especially the new one - is very very pretty and looks perfect... and is ultimately boring and unengaging. That's only my opinion, of course, and if you enjoyed the movie I'm glad it brought some happiness to your life. :)

[@dj1NM3]

Mostly because what you see in your mind's eye while reading a good story will most likely not be lived up to by a movie adaptation.

[@suijin25]

Everytime I hear Adam talk about movies (not the props in movies, that would be all the time), I think of how great a collab with the Junkfood Cinema guys would be. Also, I think at this point so much has been 'borrowed' from Neuromancer that it would have the same issues as John Carter did when it came out.

[@tkskagen]

The Original "The Italian Job" is one of my favorite "Heist Job" Movies.

[@negotiableaffections]

For anyone jaded by heist movies - TIJ is a salve. And can I point out that; The itailian job2, thomas crown affair2 and especially rollerball2 DO NOT EXIST. [end rant]

[@christopherpardell4418]

How many heist films star Noel Coward and end with a literal cliff hanger?

[@negotiableaffections]

@@christopherpardell4418 only the best ones

[@Woodie-xq1ew]

Yes. The story is interesting, the action scenes are both exiting to watch and fairly realistic, the soundtrack is great and like someone else said it ends on a literal cliffhanger. What more could you want

[@hughejenator]

@@negotiableaffections unngh, love The Thomas Crown Affair

[@keith_root]

Adam, as a long time fan, I'm super relieved to see/hear you recognize the line between different media. I see you.

[@robbokeys]

2001 a space odyssey is a perfect example of why having no talking/dialogue for the first 10 minutes sets the whole tone & atmosphere for the movie.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Another movie that uses that technique well is "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly". I cannot find the information now, but I think it was somewhere around 20 minutes (???) before the first line of dialogue.

[@seanclark8452]

True, but 2001 had pacing issues - it only worked theatrically because of the never before seen fantastic effects. I watched the re-release a few years ago. It was beautiful but dragged enough to make me fidget. The beginning apes through space scene does work and holds up today as visually stunning, but the pace needed to pick up afterwards. The boardroom scenes were slow, for example - and the star child scenes were a bit too allegoric if you didn't know the story. It'd be rewatched by modern audiences far more if it were more accessible. (The special effects still hold up, which is awe inspiring)

[@philsurtees]

@@seanclark8452 The fact that modern audiences have the attention span of a gnat doesn't mean 2001 has issues, it just means modern audiences are morons. The pacing of the whole movie is vitally important, and the film wouldn't be anywhere near as good if it were changed. Aside from anything else, the pacing is representative of the glacial pace at which history unfolds, and things happen in space. There aren't spaceships zipping about, firing laser weapons at one another; space travel is a slow, patient, deliberate experience. That's why the whole Stargate is the one exception, and Bowman's experience whilst travelling galactic distances has the only elements of speed in the film. As for the boardroom scenes, the pacing perfectly represents the gravitas of the whole endeavor. Zipping through those scenes would have been terrible. The scene when he meets the Russians on the orbiting space-station, on the way to the Moon, is pure genius; the way Floyd passes a message - very deliberately - without saying anything directly, in a way that makes it seem like he doesn't want to pass a message, even though that was actually the only reason for having the conversation in the first place, is one of the greatest scenes in movie history. "Yes I ... I know. ... As I said I'm ... not at liberty to discuss it."_ It sends chills down my spine every time I watch it! Then, when he's in the boardroom on the Moon, he refers back to that supposedly chance encounter as being embarrassing for him - even though it was NOT embarrassing for him, it was quite deliberate - but now he's using it to convince the people at the base to maintain secrecy. He threatens them without actually threatening them, and the whole thing is one of the greatest examples, ever shown on film, of the way real world politics and diplomacy actually work. It's one of the reasons Dune is such a great book, because you get told what people are saying to one another, and at the same time you get told what they're thinking - which explains why they are saying what they're saying - and that's why it has been so hard to capture Dune on film. However those scenes in 2001 do it perfectly, because if you watch them carefully you can understand why Floyd is doing what he's doing, and saying what he's saying, and deduce what he's thinking from the disparity between his words and actions. It is brilliantly subtle, and so much would be lost if anything was changed... They have discovered absolute proof that intelligent, benign alien life exists, and that it is much more advanced than ours, but don't forget that if you haven't seen the movie before, you don't actually know that when Floyd is on the way to see the monolith. The aliens think in terms of hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years; that's how long it has been since they passed by and put the first obelisk on Earth, remember, then buried the one on the Moon, and put one in orbit around Jupiter. They knew it would be millions of years before they were discovered and used, if intelligent life survived and grew, and the pacing of the whole film reflects that. I assert that it is vital to the whole experience. Every single thing in that movie, every line of dialogue, every scene, is deliberate and important; there is nothing superfluous, and nothing that needs to change. The one exception - in my opinion - is the Star Gate sequence, which could be improved up with modern special effects, and there are sequences in other movies which show the same thing more effectively. I don't think Kubrick would give a flying %#$& about modern audiences - or any audiences for that matter - finding the film inaccessible, and I don't think he would change a thing, because everything he did had a purpose. Plenty of people found it inaccessible back when it was released, and ever since, and will do so into the future, but at the same time there will ALWAYS be people - I think - who watch it and are blown away. My grandmother took me to see it at the cinema when I was quite young, and I had no idea what I had just seen afterwards, but like a lot of people I wanted to understand it, so I watched it again, and again, and again, and every time I watch it - I must have seen it 30 times now - I still see something new, or have a new thought about it. For example, I think one of the things it's saying - something I haven't heard anyone else posit - is that when we finally do manage to create intelligent machines, they will be susceptible to mental health issues, just as we are. In another example, the film is questioning whether HAL (and by implication, other intelligent machines) is actually conscious, and self aware, and to me it actually answers that question, subtly, when HAL goes off the reservation and starts coming to different conclusions than the HAL 9000 back on Earth. You see, if two 'minds' are both taking the same input data and behaving the same way in response to it, then they are perfectly predictable and have no free will, but as soon as HAL starts going his own way, I think that represents him actually becoming a conscious, self aware being who has free will, and that's why he starts to behave unpredictably, just as humans are unpredictable. But I digress, and I'm rambling! My point is that it's the pacing of the film - and the topics it covers - which get my mind ticking over, in a way it simply can't and doesn't when a movie is zipping along at a high rate of knots. Yes, some people find the pacing makes the movie boring, but I find it the exact opposite, because it's what gets my mental juices flowing. I love a good, fast paced action movie as much as the next guy, but there are so many of those, and 2001 is such a truly unique, incredibly special experience - there really isn't another movie that is anything like it - and for that reason I wouldn't change a thing; I certainly wouldn't be trying to turn it into something that is accessible to modern audiences. There are an endless supply of soft science fiction, or science fantasy movies that are accessible to modern audiences, so why would you want to change one of the very, VERY few hard science fiction masterpieces into one of them?

[@sjeunson1]

@@seanclark8452 When they did the anniversary release of 2001 in 70mm in 2018( I saw the film around 1970 when I was 10) the theater I went to sold out every show for about 2 weeks. I spoke with a few people who never saw it before. They were blown away. Not bad for a 50 year old movie. I personally believe those slow parts you talk about are not slow enough as space as I understand it is boring. Kubrick totally pushed the boundary. In this modern cinema world in which an edit can last frames it still is refreshing when a filmmaker takes there time. I’ve seen it more than any other movie and it still amazes me. And it was great to see it capture a modern audience today. Definition of a classic. I get what your saying about seeing it on the small screen which it was never designed for. That’s not the films fault. It made its mark and when it can be seen in its rightful environment it can’t be beat.

[@seanclark8452]

@@sjeunson1 I watched the re-release in theater with some 20-somethings (later, once it'd been in theaters a bit so it'd be quiet and I could pick my seat). The slow plot pace, and the really pushing it allegory stuff towards the end and things like the over long/stereotypical military meetings/boardroom on the moon didn't go over well. The visuals and mood setting seemed to impress. I think the visuals stand up today better than most made 20 years later. The tricks they figured out were first rate. (if you haven't watch the making of, it's stunning) That said, he did story pacing in the Shining much better while still packing in allegory and subtle imagery nearly everywhere you look. (even the scenes in the pantry - the items on the shelf behind the characters had meaning...) I just wish 2001 had more balanced pacing like that. While it's true screenplays need to do most story telling visually vs the source book, I think he took it too far at least in the first third of 2001. The last third is great. It has fantastic scenes and quotes that made their way into pop culture.

[@RVMiles]

Sneakers is such a great heist movie. And, of course, the Joker's heist in The Dark Knight is so so satisfying.

[@AbbieM82]

Kind of going along with what you were saying about Bladerunner and not having the narration going on. I mute movies sometimes to take a call, talk to someone, whatever. I then go back to it absent-mindedly still on mute and start seeing stuff I’ve never noticed before. Movies that I’ve been watching all of my life. It’s fascinating and soo true that our brains allot certain amounts of processes and attention to different senses for experiencing a movie. Take sound away and more is given to our sight to soak in a more complete reality.

[@bbcovault]

Since both the movie "Die Hard" and book adaptations are mentioned in this video, I will mention that "Die Hard" is based on the book "Nothing Lasts Forever" and I found it very interesting how the movie is faithful to the action sequences in the book to great detail but the story, not so much. The book definitely in no way, shape or form, has a Hollywood ending.

[@aralornwolf3140]

The Bourne Trilogy was changed from the books... so... In the Books, the lady survives the assassination attempt... In the Movie, the lady is killed... RIP Mrs. Bourne.

[@HappyCynic]

What made me laugh was that due to Hollywood legalities, Frank Sinatra was offered the the starring role in Die Hard first.

[@elitesniper923]

@@aralornwolf3140 damn that's a shame they changed that I honestly really liked her character in identity would have liked to see more.

[@aralornwolf3140]

@@elitesniper923 , Yes. It's a huge change between the books and movies. _Huge!!_ Read the books watch the movies, nothing says you can't enjoy both.

[@elobiretv]

Cant believe I didn't know it was adapted from a book, it's one of my favourite movies. Definitely going to read that.

[@beemoney19]

I love Ronin. And, I find his rant about it hilarious because Mamet is one of the writers on it.

[@bbcovault]

John Frankheimer loved to tell two stories in the same shot. Even something going on in the background of a scene could be important. I've always wondered if he ever had to argue with studio executives who were just adamant that you can't expect the average viewer to follow that.

[@7t2z28]

It's one of my favorites too, but I'm with Adam on inserting all the references to "ronin", it's just silly and unnecessary.

[@AsterInDis]

One of the youtube channels I'm subscribed to is someone comparing how well films are adapted from their source material (Dominic Noble). I agree with him that getting the feel/tone right is more important than sticking faithfully to the plot.

[@xTheHumanoidx]

"The Great Train Robbery" 1978 is one I like.

[@thelanavishnuorchestra]

Old lady sci-fi fan who grabbed up all those Gibson and Stephenson (and Bruce Sterling!) books as soon as I could get my hands on them. I agree with your thinking that seeing a William Gibson novel produced well is less likely. On the other hand, Through a Scanner Darkly was an excellent adaptation version of a Philip Dick novel. The animation technique they used captures perfectly the stealth tech and the drug experience described in the book.

[@marscaleb]

I never knew there were all these different versions of the movie until after I saw that director's cut. My brother and I were looking to go to a movie, and we saw that Blade Runner was playing. We were surprised; "Didn't that movie come out in the 80's some time? Why is it showing in theaters now?" We were quite intrigued and decided to see that while we had the opportunity. And we enjoyed it. Many years later I was hearing people talk about Harrison Ford's narration in that movie, which was confusing because I didn't remember that being in the movie.

[@michaelross3241]

Just finding this video, and I love that Adam liked Spartan! I remember renting it from Blockbuster and wondering why it never got more attention, it was fantastic.

[@pete8279]

Heist Movies my favorites, "Kelly's Hero's", "The good, The bad, and the ugly" and finally expanding the definition just a little The Shawshank Redemption. Oceans 11 the original with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis and others the story ends there is no setup for a sequel.

[@Travelinmatt1976]

lol, I watched Kelly's Heroes a couple days ago, I think it had been at least 25 years since I had seen it last.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@Travelinmatt1976 Kelly's Heroes and Lawrence of Arabia were the first two movies I ever bought on DVD. And I still have them about 25 years later.

[@blackc1479]

Kelly's heros is awesome. I remember how much time I spent trying to find burning bridges on cassette back in the day lol. I turned my wife on to it, and she was actually wearing her oddball shirt to work tonight.

[@simonRTJ]

" That thing where someone takes something you love, and butchers it" = Ghost in the shell.

[@tested]

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[@CiszHelion]

Heist movie suggestions: Grand Slam, Rififi, Sexy Beast, Inside Job. :D

[@snafu2350]

For me, the original Italian Job (Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill etc) has extremely enjoyable & at least semi-realistic (in that they had to negotiate with the genuine Italian Mafia of the time for some scenes, & that Milan /was/ (even more) gridlocked due to a football match on that day). However, I'd also recommend you take a look at The First Great Train Robbery with Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland etc: great fun! :)

[@writerpatrick]

It always bugs me when characters spring up out of bed after a nightmare. People just don't do that. And it's not that easy to do, especially after just waking up. Just try sitting up straight in bed. Most people tend to roll to the side to get out of bed. And it's not just about hacking, it's about assigning attributes to technology (especially computers) and things like computer viruses that they just don't have. Exploding computers is also bad.

[@SweIceMan]

Pet peeve: Computers in movies (the more the advanced they are, the more "special buttons" they appear to have). Heist movie (and i'm surprised no one's mentioned this yet): Heat

[@HariSeldon913]

Probably the biggest culprit for saying the name of the movie within the movie would have to be "Rocky".

[@ew6790]

I love the TV show Leverage, and I think the hacking might sometimes annoy you, if you haven't watched it. My favorite heist book is The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. I recommend reading that entire series, and if you haven't read them yet. Do NOT read any spoilers. Just hope right in. The ending of each book is SO perfect.

[@spookmineer]

The sting - Paul Newman, Robert Redford. Probably not very realistic (it's been a while for me) but a great watch!

[@rolandruesch6862]

It is actually based on real events.

[@SlyPearTree]

Fantastic movie but it's a con, not a heist.

[@nikoteardrop4904]

Which is why I tend to prefer seeing the film or series first, then read the novel inspiring it (with the obvious exception of finding the novel before the movie/whatever exists). There's always going to be more to discover and be surprised by in the novel than in the adaptation.

[@LordPadriac]

I'm finding the best thing to happen to adaptations is the advent of the streaming services transitioning into content producers as well as just streaming other people's works. You can fit so much more plot and story elements from even a dense literary work into a series and for some reason people are willing to watch that slowly develop over many episodes and even season where they are unwilling to sit and watch the same development over several three hour movies. It is honestly kind of a bizarre phenomenon to me.

[@CraftQueenJr]

A couple hours every couple weeks is easier than having to sit through a movie, in a specific place, every few months. Also, there’s a bit more suspense to it from what I can tell.

[@OneEyedJack01]

@@CraftQueenJr Be honest. We are all binging entire seasons over a couple days. :-)

[@maximusprimus2313]

This one of the best q&a’s of yours Ive seen. A real movie and book lover can never just talk about “a” movie or A book lover can never talk of just one book there is an ecosystem of books and movies that transcends the One. And For the record Michael Crichton writes book length short stories.

[@MOONRAK3R23]

Heist is a good one. Also the Score with DeNiro and Edward Norton is great!

[@mikekollross8810]

The two I came to mention Also: Inside Man Italian Job Bellman and True Sneakers Heat Kelly’s Hero’s Breaking in Foolproof Now you see me National Treasure Baby Driver Point Break The Sting Thomas Crown Affair

[@christopherreed4723]

I'll second The Score (De Niro/Norton). But...it's not without a major gripe. Not how he opens the safe, even though Mythbusters took a shot at it, iirc. But how he *filled* it. As soon as he turned the tap he'd plugged into the sprinkler line, the sprinkler flow alarm would have tripped. And that's part of the fire alarms, not the internal cameras and motion sensors that Norton hacked, so it would likely still have been live. Hell, on a building that old, it might have still been analog. You're not hacking that from your laptop in the server vault. During college I regularly helped close the main library after hours. It was a 1970s building, and there were two overlapping fire alarm systems that weren't interconnected, one new one with a nice LCD status monitor, and the one that they installed when they built the place, which was a nightmare (and usually the one that tripped).

[@briansavage932]

The Score is great!! It is very similar to Heist. Great characters.

[@Jerod_Helt]

I’ve been watching a lot of these videos, a very unexpected effect of that is that my reading list is growing fast

[@Wizarth]

My favorite hacking movie is Sneakers. Hands down, the best representation of any film. I've got a soft spot for Hackers. It's terrible, and I'm not convinced it was terrible on purpose, but now days it reads that way and I get a joy from just how BAD it is.

[@Travelinmatt1976]

Hackers, Sneaker, and The Net. And seeing Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock as cool girl hackers just made me swoon so bad.

[@DavidGetchel]

Hack the planet!

[@DavidGetchel]

@@Travelinmatt1976 Hackers and the Net are classic!

[@Xoferif]

Hackers got a lot right, such as The Zone - where you get engrossed in a problem, and suddenly it's nighttime and you've accomplished a weeks' worth of work. They did have real hackers as consultants on the movie, but obviously had to take a ton of artistic license to avoid the audience lapsing into a coma...

[@ElectroDFW]

Hack the Gibson at Setec Astronomy before the Praetorians find you! XD

[@btrain2385]

Nailed it with Thief. Maybe my fave, Inside Man is one of the best. And I'd argue that The Usual Suspects is a heist film in addition to being every other genre too.

[@AnimeRonin]

Two of the few redeeming qualities about Ronin is the car chase sequence and the scene chewing from several of the actors (Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce and Stellan Skarsgard, specifically).

[@jzakary1]

Its obvious that Adam has a irrational hatred of that movie. His justification is solely based on 5 minutes of dialogue about Ronin. Nothing else!

[@nicholasvinen]

It's a great movie if you just don't take it seriously. It's almost a spoof of its genre. I mean it might as well have been titled "The McGuffin".

[@AnimeRonin]

@@nicholasvinen Oh, I know. It's a movie that I can pop in and enjoy because it is almost entirely mindless.

[@spyone4828]

@@nicholasvinen I see that as part of the brilliance of the film. I had a friend who hated it, and gave as his reason that we never find out what is in the case. And I was like, that's the whole point. They even say it out loud: "It's not about what's in the case. It never was."

[@CarolusMagnus2501]

I loved that movie.

[@Spelonker]

One film that I feel has an unjust reputation for bad movie hacking is, ironically, Hackers. Yes, the big hack against the whacky sci-fi "Gibson" computer at the end is nutty, but otherwise the rest of the hacks in the film, particularly the montage against Dade and Kate, are all actual hacks. You even have a timelapse scene of them tediously going through reels and reels of code rather than some sort of Matrix-like clairvoyance. It's also not a film that thinks it's cool, but a film about a bunch of nerds who think they're cool, and it's one of my favourites.

[@HermanVonPetri]

Does "The Usual Suspects" count as a heist film? I think it should.

[@kobirelf97]

I have always said "the usual suspects" is a heist film great film

[@SolarWebsite]

I think it does. Too bad you can only "really" watch it once.

[@z-beeblebrox]

Oh absolutely. In fact, it's arguably the only one-room heist movie, depending on how you interpret what counts as the "heist" But yeah as Solar mentions, it struggles to hold up on a second watch. So it's no Ocean's 11

[@Michael75579]

@@SolarWebsite I'd say twice. Once you know where it's going, a second watch will pick up a lot of things you missed or didn't catch the significance of.

[@SlantAlphaAdventures]

I've never been able to buy into all the hype surrounding The Usual Suspects because the entire basis for the film centers around a gross misunderstanding of the purpose of a police lineup. Other than that, it was an okay film, I guess.

[@ThePhoenixAscendant]

Inside Man is another GREAT heist movie! Excellent use of psychological warfare and misdirection and the ending will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!

[@jdw121]

I actually noticed that the lock picking was done correctly in Ghostbusters Afterlife. I was impressed that a movie finally got it right.

[@aralornwolf3140]

Lock picking is pretty easy... find master lock, use a thin piece of metal... and rake the lock (works around 50% of the time). :D

[@Henners]

@@aralornwolf3140 yes it can be easy but films never depict it correct

[@lessefrost]

Now You See Me is honestly one of the best modern heist movies. I love sleight of hand and the way they were able to build a heist plot around it was brilliant. It's not at ALL realistic or plausible but in terms of getting you to really root for the "bad guys" and being a fun ride, it is a great movie.

[@blackc1479]

Yeah, the ending was great too. The sequel, ehh, decent but not spectacular. Though I do have to give props to the Harry Potter joke/easter egg.

[@jeffstubblefield6818]

Thank you for saying "Thief"! I've always liked that one and don't think it gets the credit it should. Mann is an early favorite director of mine. See "The Keep".

[@PENFOLD5]

Outstanding soundtracks on both movies by Tangerine Dream

[@Valandar2]

... I don't know what you're drinking, but that bottle looks EXACTLY like the bottle I used to get contact cement in. And that makes every time you take a swig utterly hilarious. :D

[@writerpatrick]

Sometimes saying the name of the movie fits in the movie. For instance, Westworld is the name of the place so it's natural for someone to say it. In Broken Arrow, it's a code name for the situation. Blade Runner is the title of a job. Xanadu even has a whole song at the end about the title. Its not so much the use of the title in the movie, its making it fit well.

[@peterkelley6344]

I'll be thinking "Xanadu" all day now as I will be baking Christmas cookies.

[@Wolfshead009]

My first thought was Rambo. How many times is his name said? :)

[@ElectroDFW]

I'm embarrassed to admit losing count of how many times it's said in the "Back to the Future" trilogy. Lol.

[@Atlessa]

"The Matrix". Need I say more?

[@MonsterERB]

I think you kind of have to make an exception for a movie where the title is a main character's name. Wolfshead009 mentioned Rambo, but the original movie was "First Blood", only the sequels had the name Rambo in the title. My first thought was "Rocky". That movie has to have dozens upon dozens of times where "Rocky" is said but it obviously doesn't stand out. If there were a movie where Kirk said, "Spock... we're going to go... on a journey. A... STAR TREK!" you'd throw your popcorn at the screen.

[@anetrom]

Would you do a show or a episode with Steve 'Red Green' Smith? I think you guys would be great making some do-hikey together :)

[@gmgurp6666]

This is the first time I've heard anyone reference Snow Crash, one of my favorite books. It's a favorite of mine because, among other thing, it's so obvious who the main character is. Who would you cast as Hiro Protagonist? YT? I feel Jason Momoa would be great as Raven.

[@tuvelat7302]

Yes! The last I heard, HBO Max was talking about making it a series. That's the best case scenario for Snow Crash.

[@tyranneous]

It would be especially convenient because of the whole Facebook/Meta/Metaverse thing going on at the moment. How /good/ would that be? Extra bonus points if they can get sued by Facebook. ;)

[@LostButMakingGoodTime]

Yeah, the content was great as always, but I LOVED the moment when you seized that segmented monopod and yanked it across the workbench like Crocodile Dundee throttling a misbehaving python! 😂😂😂

[@BROON71]

I love how those crimes shows (like NCIS), can find anything, or anyone, on the the internet in a minute or less... 🤣

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Of course not, nobody knows how to type. They are just frantically hitting the same keys over and over again.

[@Frostified]

They have those super computers that make little sounds when they compute though. I gotta get me one of those...

[@Grimlock794]

Thing that drives me nuts in shows is when a person gets Tasered and they pass out. It's not a Star Trek phaser

[@nixhixx]

I love The Thomas Crowne Affair, my favorite heist movie.

[@MrFFFTTTT]

Except how does he fold the painting into the briefcase??

[@oleimann]

The Steve McQueen version or the newer Pierce Brosnan version ? :-P

[@nixhixx]

@@oleimann Pierce Brosnan and Renee Russo

[@alexadame436]

In T2 Linda Hamilton actually picks the lock when she escapes the hospital

[@donsample1002]

Favourite heist movie: _How to Steal a Million_ with Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole

[@RingoRoseman]

Thank you for saying Lockpicking, and for saying it right away! I was saying it along with you! It's such a peeve of mine, and such a dumb and easy thing to know and fix!

[@ronaldjeffrey8712]

I think one of the major issues with lock picking in movies is the lack of dramatic effect. In real life a skilled locksmith can pick a lock faster than most people can open it with a key.

[@Wizardofgosz]

Ironically, Blowfish is an encryption algorithm.

[@Muglez14]

Blowfish is a clever portmanteau of the only memorable scene from that movie and the name of the movie itself.

[@sedunker5485]

@@Muglez14 Yeah, I was gonna say, it's pretty damned funny that he remembered it as "Blowfish"

[@terencegarcia4193]

Is “inside man” considered a heist movie? If so that’s my favorite one. It’s a heist movie about a bunch of Jewish people stealing back diamonds from an old nazi. Love it!

[@BadWebDiver]

Total classic!

[@marvindebot3264]

The Italian Job (the original not that horror of a remake) and Kelly's Heros.

[@HappyCynic]

A man of exquisite taste.

[@jameseglavin4]

OMG thank you for shouting out Thief, *such* a fantastic and wildly underrated film

[@Travelinmatt1976]

For me it's bombs that beep really loud and have bright countdown displays. There is a scene in 24 where Jack Bauer is about to walk out of a server room in CTU but he hears a beeping noise and discovers a bomb with a bright display. He would have never discovered it if it hadn't been for the loud beeping the bomb was making.

[@christopherpardell4418]

Yeah… And the flashing lights… Or, someone opens something like a missile or nuclear warhead and there, under the casings, is a nicely lit up red LED display showing you how many minutes and seconds until it blows up. And the overly complex methods of defusing bombs-like the bomber planned for someone to find it and figured out all sorts of booby traps so they could not defuse it. And, of course, the fact that the bomb is ALWAYS found with just enough time left that, even with the complicated defusing required, that the hero can stop the bomb with 1 or 3 or 5 seconds left till BOOM. Just once I want to see someone defuse a bomb on screen with an hour and 13 minutes left on the clock; like, no sweat.

[@Atlessa]

@@christopherpardell4418 I suggest the canadian series Flashpoint. It's about a SWAT team and they have plenty of episodes involving explosives, and they are all over the place in regards for how easy they are to defuse. I also liked that it paints a MUCH more realistic picture about use of deadly force by law enforvement. Most of the cases they manage to talk the perpetrator into giving up.

[@bg45420]

There’s also the bomb defusing scenes where our hero is given instruction by phone or radio by some expert. Being told which colored wires to cut. This implies that movie bomb makers follow some kind of standardized bomb wiring convention.

[@RonJohn63]

_Broken Arrow_ is another example. Fun movie...

[@thetombuck]

There a ridiculous scene at the end of the first season of Star trek discovery where the main character has to sneak aboard a Klingon ship to hide anti-cloaking device devices. These devices have the star fleet logo on them, are lit up like Christmas trees and loudly announce that they are armed

[@urufushinjiro]

I'm kinda surprised you didn't mention Sneakers, that's my all time favorite heist movie.

[@donbarton1895]

The book I most wanted to see made into a movie was The Mote in God's eye from 1974.

[@bach239]

Your talk about Neuromancer reminded me of some of my favorite books. I must go back and experience those again.

[@devinbaines]

I'd recommend not a heist film, but a con film. Probably the best one out there. The Sting. It's about stealing, not by stealth but by guile.

[@z-beeblebrox]

The Sting is great. I'd definitely call it an early heist film.

[@peterkelley6344]

It also borders on a 'get back' movie too. Hence its name.

[@stay_at_home_astronaut]

‘Guile’ , well said

[@bbcovault]

And, I always love five seconds of punching keys on a keyboard followed by "And, we're in!"

[@davidhogue100]

What always bugs me when they portray FLIR as being able to see through walls and roofs, etc. It's a camera that captures a heat signature, but it's still just a camera, even a steady rain makes them virtually useless. They can do amazing things, but an x-ray it is not. Italian Job and the Oceans movies are among my favorite heist movies, with Die Hard being the best

[@No1sonuk]

That's one of mine too. Though as someone who worked on thermal imagers, it bugs me when people call them "FLIR" when they're not actually a "Forward Looking Infra Red" device on a vehicle... ;)

[@davidhogue100]

@@No1sonuk I installed FLIR on helicopters for a couple years.

[@No1sonuk]

@@davidhogue100 I worked nearly 25 years for a defence contractor that made them.

[@DeanRockne]

Apperently in movies all buildings are sheathed with a single sheet of newspaper and no insulation.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

IN the movie Navy Seals, the sniper is able to see the hand motions of people behind 6-8 inch brick and block walls with his infrared scope. Even back when I first saw that movie, with no knowledge of how infrared devices work, I called BS on that.

[@wbradburn8871]

The Great Train Robbery, and Kelly's Heroes. Good on you for citing Thief.

[@mkegadgets4380]

Best heist movie Kelly’s heroes, hands-down…

[@PopulationZeroGames]

Honestly, HEAT will always be one of my personal favorite heist movies, the entire firefight scene is still A1, Rebounding cover, and the difference in between law enforcement and the criminal’s use of force. Time to hunt was unique!

[@adambacon8353]

The Lady killers was a fun movie. It's a remake

[@crkrjak2001]

For a good heist movie I recommend "The Thomas Crown Affair" with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

[@SpirusFilms]

I’d love to see more of Bradbury and PKD short stories brought to film

[@saginawdan]

One of my favorite filmed Bradbury stories is The Long Rain, which was a part of the 1969 The Illustrated Man movie. Fantastic!

[@ElectroDFW]

I dunno. I had enough of *reading* their depressing stories, I don't think I need to *watch* a depressing movie as well. (The main takeaway I have of Bradbury was no. happy. endings. 😥)

[@ColinFox]

I'm a long time software developer, and my favourite hacking scene is actually from Hackers when they pull an all-nighter to reverse engineer the worm. I liked it because they did it like a time-lapse, and the mandlebrots flying off the screen were obviously meant to be symbolic of what Dade was actually doing. We see one guy working away while his friends keep themselves entertained and awake to support him. Reverse engineering is a long process, and making it palatable to a movie audience by speeding up time that way I thought gave it a great feel. We didn't see what he was actually doing, which would be boring as hell to non-programmers, so we get to see some symbolic graphics instead just kind of implying what he's thinking and feeling. It's actually my favourite computer movie, just because it doesn't take itself too seriously and gets the energy of people working together in a relatable way. I also liked the fact that they had a pre-release copy of Wipeout, which was just cool.

[@BadWebDiver]

Yeah, first time I noticed Angelina Jolie in that one. Intriguing plot.

[@elobiretv]

I used to watch Hackers all the time as a teenager. It also sort of captured some of the hacker culture quite well. It's probably one of the reasons I became a software developer.

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

Best 'hacking' i've seen was in Mr.Robot. At one point i was afraid when they showed him starting a hack from a windows machine...vut the first thing he did was starting Putty :)

[@jzed122]

Yes! I couldn't follow half of the hacking in Mr.Robot even when hitting pause during the command line inputs, I'm not a coder I shouldn't be able to understand real world hacking. I'll be excited for the next story made in Hollywood that doesn't dumb down technical interactions just so I understand all of it the first time I watch. Now what was the access code to the SuperMega Lotto Mainframe again??

[@aerostaraircraftsanctuary604]

Neuromancer is a 1984 science fiction novel by writer William Gibson. Considered one of the earliest works in the cyberpunk genre Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction with a dystopian futuristic setting focused on a "combination of lowlife and high tech", featuring futuristic technological achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with societal collapse or decay.

[@MOTARACTUAL]

The Sprawl trilogy is my favorite book series ever. I would love to see a great version of it in film, but after what they did to Johnny Mnemonic it just scares me. It would have to be a series.

[@peterknutsen3070]

“New Rose Hotel” is a thousand times worse than “Johnny Mnemonic”! No ambition, no budget.

[@MOTARACTUAL]

@@peterknutsen3070 oh, God. I had blocked that one.

[@benburke4495]

“Le Cercle Rouge” (1970) is a masterpiece where the intense heist scene is totally silent, save for a ticking clock. Most underrated heist flick is perhaps Sidney Lumet’s “The Anderson Tapes” (1971) starring Sean Connery & features the very first role of Christopher Walken.

[@dukeeod1650]

Die Hard is also a Great Christmas movie.

[@rothery2]

It's also a harry potter prequel

[@Buran288gto]

Heist Movie to watch. “Inside Man” Made in 2006 directed by Spike Lee. Actors, Clive Owen - Denzel Washington - Jodie Foster - Christopher Plummer - Willem Dafoe. Such a good script with a twist and every actor hits their mark. A real gem imho. Ps: thx for making these q&a`s and happy new year:)

[@rosefarbrother4107]

My Pet Peeve? Mic Feedback. EVERY TIME someone moves a mic or taps it or starts speaking, there is a whine of feedback that instantly disappears. As any audio engineer can tell you, this really isn't how Feedback works. Bugs me Every. Single. Time.

[@Paul_Wetor]

My biggest movie pet peeve is cars blowing up when going over a cliff. I once saw a lesser 1950s movie where a car went off a cliff and...just rolled over.

[@Thee-_-Outlier]

00:40 Freudian slip. that movie definitely blows

[@stay_at_home_astronaut]

Indeed, it does.

[@paulfromcleveland5871]

The Great Train Robbery with Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland. Outstanding!

[@HalSchirmer]

THE GREATEST 'heist' film - "The Italian Job"? And YES, they DO get away with the gold, because it's a "CHINESE SIX" with 4 front steering wheels...

[@HalSchirmer]

And -=> here's how (I think) you solve the "Italian Job" gold-balance puzzle... First, everyone as far forward as possible, down in the bus well, hanging out the windows Second, all 10 guys take off belts and jackets- @average ~34" waists, belts linked together nose-totail SHOULD be over 25 feet of leather. At average 5' reach, jackets arms tied together should be 25' feet of jackets. Third, the lightest guy scoots down and hooks belts & jackets cages of gold bars one at a time other guys pull gold forward - repeat ~10 times and you should counterbalance another guy- repeat until gold is up front. FINALLY, the bus has "Chinese Six" steering, with all 4 front wheels turning about 30 degrees side to side. The bus was in a full left-locked turn when it spun out. With all the gold weight up front on those 4 tires, it should be safe for 9 men to exit the bus and push the left side around while 1 stays inside to turn the wheel to swing the bus back onto the ground. The front 4 wheels only have to pivot by about 45 to 60 degrees, then the drive wheels are back on the ground, they spread the gold out over the entire floor, and drive away.

[@keithreay]

The Thomas Crown Affair. Second of the two is my fave, but both are great.