IT in TV Shows
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So, I finally decided to check out Mr. Robot last night, and after watching the first episode I found myself thinking;
A.) How it seems really good, and they can go a lot of places
B.) How SO many "IT" shows get it SO wrong...Like Scorpion - a Lot of people raved about that show when it started, I watched it and got SO annoyed I couldn't even finish a single episode, making things more complicated/chatting absolute testicles about stuff, to make it seem more "techy" or some poop...but it just made it so unrealistic... My ex-boss used to love it, but when I pointed out how many mistake were in the 20 minutes I actually watched she just brushed it off and said the usual "but it's TV" - yes, but that SHOULDN'T EVER be an excuse for not doing something justice etc...Hopefully Mr. Robot won't go/have gone down the same path...but yeah, any one else feel this?
Obviously, that's without even mentioning the programs which can enhance a single pixel into a clear numberplate........
/rant
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A lot of it is because the media industry is mostly staffed by the bottom of the barrel. They want to be cheap so nearly everyone is someone who would never get hired elsewhere. I remember an episode of Bones that my wife watched (really don't like that show) and I walked in and they were talking about an computer and quite obviously their prop guy had no idea what an old PC looked like and just tossed an Amiga on the desk for them. Not one person in the crew stopped and said "Um, that's an Amiga." I don't expect every 40+ person to have a clue, but I do expect on a crew that size with that kind of budget at least one person with a passing knowledge of the world. It's just sad. I practically don't watch television anymore.
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Mr Robot had so much promise but I stopped watching halfway through.
I just got bored of the drug scenes, I really don't care for it. It had so much potential and promise and it's like they flushed it down the toilet.
From a tech point of view, Mr Robot is amazing, just not convinced the story needed to be about that, there are plenty of us in IT who don't smoke.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
Mr Robot had so much promise but I stopped watching halfway through.
I just got bored of the drug scenes, I really don't care for it. It had so much potential and promise and it's like they flushed it down the toilet.
From a tech point of view, Mr Robot is amazing, just not convinced the story needed to be about that, there are plenty of us in IT who don't smoke.
Yeah I wondered how that's going to go along, it seems to be playing a bit into the hacker stereotype there with the weed...but then I'd be lying if I said I wasn't like that a few years ago, before I made a career in IT...
I guess that bit ties into his social insecurities etc, so that's how they're going with that line, but yeah, will see how it continues as I go further into the season..
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The problem is, for once we have a really intelligent TV show, which gets all the tech facts right (mostly) and could completely change perspectives.
But oh no, here's the weed smoking hacker who is completely introverted and awkward.
Here is the violent CEO type who will stab anyone to get his way.
I just think they could have been smarter with the characters.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
The problem is, for once we have a really intelligent TV show, which gets all the tech facts right (mostly) and could completely change perspectives.
But oh no, here's the weed smoking hacker who is completely introverted and awkward.
Here is the violent CEO type who will stab anyone to get his way.
I just think they could have been smarter with the characters.
Yeah, sounds like it, but then, this is the era in which the FBI and Mi5/GCHQ have lifted the restrictions on people who have used weed working for them, for the reason they weren't getting some of the best hackers due to that...amongst other reasons no doubt...So they're playing to stuff that's in the public eye more than what the truth within groups like this is, if that makes sense? At least it's getting better with the hacking/tech stuff in general, the use of Linux etc becoming more "mainstream"...
And tbh most CEO's I've worked with seem to have a similar mentality? That's how they get successful, by being ruthless...doesn't make them good bosses, but makes them successful in their business...
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IT is television and movies is just horrible. Doesn't matter what the show is. What is amazing is that these shows all must have IT staff and they must never take the time to meet them or ask them for advice. It's probably a reflection of how these places view their own IT teams.
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@NattNatt said:
And tbh most CEO's I've worked with seem to have a similar mentality? That's how they get successful, by being ruthless...
Remember the homeless guy scene?
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@Breffni-Potter said:
@NattNatt said:
And tbh most CEO's I've worked with seem to have a similar mentality? That's how they get successful, by being ruthless...
Remember the homeless guy scene?
- Do you think most CEOs do that kind of thing?only seen the first episode.........
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@NattNatt said:
only seen the first episode.........
Right, I got up to episode 5 or 6 then had to stop. The drug stuff in the first 2-3 episodes I was ok with, it just takes a turn for the silly later on.
Keep watching
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@Breffni-Potter said:
@NattNatt said:
only seen the first episode.........
Right, I got up to episode 5 or 6 then had to stop. The drug stuff in the first 2-3 episodes I was ok with, it just takes a turn for the silly later on.
Keep watching
hah yeah, gonna limit myself to one episode a day etc...don't burn myself out on it too quick
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lol, IT in TV shows? HA!
In The Mentalist, their Cisco IP phones aren't even on.Most shows fail the smartphone test as the phones screen is on while it's up to their ear and their jibber jabbering away. There is a proximity sensor that turns this off. Shouldn't people research how stuff works?
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I agree that this show gets IT right (at least about the best I've ever seen). Yeah the drug crap is just that, but they have to give dimension to the character otherwise people will get bored with a 'techie' show. The hardcore drug crap simmers out after another 2 episodes - I really suggest that you give it a chance and make it through the cruft to get back to the story.
Yeah that guy who wants to become CIO - oh man!!!! just watch!
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@nadnerB said:
lol, IT in TV shows? HA!
In The Mentalist, their Cisco IP phones aren't even on.Most shows fail the smartphone test as the phones screen is on while it's up to their ear and their jibber jabbering away. There is a proximity sensor that turns this off. Shouldn't people research how stuff works?
Yeah that's my point, it's so B/S in the majority of shows this one came as a pleasant surprise they get commands right, and the processes right...and it just feels right...plus the main character reminds me of a dude I used to chill with... :')
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Ho-lee Krap!
I just this minute saw a proximity faux pas on Big Bang Theory! A show about geekiness and neediness and they can't get their gadgetry correct!? -
@nadnerB said:
Ho-lee Krap!
I just this minute saw a proximity faux pas on Big Bang Theory! A show about geekiness and neediness and they can't get their gadgetry correct!?I don't watch that show because of that stuff. There is so little basic common sense tech checking on it. I remember like the first episode they talked about how they were "so high tech" and had a T1. A T1 was embarrassing and a decade out of date by the time that episode first aired. Even the non-technical people on the show should have noticed how embarrassingly inappropriate that was and that it made the main characters incredibly non-technical and that they were anything but into computers, they didn't care about them at all.
I lost interest right there. I knew that they weren't taking their material seriously. And the characters are just insanely annoying and shallow. There is nothing to the show. None of it is well thought out and they just throw buzzwords around. Shows about "smart people" written by dumb people are the most annoying things ever.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@nadnerB said:
Ho-lee Krap!
I just this minute saw a proximity faux pas on Big Bang Theory! A show about geekiness and neediness and they can't get their gadgetry correct!?I don't watch that show because of that stuff. There is so little basic common sense tech checking on it. I remember like the first episode they talked about how they were "so high tech" and had a T1. A T1 was embarrassing and a decade out of date by the time that episode first aired. Even the non-technical people on the show should have noticed how embarrassingly inappropriate that was and that it made the main characters incredibly non-technical and that they were anything but into computers, they didn't care about them at all.
I lost interest right there. I knew that they weren't taking their material seriously. And the characters are just insanely annoying and shallow. There is nothing to the show. None of it is well thought out and they just throw buzzwords around. Shows about "smart people" written by dumb people are the most annoying things ever.
and how many top level people use Alienwares..? They used to be good, sure, but now they're basically an overpriced dell with LED lights...
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@NattNatt said:
and how many top level people use Alienwares..? They used to be good, sure, but not they're basically an overpriced dell with LED lights...
Oh yeah. They are like Best Buy computer guys in that show. They are losers, not techs.
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They always have Cisco IP Phones...
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