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Marisa LaScala
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After watching a bunch of internet-related movies from 1995 from my essay earlier this week, I can say this one definitely holds up a lot better than most of the other ones. The POV shots that stand in for "virtual reality" look so much better than any other depiction of the internet/virtual reality at the time

I was turned off by how they busted out Hathaway for his hacking ability, and then he goes on to investigate the case using very little hacking skills, and more regular detective skills. There's definitely a part where they're all discussing the villain's possible motive, which doesn't really require a computer

Sneakers is great! "My voice is my passport; verify me." I also think it holds up better than some of the 1995 movies because they were trying to break through one specific security system—it wasn't really about technology that was in common use by individuals at the time, which looks much more outdated so much faster.

Yeah, it's definitely got some fat on it. I don't think the real mystery of the movie even turns up until an hour into it (but it might've just felt that way).

Yes! More recent AI movies: Transcendence, Ex-Machina, Her, Age of Ultron.

That was an especially strong year. I was rooting for Aimee Mann's "Save Me." They all lost to Phil Collins.

Going along with the idea of "near-feminism," I always thought the show was novel in its depiction of women in business. The show is about sales, and the sales force of the store is mostly women (and a diverse group of women, too). That's not something you see everywhere.