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Next up for MST Club.... this is a fairly recent release, both in movie (2000) and riff (February 2024). Hi-tek hakker kidz, and their dog, are recruited by a government agent to foil the plans of a nefarious video game company to put a mind control weapon on the internet. Think about what it implies to have a movie about hacker kids on the internet in the year 2000. I think a little more kindly of the movie knowing that nowadays the kids would be in their 30s and cursing the name of Elon Musk.
posted by JHarris on Mar 21, 2024 - 1 comment

Jimi Dini is a video game designer finishing up his latest game, Nirvana, when a virus infection gives the game's main character, Solo, self-awareness. Upon realizing that he's living inside a video game, Solo begs Jimi to delete him which isn't so simple since a copy of the game is on the servers of the company for which Jimi works for and thus begins our adventure....
posted by I-baLL on Nov 16, 2015 - 2 comments

A young boy is arrested by the U.S. Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends ... [more inside]
posted by I-baLL on Sep 15, 2015 - 22 comments

I'm thinking of what movie we should watch first for the cyberpunk club. I'm leaning towards Hackers since this year is the movie's 20th year anniversary and since it just came out on Bluray. [more inside]
posted by I-baLL on Aug 31, 2015 - 21 comments

When Evil Corp decides to make duplicates of their tape backups, fsociety scrambles to put their plan in motion before it's too late, but Elliot's demons come back to haunt him when he begins going through morphine withdrawal.
posted by Small Dollar on Jul 16, 2015 - 15 comments

When Higinio Ochoa got out of prison for hacking in September of 2014, one of the terms of his parole was that he is not allowed to use any internet connected device. We went to his home in Austin to find out how he got caught and what it's like - in 2015 - to go from living online to not having any internet access.
posted by inturnaround on Apr 24, 2015 - 8 comments

Jack and Chloe launch a plan to eliminate the terrorist threat and keep London safe from any more attacks, but to do so first he and Kate need to track down some crucial leads with little time to spare.
posted by Nelson on Jun 24, 2014 - 14 comments

Jack and President Heller put themselves through hell in order to stop Margot Al-Harazi from going through with any more attacks; at the same time, Kate takes drastic measures to find Margot's hideout, while Jordan finds himself in a life-or-death situation.
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Jun 17, 2014 - 8 comments

President Heller and PM Davies have a frank discussion. Jack questions Simone, while Kate talks to Yasmin. Heller asks to see Jack in person. [more inside]
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Jun 10, 2014 - 8 comments

We learn about what Jack's been up to since the end of Day 8. MI5 gets involved in the operations.
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Jun 3, 2014 - 22 comments

As Margot Al-Harazi proceeds with her plan, Naveed and Simone decide where their loyalties lie.
posted by DevilsAdvocate on May 27, 2014 - 6 comments

Jack gets into the U.S. Embassy, grabs a thumb drive and heads for the basement. [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on May 20, 2014 - 8 comments

A hunted Jack Bauer tries to thwart a presidential assassination [more inside]
posted by MCMikeNamara on May 13, 2014 - 7 comments

Chloe returns to a hacker group of which she is a member.
posted by mathowie on May 6, 2014 - 3 comments