[motohagiography]

Ripe fromage. If I were writing the sequel, it would be a series, and it would be about how they grew up and now they all work leading security at platform companies and government agencies. While reversing a worm that was unleashed by trolls to sabotage a social-credit/Nosedive-like app, Kate/acidburn finds the encoded string "that place where I put that thing that time," which has to be a reference to their old crew, but she can't let anyone know because the scandal against the social platform company would swing an election. Story unfolds as a mix of tracking down Dade/zerocool, who apparently made money in crypto and disappeared to live on boats and vanlife away from technology, and who may be the one behind the worm. Busting him busts her, so she has to find her old ex and talk him down somehow. He may also be the father of her first kid and she still has unreconciled feelings, and he doesn't know. Homages to the Before Midnight sequels about finding each other again, and the Thurman/Carradine Kill Bill finale.

Working title is, "Defcon 30" Who wants to fund it?

[j0hnyl]

The most realistic character would be the one that is bitter having watched all his hacker friends make boat loads of money, but works some random software engineering job for an unimpressive salary while slowly drinking/eating themselves to death. Maybe it's Joey?

[theprincess]

This is an amazing concept. It got me searching through Hackers content on AO3, haha. Thank you for sharing! https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Hackers%20(1995)/works

[derwiki]

Yes please! Bet it would have a killer soundtrack too

[motohagiography]

Would recruit Richard D. James and Max Richter (former FSOL) and maybe Nils Frahm to score it. Floria Sigismondi to direct or at least DP, or Jolie to self direct. Writing team members from For All Mankind and Mr. Robot. Cameos by everyone. Easter eggs by Parker Warner Wright. It's so close to reality already it becomes an ARG pretty fast.

[cronix]

I think Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross would fit perfectly (Social Network, Gone Girl, Girl with Dragon Tattoo, etc).

https://screenrant.com/trent-reznor-atticus-ross-best-movie-...

[derac]

Definitely needs Underworld and Orbital on there. That movie had such a beautiful soundtrack.

[bitwize]

> Ripe fromage. If I were writing the sequel, it would be a series, and it would be about how they grew up and now they all work leading security at platform companies and government agencies.

I used to hang out with a guy who did security freelance work and had a passing resemblance to Matthew Lillard. He like, never slept. He just like, biked around town all night, occasionally pausing at the local co-working space to do some work or play chess with this old Russian dude. There was some shit in his past, I don't know what he did or what was done to him because he never said and I never asked, he only hinted at it. But I kept thinking, man, this guy could totally be a cleaned-up Cereal Killer.

[MerelyMortal]

It would be interesting if a social media post/idea led to a movie.

I know social media led to the phrase "Get these MFing snakes of my MFing plane!" getting included in the Snakes on a Plane movie.

I think there was a reddit post turned into a movie deal about what if modern U.S. Marines were transported back in time to the Roman era, but I don't think anything has come from it.

Does anyone know of any other social media posts affecting or turning into movies?

[sleepybrett]

I'd watch this. You could swap it around either way, one of the two in the couple go rogue. Depends on who wants to play moody vanlife neo-luddite.

[yrgulation]

> grew up and now they all work leading security at platform companies and government agencies

The exact opposite of a hacker. If they instead run their own company, built their own products, or open sourced an amazing tool the yeah. Otherwise do we really want a series or movie about their daily stand-ups?

[FearNotDaniel]

Sure. A show about a hacker who works a corporate cybersecurity job by day. That would never catch on, would it?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/plotsummary

[danparsonson]

I'll see that and raise you

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_...

:-)

[metabagel]

I would sign onto this Kickstarter.

[0x445442]

Post of the day award!

[hk1337]

> Defcon 30

So, it's not an emergency at all. Just for funzies.

[sleepybrett]

So .. kinda just a remake of sneakers?

[slim]

It's the kid. He released the worm

[bityard]

Where do I send my money?

[jprd]

HN has gone full fanfic?