Lol. Well, Crash Override also had a group of friends as his wingmen. One that included Matthew Lillard. Probably didn't hurt.
(also, for all the jokes we make about how (wonderfully) cheesy the depiction of tech in that film is, with all the smart homes these days I wonder if the hacked lighting at the ending would make more sense nowadays than back then)
(edit: also also, I recall reading somewhere that the creators of the film said they never tried to be fully accurate, they were going for "fairy tale about hacking subculture that communicates the vibe of the scene to non-nerds" and I while I was never part of it I would like to believe it succeeded pretty well in that regard)
(also, for all the jokes we make about how (wonderfully) cheesy the depiction of tech in that film is, with all the smart homes these days I wonder if the hacked lighting at the ending would make more sense nowadays than back then)
(edit: also also, I recall reading somewhere that the creators of the film said they never tried to be fully accurate, they were going for "fairy tale about hacking subculture that communicates the vibe of the scene to non-nerds" and I while I was never part of it I would like to believe it succeeded pretty well in that regard)