[HN Gopher] Why were there never dot.com movies?
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       Why were there never dot.com movies?
        
       With Dumb Money coming out, and Big Short, Wall Street, Smartest
       Guys in the Room, Silicon Valley (yeah not a movie).  Why did that
       heralded period when secretaries became millionaires, and economy
       was humming, and then it shattered so ridiculously and kinda of
       setup the housing bubble and ZIRP period.
        
       Author : nytesky
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2023-09-16 19:14 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
       | type0 wrote:
       | Why aren't there Eternal September movies?
        
       | romanhn wrote:
       | Startup.com was great. I've also heard good things about Valley
       | of the Boom. And, while not exactly a dot com movie, Pirates of
       | Silicon Valley is a classic about the Jobs vs Gates rivalry.
        
         | user3939382 wrote:
         | Yeah I saw Startup.com in high school it was hugely influential
         | for me.
        
       | AndrewKemendo wrote:
       | Albeit not a movie specifically, I feel like Halt and Catch Fire
       | did the dotcom thing well.
        
       | spitfire wrote:
       | There was August with Josh Hartnett
       | 
       | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470679/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_29_act
        
       | fragmede wrote:
       | About 2001, I don't know, but Blackberry, SuperPumped, and
       | General Magic are three other things I'd recommend watching in
       | this general area.
        
       | NoZebra120vClip wrote:
       | I worked as a systems admin, sometimes as a consultant, between
       | 1992-1999.
       | 
       | First and foremost in my mind was that I simply couldn't explain
       | the things I did to other people. I didn't produce any tangible
       | goods, I didn't develop software and produce an app, or a
       | website. I might bring a briefcase in to work, but there was
       | usually nothing to put in it, and nothing to take home.
       | 
       | I had some friends and coworkers who could relate, and of course
       | that was a tight-knit crew; we had in-jokes, we knew what Usenet
       | was like, we downloaded games from anon ftp. But if I told a
       | normal person what I did for a living, they'd always say "oh! you
       | know computers! you can get great jobs that way!"
       | 
       | So Hollywood would be hard-pressed to dramatize my workplaces.
       | First to just depict it all in an appealing way, and then to
       | inject some sort of conflict or interpersonal tension. Good
       | night, and good luck.
        
       | bediger4000 wrote:
       | What about "Antitrust"(2001)?
       | 
       | As a Unix user since 1989, and a Linux user from 2001 on, I'll
       | mutter darkly about the media's precious treatment of Bill Gates,
       | and Microsoft in general as a reason.
        
         | tim-- wrote:
         | This is a fantastic movie. I wish Hollywood would make more
         | movies like this!
        
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