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New Poll: What's Your Favorite Tech Movie of All Time?

2008-12-22T17:00:00Z

Let's face it, this being a holiday week, we fully expect that you will spend a little more time goofing off this week than usual. So, we thought we would contribute to your slacking off by throwing a fun poll at you. So, this weeks poll simply asks "What's Your Favorite Tech Movie of All Time?". Personally I am not that big on tech movies, and I have only see a few on the list, with my favorite being The Matrix. I know that this list is probably missing many others and we are ready to add additional selections, just let me know if the comments of this post.

To vote in this poll, please click here.

Now get back to work. ;-)

Comment from Anonymous on 2008-12-22

2008-12-22T18:10:10Z

The Cube (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/). The sequels were atrociously bad, but the original was Sci Fi at its best.

Comment from sam moshe on 2008-12-22

2008-12-22T19:41:45Z

Swordfish was good... I guess. Call me an old fogey, but I still think Hackers was fun.

Comment from Anonymous on 2008-12-22

2008-12-22T20:24:16Z

The King of Kong was excellent!

Comment from John Dowdell on 2008-12-22

2008-12-22T22:19:40Z

I've been wondering about something like "Forbidden Planet", which drove a lot of young people into technical fields....?

Comment from Grant Kikkert on 2008-12-22

2008-12-23T01:50:59Z

My favorite tech movie of all time has to be "Brainstorm" (1983)starring Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood (her last movie) and Louise Fletcher. Movie centers on the development of a VR device and the struggle between it's development team... and of course the evil MIC-agency types that want to utilize it for nefarious military purposes. It pre-dates 'Neuromancer' and has some really cool views on technology. Directed by Doug Trumbull (FX Coordinator for 2001, Blade Runner) the visuals still hold by todays standards. Highly recommended for geeks! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/)

Comment from diamondtearz on 2008-12-23

2008-12-23T15:41:11Z

I'd have to go with Total Recall.

Comment from Jake on 2008-12-23

2008-12-23T17:32:44Z

Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy in WarGames circa 1983.

Comment from Bonnie on 2008-12-23

2008-12-23T18:16:07Z

Enemy of the State: Political abuse of power aided by current technology. Gene Hackman's 'off-the-grid' character was great.

Comment from Eric Belair on 2008-12-24

2008-12-24T15:25:28Z

HACK THE PLANET!!! hackers kids....

Comment from waseem on 2008-12-28

2008-12-29T07:42:18Z

what ever

Comment from John Papa on 2008-12-29

2008-12-29T15:30:17Z

WarGames was the one that got me hooked on tech

Comment from MattK on 2008-12-29

2008-12-29T17:19:20Z

TRON

Comment from APC on 2009-01-05

2009-01-05T14:39:58Z

Alphaville

Comment from Andre Malkine on 2009-01-06

2009-01-06T15:27:08Z

Have many people seen Mamoru Oshii's "Avalon"? It was the original Ghost in the Shell director's live-action sci-fi flick about a sub-culture of underground VR gamers (set in Poland). It was made post-matrix and uses some similar concepts (tech-wise) but it's got a surreal, original story rendered with a heavy artistic style reminiscent of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "The City of Lost Children"...which, by the way, should also be on this list.

Comment from Cortlandt Winters on 2009-01-07

2009-01-07T16:22:46Z

Existenz comes to mind - I love the way the actors portrayed the rpg bots.

Kronos was a good classic - the world is invaded by a giant battery

Soldier had a timeless message on obsolescence

Frankenhooker had a timeless message of its own

And Hacker of course

Comment from Seantron on 2009-10-15

2009-10-15T15:57:43Z

Tron
WarGames
Cloak and Dagger
Ghost in the Shell
Primer
Pi
Erlang the movie

Comment from polyGeek on 2009-10-15

2009-10-15T16:01:03Z

Sneakers: Even though the movie came out before there was a WWW it totally nailed how information would become the primary commodity of the future. Great movie and the cast is staked with talent: Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, Mary McDonnell, James Earl Jones.

And any list of great tech movies would be incomplete without mentioning Blade Runner and TRON.

Comment from ejbelair on 2009-10-16

2009-10-16T14:50:01Z

While The Matrix is one of my all-time favorites, I don't really consider it a "tech" movie per se, so I selected Tron. Can't wait for the new Tron in December 2010...too long.