Content warning: Discussion of problematic depictions of queer and marginalized communities. Brief mention of sexual assault.

We start talking about the movie around four minutes in.

HACKERS (1995) will always be fun to look back on. But it also feels timeless in how it uses the anti-capitalist queer origins of cyberpunk to build a world where young, tech-literate outcasts, blamed (and framed) for society’s ills, band together to stick it not just to The Man but to an entire generation – boomers – whose corrupt worldview poisons not just the literal earth, but the very tools we adapt to navigate it.

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters.