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After only one season of 13 episodes, the X-Files (1993 - 2018) spin-off The Lone Gunmen (2001) series finale aired on May 11, 2001. The episode had been written simply as a season finale, so the hanging plotlines were concluded in the X-Files episode "Jump the Shark" (2002). The episode had a surprise cameo by David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and brought over popular X-Files character Morris Fletcher (Michael McKean). ("All About Yves", The Lone Gunmen, TV Event)

Hackers (1995)

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Hackers (1995)

Hilarious Effects Fact: The "hacking"-sequences - the scenes where you see the "inside" of a computer - are mostly motion-controlled models, because director Iain Softley thought that actual computer graphics would look too artificial.

Interesting Word Origin: William Gibson "invented" the term "Cyberspace" in 1982 for his book, Neuromancer.

Real Hacker Influence: "ARF! ARF! GOTCHA", which appears near the end, when the Gibson is about to crash, is a reference to one of the earliest Trojan horse programs, EGABTR from 1985. Disguised as a graphics utility, EGABTR spread by email, wiped out everything on a victim's hard disk, and left only the message, "Arf, arf, Gotcha!" on the screen. "ARF" may also serve double duty as a reference to the German hacker group "Asoziale Randgruppe Frankfurt".

ESE: 125/100

50 +5 for tiny Dade’s super hacker skills +5 for the first encounter with Acid Burn +10 for Angelina Jolie +5 for Phreak’s wardrobe +10 for Matthew Lillard +5 for Cyberdelia +5 for the “pool on the roof springing a leak” -10 for Dade’s constant bombarding of lame “revenge” -10 for Joey’s very stupid accidents +5 for Laurence Mason +10 for Hack the Planet! +5 for Fisher Stevens +10 for titties +10 for the hassling of Richard Gill +10 for Phreak being READY for those FBI dudes -10 for the arrest of Dade’s group +10 for Dade’s mom +10 for Cereal’s Hack the Planet broadcast -10 for Eugene’s cowardice

Hackers

Released: September 15, 1995.

Director: Iain Softley.

Writer: Rafael Moreu.

Cinematography: Andrzej Sekula.

Film Editing: Chris Blunden, Martin Walsh.

Music: Simon Boswell, Guy Pratt.

Staring: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Wendell Pierce, Marc Anthony,

On August 10, 1988, Dade Murphy, who went by the hacker handle "Zero Cool" was ordered by the court to not to own or touch a computer or touchtone phone until his 18th birthday. His parents were also fined $45,000. At 11, he was a master hacker who had created a virus that crashed 1,507 computers and even caused a downturn in the stock market. ("Hackers" flm)