Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Originally posted by: destrekor
plus, in this modern day, if a filmmaker completely ignored the capabilities of the military, it would make people rather upset.
Well, they totally ignored the technological side of a military network. It's not "hacking" when data is being exfiltrated from
inside the network. That whole side of the story line was ridiculous.
well they had to make the military network in such a way that it would work on film. Look to Live Free or Die Hard for an example of unrealistic network structure.
not to mention, it still is considered hacking, because even if inside the network, you still have to break into it to access the files. Just because you can see a computer thats attached to some network, it doesn't mean you can access the files of that network.
The only real problem I had with the technological aspect, is that a 1-star general was able to order the entire defense network to be shut down. In real life, a 4-star general still couldn't do that without permission from SecDef or, most likely, the President.
I thought they handled the military aspect pretty well, given the nature of the film and its time constraints for that specific story line. And the technological side of the network? The entire military story was all about the technological side of the network, and the whole concept of breaking communications within the hierarchy of the military.