Re:Ask HN: What do you think "The Social Network" will do to...
by neilk on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @05:54PM
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Movies, especially Hollywood movies, are about conflict. The Facebook movie looks like it will focus on egos gone amuck, with Zuckerberg as antihero.
Real life is usually less about open conflict and more about slow grinding progress to mutual benefit. So, every meeting that isn't about hurling epithets like "I WILL DESTROY YOU" just won't make the cut.
I am always disappointed because movies are so bad at showing the twists and turns of working out a successful design -- to me this is the most truly "dramatic" part of our job. That said, from the trailers, it looks like the entire movie has a subtheme of where ideas come from and who deserves credit. So I'm at least somewhat optimistic.
Real life is usually less about open conflict and more about slow grinding progress to mutual benefit. So, every meeting that isn't about hurling epithets like "I WILL DESTROY YOU" just won't make the cut.
I am always disappointed because movies are so bad at showing the twists and turns of working out a successful design -- to me this is the most truly "dramatic" part of our job. That said, from the trailers, it looks like the entire movie has a subtheme of where ideas come from and who deserves credit. So I'm at least somewhat optimistic.