Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work

Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by Alex3917 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:42PM (#19091943)

It does seem like one could make a plausible case that Office Space has had the biggest impact on real world life of any movie of all time. Just skimming down the list, it doesn't look like there's anything on the AFI or BFI top 100 even comes close. Maybe 12 angry men has had a real influence on juries in some unseen way, or maybe The Social Network has also had a big influence on what careers people choose, but there's nothing that immediately seems super obvious as surpassing it.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by ken on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:12PM (#19092647)

> Maybe 12 angry men has had a real influence on juries in some unseen way

At least one highly visible influence:

"Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stated that seeing 12 Angry Men while she was in college influenced her decision to pursue a career in law."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1957_film)

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by dylan604 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @11:53PM (#19092798)

Just today read an article on The Social Network being nearly 10 years old now. Of course it's a Sorkin script (with the commentary that's to be expected), but the article mentions how much more sleazy Facebook is perceived today than it was even at that time. How much different would the script be in the light of what we know now? Can't find the link

I like Sorkin's work and even tend to agree with his points, he just gets a bit self-righteous and preachy in some of it.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by akhilcacharya on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:24AM (#19093140)

I think the movie is more about social class than it is about Facebook itself, especially considering how fast and loose it played with the reality of the situation.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by Alex3917 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:21AM (#19092913)

Ten years ago everyone criticized Facebook for being a walled garden. Today everyone is criticizing Facebook because the walls around its garden aren't high enough. Go figure.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by dijit on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:39AM (#19092983)

What? I don’t buy that. Apple is criticised for being a walled garden, I don’t think I’ve ever seen strong criticism toward Facebook for that; I assume you’re conflating them somehow.

Facebook was criticised for a few things; constantly changing the UI, selling personal data (although this was mostly opaque and treated as a rumour that wouldn’t harm _you_ really) and being a monopoly.

Now it’s criticised for aggressive targetted advertising, which may have had a hand in polarising people and even allowing some companies to highten fear and aggression to the point where it subverted democracy in some nations.

It’s also criticised for stifling free speech and siding with governments de jour in heavily censored countries like Iran.

I mean. I was an adult using Facebook before “the social network” movie came out; but maybe I misremember?

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by shrimpx on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:48AM (#19093443)

I can see the analogy: in the early days Facebook was invite only and at some point a lot of people were curious and wanted to get in. Now we want it to stop spilling out onto us.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by wtetzner on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @10:20AM (#19095727)

Was it really still invite-only in 2009? I thought it opened up well before that.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by wardbradt on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:25PM (#19101231)

It became available to the public in late 2006. https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook/welcome-to-facebook-...

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by jhpriestley on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:58PM (#19092025)

Supposedly "birth of a nation" led to a revival of the KKK.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by Alex3917 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:05PM (#19092058)

Yeah that's definitely fair. There have been a lot of movies that have been very successful (for better or worse) at changing how people think about and contextualize the past.

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by andrenotgiant on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @08:27AM (#19094870)

Wall Street had a huge effect on college grads going into finance jobs.

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