Re:SCiZE's Classic Warez Collection
by no_time on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @05:46AM
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I hope one day someone will make a movie about the warez scene. The only piece of media we have as far as I'm aware is The Scene (2004–2006) which I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone with a love for moving bytes around illegally.
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Re:SCiZE's Classic Warez Collection
by pelagicAustral on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @06:15AM
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BBS: The Documentary touches on _some_ Warez scene topics and legendary characters of the era.
Re:SCiZE's Classic Warez Collection
by djkoolaide on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @06:31AM
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Highly recommend downloading the .isos and playing them in mpv with deinterlacing. Lot of great native 60i footage in this doc.
Not about warez but demoscene, the french movie "DEMO" is currently in pre-production. Demoscene from Atari ST and Amiga.
Not a movie per se, but one of the protagonists in my game is a veteran from the warez scene. He mentions BlueBeep, BBSs and Demoscene in the game :)
Re:SCiZE's Classic Warez Collection
by JasonADrury on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @08:20AM
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Also not the warez scene, but the Swedish public broadcaster made a series about the pirate bay recently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay_(TV_series)
It's watchable, but not great. It unfortunately doesn't cover many of the most interesting details, such as what happened with TPB after the operators were arrested.
see also: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2608732/