31 quotes
Advocating for Free Access to Services
Blade
Never again pay for a service that would be free... if it weren't run by profiteering gluttons!
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Taking Over a TV Network
Mrs. Murphy
Dade?
Dade
Yeah Ma?
Mrs. Murphy
What are you doing?
Dade
I'm taking over a TV Network.
Mrs. Murphy
Finish up honey, and get some sleep. Happy Birthday.
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Empowerment in Gender Roles
Kate "Acid Burn" Libby
Never send a boy to do a woman's job.
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Embrace Action or Step Aside
Taglines
Boot Up or Shut Up!
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A Lesson on Revenge in School
Mrs. Murphy
What did you learn in school today?
Dade
Revenge.
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The Concept of Namelessness in Digital Life
Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein
FYI man, alright. You could sit at home, and do like absolutely nothing, and your name goes through like 17 computers a day. ]? Yeah right, man. That's a typo. ] is here now. He's livin large. We have no names, man. No names. We are nameless!
[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984; [George Orwell|Orwell]
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Late Night Thoughts on Divinity
Eugene "The Plague" Belford
God wouldn't be up this late.
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Spandex: A Privilege, Not a Right
Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein
Look at that pooper. Spandex; it's a privilege, not a right!
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The Legend of Zero Cool
Kate
Why'd he come to you?
Dade
I got a record! I was Zero Cool'!
Nikon
Zero Cool? Crashed fifteen hundred and seven computers in one day? Biggest crash in history, front page New York Times August 10th, 1988. I thought you was black man. YO THIS IS ZERO COOL!
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Fun and Boring: A Perspective on Morality
Eugene "The Plague" Belford
There is no right or wrong, just fun and boring.
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Responsibility and Growth in the Digital Age
Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein
Listen, we got a higher purpose here, alright? A wakeup call for the Nintendo Generation. We demand free access to data, well, it comes with some responsibility. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things. What... It's Corinthians I, Chapter 13, verse 11, no duh. Come on.
[Pause]
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Advice on Personal Independence and Growth
Ramόn "Phantom Phreak" Sanchez
Now I keep trying to save you from yourself, but you gotta stop letting your mama dress you, man! You're hopeless!
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Unexpected Guest Causes Confusion Among Hackers
Kate
What is he doing here?
[points at Dade while angrily addressing Phreak]
Phreak
Relax, Burn. He's my guest.
Dade
Burn", you're Acid Burn. You booted me out of OTV.
[realizing who Kate really is]
Kate
What?
[visibly confused]
Dade
I'm Crash Override.
[offers a handshake to Kate]
Kate
You're the moron that's been invading my turf?!
[incredulously]
Cereal
Wait-wait-wait-wait! "Crash and Burn?!
[clearly amused as he steps between Kate and Dade; Motions to Dade; proceeds to motion to Kate; hoots and laughs]
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A Transaction and Expression of Gratitude
Operator
Please deposit five dollars for the first minute.
[on pay phone]
Operator
Thank you.
Phreak
No no no, thank YOU!
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The New World Order of Hackers
Eugene "The Plague" Belford
You wanted to know who I am, Zero Cool? Well, let me explain the New World Order. Governments and corporations need people like you and me. We are Samurai... the Keyboard Cowboys... and all those other people out there who have no idea what's going on are the cattle... Moooo.
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Consequences of Challenging the Elite
Taglines
Mess with the best, die like the rest.
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A Challenge with Unusual Stakes
Kate
Are you challenging me?
Dade
Name your stakes.
Kate
If I win, you become my slave.
Dade
Your slave?
Kate
You wish! You'll do shitwork, scan, crack copyrights...
Dade
And if I win?
Kate
Make it my first born!
Dade
Make it our first date!
Kate
I don't DO dates. But I don't lose either, so you're on!
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Consequences of Challenging the Best
Dade "Zero Cool" "Crash Override" Murphy
Mess with the best, die like the rest. Hlo
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Password Security and System Vulnerabilities
The Plague
Our recent unknown intruder penetrated using the superuser account, giving him access to our whole system.
Margo
Precisely what you're paid to prevent.
The Plague
Someone didn't bother reading my carefully prepared memo on commonly-used passwords. Now, then, as I so meticulously pointed out, the four most-used passwords are: love, sex, secret, and... god. So, would your holiness care to change her password?
[Plague looks directly at Margo, who glares right back at him]
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Curiosity About Hacker Identity Among Friends
Cereal Killer
Nice place, huh?
[They stop outside a door, which Phreak knocks on]
Dade
You guys ever hear of a hacker called "Acid Burn"? Do you know who he is?
Phreak
...no. Don't know who he is. Do you?
[To Cereal; Cereal merely shrugs. The door finally opens, revealing a man wearing a hooded cloak]
Phreak
Lord Nikon! This is...
[Motions to Dade]
Dade
Crash Override.
Paul "Lord Nikon" Cook
Never heard of you. Done anything?
Dade
No.
[Nikon promptly slams the door shut]
Phreak
Come onnnn!
[Bangs on the door]
Cereal
Man, I hate this neighborhood.
Nikon
What, did your mom buy you a puter for Christmas? Does he know anything?
[Opens the door and sneers at Dade, asking mockingly; Scoffs before looking to Phreak]
Phreak
Sure, man. He's elite.
Nikon
Come in.
[Regards Dade once more before stepping aside; Dade, Phreak, and Cereal enter, but Cereal pauses]
Cereal
Yo, Nikon, can I crash at your place tonight?
Nikon
Again? Yeah sure, man.
[sternly; Pushes his hood back to look at Cereal before eventually smiling and nodding; They both laugh and begin to mock-fight with one another, complete with exaggerated martial arts cries as Nikon shuts the door]
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The Spectrum of Fun and Boredom
Taglines
There is no right or wrong, only fun and boring
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Unexpected Offer of Alliance
The Plague
I'd like to make a treaty with you.
Dade
I'm sorry, who are you?
[confused]
The Plague
I'm the one who understands you. Now, can we be allies?
Dade
Naaah. I don't play well with others.
[Ponders a moment before responding defiantly]
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Curiosity and Identity Among Hackers
Ramόn "Phantom Phreak" Sanchez
So, uh, what's your interest in Kate Libby, eh? Academic? Purely sexual?
Dade
Homicidal.
Phreak
What's up, man? I'm the Phreak. The "Phantom Phreak"? The "King of Nynex"? I know you play the game. Here--
[Dade simply looks at him; Dade doesn't react; Starts to hand something to Dade]
Joey Pardello
Phreak-Phreak-Phreak-Phreak-Phreak-Phreak! Dude-dude-dude-dude-dude-dude!
[runs up to Phreak and Dade, frantically]
Phreak
Joey, Joey, Joey! One more "dude" outta you, and I'mma slap the shit outta you, ok?! Now I keep trying to save you from yourself, but you gotta stop letting your mama dress you, man! You're hopeless!
[smacks Joey a few times to calm him down]
Joey
Look, I need a handle, ok? I don't have an identity if I don't have a handle.
Phreak
You know, you're right about that. Check it, Friday.
[Phreak turns to Dade again and hands him a flyer; Dade looks at the flyer while Phreak leaves with Joey following after him]
Joey
How about "The Master of Disaster"?
Phreak
You're hopeless, man. Utterly hopeless.
Joey
Ultra Laser"? "Doctor Doom"?
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Secrets Are Not Always Safe
Taglines
You thought your secrets were safe. You were wrong.
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Hacking as a Survival Skill
Razor
Remember, hacking is more than just a crime. It's a survival trait.
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Curiosity as a Crime
Taglines
Their crime is curiosity.
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Feeling Like a Deity
Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein
Yo.... I kinda feel like God!
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Empowerment in Digital Rebellion
Taglines
Hack the Planet!
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The Threat Beyond Death
Eugene "The Plague" Belford
Kid, don't threaten me. There are worse things than death, and uh, I can do all of them.
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Compliments and Retorts in a Dress Scene
Dade
You look good in a dress.
Kate
You would have looked better.
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Confidence in the face of adversity
Eugene "The Plague" Belford
Never fear, I is here.
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