Jumpin Jack Flash is another film related to digital cultures in particular. Here modems are used to transfer money among banks, but as the transfers are done manually, the computer operators can chat with each other (the main character gets told off for giving relationship advice and receiving a recipe for Yankee pot roast).
She is then contacted by a secret agent (natch) and has to work out a password to get onto a special colour chat server. His requests for help lead to all sorts of RL adventures and the film ends with the main character chatting with the dishy (sort of) agent, who then reveals that he’s sitting just a few feet away. (Too bad he turns out to be a baddie who manipulates the media…)
I couldn’t find the Yankee pot roast scene, or the moment she hacks into the chat server, but here’s a trailer (which doesn’t mention modems at all, but has a couple shots of computers)…
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