British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once wrote, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Nowhere is this idea more alive and well than Hollywood, where real technology is explained away in a series of buzzwords that make about as much sense as the almost-Latin gibberish used to cast spells in everyone's favorite fantasy worlds.
For those with a technical background, watching shows or films where technology plays a pivotal role can be a cringe-inducing experience.
The opening scene of 1995's 'Hackers' is one of the first examples of Hollywood showing computer infiltration as something like a video game with lots of pretty animations.
"Can you enhance it?" This super-cut shows how much Hollywood overuses the "zoom and enhance" trope in solving mysteries.
Don't have a picture from the angle you need? That's okay, the 'CSI: Miami' team can just grab a reflection from the eye of someone in a photo looking the right way.
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