The internet isn’t going anywhere – in fact, it’s hard to imagine life without it. For a relatively new “invention” the impact it’s had on society is tremendous. It’s too young to be considered old, but it’s been around long enough to have people start making movies about it.
Whenever a big event occurs it usually takes a few years to see the movies about that event come out (think wars, tragedies, etc). It’s been more than a couple of years, but we’re starting to see movies about our beloved interweb come out. There have been movies about online stalkers and murderers that involve the internet in the storyline but 2 recent movies pretty much revolve around the internet.
Middle Men (out today, August 6th) is about porn profiteers who made a killing taking credit card payments online. The Social Network (out October 1, 2010) is about the college student who created Facebook. I think it’s interesting to see when cultural developments become the subjects of films. These movies sound interesting but I want to see the story behind Google. Or, you never know, with all the notoriety that some bloggers are attaining, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a movie about bloggers coming out – only time will tell…
