Voidbearer2kn17 t1_j5aa583 wrote on January 21, 2023 at 3:16 PM

You should look into Leverage. There was an episode in Season 1 where the team are in a plane that is crashing due to a virus loaded in via the black box. One of the family of the execs enjoyed the show but pointed out that the plane shown doesn't make the flight. Nothing about the virus not working in that way.

Some of the villains in that show, based on real-world events are actually harrowing.

HPmoni t1_j5de3zw wrote on January 22, 2023 at 4:24 AM

Loved that show. Full of nonsense. One character always beats up several henchman. Always.

It was just multicultural A-Team but that's okay.

MacDegger t1_j5cqa0v wrote on January 22, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Leverage was pretty fake.

Mr. Robot on the other hand: every hack was based on real world exploits.

Voidbearer2kn17 t1_j5eno19 wrote on January 22, 2023 at 1:32 PM

I wasn't referring to the cons of the tricks the team used, but some of their villains or stories were taken from the headlines. One of the showrunners had a blog about it