Worker Bee inspired by Fight Club?
I was whatching a rerun of Fight Club here the other day, and an interesting detail caught my eye.
Jack sits in his office writing haiku poems instead of working and the first words on his computer screen are "worker bee". He later goes on to do all kinds of shit to his workplace.
I somehow think that spreading company secrets to rumor sites fits "fight club" behaviour.
Maybe this guy was inspired? I know I wanted f**k everything up after seeing that movie the first time .
Any thoughts?
Jack sits in his office writing haiku poems instead of working and the first words on his computer screen are "worker bee". He later goes on to do all kinds of shit to his workplace.
I somehow think that spreading company secrets to rumor sites fits "fight club" behaviour.
Maybe this guy was inspired? I know I wanted f**k everything up after seeing that movie the first time .
Any thoughts?
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<strong>can anyone confirm this?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Anyway it's an interesting approach on how to explain workerbee's motivation.
Worker bee was here in early to mid-2000.
<strong>...Worker Bee is an international celebrity...</strong><hr></blockquote>
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Worker bees can leave
Even drones fly away
The queen is their slave
Draw any conclusions you feel relevant.
I can't be bothered to turn Alphaville off just now to check, but I'm pretty sure Jack was using a Mac (OS 9, mind) to mail that out as well...
<strong>I can't be bothered to turn Alphaville off just now to check, but I'm pretty sure Jack was using a Mac (OS 9, mind) to mail that out as well...</strong><hr></blockquote>
no he wasnt, the only macs in the movie were the ones that were blown up <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
Even drones fly away
The queen is their slave
poor Steve... he's so stuck with Apple... He tried to get away from it, but it dragged him back.
Steve's our bitch, that's his burden. Poor soul.
<strong>the only macs in the movie were the ones that were blown up </strong><hr></blockquote>
Having a spare moment, I just checked: he's using Mac OS 8...
Have a look about 6 minutes into chapter 17 of the DVD, or about 52:40 into the film. There's no indication of which Mac, and I don't know what software he's using, but I'd recognise those windows anywhere.
Oh, and the Apple-logo desktop background is a bit of a giveaway.
Tune in next time for the G4 Cube in Ocean's Eleven...
<strong>Having a spare moment, I just checked: he's using Mac OS 8... <<snip>>
There's no indication of which Mac, and I don't know what software he's using, but I'd recognise those windows anywhere. </strong><hr></blockquote>
Oh, right... sorry i was referring to apple hardware... My bad... i do remember the haiku scene with the OS 8 desktop... but the computer he is sitting in front of is most definitely not a mac.* This is especially apparent when he extorts his company for a year's pay with benefits, when he walks out with a PC in a shopping cart
*the reason for this is that there is software that hollywood uses to make computer scene's idiot-proof (IE you press any key, and the desired thing pops up on the monitor) for the actors and it only works on a mac...
-Paul
We could quibble and say that the screen shots were probably done at an entirely different time with Mr Norton nowhere near a computer, but that just shows good taste on the part of the production crew. Ever notice that a lot of computer stuff in movies looks very Mac-like?
<strong>Yet another reason to buy a Mac?
We could quibble and say that the screen shots were probably done at an entirely different time with Mr Norton nowhere near a computer,</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually yeah i was debating arguing that point
<strong> [quote]but that just shows good taste on the part of the production crew. Ever notice that a lot of computer stuff in movies looks very Mac-like?</strong><hr></blockquote>
yes, that is due to the software that i mentioned above...
i wish i knew the name...
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