It's strange how Sneakers never got the nerd love like Wargames and Hackers did. Maybe because the cast were older, established actors and not young people?
From where I was standing it did. A BBS in my toll-free range was reborn as "SETEC Astronomy". I used a variation of "myvoiceismypassport" as a password for longer than I should admit.
On the other hand, "hack the Gibson" was a back-handed taunt to mock users who were more into hacker "fashion" and leetspeak than software and tinkering.
War Games was neither diminished nor elevated in comparison to Sneakers, in my circles it just stood alone with unique, unassailable charm.
"Hey google - My voice is my passport"
>> "Hello, Martin Bishop..."
That's almost as good as typing "wargames" on the BSD command line.
Shall we play a game?
I haven’t heard “Sneakers” used to describe anything computer / security related when it came out or today. Sneakers are shoes.
It also lacks whiz bang effects and violence delivered in The Matrix. (It’s good for other reasons too)
That said these are great reasons to like the film then and today.
(Unless you were in charge of the studio at the time it was released.)
How about "sneakernet"? I believe it predates the movie though, and that shoes are optional.