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When did the default hacker character in tv shows shift from awkward unattractive nerd guy to faux-awkward atttactive nerd girl? They don’t even bother putting nerd glasses on the characters anymore. Examples: Felicity in Arrow, Cable in Bull, Riley in MacGyver.
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Nedry the sysadmin character in Jurassic Park is the true "contemptible computer nerd" stereotype in full force. By contrast Broderick in War Games is quite cool. I wonder if that movie was against type or before the type had crystallized.
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