For me, this is a fascinating allegory of our lives as humans. The language of programming exemplifies the relationship: we type a "command," the computer "processes it for us," etc. All this is very empowering to the user of a computer. The theology of this is more like that of Greek mythology, not just because there are multiple users, but also because of the hierarchy of the users and their interactions.

Just like the Greek gods would put curses on each other, the users put restrictions on each other with "permissions" and "access rights." This is another more subtle form of imposing control.

However, I would argue that the most pertinent issue to this course raised by the movie is the portrayal of something as simple and mundane as using a computer is--at some level--a game.

In the movie and in real life, computer users are doing more than solving problems; they are interacting with an environment with its own set of rules and restrictions to complete an objective. In other words, users are playing a sort of video game.