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Unless I hear it's an unusually well done picture, worth watching for that alone, I probably won't.
This whole fiasco is looking more like a publicity stunt to me.
Because any halfassed intelligent (truly independent) hacking group would have known better than to risk triggering a Streisand effect stampede to the ticket booth.
This whole fiasco is looking more like a publicity stunt to me.
It's a distinct possibility.
^I probably should have made myself clearer.
I don't think the entire thing was planned as a publicity stunt for precisely the reasons you've given.
I was talking about what I suspect was an attempt to garner sympathy from the public by pulling the movie from theaters.
Unfortunately for Sony Entertainment, most people thought that was fairly gutless. And it was only when Mr. Obama chided them for "caving" that Sony suddenly saw fit to tell us "it was the theaters" (and not very many as it turned out) whose "concerns" they were attempting to accommodate.
The original announcement they were pulling the movie was what I thought was the publicity stunt. Especially since they had no assurances they could trust that not showing the picture would stop further disclosures. They would have been crazy to think that alone would be enough to make them stop.
And now the mothership from Tokyo is taking a more active role in overseeing their semi-autonomous American subsidiary. Knowing a bit about how Japan conducts business, that seems to indicate a major management decision went wrong, and the big boys saw the need to get directly involved. That's not something they do lightly.
If heads in marketing start to gently roll at Sony Entertainment within 6 months after the dust settles, I'll be firmly convinced this is precisely what went down.
Because those IT guys are toast. And deservedly so IMHO.
Ah! Here's the link.
"This film represents our commitment to our filmmakers and free speech,"
Then it ain't IT's ass that should be on the line.
I say this because I'm sure we've both been in situations where someone was throwing their weight around to get something really stupid (like a 3 character password) put in place.
I just like to watch shit run up hill on the odd occasion it happens.
I say this because I'm sure we've both been in situations where someone was throwing their weight around to get something really stupid (like a 3 character password) put in place.
I say this because I'm sure we've both been in situations where someone was throwing their weight around to get something really stupid (like a 3 character password) put in place.
Um, don't tell me. They wanted to put "God" like in the movie Hackers?
I say this because I'm sure we've both been in situations where someone was throwing their weight around to get something really stupid (like a 3 character password) put in place.
Um, don't tell me. They wanted to put "God" like in the movie Hackers?
How about Sony keeping a list of important passwords in a file protected with the word "password" if the reports I saw were correct?
^Very nice dancer there. Too bad it's so hard to tell.I enjoyed and approve of this rant!
40hz rant time!
What is it about these morons who film dancers? Why must they always do those dumb-ass tight closeups, quick cuts, and camera shifts? This is not an action film. It's dance.
The entire point of a dance is its continuity and line. And the movement through space. You need to step back and get the entire performance area in the visual frame in order for the viewer to adequately see and appreciate that. Shooting dance like it's some movie 'action' sequence - or like they also seem to be doing with sports lately - completely destroys that.
It's true that dance can be very dramatic. But that doesn't make it a drama - which most people who make movies and videos simply can't seem to grasp.
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^Very nice dancer there. Too bad it's so hard to tell.
40hz rant time!
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It's true that dance can be very dramatic. But that doesn't make it a drama - which most people who make movies and videos simply can't seem to grasp.
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