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The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 17, 2014, 4:36 pm
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[center]Sony Cancels ‘The Interview’ Release
HTML http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2014/12/17/sony-cancels-the-interview-release/
And there you have it, Sony doesn't believe in freedom of speech
(and why should they, the company isn't American) and would
rather allow dictators of veeeeeeery small stature to dictate
what everyone else does in their country. FUUUUUCK YOU SONY!!!
And no, my anger has nothing to do with wanting to see the movie
(it was very, very, very low on my list), but everything to do
with a matter of principle in being able to have the choice to
see it or not. Well, that has been taken away from us and I
don't like it one bit. And no, I don't buy it one bit that it
has anything to do with theater chain owners "boycotting" the
movie.
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Neumatic Date: December 17, 2014, 6:13 pm
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Well, after the first theater chain decided not to show the
flick, the writing was on the wall. And not showing the flick
was totally within their rights, while I doubt that anything
terrible would actually happen, I can see managers honestly
worrying about another Dark Knight style shooting or something
like that.
I've been hearing discussion about how this might be the perfect
opportunity to experiment with day-and-date VOD release (I can't
seem to find the actual article I read about this in my history,
though). For a long time, the idea of releasing a movie at home
and in the theaters was shot down by pressure from theaters.
Not an issue in this case. And you know that this movie is
going to be released, Sony will want to make something back on
its investment. And since they can ONLY release the movie that
way, and the budget is so high, they'll have to do some
interesting math to make it earn back the budget. And if they
figure that out, that could lead the way for more studio-style
direct-to-home movies in the future. A return of the medium
budget movie that Mac and I were lamenting just last night.
The amount of money lost is going to be a big thing in the
future, I think. Outside of the production and promotional cost
associated with the flick, I can't even IMAGINE the amount of
money that the hack cost the company. Recovering from that is
going to take a lot of work, but the results could be
interesting.
Obviously, the security infrastructure and computer systems
would have to be upgraded, made more secure, maybe decentralized
so you can't get the whole thing from breaking one system.
Sony's a freakin' computer company, they could make really neat
new systems so they can run their business more securely.
And that's just inside the system, the release (and the
reporting) has given regular people a glimpse into the Hollywood
backrooms. How will that change things?
For example. some of the e-mails lamented big-budget ego-driven
projects and Adam Sandler movies that no one likes... now that
we know they don't like them either, will there be public
pressure not to make those kinds of flicks anymore? Now that
Sony's secrets are out in the open (and let's be honest, most of
it we don't know and what we do, we'll eventually forget), they
suddenly have a more intimate relationship with the public than
any other movie studio. How can they turn that to an advantage?
I wonder about corporate espionage, as well. These Sony things
were leaked to the public, but does anyone truly think that the
studios don't have all this stuff on everyone else? How did
this hack affect that side of things?
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 17, 2014, 6:46 pm
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[center]THE INTERVIEW BANNED! TERRORISTS WIN!
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxNpNNPurE
Great rant by the guys over at Machinima.
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Neumatic Date: December 17, 2014, 6:47 pm
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You know the replacement movie, "The Prepared Statement," just
won't have the same energy.
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 17, 2014, 8:20 pm
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[center]Celebrities react to Sony’s canceled release of ‘The
Interview’
HTML http://fox5sandiego.com/2014/12/17/celebrities-react-to-sonys-canceled-release-of-the-interview/
Great tweets by celebs. Judd Apatow nailed it. This all but
guarantees huge numbers.....officially or not.
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Neumatic Date: December 18, 2014, 2:45 am
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Article on The Verge saying that Sony should release The
Interview online now.
HTML http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/17/7407493/why-sony-pictures-should-release-the-interview-online
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Mac Date: December 18, 2014, 9:50 am
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[quote]Celebrities react to Sony’s canceled release of ‘The
Interview’
Great tweets by celebs. Judd Apatow nailed it. This all but
guarantees huge numbers.....officially or not.[/quote]
Can't read any of it. Is it locked to subscribers or something.
I just see lines where there should be text, just like I see in
Wall Street Journal pages. >:(
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Mac Date: December 18, 2014, 9:56 am
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Personally, I don’t think these ‘leaks’ will have an impact on
much. Maybe Sony will get some flack, but I’m not sure the
general public don’t care to do anything. They just love to
consume (read) sh*t like this.
I’m disappointed too people caved.
I just find that everyday seems to bring more and more
frustration with technology, media, etc. It’s the ol be careful
what you wish for. Great advantages in the these advances, but
there are Achilles heels and people will exploit them.
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 18, 2014, 10:53 am
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[quote author=Mac link=topic=2859.msg32471#msg32471
date=1418917836]
Can't read any of it. Is it locked to subscribers or something.
I just see lines where there should be text, just like I see in
Wall Street Journal pages. >:(
[/quote]
I'm not subscribed to the page and can read it. Might be an iPad
issue.
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Re: The Sony Hack Scandal
By: Mac Date: December 18, 2014, 11:01 am
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No iPad this time. PC at work.
I've seen this on occasion. Not sure what's causing it.
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