N. Korea hacks Sony in revenge for Seth Rogen's film "The Interview"

[Josquius]

So it seems it was the most elaborate advertising of all time then :p

I don't understand this line of reasoning.

The film would have flown under the radar otherwise.
Now it is the film North Korea didn't want you to see.  A super controversial movie.
I bet a lot of people who wouldn't otherwise have watched it will now.

[Liep]

So it seems it was the most elaborate advertising of all time then :p

I don't understand this line of reasoning.

The film would have flown under the radar otherwise.
Now it is the film North Korea didn't want you to see.  A super controversial movie.
I bet a lot of people who wouldn't otherwise have watched it will now.

I don't think you can call it advertising when it would've been far better for Sony had they not been hacked.

[Razgovory]

It's always been good business for a company to reveal the social security numbers of their employees.  Or make terrorist threats to the US.

[Josquius]

[celedhring]

They are releasing the movie in only 300 theaters, instead of 2500 like they planned before the whole fracas. They are rushing the VOD release; it's a definite net loss for them.

[DontSayBanana]

It's always been good business for a company to reveal the social security numbers of their employees.  Or make terrorist threats to the US.

Yeah, this is my problem with the "viral marketing" theory.  The company's not so stupid it's going to expose itself to massive criminal liability in the process, let alone have itself linked with terrorism in a country that's so touchy already about terrorism.

[Josquius]

Wait... People are actually seriously proposing it?

[dps]

The fact he used a ":p" made it apparent it was a tongue in cheek commentary, imho, I don't think Tyr literally believes Sony has orchestrated all this. I just don't think this publicity has helped the film at all.

His follow-up posts, however, strongly suggest otherwise.  Not so much "tongue in cheek" as "head up ass".

[Razgovory]

The fact he used a ":p" made it apparent it was a tongue in cheek commentary, imho, I don't think Tyr literally believes Sony has orchestrated all this. I just don't think this publicity has helped the film at all.

His follow-up posts, however, strongly suggest otherwise.  Not so much "tongue in cheek" as "head up ass".

He makes all sorts of absurd statements.  I can't tell if he's kidding or not anymore.

[Brazen]

So a bunch of charmless hackers called Lizard Squad, not content with helping NK hack Sony, have carried out massive DDOS attacks on PlayStation and XBox server, ruining Christmas like modern day Oliver Cromwells 

[Josquius]

So that's why I can't get onto iplayer to watch dr who

The fact he used a ":p" made it apparent it was a tongue in cheek commentary, imho, I don't think Tyr literally believes Sony has orchestrated all this. I just don't think this publicity has helped the film at all.

His follow-up posts, however, strongly suggest otherwise.  Not so much "tongue in cheek" as "head up ass".

He makes all sorts of absurd statements.  I can't tell if he's kidding or not anymore.

Here's a clue- if it is ridiculous, contradicts something I've said earlier in the thread, and is even marked by a smiley, then you must be a moron to take it at face value.

[Razgovory]

The smiley didn't really show up, I think you used a lower case "p" and the board didn't register it.  And you say ridiculous things earnestly all the time.

[Razgovory]

So a bunch of charmless hackers called Lizard Squad, not content with helping NK hack Sony, have carried out massive DDOS attacks on PlayStation and XBox server, ruining Christmas like modern day Oliver Cromwells 

I'm against the death penalty in principle, but not against hackers who are subhuman scum.  Crazed basement dwelling scum, oh how I hate them.

[celedhring]

Anyway, early reports say that The Interview grossed 1m on opening day, which is pretty unspectacular even with so few screens.

[Darth Wagtaros]

It was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.  I hated every second of watching it. I wish the North Koreans had erased every extant copy so that it would be forgotten except as a cautionary tale about the suck factor of Sony's security measures.