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(I work at Stripe.) Kernel is one of the companies putting this release together. They put up the redirect temporarily; about to put a more informative placeholder until the 10a PT launch.
So, how much are they paying Stripe to buy a spot on your blog?
Irony much?
This is a great example of content providers finally beating piracy by providing a simpler method of content distribution. I hope more movies come out like this.
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Noone else is saying this for some reason but: It's hilarious that this movie is going to be historic despite it being so shitty (probably). (In true HN fashion this is where I would write "Full Disclosure: I work for the DPRK, but this does not color my opinions.")
Actually most critics are singing its praises. Even the hardcore art house high nosed critics are. Some of the praise is just because they use the dictators name, willingly. This is actually rather new. Political Correctness dictates you don't. Yes we all knew Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" was about Hitler, but he didn't use the name. Most studios won't do this, its rather bold and new to do that. The only people wh…
Fair point. For some more context, though, The Great Dictator came out in 1940 - almost at the peak of Hitler's power. North Korea today is worrying, but nowhere near the status Germany had in 1940. It's therefore more impressive that Chaplin was willing to parody Hitler as he did, even with a fake name and fake country.
I just re-watched The Great Dictator a few days ago. It's amazingly funny even today, holds up great.
You can download this as a DRM-free file with a simple curl command. Most people probably wouldn't bother, however, because Stripe makes it so easy to just watch directly your browser, no need to go through the hassle of downloading anything or needing the hard drive space. This is a great example of content providers finally beating piracy by providing a simpler method of content distribution. I hope more movies com…