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Re: The Interview

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The NK hack was probably just a big PR stunt.

I doubt the CEO of Sony was willing to release racists emails about the POTUS as a PR stunt.

I agree that it's unlikely the hack itself was a PR stunt, but you have to admit the subsequent handling of the hack was a PR stunt in which even the US Government seemed to be in on.

Re: The Interview

#122

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…

To me it's about as "bold" as those flash games in 2002 where you could kick Bin Laden in the butt over and over again.

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#125
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https://www.seetheinterview.com/ : I just see a poster of the movie. Is it normal? (I'm in France)

The site should now be loading — sorry about the trouble!

mmm, US only :/

Re: The Interview

#126
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I hope Stripe developers didn't write this code. I got the movie for free, jesus ... http://imgur.com/a/hf8FZ - and I didn't get a job after my interview with Stripe earlier this year.

Eww. What made you think to try? Does that work on Stripe in general or just this site?

Curiosity is a weird quality.

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#127
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

(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.

What is kernel.com? The website doesn't explain, and I can't find anything online talking about them. (It's hard to search because of the similarity to kernel.org perhaps.)

There is a FAQ if you go through to the 5th wave link that covers it:

https://www.kernel.com/movies/the-5th-wave

Looks like its being built as a platform to upsell/preorder for movies.

Re: The Interview

#129
This is the beginning of the new Internet - one where you can watch a mainstream movie from mainstream producers, and PAY FOR IT in a fashion that doesn't make you feel like a criminal.

Thanks, North Korea!

Re: The Interview

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post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is kernel.com? The website doesn't explain, and I can't find anything online talking about them. (It's hard to search because of the similarity to kernel.org perhaps.)

There is a FAQ if you go through to the 5th wave link that covers it: https://www.kernel.com/movies/the-5th-wave Looks like its being built as a platform to upsell/preorder for movies.

Thanks!
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