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Sony hax'd again
By Ramyrez 2014-12-16 14:13:14
As for Adam Sandler he hasn't been relevant since Happy Gilmore.
Billy Madison was an important cultural film. If for NO other reason, than because it gave us this.
Edit: Oooh. A natural page with .gif already attached. That ***'s rare.
By fonewear 2014-12-16 14:15:54
That is the sad part he has done really good movies but he is too busy phoning it in now. I wouldn't fault him so much if he wasn't capable of making a good movie.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-12-16 14:38:45
Just in time for the holidays:
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By Bahamut.Ravael 2014-12-16 14:43:20
That is the sad part he has done really good movies but he is too busy phoning it in now. I wouldn't fault him so much if he wasn't capable of making a good movie.
We just need Michael Bay to direct an Adam Sandler movie. At least then we could assume that it was intentionally awful.
By Ramyrez 2014-12-16 14:44:49
I'm waiting for the next truly great Christmas movie.
A new film in the Lethal Weapon series would be great. Maybe new actors since, you know. Danny Glover is old as *** now and Mel Gibson is batshit crazy.
But c'mon. I know everyone cites Die Hard as their great 80s action Christmas movie, but Lethal Weapon had Mel Gibson busting and shooting drug dealers in Christmas trees.
It doesn't get any merrier than that.
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-12-16 14:57:18
Are North Koreans still unofficially taking credit for this? Because if this is something they actually did, color me impressed. They can't shoot a missile worth ***but damn can they carry out some quality cyber terrorism.
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By Fenrir.Atheryn 2014-12-16 15:05:25
I'm not convinced North Koreans could operate an electric can opener, let alone a computer.
By Jetackuu 2014-12-16 15:08:34
I'm waiting for the next truly great Christmas movie.
A new film in the Lethal Weapon series would be great. Maybe new actors since, you know. Danny Glover is old as *** now and Mel Gibson is batshit crazy.
But c'mon. I know everyone cites Die Hard as their great 80s action Christmas movie, but Lethal Weapon had Mel Gibson busting and shooting drug dealers in Christmas trees.
It doesn't get any merrier than that. Yippee ki-yay ***!
By Jetackuu 2014-12-16 15:10:48
As for Adam Sandler he hasn't been relevant since Happy Gilmore.
Billy Madison was an important cultural film. If for NO other reason, than because it gave us this.
Edit: Oooh. A natural page with .gif already attached. That ***'s rare.
I paraphrased that the other day, and the guy went on a rant about religion, like I was supposed to be some sort of religious person.
I found it comical at least.
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By Carbuncle.Brynach 2014-12-16 15:19:29
Reign Over Me. For the time it was released, the theme of the movie and the fact that Adam Sandler was in it... outstanding movie. So far away from his typical movies, and having Don Cheadle didn't hurt any.
By Enuyasha 2014-12-16 15:32:59
Quote: This Is the End ($50M Profit, Budget $32M)
Grown Ups 2 ($48M, $80M)
Captain Phillips ($39M, $55M)
American Hustle ($27M, $40M)
One Direction: This Is Us ($18M, $10M)
Elysium ($18M, $115M)
The Monuments Men ($10M, $70M)
Grown Ups 2 was okay
But otherwise, how the ***.
Elysium had horrible sound quality and generally a bad screenplay. But it was okay as well for a scifi action movie.
The only ones i find entirely worthy of it was Phillips,hustle, and monuments. Cause those movies were great in their specific genres.
I heard This Is The End was just demon *** jokes throughout the entire movie...much like all modern comedy movies (And anything with *** Jonah Hill in it besides Wolf on Wallstreet [which was intended to be nothing but raunchy ***,and was amazing for it]) :(
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-12-16 15:35:10
Punch Drunk Love was a pretty legit Sandler movie.
By Bloodrose 2014-12-16 15:49:28
Hey man, there weren't any typical demon *** jokes from Jonah Hill in TMNT!
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By Siren.Kyte 2014-12-16 15:50:18
Quote: This Is the End ($50M Profit, Budget $32M)
Grown Ups 2 ($48M, $80M)
Captain Phillips ($39M, $55M)
American Hustle ($27M, $40M)
One Direction: This Is Us ($18M, $10M)
Elysium ($18M, $115M)
The Monuments Men ($10M, $70M)
Grown Ups 2 was okay
But otherwise, how the ***.
Elysium had horrible sound quality and generally a bad screenplay. But it was okay as well for a scifi action movie.
The only ones i find entirely worthy of it was Phillips,hustle, and monuments. Cause those movies were great in their specific genres.
I heard This Is The End was just demon *** jokes throughout the entire movie...much like all modern comedy movies (And anything with *** Jonah Hill in it besides Wolf on Wallstreet [which was intended to be nothing but raunchy ***,and was amazing for it]) :(
This is the End was pretty funny, I don't know what you're going on about.
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By Bahamut.Kara 2015-01-03 06:40:51
I didn't see a thread about this and it fits here.
Sony cyber-attack: North Korea faces new US sanctions
Quote: The US has imposed new sanctions on North Korea in response to a cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order on Friday allowing sanctions on three North Korean organisations and 10 individuals.
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The FBI and President Obama have previously said they believe North Korea was behind the cyber-attack, although some cyber-security experts have cast doubt on this.
However, a senior White House official said it was extremely rare for the US to attribute cyber-attacks, and it was only done so because of the destructive nature of the attack, and because the White House saw it as "crossing a threshold".
The BBC's Kevin Kim in Seoul says North Korea has denied any involvement in the hacking and is therefore likely to respond angrily to the latest measures.
However, he says, as there is little trade between North Korea and the US the latest measures are unlikely to have any great effect, and will simply be heavy on symbolism.
It is highly unlikely that NK was behind this as many security experts have explained. The "evidence" the FBI is using to claim NK did this is circumstantial at best and could implicate a lot of other people/hackers/governments besides NK.
Personally, I see this as a waste of time (the sanctions) and justification for tougher cyber defense laws. Something politicians always start wanting after events like this. New CISPA-like laws incoming
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By Valefor.Endoq 2015-01-03 08:50:48
Personally, I thought Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy were both was funny. ftfy
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By Cerberus.Anjisnu 2015-01-03 09:11:08
Ladies and gentlemen Mr Henry Winkler! ... covered in bees!
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Ye olde news but for those not in the know, Sony got their servers picked clean by hackers who then proceeded to release it all for us wonderful people to analyze and go over.
Isn't that great? No, it's not. Considering this is the second time Sony has got owned this hard. Entire movies, personal correspondence, personal information and confirmation that everyone alive and/or dead hates Adam Sandler movies. Even the people peddling that shit.
http://www.vox.com/2014/12/14/7387945/sony-hack-explained
Part of me is concerned that nothing is private, even off the cuff remarks that aren't meant to be parsed by the public but the other half of me relishes the ability to see what goes on in positions of power in all its unfiltered glory.
Condensed list of important bits via BG
Quote: Sony is considering giving Spider-Man back to Marvel
The Russo brothers will direct the Avengers 3 & 4
Steve Jobs film was a cluster fuck, *Bonus* Angelina Jolie is a "Spoiled Brat" with a "Rampaging Spoiled Ego"
Detailed financial data including a gender pay discrepancy
"Annie," "Fury," "Still Alice," "Mr. Turner," and "To Write Love on Her Arms" have been leaked
Seth Rogen ($8.4M) made more money than James Franco ($6.5M) for The Interview, *Bonus* Kevin Federline was paid $5,000 for a cameo.
Even the employees think Adam Sandler films are terrible.
Some film stars have aliases that they use to do "normal people things"
Tom Hanks - Johnny Madrid
Tobey Maguire - Neil Deep
Jessica Alba - Cash Money
Natalie Portman - Lauren Brown
Rob Schneider - Nazzo Good
Ice Cube - Darius Stone
Debra Messing - Ava Harper
Daniel Craig - Olwen Williams
Jude Law - Mr. Perry
Clive Owen - Robert Fenton
Steven Spielberg is campaigning for a Hillary Clinton 2016 Presidential bid
Spike Lee is developing "School Daze Too." Drake will star as PE*NIS and Kevin Hart will be DAT NIGGA JIGGA
Star Wars 8 & 9 will revolve around Luke & Leia
Jennifer Lawrence signs her emails as "peanutbutt" and Brad Pitt signs his as "B P McWee"
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Melissa McCarthy, Lizzy Kaplan, and Amy Schumer are up for roles in the Ghostbusters reboot
George Clooney is developing a film based on the Rupert Murdoch UK phone hacking scandal called "Hack Attack"
The hackers routed the information through proxy servers located in Poland, Italy, Cyprus, Bolivia, Singapore, Thailand, & the United States
Amy Pascal (Sony co-chairperson) & Scott Rudin (movie producer) joked about movies they think Obama would like to finance
Rudin "would he like to finance some movies."
Pascal "I doubt it. Should I ask him if he liked DJANGO?"
Rudin "12 Years."
Pascal "Or the butler, or think like a man?"
Rudin "Ride-along. I bet he likes Kevin Hart."
Bond 24, "Spectre," is still having the script reworked even though filming has already begun
The MPAA, Universal, Sony, Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros., and Disney are developing a plan to take on Google called "Project Goliath." The plan focuses on forcing Google to block sites hosting "infringing content" from customers of "major ISP's."
The following films from 2013 made a profit beyond their budgets, as of April 2014:
This Is the End ($50M Profit, Budget $32M)
Grown Ups 2 ($48M, $80M)
Captain Phillips ($39M, $55M)
American Hustle ($27M, $40M)
One Direction: This Is Us ($18M, $10M)
Elysium ($18M, $115M)
The Monuments Men ($10M, $70M)
Sony was able to convince Kevin James to lower his budget for "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" from $50M to $38M and Adam Sandler to lower his budget for "Pixels" from $135M to $110M
Sony wanted to limit Mark Cuban's salary to $30k per episode of Shark Tank ($30k for S5, $31.2K for S6, & 32.4 for S7) and his co-star Kevin O'Leary would also make $30K per episode. Sony also wanted the rights to his catchphrases, including "nicknames, gestures, utterances, etc." Mark shot them down for being an insult to him. To compare, ABC pays Chris Harrison (The Bachelor) $50K per hour and Bruno Tonioli (Dancing With the Stars) $30K per hour and have shows within the same time frame.
Sony fired Charles Sipkins (their former PR head) because Amy Pascal's husband, Bernie Weinraub, suggested it.
Jennifer Lawrence & Amy Adams were paid less than their male co-stars in "American Hustle." The breakdown was Cooper: 9%; Bale: 9%; Renner: 9%; Lawrence: 7%; Adams: 7%
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