Unfortunately I think Natalie Portman peaked with it too. Pretty rough to reach the pinnacle of your acting career at age 12. They can give her all the Oscars they like now, but it won't change the fact that her best performance was one from 15 years ago that she wasn't even nominated for.
Sony is rich and powerful, and has the best lawyers at their disposal. They can even call on Congress and the President to help them out, and rewrite the laws if they have to.
He's just a little guy. At most he might have the backing of the EFF and some donations.
I hate to be so cynical, but so far Sony has won every round in this case. The courts are falling all over themselves giving Sony whatever they've asked for, no matter how outrageous. I'd like to think the little guy can win, but really, how often does that actually happen anymore?
Actually, with a good prosecutor, a shitty overloaded public defender, and a technically illiterate jury, (all quite likely) you could easily end up in prison on nothing more than IP address evidence. It's all in what the prosecutor can make the jury believe, and how well your defense lawyer is at countering him. People go to prison on circumstantial evidence all the time.
You can keep your sieverts. I prefer to measure radiation by the level of socially-isolating, mutated superpowers that it produces. Are any of the plant workers brooding yet, or developing secret identities, or lamenting how society has shunned them, or experiencing montage sequences where they learn how to use their new powers?
It's entertaining, but it's also very dated now (especially all that "Save the Whales" crap), and doesn't hold up nearly as well as the best of the TOS movies (Star Trek 2).
Needless to say, if you're buying cheap on Craigslist, you had better be extra careful not to get pirated software. Frankly, I would rather pay more at a reputable retailer for software that I would at least know wasn't pirated. It's almost impossible to distinguish just by looking at it (a good pirate will have a pressed copy with holograms, doc's, and sometimes even an authentic looking retail box).
March 25, 1952: Upon receiving a humorous letter from a friend, Wellesley College student Lucy Michaels wishes to write back and express how much the letter amused her. Unfortunately, having hurt her wrist the day before in a tragic lacrosse incident, Lucy is forced to abbreviate her feelings by simply scratching out the simple abbreviation "LOL" on a postcard with her off-hand, hoping to explain the abbreviation in a phone call later. History was made.
It is to pioneers like Lucy Michaels and many others like her that we today owe our modern internet vernacular. Kudos to you, Lucy, and may you RIP.
Obvious attention deficit problems here. Lord of the Rings was both apocalyptic and cataclysmic - in book and film form. It was gripping, fantastically creative, beautifully visualized, and superlatively expressed. As a work of art it has earned its place in history.
When Bruce Boxleitner, the kid from Lost in Space, and Dorfman from Animal House are your most seasoned talents, I wouldn't brag too loudly about your professional cast.
And compared to what? Oh, I don't know, compared to dozens of other, much better, shows.
No, fortunately, neither he, nor anyone sharing his political philosophy, ever did. Not in the U.S. anyway (though a few neocons certainly came all too close).
It was very intentional. If you listen to the commentary track, Verhoeven makes it clear that this was his intention from the get-go (and it put him at odds with the screen-writer, who was a big Heinlen fan). Verhoeven found the neo-fascist philosophy of the book laughable, and having grown up under Nazi rule himself, decided to satirize it.
The point was that the book was a fascist rant in favor of overthrowing popular democracy in favor of military oligarchy. The movie was made by a director who recognized the book for what it was and chose to satirize that gung-ho stupidity.
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Unfortunately I think Natalie Portman peaked with it too. Pretty rough to reach the pinnacle of your acting career at age 12. They can give her all the Oscars they like now, but it won't change the fact that her best performance was one from 15 years ago that she wasn't even nominated for.
Sony is rich and powerful, and has the best lawyers at their disposal. They can even call on Congress and the President to help them out, and rewrite the laws if they have to.
He's just a little guy. At most he might have the backing of the EFF and some donations.
I hate to be so cynical, but so far Sony has won every round in this case. The courts are falling all over themselves giving Sony whatever they've asked for, no matter how outrageous. I'd like to think the little guy can win, but really, how often does that actually happen anymore?
Actually, with a good prosecutor, a shitty overloaded public defender, and a technically illiterate jury, (all quite likely) you could easily end up in prison on nothing more than IP address evidence. It's all in what the prosecutor can make the jury believe, and how well your defense lawyer is at countering him. People go to prison on circumstantial evidence all the time.
He peaked with The Professional. Everything since then has pretty much been an afterthought.
You must be new here.
You can keep your sieverts. I prefer to measure radiation by the level of socially-isolating, mutated superpowers that it produces. Are any of the plant workers brooding yet, or developing secret identities, or lamenting how society has shunned them, or experiencing montage sequences where they learn how to use their new powers?
They basically use magnets on sticks. Not very technically impressive, but seems to work pretty well for them.
You never go ass to mouth.
It's entertaining, but it's also very dated now (especially all that "Save the Whales" crap), and doesn't hold up nearly as well as the best of the TOS movies (Star Trek 2).
No, dumbass, he was the Captain in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Considering most of the surrounding area was destroyed by the tsunami, I imagine they would have ultimately been evacuated anyway.
Needless to say, if you're buying cheap on Craigslist, you had better be extra careful not to get pirated software. Frankly, I would rather pay more at a reputable retailer for software that I would at least know wasn't pirated. It's almost impossible to distinguish just by looking at it (a good pirate will have a pressed copy with holograms, doc's, and sometimes even an authentic looking retail box).
No, that's just what they WANT you to believe!
Hang on, let me turn around and I'll show it to you.
March 25, 1952: Upon receiving a humorous letter from a friend, Wellesley College student Lucy Michaels wishes to write back and express how much the letter amused her. Unfortunately, having hurt her wrist the day before in a tragic lacrosse incident, Lucy is forced to abbreviate her feelings by simply scratching out the simple abbreviation "LOL" on a postcard with her off-hand, hoping to explain the abbreviation in a phone call later. History was made.
It is to pioneers like Lucy Michaels and many others like her that we today owe our modern internet vernacular. Kudos to you, Lucy, and may you RIP.
[jumps out window]
If you can't innovate, litigate.
Yeah, but that doesn't mean I want to spend 8 hours watching it.
Obvious attention deficit problems here. Lord of the Rings was both apocalyptic and cataclysmic - in book and film form. It was gripping, fantastically creative, beautifully visualized, and superlatively expressed. As a work of art it has earned its place in history.
Just looked like a lot of walking to me.
If I wanted a hipster card, I would just go buy a MacBook.
When Bruce Boxleitner, the kid from Lost in Space, and Dorfman from Animal House are your most seasoned talents, I wouldn't brag too loudly about your professional cast.
And compared to what? Oh, I don't know, compared to dozens of other, much better, shows.
Heinlein rules!
No, fortunately, neither he, nor anyone sharing his political philosophy, ever did. Not in the U.S. anyway (though a few neocons certainly came all too close).
Wow, you *really* missed to the point of the movie. It wasn't *glorifying* a right-wing military dictatorship, it was *satirizing* it.
It was very intentional. If you listen to the commentary track, Verhoeven makes it clear that this was his intention from the get-go (and it put him at odds with the screen-writer, who was a big Heinlen fan). Verhoeven found the neo-fascist philosophy of the book laughable, and having grown up under Nazi rule himself, decided to satirize it.
The point was that the book was a fascist rant in favor of overthrowing popular democracy in favor of military oligarchy. The movie was made by a director who recognized the book for what it was and chose to satirize that gung-ho stupidity.