Just watched the " Interview " on Google Play.
This is a scary movie. ie The question for me and the the very scary question is what the F was the big deal.
If the the hacking invasion had not occurred, the film would have been in the theatres for about maybe two weeks and summarily dismissed to the dustbin of film history.
It is not all that bad, but what is still hauntingly alarming is why some country, entity or crazy person, just wanted to lob a test invasion cyber missile to asses the American reaction to a smoke screen threat.
It is as if this internet taunt was designed to be a prelude to something still to come of much more dangerous proportions.
Let's assume that the hackers were able to view the movie . Let's assume that they, whoever they are saw it to be threatening.
After watching the movie, I am scared for maybe they thought the movie would create a world wide invasion to liberate the North Korean people, to increase the sanctions, or to increase the current awareness of United Nations report detailing North Korean human rights violations.
Alternatively, let's assume that the successful hacking attempt was a warning that more is to come and that we were just playing with you. ie when Kruschev threatned at the UN to bury you/us with the pounding of his shoe.
What is really scary after watching the film, is that George Clooney was unsuccessful in getting many of his peers to rally in support of the film being shown prior to the Sony reversal of it's decision not to release it.
This is a scary world, and of course we did not need this film to remind us that we live in the nuclear world of potential mass destruction.
Words have power and we do know that at one time, one face launched a thousand ships, but that was a long time ago or was it?
Watching this movie gives me great pause,
Comments
Very interesting post.
I had no intention of watching “The Interview” before the hack and that has not changed.
As a journalist, I absolutely support freedom of expression and creative, artistic expression. However, I have no interest in Hollywood’s fictional depictions on international relations with North Korea.
But let this cybersecurity threat be a wake up call to all of us to be more vigilant about online security. Here are some websites that offer tips about Internet safety:
Common Sense Media - https://www.commonsensemedia.org/privacy-and-internet-safety
FBI Parent Guide to Internet Safety - http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/parent-guide
Internet Security Center - http://usa.kaspersky.com/internet-security-center/
US-CERT - https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips
---Angi Carter