WarGames Sequel Now Filming 439
iluvcapra writes "This news is a little late, but on November 20th WarGames 2: The Dead Code began filming in Montreal. (I only became aware of the new production when I read that MGM is suing the rightful owner of WarGames.com for his domain name.) The film will be produced and distributed by MGM — distributor of the original WarGames — and directed by Stewart Gillard, director of such gems as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3. Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes, the team behind the original film, are not involved. The plot revolves around a hacker breaking into a terrorism-simulation computer."
Cast? (Score:5, Informative)
You'd think they'd be more concerned with... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:My Rights Online??!! (Score:3, Informative)
Simon
Not quite, but close (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Augh! (Score:5, Informative)
Not sure how that was a huge technical problem, particularly as name for that technique is derived from the name of the film which popularized it
Re:Broken Premise? (Score:4, Informative)
The story of Stanislav Petrov [wikipedia.org] is a good account of one such instance.
Stupid Decision to Follow? (Score:2, Informative)
yeah, that one got me too. I was sure Dell had registered a domain to inform me of the suckiness of their products.
This may have some merit. According to the Decision, the domain originally pointed to the respondent's site, on which he sold computers. After receiving the C&D, he pointed it to a site featuring commentary critical of Dell.
It really shouldn't matter though, as there is no way a reasonable person could confuse a site called dellcomputersucks.com with Dell's own website, thus violating their trademark. Unfortunately, Carolyn M. Johnson, Peter L. Michaelson, and Tyrus R. Atkinson, Jr. didn't see it that way:
Re:Augh! (Score:4, Informative)
On that note, one of the things they did RIGHT was they wrote a special program so that every time Matthew Broderick hit a key on the keyboard, one letter showed up on the screen. (That is, he could press any key, and the correct letter appeared.) I hate that in 99% of movies, the sounds of the keys being pressed has no relation in time, speed, or quantity to what is appearing on the screen. God damn, it was a solved problem TWO FREAKING DECADES AGO!
That said, the studio loaned him a Galaga machine to practice on while shooting--that's really him playing in the scenes that show him playing. He was sad to see it go at the end of filming.
Source: Dynamite Magazine [wikipedia.org] (anyone else remember that?) I think, in an article published way back then.
Re:This isn't a film for geeks. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:This isn't a film for geeks. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Brilliant (Score:1, Informative)
Trademark Law (Score:4, Informative)
Essentially the judge will look at the case in the light of 'causing confusion in the marketplace'. In other words, the entire goal of trademarks is to PREVENT confusion in the free market. If the judge finds the current domain name to be causing confusion, then he could potentially rule that it is to be surrendered to MGM. Who knows how it will go? That's why it pays to have a good attorney that can make a convincing case before a judge.
Re:This isn't a film for geeks. (Score:1, Informative)
Re:This isn't a film for geeks. (Score:2, Informative)
i.e. Existentialism.
Re:This isn't a film for geeks. (Score:3, Informative)
The new disscussion system [slashdot.org] doesn't have the discussions split across multiple pages, and appears to thread fully. You toggle the view of comments on and off purely by the power of your browser, and /. scores!
You're right about forums with threading. The best threading I've seen is usenet, when combined with a good client (I did strangly like Netscape 4's usenet client!). Email can thread too, with client support, though usenet is built for threaded discussions. I wonder if there is a web based forum software package that runs on a usenet backend (apart from Google groups)? I wonder if the web interface auto bottom-posts?
Re:Brilliant (Score:2, Informative)