Month: March 2016

U.S. hospitals are getting hit by hackers:

Last week, yet another American hospital was tossed into chaos after its computers were infected by hackers.
This time it was Methodist Hospital, an averaged-sized medical facility located in western Kentucky.
Methodist Hospital was operating “in an internal state of emergency” on Friday, according to its website. A section of its computer network had been rendered useless.

While the hospital claimed no patient records were compromised, they didn’t reveal how much in ransomware they paid after the hacking.. One source says 4 bitcoins, translating to roughly over $1000 in today’s dollars..

Ransomware hackers keep things lower priced to ensure a better chance that the ransom will be paid..

‘Batman v Superman’ Review Round-Up: Hero Clash Draws Mixed Reactions :

The review bloodbath continues for this accident of a film..

My favorite highlights:

Ryan of Uproxx said the movie’s inability to provide entertaining escapism on a grim day in world news was particularly disappointing. “I am gobsmacked by just how dull this movie turned out to be,” he wrote.

Matt Singer of Screencrush said, “In Snyder’s formulation, protecting the world from evil isn’t a gift or a calling; it’s a burden. And that feeling is reflected in the movie itself, a burdensome 150-minute slog about two men fighting over who is in the right when both are very clearly in the wrong.”

….more reviews rolling in for the two titans fightin’..

Things aren’t looking good for the caped crusader or man of steel…

As said before, Ben Affleck says he won’t take his kids to see it. Maybe adults need to follow the lead and avoid it as well..

Some notables:

The SYDNEY HERALD in from the international world.. says the movie is unheroic and disappointing.. 

Comic Book Resources says that Wonder Woman cannot save the dull film..

Variety weighs in..

EW..

Some glimmers of hope for ticket sales..

‘Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice’ Movie Review from ScreenCrush:

The embargo has been lifted.

And things aren’t pretty..

This from the SCREENCRUSH review:

There’s probably a really interesting movie about the ideological divide between Batman and Superman, but on the basis of Dawn of Justice, I’m not sure Zack Snyder was the man to make it. The questions he asks are too straightforward and the resolution he arrives at after all that talk and too few setpieces is way too simple. Instead of playing up the differences between the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, Batman v Superman flattens them. For all his high-horsing about Superman’s transgressions, Batman mows down loads of people in his Batmobile and Batwing (both equipped with enormous machine guns) and he beats up bad guys with alarming ferocity (he paralyzes at least one guy for life, if the poor dude survives at all). At times, Affleck’s Bruce Wayne seems less worried about Clark Kent’s powers than jealous of them. This Batman may be right about this Superman, but he’s also a hypocrite. If he’d stop trying to kill him for two minutes, he’d realize how much they have in common. Batman and Superman have no reason to fight. These two “heroes” deserve each other.

Countdown to Batman v Superman: In Defense of Man of Steel:

An old friend, Anghus Houvouras, defends Man of Steel… 

A good read and worthy of your time.

But the BATMAN VS SUPERMAN movie may NOT be worthy of your time..

blameaspartame:

can’t wait

Perhaps the best description of BATMAN ever.. just BATMAN punching SUPERMAN in the face for three hours..

Ben Affleck said he would not take his son to see the movie – perhaps we all need to take the advice.

I have not liked the idea of this movie from the beginning.. as we get closer to the release, it seems more and more likely that I will not be viewing the film.. 

My apologies to those who do.

Maybe instead I’ll read FRANK MILLER’s version in comics.. My leather bound book awaits ..