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This saga is getting better than Dallas. Someone should port it to TV.

by 0x4a42 11y ago

DiabloD3 11y ago
For those that don't get the reference, Dallas was a long running prime-time drama (a "soap", back when they didn't air these solely during the daytime), that was known for its wild twists (such as the "who shot JR" plot line, which is considered one of the best moments of TV). This isn't even close to the levels required for entertaining TV, but in my humble opinion, the comment is neither bad enough to downvote, nor good enough to upvote, I merely suspect a lot of HN's readership is just too young to get the reference or had a knee-jerk reaction to soaps in general (which, hey, I hate the overly-dramatic nature of soaps too; but apparently what Dallas did was still novel in the 80s, and worth dragging out for a pop-culture reference now and then).
- Agustus 11y ago
  Absolutely great TV. Think Silicon Valley but with a name tied to it. We need to get the naming rights to get initial viewers, but you and me, DiabloD3, we have a show here. Treatment: Name: Ashley Madison or some generic name so as to avoid copyright and naming issues. Dramatis Personae: Ashley Madison President, Ashley Madison programmers, IPO Finance Team, Hacker team Story Arcs: A Story: Follow the Ashley Madison president as he goes about his 2014-2015 tour to promote the site across the globe, focus on the Japanese campaign, in preparation for the IPO. Detail the trials and tribulations of the IPO setup, pressures from the M&A team. Then lead up to the hack and the bourbon scotch being thrown against a wall as a man who built an empire realizes it is crashing. The programmers in Ashley Madison trying to figure out if the data was expropriated, how much, and lead up to the internal discussions on the blackmail offer. B Story: The hacker group recruits team members, identify weak points and sets up to acquire the data. Once the data has been lifted, they struggle on what to do with a release, expecting to have received blackmail monies, fending off the popularity it brings to them and how to exit what they have done. The season ends when the news report starts to detail you can get the database on TOR. This could be on HBO, Amazon, or Netflix.
  - skj 11y ago
    > the bourbon scotch the what?
    - Agustus 11y ago
      A dead giveaway that I am not a prolific hard alcohol consumer..
- 0x4a42 11y ago
  >For those that don't get the reference Thanks for mentioning the TV show. I foolishly thought everyboby, even the youngest, would have at least heard about "Dallas". I'm suprised it didn't become an Internet meme. Ah... well... :)

This saga is getting better than Dallas. Someone should port it to TV.

by 0x4a42 11y ago

This saga is getting better than Dallas. Someone should port it to TV.

For those that don't get the reference, Dallas was a long running prime-time drama (a "soap", back when they didn't air these solely during the daytime), that was known for its wild twists (such as the "who shot JR" plot line, which is considered one of the best moments of TV). This isn't even close to the levels required for entertaining TV, but in my humble opinion, the comment is neither bad enough to downvote, nor good enough to upvote, I merely suspect a lot of HN's readership is just too young to get the reference or had a knee-jerk reaction to soaps in general (which, hey, I hate the overly-dramatic nature of soaps too; but apparently what Dallas did was still novel in the 80s, and worth dragging out for a pop-culture reference now and then).

Agustus 11y ago
Absolutely great TV. Think Silicon Valley but with a name tied to it. We need to get the naming rights to get initial viewers, but you and me, DiabloD3, we have a show here. Treatment: Name: Ashley Madison or some generic name so as to avoid copyright and naming issues. Dramatis Personae: Ashley Madison President, Ashley Madison programmers, IPO Finance Team, Hacker team Story Arcs: A Story: Follow the Ashley Madison president as he goes about his 2014-2015 tour to promote the site across the globe, focus on the Japanese campaign, in preparation for the IPO. Detail the trials and tribulations of the IPO setup, pressures from the M&A team. Then lead up to the hack and the bourbon scotch being thrown against a wall as a man who built an empire realizes it is crashing. The programmers in Ashley Madison trying to figure out if the data was expropriated, how much, and lead up to the internal discussions on the blackmail offer. B Story: The hacker group recruits team members, identify weak points and sets up to acquire the data. Once the data has been lifted, they struggle on what to do with a release, expecting to have received blackmail monies, fending off the popularity it brings to them and how to exit what they have done. The season ends when the news report starts to detail you can get the database on TOR. This could be on HBO, Amazon, or Netflix.
- skj 11y ago
  > the bourbon scotch the what?
  - Agustus 11y ago
    A dead giveaway that I am not a prolific hard alcohol consumer..
0x4a42 11y ago
>For those that don't get the reference Thanks for mentioning the TV show. I foolishly thought everyboby, even the youngest, would have at least heard about "Dallas". I'm suprised it didn't become an Internet meme. Ah... well... :)