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It was clear when it was announced that this was going to be the inaccurate, sexy, mainstream Hollywood version of a Jobs film. It stars Ashton Kutcher for god'
by artursapek 14y ago
It was clear when it was announced that this was going to be the inaccurate, sexy, mainstream Hollywood version of a Jobs film. It stars Ashton Kutcher for god's sake.
I think everyone on HN is unanimously looking more forward to Aaron Sorkin's film. Most of the mainstream non-tech-world Hollywood-Ashton-Kutcher audience has not seen the actual product announcements nor do they even know they exist. For most people, the iPod announcement was word of mouth and TV ads. Meanwhile a lot of the type of people who read HN somewhat worship the Steve Jobs keynotes. I know I've watched nearly all of them.
In fact I'm sure there will be a spike in "everyone else" watching them for the first time if Sorkin's movie is popular and brings them to the mainstream. For now they've just been a total geek thing to indulge in. :)
- philwelch 14y agoWhy would we look forward to Aaron Sorkin's film if we don't want an "inaccurate, sexy, mainstream Hollywood version"? Did we forget The Social Network that easily?
- artursapek 14y agoAaron's won't be that. I don't think his goal is the same as was with The Social Network.
- pavanky 14y agoBut Aaron Sorkin did write The Social Network. Any evidence to point that he is working on a truer rendition for the Jobs' movie ?
- Sodel 14y agoWell, Woz is involved, and he seems optimistic.
- vidarh 14y agoWoz has also been out of the picture in Apple since before the Mac. He's been an outsider for close to 30 years, and has publicly stated that he was not close to Jobs. It's not clear that his involvement means much in terms of making it an accurate portrayal.
- danso 14y agoYeah...but Woz was very close to Jobs pre-Macintosh. Considering Apple's early years consisted mostly of Woz, Jobs, and Mike Markkula, I think Woz would be essentially to understanding the early part of Jobs' success, without which the post-Macintosh days would've never happened.
- rms 14y agoDifferent source material.
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- gbog 14y ago"a lot of the type of people who read HN somewhat worship the Steve Jobs keynotes" I don't. I'm not sure why so many people in this readership should love them. Most probably just don't care.
- relic 14y ago"A lot" of people can still like them if you don't. Jobs was, undeniably, a master of presentation, so even if you don't like him, or apple at all, there are still a lot of reasons to respect his stage presence.