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[-] cupcakezealot 90 points 5 days ago

pls don't go see this - pirated or otherwise - because stephen hillenburg specifically said no spin offs before he died and paramount has been doing everything they can to spit on his legacy.

[-] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 days ago

And even if someone doesn't care about that sentimental stuff, it's also most likely a terrible movie. Spongebob as a whole isn't worth watching once Hillenburg left after the first movie since he intended that to be the end of the series. Post-Hillenburg Spongebob is little better than YouTube kids videos made by content farms, sometimes no better.

[-] i_dont_want_to 23 points 4 days ago

Pretty much as soon as he passed, they announced they were making a spinoff.

You say poor opsec, I say free advertising.

Would anyone in this thread have paid ANY attention to this movie otherwise?

[-] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 38 points 5 days ago

Especially considering the last Spongebob movie was an atrocious 3d animated abomination. Oh god, I sound like Squidward.

[-] SnotFlickerman 14 points 5 days ago

At least somebody still does since all the VAs are getting so old they don't sound like themselves anymore.

[-] SnotFlickerman 104 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You think private companies actually care deeply about OpSec other than just shutting down legitimate criticism?

Security costs money and that's supposed to go in executives pockets don't you know. Wasting it on something like security means less pay for Reed Hastings! Fuck the security, executives must profit! /s

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 43 points 5 days ago

It's surprising it doesn't happen more often.

They send out review copies to "journalists" months in advance, all it takes is one of them to have poor opsec.

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago

for this kind of release but bigger blockbuster I guess critics are invited to see it in private

[-] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 8 points 5 days ago

I’m guessing the copies they send to “journalists” have some sort of individualized watermark. Of course that would only fight leakers, not the “journalists” getting hacked

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

There are two in the top corners at least

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 35 points 5 days ago

Lmao, yup. Prowlarr found one single release on TPB.

It does have those 'property of Netflix' watermarks and timestamps throughout though.

[-] SnotFlickerman 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I don't know why, but it's very sweet to see Jill Talley and Tom Kenny right next to each other in the cast list. Usually they're separated since Jill only does minor characters and Tom is the titular Spongebob.

They got married after meeting each other as cast members of HBO's Mr. Show. Always nice to see them actually paired up.

EDIT: Also the leaked movie is practically Standard Definition and damn Tom and Mr. Lawrence are getting so old they're struggling to do the voices as clear as they used to.

[-] 1SimpleTailor@startrek.website 29 points 5 days ago

Unrelated to the opsec, why is a SpongeBob Movie premiering on Netflix? Isn't Nickelodeon Paramount?

[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago

Netflix and nickelodeon has a partnership and must give netflix so many new things each year.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 26 points 6 days ago

Excuse my ignorance, but what am I looking at?

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 58 points 6 days ago

Looks like someone posted a leaked internal copy for everyone to stream months before the release date?

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

I would not use months here, since it is only little more than a month until official release

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

I found discussions of this leak from August 2024. This is just bringing attention to it again.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago

Ahh, I see, lol

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

Ok that makes sense, thanks!

[-] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 24 points 5 days ago

I love the casualness of this

[-] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago

you mean they got the date wrong on a release? that's not a security issue

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 41 points 6 days ago

The video’s watermarks clearly indicate that it’s a leak.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Was this comment not clearly sarcasm?

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It means that pirates don't have to wait for release dates, because Netflix didn't secure their servers.

But it's a good thing that Netflix serves DRM to my devices through my paid account. We wouldn't want me watching it later without paying them again!

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