Dec 19 2007AM Poster Post: 'Untraceable' Cyber Poster Cyber!
Haven't we moved past the point of anything with the term "cyber" being scarier? You'd think so. It's been over a decade since The Net, and that was already completely ludicrous when it came out; people are now using the internet for countless aspects of their daily lives; and if Dateline is giving an accurate account of the situation, "cyber criminals" are either, a) sad sacks looking to give adolescents a Mike's Hard Lemonade and a good time, or b) Nigerian. Neither are really that threatening if you aren't twelve or in Nigeria. Only my grandma will be frightened by the image of a mouse clicking a human face. (Though, admittedly, she will be very, very frightened.)
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Reader Comments
1. Wendy - December 19, 2007 11:55 AM
I'm pretty sure the mouse is over her mouth as if to say "shhh, don't tell anyone how bad this movie will be."
2. mgroves - December 19, 2007 12:03 PM
But if she's anything like my Grandma, she doesn't go to the theater or buy DVDs (or even watch HBO).
3. Marcus - December 19, 2007 12:04 PM
Yeah, really scary. Especially when the mouse button is the Macintosh Hand Icon circa 1997.
4. Wendy - December 19, 2007 12:59 PM
I'm pretty sure your Grandma calls it "the HBO"
5. jim - December 20, 2007 12:02 PM
I saw the trailer for it at (I think) 3:10 to Yuma. It was depressing. I couldn't tell if it was supposed to be a comedy or not. The technological wiz-bang depicted in the trailer reminded me of Die Hard 4's "stealing the internet" bit or whatever the fuck they did in that film. The writer is a moron.