Sony Cancels The Interview

[gotbeer]

Yes and the Japanese should attack immediately.

 

No, we are waiting for Christmas to do that after that treasonous Unbroken comes out.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where the hell is the sarcasm button since people are too dense?

[mancini79]

We now have a new story line for Jack Bauer. Will be the best season of 24.

[Amazing Larry]

Nobody takes South Park very seriously.  I think even North Korea realizes it's just a cartoon. 

 

The movie (if I understand the plot) is predicated on killing Kim Jong-un.  Big difference.

 

Did you ever see Team America?

[Blarg]

South Park is a cartoon with people whose voices and physical appearance don't even resemble people.  Half the time, I don't even understand what they are saying.

 

The Interview is a movie with real people, and the whole movie appears to be about Kim Jong-un.  How much the plot centers on killing him, I have no idea.  But just think about it.  An isolated comment here and there on South Park pales in comparison to a movie, a comedy none the less, about assassinating a living dictator.  Which do you think North Korea would take more seriously?

 

Seth Rogan stuffs this up his ass so that obviously takes the movie from comedy to international security risk.

 

[HeavenlyHalos]

To be clear, this hack has exposed the financial information, social security numbers, addresses, and personal emails of thousands of Sony employees, not just executives.  It isn't just affecting a bigwig and some movies.  The lives of many people who make modest wages are now ****ed and will require credit protection for the rest of their lives.

 

Saying North Korea did the right thing is idiotic.

 

The movie is about two dip shits executing a dictator.  Hundreds of these movies have been made over the years.

 

Your first statement is exactly the reason they pulled the movie, IMO. They didn't want all their personal information published. I'm glad that at least our government didn't try to pull the movie and one of the emails hacked actually said they supported the film's release, and signed off on the final scene where Kim's head blows up.

[HeavenlyHalos]

And just for the hell of it...

 

[HeavenlyHalos]

Doesn't NK have an entire film industry dedicated to producing anti-American films?

 

That they do. I remember watching one where they showed homeless people sleeping outside or standing in-line for a soup kitchen. They said that was how the average American lived.

[gotbeer]

That they do. I remember watching one where they showed homeless people sleeping outside or standing in-line for a soup kitchen. They said that was how the average American lived.

 

In a few years, that may be how the average American lives.

[mancini79]

This isn't about the stupid movie. This is about NK flexing their muscle that they have the power to disrupt capitalist America.

[HeavenlyHalos]

In a few years, that may be how the average American lives.

 

[Chimi]

If you're interested in what goes on in North Korea, watch Vice's Inside North Korea.  It's one of the most interesting hours I've spent watching something.

 

[Blarg]

If you're interested in what goes on in North Korea, watch Vice's Inside North Korea.  It's one of the most interesting hours I've spent watching something.

 

 

 

It's only 20 minutes long so is it that boring?

[Brandon]

I think I've seen that one. I also remember one where they smuggle people from the north to the south.

[Blarg]

Someone should employ some hackers to teach those assholes a lesson down the five computer terminals on the internet in North Korea.

[arch stanton]

This has nothing to do with free speech and everything to do with capitalism. Sony made a business decision. Since pretty much every decision made in the US in the past 100 years is based on short term corporate profit I though this would be obvious.

[sneaky_flute]

I'm pissed that Sony canceled Steve Carell's thriller set in North Korea. Pansy ass mother****ers. 

[happybat4]

Do you read international news very much? I get the feeling you don't. [/quoted]

You are an idiot. Name one US prisoner in North Korea right now. Name one US prisoner killed in North Korea the last 40 years.

[mp170.6]

Do you read international news very much? I get the feeling you don't. [/quoted]

You are an idiot. Name one US prisoner in North Korea right now. Name one US prisoner killed in North Korea the last 40 years.

 

I don't know of any at the moment, but there were several since the start of the movie production.  I think three Americans have been released including two last month. 

 

North Korea does torture and kill prisoners, and if you dispute that, you might want to read an article published yesterday:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/16/north-korea-yodok-prison-camp

[Amazing Larry]

Whenever I hear of an American being held in North Korea I think of how f*cking dumb they were to step foot in that country.

[Tank]

What I find odd about this whole thing.  Threats against Sony.  Threats against movie theaters who show it.  No threats against the people who acted in, wrote, produced the film.  

 

Makes me think this isn't North Korea getting their panties in a wad.  But some inside job, probably by a techie that got laid off months before, like the company actually did.

 

interesting idea, gb.

[happybat4]

I don't know of any at the moment, but there were several since the start of the movie production. I think three Americans have been released including two last month.

North Korea does torture and kill prisoners, and if you dispute that, you might want to read an article published yesterday:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/16/north-korea-yodok-prison-camp

There are currently no US prisoners in Korea. I didn't ask you if North Korea kills and tortures prisoners, everybody knows that. They are not stupid enough to kill a US prisoner, that's why they never kill US prisoners.

[Mark68]

South Park is a cartoon with people whose voices and physical appearance don't even resemble people.  Half the time, I don't even understand what they are saying.

 

The Interview is a movie with real people, and the whole movie appears to be about Kim Jong-un.  How much the plot centers on killing him, I have no idea.  But just think about it.  An isolated comment here and there on South Park pales in comparison to a movie, a comedy none the less, about assassinating a living dictator.  Which do you think North Korea would take more seriously?

That's only when Kenny and Timmy speak.

[Mark68]

Your first statement is exactly the reason they pulled the movie, IMO. They didn't want all their personal information published. I'm glad that at least our government didn't try to pull the movie and one of the emails hacked actually said they supported the film's release, and signed off on the final scene where Kim's head blows up.

They didn't pull the movie because of the personal information. They only pulled it AFTER the top five theater chains said they weren't going to show it. The timing says it all.

 

If they were going to pull it because of the personal information, don't you think they would have made that decision (or at least to delay the opening) soon after that came to light?

 

Personally, I think this sets a VERY bad precedent. We can't have some foreign asshole basically dictating what art we create.

 

And Sony really needs to improve their security systems.

[arch stanton]

Nobody is dictating what we create. A group of companies with the sole purpose of monetizing art decided that this wasn't worth the effort to monetize.

[happybat4]

Movie theaters were also worried about people not seeing other movies because of the threat. Money is the only reason this movie will not be released on Christmas