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Was Sony correct canceling "The Interview?"

Was Sony correct canceling "The Interview?"

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Yes, but not because of terrorism.
 
pbrauer said:
Yes, We don't want anybody killed or injured.
No, their decision reflects badly on the USA.
Meh
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I voted no, but I interpreted that option as meaning our society, not our government.

I believe it does reflect bad on us as a society. I generally wasn't very receptive to the "well then the terrorists have won" after 9/11 whenever we did something in response, but in this case I do think they won when Sony capitulated.
 
Cephus said:
Honestly, if I was Sony, I'd release the film onto the Internet for free for anyone who wants to download it and see it. I'd simply put up a "donate" button for anyone who wants to give them money to defray their costs. Let the terrorists try to do anything with that.
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That's actually a pretty good idea.
 
DaveFagan said:
I see that North Korea has requested a joint investigation of the hack by both NK and USA intelligence.
They have also denied being responsible for the attack. Perhaps the hackers are good enough to leave
a false Internet trail with phantom relays occupying cloud space. To do a movie about assassinating a
living world leader is in extremely poor taste, excepting it is a comedy, but I have always been curious
about how much US Gov't monies are funneled into Corporate Big Media (movies) projects to present
imagery that supports the Gov'ts chosen objectives/propaganda/nationalism. There exists a whole slew
of ignoramuses that think Rambo movies are a history of the Vietnam War. The mythical existence of
POW/MIAs in Vietnam became a National mantra because of the movies, not reality. Anyway, if it
was a movie to demonize Kim Jong Un to influence a National mindset, good it's stopped. If it was a
serious comedy, it will do a proverbial Phoenix and rise from the ashes of obscurity. Maybe Kim was
pissed that he didn't get invited to do a cameo in the movie. After all, it is common knowlege that he
fancies himself a good actor and a handsome profile. On the other hand, if Kim states, "I was really
looking forward to seeing the movie," he'll pop the gasbag that keeps it airborne, or not.
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Paragraphs are your friend.
 
What if...? said:
All said and done, if the north Koreans had made a major comedy about assassinating a sitting American president we would have had a **** conniption.

Is it even technically legal?
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I would roll my eyes, then move on to something important, like... bacon. Honestly, I think most Americans would react similarly.

It wouldn't surprise me if they have already made films with this as the theme (or similar) in the past and we never heard about them. :shrug:
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
For them it was probably the best, as they have something on Sony they REALLY don't want released.


Nothing to do with the threat of violence, that's nonsense.


I don't think they left over $200 mil on the table over saber rattiling, it's something internal to sony, they don't want released.
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But now that the hackers get it, it is forever in their hands. Chances are they will blackmail Sony again. They cannot just sit there and be scared and do nothing to counter- strike.
 
Fearandloathing said:
I would have thought the greatest nation on earth would rally, that patriots would have flooded theaters to show those Korean pricks they will not be bullied by a primitive people.

Once again, terrorism wins.
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You overestimate the patriotism. It's just a movie and there are so many theaters around the nation. And above all, the premiere was set on Christmas! People would prefer relaxing themselves at home than staying put on the freezing outside.
 
Ryan5 said:
I would never have paid to watch that movie. Then again I'd never watch it period even for free..
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Why do you have such an strong aversion to it. It's a comedy. Although the jokes are a bit brazen. But hey, freedom of speech.
 
idea_steed said:
Why do you have such an strong aversion to it. It's a comedy. Although the jokes are a bit brazen. But hey, freedom of speech.
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I don't care enough to have an aversion. I couldn't name an actor in it and could care less that I can't. I haven't payed to watch any movie in the last 5 years or so. I download them for free in perfect HD quality and sound.




It's a political comedy though. Anyone who would dare watch it should be, well, best I not go on.
 
Cephus said:
Honestly, if I was Sony, I'd release the film onto the Internet for free for anyone who wants to download it and see it. I'd simply put up a "donate" button for anyone who wants to give them money to defray their costs. Let the terrorists try to do anything with that.
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Maybe the desperate hackers would bomb Sony's headquarters. lol
 
I read Tom Clancy's book " The Sum of All Fears " a while back and before the released the Movie.

In the book the bad guys are Radical Muslims who nuke the Super Bowl.

The studio that made the Movie decided to change the bad guy to a soft and ez target. " Nazi 's "

Lol !! As desperately dumb as it was I kind of understood. Well that whats Sony did.

They assumed North Korea was a soft and ez target but now they studios will have to rethink who will be their bad guys from now on
 
This is about theatre chains protecting the box office (receipts) during the Christmas week, probably their biggest single week. They don't want families staying home from the cinema because of fear. I don't blame them for bumping the movie release a few days/weeks.

Frankly, what Sony should do is mass release it (maybe to TV / On Demand) Let everyone see if for free or half price, that would be a good way to flip NK the bird.
 
I voted No, but not because it reflects badly on the country. I voted No because the last thing any democratic country needs is for the bad guys to realize they can control a company, and in fact a country, just by using a handful of hackers wielding terrorist threats.
 
radcen said:
I would roll my eyes, then move on to something important, like... bacon. Honestly, I think most Americans would react similarly.

It wouldn't surprise me if they have already made films with this as the theme (or similar) in the past and we never heard about them. :shrug:
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Actually, there was a Canadian/British? film depicting the assassination of Geo. W. Bush while he was still a sitting president. Much as I despised Bush, it made me mad as hell. But it never occurred to me that the production company didn't have a right to make and distribute their piece-of-crap film.
 
DiAnna said:
Actually, there was a Canadian/British? film depicting the assassination of Geo. W. Bush while he was still a sitting president. Much as I despised Bush, it made me mad as hell. But it never occurred to me that the production company didn't have a right to make and distribute their piece-of-crap film.
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Movies where the plot is What if the current US president was assassinated? (like the one in question) are protected under the first amendment. They're no different than revisionist documentaries which place Nazi Germany as the good guy or books which promote eugenics. There may be political pressure to not release them, but legally, if the producers wanted to leak it, there would be very little they could be prosecuted under if they didn't outright advocated for the assassination of that president.
 
DiAnna said:
Actually, there was a Canadian/British? film depicting the assassination of Geo. W. Bush while he was still a sitting president. Much as I despised Bush, it made me mad as hell. But it never occurred to me that the production company didn't have a right to make and distribute their piece-of-crap film.
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That might anger me more than NK doing the same thing. Maybe because I would sort of expect it from NK. :shrug:
 
ReverendHellh0und said:
Which is a smart position.

Why then are the theaters supposedly scared?
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Because IF something were to happen, they'd be out an assload of money once you factor in the inevitable lawsuits.
 
Kobie said:
Because IF something were to happen, they'd be out an assload of money once you factor in the inevitable lawsuits.
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Which means the true fear here is the damage our legal system can do not the damage the North Koreans can do.
 
Now NK is demanding that they be a part of the investigation against the hackers, and are now claiming that they will come after us if we don't let them help.

This is ridiculous. Are we going to bend over again? I was for, and against this, if that makes sense. I know why they did it, and honestly, I have 3 movies to go to in the next 3 weeks (2 now, saw 1 yesterday) and I can't say that I wasn't the slightest bit concerned about the threats. But now that we have done it, are we going to have to give in to this guy's demands from now on?

While I did agree with it, and sort of still do, I also feel that it is setting a dangerous precedent.
 
Fenton said:
I read Tom Clancy's book " The Sum of All Fears " a while back and before the released the Movie.

In the book the bad guys are Radical Muslims who nuke the Super Bowl.

The studio that made the Movie decided to change the bad guy to a soft and ez target. " Nazi 's "

Lol !! As desperately dumb as it was I kind of understood. Well that whats Sony did.

They assumed North Korea was a soft and ez target but now they studios will have to rethink who will be their bad guys from now on
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So basically, the studio's have bowed down to terrorism repeatedly.
 
radcen said:
I would roll my eyes, then move on to something important, like... bacon. Honestly, I think most Americans would react similarly.

It wouldn't surprise me if they have already made films with this as the theme (or similar) in the past and we never heard about them. :shrug:
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I guess it would depend on whether somebody needed a whipping boy for their agenda.

Some folks did get their panties in a bunch about the Bush assassination thing by the BBC. (Thanks zyphilin)
 
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