The Interview

jpx7 said:
I agree—though I am thankful to see it's being reported, and reported as bad precedent, much more robustly than, say, South Park's two-part cartoon wars, which was similarly ridiculous and disheartening.
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Once the theaters started to bail, nothing Sony could do, but I would've liked to have seen the offer extended and all the chains refusing to drop it. With this result, it won't be the last time we see this kind of thing.
 
It's pretty bad when Piers Morgan comes out and calls you a pussy :

Is the world’s No1 superpower just going to roll over and let whoever is doing this win?

Because that’s the way it looks to me right now.

The movie that caused all the problems, The Interview – a comedy which features an assassination attempt on Kim Jong-Un - was due to be launched with a glitzy premiere in New York this week.

But it’s been cancelled, for ‘safety reasons’.

The film’s two stars, Seth Rogen and James Franco, have pulled out of all interviews, also for ‘safety reasons’.

Now Sony’s announced it’s not going to release it all, caving into the pressure on its business.

To which my response is simple: what the **** is the matter with you all?

Where the hell is America’s legendary resilience and resolve?

A few crazy threats and everyone just surrenders?

Whether it’s a lone geeky lunatic doing this, or North Korea, the response should be very straightforward: ‘We’re releasing this movie, and we’re now going to market and promote it even more enthusiastically than we were planning to.’

That’s the message you send when people hold you to ransom.

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jpx7 said:
I agree—though I am thankful to see it's being reported, and reported as bad precedent, much more robustly than, say, South Park's two-part "Cartoon Wars" episode, which was similarly ridiculous and disheartening—not to mention prescient.
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It reminds me of when The Satanic Verses was published, and it confirms the doubts Rushdie expressed a couple years ago regarding whether the book would be published now.
 
I sure hope the people involved (particularly Franco and Rogen) don't have to endure anything close to what Rushdie went through.
 
This sets a bad precedent.

There's Already been movies where characters have been changed so the movie gets played in China I can understand that, but Sony is wrong for lying down on this.
 
Dalyn said:
I sure hope the people involved (particularly Franco and Rogen) don't have to endure anything close to what Rushdie went through.
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Not to mention Naguib Mahfouz, to cite another, even more perilous example.
 
I honestly don't see why we are taking these "threats" seriously

Are there a bunch of North Korean Sleeper cells all over the usa just waiting to go terrible red dawn remake on us?

But only if this movie is released of course

Since they canceled it, I guess we are safe
 
I thought we didn't negotiate with terrorists.

[video=youtube;r5aTy2fmlx4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5aTy2fmlx4[/video]

The Colbert Report got in some good shots anyway. (Starts at 10:00)
 
The Koreans and the Japanese have a troubled coexistence. I chalk a lot of this up to that.
 
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