The Interview not to be shown in theaters

[Underseer]

Sony decided to cancel the release of The Interview (a comedy that makes fun of the current dictator of North Korea) due in large part to a hacking attack and major terrorist threats from North Korea.

Mostly, it wasn't the Japanese corporation that made this decision, but cowardly American corporations who are supposedly from a culture that values free speech above all else. If it were just Sony that turned chicken shit, I would be mad, but American companies? Seriously? Have we so abandoned our ideals that it has come to this? While the hacking incident was indeed serious, I don't think anyone really believes North Korea has the means to carry out their terrorist threat.

And you know what? Even if they did have the means, aren't we supposed to be the shining example that stands up for our values even in the face of serious consequences? What the [bad word] happened to us as a nation?

 

[Artemus]

Too bad. I was planning to go to an actual theater for the first time in a couple years, just because.

 

[blastula]

I'm most disappointed in our nerds. Why haven't they solved the hack? This should be their moment, but no.

 

[bilby]

We will NOT negotiate with terrorists.



...we will simply concede to their every demand without so much as a whimper.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

.... so long as they have nuclear weapons and we can't torture them.

Does the USA even pretend to be the tough good guy paragon and example for all other nations anymore?

 

[Nice Squirrel]

Suspect publicity stunt.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Suspect publicity stunt.

Or it's the liability thing should something happen in one of their theaters.

One of the two.

 

[semiopen]

It's unusual to have a movie with such a nasty premise about a living person.

I was also struck by the trailer which showed the two buffoons having no moral issues over attempting to kill someone, but perhaps their consciences were clear because they knew they would muck it up.

Meanwhile some MBA genius at Sony figured that they could save a few nickels on computer security.

I guess the patriotic thing to do now is risk getting your family blown up on Christmas.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

And you know what? Even if they did have the means, aren't we supposed to be the shining example that stands up for our values even in the face of serious consequences? What the [bad word] happened to us as a nation?

I thought that you guys were the ones who talked a good game but then folded and gave up all of your supposed principles as soon as they became inconvenient or difficult.

Isn't that what America is all about?

 

[marc]

Some theater in Texas is instead going to show Team America World Police. That one is so much better for N Korean relations

 

[CJW]

"Oh say, does that star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?"

er - I guess not today.

 

[dismal]

We will NOT negotiate with terrorists.



...we will simply concede to their every demand without so much as a whimper.

When did Sony become "we"? Do you work there?

 

[PyramidHead]

I can sympathize with Sony from a PR/liability standpoint, but the chances of any tangible threat materializing from N. Korea over this, of all things, is so slim as to be laughable. The silver lining is that a crappy movie isn't gonna hit theaters.

 

[Artemus]

I guess the patriotic thing to do now is risk getting your family blown up on Christmas.

Do you really think that attending the premier would have significantly increased your chance of getting blown up?

 

[semiopen]

Ordinarily I'm pretty relaxed about these things.

Staying away from the movies on Xmas seems like a reasonable precaution if the idiot movie is playing, on the other hand we have to balance that with the fact that there is really nothing else to do that day.

 

[KeepTalking]

I guess the patriotic thing to do now is risk getting your family blown up on Christmas.

Do you really think that attending the premier would have significantly increased your chance of getting blown up?

Exactly. Just because some anonymous hacker group, likely backed by, or even entirely operated by, the North Korean government, made threats does not mean that they have the capability to carry them out on US soil. I doubt NK has that kind of reach. When I initially heard about the movie I thought I would probably wait until it came out on blu-ray before seeing it, but after the threat I was determined to go see it in the theaters, just to show that there is noting to fear from these terrorists. Even if they have some limited capability to carry out attacks on US soil, we should not allow them to dictate how we live our lives. I would rather die free than live in a fearful manner that causes me restrict my own freedom.

 

[ZiprHead]

Too bad. I was planning to go to an actual theater for the first time in a couple years, just because.

I haven't been to a theater since Avatar first came out. BiL and family asked us to go with them. I was actually thinking of going to see this just to give a "fuck you" to NK and KJU.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

Ordinarily I'm pretty relaxed about these things.

Staying away from the movies on Xmas seems like a reasonable precaution if the idiot movie is playing, on the other hand we have to balance that with the fact that there is really nothing else to do that day.

Aren't the bars open in New Jersey?

 

[ZiprHead]

It was reported this morning on Morning Joe that James Franco and Seth Rogan have both hired really huge body guards.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

It's unusual to have a movie with such a nasty premise about a living person.

I was also struck by the trailer which showed the two buffoons having no moral issues over attempting to kill someone, but perhaps their consciences were clear because they knew they would muck it up.

Meanwhile some MBA genius at Sony figured that they could save a few nickels on computer security.

I guess the patriotic thing to do now is risk getting your family blown up on Christmas.

It is a bit unusual of a plot, I agree.

I was pondering how they could make it work... and I think the crucial key would be a Matrix like final confrontation which ends with the three of them becoming friends, getting on a boat and sailing off onto the sea.

This is a first, someone taking a Seth Rogen film seriously.