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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid we just let a half-pint, pea-brained, saber rattling dictator tell us what we can and can't
watch at our movie theaters in our country? Fuck that! I want to see the movie.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)I want my war propaganda, and I want it NOW!
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)then I wonder if the Swiss or Dutch felt about Willy Wonka?
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Wait, what?
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Like the rule of threes.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Kim's dad was killed in Team America.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)You mean the one where Saddam was waving his dick at Satan,...who was his gay lover?
Oh wait,...it was just a dildo.
So was that one.
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)and surely have an interest in safety for we the people.
We did not 'let' him; we/sony made a rational decision about how to behave.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)It's a liability response.
Logical
(22,457 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)and your 'congrats' are unwarranted. Surely not 'logical.'
Logical
(22,457 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Sony allowed itself to be terrorized.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)He is very sensitive about his height
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)mulsh
(2,959 posts)n/t
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Jesus
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)I mean, that North Korean dictator doesn't want Rodman to take his ball back home, does he?
olddots
(10,237 posts)Well by golly this means war !
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)I got a blue ray player by Sony, does that count?
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Sony made a biz decision. Free market stuff.
truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Threatened.
It seems like a namby pamby response to me, but then I don' t work for Sony, nor do any of my loved ones.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Not that the North Korean Guy is great at being a dictator or anything. (He is pretty deplorable.)
Here is a decent appraisal of what is going on:
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/mark-davis/2014/12/16/see-the-interview-to-stand-by-sony-and-stick-it-to-north-korea
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Being shown to Americans!!!!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Apparently the North Koreans are our new censors.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)apples and oranges
(1,451 posts)With so many armed idiots roaming around ths country, if even one of them did a mass shooting (and happened to cite the North Korea incident in a manifesto), Sony would lose billions in lawsuits.
It was a risks vs. rewards business decision.
JHB
(37,161 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)Franco must be pissed.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)murielm99
(30,745 posts)It seemed tasteless to me. The dictator may be a pea-brained monster, but I don't think it is a good idea to joke about assassinating a sitting leader. Now I am curious about the movie. I still think, even if I do obtain the movie to see a home at a later date, that I will not make it through the entire thing. I guess that is not the point.
Remember, this is not "we." This is Sony. I don't like the precedent, either. Sorry, Sony.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)Hell at this point I'd pay the admission and not even see the movie as a protest.
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)We are all quaking cowards nowadays.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)HACKED E-MAILS SONY DOESN'T WANT REVEALED.
And what theatre owner wants to scare movie-goers away? Who wants to watch one movie if there's a bomb threat against the "plex" adjacent?
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Let alone totally baseless and illogical considering the source of the hacks. The likelihood of NK doing anything other than hide behind their hack and make threats is utterly small to nonexistent. What are they going to do, nuke someone? They would be plowed into oblivion.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)On, the other hand, isn't Sony an Asian company at the roots and maybe they understand something we don't?
Rex
(65,616 posts)Getting mixed signals here from sources.
Rex
(65,616 posts)I'm having a hard time believing it.
I have been wondering if it's a publicity stunt. They say Rogan and Falco have cancelled all interviews etc.. but I saw Rogan on Colbert this Monday.
Hmmm.
tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)You are not alone.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)Wabbajack_
(1,300 posts)All censorship, period.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)term every time a book isn't published, a movie isn't released, a store is closed, etc.?
Wabbajack_
(1,300 posts)in response to terrorism. Fuck self-censorship in response to terrorism.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)You think Sony would pull those commercials
snot
(10,530 posts)Waste of Time.
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)The CEO of Sony Pictures International was quoted as saying, "Well, I guess we have to give the people what they want. >wink wink< I mean, we had to pull the movie in the first place because, umm, err, North Korea would, um...do something bad to us? >giggles< But the best part is; this movie would have done mediocre sales at best if it weren't for North Korea, but now because of their insanity, it's completely hyped beyond reality. That's what I call turning lemons into lemonade! Thank you North Korea! You just bought me a new condo!"
Martin Flemming Head of Marketing for Sony pictures was asked for a comment when leaving his office, regarding if the pulling of the interview was a marketing stunt for a movie that was getting tepid reviews, he stated, "no comment".
niyad
(113,344 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Get yourself a globe and explain why this is OUR problem.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)geomon666
(7,512 posts)And what's even worse, some people here on DU are applauding it.
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)By the numbers of the little guy's defenders here
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)but nothing to lose people wanting to tell Sony what to do.
I think no movie is worth lives of people. I feel certain something is going on to get back and to prevent further problems like this but Sony did the right thing.
Logical
(22,457 posts)People like you do not see the issue here!! Jesus, how clueless.
How about a book that they don't like next? More threats would have you pull it off the shelf????
Threaten to blow up a book store that sells the book? Works on you I assume.
Caving did nothing but make them excited about the next time they want to threaten us.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)rollin74
(1,976 posts)I wanted to see that movie
Sony was wrong to cave in to a bully
99Forever
(14,524 posts).. Give A Shit. Sorry, all spoken for, for actual things that really matter.
Logical
(22,457 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)Seriously... I had no interest... now I insist.
Sparhawk60
(359 posts)Yes, we did.