What he said sounds pretty accurate - in the sense that Chamberlain acceded to a Dictators requests and so did the Movie Showing establishment of America. The comparison breaks down if he suggested that Kim Jong II was, like Hitler, an expansionist who wanted to rule the world; clearly he's not. But he is a brutal dictator, and we've agreed to do what he wanted because we are afraid of him.

Bryant

attack movie theaters he's not in danger-- theater patrons are.

I don't know if it was the correct decision to pull the movie, but I do know you don't be a hero with other people's lives.

They're ~everywhere~ these days and can strike at a moments notice.

I recently saw a documentary about high school kids holding off an entire North Korean invasion.

So there.

So double there!

Because I labored for years under the mistaken notion that the Powers Boothe role was played by Michael Ironside.


Those scars run pretty deep.

Who cares?
Sony caved, and after this you can be damned sure that some movies will not get made simply because it might upset some crazy assed dictator. Many of those movies would have far more artistic merit than "The Interview."
I will think hard before I buy another Sony Product.

I don't support cowards.


Now, I need to tear into my closet, pull out my old Sony Walkman, and burn it in protest.

Hilarious.

absolutely nothing that points to credible threats of any attack on theaters.

Or Painfully Awkward Rob Lowe?

North Korea is going to be a strictly taboo topic in movies now, you can bet on it.

most famous cavers...ridiculous article, IMHO.