Sony canceling the release of The Interview

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Maybe you have heard, maybe you haven't. Sony was scheduled to release the movie The Interview in America this Christmas.
The Interview is a movie starring James Franco and Seth Rogen and they are basically instructed to kill North Korea's leader, Kim Jung-un.

Sony has been receiving threats from an anonymous hacker group from North Korea and have decided to cancel the release of this movie in theaters.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/16/...terror-attacks-on-people-seeing-the-interview

Do you think they made the right choice to cancel the release? Based on the threats, would you agree it needed to be canceled?
 
Yeah. I'm honestly surprised someone even okayed the movie to begin with. They realize Kim Jung-un is, like, an active dictator right?
 
they didn't cancel it, it's just that multiple theaters are not showing it due to threats. not all theaters.
 
I'm disappointed. I was looking forward to it. I hate people who threaten America. It's not cool. You don't just threaten to destroy someone's home
 
aleonhart said:
Yeah. I'm honestly surprised someone even okayed the movie to begin with. They realize Kim Jung-un is, like, an active dictator right?
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Yes, he is an active dictator.

Do you honestly think Kim Jung-un is going to attack people?

The theaters that aren't showing it are cowards.
 
oath2order said:
Yes, he is an active dictator.

Do you honestly think Kim Jung-un is going to attack people?

The theaters that aren't showing it are cowards.
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Who knows. I can't speak on his behalf. I just think it's a stupid concept, and wouldn't waste my money to watch it. But, you know, to each their own.
 
ShinyYoshi said:
Maybe you have heard, maybe you haven't. Sony was scheduled to release the movie The Interview in America this Christmas.
The Interview is a movie starring James Franco and Seth Rogen and they are basically instructed to kill North Korea's leader, Kim Jung-un.

Sony has been receiving threats from an anonymous hacker group from North Korea and have decided to cancel the release of this movie in theaters.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/16/...terror-attacks-on-people-seeing-the-interview

Do you think they made the right choice to cancel the release? Based on the threats, would you agree it needed to be canceled?
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Eh, I don't like it when somebody pulls something because of threats.


Was the film a bad idea? Probably, but I would rather they cancelled it because somebody said "whoa whoa whoa! C'mon Sony, is this really a good idea?" and Sony think "you're right, that would have been silly...Yano, rather than "ban this because somebody doesn't like it".


I dunno, I think it's more that it plays upon the whole "you ban one thing because somebody is offended, you have to ban another thing because somebody else is offended, and then another, and another, and another until eventually, nothing is okay".




You'll remember that speech if you ever saw the 'Cartoon Wars' episode(s) of South Park. I dunno, I've always kind of thought that (even before South Park made the episode).
 
aleonhart said:
Who knows. I can't speak on his behalf. I just think it's a stupid concept, and wouldn't waste my money to watch it. But, you know, to each their own.
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I asked if you personally think that Kim Jong-un would attack.

Tao said:
Eh, I don't like it when somebody pulls something because of threats.


Was the film a bad idea? Probably, but I would rather they cancelled it because somebody said "whoa whoa whoa! C'mon Sony, is this really a good idea?" and Sony think "you're right, that would have been silly...Yano, rather than "ban this because somebody doesn't like it".


I dunno, I think it's more that it plays upon the whole "you ban one thing because somebody is offended, you have to ban another thing because somebody else is offended, and then another, and another, and another until eventually, nothing is okay".




You'll remember that speech if you ever saw the 'Cartoon Wars' episode(s) of South Park. I dunno, I've always kind of thought that (even before South Park made the episode).
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I'm wondering why people think the movie is a bad idea. Have you heard some of the crazy **** the propaganda machine of the North Korean government? It's comedy gold.

Somehow I think the movie will "leak" online.
 
oath2order said:
Do you not think that America could easily destroy North Korea with minimal losses to it's own?
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That's not really where I'm coming from. I'm not saying this country isn't equipped for dealing with North Korea. I just think provocation is unnecessary. Not to mention minimal losses is still...loss.
 
oath2order said:
No it's not. North Korea dares to attack anything of the US', we will destroy them
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Yes... But, if the terrorist threats are possibly real, they should cancel it so none of the people paying for the tickets to the movie are paying to die.
 
DarkOnyx said:
Yes... But, if the terrorist threats are possibly real, they should cancel it so none of the people paying for the tickets to the movie are paying to die.
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But the problem with that is that opens the door for other terrorist groups to control the culture by essentially saying "Don't release X or else we'll bomb you" where X is a movie/TV show/video game/song/other cultural element.
 
aleonhart said:
Yeah. I'm honestly surprised someone even okayed the movie to begin with. They realize Kim Jung-un is, like, an active dictator right?
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See: Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator". It's not surprising considering it's happened before.
 
Not showing a movie because of its controversy only makes people want to see it more
 
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