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This is a result of the "Lawsuit Culture" that has shittied up American society and is shittying up Canadian society more and more. If harm/injury did occur after the 'ominous' warnings from the hackers can you imagine the magnitude of the lawsuits? Producers, production companies, theatres would all be heavily targetted.

Everyone is now about CYOA (cover your own ass). As much as this sucks, it's hard to blame them. Until some sensibility returns to the legal system and the droves of leeches stop lawyering up with their hands out, expect more and more of this bullshit.
 
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According to some who saw the LA showing:
Doofus whiteboy goes to Asia.
Beautiful Asian woman falls madly in love with him.
Helps him destroy powerful goofy Asian man.


yeah......I wanna see that movie.

 
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This is the most brilliant promotional campaign I have ever seen. Kudos to its authors.
 
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Scarey said:
The silence from the other studios has been deafening.Not one has stepped forward to support Sony, and at very least condemn the acts.
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That's because the other studios are scared and greedy cowards.

To those who think this is Sony America pulling the strings, I highly doubt that. I imagine the head of Sony in Japan is the one applying the pressure.
 
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explorerzip said:
I think the only mistake Sony made was green-lighting the project in the first place. How is a movie about assassinating an actual living person considered entertainment? I know it's supposed to be a comedy, but it's a pretty marginal one at that.
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one.of.a.kind said:
Agree. How about a movie to assassinate Obama? Right. Stupid call on Sonys part. They got what they deserved.
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Absolutely agree. If a sizable Russian or Chinese studio released an assassinate Obama movie in theaters through-out Europe and Asia, the American outrage would be understandably quick and loud.


wait for it said:
I wanted to see it before even though aside from 40 year old virgin none of Rogans flicks have ranged from mildly OK to meh. More so now. Although you gotta wonder if this is part of the publicity machine working here and we are being manipulated.
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Exactly my thoughts! Judging from the commercials and early reviews the movie could have been a flop. Maybe Rogan is a better marketer than actor, could he have manufactured the terrorist threat as a way of promoting the movie to increase theater or on-line sales? Okay, not Rogan, but perhaps someone with a brain.
 
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Shelving the movie is hardly a publicity stunt. They already have gained a huge amount of publicity - why not show the movie and collect ?

My thoughts are that Sony executive knows that there could be much more embarrassing files. If I was blackmailing some one - I would hold the best back and just release enough to make them realize that this is a credible threat. Something to order of bribery of government officials, sex with goats or children ... something terrifying if it was released.
 
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From a purely selfish perspective, if I was Sony I'd cancel the movie too. You think they really give a shit about a James Franco/Seth Rogen movie? Really? To risk some nutcase doing something stupid in a theatre resulting in somebody getting hurt/killed? Or to risk their corporate security by having even more sensitive internal emails published?

That said, this has become a much bigger issue now and to back down makes the whole US look weak. Tough position to be in.
 
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anon1 said:
In 2006 a Brit made a film about the hypothetical assassination of George W. Bush. It's US distribution was blocked.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-imagined-the-assassination-of-george-w-bush/
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First the technical: it wasn't blocked, most movie theatres refused to show it that's an important distinction.


To the larger point: The NSA wasn't ordered to blackmail and destroy Channel 4 in the U.K. because the government and the vast majority of Americans felt the movie was incredibly tasteless where they now?
 
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Aardvark154 said:
First the technical: it wasn't blocked, most movie theatres refused to show it that's an important distinction.

To the larger point: The NSA wasn't ordered to blackmail and destroy Channel 4 in the U.K. because the government and the vast majority of Americans felt the movie was incredibly tasteless where they now?
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NSA isn't in the business of blackmail and destroying, that's the job of the CIA. If the CIA did respond, isn't the whole point of the spy business that the average person would never know? I doubt the CIA took action, however punitive spontaneous trade disputes are a way of life when dealing with the US (i.e. Cdn softwood lumber). I did hear a few British milk trucks went missing ...... <roll-eyes>.

I'm curious, why is a British fictional "mocumentary" movie about assassinating an in-power US president considered "incredibly tasteless" whereas an American comedic movie about assassinating an in-power N-Korean president is considered perfectly acceptable? What is the important distinction? Many American newspaper reviewers heaped high praise on the movie including: "Clever, thoughtful, and totally believable. This is a film without a political agenda that everyone should see". The movie received 6 awards. Hypocritical perhaps?

But hey Aardvark, most of us only have a bachelor's degree, so our opinions aren't worth anything eh?
 
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t.o.leafs.fan said:
This is a result of the "Lawsuit Culture" that has shittied up American society and is shittying up Canadian society more and more. If harm/injury did occur after the 'ominous' warnings from the hackers can you imagine the magnitude of the lawsuits? Producers, production companies, theatres would all be heavily targetted.

Everyone is now about CYOA (cover your own ass). As much as this sucks, it's hard to blame them. Until some sensibility returns to the legal system and the droves of leeches stop lawyering up with their hands out, expect more and more of this bullshit.
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Dershowitz said it's Pearl Harbour on the First Amendment, however, he said that if there was notice that people going to see the movie do so at their own risk, it would absolve the theaters of liability.

Apparently, another movie with Steve Carrell has been shelved too.
 
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IM469 said:
Shelving the movie is hardly a publicity stunt. They already have gained a huge amount of publicity - why not show the movie and collect ?
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The movie will be release on Blu-ray quietly. Something similar happened to a movie called "God Bless America". Scheduled to be released at the same time a movie theatre shooting happened in the US. A main scene was two disgruntled individuals killing people in a theatre. It was quietly released on Blu-ray months later.
 
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North Korea as The Bull
USA as The Bitch


Wow, North Korea said "JUMP !"
USA said "How high ?"

It turns out that those colours, red white and blue, do run. Never thought I would see the day.
 
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North Korea already released a video showing a missile attack on the United States. How they can view this movie as an attack on their nation, and not their own propaganda video, is beyond me.

I think Sony made a mistake for three reasons: (1) they have the whole civilized world on their side should they stand up to terrorism and release it, (2) not releasing it shows they're willing to give in to intimidation, and (3) they had a crap load of publicity from this thing!
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I bet you wont say that if you are the sony employee victim. Theft of personal & Health & financial info like bank account, Social Insurance number upload to a bittorrrent file sharing site for anyone to download. Already someone been using those financial info already for mortgage fraud. Time to cut the lost and fire the person who gave the ok to produce the film in the first place. If I am sony shareholder I would really angry at the amount of money In this stupid at most a B class film Sony wasted in makeing the film in the first place.
PS Why pick a fight with a unstable Koren leader in the first place. A country that may have a nuclear weapon. Sony CEO finally did the right thing by not releasing the movie "The interview"
 
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"Dear Sony Hackers: now that u run Hollywood, I'd also like less romantic comedies, fewer Michael Bay movies and no more Transformers."

Michael Moore
 
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