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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?
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Where did you get the idea that I consider it a wise movie to have made?

But do let me point out isn't there more than a slight difference between say The Day of the Jackal in terms of both realism and tradecraft and one of the "Pink Panther" movies? Which do you think Death of a President more closely resembled, and which The Interview?
 
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Perhaps this will be a wake-up call about cyber security which despite many experts having been talking about it for years has until now been ignored. It seems hard to ignore it now!
 
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From a celebrity gossip site with rather, errr, acerbic commentary:
This won’t be seen around the world as some nebbishes in Hollywood caving to hackers. This will be seen as North Korea 1, America 0. Obama should’ve stepped in here at some point and called Amy Pascal at Sony and said, you tell North Korea to bugger off and you keep this picture rolling out, and then we’re even on all that 12 Years a Slave Obama be Sambo nonsense.
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GTA & Thereabouts...
I'm on the side of Sony as well. Democracy is dead. Sony is standing up against "Terrorism" by licking the asshole of Capitalism.

As a massive, profit-driven corporation, it may be a smarter move to wait this out and figure out what further damage is coming. The executives are fucked as the hackers have found their personal emails which may or may not have more dangerous personal/corporate information when compared to whether or not Angelina Jolie is difficult to work with... Apparently, the script for the new Bond flick has been grabbed, etc. etc. Sony could lose BILLIONS! To be considered a success, this movie must generate $40-50 million per weekend. If they sink money in the release and no-one goes to see it, it would be considered a disaster. Would it be fair for the theatres to lose out? Would it be fair to the artists and directors if this blockbuster is relegated to a free download? How about all the brave, freedom-loving souls pre-buy a ticket to show North Korea what's up?

National security is a matter for the nation's government. The government(s) should solve this matter as it is ridiculous to look to a company such as Sony to 'make a stand'. They stand for nothing but profit!

I feel like buying a Bravia TV or a PlayStation.

Anyways, people are dying in the streets and/or starving in Africa and we're worried about this shit... We live in a crazy world. Let the Armageddon come - it will come sooner or later.
 
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This is the most brilliant promotional campaign I have ever seen. Kudos to its authors.
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I agree.

This is a total marketing ploy! Why would theatres be afraid of hackers? What is there to hack in a theatre anyway? Free movie tickets? We have torrents already. Overpriced popcorn and fountain drinks flooding the theatre?

There is no hacker. Just good marketing campaign. I am looking forward to see it when they finally decided to release it.
 
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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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this^^^^^^^^
 
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I cannot believe that a few malnourished North Korean hackers brought down a major studio .....
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Then you have no idea how North Korea works.
It's the general population that have nothing... the people that are of value to the dictatorship have plenty of resources.
 
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Just to show that the 'Yellow' streak runs deep throughout corporate America:
Paramount Cancels 'Team America' Screenings

 
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Goodoer said:
I'm on the side of Sony as well. Democracy is dead. Sony is standing up against "Terrorism" by licking the asshole of Capitalism.

As a massive, profit-driven corporation, it may be a smarter move to wait this out and figure out what further damage is coming. The executives are fucked as the hackers have found their personal emails which may or may not have more dangerous personal/corporate information when compared to whether or not Angelina Jolie is difficult to work with... Apparently, the script for the new Bond flick has been grabbed, etc. etc. Sony could lose BILLIONS! To be considered a success, this movie must generate $40-50 million per weekend. If they sink money in the release and no-one goes to see it, it would be considered a disaster. Would it be fair for the theatres to lose out? Would it be fair to the artists and directors if this blockbuster is relegated to a free download? How about all the brave, freedom-loving souls pre-buy a ticket to show North Korea what's up?

National security is a matter for the nation's government. The government(s) should solve this matter as it is ridiculous to look to a company such as Sony to 'make a stand'. They stand for nothing but profit!

I feel like buying a Bravia TV or a PlayStation.

Anyways, people are dying in the streets and/or starving in Africa and we're worried about this shit... We live in a crazy world. Let the Armageddon come - it will come sooner or later.
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Perhaps hacking into the personal emails of executives is a way of blackmailing them to pull the movie too, or else!
 
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I agree.

This is a total marketing ploy! Why would theatres be afraid of hackers? What is there to hack in a theatre anyway? Free movie tickets? We have torrents already. Overpriced popcorn and fountain drinks flooding the theatre?

There is no hacker. Just good marketing campaign. I am looking forward to see it when they finally decided to release it.
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It's NOT the hacking of theaters but the threat of a 9/11 style attack on them (which is what they warned about).

If Ronald Reagan was President, and a theater got bombed, he'd drop them on Korea or whoever brags about it.
 
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The "North Korea Hacking" Scandal As Explained By The Taiwanese Animators

 
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GPIDEAL said:
It's NOT the hacking of theaters but the threat of a 9/11 style attack on them (which is what they warned about).
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If one were to take the threat seriously, you would have to believe that there are a number of terrorist agents ready to pounce on command from North Korea. They would have to be in place just waiting for a chance to strike. Seems that you are going to have to deal with them at some time so why not now over the movie ? At least you could research the threat and remove it before it gains more tactical strength.

Not dealing with it not only empowers the little shit but removes an opportunity to identify and remove a domestic threat.
 
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IM469 said:
If one were to take the threat seriously, you would have to believe that there are a number of terrorist agents ready to pounce on command from North Korea. They would have to be in place just waiting for a chance to strike. Seems that you are going to have to deal with them at some time so why not now over the movie ? At least you could research the threat and remove it before it gains more tactical strength.

Not dealing with it not only empowers the little shit but removes an opportunity to identify and remove a domestic threat.
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Well, the FBI latest report says they traced it back to North Korean hackers. I doubt they have NK terrorists on stand by though, but if the movie ran, they could sneak them in within weeks to cause shit. Fuck Kim Jong-un if it hurts his feelings. He's a totalitarian. A dictator and extortionist. If anything happens, you launch a few cruise missiles right at his palace.
 
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