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DustinBowcot
Posted: December 18th, 2014, 2:43am Report to Moderator
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I don't have any interest in this film anyway. The film sounds pathetic... and I partially agree with the hackers.
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Wahhhhhh! Looks like my comedy feature -- which is still posted up on the boards -- about North Korean dognappers kidnapping dogs in light of the recent meat shortage won't be going ahead...


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I wasn't particularly interested in this film, but after what happened, I think we should just all stay home. It's a dangerous world out there.....  


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Quoted from Grandma Bear
I wasn't particularly interested in this film, but after what happened, I think we should just all stay home. It's a dangerous world out there.....  


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It reminds me of Borat and how Sacha Baron Cohen was banned to enter Kazahstan.

If I were the Kazahstani president I'd do the same. Have you watched Borat? It's very offensive to Kazahstani people and I'm glad he didn't choose Azerbaijan for the movie. Oh, and I remember Peneloppe Kruz saying "Movies like that create awareness..." I was like what? What kind of awareness?

So, haven't watched this one with Franco but if it's anything like Borat I don't like it in advance. I'm a huge fan of the genre though.
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DustinBowcot
Posted: December 19th, 2014, 2:35am Report to Moderator
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I didn't actually realise Kazakhstan was a real place at first... although when I found out I too felt that he had crossed the line. I loved his Dictator movie... that was very clever but he didn't single anyone out... even as Borat he plays a fictional character so kinda gets away with it.

Depicting anyone that is still alive in a harsh light (aside from convicted felons) should be a no-go area for all writers. I know it is for me. When I have things to say I make things up to get the message across. I wouldn't dream of deliberately offending anyone still alive.

We already have strained relations with N Korea. Why deliberately make things worse?
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Quoted from DustinBowcot
We already have strained relations with N Korea. Why deliberately make things worse?

I'm thinking that if a comedy with Seth Rogen and James Franco can make it worse, then it was probably never gonna get good anyway.


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This isn't about N. Korea. Sony couldn't care less about what they think, nor should they. This movie couldn't possibly poke any more fun at N. Korea than we poke at our own government on a daily basis.

It's about Sony not wanting any more public leaks of internal documents and communications. Sony stock went down almost 15% during the period of leaks, and since it announced it wasn't airing the film, the leaks stopped and the stock has climbed back up, almost to the pre-leak level.

Sony didn't cave to N. Korea. It caved to shareholders and investment bankers.  
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DustinBowcot
Posted: December 19th, 2014, 11:24am Report to Moderator
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Sony didn't cave to N. Korea. It caved to shareholders and investment bankers.  


This is exactly what I was talking about earlier... the Americans are terrified of thinking they lost to N Korea. This has in many American's eyes, turned into something like a war between N Korea and America. Being British and not particularly patriotic (I try, but the programming can get in the way) I find this hilarious. It's like Vietnam all over again.
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Americans are "terrified" of thinking they lost to N . Korea?

Terrified? No. Just disappointed that one of our own (Sony) made it look that way.

If The Interview is ever released, you'll see how "terrified" Americans are. They'll show up in huge numbers, not because they want to see the film, but to thumb their noses at Pugsly in N. Korea.

Sony, on the other hand, is terrified. Why, we don't really know. That's the whole point.
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DustinBowcot
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Quoted from Bogey
Americans are "terrified" of thinking they lost to N . Korea?

Terrified? No. Just disappointed that one of our own (Sony) made it look that way.

If The Interview is ever released, you'll see how "terrified" Americans are. They'll show up in huge numbers, not because they want to see the film, but to thumb their noses at Pugsly in N. Korea.

Sony, on the other hand, is terrified. Why, we don't really know. That's the whole point.


This speaks volumes and you can't even see it... that's programming for you, I suppose.
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DustinBowcot
Posted: December 19th, 2014, 2:45pm Report to Moderator
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The hackers have even been labelled terrorists... by definition, that's political. If it was business, words like terrorists wouldn't be bandied about. This is a cyber attack on US 'soil'. A kidnapping of information and then holding it to ransom with the demand that the film be dropped.

It's obviously not a US, N Korea thing... this is just the vibe I'm getting from the www in general from our American friends. All the patriotic posturing... thumbing of noses... dropping of bombs... AR 15 anyone?
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Quoted from DustinBowcot


This speaks volumes and you can't even see it... that's programming for you, I suppose.


Thank you for the $0.05 psychoanalysis. Have you ever spent any time in the United States?
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The problem with the movie is that at the End of the Movie Kim-jonng leader is killed. Big no-no to make this ending could result in tense conflict between Korea and west.
Do you remember books SATANIC VERSES?.???  watch documentary how many people died because of that book.



But from other side. In North Korea in1990s his father starved to death 5 million people because they spend all money for developing nuclear weapons.


so my opini  is 50/50
let's God decide
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There are several things wrong with this situation. One, why are we going this nuts over a Seth Rogen movie? Two, why are foreign countries being allowed to infringe upon our freedom of speech in our own country? Three, where can Rogen and Goldberg go next, now that they've pushed the envelope this far? They've gotta be running out of schtick.


You answered your first question with your second question:  because a foreign country is trying - and has succeeded - on infringing upon our freedom of speech.  A fat, slimy, pathetic, loser dictator, snaps his fingers and gets a major Hollywood movie shut down by spearheading this hacking and making threats to blow up movie theaters, just because he's a whiny, sensitive little bitch and thinks he can get whatever he wants.  That doesn't bother you?  It doesn't matter whether it was a Seth Rogan movie or not.  What happens the next time he doesn't like something that somebody's doing over here?  Does he do the same thing?  "Ah, rose Uhhmericans, day pussies, day will wissin' to me!"  What happens when another one of those jerk off dictators think they can do the same thing?  It's fucking horse shit.

Ultimately it IS Sony's decision to release the movie, but something has to be done about what happened.  Whatever it should be, I don't know, but something needs to be done.  I doubt anything will happen, though.  Obama will just make us look like a bunch of pussies by keeping his mouth shut.


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This isn't about N. Korea. Sony couldn't care less about what they think, nor should they. This movie couldn't possibly poke any more fun at N. Korea than we poke at our own government on a daily basis.

It's about Sony not wanting any more public leaks of internal documents and communications. Sony stock went down almost 15% during the period of leaks, and since it announced it wasn't airing the film, the leaks stopped and the stock has climbed back up, almost to the pre-leak level.

Sony didn't cave to N. Korea. It caved to shareholders and investment bankers.  


This I can totally understand as the real reason they canceled the movie ^^^



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Americans are "terrified" of thinking they lost to N . Korea?

Terrified? No. Just disappointed that one of our own (Sony) made it look that way.

If The Interview is ever released, you'll see how "terrified" Americans are. They'll show up in huge numbers, not because they want to see the film, but to thumb their noses at Pugsly in N. Korea.

Sony, on the other hand, is terrified. Why, we don't really know. That's the whole point.


Sony's terrified that more e-mails will get leaked making them look like assholes.  I just read an article in the paper that one of the e-mails trashed Denzel Washington, saying (paraphrasing) that they don't like casting black actors as leads because people overseas are racists.  Some shit like that.

You can bet your ass if The Interview does get it's release - which it should - that everyone will  show up to see it.  I already wanted to see it regardless, but yeah, millions of Americans will go see the movie anyway.  Like you said, you'll see how "terrified" Americans are. haha
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