Rogen.Franco "The Interview" will it happen?- Page 4

[Musical Master]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 1:56pm

Those days are gone PJ. They are all gone....

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 2:03pm

Are there, you know, tons of North Korean sleeper cells in the US just waiting for the word to blow up cinemas?

[tazber]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 2:25pm

One of the late night hosts said "So what does Sony think? That there are thousands of North Koreans in America waiting to blow up theaters? If there are any North Koreans in America it's because they escaped and are ecstatic to be here."

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 2:55pm

Obama thinks Sony should have talked to him first.

“I think they made a mistake,” he said at his year-end news conference at the White House. Later, he added, “I wish they’d spoken to me first. I would have told them: Do not get into the pattern in which you are intimidated.”?

The company’s decision not to release the movie sets a bad precedent, Obama suggested.

“We cannot have a society in which a dictator in some place can start imposing censorship in the United States,” he said. If a leader like North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un is able to inspire such concern over a “satirical movie,” he said, “imagine what they start doing” with undesirable documentaries or news reports.
While there have been some reports suggesting that China was also connected to the hack, Obama denied the tie. “We have no indication that North Korea was acting in conjunction with another country,” he said.


Obama: Sony 'made a mistake' in bowing to threats over movie Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/obama-sony-north-korea-hack-113706.html#ixzz3MNL911Ex

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 6:45pm

The one thing that everyone is forgetting when they talk about releasing THE INTERVIEW on television or VOD or anywhere other than cinemas is this: Just like the theater chains refused to show it because threats were made to them, the same type of threats could be made to any television network, streaming provider, etc.

Who knows if there's anybody behind the threats that is capable of carrying them out? I don't know. Do you? Not sure this one is worth Monday morning quarterbacking... Let's see, what if someone really *does* have the ability to do something if the film is shown...let's see, what if they decide to take down the entire electric grid for the United States; or just enough of it to cause complete chaos as the rest of us wait to see what happens next.

There is no simple black and white answer to this. Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 7:06pm

Imagine there's no North Korea.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 7:07pm

It's easy, if you try.

[canmark]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 7:50pm

I don’t think there was anything wrong with Sony’s decision. If anything, their hands were forced by the theatre chains refusing to show the film. And although it’s unlikely that North Korea has plans to blow up a theatre in Nowheresville Wyoming, who’s to say some other wackos or pranksters don’t try to take advantage of the situation? Have people forgotten the guy who shot up the theatre in Colorado at a screening of The Dark Knight? Nobody wants tragedy in a movie theatre on Christmas day.

Also, this is not the case of an idle threat from an unknown group. They’ve already hacked the Sony computers, and there’s no reason to believe that North Korea funded hackers couldn’t do real damage if they wanted to.

Further, postponing the release of the film doesn’t mean it can't still be released at a later date. Films frequently have their release date pushed back – sometimes because of bad publicity surrounding the stars, sometimes because the content of the film hits too close to a real life tragedy.

This has nothing to do with “America” caving into terrorists. It is a private company, Sony, responding to criminal events (the hack and that of data) and decisions by other companies (the refusal of movie theatre chains to show the film). It has nothing to do with restrictions or limits on artistic freedom. And it’s by no means permanent, as the film could still be released (in various formats) at a later date.

Updated On: 12/19/14 at 07:50 PM

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 7:59pm

That George Clooney interview was illuminating, and he makes some brilliant points. As I said earlier on the thread, fear was my first reaction, honestly terrorism is something that I'm extremely frightful of, and given the threats of terrorism, I didn't think releasing something as trivial as this movie seemed worth it. And no, I don't think North Korea is anxiously waiting to do something major, but as canmark and others have said, I am afraid of the people who are crazy enough to buy a gun and do something drastic because they are offended by this movie. I also fear for the lives of the actors and filmmakers, and particularly the actor who plays Kim Jong Un.
Still, after reading Clooney's comments and hearing Obama speak, I feel like I have a much more complex understanding of the implications involved with giving in to the terrorist's demands. I don't think it's black/white, but I do think I understand what's at stake with Sony's decision more.
This may be a very naive question, but what I wonder is what would be the alternative? To release the movie assuming that there would be no repercussions? I'm not asking sarcastically or rhetorically, I genuinely want to know what people think about this.

Updated On: 12/19/14 at 07:59 PM

[Wildcard]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 8:08pm

Sony still wants to release the film. At this point though, no VOD company is stepping up to release the film, no doubt in fear that they too will be hacked. I hope Apple or Amazon will have enough security and guts to host it and that the government will do what is necessary to protect them should a hack be attempted.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 9:10pm

By far the strangest event of this whole hacking debacle is the alleged conversation where Scott Rudin and Amy Pascale tried to talk Angelina Jolie into directing and starring in a film of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 9:23pm

@Borstalboy, I thought it was Scott Rudin calling Angelina Jolie a "talentless, spoiled brat" which is an insult that makes no sense at all. Thankfully the silly man apologized for every insulting comment he made not just to Jolie but others.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 11:35pm

Leave it to Larry Flynt.

"If Kim Jong Un and his henchmen were upset before, wait till they see the movie we're going to make."

--Larry Flynt

HWD REPORTER: Hustler to Produce Porn Parody of 'The Interview'

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/19/14 at 11:38pm

Some of the actors in porn parodies are remarkable impersonators. They are often, as the kids around here say, poot on.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/20/14 at 9:33am

Obama says he will never bow to "some dictator."

"We can confirm that North Korea engaged in this attack. We will respond. We will respond proportionately and we'll respond in a place and time and manner that we choose."

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/20/14 at 4:25pm

WASHINGTON POST: Vladimir Putin just invited Kim Jong Un to visit Russia. Really.

Updated On: 12/20/14 at 04:25 PM

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 12/21/14 at 9:37pm

Thank God for Anonymous.


Anonymous Claims They Will Release ‘The Interview’ Themselves

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 12/21/14 at 9:55pm

The following is a letter that I've been posting in various places. Feel free to pass it on; I'm trying to make it or something like it go viral.

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An open letter to Sony and everyone else frightened by the new Hitler:

I stand with George Clooney. Sony, I understand why you yanked the film "The Interview" but I believe that George Clooney is right. We MUST NOT cave to terrorists and we MUST NOT cave to Kim Jong Un, a Hitler-like monster who is willing to let his own people starve to build his army.

Rarely is an issue black and white, but when the choice boils down to giving in to one of the most evil people in the world and standing up for the United States Constitution, how can anyone choose the former? Sony, if the theater owners worry that someone will be murdered if they show "The Interview," get creative! Put the movie on the Apple Store, on Amazon, and everywhere else you can. Loyal Americans should all be urged to rent or buy the film, as part of our patriotic duty to ensure that it is disseminated.

The American people suffer from great divisions, but when a threat comes from abroad, we unite. We will be behind you, Sony, and behind the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Please go ahead and release that film!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/21/14 at 10:50pm

Oh dear god. Viral like an unknown hepatitis maybe.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/21/14 at 11:53pm

Now, that's comedy!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/22/14 at 12:44am

Can you imagine standing behind Sony?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/22/14 at 12:56am

Seriously. This is an insane parody, right: "Loyal Americans should all be urged to rent or buy the film, as part of our patriotic duty to ensure that it is disseminated."

America. Where shopping and spending is the ONLY WAY citizens feel any sense of engagement.

Remember "Support Ellen! Shop at JC Penney?" Remember "America: Open for Business" in San Francisco after 9/11, building on W's advice to citizens who wanted to help: "Go shopping"?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/22/14 at 1:27am

I did not want to see this movie before the fracas. I still do not want to see it. I don't think Audrey's aspiring virus says Hitler enough.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/22/14 at 1:29am

If some people have their way, spending money on this product could be a loyalty test for Americans.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/22/14 at 1:32pm

Anonymous says that they're going to "release" the film on Christmas day.