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Cocaine80s
12-17-2014, 07:28 PM
http://screenrant.com/the-interview-movie-2014-dropped-theater-chains-threat/
:facepalm
smfh, now all we got is Exodus and the ****ing Hobbit :oldlol:
I wonder if they'll still release it in 2015
Loneshot
12-17-2014, 07:55 PM
I hope not. Seth Rogen is atrocious. I'm shocked he's gone this far after Freaks and Geeks.
CelticBaller
12-17-2014, 08:19 PM
terrorism wins again
Akrazotile
12-17-2014, 08:37 PM
http://screenrant.com/the-interview-movie-2014-dropped-theater-chains-threat/
:facepalm
smfh, now all we got is Exodus and the ****ing Hobbit :oldlol:
I wonder if they'll still release it in 2015
Lol.
Like goy even CARE what their choices are.
Whatever they put in that theater, youre gonna go, and youre gonna sit in front of it. Dont you ****in get uppity.
Cocaine80s
12-17-2014, 08:42 PM
Lol.
Like goy even CARE what their choices are.
Whatever they put in that theater, youre gonna go, and youre gonna sit in front of it. Dont you ****in get uppity.
:biggums:
what the **** is you even saying bruh?
BigBoss
12-17-2014, 09:14 PM
Ok...so bigger issue-- a terrorist threat was made on American soil? Is anybody going to look in on this or nah?
BigBoss
12-17-2014, 09:15 PM
I hope not. Seth Rogen is atrocious. I'm shocked he's gone this far after Freaks and Geeks.
En sabah nur en sabah nur en sabah nur :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
Miss Bella
12-17-2014, 09:38 PM
This is starting to look like a big marketing plot.
~primetime~
12-17-2014, 09:51 PM
Greatest publicity ever?
This movie is suddenly a must see
Akrazotile
12-17-2014, 09:53 PM
Greatest publicity ever?
This movie is suddenly a must see
:oldlol:
Eric Cartman
12-17-2014, 09:58 PM
Shit movie, shittier actors, getting a ton of promotion, so one knows it's pure horsecockshitballs.
christian1923
12-17-2014, 09:58 PM
I'm more upset exodus picked a white guy to play Moses :coleman:
BigBoss
12-17-2014, 10:06 PM
I'm more upset exodus picked a white guy to play Moses :coleman:
Black Moses? :biggums:
christian1923
12-17-2014, 10:16 PM
Black Moses? :biggums:
Well he is from Egypt... So....??
Loneshot
12-18-2014, 03:32 AM
Well he is from Egypt... So....??
white people think Jesus Christ had blonde hair and blue eyes, of course Moses is white, just as Michael Jordan will be remembered in a thousand years.:lol
christian1923
12-18-2014, 09:32 AM
white people think Jesus Christ had blonde hair and blue eyes, of course Moses is white, just as Michael Jordan will be remembered in a thousand years.:lol
:lol it's ridiculous
Real14
12-18-2014, 09:59 AM
Greatest publicity ever?
This movie is suddenly a must see
exactly:facepalm
Real14
12-18-2014, 10:05 AM
white people think Jesus Christ had blonde hair and blue eyes, of course Moses is white, just as Michael Jordan will be remembered in a thousand years.:lol
That pisses me off, like its in the bible, but the government still want to push this fake white jesus agenda. Like why you think the fake jews is on top while blacks live in the poorest communities? This shit is so evident.
russwest0
12-18-2014, 12:21 PM
lol @ people arguing what jesus really looked like when zero historical documents out of thousands can prove that he even existed.
SCREWstonRockets
12-18-2014, 12:25 PM
Jesus can be anything you want. Its not like hes real
russwest0
12-18-2014, 12:28 PM
btw I saw exodus last night and it sucked ass.
christian1923
12-18-2014, 12:32 PM
Jesus can be anything you want. Its not like hes real
But Moses? There is no way he could have been white lol
~primetime~
12-18-2014, 01:07 PM
And now this thread is a bible debate...good job ISH :applause:
By the time you reach 900 years old you lose most of your pigment and look white
I hope you aren't a fan of Michael Moore, Macho.
[QUOTE]Michael Moore:
Do I seem like a man who would be a fan of Michael Moore
Yes :confusedshrug:
MavsSuperFan
12-18-2014, 03:19 PM
Well he is from Egypt... So....??
He probably looks like an arab (if he existed)
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5164/5302807425_585ed725c5_b.jpg
http://mathildasanthropologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/mon11.jpg
Modern egyptians
Though I do agree he definitely wasnt western european looking
MavsSuperFan
12-18-2014, 03:22 PM
Jesus can be anything you want. Its not like hes real
But Moses? There is no way he could have been white lol
Jesus is far more likely to have existed than moses is.
But Moses? There is no way he could have been white lol
Neither of them were probably white or black (if they existed, I believe a version of Jesus existed and was executed by the roman authorities). You realize those arent the only 2 options right?
lol @ people arguing what jesus really looked like when zero historical documents out of thousands can prove that he even existed.
There is evidence jesus existed. The romans have records of crucifying him. He was probably a nut case they executed because he was defying them.
Cactus-Sack
12-18-2014, 03:48 PM
That pisses me off, like its in the bible, but the government still want to push this fake white jesus agenda. Like why you think the fake jews is on top while blacks live in the poorest communities? This shit is so evident.
They aren't even the real "chosen people" of Israel, my brother, just some mafvcka's who came down from their caves.
As-salamu alaykum
christian1923
12-18-2014, 03:59 PM
I didn't say Moses had to be played by a black guy.. I'm just saying white is about as far off as you can probably get
MavsSuperFan
12-18-2014, 04:03 PM
I didn't say Moses had to be played by a black guy.. I'm just saying white is about as far off as you can probably get
Moses unlike Jesus probably didnt exist (actually its almost certain he didnt exist).
If he did exist chances are he was neither white or black and would look arab to us (like how the vast majority of egyptians look). portraying him as either white or black is inaccurate (even though he almost certainly never existed).
oarabbus
12-18-2014, 04:03 PM
http://i.imgur.com/OQNonT2.jpg
christian1923
12-18-2014, 04:08 PM
Moses unlike Jesus probably didnt exist (actually its almost certain he didnt exist).
If he did exist chances are he was neither white or black and would look arab to us (like how the vast majority of egyptians look). portraying him as either white or black is inaccurate (even though he almost certainly never existed).
I'm not here to argue if he was real or not, that's not the point. The man and Character Moses is from Egypt.
It would be like someone making an Xmen movie and creating Professor X as a cuban guy with a jerri curl.
Ball So Harden
12-18-2014, 04:10 PM
I'm not here to argue if he was real or not, that's not the point. The man and Character Moses is from Egypt.
It would be like someone making an Xmen movie and creating Professor X as a cuban guy with a jerri curl.
Little known fact, the real Professor X actually was Cuban and had a jerri curl.
BurningHammer
12-18-2014, 04:34 PM
http://i.imgur.com/OQNonT2.jpg
Should have been Kim Il-Sung. Jong-Un is nobody compare to the Eternal Leader of North Korea.
bagelred
12-18-2014, 04:40 PM
Take notes, kids. Terrorism works.
Thorpesaurous
12-18-2014, 05:22 PM
It seemed like a good idea to release it to one of the On Demand sites, like Amazon, or sell it to someone like Netflix. Or even go to some of the cable outlets and let them sell it On Demand.
But I heard a good point on the radio that hadn't occurred to me. That those places are probably afraid of the hacker end of it more than the terrorism end, and are perhaps afraid that getting into bed with Sony to turn them a profit on this thing would make them a target for attack. And with their customer base trusting them with all that billing information, it's certainly possible none of them would view the opportunity to charge for this seemingly pretty shitty movie exclusively for a short period as being worth the risk of riling up their customers.
It seemed like a good idea to release it to one of the On Demand sites, like Amazon, or sell it to someone like Netflix. Or even go to some of the cable outlets and let them sell it On Demand.
But I heard a good point on the radio that hadn't occurred to me. That those places are probably afraid of the hacker end of it more than the terrorism end, and are perhaps afraid that getting into bed with Sony to turn them a profit on this thing would make them a target for attack. And with their customer base trusting them with all that billing information, it's certainly possible none of them would view the opportunity to charge for this seemingly pretty shitty movie exclusively for a short period as being worth the risk of riling up their customers.
For the individual theaters that said no to showing it, it is simply a risk vs reward decision, IMO. This movie is in no way going to make them rich, and they have not previously invested anything into it, so why take the risk (whether it is cyber or physical)? If I ran a theater, I'd think that not showing 1 movie is not going to hurt my business.
bdreason
12-18-2014, 05:31 PM
Okay North Korea has really crossed the line now. You don't get in the way of Americans entertainment without facing serious consequences.
If Rogen and co. had even an ounce of imagination this wouldn't be a problem.
Is it really that hard to come up with a fictional name for a terrible leader? Literally everything could've been the same as long as they changed one name.
Apparently, because they even had to play themselves in their last movie instead of building characters.
I rather it be Kim Jong Un. I'd rather it just be him than somebody just symbolic of him. Team America was better off for having the villain actually be Kim Jong Il.
It's going to date the movie horribly.
Kim Jong Un is a plot device. He's not a joke outside of dumb "ZOMG it's that real guy" reference humor.
If it was any other decade the writers would just make some generic stuff up that is tangentially related to what they're mocking, i.e. Marx Bros Duck Soup.
From the trailers, clearly the jokes are just plain old situational humor between Rogen and Franco. Who their target is really doesn't matter, other than making their research easier to make it a real guy.
Team America would've worked just fine with a made up villain, especially since the plot wasn't purely about killing him. The movie was about Gary's hero journey.
Well, I personally loved that it was Kim Jong Il. It added a nice bit to the Team America movie. Even with him gone now, I still love that it is him. I'm not too worried about movies being "dated" by references in them. I can watch all sorts of things with dated references, and they are still great to me.
JohnFreeman
12-18-2014, 07:34 PM
Who gives a shit.
Dresta
12-19-2014, 08:45 AM
If Rogen and co. had even an ounce of imagination this wouldn't be a problem.
Is it really that hard to come up with a fictional name for a terrible leader? Literally everything could've been the same as long as they changed one name.
Apparently, because they even had to play themselves in their last movie instead of building characters.
Yeah, they're the ones to blame.
:facepalm
edit: swear you always (when some kind of freedom is suppressed), say nah, it doesn't matter, because he is an 'offense to fashion' or 'not even funny' - as if that has anything to do with it. Typical deflection because you're not yet willing admit that you don't give a toss about individual liberty.
Dresta
12-19-2014, 08:46 AM
It's going to date the movie horribly.
Kim Jong Un is a plot device. He's not a joke outside of dumb "ZOMG it's that real guy" reference humor.
If it was any other decade the writers would just make some generic stuff up that is tangentially related to what they're mocking, i.e. Marx Bros Duck Soup.
From the trailers, clearly the jokes are just plain old situational humor between Rogen and Franco. Who their target is really doesn't matter, other than making their research easier to make it a real guy.
Team America would've worked just fine with a made up villain, especially since the plot wasn't purely about killing him. The movie was about Gary's hero journey.
:roll:
No it wouldn't you ****ing ignoramus.
Dresta
12-19-2014, 12:16 PM
Again, for some reason you're defining someone's right to do something as whether they do it well or not. Considering how subjective this area is that is completely illogical.
Look at you, ready to appease the most ridiculous and laughable political leadership in the world. Why, exactly? Because you don't like Seth Rogan?
MavsSuperFan
12-19-2014, 01:19 PM
If Rogen and co. had even an ounce of imagination this wouldn't be a problem.
Is it really that hard to come up with a fictional name for a terrible leader? Literally everything could've been the same as long as they changed one name.
Apparently, because they even had to play themselves in their last movie instead of building characters.
Why submit to censorship?
In our country free speech is protected. People are allowed to say anything about any president. No matter how insulting. Eg. the people who say racist stuff about obama or make images like this
http://www.layoutlocator.com/graphics/dldimg/5bfbe7de1d61310a0e132e9d483b1222_bush-monkey-comparison.jpg
:lol
We are allowed to make mock anyone in this country whether they deserve it or not. There are no legal consequences to speech (threats are actions).
Kim Jong Un is a slavemaster that has enslaved a whole nation.
North Korea is the saddest nation on earth.
-there are stories of defectors who sneak into rural china and think of it as heaven because of the food there. (rural china is basically 3rd world living)
-There is this story of this female defect that the first time she went into a modern toilet she drank from the toilet bowl because she had never seen water that clear before and assumed it must be for drinking.
- there prison camps are horrific
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11797365-escape-from-camp-14
that book was so sad.
- people get sent to prison camps for "crimes" their grandparents committed.
-"crimes" is a very loose term
- White rice is almost a luxury
- females are raped constantly.
-executions are common
- its freezing cold during the winters
- the do back breaking labor in unsafe conditions.
Kim Jong Un might literally be the worst person alive today.
BurningHammer
12-19-2014, 01:47 PM
I mean, all those North Korea bullshits starts off as Sony got hacked by someone, where nobody really knows who "someone" is. Then someone in social media conveniently links the hack to North Korea just because a Sony Picture movie about North Korea was about to be released at the time. Then it turned batshit serious all the sudden.
Should we care more about Internet security or North Korea? I'm kinda confused here.
KingBeasley08
12-19-2014, 02:17 PM
It's about time to liberate North Korea. We need to send an F-22 to blow up Fatboy's round face
longhornfan1234
12-19-2014, 02:32 PM
China and North Korea are straight punking US. This would never happen if Reagan was in office. :facepalm
Raymone
12-19-2014, 02:44 PM
We need to create another Stuxnet just for NK.
NSA, get on this.
tomtucker
12-19-2014, 02:50 PM
What does a few businesses not showing a movie and a Japanese corporation pulling the movie have to do with america and free speech?
sad that people are so dumb ......they fail to realize what consequences this has on the present and future of both film making and freedom to say what you want and express it in art
KNOW1EDGE
12-19-2014, 03:55 PM
What does a few businesses not showing a movie and a Japanese corporation pulling the movie have to do with america and free speech?
You are worthless.
Stick to the BTE where your blatant retardism blends in seamlessly
Miss Bella
12-19-2014, 07:11 PM
10.0 rating on IMDB....
~primetime~
12-19-2014, 07:18 PM
It's hilarious that Jong Un is actually threatened by this movie :oldlol:
It's like something out of Team America
Maybe Rodman can settle this.
ArbitraryWater
12-19-2014, 08:43 PM
http://i.gyazo.com/7f2a63fbec794ea47a5ec59a853e2791.png
still absolutely no consistency between the 2.. um
SCdac
12-19-2014, 09:26 PM
I really could not care less if it's a bad movie... some of my favorite movies over the years were bad... still have a right to see it... Whether it's a "quality film" or not (pretty subjective) is not the point.
Raymone
12-19-2014, 10:31 PM
Where is Rodman anyway? Has he given another eloquent statement on this matter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nJ0wIPvJG8
Soundwave
12-20-2014, 02:39 AM
There will be zero consequences
No one will care by monday
Russia, Iran, and China probably have stepped up their cyber warfare funding and emphasis after seeing lil' ol North Korea have success with this tactic.
Because you don't care doesn't mean there won't be repercussions.
Also what is the protocol now if someone issues a threat before a movie? Is every time there's something in a movie that a certain group doesn't like they can now issue a threat and have said movie yanked? Where does this end?
If a group issues a terrorist threat against say the Superbowl, should they cancel the Superbowl too?
This opens up a giant can of worms with Sony and movie theater chains capitulating to a ridiculous demand. It will embolden others to try the same thing because the message is clear -- if you do something like this, you can have success with it.
Soundwave
12-20-2014, 02:54 AM
How does Sony getting hacked show a weakness in America's cyber security?
America is not in danger you buffoon
And for the record the super bowl getting canceled would be hilarious soooo many idiots being so mad
It sets a precedent.
If you're Russia or China watching this you are re-doubling your budget on hacking American interests.
And even though "Sony" is technically a Japanese company by its history, Sony Pictures (read: Columbia Pictures) is about as American as it gets. They made the freaking Wizard of Oz on the Columbia lot, and that has been in Hollywood since the 1930s.
This is an attack on an American film (regardless of how silly it is) and this group issued a threat that stated they would launch a 9/11 style attack on American citizens if the film was shown.
You also don't think North Korea isn't looking at this now and saying "well what else can we get away with?". When you bend over and give in, that's the only response you're going to get.
If you can shut down a movie, then you can shut down a newspaper, you can shut down a cable news network, you can shut down a Google, you can shut down a bank, etc. etc. etc.
Soundwave
12-20-2014, 03:04 AM
You realize when you make slippery slope arguments no one takes you seriously
talk to me in January when no one at all is talking about this anymore
Or when the Russians start making terrorist demands :yaohappy:
That's fine, but you are kidding yourself too if you don't think other countries are watching this and doubling down on this as contingency.
Russia's economy has been driven to the brink of meltdown in the last few months basically as a punishment for their take over of Crimea.
I'm sure they would dearly love to have some more bargaining power, being able to attack/cripple American media interests would serve them well, even if they don't use the capability, they can always brandish it like a weapon that they could use at any time if they feel like it.
In January this movie will probably come out and make 2-3x the box office it would have otherwise as well. Which is the silver lining for Sony in all of this.
It's more of a principal than anything though ... you can't have your cake here and eat it too. Either you don't capitulate to being bullied or you do, and "gee I got away with bullying that person, I guess he's not so bad so I'll just stop now" -- said no bully ever.
That's really all terrorism is, it's bullying through fear tactics.
Soundwave
12-20-2014, 03:19 AM
Nope. Everything is gonna be okay. Calm down.
That's not the point.
The point is a foreign state basically was allowed to issue a 9/11 style threat to American citizens.
Hacked and released the social security numbers of American workers.
And they got their demands met. They got everything they asked for. That's the kicker here, they used a terror threat and corporate institutions caved out of fear.
If you can't see this setting any kind of precedent for the future or you don't think anyone else is looking at this and saying "hmmm", you are extremely short sighted.
I don't think it's that big of a deal either, but on *principal* this sets a horrible precedent and this has gone past the stage of being "haha, what a funny joke" phase.
IamRAMBO24
12-20-2014, 03:47 AM
That's not the point.
The point is a foreign state basically was allowed to issue a 9/11 style threat to American citizens.
Hacked and released the social security numbers of American workers.
And they got their demands met. They got everything they asked for. That's the kicker here, they used a terror threat and corporate institutions caved out of fear.
If you can't see this setting any kind of precedent for the future or you don't think anyone else is looking at this and saying "hmmm", you are extremely short sighted.
I don't think it's that big of a deal either, but on *principal* this sets a horrible precedent and this has gone past the stage of being "haha, what a funny joke" phase.
Again, you're being shallow.
Fallacy: hypothetical.
The idea is if this happens, god forbid, we'll lose all future freedoms. You don't know about future threats, so you can't say for certain we'll lose more than lame movies with Kim Jong in it.
What is objective?
Sony was hacked; they are in under a lot of stress trying to control the damage. After speaking with their lawyers, they decided to put the weight on the theaters whether or not to release the picture. The theaters chose not to because they spoke to their lawyers and they said the same thing: if people die, they are liable.
From a business standpoint, they would be stupid to release the movie.
Objectivity #2:
There is a threat, so therefore it is the government's job to go after it. It is not Sony or the theater's problem. They are doing their best to protect their interest. It is the government's job to protect the people. If the people feel the terrorists are taking our freedoms away because of these threats, then the government needs to seek out these guys and flame them out. Calling Sony a p*ssy is unwarranted. If it is anybody who should get the pressure from this, it is the government. They need to do their job and protect the people's interest.
IamRAMBO24
12-20-2014, 04:08 AM
If there is a school threat, you don't blame the teachers for closing the school down and criticize them because they are setting a precedent. The blame would be on the police if they do not act quickly and catch the perpetrator. Same thing with the Sony threat. It is the government's job to deal with terrorism. If they do their jobs correctly, then there won't be any future precedent. If Obama lays the smack down, then future terrorists would think twice about using empty threats on our people.
Soundwave
12-20-2014, 04:39 AM
So now what?
Do we yank a movie from now on every time someone issues a threat?
Do we cancel a sporting event every time there's a cyber-threat?
Are movies about North Korea now off limits because everyone is too scared chicken sh*t to touch that subject matter? The Steven Carrell movie which had a plot involving North Korea also has gotten shelved.
Do we have to tip toe around some nut job dictator 5000 miles away with all of our media from now on?
I think Sony honestly was more scared of potentially more embarrassing private info leaking as the Dec. 25th release date grew closer.
There were still theaters willing to show the movie, it may not have been the main chains, but they could have given it a limited release if they wanted to. Plenty of movies open that way.
tomtucker
12-20-2014, 04:42 AM
It sets a precedent.
If you're Russia or China watching this you are re-doubling your budget on hacking American interests.
And even though "Sony" is technically a Japanese company by its history, Sony Pictures (read: Columbia Pictures) is about as American as it gets. They made the freaking Wizard of Oz on the Columbia lot, and that has been in Hollywood since the 1930s.
This is an attack on an American film (regardless of how silly it is) and this group issued a threat that stated they would launch a 9/11 style attack on American citizens if the film was shown.
You also don't think North Korea isn't looking at this now and saying "well what else can we get away with?". When you bend over and give in, that's the only response you're going to get.
If you can shut down a movie, then you can shut down a newspaper, you can shut down a cable news network, you can shut down a Google, you can shut down a bank, etc. etc. etc.
exactly........don
IamRAMBO24
12-20-2014, 05:12 AM
So now what?
Do we yank a movie from now on every time someone issues a threat?
Do we cancel a sporting event every time there's a cyber-threat?
Are movies about North Korea now off limits because everyone is too scared chicken sh*t to touch that subject matter? The Steven Carrell movie which had a plot involving North Korea also has gotten shelved.
Do we have to tip toe around some nut job dictator 5000 miles away with all of our media from now on?
I think Sony honestly was more scared of potentially more embarrassing private info leaking as the Dec. 25th release date grew closer.
There were still theaters willing to show the movie, it may not have been the main chains, but they could have given it a limited release if they wanted to. Plenty of movies open that way.
We've given up a ton of freedom because of terrorism, I think I can live without a Seth crap fest.
IamRAMBO24
12-20-2014, 05:15 AM
There were still theaters willing to show the movie, it may not have been the main chains, but they could have given it a limited release if they wanted to. Plenty of movies open that way.
Sony did the right thing since they did not want to be liable for a massacre. They pushed it on the theaters to take sole responsibility for it's release, then when the theaters talked to their lawyers and canned it, Sony just blames it on them.
Smart move all around.
KyleKong
12-20-2014, 05:20 AM
Obama spit the truth
dunksby
12-20-2014, 07:39 AM
http://i.imgur.com/OQNonT2.jpg
SMH dunking on a boy? A portrait of Kanye would be more accurate.
Dresta
12-20-2014, 11:51 AM
Again, for some reason you're defining my opinion for something I wasn't talking about. I said they are terrible writers and I don't give a f*ck about some shithouse movie not coming out.
That doesn't mean I don't care about the first amendment.
Stop cumming in your pants about freedom of speech being violated when a corporation is hedging its' bet on a movie making money. They wrote the f*cking movie and were not stopped. They produced the movie with millions of dollars of someone's money and were not stopped. They were not fired from the f*cking movie for writing or performing these things. Man, such blatant violations of civil liberties!
The corporation is choosing a different release strategy because there are threats from 'terrorists', and it might cause financial losses for them. It's a God damn business decision.
You don't really understand things very well do you? Caving like this only makes people more likely to steer away from controversial topics in the future. It's not missing this film that is the loss, it is all the things that won't be made if any terrorist threat is enough to derail it. In the future, things will be played safer. Self-censorship due to perceived threats is still censorship.
You just have a terribly literal-minded understanding of concepts such as freedom and liberty, and no realisation that when you sacrifice these things over very unlikely security threats, you produce ripples which have far-reaching effects that cannot be so easily observed.
Voltaire's play Muhammed the prophet can't be shown in France without calling in the armed guard. Nick Cohen's You Can't Read This Book is a good analysis of where the far-reaching impact of this fear of terror has lead. There are many suppressions you're completely ignorant of, particularly in the UK and other countries without the 1st Amendment tradition.
You have no principles and will only defend people you like, how childish.
edit: Clooney, a guy pretty tied into the film industry seems to think this could have a big impact on the future and what films are produced (i.e. what you get to see):
DEADLINE: What kind of constraints will this put on storytellers that want to shine a critical light on a place like Russia, for instance, with something like a movie about the polonium poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the KGB officer who left and became an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin?
CLOONEY: What’s going to happen is, you’re going to have trouble finding distribution. In general, when you’re doing films like that, the ones that are critical, those aren’t going to be studio films anyway. Most of the movies that got us in trouble, we started out by raising the money independently. But to distribute, you’ve got to go to a studio, because they’re the ones that distribute movies. The truth is, you’re going to have a much harder time finding distribution now. And that’s a chilling effect. We should be in the position right now of going on offense with this. I just talked to Amy an hour ago. She wants to put that movie out. What do I do? My partner Grant Heslov and I had the conversation with her this morning. Bryan and I had the conversation with her last night. Stick it online. Do whatever you can to get this movie out. Not because everybody has to see the movie, but because I’m not going to be told we can’t see the movie. That’s the most important part. We cannot be told we can’t see something by Kim Jong-un, of all f*cking people.
DEADLINE: You said you won’t name names, but how many people were asked and refused to sign?
CLOONEY: It was a fairly large number. Having put together telethons where you have to get all the networks on board to do the telethon at the same time, the truth is once you get one or two, then everybody gets on board. It is a natural progression. So here, you get the first couple of people to sign it and … well, nobody wanted to be the first to sign on. Now, this isn’t finger-pointing on that. This is just where we are right now, how scared this industry has been made. Quite honestly, this would happen in any industry. I don’t know what the answer is, but what happened here is part of a much larger deal. A huge deal. And people are still talking about dumb emails. Understand what is going on right now, because the world just changed on your watch, and you weren’t even paying attention.
https://deadline.com/2014/12/george-clooney-sony-hollywood-cowardice-north-korea-cyberattack-petition-1201329988/
Had a pretty standard letter affirming solidarity with Sony and no one signed it :lol - sure it has nothing to do with fear or cowardice - they probably weren't even fearful of getting blown up, but of getting hacked. There was no risk to the public, they were just protecting their own asses.
tomSR.
12-20-2014, 12:25 PM
enjoy the girl power movies, PG-13 Terminator, and The Hunger Games.......noone will have the balls to make a controversiel movie after this crap.....
Dresta
12-20-2014, 12:37 PM
These guys are really too much:
On Saturday, the North Korean foreign ministry said: "As the United States is spreading groundless allegations and slandering us, we propose a joint investigation with it into this incident."
"Without resorting to such tortures as were used by the US CIA, we have means to prove that this incident has nothing to do with us."
The statement said there would be "grave consequences" if the Americans rejected their inquiry proposal.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30560712
North Korea is trolling the US hard :roll:
tomtucker
12-20-2014, 12:47 PM
:oldlol: those fukking assholes........:D
KingBeasley08
12-20-2014, 01:02 PM
F*ck man, I didn't wanna watch this but if they put this back, i'm watchin this shit opening day. I'll even pay extra if I have too.
BurningHammer
12-20-2014, 01:15 PM
These guys are really too much:
North Korea is trolling the US hard :roll:
"Without resorting to such tortures as were used by the US CIA, we have means to prove that this incident has nothing to do with us."
:lebronamazed:
KNOW1EDGE
12-20-2014, 01:38 PM
Not sure why North Korea is trying to front like they have nothing to do with it when we already have traced the sh1t and have proof.
Congrats to America for being total liberal vagihnas and continuing to slowly but surely tighten the noose on our freedom.
Raymone
12-20-2014, 02:15 PM
Not sure why North Korea is trying to front like they have nothing to do with it when we already have traced the sh1t and have proof.
Congrats to America for being total liberal vagihnas and continuing to slowly but surely tighten the noose on our freedom.
Says the liberal vagihna from Portland who always jumps right on the "he din do nuffin" black bandwagon.
Dresta
12-20-2014, 04:14 PM
:sleeping
Keep pivoting your argument. Keep calling me ignorant when you don't know what I know. Keep telling me what I believe.
Go picket the FCC and MPAA instead of flapping your gums at me if you hate censorship so much.
When you let me know what relevance that has to do with anything i was saying i'll get back to you. And you have the cheek to say i'm 'pivoting' my argument :lol.
You have no argument so you've stuck to constructing straw-men like telling me to picket the FCC and MPAA (what does that have to do with anything?). Answer what i said or don't bother responding or pretending to have a coherent opinion about the matter.
bagelred
12-20-2014, 05:45 PM
http://a.abcnews.com/images/ABC_Univision/uni_queen_nakedgun_wmain.jpg
I bet if this was nowadays, that'd have to cancel Naked Gun too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN9naTimz_M
Patrick Chewing
12-20-2014, 06:35 PM
Any word on a DVD release?
The Sony hackers sent them a new massage:http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/19/media/insde-sony-hack-interview/
Apparently they expect them to never release the movie on dvd or piracy. And then also want the trailers taken down.
If you ask me, Sony isn't doing this for risk of danger to the American people. They're doing it because these hackers are threatening their private information and can damage or ruin them costly. That's what I believe. Especially with the President of the United States coming out blatantly saying they shouldn't of backed down.
This is about $. Always was. Always will be.
KNOW1EDGE
12-21-2014, 02:09 AM
Says the liberal vagihna from Portland who always jumps right on the "he din do nuffin" black bandwagon.
Future Repped :cheers:
Not sure what world you are living in.....
IamRAMBO24
12-21-2014, 04:56 AM
[quote]
North Korea has offered to hold a joint inquiry with the United States into the Sony hacking scandal, but warned there will be
Dresta
12-21-2014, 08:42 AM
The Sony hackers sent them a new massage:http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/19/media/insde-sony-hack-interview/
Apparently they expect them to never release the movie on dvd or piracy. And then also want the trailers taken down.
If you ask me, Sony isn't doing this for risk of danger to the American people. They're doing it because these hackers are threatening their private information and can damage or ruin them costly. That's what I believe. Especially with the President of the United States coming out blatantly saying they shouldn't of backed down.
This is about $. Always was. Always will be.Exactly. Getting your personal information hacked is pretty embarrassing, and they're just covering their own asses in typical cowardly fashion (same reason why no one in Hollywood would sign that letter of solidarity - all scared of getting their personal information hacked).
They're of course entitle to do it, but that doesn't mean there won't be consumer backlash at a company seen as cowardly and weak. And there should be tbh - will make them have to take the $ into account in the other direction.
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