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PostSubject: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptyFri Dec 12, 2014 7:45 am

SONY has mentioned that they will tone down the upcoming comedy movie "The Interview" due to recent cyber hackings & threats from North Korea.
Seth Rogen is really pissed-off about this.
WARNING: LINK MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/sony-ceo-ordered-the-interview-toned-down-rogen-objected
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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptySat Dec 13, 2014 9:11 pm

The most interesting part is that I've never seen such a major corporation being brought to its knees like this. I shall grab my popcorn and see how the situation plays out.
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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptyThu Dec 18, 2014 2:37 am

Now theaters are getting terrorist threats for showing this movie. I didn't really consider with any seriousness for North Korea to be involved in this at any point but now it almost starts to seem plausible.
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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptyThu Dec 18, 2014 3:21 am

Before there was "The Interview", there was "Team America: World Police".

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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptyThu Dec 18, 2014 6:30 pm

I guess all this suggests is Kim Jon-Il was a teddy bear compared to his irate son. Isn’t that a comforting thought?
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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptyThu Dec 18, 2014 7:45 pm

Kim Jong-Un is a fat-ass idiot who thinks he's running a world class military superpower. North Korea would collapse in a day without China's assistance.

I just thought of an interesting conspiracy theory. What if the US government is behind it all and they're trying to frame North Korea? Question Question Surprised Shocked Suspect

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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptyThu Dec 18, 2014 8:32 pm

perkele wrote:
The most interesting part is that I've never seen such a major corporation being brought to its knees like this.

Yeah, when this first started I was convinced it was some idiotic publicity stunt that SONY itself had orchestrated. But now...
It's baffling. I know Kim Jong-Un is violent and crazy, but how can North Korea as a whole be that viable a threat?
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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptyFri Dec 19, 2014 8:09 am

Now US theaters are also cancelling screenings of "Team America: World Police"?
WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!?!?
http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/team-america-screenings-also-pulled-from-u-s-theaters
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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptySun Dec 21, 2014 2:37 pm

First: There are still theaters that screen "Team America"?

Back to topic: This sucks.
I'm convinced that the North Korean government is behind this (I wouldn't wonder if they took kidnapped South Korean IT specialists to hack the thing). They only showed that they were hit on a sore spot by a simple satire movie. And more, I guess more People now are interested in watching this movie.

It's kinda predictable that Fat Jong Un wouldn't be amused by such a production. But it sucks that Hollywood bows down to that just like this. I read that George Clooney started a petition in order to make the screenings possible again. No matter if the movie is great or just okay or even bad, it's a good idea.

In the end I'm also surprised that the NK government would be pissed off that much about this fictional movie but not be that openly threatning about other films and documentations shown to the public like "Camp 14: Total Control Zone" or John Sweeney's BBC Panorama report about visiting North Korea (with unauthorized photos and filmings).
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PostSubject: Re: SONY To Tone Down "The Interview"   SONY To Tone Down "The Interview" EmptySun Dec 21, 2014 9:13 pm

Tabascofanatikerin wrote:
First: There are still theaters that screen "Team America"?

Back to topic: This sucks.
I'm convinced that the North Korean government is behind this (I wouldn't wonder if they took kidnapped South Korean IT specialists to hack the thing). They only showed that they were hit on a sore spot by a simple satire movie. And more, I guess more People now are interested in watching this movie.

It's kinda predictable that Fat Jong Un wouldn't be amused by such a production. But it sucks that Hollywood bows down to that just like this. I read that George Clooney started a petition in order to make the screenings possible again. No matter if the movie is great or just okay or even bad, it's a good idea.

In the end I'm also surprised that the NK government would be pissed off that much about this fictional movie but not be that openly threatning about other films and documentations shown to the public like "Camp 14: Total Control Zone" or John Sweeney's BBC Panorama report about visiting North Korea (with unauthorized photos and filmings).

They were showing Team America for its 10 year anniversary. I'm still skeptical about NK:s involvement in this, it seems more like something 4chan/anonymous would do. Ok, not at this point anymore, no.

Sony is now planning to release the film online, which I think at this point is the least they should do.
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