Re: But...it's a Seth Rogan movie. Really? Exactly what will sanctions do against North Korea, make them even less than bankrupt? Barely anybody gets in, nobody gets out, there's no electricity at night and their leader executed his own uncle for not mourning his dad convincingly enough. If that country was on Jupiter it would make no difference. I'd love to know how you bring something down to BELOW nothing.
Re: But...it's a Seth Rogan movie. Really? Again, Sony has a long, long history of being complete fucking idiots with their IT.
Re: But...it's a Seth Rogan movie. Really? DVD bomb the country with copies of that movie apparently. Because twenty something with a bad case of fat face and a bowl haircut said it was gonna start a rebellion. Let's go to Dennis Rodman for his opinion on the matter.
Re: But...it's a Seth Rogan movie. Really? Actually I think Rogens next movie is called "What did Mohammed really look like", it'll be like those nat geo specials where they recreate the face of Jesus only with dick jokes.
Argo fuck yourself Personally, I think the whole thing has been orchestrated by the CIA, a la Argo, with a plant inside Sony. There's something going on behind the scenes.
Re: But...it's a Seth Rogan movie. Really? A Minneapolis paper recently interviewed Seth Rogen about The Interview: Seth Rogen Proves Butthole Jokes Can Sometimes Be Mightier Than Bombs It's interesting and the basic idea is North Korea is okay with a movie that makes them look like a bunch of evil scary bastards, a la Olympus Has Fallen- they're just fine with that empowering image. But when you start making butthole jokes and directly humiliate their leader (whose built up image CANNOT be tarnished), you cross the line. Something the article points out that I think is an important consideration is how pretty much all media seen by citizens of North Korea comes from the government, so when they see this movie from the USA shitting on Kim-Jong they may have a hard time distinguishing the line between a film made by Sony or coming from the USA. Also, Seth Rogen apparently did some real research for this movie: Another factor here is how illegal media can come across the borders in thumb drives and stuff like that, and as hard as North Korea works to maintain that incredible image of Dear Leader they want to censor anything and everything that will lead their people to question the cult. So that's just some background to why they're so pissed about this and not all the other movies. How we choose to react to it is a completely different story.
So after Obama basically gives Sony a tongue lashing for not releasing the movie, they come out saying "oh we never said you wouldn't see it" and are searching for ways to release it. Do you think we'll actually see this thing? And if so, via what platform?
Staples was just hacked, over a million customer cards exposed. Side thought: How does the shittiest, most repulsive-looking store in North America have over a million repeat customers? Have they ever actually walked in there before? The decor alone would make the Brady Bunch commit suicide in ten seconds.
Sure, I guess. Except Staples which is like walking into a Sylvia Plath night terror. Did anyone find it amusing that media outlets who were too chickenshit to print the "controversial" Muhammad cartoon are complaining about Sony pulling the film?
Ditto. Most of the stuff, I can order off Amazon. But when I'm at work and something breaks, or I need something particular, I want it NOW. Having a staples/office max/office depot (they all look the same to me) within a quick drive is a life saver.
And office supplies make me ridiculously happy. And there's never a line. And school supplies are cheaper there.
So I'm starting to get really pissed that the Interview's premier is being disrupted and Team America won't be shown. Usually when people say if we don't so and so and whatever the terrorists win, but in this example, that really is true. They need to show that crappy movie, its insane to allow a foreign body to effectively censor American media. If they need to increase mall cops at the premiers do it.
It's not some "foreign body"... The self-proclaimed biggest, baddest country in the world just got fucking owned by a child dictator who has the gout and can't afford to keep the lights on. I'm embarrassed for you. But you want to know who is REALLY to blame? The fucking lawyers. They're the ones scurrying around in the shadows telling the pinhead bosses the bad shit that will happen if they don't cower like pussies.
I'm.... embarrassed for us too. My lone hope rests on the government's promise to respond in kind, and that they will seriously fuck some shit up. Arguments about our gun rights is one thing, and people get on both sides. But fucking EVERYONE gets on the side of "don't take away our freedom of speech"... even if it is for a shitty movie. Stay tuned for next week's NYC protests, featuring: "I can't watch!!!"
Thats not really accurate. A Japanese company, with an apparently well known shitty IT got owned by NORK hackers, Not sure where the US government was exposed or manipulated here. Anyway I'm going to guess our hackers are better than theirs. And if not ours, the Israeli's. Just ask Iran about what they can do. Not sure what can be gained from a significant hack of the NORKS though. What can we find out that we didn't know and use to our advantage? That Kim Jun Un actually does have an anus? Or that they really are as poor and crappy as we thought...? North Koreas biggest secret is that the Chinese are funding them and playing them off of us, but thats already pretty well known.