Hakunamatata
Le Meh
SNL has been antagonizing him for quite some time.......oh wait. We are talking about North Korea. My bad.
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bhg469
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Red scare 2.0?
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
Just people that are used to trolling others and then getting more than they bargained for in return… Ironic, no?
TalkingHead
Well-Known Member
Anyone remember the comedy Hot Shots Part Deux from 1991 that featured a fictional Saddam Hussein being crushed to death by a piano? Guess that wouldn't pass muster today, either.
Satire has been around since the days of Voltaire, or longer. Why should the government not make deals with "terrorists", but Hollywood should? What physical action will cyber terrorists actually commit?
Mike S
Well-Known Member
Or Team America and its portrayal of Kim Jong il.
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
Assuming the threat was credible, North Koreans leave the country all the time, either on officially sanctioned business, on their own accord, or on clandestine errands with the blessing of the state.
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
im sure the cyber terrorists have a field team.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
There have been many movies made that didn't make a direct reference to an actual country with an actual crazy dictator. They usually skirt around it by using a different country name and a different appearing dictator. This to me was a direct confrontational troll. We have laws that allow us to make fun of our government, but, that isn't true with a lot of the world.
I don't like that they stopped it, but, they did go over the top on this one and perhaps got a little to politically real for anyone to not feel a little uncomfortable watching.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
It's my understanding is that the breaking point was when Sony execs received this in their email.
PhotoDave219
Well-Known Member
I hear they have a mean kickball team too
Animaniac93-98
Well-Known Member
Amazing how quickly people forget these things.
Or is it only OK to do it with puppets and cartoon characters?
GoofGoof
Premium Member
I don't think it's really ever OK to do it with puppets
Mike S
Well-Known Member
Post of the month, I'm calling it nowI don't think it's really ever OK to do it with puppets
willtravel
Well-Known Member
I wonder if the VOD and DVD sales will be better than what the movie would have made at theatre's. People may be more curious now to see what all of the controversy is about.
vonpluto
Well-Known Member
Probably a good thing there was no internet when Charlie Chaplin made The Great Dictator.
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
Point GoofGoof.I don't think it's really ever OK to do it with puppets
the.dreamfinder
Well-Known Member
I know folks like to say the Kims are mentally unstable or crazy, but everything they do is in the interest of keeping power. Now Moamar Gadhaffi on the other hand...
If you want to learn more about what we're dealing with Frontline did a great program on the current state of North Korea (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-state-of-north-korea/) and there's a book called "The Real North Korea" by Andrei Lankov who has studied the nation for decades that's a great primer on their history and worldview.
If you want to learn more about what we're dealing with Frontline did a great program on the current state of North Korea (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/secret-state-of-north-korea/) and there's a book called "The Real North Korea" by Andrei Lankov who has studied the nation for decades that's a great primer on their history and worldview.