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[the.dreamfinder]

It sounds like Sony's hand may have been forced by all the theater chains that have already dumped the movie.
Whether or not Sony themselves anticipates North Korean terrorists attacking theaters isn't really important if no one's going to be showing the movie anyway.

There's a rumor Sony may release the film on VOD instead.
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/s...lease-for-the-interview-exclusive-1201381920/

The article doesn't offer a possible price, but I'd bet on $15-25.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Sounds like it's time for Disney to start planning for that 5th theme park!

5th gate doesn't change The mentality of closing 1/2 a Starbucks at 5pm on a cold, busy night.

I'm just tired of how they treat the guests.

 

[bhg469]

5th gate doesn't change The mentality of closing 1/2 a Starbucks at 5pm on a cold, busy night.

I'm just tired of how they treat the guests.

Right! Extended hours .... or what we used to refer to as regular house would work wonders. Fully staffed parks are pretty good for guests.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Right! Extended hours .... or what we used to refer to as regular house would work wonders. Fully staffed parks are pretty good for guests.

But we have to save on labor! We have to make our numbers! Tommy's bonus rides on it!

 

[PhotoDave219]

The people who determine the labor metrics and decide how long it is acceptable for guests to wait in line need to come out to the parks and determine it first-hand.

 

[Phil12]

Today Sony did a very bad thing.
http://deadline.com/2014/12/sony-scraps-the-interview-1201328639/

This is almost as bad as the release of all those Adam Sandler movies.

 

[fillerup]

Today Sony did a very bad thing.
http://deadline.com/2014/12/sony-scraps-the-interview-1201328639/

And so the insane leader of a country wins with the threat of terror. Pathetic, spineless jellyfish.

 

[PhotoDave219]

And so the insane leader of a country wins with the threat of terror. Pathetic, spineless jellyfish.

There's suggestions that it was really China but meant to look as if it was NK.

Me? I don't see where bowing to an Internet threat makes any sense. Unless they didn't want to get hacked.

 

[Smiddimizer]

And so the insane leader of a country wins with the threat of terror. Pathetic, spineless jellyfish.

And at the same time we finally make amends with the 'old' problem.
The irony. It's days like these I love...

 

[Phil12]

Michael Moore: “Dear Sony Hackers: now that u run Hollywood, I’d also like less romantic comedies, fewer Michael Bay movies and no more Transformers.”

 

[choco choco]

It sounds like Sony's hand may have been forced by all the theater chains that have already dumped the movie.
Whether or not Sony themselves anticipates North Korean terrorists attacking theaters isn't really important if no one's going to be showing the movie anyway.

North Korea doesn't allow their own people out of the country. How are they gonna attack theaters in the US?

 

[stevehousse]

Regarding The Interview, people need to learn how to take a joke wether it is tasteless or not...we got our copy pulled as well

 

[Tigger1988]

Regarding The Interview, people need to learn how to take a joke wether it is tasteless or not...we got our copy pulled as well

They had to see this coming. There's really no reason to antagonize a mentally unstable dictator. They wanted to troll and they got more than they bargained for.

 

[TalkingHead]

They had to see this coming. There's really no reason to antagonize a mentally unstable dictator. They wanted to troll and they got more than they bargained for.

One person's "trolling" is another person's satire.

It's not a good precedent that Sony set.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

They had to see this coming. There's really no reason to antagonize a mentally unstable dictator. They wanted to troll and they got more than they bargained for.

Really!?! A lame buddy comedy starring America's 2 most famous man-child (children? Whatever) that uses a comical communist despot as the foil hardly seems like geopolitical trolling.

 

[GoofGoof]

One person's "trolling" is another person's satire.

It's not a good precedent that Sony set.

It's really on the movie theater chains for pulling the movie.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Really!?! A lame buddy comedy starring America's 2 most famous man-child (children? Whatever) that uses a comical communist despot as the foil hardly seems like geopolitical trolling.

Apparently we have North Korean sympathizers in our midst....

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Apparently we have North Korean sympathizers in our midst....

Seriously, it not like it's a James Bond film. Or any of the other much more deadly fictional characters.

 

[Tigger1988]

Really!?! A lame buddy comedy starring America's 2 most famous man-child (children? Whatever) that uses a comical communist despot as the foil hardly seems like geopolitical trolling.

From Rogen himself: '"There was a moment where [the studio execs] were like: They’ve threatened war over the movie. You kill him [Kim Jong-un]. Would you consider not killing him?' And we were like, 'Nope.'"

Like it or not they trolled, they knew the reaction it could possibly get and they still went with it. And acknowledging that has nothing to do with "sympathizing" with North Korea, get a grip.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Seriously, it not like it's a James Bond film. Or any of the other much more deadly fictional characters.

Oh I completely agree with you.

Clearly this was a decision made by the upper executives of Sony and they did it in Tokyo. They want the situation to go away.

Keep in mind, about a month ago somebody phoned a bomb threat in on the plane that was carrying one of their chief executives. Sony has been at target for a little while now.

I just think that it sets a dangerous precedent with a state sponsored collective of cyber terrorists threatening to do God knows what if you don't Bow down to their demands…