AboutaWeekAgo wrote: » Netflix might end up buying the rights, would be a win win for both parties.
My name is URL wrote: » I'm still not convinced that this isn't all just a marketing ploy. And I'm not convinced that North Korea are responsible for the Sony hack either. Seems a lot more like an inside job.
My name is URL wrote: » Well I mean an inside job would be equally malicious. The amount of data that was compromised is huge. It would have taken weeks or months to do it remotely and the chances of it going undetected would very very low.
The_Valeyard wrote: » Sony will now not release its new film 'The interview' about assassination of Jim Jong Un. Sony fears more hacking and a backlash. Pity looked like a good film!
Shenshen wrote: » This sums up my suspicions about the whole thing nicely. They're not going to release it to cinemas, but from what I hear will release it for download and on DVD. This whole episode about the hacks and the embarassing emails has made sure that this film is the most talked about film this year, when from the previews I would have filed it under "Another Team America one, probably not all that funny anyway". If I was cynically inclined, I would propose that the whole North Korea hack was actually done by Sony themselves, as a publicity stunt for the film. If so, it's sheere brilliance and certainly has worked. Kudos to whoever thought that one up.
NoMore MrNiceGuy wrote: » Ack don't be utterly stupid. Marketing departments around the world are not going to start releasing private embarrassing emails of their executives and everybody's SSNs for publicity to sell a product which isn't then going to sell in its major market. Why do people think North korea wouldn't do this?
myshirt wrote: » Did it? A film about murdering a serving leader of a country with c.25million people.
Shenshen wrote: » Because it's way too subtle for North Korea. North Korea doesn't try and embarass people it doesn't like, it would try and destroy them. Releasing a few emails about untalented actors doesn't even get close. I'm not saying they didn't do it, nor that I'm convinced it was Sony's marketing department, but I would have doubts either way.
NoMore MrNiceGuy wrote: » North Korea is not "subtle". Releasing internal documents is illegal and a firable offence. Releasing SSN numbers is also a huge issue. No marketing dept is going to suggest that internal emails be released, many critical of talent, along with scripts and personal information of executives and others to promote a movie. That's quite frankly crazy talk. A dictatorship getting involved in cyberwar is not fantastical.
cloud493 wrote: » What? I'm gutted now, it looked pretty good
Gatling wrote: » The reason it was pulled had nothing to do with the hacks .the film was pulled because there were threats of unleashing attacks worse than 9\11 on cinema chains whom showed it, they even went as far to threatening residents who lived near cinemas to move away for there own good, Odd part America is now beem threatened with state sponsored terrorism that wont sit well
Custardpi wrote: » But are those threats realistic? Do the NKs really have the capability to carry out terrorist acts abroad? Maybe in Asia, but in the US?
fryup wrote: » thought it looked crap, a blessing in disguise maybe thank you north korea
After Sony canceled the release of the North Korea assassination comedy The Interview, a Texas theater said it would swap the film with Paramount's 2004 film Team America: World Police for one free screening. "We're just trying to make the best of an unfortunate situation," James Wallace, creative manager and programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's Dallas/Fort Worth location, tells The Hollywood Reporter. American flags and other patriotic items will be given out by theater employees, Wallace says. The plot of Team America, co-written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, revolves around Kim Jong Il, the father of current North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The posters promoting the R-rated movie in 2004 included the tagline, "Putting the 'F' Back in Freedom."
Andybobandy wrote: » Sony should do what U2 did with their new album, and forcibly put it on every device going! Now theres a way to rile everyone up and get free publicity!
mad muffin wrote: » That's it. Christmas is cancelled!:mad:
