Regal and other theatres pull "The Interview"

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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    benjs wrote: »
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    I was reading the latest Rolling Stone last night with Seth Rogan on the cover. He and the other guy (don't remember his name) actually wrote the film, and why? Because he didn't want to just write another stoner comedy, he wanted to write about something involving current events. I hope he's happy with the turnout.

    What an idiot.

    You want to criticize a guy who wants to move past his typecasting and write a satirical commentary on a serious issue? I 100% disagree with you on this one, and admire him for doing something bold, as well as Sony for taking a gamble on something some clearly see as controversial.

    This is hardly the first satirical document on a public figurehead with a known history of violence - South Park does it all the time. And I'd never call Matt Stone and Trey Parker idiots for it.

    Kudos to him for attempting something other than his typical stoner comedies, but I'm far from impressed with his supposed intelligence of knowing how far he can go with his idea of "bringing current events into his films". Messing with fire he did, with attempting to poke humor at a man who's not in his right mind, has access to nukes, and is a dictator.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,299
    So all you need to do now to shut down a movie is make an insane non-credible threat?

    I'd be more worried about being attacked by roaming band of Juggalos after watching The Interview then North Koreans. The movie chains and Sony are a bunch of corporate wussies.
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  • rustyrails
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    North Korea has threatened us dozens of times. They said they were going to bomb Honolulu a few years ago. No one has taken them seriously until now....

    I'd be more concerned about them hacking our banking system.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Sony scraps The Interview worldwide

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30541990
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,299
    benjs wrote: »
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    And since when did freedom of speech include making threats to assassinate world leaders? Why isn't that considered terrorism but the other party giving their response is?

    Imagine if someone made a comedy in some other country where Obama is threatened with assassination. I'm sure many american's jimmies would be rustled. And call that racism and terrorism.

    Key word: COMEDY. Since when did a fictional movie that's recognized as satire by all involved in its production have any bearing on reality?
    Don't you remember the fallout with the Brits when King Ralph hit the theaters?

    John Goodman to this day is still banned from entering England.
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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    benjs wrote: »
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    And since when did freedom of speech include making threats to assassinate world leaders? Why isn't that considered terrorism but the other party giving their response is?

    Imagine if someone made a comedy in some other country where Obama is threatened with assassination. I'm sure many american's jimmies would be rustled. And call that racism and terrorism.

    Key word: COMEDY. Since when did a fictional movie that's recognized as satire by all involved in its production have any bearing on reality?

    Since the object of the movie's premise has no clue what a satire is. Really, I'm beside myself that just because this country knows it's a joke, everyone in the world should, particularly the guy who's supposedly getting assassinated in the movie. We live in a bubble and they were playing with fire from the get-go of production. We KNOW that Kim Jong-un is a dangerous man, so why taunt him?

    I find it nearly impossible to believe that the concept of 'satire' would be lost on Kim Jong-Un and all his advisors, and that Kim Jong-un or his advisors would be incapable of a simple Google search to teach them about Western-style satire, on the off chance they're not aware.

    Also, take a look at Paramount's Sacha Baron Cohen film, The Dictator: its producers explicitly stated that Baron Cohen's character is based on actual dictators, including Kim Jong-il and Gaddafi. While both were deceased when it was released, Kim Jong-un was in power, and likely wouldn't have approved of its portrayal of dictatorships.

    As a sidenote, the scene where Kim Jong-un dies in The Interview has now leaked online. I watched it, and did not spontaneously combust.
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  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    Jason P wrote: »
    benjs wrote: »
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    And since when did freedom of speech include making threats to assassinate world leaders? Why isn't that considered terrorism but the other party giving their response is?

    Imagine if someone made a comedy in some other country where Obama is threatened with assassination. I'm sure many american's jimmies would be rustled. And call that racism and terrorism.

    Key word: COMEDY. Since when did a fictional movie that's recognized as satire by all involved in its production have any bearing on reality?
    Don't you remember the fallout with the Brits when King Ralph hit the theaters?

    John Goodman to this day is still banned from entering England.

    Unfortunately I don't - I was likely pooping in a diaper at the time, since I was one year old :)

    Regardless, being banned from a country vs. feeling that you or your customers' lives or profitability are at risk are very different in scope.
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  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited December 2014
    benjs wrote: »
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    benjs wrote: »
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    And since when did freedom of speech include making threats to assassinate world leaders? Why isn't that considered terrorism but the other party giving their response is?

    Imagine if someone made a comedy in some other country where Obama is threatened with assassination. I'm sure many american's jimmies would be rustled. And call that racism and terrorism.

    Key word: COMEDY. Since when did a fictional movie that's recognized as satire by all involved in its production have any bearing on reality?

    Since the object of the movie's premise has no clue what a satire is. Really, I'm beside myself that just because this country knows it's a joke, everyone in the world should, particularly the guy who's supposedly getting assassinated in the movie. We live in a bubble and they were playing with fire from the get-go of production. We KNOW that Kim Jong-un is a dangerous man, so why taunt him?

    I find it nearly impossible to believe that the concept of 'satire' would be lost on Kim Jong-Un and all his advisors, and that Kim Jong-un or his advisors would be incapable of a simple Google search to teach them about Western-style satire, on the off chance they're not aware.

    Also, take a look at Paramount's Sacha Baron Cohen film, The Dictator: its producers explicitly stated that Baron Cohen's character is based on actual dictators, including Kim Jong-il and Gaddafi. While both were deceased when it was released, Kim Jong-un was in power, and likely wouldn't have approved of its portrayal of dictatorships.

    As a sidenote, the scene where Kim Jong-un dies in The Interview has now leaked online. I watched it, and did not spontaneously combust.

    So, you know the guy now? And you know that he's a reasonable man? Because sources say otherwise. Let me reiterate that this movie is about assassinating Kim Jong-un. So relating this film to others which are not about actually killing a living dictator is like comparing apples to oranges. Is The Dictator about assassinating one of them?
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    edited December 2014
    The idea that Kim jong UN is a dangerous man is ludicrous. Crazy, narcissistic, self conscious yes. In my opinion, he is no more dangerous to the United states than Saddam Hussein was.
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    North Korea sends threats to South Korea almost daily, and you know what South Koreans do? They ignore them, because North Korea has been doing it for years and are full of shit.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited December 2014
    Did Saddam have his own uncle very publicly arrested and executed?

    Did Saddam test his nukes every so often as N. Korea does? N. Korea actually has since learning of The Interview, tested them.

    Do we really want to taunt him any more than we already have, just to see what he's made of?
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    edited December 2014
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    Did Saddam have his own uncle very publicly arrested and executed?

    Did Saddam test his nukes every so often as N. Korea does? N. Korea actually has since learning of The Interview, tested them.

    Probably not, but he did have his son in law and I think a brother in law executed.

    We found out he never had nukes to test.
  • dignin
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,299
    Now Paramount is pulling Team America: World Police from theaters!!!

    gawker.com/now-u-s-theaters-cant-even-show-team-america-world-po-1672867359

    I'm thinking about asking Paramount or Sony to give me $100K "or else". Gotta make hay while the sun shines ...
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  • badbrains
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    And watch how fast we'll have to start a crowd fund to bail Jason out! =))
  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    edited December 2014
    Come on North Korea, just make a movie about an interview and killing Obama. Even-Steven(s)!

    Dennis Rodman can play Barack.
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  • backseatLover12
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    Funny you say that Idris.

    From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11300820/The-Interview-why-Sonys-North-Korea-comedy-was-cancelled.html
    Interestingly, in 2006, two US cinema chains, Regal and Cinemark, refused to screen the British mockumentary Death of a President, which depicts the fictional assassination of the then-US president, George W. Bush, on the grounds that the film was morally distasteful.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,299
    Idris wrote: »
    Come on North Korea, just make a movie about an interview and killing Obama. Even-Steven(s)!

    Dennis Rodman can play Barack.
    My money says they have already made that film ... although the budget may be a smidgen smaller then Sony's budget.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,299
    badbrains wrote: »
    And watch how fast we'll have to start a crowd fund to bail Jason out! =))

    Aint no walls that can hold this man. :ar!
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    Quite interesting backseatlover! (no sure whats up with the quote function)

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