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SONY PULLS THE PLUG ON 'THE INTERVIEW'
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| 12/17/2014
| TMZ Staff
Posted on 12/17/2014 3:00:12 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: CatOwner
The precedent was set by hundreds of terrorist attacks mounted by North Korea against South Korea, topped by
this operation. Sony execs were lulled into complacency by Kim Jong-il's lack of response to Team America, suppressed presumably by a president (Bush) Kim saw as just straining at the leash to bomb Pyongyang to rubble. Obama, by comparison is a pussycat. Obama would probably invade North Korea in response to a mass casualty attack, but the current Kim may be betting he won't.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:25:18 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: elcid1970
Either that, or he gets a monster cut when it eventually is released and viewed by millions due to the hype this has stirred up...
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:28:14 PM PST
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: SeekAndFind
this event is not about a movie. this event is about damaging Japan. Japan was put on notice......... don’t screw with us is the message
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:28:44 PM PST
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
To: Drew68
Since when does a company ever pull distribution on a terrible movie? A good movie is a rarity.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:29:01 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: SeekAndFind
Way to cave to terrorism. This twerp wins?!
Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is the canning of The Interview. P.S. If you don't do it I will release your elf's emails!
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:29:15 PM PST
by
444Flyer
(How long O LORD?)
To: SeekAndFind
Disappointing. I wanted to see this big time. I think Sony is making a mistake. I guess all the movies are going to be able to be pulled if someone idiotic group doesn’t like it. So sick of nosey bodies.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:30:58 PM PST
by
napscoordinator
(President Walker is our future President! Ted Cruz is the Senate Majority Leader in the future!)
To: FatherofFive
It seems like an interesting story. Go kill Kim. Nothing wrong with the story, and the previews DO look funny! I usually like the films that these guys star in.
I'm just going off of what I've read, that the film is a stinker even to those who have enjoyed other Rogen/Franco films, as I have.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:31:29 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: SeekAndFind
Perhaps we will get it on NetFlix.
To: greene66
Ha! Congrats to Kimmy. He showed the world what snivelling, worthless cowards these Hollywood libs are. I find this whole thing hilarious.The North Koreans aren't a bunch of anonymous internet commenters making death threats. They have mounted hundreds of one-way missions against South Koreans, capped by this spectacular attack. Their operatives are skilled and determined stone killers. Showbiz people can't be hermits. If Kim orders the assassination of specific people involved in Hollywood productions, there is nothing that that can prevent them from being planted.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:34:19 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: SeekAndFind
SONY......Release it for free on the internet. Spread it around until it’s impossible to take down or stop. Encourage copying and posting. Hehe. What a poke in the eye for the Norks!!!
To: napscoordinator
Sony has shown what it is made of. There will be additional demands and additional censorship of movies.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:34:58 PM PST
by
Truth29
To: SeekAndFind
I suspect that the real reason that sonny is pulling the plug is that some of the blackmail was illegal stuff that the company has done. I bet through back door channels that the company got the group to threaten violence to the theaters showing the movies so that sonny could cancel the showing of the movie and save face. My guess is that some of the E- mails are evidence of illegal activitiess by corporate big wigs of the type that would put some in jail and open the company to lawsuits in the Multimillions for stolen intellectual property. the problem sonny has is that release of the E- mails by North Korea could possibly bankrupt the company by lawsuits from differing sources
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:35:23 PM PST
by
PCPOET7
To: Kirkwood
Since when does a company ever pull distribution on a terrible movie? A good movie is a rarity.Happens all the time. The remake of "Red Dawn" sat in limbo for years. First they had to change the aggressors from China to North Korea and it still could get distribution. Only when many of the then-unknown cast members became big stars years later did the film get released.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:36:01 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: napscoordinator
Disappointing. I wanted to see this big time. I think Sony is making a mistake. I guess all the movies are going to be able to be pulled if someone idiotic group doesnt like it. So sick of nosey bodies.This isn't an idiotic group. This is Kim's people telling Sony to back off or else.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:36:53 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Drew68
No matter how lousy the movie, it is the duty of our government to insure that our freedom of expression is protected and those who threaten any of our freedoms shall be stopped by whatever means necessary.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:37:16 PM PST
by
jonrick46
(The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
To: Drew68
If these clowns were in charge back in 85, Back To The Future would never have been released, because they had Libyans are terrorists.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:37:32 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: SeekAndFind
We stand by our filmmakers and their right to free expression
Somehow I doubt "free expression" and "Sony" have much to do with each other.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:39:14 PM PST
by
867V309
(Boehner is the new Pelosi)
To: jonrick46
No matter how lousy the movie, it is the duty of our government to insure that our freedom of expression is protected and those who threaten any of our freedoms shall be stopped by whatever means necessary.I agree. This is pure cowardice.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:39:23 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: PCPOET7
I suspect that the real reason that sonny is pulling the plug is that some of the blackmail was illegal stuff that the company has done. I bet through back door channels that the company got the group to threaten violence to the theaters showing the movies so that sonny could cancel the showing of the movie and save face. My guess is that some of the E- mails are evidence of illegal activitiess by corporate big wigs of the type that would put some in jail and open the company to lawsuits in the Multimillions for stolen intellectual property. the problem sonny has is that release of the E- mails by North Korea could possibly bankrupt the company by lawsuits from differing sourcesToo complicated. The image you have of the Kim family is that they are a bunch of buffoons. South Koreans see them as a dynasty of stone killers who mounted hundreds of terrorist operations against the South, capped by this operation.
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posted on
12/17/2014 3:39:31 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: DallasBiff
The difference is that Hollywood doesn’t have an army to fight back. Obama does.
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