[C19fan]

I guess the cheese eating Kim has no sense of humor. His dad did not seem to mind "Team America World Police". Funny fact is my dad claims I am a distant cousin of the despotic Kims. So what are the chances of a VIP Trip to North Korea? :0 One of the leaked documents says Sony spent $44 MM making "The Interview". Looks like that will be a total loss.

[Don Corleone]

Guess what? It works!!

[morphing libertarian]

set up wanting and metal detectors. Charge an extra $2 for those going to that movie to pay for the security. Tell NK to shove it!

[gaijin]

Hollywood people are UTTER COWARDS.

Wow, I was going to see that stupid film simply over the premise that I’d been threatened.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Well, I would not find it funny if it were about me. But this is not just that. It is about a foreign leader. For that matter, can you imagine if they made a movie about assassinating Obama? Would that even be legal, at least while he is still in office?

Of course the reaction is outrageous. But what did they expect?

On the bright side for Kim, this should qualify North Korea for normalized trade relations in Obama’s playbook.

[taildragger]

Sony IMHO needs to do the following...

Just put the dang thing on the net You-Tube or whatever for free.

A bazillion people will see it, laugh and Dear Leader will hate it even more when copies sneak in with subtitles into his workers paradise...

[PapaNew]

I’m not up on this. Hackers are threatening to screw up theater’s computer systems if they show this movie? What’s in the movie that scares the hackers so much, and aren’t there countermeasures they could take?

[Boogieman]

44 million is pretty small budget for a studio film. With these stars, even if it never shows in theaters, it will still make a profit in rentals and DVD sales.

[Hugin]

They’ll make money sending it straight to video.

[allendale]

The film is receiving incredible free publicity, more people will see it than Sony ever dreamed possible, it will achieve cult status and may actually serve to undermine the Kim regime.

[skinkinthegrass]

Censorship, by Hack..from a foreign Gov't.

"Dictator Little Piggy"

[longfellow]

He has a sense of humor, this movie isn’t funny. We should be the ones insulted.

[353FMG]

Sony should consider making a movie about Mad Mo and his blood lust and pedophilia.

Should be an engaging story.

[cicero2k]

Way to establish a new political model.

1. Hack the studio.
2. Control what they release.

No one had to give in. I’d rather they are provoked now, before they get stronger. Which they will.

[RayChuang88]

No, I think--like it or not!--there is fear that given the strange behavior of North Korean diplomacy, the LAST thing we want is a movie shown that could drive that country over the edge and do something drsatic for all the wrong reasons (we all forget North and South Korea are still technically at war with each other; there is only a truce in place to prevent further conflict).

[2ndDivisionVet]

In North Korea, hackers are a handpicked, pampered elite
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234511/posts

[skeeter]

I hate most sophomoric comedies Hollywood turns out these days, and refuse to pay anything to see them.

But I might check this one out. When Netflix picks it up of course.

[TexasGator]

“I guess the cheese eating Kim has no sense of humor.”

This is bigger than Kim.

[grania]

It's us that have to keep our senses of humor. A movie like this should have a fake country with a fake leader, obviously intended to be very North-Korea like. Sony and its loud-mouthed execs got what they deserved.

If it becomes a cult favorite, so what? It's a real-life Mouse That Roared.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Hoping that Pacific Theaters ends up showing the movie. I know a projectionist who works at the local theater he said management told him today that they are undecided about showing it. People are making a fuss about nothing, nothing is going to happen..and besides, I don’t know why North Korea is making such a fuss this movie looks like garbage anyway

[DannyTN]

A lot is disturbing about this....

• That N Korea could hack an American company this bad. This shows severe vulnerabilities that have not been addressed.
• That N Korea can effectively silence free speech in the US by threatening to bomb theaters.
• If N Korea can do this, who else can do this.
• We know about the N Korea hacking because they informed us. Who have they hacked and not told us about?
• How much is N Korea in cahoots with China to share in the illegal gains from hacking?