Did we just let a half-pint, pea-brained, saber rattling dictator tell us what we can and can't

[leftofcool]

watch at our movie theaters in our country? Fuck that! I want to see the movie.

[LiberalElite]

1. So do I. nt

[TwilightGardener]

2. Yes.

[Man from Pickens]

3. By golly

I want my war propaganda, and I want it NOW!

[leftofcool]

7. If that comedy is war propaganda to North Korea

then I wonder if the Swiss or Dutch felt about Willy Wonka?

[elehhhhna]

16. we rioted when willie wonka killed the dutch prime minister

Wait, what?

[elehhhhna]

19. assasination is always hysterically funny. its a law of comedy

Like the rule of threes.

[jberryhill]

29. ever see the South Park Movie?

Kim's dad was killed in Team America.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. "ever see the South Park Movie?"

You mean the one where Saddam was waving his dick at Satan,...who was his gay lover?

Oh wait,...it was just a dildo.

So was that one.

[thelordofhell]

4. No

[elleng]

5. I have no interest in seeing the movie,

and surely have an interest in safety for we the people.

We did not 'let' him; we/sony made a rational decision about how to behave.

[jberryhill]

27. No, it is not a rational response

[Agschmid]

35. Nope it's not.

It's a liability response.

[Logical]

62. LOL, and they have you scared! Congrats! nt

[elleng]

66. Foolish movie,

and your 'congrats' are unwarranted. Surely not 'logical.'

[Logical]

67. LOL, was "the hangover" foolish? How about some others? Are you the decider? nt

[JaneyVee]

6. I didn't.

[delrem]

8. Why not just watch zero dark thirty again? nt

[Agnosticsherbet]

9. No, Sony did that. It was an act of industrial espionage, not an act of war.

Sony allowed itself to be terrorized.

[leftofcool]

21. They did indeed!

[GusBob]

10. His agents are hacking you for this post no doubt

He is very sensitive about his height

[leftofcool]

24. I may be an old crone but I can take him

[mulsh]

11. no a major entertainment corporation did that. No one asked me what should be done how about you?

n/t

[leftofcool]

22. No, I was not asked

[Jesus Malverde]

12. Lulz...

Jesus

[truedelphi]

13. Won't we get Dennis Rodman to smooth this all out?

I mean, that North Korean dictator doesn't want Rodman to take his ball back home, does he?

[olddots]

14. does this mean Muffy and my Sony stock will loose value ?

Well by golly this means war !

[leftofcool]

23. You have Sony stock?

I got a blue ray player by Sony, does that count?

[elehhhhna]

15. we did nothing

Sony made a biz decision. Free market stuff.

[truedelphi]

18. Bu tthey made the decision due to their employees having their lives

Threatened.

It seems like a namby pamby response to me, but then I don' t work for Sony, nor do any of my loved ones.

[elehhhhna]

69. good reason imo

[truedelphi]

17. Charlie Chaplin had been warned not to release the movie "the Great Dictator"

Not that the North Korean Guy is great at being a dictator or anything. (He is pretty deplorable.)

Here is a decent appraisal of what is going on:

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/mark-davis/2014/12/16/see-the-interview-to-stand-by-sony-and-stick-it-to-north-korea

[grahamhgreen]

20. Our own Congress tried to pass a law to prevent "Mr. smith Goes to Washington" from

Being shown to Americans!!!!

[jberryhill]

25. I am not sure if Sony is "we", but that about sums it up

Apparently the North Koreans are our new censors.

[bigwillq]

26. Yes (nt)

[apples and oranges]

28. Sony is a for-profit corporation. At the end of the day, they just don't want the liability.

With so many armed idiots roaming around ths country, if even one of them did a mass shooting (and happened to cite the North Korea incident in a manifesto), Sony would lose billions in lawsuits.

It was a risks vs. rewards business decision.

[JHB]

71. Thank you for highlighting this point: it was a business decision.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025980588

[Cha]

30. Who's "we"? Are you part of the Sony decision making? I'm not. I do know Seth Rogan and James

Franco must be pissed.

[kelliekat44]

31. "What do you mean, 'we', white man? nt

[WinkyDink]

38. Gotta love passing on these kinds of quotes, Kimosabe!

[murielm99]

33. I had no desire to see this movie.

It seemed tasteless to me. The dictator may be a pea-brained monster, but I don't think it is a good idea to joke about assassinating a sitting leader. Now I am curious about the movie. I still think, even if I do obtain the movie to see a home at a later date, that I will not make it through the entire thing. I guess that is not the point.

Remember, this is not "we." This is Sony. I don't like the precedent, either. Sorry, Sony.

[Agschmid]

34. We did. I want to see it as well.

Hell at this point I'd pay the admission and not even see the movie as a protest.

[Kablooie]

36. Hey, anyone who says they will blow up something in the U.S. scares the shit out of Americans.

We are all quaking cowards nowadays.

[WinkyDink]

37. Well, no. Sony made its own decision. Now think about it: what leverage is out there? MORE

HACKED E-MAILS SONY DOESN'T WANT REVEALED.

And what theatre owner wants to scare movie-goers away? Who wants to watch one movie if there's a bomb threat against the "plex" adjacent?

[defacto7]

39. Absolutely cowardly...

Let alone totally baseless and illogical considering the source of the hacks. The likelihood of NK doing anything other than hide behind their hack and make threats is utterly small to nonexistent. What are they going to do, nuke someone? They would be plowed into oblivion.

[Cleita]

40. I just saw it advertised on the Comedy channel.

On, the other hand, isn't Sony an Asian company at the roots and maybe they understand something we don't?

[Rex]

42. I saw it advertised today, so hmmm.

Getting mixed signals here from sources.

[Rex]

41. Are we sure this is not some publicity hoax?

I'm having a hard time believing it.

[2naSalit]

45. Me too.

I have been wondering if it's a publicity stunt. They say Rogan and Falco have cancelled all interviews etc.. but I saw Rogan on Colbert this Monday.

Hmmm.

[tenderfoot]

53. I think it's TOTAL BULLSHIT

You are not alone.

[FSogol]

61. Yeah, everyone fell for Sony's guerrilla marketing plan. n/t

[Logical]

63. It is not a hoax. nt

[Wabbajack_]

43. Fuck censorship

All censorship, period.

[WinkyDink]

56. You need a dictionary. This corporate decision is not censorship. Unless, of course, you apply the

term every time a book isn't published, a movie isn't released, a store is closed, etc.?

[Wabbajack_]

72. Self-Censorship then

in response to terrorism. Fuck self-censorship in response to terrorism.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

44. I keep seeing commercials for it to open on Christmas Day.

You think Sony would pull those commercials

[snot]

46. New meme: WOT

Waste of Time.

[Niceguy1]

47. yup

[Javaman]

48. In other news: sony bows to public pressure to release the movie...

The CEO of Sony Pictures International was quoted as saying, "Well, I guess we have to give the people what they want. >wink wink< I mean, we had to pull the movie in the first place because, umm, err, North Korea would, um...do something bad to us? >giggles< But the best part is; this movie would have done mediocre sales at best if it weren't for North Korea, but now because of their insanity, it's completely hyped beyond reality. That's what I call turning lemons into lemonade! Thank you North Korea! You just bought me a new condo!"

Martin Flemming Head of Marketing for Sony pictures was asked for a comment when leaving his office, regarding if the pulling of the interview was a marketing stunt for a movie that was getting tepid reviews, he stated, "no comment".

[niyad]

49. yes

[CBGLuthier]

50. A japanese company responded to a threat from a Korean company

Get yourself a globe and explain why this is OUR problem.

[WinkyDink]

57. THANK YOU.

[geomon666]

51. Yes we did.

And what's even worse, some people here on DU are applauding it.

[Niceguy1]

59. I'm amazed

By the numbers of the little guy's defenders here

[upaloopa]

52. It seems we have a lot of tough talking

but nothing to lose people wanting to tell Sony what to do.
I think no movie is worth lives of people. I feel certain something is going on to get back and to prevent further problems like this but Sony did the right thing.

[Logical]

64. Bullshit.....

People like you do not see the issue here!! Jesus, how clueless.

How about a book that they don't like next? More threats would have you pull it off the shelf????

Threaten to blow up a book store that sells the book? Works on you I assume.

Caving did nothing but make them excited about the next time they want to threaten us.

[Jackpine Radical]

54. I thought this was gonna be another Bush thread.

[leftofcool]

58. Fool me once shame on somebody, fool me twice what?

[rollin74]

55. Unfortunately, Yes

I wanted to see that movie

Sony was wrong to cave in to a bully

[99Forever]

60. Just checked my supply of...

.. Give A Shit. Sorry, all spoken for, for actual things that really matter.

[Logical]

65. LOL, not sure what this even means. nt

[WillyT]

68. I Didn't Before... I Definitely Do NOW... Because... 'Merica !!!

Seriously... I had no interest... now I insist.

[Sparhawk60]

70. Yes,

Yes, we did.