Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Yeah, but if something happens you don't want to be the only studio that ran the movie and it leads to some tragedy. People aren't going to be ok with that.
It's the kind of thing that can ruin a company so I can't blame them when looking at it purely from a business standpoint.
Yeah, but if something happens you don't want to be the only studio that ran the movie and it leads to some tragedy. People aren't going to be ok with that.
It's the kind of thing that can ruin a company so I can't blame them when looking at it purely from a business standpoint.
Except now apparently any group can make empty threats and get movies pulled
It is the worst kind of preprecedent
WELP SOME WHITE SUPREMACIST HACKER GROUP THAT HAS NEVER EXISTED BEFORE AND HAS NO HISTORY OF ANY SORT OF ACTUAL THREATS BESIDES HACKING INTO AN EXTREMELY POORLY PROTECTED SERVER SAID THEY'D BOMB ANY MOVIE THEATER SHOWING SELMA, CANT SHOW THAT ONE
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
I get the slippery slope argument and I understand it. I just can't blame the companies for erring on the side of caution.
I blame James Franco and Seth Rogen for opening Pandora's box and making an incredibly stupid movie.
I mean, for me the movie makes it seem like the US government are the villains.
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It doesn't surprise me that the corporations that run these theatres are cowardly to begin with on this threat. Sad but expected.
But it does surprise me that one of the chains didn't go entirely in the opposite direction and use the press as advertising in order to increase sales.
Guys, maybe The Interview is just not a good film and theaters are taking advantage of the opportunity to have a film they feel that they can actually sell tickets for showing on more screens.
It doesn't surprise me that the corporations that run these theatres are cowardly to begin with on this threat. Sad but expected.
But it does surprise me that one of the chains didn't go entirely in the opposite direction and use the press as advertising in order to increase sales.
They're from a hacker group who has never been seen before the Sony thing, and hacked into Sony primarily because their system was horribly unprotected. They literally kept everyone's passwords in .txt file titled MASTERPASSWORDLIST
So them claiming, ridiculously, that they will fly planes into literally every theater showing The Interview is about as empty as can be
I get why a business would want to cover their bases, but the precedent this establishes is disgusting, horrible and will undoubtedly lead to more bullshit like this
I blame James Franco and Seth Rogen for opening Pandora's box and making an incredibly stupid movie.
I mean, for me the movie makes it seem like the US government are the villains.
Yeah the thing is, I wouldn't even be kinda surprised if the movie actually concluded with them getting high with Kim Jong-Un and becoming best buddies because that's the kind of direction those movies usually take.
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This whole thing is stupid. The Sony hack was likely some pissed off IS guy and North Korea's claiming responsibility. I doubt they would state sponsor a program to include "a sick skelo-man throwing up hand signs" and frankly the accompanying text reads like a guy trying to write in Engrish without being too overtly racist.
Also the last thing movie theaters need to be doing right now is convincing people not to go watch movies there.
I blame James Franco and Seth Rogen for opening Pandora's box and making an incredibly stupid movie.
I mean, for me the movie makes it seem like the US government are the villains.
Yeah the thing is, I wouldn't even be kinda surprised if the movie actually concluded with them getting high with Kim Jong-Un and becoming best buddies because that's the kind of direction those movies usually take.
Yup!
I mean
Kim Jong-Un invites them to his country because he's a fan of the show and wants to meet Franco
The US Government says "Hey kill that guy for us, you don't have a choice in the matter"
This whole thing is stupid. The Sony hack was likely some pissed off IS guy and North Korea's claiming responsibility. I doubt they would state sponsor a program to include "a sick skelo-man throwing up hand signs" and frankly the accompanying text reads like a guy trying to write in Engrish without being too overtly racist.
Also the last thing movie theaters need to be doing right now is convincing people not to go watch movies there.
North Korea has never claimed responsibility
Their response was "we didn't do it but we like whoever did"
Do you have another example of a major, nationwide motion picture being pulled from all major theaters a week before release because of a terrorist threat?
This whole thing is stupid. The Sony hack was likely some pissed off IS guy and North Korea's claiming responsibility. I doubt they would state sponsor a program to include "a sick skelo-man throwing up hand signs" and frankly the accompanying text reads like a guy trying to write in Engrish without being too overtly racist.
Also the last thing movie theaters need to be doing right now is convincing people not to go watch movies there.
North Korea has never claimed responsibility
Their response was "we didn't do it but we like whoever did"
And the FBI says that they are fairly certain it isn't North Korea as well.
Do you have another example of a major, nationwide motion picture being pulled from all major theaters a week before release because of a terrorist threat?
There were bookstores that decided they didn't want to sell The Satanic Verses when all of the bad business surrounding that was happening.
And then when the sales figures started to come out, a lot of those stores changed their minds.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
If anything this will be good for the movie. Guarantee a ton of people who maybe were planning on seeing it are now going to want to see the movie that caused all of this controversy.
If anything this will be good for the movie. Guarantee a ton of people who maybe were planning on seeing it are now going to want to see the movie that caused all of this controversy.
Well now they can't because all of the most prevalent theaters in the country have pulled it
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Do you have another example of a major, nationwide motion picture being pulled from all major theaters a week before release because of a terrorist threat?
There were bookstores that decided they didn't want to sell The Satanic Verses when all of the bad business surrounding that was happening.
And then when the sales figures started to come out, a lot of those stores changed their minds.
That's...not really the same thing.
Like, if the theater chains pulled it because they were afraid of angering their customers or public backlash then sure
But this was in response to a singular terrorist threat
Do you have another example of a major, nationwide motion picture being pulled from all major theaters a week before release because of a terrorist threat?
I can't think of anything to this degree but there's plenty of examples of censorship in response to terrorist threats
Do you have another example of a major, nationwide motion picture being pulled from all major theaters a week before release because of a terrorist threat?
I can't think of anything to this degree but there's plenty of examples of censorship in response to terrorist threats
Well its the degree that is the problem
This is the first, that I can recall, example of a major motion picture being pulled due to terrorist threats.
Unlike, say, if a small local theater chain or a independent studio pulled a film due to threats or controversy, this establishes that terrorism works even on the biggest possible stage and opens the door for any film to be censored or pulled if threatened
I used it as an example but I wouldn't be shocked if some white supremacists pull this same thing and get Selma pulled
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It's the kind of thing that can ruin a company so I can't blame them when looking at it purely from a business standpoint.
I'd probably actually see it, then.
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It is the worst kind of preprecedent
WELP SOME WHITE SUPREMACIST HACKER GROUP THAT HAS NEVER EXISTED BEFORE AND HAS NO HISTORY OF ANY SORT OF ACTUAL THREATS BESIDES HACKING INTO AN EXTREMELY POORLY PROTECTED SERVER SAID THEY'D BOMB ANY MOVIE THEATER SHOWING SELMA, CANT SHOW THAT ONE
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This genuinely upsets me more than anything that's happened in a while
Something has been sensored because of the demands of terrorists
This is fucking awful
Like, a small part because I actually wanted to see The Interview
But mostly because this is giving terrorists exactly what they want and proving that their methods work
I mean, for me the movie makes it seem like the US government are the villains.
But it does surprise me that one of the chains didn't go entirely in the opposite direction and use the press as advertising in order to increase sales.
That's not how this works
It is not their fault they were the target of terrorists
That's some victim blaming
They're from a hacker group who has never been seen before the Sony thing, and hacked into Sony primarily because their system was horribly unprotected. They literally kept everyone's passwords in .txt file titled MASTERPASSWORDLIST
So them claiming, ridiculously, that they will fly planes into literally every theater showing The Interview is about as empty as can be
I get why a business would want to cover their bases, but the precedent this establishes is disgusting, horrible and will undoubtedly lead to more bullshit like this
It could potentially be good but the concept of a movie where the main goal is to assassinate a real-life living person makes me uneasy
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And I doubt they actually end up killing him in the movie.
But regardless of the quality of the film, this whole situation is bullshit
Yeah the thing is, I wouldn't even be kinda surprised if the movie actually concluded with them getting high with Kim Jong-Un and becoming best buddies because that's the kind of direction those movies usually take.
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Also the last thing movie theaters need to be doing right now is convincing people not to go watch movies there.
I mean
Kim Jong-Un invites them to his country because he's a fan of the show and wants to meet Franco
The US Government says "Hey kill that guy for us, you don't have a choice in the matter"
That's uh
Pretty fucked up
North Korea has never claimed responsibility
Their response was "we didn't do it but we like whoever did"
There were bookstores that decided they didn't want to sell The Satanic Verses when all of the bad business surrounding that was happening.
And then when the sales figures started to come out, a lot of those stores changed their minds.
Well now they can't because all of the most prevalent theaters in the country have pulled it
Like, if the theater chains pulled it because they were afraid of angering their customers or public backlash then sure
But this was in response to a singular terrorist threat
I can't think of anything to this degree but there's plenty of examples of censorship in response to terrorist threats
This is the first, that I can recall, example of a major motion picture being pulled due to terrorist threats.
Unlike, say, if a small local theater chain or a independent studio pulled a film due to threats or controversy, this establishes that terrorism works even on the biggest possible stage and opens the door for any film to be censored or pulled if threatened
I used it as an example but I wouldn't be shocked if some white supremacists pull this same thing and get Selma pulled