Originally Posted by DBlain (Post 4514934)

I think it sucks that a small backwater country has the power to hack into a large corp. It is very unfortunate that this happened because it has shown how vulnerable our country or other countries are to these radical thinkers. To me the only thing Sony could do was to cancel the release, the liabilities are too high, even if just one theater was attacked it would be a nightmare. I probably would not have seen the movie, but based on the threats I also would not have gone to see ANY movie that was being shown in a theater that was also playing the Interview. The risk was just too great to take a chance. I also think Sony and even more so our government was derelict to even make the movie, the ending they said involved the leader or South Korea getting his head blown off. While I am no fan of South Korea I think the movie was in poor taste and if the situation was reversed and it was Obama getting blown up, most of us in the US, even non Obama supporters, would be outraged. The state department was fully aware of the ending and gave Sony the OK, which once again makes me wonder about the leadership of our country, but I guess that is a whole other topic.

Originally Posted by DBlain (Post 4514934)

I think it sucks that a small backwater country has the power to hack into a large corp. It is very unfortunate that this happened because it has shown how vulnerable our country or other countries are to these radical thinkers. To me the only thing Sony could do was to cancel the release, the liabilities are too high, even if just one theater was attacked it would be a nightmare. I probably would not have seen the movie, but based on the threats I also would not have gone to see ANY movie that was being shown in a theater that was also playing the Interview. The risk was just too great to take a chance. I also think Sony and even more so our government was derelict to even make the movie, the ending they said involved the leader or South Korea getting his head blown off. While I am no fan of South Korea I think the movie was in poor taste and if the situation was reversed and it was Obama getting blown up, most of us in the US, even non Obama supporters, would be outraged. The state department was fully aware of the ending and gave Sony the OK, which once again makes me wonder about the leadership of our country, but I guess that is a whole other topic.

Originally Posted by DBlain (Post 4514934)

I think it sucks that a small backwater country has the power to hack into a large corp. It is very unfortunate that this happened because it has shown how vulnerable our country or other countries are to these radical thinkers. To me the only thing Sony could do was to cancel the release, the liabilities are too high, even if just one theater was attacked it would be a nightmare. I probably would not have seen the movie, but based on the threats I also would not have gone to see ANY movie that was being shown in a theater that was also playing the Interview. The risk was just too great to take a chance. I also think Sony and even more so our government was derelict to even make the movie, the ending they said involved the leader or South Korea getting his head blown off. While I am no fan of South Korea I think the movie was in poor taste and if the situation was reversed and it was Obama getting blown up, most of us in the US, even non Obama supporters, would be outraged. The state department was fully aware of the ending and gave Sony the OK, which once again makes me wonder about the leadership of our country, but I guess that is a whole other topic.

Originally Posted by TxVicki (Post 4514970)

Originally Posted by Lilah Charm (Post 4514943)

I agree that it is not in good taste and yes I don't suppose that we would take too well to another country jesting about murdering our president. As for sony it is definitely a damned if you do damned if you don't kind of decision. And as for my family, taking six kids to Annie next to a movie eliciting bomb threats (and that horrible dark knight scene replays in my head) yeah, it ain't gonna happen, we just aren't going to go in a situation like that. It's one thing not to live your life in fear and it is another thing to walk into a situation that you are aware of having higher risks and potentially deadly consequences- especially for the sake a rogan/Franco comedy. I mean Annie honey - we can wait for the matinee.

Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 4515003)

In 2006, a British "mockumentary" (not comedy) depicted a fictional assassination of President Bush, who was still in the White House.

I think the writers of The Interview should have made up a fictional country and dictator rather than using Kim.

Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 4514999)

A small, backwater country that has nuclear weapons and is arguably just a proxy for China. That is North Korea. The lights are on in South Korea, our ally.

Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 4515003)

In 2006, a British "mockumentary" (not comedy) depicted a fictional assassination of President Bush, who was still in the White House.

I think the writers of The Interview should have made up a fictional country and dictator rather than using Kim.

Originally Posted by DBlain (Post 4514934)

I think it sucks that a small backwater country has the power to hack into a large corp. It is very unfortunate that this happened because it has shown how vulnerable our country or other countries are to these radical thinkers. To me the only thing Sony could do was to cancel the release, the liabilities are too high, even if just one theater was attacked it would be a nightmare. I probably would not have seen the movie, but based on the threats I also would not have gone to see ANY movie that was being shown in a theater that was also playing the Interview. The risk was just too great to take a chance. I also think Sony and even more so our government was derelict to even make the movie, the ending they said involved the leader or South Korea getting his head blown off. While I am no fan of South Korea I think the movie was in poor taste and if the situation was reversed and it was Obama getting blown up, most of us in the US, even non Obama supporters, would be outraged. The state department was fully aware of the ending and gave Sony the OK, which once again makes me wonder about the leadership of our country, but I guess that is a whole other topic.

Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 4515003)

In 2006, a British "mockumentary" (not comedy) depicted a fictional assassination of President Bush, who was still in the White House.

I think the writers of The Interview should have made up a fictional country and dictator rather than using Kim.

Originally Posted by capt_noonie (Post 4515030)

North. It's NORTH Korea.

First off. It's a comedy. Not to be taken seriously. Second, it's freedom of speech and art. Our govt cannot tell us what we can and cannot make art about. That is what is so great about this country. It is not the govt's fault this happened. It's not Sony's fault either. The difference is if there was a comedy made about Obama's head getting blown off, most Americans, Obama supporters or not, would know it's a comedy and not threaten people with death if it were shown.

Originally Posted by capt_noonie (Post 4515030)

North. It's NORTH Korea.

First off. It's a comedy. Not to be taken seriously. Second, it's freedom of speech and art. Our govt cannot tell us what we can and cannot make art about. That is what is so great about this country. It is not the govt's fault this happened. It's not Sony's fault either. The difference is if there was a comedy made about Obama's head getting blown off, most Americans, Obama supporters or not, would know it's a comedy and not threaten people with death if it were shown.

Originally Posted by capt_noonie (Post 4515032)

What about when Team America came out? That also poked fun at North Korea. I just think they didn't have the technology to threaten the US at that point. Seems like they are just looking for any excuse to start a war. If this movie had been a fictional character, I think they would still be behaving the same way. Just looking for an excuse to fight.

Originally Posted by Maximo (Post 4515044)

I forgot about Team America. That one poked fun at just about every world leader, didn't it? It was full of violence, but did it include the assassination of any heads of state?

Whether comedy or not, I think it is in poor taste to depict the assassination of public figures. For me, it is not a matter of free speech.