Love your way of putting this..... :D

:thumbup: :thumbup: My thought exactly !!

I understand that the consequences would be Great if SONY decided to show the film but I so do not agree with letting Korea dictating whether or not to show a comedy about a world leader theirs or anyone else's. Movies like these have been made hundreds of time throughout time in drama, theater, action movies and comedies. No one has ever taken them literally. I don't think that anyone near of far has the right to dictate what we as Americans do in the US and while yes they threaten to do harm they have to realize that its Not a murder plot by any means it just poking fun at a young dictator who not only has his own country under his thumb but Now he has the US under his control as well. Its a very sad day when we as Americans loose our rights that our military have fought so hard to provide for us.

Even Obama says the cancellation of the movie was a mistake! Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea over Sony cyber attack

I am confused at Sony saying they have not backed down and they want America to see the movie... ummm then why did you pull it??? OOOOOHHH WAIT... because NOW you know we all want to see it even more because of all of this and you will make more money off of it!

Yeah, pretty much.
I think they should have allowed the independent theaters who wanted to show it, go ahead and show it. Then if some people didn't want to be near the potential threat, could go to the major theater chains and see Annie or whatever. Then lots of people who want to see the Interview now bc of all the hoopla would go and support the small guy owned theaters.

To top it off, if theater owners or the studio is afraid of something happening, make everyone who buys a ticket sign a waiver that they realize the risks and would not sue if anything were to happen.

I'm not afraid that the North Korean govt would be able to physically do anything to the theaters here. I'm worried some idiot would try to do something dumb.

I still think this movie will end up in Red Box. I believe it will get out some how. Might be accidentally on purpose, but I think it'll be out on rentals.

ETA: It might be one of those brilliant marketing moves, ya know. Now EVERYONE wants to see it.

Sony CEO "We have not given in"

What's to come:confused: We have to get a handle on this

The thing is our government has nothing in place if there were deaths as to who would be at fault.

I think this is it in a nut shell, North Korea is setting us up just as Isis had. Isas got a response and it looks like Obama plans a response.

I agree with your statement a lot, we still have free speech but at times that could come with a price. With the easy access foreigners have to our country and through the internet other countries and radical thinkers unfortunately can reek havoc here if they so choose, countries like N Korea and Iran and groups like ISAS (or however it's spelled) do not have a sense of humor and many of those people have no problem with blowing themselves up along with those they despise based on their nationality.

I love Obama's bravado from his secure spot inside the white house surrounded by the secret service, but I doubt he would send his daughters into a movie house showing that film. Free speech or not there is a high probability that it would be very easy for one person to walk into a move theater and plant an explosive, movie theaters are not airports they don't have security screening.

I think the best thing that could come out of this is if some type of law was passed making it illegal to reprint stuff like this that is hacked, not sure if that would be possible, but if it was it would make a cyber attack less appealing.

Between a rock and hard space comes to mind when I think of Sony's predicament.

TMZ and a few other disreputable sources are reporting that this may be an inside job done by recently laid off and disgruntled IT employees of Sony. Sounds plausible because North Korea is denying involvement. In the past, Kim and his predecessor daddy happily took credit for their saber rattling, which they liked to do to extract things from the US like gifts of much needed food for their people.

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I believe I heard that our counter terrorism investigators have followed the hacking trail and through ip addresses it does lead to North Korea. But Ex Sony employees have all ready brought asuit against Sony for having their personal information compromised.

You are right, but really good hackers have the capability of messing with ip addresses and other indicators to make it look like the source is somewhere else. There are other cyber criminals who have evaded capture. The lawsuit could be further cover. I don't know what to believe. Crazy that this is all over a movie starring James Franco and Seth Rogen of all people.

True. This has given the movie so much more press that it ever would have gotten, it would have lasted a short time and disappeared. I think that the President waited until he tested the public's mood before he made a statement.

Off topic... I know TMZ is kinda, uh ghetto? But why do people always say they aren't reputable? Harvey Levin is an attorney. I think he knows what he's doing. Are they the only news/media that ever reported anything that wasn't true? No. All the times I've watched the show they always say allegedly.

Anyway, now I'm hearing that the FBI has confirmed it was N. Korea. You think there are hackers that good that they can even dupe the FBI? If they are, after their sentence, they will get a job offer. LOL

Hey...I happen to like Seth Rogen LOL. And Franco's not too bad to look at either. I enjoyed their last movie. And Pineapple Express was pretty freaking hilarious too.

I read a few articles from entertainment media that have already seen the movie, and said it actually wasn't bad! It's more of a bro comedy, with poop and stoner jokes, etc what you'd expect from these guys, NOT political satire. It's just a stupid-funny movie.

Plus Randall Park, the actor who plays Kim got good reviews. I'm always excited when a new Asian American actor/actress comes around. It's like there's Lucy Liu and John Cho and that's kinda it LOL.

Been trying to find vids still up of the final scene, and what they ended up with is SO tame.

Michael Moore: “Dear Sony Hackers: now that u run Hollywood, I’d also like less romantic comedies, fewer Michael Bay movies and no more Transformers.”

Hahahaha I agree.

I was sort of joking calling TMZ disreputable. They probably are more accurate than most news organizations, lol.

In 20 - 30 years when documents are declassified, we'll probably learn a different story about what the FBI found. Who knows. The whole story is so goofy, like the plot of this movie. :p

I hate to admit this, but I agree with Michael Moore's tweet.

Regarding Lucy Liu, she was beyond cool in her prime. How could anyone else compete? I think Angelina Jolie tried to be Lucy in many of her action movies.

I could not get it to open. What does it say?

Me either.

OOOPPS!! Then some high ranking somebody from Sony stepped right up after THAT statement, said that HE himself had talked with the White House about this movie prior to release.....did not speak to Obama himself because he "couldnt get through to POTUS himself to discuss a movie", but he DID speak with "someone high up in the WH" about the movie and received NOTHING back from ANYONE at WH about what to do with this movie.

I wonder what Obama thinks he could have done had Sony's CEO spoken directly to him. Does Pres. Obama think he could have called the movie theaters and encouraged them to show the movie and all would have been just fine? Even the president cannot override a liability insurance policy's coverage terms and his making personal calls to anyone wouldn't change anything.

As crummy and classless as the movie looks to be, I actually hope is becomes the world's most widely-watched movie to show dictators that the world is sick of their oppressive ways. They get so used to people doing what they say, they come to expect it - even from US citizens now! I'm tired of their bullying ways and am ready to click on the movie and run it on my computer even if I never watch a single scene. Maybe the U. S. Gov. will make the movie available on one of its websites since other websites and distributors, etc., are likely too scared of a retribution hack or worse. And if you are a business whose liability insurance carrier tells you any of your or your customers' damages won't be covered by your policy with them - unless you have a special policy that covers those kind of damages from a state-sponsored hacking incident.

Question: If each of us signs in and/or clicks on the movie online, will the hackers trace our IP address and come after some of us watchers? Be sure you are backed up, have emergency recovery media, etc., and watch out for consequences of stolen credit card, SS#'s, medical info. down the road but I, for one, will take the chance.

http://www.northkoreatimes.com/photo...f2e253572f.jpg Pyongyang denies involvement in Sony hack, calls for joint investigation

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The North Korean government has offered to hold a joint inquiry with the United States into a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, after strongly denying US claims that it is ...

http://www.northkoreatimes.com/photo...5561e1dd9f.jpg US will respond against Pyongyang for Sony attack promises Obama

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said that Sony should not have pulled the release of "a satirical movie" in the wake of threats from North Korea, assuring that the U.S will respond to the cyber ...

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http://www.northkoreatimes.com/photo...f2e253572f.jpg Pyongyang denies involvement in Sony hack, calls for joint investigation

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http://www.northkoreatimes.com/photo...5561e1dd9f.jpg US will respond against Pyongyang for Sony attack promises Obama

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A war with guns is one thing but a cyber war is what we have dreaded.

We are asking China for help.

Obama tonight @ 9pm est.

I was wondering this same thing which is why when I came across a post with a link to the movie I quickly X out of it. If they can monitor huge companies why not the average joe or Anyone who has access to the movie. It is all just too scary to think about what could happen to even private citizens who view the movie or search even a clip. I thing I will avoid any internet connections to the movie all together. But that's just me . .

Wow, seems like North Korea currently has no internet. I wonder if they have tried turning it off and turning it back on?

http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-ex...200418060.html

Gosh.....wonder what in the world happened?

IDK but I am sure we (US) will be blamed for it.

"(Reuters) - North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony Pictures, experienced a complete Internet outage for hours before links were restored on Tuesday, but U.S. officials said Washington was not involved."
North Korea's Internet links restored amid U.S. hacking dispute | Reuters

LOL I'm sure we did it! LOL It might have been a couple of college frat boys, but we did it for sure! LOL