Sony cancels The Interview

http://www.wsj.com/articles/sony-cancels-release-of-the-interview-1418844906

Damn. Deez North Koreans be buckin'

U.S. gets punked again. North Koreans would doubtfully pull off 9/11 style attacks. No evidence it was the North Korean gov't anyway....could be a false flag?

Way to let the nerd-terrorist win. Now there's a precedent set.

Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
.could be a false flag?

what. a bunch. of bullshit.

kinda wish they would have released it and something tragic happened in a theater so that the US nuked the fucc out of that Korean maniac and free all the people who live in fear of offending a putz who thinks he's god.

Some hero needs to leak it online. Where are those Anonymous guys when you need them?

Obama wouldn't have the balls to attack North Korea if they attacked us. He'd be scared if China's involvement. We need Bush or Reagan to attack lol.

Indeed, only they would be stupid enough to actually try it.

Invading NK would be a nightmare for us.

Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
Obama wouldn't have the balls to attack North Korea if they attacked us. He'd be scared if China's involvement. We need Bush or Reagan to attack lol.

There have even been not-so-well-hidden messages from Chinese diplomats that China's greatest hope is that North Korea gets peacefully absorbed into South Korea, because that's the only outcome that doesn't end up with millions of refugees flooding into northern China.

Reagan would try to outspend them and Bush wouldn't do shit, there's probably no money to be made

Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
Obama wouldn't have the balls to attack North Korea if they attacked us.

and like Rob said, NK has nothing for us to take, so Bush definitely wouldn't have done it.

This is why politics and entertainment should never go hand-in-hand.

Anyways, we don't really know the identity(ies) of the hacker(s).

It might've been just a random nerd who got wind of URLs of the confidential zip files.

Sony should just release it digitally for $10 a pop. Or, failing that, release it for free so everyone can watch it, which is exactly what North Korea and the hacker/terrorists/whatever don't want.

Originally posted by BackFire
Sony should just release it digitally for $10 a pop. Or, failing that, release it for free so everyone can watch it, which is exactly what North Korea and the hacker/terrorists/whatever don't want.

Good, now that Sony has shown that we give in to terrorist threats these threats should stop any day now.

Originally posted by AsbestosFlaygon
Then the hacker(s) would just release more confidential files to the public.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Good, now that Sony has shown that we give in to terrorist threats these threats should stop any day now.

As Bardock points out, giving in to their demands will just increase the likelihood of this happening again. Showing the movie to as many people as possible is really the best thing Sony can do at this point, giving in to such demands and threats, as they've done, is probably the worst thing they can do.

Besides, Sony didn't pull the movie out of fear of more files being released to the public, they pulled the movie because of threats of actual violence.

Originally posted by BackFire
As Bardock points out, giving in to their demands will just increase the likelihood of this happening again. Showing the movie to as many people as possible is really the best thing Sony can do at this point, giving in to such demands and threats, as they've done, is probably the worst thing they can do.

Besides, Sony didn't pull the movie out of fear of more files being released to the public, they pulled the movie because of threats of actual violence.

I've been discussing this on another platform, and this is exactly my concern. First, I am not American, so this is an outsider's point of view. But, to me, this sets a dangerous precedent. How is this any different to making a movie about religion, homosexuality, abortion, evolution, etc? Almost any topic is guaranteed to offend somebody.

Yet, now the US seems to send a message that if something offends you, all you have to do is issue an anonymous threat and boom - the offending material will meekly and apologetically withdrawn.

TBF, IIRC it is illegal for a US film or TV show to explicitly show the death of an incumbent POTUS on-screen, so I am unsure why the rule should be lifted for other heads of state.

I bet the guy threatening is a ****1ng low life hacker who has nothing to do but make false threats and play W.O.W

So...we can't screw with North Korea's crowd-watching security cams?