The Clown Prince of Crime
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Not a good year for Sony. I believe that's the understatement of the year 
The Interview
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rushmore223
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Now I actually want to go and see this, if only as my small way of giving the middle finger to NK.
batfan08
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I doubt Sony's going to take a $42 million hit lying down, even if it is in the name of "public safety." They're going to want to get this thing out however they can. Once they tie North Korea to the hack attacks, and we can put this to bed as Kim Jong Un and his geek squad trolling everybody, they'll want to capitalize on the hype. People eat this **** up, so, they'd be fools not to capitalize. Lesson #1: if you ever want somebody to pay through the nose for something they weren't really interested, tell them they can't have it.
Those Django figures, for example. The second they got recalled, people who had no idea they existed were coming out of the woodwork trying to get their hands on them. I have a feeling that, if they play their cards right, Sony can make more money off of this movie than they ever would have.
Invictus Sol
No Life in the Void
I really doubt there's a way for Sony to make this debacle a "win", batfan.
batfan08
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I never said they could, but nothing piques curiosity like controversy. The Interview seemed to have lukewarm reception from pretty much everyone. Now, all eyes are on it. Sony decides to release it, and you'll probably have more people going to see it just because of this debacle, as you put it. At the end of the day, they still had a massive information leak, and threats of violence against pope going to see your films aren't exactly a good thing, but people are inherently contrarian, and they don't like being told what to do. There's going to be segment of people who will go see it just because the guardians of ******** told them not to.
Really surprised they pulled this so late in the game. You'd have thought they wouldn't even green lit it if they thought there would be issues. Too bad. Looked funny.
I have to admit, the first thing I thought of when I saw the first trailer was, "Dang, they just blew Dennis Rodman's cover!"
I have to admit, the first thing I thought of when I saw the first trailer was, "Dang, they just blew Dennis Rodman's cover!"
batfan08
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I'm also saying that, if you make a $42 million film, and spend however much more on marketing costs up to two weeks before it premieres, there is no way in hell, if you're an executive, you're just going to shrug your shoulders and say "no biggie; at least it wasn't $420."
Why would anyone want to?
Anyway, pretty sure the threat is US made since we're deep in the era of information warfare yet again.
Next stop - invade North Korea before "terrorist attacks". Sounds stupid? Because it is.
I read that Sony may just scrap it since it was cheap for a movie, also due to the fact there is no secondary money to made in this(tie ins, toys ect...)
Its really up to the the theaters, if Sony decides to release it again and then the theaters don't want it in case there is another threat then it's still not going anywhere.
Its really up to the the theaters, if Sony decides to release it again and then the theaters don't want it in case there is another threat then it's still not going anywhere.
cilantropants
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From the talk of how bad this movie is, not that the trailer made me think anything otherwise, I'm wondering if this was all an elaborate scheme by Sony so they could shelf this steaming turd and wash their hands of it.
Disclaimer: no, I'm not serious.
Disclaimer: no, I'm not serious.
This is still America right? So anytime some loser with a keyboard makes a threat of terrorism against something we don't like, our reaction is to just cancel it? Pathetic. Not a good precedent to start.
Invictus Sol
No Life in the Void
You were saying, batfan?
Best thing they can do, at this point, is put it behind them and not try to be 'smart' with it. It's been a total disaster for them. Would just look stupid if it went straight to blu-ray. Apparently they lost $200M on The Lone Ranger, so they can absorb a big loss like this no problem.
Pretty big difference between "loser with a keyboard" and state sponsered hacking. Anyway, it's no loss, looking at the crap trailer. Hopefully this does some good by encouraging companies to safeguard their systems and information. This hack was only possible because of how lax Sony was.
Invictus Sol
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Hard to say. I'm actually glad this POS got pulled and wouldn't watch for free.
Sachiel
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Movie seemed to be in very bad taste; not losing sleep over the shelving of this. Now, If North Korea tries to hack my porn, they will die
