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[Makai]

http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-demand-for-the-interview-2014-12

According to Free North Korea Radio, an online radio network made by North Korean defectors, demand for “The Interview” has been shooting up among North Koreans. It says people are willing to pay almost $50 a copy of the movie, which is 10X higher than what a regular South Korean TV show’s DVD would cost in the black market.

The report says the North Korean government has beefed up its border security inspection level, and even told black market dealers to not bring in any kind of US movie for the time being.

In fact, Rich Klein of the advisory firm McLarty Associates says that “The Interview” could become “a very real challenge to the ruling regime’s legitimacy.

North Korean defector and activist Park Sang Hak plans to send copies of “The Interview” to Pyongyang through 33-foot hydrogen balloons as soon as the film becomes available on DVD.

This bro comedy sure is something.

 

[maxcriden]

I have to imagine being caught with a copy of the film would result in very severe punishment, so I hope that those who make a point to see it are able to avoid being caught with it.

 

[Zebra]

This bro comedy sure is something.

I look forward to Rogen and Franco's parody film about all of this.

 

[Aquamarine]

In fact, Rich Klein of the advisory firm McLarty Associates says that “The Interview” could become “a very real challenge to the ruling regime’s legitimacy.

It's ironic, because that's

Spoiler

the whole point of what the characters were trying to do in the movie.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

I wonder if they will be offended by dog eating jokes

 

[mullet2000]

I have to imagine being caught with a copy of the film would result in very severe punishment, so I hope that those who make a point to see it are able to avoid being caught with it.

Yeah, no kidding. Seems really risky to attempt to get it.

 

[MIMIC]

“The Interview” could become “a very real challenge to the ruling regime’s legitimacy.

Am I still watching the movie? =p

 

[Dicer]

Should fly over and drop copies old school propaganda style

 

[akira28]

I wonder if they will be offended by dog eating jokes

dog eating who?

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Imagine if it actually affects their internal politics.

I can't help but thinking that guy with the balloon is just going to ruin some peoples lives when they get caught with it even when they don't know what it is.

 

[Oersted]

Business Insider seems to be the only source and I have found no other sites sourcing them.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

It's ironic, because that's

Spoiler

the whole point of what the characters were trying to do in the movie.

Lol, not sure that makes it ironic. Maybe... coincidental? But that's pretty funny

 

[akira28]

Imagine if it actually affects their internal politics.

I can't help but thinking that guy with the balloon is just going to ruin some peoples lives when they get caught with it even when they don't know what it is.

someone is going to launch balloons with the movie attached, into NoKo?

 

[a Master Ninja]

I hope nobody is executed just because they watched a dumb Franco/Rogan movie.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Textbooks in the future are going to be ridiculously interesting.

"Comedians Seth Rogen and James Franco never imagined that their parody film 'The Interview' would be the first step in bringing democracy to North Korea."

 

[Aquamarine]

Business Insider seems to be the only source and I have found no other sites sourcing them.

The Business Insider reporter translated this article:

http://www.fnkradio.com/board.php?board=newfnkb101&config=&command=body&no=11335&

Lol, not sure that makes it ironic. Maybe... coincidental? But that's pretty funny

Haha, I have a pretty loose definition of ironic.

 

[CSX]

damn $50 a pop?

The sweet irony would be North Korea making this movie profitable huh

 

[Irishmantis]

"You want what you cant have"

 

[injurai]

Time for the Pyongyang Airlift

 

[EMT0]

I think my mind will explode if this somehow leads to regimechangeception. Dat irony.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Is this movie even any good?

 

[Makai]

21st century history books will be really embarassing.

 

[maxcriden]

someone is going to launch balloons with the movie attached, into NoKo?

Yep, from the article in the OP:

North Korean defector and activist Park Sang Hak plans to send copies of “The Interview” to Pyongyang through 33-foot hydrogen balloons as soon as the film becomes available on DVD.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

someone is going to launch balloons with the movie attached, into NoKo?

North Korean defector and activist Park Sang Hak plans to send copies of “The Interview” to Pyongyang through 33-foot hydrogen balloons as soon as the film becomes available on DVD.

from op

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Textbooks in the future are going to be ridiculously interesting.

"Comedians Seth Rogen and James Franco never imagined that their parody film 'The Interview' would be the first step in bringing democracy to North Korea."

God forbid, but how fucking crazy would it be if one of those guys were this generation's Franz Ferdinand?

 

[maxcriden]

Haha, I have a pretty loose definition of ironic.

I'm disappointed, Aqua. Please don't make me bust out my undergrad thesis on irony ;__;

 

[LeeRoyBrown]

Is this movie even any good?

It's ok.

Has some decently hilarious moments other parts are fairly shit.

Kinda half half if you ask me, team America did it better. I just think this one attacks Kim Jong Un on a more personal level.

I think it's worth seeing just to keep up wit the Jones'

 

[Aquamarine]

I'm disappointed, Aqua. Please don't make me bust out my undergrad thesis on irony ;__;

That's so...

...

...wait for it...

...

...ironic of you.

 

[Tallshortman]

Can't wait for the day a comedy movie brings down a government.

 

[Trouble]

21st century history books will be really embarassing.

We're just getting started! 85 years to go!

 

[generaldane]

can't wait for the south park episode parodying this whole fiasco

 

[RangerBAD]

Wouldn't this be both stupid and amazing if this led to the fall of North Korea's government?

 

[maxcriden]

That's so...

...

...wait for it...

...

...ironic of you.

That's...no...but.... ;__;

 

[ivysaur12]

The world's most brutal regime, brought down by an idea concocted by a bong hit one Tuesday night.

 

[brian577]

Sending copies over by balloon? That sounds like a really bad idea. If NK is so scared of this movie that they'll wage cyber warfare to interfere with its release, how will they respond if people start literally bombing their country with the movie?

 

[Oersted]

The Business Insider reporter translated this article:

http://www.fnkradio.com/board.php?board=newfnkb101&config=&command=body&no=11335&





Haha, I have a pretty loose definition of ironic.

This is quite flimsy. Will wait for others.

 

[ivysaur12]

Sending copies over by balloon? That sounds like a really bad idea. If NK is so scared of this movie that they'll will wage cyber warfare to interfere with its release, how will they respond if people start literally bombing their country with the movie?

They send anti-NK propaganda all the time over the border. Some TVs in the southern North Korea can pick up South Korean signals. Same with illegal cell phones -- some can get service in southern North Korean.

EDIT: Sort of wish there was a better anti-NK movie where this was happening. Something akin to The Killing Fields.

 

[wigwag85]

I wonder if they will be offended by dog eating jokes

Considering the horrific famines and general starvation the populace has gone through, I don't think many North Koreans are going to think eating a dog is unpalatable.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Sending copies over by balloon? That sounds like a really bad idea. If NK is so scared of this movie that they'll wage cyber warfare to interfere with its release, how will they respond if people start literally bombing their country with the movie?

I think dropping anti-goverment propaganda is common.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/vi...ons-anti-pyongyang-leaflets-north-korea-video

It's ok.

Has some decently hilarious moments other parts are fairly shit.

Kinda half half if you ask me, team America did it better. I just think this one attacks Kim Jong Un on a more personal level.

I think it's worth seeing just to keep up wit the Jones'

Thanks for the info.

 

[JaseC]

Yep, from the article in the OP:

An activist is doing more for international availability than Sony itself.

 

[Log4Girlz]

That's so...

...

...wait for it...

...

...ironic of you.

Its like raaaaaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnnnnn

 

[brian577]

They send anti-NK propaganda all the time over the border. Some TVs in the southern North Korea can pick up South Korean signals. Same with illegal cell phones -- some can get service in southern North Korean.

EDIT: Sort of wish there was a better anti-NK movie where this was happening. Something akin to The Killing Fields.

This seems a little different. There is something about this movie that utterly terrifies them.

 

[nukedawg]

I'm kind of confused at this point. NK WASN'T behind it after all, and may have been some disgruntled Sony internal employee? Then we allegedly fuck with NK's internet? Fuck NK and the way they treat people and all, but that was a dick move on the US's part too, if all the latest news is true.

 

[ivysaur12]

This seems a little different. There is something about this movie that utterly terrifies them.

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm assuming they depict a fairly lavish lifestyle for Kim Jong-un, among other things.

 

[fritolay]

I wonder if they will make a sequel

 

[perfectchaos007]

Considering the horrific famines and general starvation the populace has gone through, I don't think many North Koreans are going to think eating a dog is unpalatable.

I think he was just making a thread cross-over reference. A South Korean-American was really offended by that part in the movie and made a thread about it

 

[Oersted]

This seems a little different. There is something about this movie that utterly terrifies them.

Based on?

 

[Currygan]

well I mean, they must be understandably curious as hell

 

[brian577]

Based on?

That they went to such extremes? Olympus has Fallen and Red Dawn remake came out in the last 2 years ago and there was no significant backlash.

 

[ivysaur12]

That they went to such extremes? Olympus has Fallen and Red Dawn remake came out in the last 2 years ago and there was no significant backlash.

Well, probably a little of it is this.