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Sony Hackers: We won't release any more info now that Sony has scrapped THE INTERVIEW
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entremet
Member
Yep.
George Clooney called to show support via a petition, but no one signed it lol.
Just shows Hollywood's true colors.
Diprosalic
Banned
they should take the necessary actions and just put everything themselves.
Yeah its not like the vast majority of theaters pulled the movie.
Except it is a company and not the US being pushed around.
Hari Seldon
Member
Hopefully whoever owns Comedy Central lets Southpark go to town on this haha.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Not just that, but it sets a bad precedent for free speech in general.
canoli2006
Member
If the movie is not released internationally can we pretty much say that the NK regime owns the world now?
Nonsesne, they knew the extent of the information leak from the start and where still moving forward, the industry bailed on the movie and left them no choice.
Your narrative is a complete fabrication.
CheDominik
Member
The leaks wouldn't be so bad if the media wouldn't be so quick to release clearly stolen private data to get some cheap clicks and meaningless gossip.
South Park doesn't come back till late next year.
Eighty Deuce
Banned
Since most of North Korea has no internet we should attack them with their technological equivilant. I suggest glitter bombing them.
Nickodamus Rex
Banned
And what happens if tomorrow they say 'lol, we're releasing more stuff anyway'...what difference does it make? As if Sony would say 'no fair!' and release The interview in protest. Yeah right. By the balls, they got us.
entremet
Member
It's not getting released at all. Ever.
The only possibilities is an online leak to pirates, but the hackers have threatened action even after that.
That's unlikely. No one, not even the theaters, have suggested that. Everything is about delays and not releasing on the 25th. It'll come out in theaters next year some time.
Megadragon15
Member
Sony now owns one of the most desired movies now. If they ever release it, they would make major money. Too bad the bad guys won.
SniperHunter
Banned
notice how the hackers mention DVD and not Blu-ray. kind of proves the hackers are from north korea
I understand Sony backing down on this, because they are already going to face massive class action lawsuits from their own employees about sensitive data being leaked, and they need to do whatever they can to potentially sate that. I can see the amount of litigation occurring as a result of this being potentially devastating.
Honestly, with the amount of information leaked and the PSN outages in the past, it makes me very gunshy about buying into any Sony ecosystems in the future.
Honestly, with the amount of information leaked and the PSN outages in the past, it makes me very gunshy about buying into any Sony ecosystems in the future.
entremet
Member
You're more optimistic than me.
This movie has too much baggage. And the threats remains in place.
Did I read a different account of what played out in the past few days than everyone else? Because I read that it was the theaters who refused to show the film because of the threats, and Sony only canceled its release completely because they were no longer going to make a profit from distributing it and were just going to take the $42 million loss.
Everyone is acting like Sony Pictures is somehow now under the thumb of North Korea when it wasn't Sony who got all paranoid and gave into the threats in the first place - it was the likes of AMC, Regal, and Cinemark.
I'm not trying to be antagonizing here, I'm genuinely curious why Sony are being called cowards when I don't really see much evidence of that being the case. .
Everyone is acting like Sony Pictures is somehow now under the thumb of North Korea when it wasn't Sony who got all paranoid and gave into the threats in the first place - it was the likes of AMC, Regal, and Cinemark.
I'm not trying to be antagonizing here, I'm genuinely curious why Sony are being called cowards when I don't really see much evidence of that being the case. .
Now, for North Korea, the amount of money that Sony will siphon into global lobbying and direct activities against them will probably at least sting a bit. 
In all honesty, this isn't so hard. Sony, seeing that the movie would TANK without the support of movie theaters, are choosing to delay their release. Thereby they have the most spoken of movie of all times once they do start showing it. Indirect, this is the best marketing move for a movie ever. And no, by no means do I believe they themselves are behind it. They are just doing the right move at the current time.
In all honesty, this isn't so hard. Sony, seeing that the movie would TANK without the support of movie theaters, are choosing to delay their release. Thereby they have the most spoken of movie of all times once they do start showing it. Indirect, this is the best marketing move for a movie ever. And no, by no means do I believe they themselves are behind it. They are just doing the right move at the current time.
Except they're doing exactly what the hackers are telling them to do which is to completely scrap the movie, not just pulling the theatrical release.
Nothing was stopping them from sending it straight to DVD/BluRay or putting it on Netflix.
Theaters kind of put Sony in a tough spot but Sony still chickened out too. Sony probably could have made a really good haul on media sales with this too because the whole hack situation has put more attention on this movie that it would have ever had normally.
The movie is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. It didn't get released because the lawyers from a few theater chains said it could lead to them being held liable. That will blow over.
markofhavoc
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This is just sad. I understand you need to protect the interest of your employees, but this just shows this type of action works
The difference is that their next demand wouldn't be met. This is exactly how you should play it from the hacker's position.
The hackers threatened the same to cinema companies and digital distributors that would do the same. Of all of them the cinemas really have the smallest to fear, NK is not going to blow up theatres.
Digital distributors though... Netflix or Amazon Prime have real reason to be afraid if NK is willing to make military scale attacks on their networks.
Yeah there was, can't make a DVD no company will stock or sell or stream something no company will let them put on their services, which if the reports were true, is the case.
Diprosalic
Banned
I'm just sad i won't get to see more of Lizzie Caplan with glasses.
Nickodamus Rex
Banned
I don't think anyone was saying it's all Sony and not the theaters. Cowardice/caution, they all exhibited it. Sony opened the door by suggesting that theaters could opt out in the first place though, imo.
Violence Jack
Member
I could ever so slightly understand pulling it from theaters. But now, I'd call their bluff and release it VOD or DVD anyway.
damien1928
Banned
Film looked garbage anyways.
I don't think Sony suggested that, and besides, they don't need permission from Sony to not show a movie.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Doesn't matter. I need to see it. You need to see it. Fuck this fear-mongering ultimatum bullshit.
Nickodamus Rex
Banned
But...why? Sony is holding no cards here, from their perspective of 'what else do they have?' or 'can they attack us again?'. These guys have not been caught. They can do whatever they want.
That's not really the case. Sony went first to the theaters and said "You don't have to show the movie if you don't want to" *wink* after which the theaters said "Alright, we're not showing the movie".
Sony clearly wanted an out, which they put out there and received.
[URL="http://abcnews.go.com/US/sony-theaters-show-interview-threats/story?id=27641600"]http://abcnews.go.com/US/sony-theaters-show-interview-threats/story?id=27641600[/URL]
Kim Jong Un really must not have a sense of humour at all. I mean, you never saw his dad do anything like this over Team America, or Saddam do anything over South Park the movie... Fuck, you never saw Hitler hacking Charlie Chaplin's emails did you?
Just because you're a tyrannical dictator doesn't mean you can't laugh at yourself ffs.
Just because you're a tyrannical dictator doesn't mean you can't laugh at yourself ffs.
Henchmen21
Banned
I'll do you one better. Every movie released by every studio for the next 10 years should have a scene of Great Leader (lol) getting violently assassinated. Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi etc... doesn't matter. Even if it doesn't make sense in the movie's plot whatsoever. Put a scene in there.
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