little2add Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Is This thing between Sony Pictures and North Korea that's been going on really a free speech issue? The movie in question is very nasty... I'm glad it was not released What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I think it's a cheap comedy done by cheap comedians, and as a result it should not be treated as if it were some grave evil. It's a comedy made with the intention of making others laugh. I say release the movie. North Korea can suck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not A Mallard Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I don't think the movie was a good idea in the first place. I don't agree with the hackers for actually threatening to kill people, but by making a movie about a jokey portrayal of a real person getting killed, Sony was asking for trouble. It reminds me of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, which makes fun of Hitler. Though this is a different case because it deals with a parody of Hitler named Hynkle, and everything that deals with the Nazis if fictionalized in a satirical manner. I'll have to spoil the ending here, but at the climax, a Jewish barber who looks exactly like Hynkle gets mistaken for the real deal and delivers a riveting speech that ends the war. The Great Dictator, while it tasteless at times, ultimately has a good message, while The Interview sounds flat-out cold and nonredeemable. I wonder what people would have done about The Great Dictator if they had internet back then. Though of course, this just shows anybody who's opposed to a particular movie that they can withhold its release through death threats, but I wouldn't want to take the risk of people getting killed either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Would only be a free speech issue if the government said they couldn't release it. Otherwise, it's just a PR move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little2add Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Not necessarily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Not necessarily Companies censor themselves all the time. The president even said he disagreed with their decision. There's no free speech issue here, just a PR issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 If they HAD released the film, and if there had been bombings or other kinds of attacks at theaters, there would have been a huge public outcry against Sony for not taking the threats seriously. Better safe than sorry, especially when it's just an inane comedy. And people who want to see the movie will still have their opportunities, as various times in the future, on various other platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little2add Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) This movie is nothing more than Hatemongering. No good can and will come from it. Edited December 22, 2014 by little2add Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Seth Rogan is hilarious. Nothing wrong with making people laugh.I don't see it as "hatemongering". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little2add Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 I fail to see the humer This is serious stuff (CNN) - North Korea is accusing the U.S. government of being behind the making of the movie "The Interview." And, in a dispatch on state media, the totalitarian regime warned the United States that its "citadels" will be attacked, dwarfing the hacking attack on Sony that led to the cancellation of the film's release. Obama: North Korea's hack not war, but 'cybervandalism' While steadfastly denying involvement in the hack, North Korea accused U.S. President Barack Obama of calling for "symmetric counteraction." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushwithaKinfront Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Seth Rogan is hilarious. Nothing wrong with making people laugh.I don't see it as "hatemongering". Josh! This is Krush. I am trying to reach you via email. The old email I have for you is not working. Whats your new email bro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 No, it's not an issue of government censorship (at least not by the U.S. government), but it is all about a company in the free world buckling to the demands of a pathetic, fat little spoiled-brat two-bit commie dictator residing over a murderous, oppressive regime in a pathetic little two-bit commie poop-hole. Since when did Americans let what movies they can and can't watch be dictated to them by third-rate Communist despots? And since when can't we publicly enjoy some laughs at the expense of absurd, though evil, despots? It's a proud American tradition. Of course, Sony Pictures is free to choose what movies it does and doesn't release, but this kind of spineless knuckling under to the "Supreme Leader" Kim Jong Un's ridiculous demands sets a bad precedent, as I see it. It gives that ridiculous little pot-bellied dictator and the horrible regime he inherited far more legitimacy than they deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Since when did Americans let what movies they can and can't watch be dictated to them by third-rate Communist despots? And since when can't we publicly enjoy some laughs at the expense of absurd, though evil, despots? It's a proud American tradition. American has a fine tradition of censorship. Even suspicion of being a communist in the '50s was enough to get you blacklisted in Hollywood. Censorship was usually the other way around, against anyone who dared laugh at the status quo. Money dictates what movies we can and can't watch. Sony is not in the patriotism business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 This movie is nothing more than Hatemongering. No good can and will come from it. Oh please. I suppose back in the 1940s, Hollywood and the American media shouldn't have been so hateful towards poor Adolf HItler, and made fun of him so. No doubt portraying him more respectfully would have kept him from murdering so many people. From the trailer I saw, the movie looks silly, rather than hateful. The Communist North Korean government under the Kim is among the world's most brutally oppressive regimes, and has murdered, imprisoned and tortured millions of its own people, and Christians continue to be brutally persecuted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_North_Korea But, never mind, let's instead cry over a silly movie because it makes their "Supreme Leader" look silly. Good gosh! What are we coming to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 American has a fine tradition of censorship. Even suspicion of being a communist in the '50s was enough to get you blacklisted in Hollywood. Censorship was usually the other way around, against anyone who dared laugh at the status quo. But I'm presuming you're not a fan of blacklisting . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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