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Skwirl posted:I agree that it's a dumb move, but they aren't doing it because they think any buildings will blow up if they show "The Interview," They're doing it because they think people won't go to the theater because those people think the theater will blow up. gently caress them; take the loss and put the movie out anyway. The loss will be considerably smaller than the loss from not releasing the movie at all, particularly considering the reputation effect of "giving in to terrorist demands".
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Reminds me of that one South Park episode that Comedy Central censored that was explicitly about why you shouldn't censor something out of a fear of terrorism.
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Raxivace posted:Reminds me of that one South Park episode that Comedy Central censored that was explicitly about why you shouldn't censor something out of a fear of terrorism. The best speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka3nKBR2mIU
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Cacator posted:The best speech. Ooooh, that's a good one, but I was thinking of the Family Guy episode.
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Skwirl posted:I'm torn between 4chan assholes exploiting the fact that Sony has lovely internet security for the gently caress of it (possibly related to some gamersgate thing, how many months ago was a bomb threat phoned in on a Sony executive's plane) , and North Korea paying money to those same people to do it anyways. The Sony bomb threat wasn't related to Gamergate, it was just some pissed-off console warrior. The hacking group was almost certainly DPRK-related, unless someone is pulling the most unnecessary and elaborate framing job ever. The question is whether the group is within the North Korean government, working with them, or just a group of people who are super-patriots. LaughMyselfTo posted:gently caress them; take the loss and put the movie out anyway. The loss will be considerably smaller than the loss from not releasing the movie at all, particularly considering the reputation effect of "giving in to terrorist demands". The reputation loss that a group would get from "giving in to terrorist demands" is significantly less than you would imagine it to be.
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Skwirl posted:one of several destinations that no one who doesn't live in Washington State has ever heard of. Port Angeles, nooooooooooo!
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Dec 17, 2014 08:23
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LloydDobler posted:Port Angeles, nooooooooooo! Clearly Al Qaeda's list of high priority targets is New York, Washington DC, LA, Vashon Island.
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Dec 17, 2014 08:27
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Maybe it was Sony's plan all along to have North Korea threaten this movie, and make billions of dollars from patriotic Americans doing their civic duty not to let some commie blackmail them into staying away from the movie theater.
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Dec 17, 2014 08:35
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echronorian posted:Man, the ARG for The Interview is intense This is probably the funniest thing anyone has said anywhere about this whole thing so far.
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Dec 17, 2014 08:37
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Actually it's this. [quote="Channing Tatum" post="""] YOU TED !!!! SECOND OF ALLLL TIMMMMME BEEEOTCH!!!! COME ON JUMPSTREETERS WE GOT CATE BLANCHETT WIT DIS BOX OFFICE BITCHES!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA [/quote]
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Dec 17, 2014 08:40
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CelticPredator posted:Actually it's this. Yeah this actually is the best.
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Dec 17, 2014 09:42
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Homeland security have said they're fine. They should've just gone through with the Premiere. Also, they've already had a Premiere in LA and nothing happened. The terrorists were late.
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Dec 17, 2014 10:56
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CelticPredator posted:Actually it's this. This leak is definitely making me like Tatum more. Dude seems pretty okay.
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Dec 17, 2014 11:08
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CelticPredator posted:Actually it's this. Even though it's annoying, it loses something without the 20+ pages of HAHAHAAHAHAHHA copypasted.
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Dec 17, 2014 11:16
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Full Battle Rattle posted:Isn't most of that from salaries, though? From what I've heard Adam Sandler takes (very) good care of his friends.
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Cognac McCarthy posted:Yeah but that's no consolation for the Sony executives who pay for the whole thing. If Sandler's movies are artificially expensive to produce, and Sony's return is minimal, it only takes one bomb to basically wipe away all the profits they've earned from producing Sandler movies for over a decade, while Sandler and his buddies aren't financially affected at all. He basically admits that he does stuff like 50 First Dates and Blended so that he'll be paid for a vacation. Sony cover everything so that Sandler and his family/friends can spend weeks living the life of luxury, despite the fact that he's incredibly rich. It would be interesting to take a Happy Madison production and see how much basically goes to Sandler and his friends.
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Red Letter Media's Jack and Jill review mentioned that Sandler's combined standard writing and acting fees are like $50 million. So his friends are presumably left to divide the remaining ~$30 million between themselves. Oh and the cost of actual production goes in there too I guess, but that can't be more than a few million dollars. edit: I guess this is also as good a place as any to mention The Worst Idea of All Time, a podcast in which 2 comedians watch Grown-Ups 2 every week for a year and discuss how their experiences of the movie change after each viewing. It's great. Cognac McCarthy fucked around with this message at 12:56 on Dec 17, 2014 |
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Dec 17, 2014 12:52
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Well that does it, Christmas is loving cancelled.
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As if Kim jung un wasn't enough of an awful little poo poo in every possible way, he has to have a hate boner for Pineapple Express 2, a movie he hasn't even seen! !!
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That's the end of my irritating white guy reaction to the situation thank you
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Dear Amy Pascal I'm in love with your writing style It's like haiku But not ... You stole my heart and my cat.
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Cacator posted:Dumb move on Sony's part, it's getting so much free publicity out of this, and you know that the hackers can't really do anything like that anyways.
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I'm gonna feel like I'm in an episode of South Park if the world goes to war because of Seth Rogen & James Franco.
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Dystram posted:lol what a stupid lovely company
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Cacator posted:True. It's more fun to think that North Korea did it though. Haven't you seen Live Free or Die Hard!?
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Steve Yun posted:This is probably the funniest thing anyone has said anywhere about this whole thing so far. Yeah it's not like that's a well-established goon meme that's been said about everything ever at this point
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Pirate Jet posted:Yeah it's not like that's a well-established goon meme that's been said about everything ever at this point Don't be mad, baby
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The country's five biggest theater chains are refusing to show The Interview. To be honest, all of this poo poo just makes me want to buy tickets and watch that film out of pure spite. Shame it probably won't be playing in a theater near me.
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This entire thing is crazy. A movie studio being held hostage by North Korea.
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FlamingLiberal posted:This entire thing is crazy. A movie studio being held hostage by North Korea. Has North Korea actually made any official statements lately about all of this?
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HorseRenoir posted:The country's five biggest theater chains are refusing to show The Interview. The liability of 120 people dead in a theater because of the showing is scaring companies away. I dont think that will actually happen mind you but with lawyers there is no reason to risk that liability. Never in my life would I think north korea would end up with my ss number and personal information. I havent worked at sony in 2 years but apparently they got everyone going back 15 years (rumor mill). sony is a great campus to work on as a creative. Great food options, easy parking and good tools to work with. Peoples work computers were wiped clean. I cant even imagine what it would be like to lose months of work. I think Sony is big enough to weather this but there will be some big changes. As for all of the emails and things - we all say stuff in private that we wouldnt want aired to 7 billion people and people working closely are going to discuss things frankly and to the point.
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Jst0rm posted:The liability of 120 people dead in a theater because of the showing is scaring companies away. I dont think that will actually happen mind you but with lawyers there is no reason to risk that liability. Maybe you shouldn't be racist dawg
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HorseRenoir posted:The country's five biggest theater chains are refusing to show The Interview. Sony should just release it direct to premium VOD. (Ironically, that'd set a precedent whose long-term implications could be far more damaging to theaters' business model than any terrorist threat.)
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FoneBone posted:Sony should just release it direct to premium VOD. (Ironically, that'd set a precedent whose long-term implications could be far more damaging to theaters' business model than any terrorist threat.) I said the same exact thing to a co-worker earlier. Sony's hosed wrt this movie.
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Len posted:This leak is definitely making me like Tatum more. Dude seems pretty okay. Yeah, I decided the same after his incredibly self-deprecating cameo in This is the End, this only adds to it. The guy is definitely awesome.
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Jst0rm posted:sony is a great campus to work on as a creative. Great food options, easy parking and good tools to work with. golly!! i can't wait to work for sony!!!! ps nice double spaces, dinosaur
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Jst0rm posted:sony is a great campus to work on as a creative. Great food options, easy parking and good tools to work with. Well they certainly sound like tools from their emails.
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HorseRenoir posted:The country's five biggest theater chains are refusing to show The Interview. Seriously I don't like Seth Rogan at all and would never watch this movie otherwise. But I really want to now.
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Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:Well they certainly sound like tools from their emails. A lot of times people in those positions ARE tools. They have to make hard choices and I would personally be nervous about investing 300 million into a movie (this is probably 150 million for production and 150 million for marketing). You need a hard rear end to be in a position to say yes or no on 300 million spent. Hopefully we dont end up in a place where we wont make something because it makes north korea mad. I have emails back and forth with people that if they came out would be kinda weird. I have been on the stage after 14 hoursx7 straight days and cracking "non-professional" jokes with the directors and producers because we are all loopy from working so long. We make movies we arent saints. This industry probably attracts the most twisted people on the planet. lol.
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