With SOny cancelling the release of the iInterview--it makes me suspect that N. Korea hackers had more damaging racist and homophobic emails and such to release. No was this solely because some Major Theater chains backed out ( prolly they were gonna be exposed by hacking as well)
There were also threats of attacks on theaters. I don't think they were threats that could have been carried out, but it doesn't take too much to frighten an executive into doing something stupid.
And when something like 90% of the theaters in the country are refusing to show your movie, yeah, you probably do have to pull it from release.
Poltroons all of them, though.
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So reading Miltiversity today, other than the fact it was a really fun issue, I read all of Marvel's lines with The Rock's voice
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Pffft. If N.Korea produced a movie about a spy slitting Obama's throat with the edge of a rusty zipper, the G.O.P. would start screaming for an international release.
"A happy ending? So unlikely. We're not having a moment here.
Wrong city, wrong people, all huddling in fear.
No one escapes the slaughterhouse, and that's just where you're at.
(You could've asked Rebecca but then Adam stomped her flat.)
You think you're special cuz you're scrappy? You're deluded, time to go.
Lucy's living on the moon but you're another dead psycho."
I'm gonna keep it simple
The Interview was a bad idea from jump. Just because it's an Asian dictator, does not mean making a movie about killing a living head of state is a smart idea, nevermind marketing it to the masses.
Were the hacks illegal? Yeah. Was North Korea wrong for promoting the hacks? Yeah. Should anyone be surprised by the hacks? Hell no. Does it set a bad precedence? Maybe?
But do I feel bad for Sony? Let's keep it real, if a notable country with funds made a comedy about 9/11 or killing Obama while he's in office, America would have gotten that movie dismantled one way or another.
The movie was a dumb idea, and like hell am I going to side with it or Sony.
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Dude, I was cheering SOOOOOO hard throughout the whole issue. All the Sivanananigans, omniscient narrator, Captain Marvel/Billy, everything man. I'm kinda waffling on getting the guidebook, but I probably will anyways. Grant Morrison is great at shifting tones and I would love to see this as a series somehow. Can't wait for the next world!
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One last thing.
Too many think there is no accountability in comedy; that there are no consequences because "hey, it's (supposed to be) funny".
These same people tend to be the most distraught when someone shows them how untrue that is.
The wider the audience, the higher the risk.
Holee crap this Sony things gets more bizarre and crazy by the week!!
U just mad cuz I'm stylin' on ya'
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"A happy ending? So unlikely. We're not having a moment here.
Wrong city, wrong people, all huddling in fear.
No one escapes the slaughterhouse, and that's just where you're at.
(You could've asked Rebecca but then Adam stomped her flat.)
You think you're special cuz you're scrappy? You're deluded, time to go.
Lucy's living on the moon but you're another dead psycho."
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U just mad cuz I'm stylin' on ya'
Militant Anti-Villain
I'm out here looking for revenge!!
Spit Dat Kurt Vonnegut...
The Ghost Militant...
Black Panther on one shoulder Nighthawk on the other!!!
Cognitive Dissonance Disseminator