Think it deserves a seperate thread since the other one is basically turning into a discussion about cyper-terrorism, North Korea, USA etc.
From the link
On Wednesday morning, Sony issued a statement saying The Interview will be available for rental on Google Play, YouTube Movies, Microsoft’s Xbox Video, and Sony’s dedicated website www.seetheinterview.com, starting at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET on Dec. 24. On Sony’s site, The Interview will be $5.99 for rent and $14.99 for HD purchase.
“It has always been Sony’s intention to have a national platform on which to release this film,” Michael Lynton, chairman and CEO of Sony Entertainment ,said in a statement obtained by BuzzFeed News. “With that in mind, we reached out to Google, Microsoft, and other partners last Wednesday, December 17, when it became clear our initial release plans were not possible. We are pleased we can now join with our partners to offer the film nation-wide today.”
Full article here:
[url]http://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyorley/heres-where-you-can-see-the-interview-in-theaters?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgp#.pmkKV0YnX[/url]
We can keep this thread also for plot discussion, impressions, death? of Kim Jong etc.
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It's now playing in a theater fairly close to where I live, so I have the option of doing either. VERY glad to see this turnaround.
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I think I'll probably opt to see it in theaters over digital distribution, since I have the option to-- but this is great for people that don't have theaters willing to screen it near them.
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Now I can not watch it for free!
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-"That purace has more badassu maddafaakas zan supermax spaceland."
-On EMF, as a thread becomes longer, the likelihood that fem-Kaworu will be mentioned increases exponentially.
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Does anyone still care at this point? Consensus seemed to be that it was a pretty forgettable gross-out comedy whose only notable characteristic were the circumstances of its release. And that's not a big deal anymore either, now that people think it was an insider hack or something.
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Sorry for again reviving a dead topic as well, but figured that this critique from a rather informed and connected ("Without getting too much into my personal life, I have close ties with people deeply involved in North Korea. I've befriended DPRK defectors and people who have dedicated their lives to dismantling the Kim regime.") Asian-American on both the particular topic of the circumstances behind "The Interview"'s release and the wider problem of deliberate ridiculousness on NK's part as a PR tactic.
[url]http://np.reddit.com/r/asianamerican/comments/2q4ofq/sony_the_interview_whats_your_take/cn2x3j7?c[/url]
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What makes me angry is that by mocking North Korea, the mockers are reinforcing the DPRK's state propaganda. If you think the North Korean government is stupid or you see them as toothless cartoon villains, then you've already been indoctrinated by them. Hook, line, and sinker. Without getting too much into my personal life, I have close ties with people deeply involved in North Korea. I've befriended DPRK defectors and people who have dedicated their lives to dismantling the Kim regime.
(...)
There is so much information out there about how horrible and dangerous North Korea is but the international community doesn't receive pressure from their constituents to do anything about it because everyone views North Korea as a joke. That is a very intentional, calculated move by the DPRK government. They are fully aware of how ridiculous and empty their threats sound. Those statements are nothing but propaganda fed to the West.
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I don't know if we should trust something a guy wrote in reddit but in terms of manpower, war guns, airforce, technology etc. North Korea can't pose a threat.
Have you noticed in TV when Kim is about to talk for something, all the crowd of soldiers below him? Yeah probably that's all the manpower he has.
I don't know if we should trust something a guy wrote in reddit but in terms of manpower, war guns, airforce, technology etc. North Korea can't pose a threat.
Have you noticed in TV when Kim is about to talk for something, all the crowd of soldiers below him? Yeah probably that's all the manpower he has.
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I can't remember why this came up in a business ethics class (Professor was a weirdo hippie, the "I used to be rich and now I ~teach~" type of business professor) but anyway, it is apparently not an uncommon punishment for women in NK reeuducation camps to be executed by impalement with a shovel. That is, they stick the point of a shovel in the woman's genitals and push until she dies.
Whether or not they pose a credible military threat to anyone isn't the matter at hand.
Whether or not they pose a credible military threat to anyone isn't the matter at hand.
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Ugh... this is awful and disgusting. But i am not surprised. Around 2 years ago i was watching the news and they mentioned that Kim Jong throw one of his uncles in a pit with dogs (that haven't eaten for months) and he was eaten alive....
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Chuckman wrote:I can't remember why this came up in a business ethics class (Professor was a weirdo hippie, the "I used to be rich and now I ~teach~" type of business professor) but anyway, it is apparently not an uncommon punishment for women in NK reeuducation camps to be executed by impalement with a shovel. That is, they stick the point of a shovel in the woman's genitals and push until she dies.
Whether or not they pose a credible military threat to anyone isn't the matter at hand.
Yeah. That was a sobering read. The petition's wrong-headed (we can't just invade the place), but he's right that something needs to be done. And I don't think I'm gonna be laughing at the memes anymore.
That was discredited. But for this regime it's not beyond the pale, and that's pretty damn scary.
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Ordinarily I would be first in line to mock North Korea:
In this case NK is using the humor to their advantage, so it's better to stop it.
I haven't seen The Interview and I don't plan to. NK succeeded in a powerful act of sorcery through its actions against the film. I will not lend my power to it.
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In this case NK is using the humor to their advantage, so it's better to stop it.
I haven't seen The Interview and I don't plan to. NK succeeded in a powerful act of sorcery through its actions against the film. I will not lend my power to it.
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Oh, i didn't know it discredited, thanks for mentioning it.
Still the thing with the shovel sounds pretty sick. Who knows what else they are doing.
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As with any such system the guards and everyone up the chain are dehumanized by the process of dehumanizing others. They will do anything that one might do to an insect because they no longer see the value of human life, of others or their own.
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While I am a staunch proponent of the view that "laughter is the best weapon to defeat tyrants" you still need to take oppressive regimes seriously as a threat because if you make fun of them too much they'll surprise you when they demonstrate that while they may be an idiot state, they are not altogether incompetent.
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