Obama: Sony 'Made a Mistake' By Pulling 'The Interview' Movie

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Finite said:
I may have read wrong, but hasn’t it been determined that these threats are coming from North Korea?

It saddens me to see that we are buckling so easily on this. The movie should’ve been released as planned, allowing the public to decide whether or not they wanted to go to the theater.

Sure, one could argue “but what if there was an attack”…well, there could be. Unlikely considering the source of the threat, though. But where do we draw the line? It seems a lot of people want to keep meeting the demands of the self-proclaimed terrorists. So where does it stop? If they said they’d attack unless we stopped allowing women to vote, would we?

All that said…its North Korea. What’s Kim Jong-Un going to do? Throw water balloons at us??
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Not only that, but NK is close to Japan, Sony probably taught, its not worth the risk to show this movie and get people here in Japan and the US hurt.
 
ringil said:
Obama is right, but, as usual nothing he says or does is seen positively around here.

It wouldn’t matter his words or actions.

Now if this were a GOP President. . . . . . .
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Excellent point.
 
I just think Sony ought to release the movie online. Let it be downloaded for a price.

We can’t be spooked every time some arrogant group threatens us, especially if that group does indeed hail from North Korea. If we took every threat this seriously, we’d still have all flights on the ground and we’d have a giant cement wall encompassing the new World Trade Center.
 
chero23 said:
Not only that, but NK is close to Japan, Sony probably taught, its not worth the risk to show this movie and get people here in Japan and the US hurt.
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And not only not only that, but since Japan has had a history of being…not so nice, to say the least…with the Koreans, and Sony is a Japanese company, then that kinda makes the threat of violence all the more troublesome.

Actually, come to think of it, what does South Korea think of all this?
 
Finite said:
We can’t be spooked every time some arrogant group threatens us, especially if that group does indeed hail from North Korea.
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You are forgetting about the American lawyers. They are ready to sue for big bucks at the slightest drop of a pin. If Sony had released the movie and there was a theater bomb, these American lawyers would claim negligence on the part of Sony and sue them for hundreds of millions of dollars.
 
WonderAndAwe said:
And not only not only that, but since Japan has had a history of being…not so nice, to say the least…with the Koreans, and Sony is a Japanese company, then that kinda makes the threat of violence all the more troublesome.

Actually, come to think of it, what does South Korea think of all this?
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Maybe, Sony acted a little scared, but its better to be scared than to put people lives at risk.

I mean this is not a thing worth having thousands and thousands of people worth dying for. Its a movie, a comedy, I mean its not like this is a report that talks about the horrors of North Korea, and NK has said, if you bring that report out, WWIII will follow.
 
Finite said:
Yes, I understand that. It was the theaters refusing to show the film which led to Sony pulling it altogether. My statement was that it’s disappointing to see the theaters along with Sony buckling under this threat. It should be left to the people if they want to see it.
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Theaters are not social programs with a duty to screen films.
They are businesses that screen movies to make money.

There is no right to watch a movie.
 
Well it is to be shown tomorrow in texas and atlanta and released video on demand so let’s see what happens and the reviews.
 
7_Sorrows said:
Well it is to be shown tomorrow in texas and atlanta and released video on demand so let’s see what happens and the reviews.
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Comedies in general don’t seem to be ticket-office blockbusters, all of this publicity will surely drive its sales up.
 
Path_Finder said:
Comedies in general don’t seem to be ticket-office blockbusters, all of this publicity will surely drive its sales up.
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I don’t know, we were just talking about going to the movies this weekend. Both this and the Hobbit were quickly ruled out and enthusiasm dwindled on the movie idea. I think this whole freedom of speech reality is always somehow in the media today. I mean, who cares what Kim, Obama or Sony think in regards to all the other brainwashing material out here. It appears as part of an overall agenda with freedom of speech which re-appears pretty regular in one way or another. Would Obama have been so quick to speak if Christ or Mohammed were shown in less than their intended light in a comedy. I wonder. What did Putin say about this? 😃
 
Tomdstone said:
Suppose that there was a terrorist attack on a theatre which ran the movie. And thousands of innocent people were killed or hurt. Wouldn’t that open Sony up to huge lawsuits claiming negligence in releasing the film, knowing that there was a possibility of people being bombed and killed? And wouldn’t Sony be liable for at least the cost of defending itself against these lawsuits, and possibly for negligence, so that its liability could run into hundreds of millions of dollars?
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People know the risks. They can choose to go or not to go.

And you’re suggesting we buckle to the lawyers, now?
 
qui_est_ce said:
And you’re suggesting we buckle to the lawyers, now?
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I don’t see where you have a choice because lawyers can bankrupt your company for negligence or they can have you sent to the penitentiary. How many innocent people have been jailed in America because of incompetent lawyers? It is not that pleasant to know you are innocent and yet be locked up in a cage for years.
 
GaryTaylor said:
I don’t know, we were just talking about going to the movies this weekend. Both this and the Hobbit were quickly ruled out and enthusiasm dwindled on the movie idea. I think this whole freedom of speech reality is always somehow in the media today. I mean, who cares what Kim, Obama or Sony think in regards to all the other brainwashing material out here. It appears as part of an overall agenda with freedom of speech which re-appears pretty regular in one way or another. Would Obama have been so quick to speak if Christ or Mohammed were shown in less than their intended light in a comedy. I wonder. What did Putin say about this? 😃
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Interstellar was pretty good. I saw it in Imax, so it was very loud but worth it. The Hobbit…? No.
 
GaryTaylor said:
What did Putin say about this? 😃
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…i wonder if Putin is wanting to see the assasination part in this movie, just to see what all the fuss is about. I’m imagining him watching it at the Kremlin with his colleagues. They all pause, start looking at each other and start snickering uncontrollably. :D.
 
Tomdstone said:
So it was not North Korea after all.
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No. Theyre just saying that so that in case an attack does happen we will have nobody to point the finger at. :rolleyes:
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…an attempt to confuse the situation and cause conspiracy.
 
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