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"Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too

Posted by timothy on from the meet-your-new-program-director dept.

Slate reports that even old movies are enough to trigger a pretty strong knee jerk: Team America, World Police, selected as a tongue-in-cheek replacement by Dallas's Alamo Drafthouse Theater for the Sony-yanked The Interview after that film drew too much heat following the recent Sony hack, has also been pulled. The theater's tweet, as reprinted by Slate: "due to circumstances beyond our control,” their Dec. 27 Team America screening has also been canceled." If only I had a copy, I'd like to host a viewing party here in Austin for The Interview, which I want to see now more than ever. (And it would be a fitting venue.)

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  1. America! by Iniamyen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck yeah!

    1. Re:America! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too

      I could go for a post-hack yanking. I'm cool with k-girls.

    2. Re: America! by jd2112 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Because subjecting the American public to the "Annie" remake should be punishment enough.

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    3. Re: America! by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Next, I guess we'll see, It's A Wonderful Life Transformer Terminator.

      "Every time a bell rings, I'll be back." *transforms into a pickup truck and drives through the wall*

  2. Model Move by magusxxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    If there was ever a time to re-release Zoolander, it's now!

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  3. If you want a copy... by wolfman_jake · · Score: 5, Funny

    It shouldn't be to difficult to get one, I hear Sony's security isn't the best.

  4. Other films cancelled. by nimbius · · Score: 5, Funny

    mrs doubtfire: showing cancelled due to creaking theater entrance that sounded like a terrorist attack (even though keith said he closed it quietly)
    saving private ryan: cancelled immediately after theater realized the entire film involved the concept of war, which was like terror but with more rock music
    Batman: dark knight rises cancelled, banes coat reminded an elderly woman of an episode of mash. Dark knight cancelled by studio confused and frightened about 'unstoppable forces' and 'immoveable objects.' Batman & Robin cancelled by studio executive who simply found the nipples and codpieces too uncomfortable.
    hot tub time machine: violates numerous causality laws and in the spirit of preserving much of our modern understanding of thermodynamics, has been cancelled by a studio that mistook the word 'causality' for 'terrorist'

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    1. Re:Other films cancelled. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      hot tub time machine was cancelled because watching it is torture.

  5. Those responsible have been sacked by flink · · Score: 5, Funny

    We regret the inconvenience. The move that was to replace the move that has been yanked, has been yanked. Those responsible for sacking the ones responsible for yanking the movie to replace the yanked movie wish you to know that they have been sacked.

    1. Re:Those responsible have been sacked by pla · · Score: 4, Funny

      A m00se once bit my sister... No realli!

  6. How about the 2012 Red Dawn showing? by mlts · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like the Alamo Drafthouse needs to show the 2012 remake of Red Dawn...

  7. Re:What are they going to do? by Stormy+Dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Spottswoode: From what I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.N.C.E has gathered, it would be 9/11 times 100.
    Gary Johnston: 9/11 times a hundred? Jesus, that's...
    Spottswoode: Yes, 91,100.