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"Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too
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.)
"North Korea? Oh, Fuck no!" - Sony, Paramount, et al.
In all seriousness, though, I think Sony ought to release the movie and I think everyone who believes in free speech ought to buy a ticket, whether they see it or not. Let's turn this movie into a blockbuster! That's the American thing to do! Well, at least back when Americans acted like Americans.
North Korea really hasn't even proven it has a missile that reliably reach Japan. The country is a total basket case run by a violent, completely detached dynasty. It represents a significant regional threat, but if it were to ever do anything truly belligerent, China would yank support and the regime would collapse.
That, to my mind, is the chief threat of North Korea, that when the Kims finally do lose grip, the regime's collapse will be violent for North Koreans and their neighbors.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Sony hack: Obama considers 'proportional response' against North Korea
The White House calls the hacking of the Sony studio a "serious national security matter," while Hollywood stars compare cancellation of The Interview to Neville Chamberlain's'appeasement of Adolf Hitler and a second film called Pyongyang is also pulled.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...
Maybe we shouldn't turn chicken every time some worthless sociopath threatens violence.
Yep. Put 9/11 on anything and Americans freak out.
Seems to me that complying with the demands of a dictatorship is an ill-advised policy.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
I'd prefer for everyone to pirate it.
You screw the North Koreans (and their supporters) and Sony in one go. Win Win.
And ironically, it seems that will be the only way to watch the movie for the time being. Cause the terrorists have won.
So when the terrorists win, so does free speech?
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
In all seriousness, though, I think Sony ought to release the movie and I think everyone who believes in free speech ought to buy a ticket, whether they see it or not. Let's turn this movie into a blockbuster! That's the American thing to do! Well, at least back when Americans acted like Americans.
You've got to be joking! Everyone buys a ticket and gives a huge profit to Sony and Fox?
Fuck that, I don't think so.
I find it funny that a movie that is a social commentary on how America does whatever it wants with complete disregard for the consequences of its actions on anyone else in the world is being pulled because a few people in a country that we don't even like are upset. I guess it's appropriate since the themes of the movie apparently aren't as relevant today.
what a lot of people don't realise is that after he came back from placating hitler he increased military spending significantly. If not for him, when war broke out Britain would have been squashed.
This is whats called 'international diplomacy' and was actually pretty masterful; he delayed the start of the war and ensured that Britain was prepared for it.
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
It is probably just a viral marketing campaign by Sony. They will release it in a month and 10x more people will go see it out of misguided patriotism and anti North Korean sentiment than would have otherwise
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It is probably just a viral marketing campaign by Sony.
The sad thing is, it would actually be better that way.
.: Semper Absurda