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Sony To Release the Interview Online Today; Apple Won't Play Ball
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC reports: "Sony Pictures is to distribute its film The Interview online, after a cyber-attack and a row over its release. The film will be offered on a dedicated website — seetheinterview.com — as well as via Google and Microsoft services." Notably absent among the services to provide The Interview is Apple. The New York Times reports: "According to people briefed on the matter, Sony had in recent days asked the White House for help in lining up a single technology partner — Apple, which operates iTunes — but the tech company was not interested, at least not on a speedy time table. An Apple spokesman declined to comment. "
Uh, how about you release it on the Playstation Network, Sony?
Erm. No. Not even if you paid me to.
Unless you actually find Seth Rogan funny and might get some enjoyment out of watching the film the only think watching this is going to do is help make Sony and their new distributors a pile of money for what is, by all accounts, a completely terrible film that is probably going to clean up at the Raspberry's next year. You know, *Sony*, those complete arseholes behind that rootkit thing a few years ago, and not to mention all that other douchebaggery that's been smeared all over the media for a couple of weeks now? You *want* to give money to those pricks?
Just putting it on release is good enough to give the bird to Kim Jong-Un (assuming he cares in the first place since there is no way that anyone in NK outside the inner circle even knows the film exists), there's no need to help Sony survive any longer than absolutely necessary as well.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
I've spent more on worse movies. Took two nieces and a nephew to see "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" (in 3D) after about 30 minutes they wanted to leave because it was so terrible. Even little kids know some time it's just not worth your time to sit through horrible movies.
I expect "The Interview" to be on the level of "This is the End". Bad and completely forgettable instead of so bad it's scarring. I've seen some really bad movies this year (in no particular order): Lucy, Transformers 4, Transcendence, 300: RoaE (even Eva Green's breasts couldn't help this movie), and Divergent.