I'm just worried that at the very least, this might cause a chilling bout of self-censorship at the studios, you know, stay away from certain subjects and issues, don't offend the large Chinese and "global" market. Even with B-grade comedies.
I for one find it very disturbing that just with a hacking campaign, a foreign country or group has the power now to get movies we make banned in our own country. I can see not having it shown in other countries, but not even here in our domestic markets? And instead of condemning N Korea for this, we're all squabbling amongst ourselves like tittering geese about the emails. Fine, then that gives the CIA the right to throw identical "hacking bombs" at other countries too. Why shouldn't we Americans live up to our current nasty rep, we can't just be the victims of this stuff all the time. I think the govt should get involved, IMO it' s becoming clearer that hacking bombs can do even more damage then actual ones. Fascinating subject for a grad thesis though.
Rogen did something incredibly stupid too. Why use N Korea and its leader by name in their film, esp. when they have such a wealth of knowledge about him being a crackpot. Did they not see something like this coming. Why not have a fictional country that is a dead ringer for N.Korea. Comedians have been doing this since Chaplin in The Great Dictator, and probably before.