mikal
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So....technically, the terrorists won then?
Pascal and Sharpton met New York on Thursday
This may be premature, but I don't think Sony Studios will survive,
I think they will be acquired by another studio
the emails have damaged too many relationships and made them look incompetent and just plain stupid, their credibility is shot
sure all of this stuff does probably exist at other studios to some extent, but once it goes public there is no way to undo it
Also, that Steve Carell movie that got canceled was tied to News Corp and Fox, Rupert Murdoch didn't want his New Corp. empire to have its dirty secrets released like Sony's were. That would have been fun.
What kind of dirt do the hackers have on Sony? Would it really be surprising to learn that people involved in making movies are giant assholes? Possibly with some misogyny, racism and puppy kicking?
Wrong on all counts
What's your take? Genuinely curious.
There's no way this movie was pulled because anyone thought there was a real threat to movie goers.
The movie was pulled because the publicity and interest had reached such a level that Sony couldn't have possibly released this piece of garbage, especially when the theaters started backing out.
Now they'll release it on demand, many will go rent it, and they'll make millions off this sheer pile of donkey crap they call a movie.
George Clooney has a VERY interesting take on all this, you can read his interview on Nikki Finke's site, Deadline Hollywood.
Deadline | Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News
The article is called "Hollywood Cowardice"
Regardless of whether you're a Clooney fan or not--and I confess I'm generally meh--my respect for him just shot up leaps and bounds. He's the only one in Tinseltown (or the media, for that matter) who seems to grasp the profoundly frightening implications of what just happened here. The questions he raises are of the huge importance and nobody is asking them right now. Worth a read.
Interesting tidbit from the article: When Nixon went to China, he was asked why the US supported South Korea, and he said it was because we (America) were the guardians of peace.
Think about that.
I mean, really think about that.
And wonder why the White House has responded the way it has so far, and why it is pledging a continued limited response. They must know more than they are willing admit, about who did this.
Was reading a comment string on Gawker about how perhaps the decision came from Sony in Japan (i.e., the poppermost of the toppermost). That would be interesting and could change the narrative quite a bit here. Japan's relation to NK is different than ours.
Thoughts?
(i.e., the poppermost of the toppermost).
Obama said he was sympathetic to the damage and threats Sony has dealt with. " "Having said all that, yes I think they made a mistake," Obama said.
"We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States," he said. "Because if somebody is able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing when they see a documentary that they don't like or news reports that they don't like."
Even worse, Obama said, "imagine if producers and distributors and others started engaging in self-censorship because they don't want to offend the sensibilities of somebody whose sensibilities probably need to be offended."
"That's not who we are. That's not what America's about," he said.