Sony Kowtowing to North Korea

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Fishtigua

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9,786 posts

194 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Sony Films are pulling the release of the film 'The Interview' due to L'il Kim's hacker attack.

Is this a lily-livered, knee jerk reaction from a poorly run company or a smart move from the marketing dept?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30526406

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sony-has-no-furt...

15peter20

191 posts

158 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Oooohhh - they must have something juicy then!

pork911

7,086 posts

182 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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why would you use the phrase 'kowtowing' in relation to this?

Beati Dogu

8,862 posts

138 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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It's a slippery slope if you ask me.

GavinPearson

5,715 posts

250 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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When you look at all the e-mails that have been released showing their executives' comments about some of Hollywood's biggest stars, halting this movie is the least of Sony's problems.

Perhaps the way they see it though is that losing $75 million is nothing compared to the loss that could be borne if the parent company was attacked in Japan.

But key to the decision was that certain cinema chains refused to show the film.

Interesting times ahead.

dudleybloke

19,717 posts

185 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Its a bad Korea move.

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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and here is the scene that causes all the fuss ...

http://youtu.be/ALYw9eJ_jf0

fuggin ridiculous really ..... someone with a similar haircut to KYI dies in a helicopter accident (with a missile)

Don

28,377 posts

283 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Sony: Password losing bunch of ....

unrepentant

21,212 posts

255 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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dudleybloke said:
Its a bad Korea move.
Always knew he was a wrong Un.

Fishtigua

Original Poster:

9,786 posts

194 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Anyone watching Jimmy Kimmel? Very funny and true.

Edit:

https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/54531102144...

Edited by Fishtigua on Thursday 18th December 04:51

iphonedyou

9,234 posts

156 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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'Kowtowing' is a phrase that should never, ever be used.

KrazyIvan

4,341 posts

174 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Definition of kowtow in English:
VERB

[NO OBJECT]
1Act in an excessively subservient manner:

Am I missing something here.....

Tunku

7,703 posts

227 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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iphonedyou said:
'Kowtowing' is a phrase that should never, ever be used.
Why ever not?

daddy cool

3,996 posts

228 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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I dont remember any bother around "Team America: World Police", though Wikipedia says:

"Kim Jong-il, a noted film buff,[24] never commented publicly about his depiction in Team America: World Police, although shortly after its release North Korea asked the Czech Republic to ban the film; the country refused saying that North Koreans had been rebuffed in their effort to undermine the Czech Republic's post-Communist era freedom.[19] The filmmakers acknowledged this in a DVD extra and jokingly suggested he sing "I'm So Ronery.""

Megaflow

9,345 posts

224 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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I saw this on the news this morning, and one twitterer on the subject said: "all this has done is ensure the film will be seen by many more than otherwise would have done".

I think this is very true. I hadn't heard of the film, or knew Sony were making it, but now I want to watch it.

Some say Sony have bowed to the hackers, I think they have played a blinder, when this gets released on Blu-Ray it will be huge.

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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I've just gone from might watch to will absolutely definitely watch.

Cobnapint

8,596 posts

150 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Hopefully this is just a delaying tactic while several intelligence services around the globe coordinate their kit ready for the 'Sony reconsiders and changes it's mind' date in the new year, so they can find the source of the hack.

This is, after all, a major threat of industrial espionage.

greygoose

8,224 posts

194 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Tunku said:
iphonedyou said:
'Kowtowing' is a phrase that should never, ever be used.
Why ever not?
Yes why not?

TheJimi

24,860 posts

242 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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Megaflow said:
I saw this on the news this morning, and one twitterer on the subject said: "all this has done is ensure the film will be seen by many more than otherwise would have done".

I think this is very true. I hadn't heard of the film, or knew Sony were making it, but now I want to watch it.

Some say Sony have bowed to the hackers, I think they have played a blinder, when this gets released on Blu-Ray it will be huge.
Yep, tempted to agree with that.

Sony could well be playing the long game here.


Legend83

9,947 posts

221 months

Thursday 18th December 2014
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GavinPearson said:
When you look at all the e-mails that have been released showing their executives' comments about some of Hollywood's biggest stars, halting this movie is the least of Sony's problems.
What happened here then?