Sony Pictures Pulls “The Interview” From Theaters - page 3.

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I simply don't get it why everyone is calling this a PR stunt.
Results of the "PR stunt" so far:
- lots of financial damage
- a huge amount of private and confidential of the company/employees data floating around on the net
- 5 DVD screener copies leaked
All of this hassle just for 1 movie that will be pirated anyway (if not more than others)?

At this point it is certainly not a PR move. It would have been more believable early when sony was first reported being hacked, as the leaked information could have been faked, they could have given up a not-yet-released movie in order to drum up extra anticipation/hype about this one, however at this point the employee information appears to be real, and they are not going to be faking a terrorist threat

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Quote from: Aemon on December 22, 2014, 10:48:38 AM

Quote from: ?? on ??

I simply don't get it why everyone is calling this a PR stunt.
Results of the "PR stunt" so far:
- lots of financial damage
- a huge amount of private and confidential of the company/employees data floating around on the net
- 5 DVD screener copies leaked
All of this hassle just for 1 movie that will be pirated anyway (if not more than others)?

They are simply not informed people that are calling it a PR stunt.

All great points but your last one, this will probably be the LEAST pirated movie in history.

Sony is releasing it for 100% free so there is absolutely no reason to pirate this movie at all.

http://nypost.com/2014/12/21/sony-plans-to-release-the-interview-on-crackle-for-free/

By the looks of it, Sony is trying to release it before anonymous does. Guess this way, Sony will figure they might get people using their service, which will likely bring in ad revenue. Also, I imagine many will still choose to pirate the movie, instead of using the Sony site. I'd rather download it, put on a usb stick, and watch it on my TV.

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I simply don't get it why everyone is calling this a PR stunt.
Results of the "PR stunt" so far:
- lots of financial damage
- a huge amount of private and confidential of the company/employees data floating around on the net
- 5 DVD screener copies leaked
All of this hassle just for 1 movie that will be pirated anyway (if not more than others)?

They are simply not informed people that are calling it a PR stunt.

All great points but your last one, this will probably be the LEAST pirated movie in history.

Sony is releasing it for 100% free so there is absolutely no reason to pirate this movie at all.

http://nypost.com/2014/12/21/sony-plans-to-release-the-interview-on-crackle-for-free/

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They've said it will be released!

It was all a plot to get a bigger audience..

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Quote from: Mr Crabs on December 22, 2014, 10:11:57 AM

I don't think it's a PR stunt but it might not have anything to do with North Korea. Just seems a little too convenient. And have Anonymous provided proof that they have the film? I actually really want to see it.

North Korea keeps responding about it, so I am guessing it has something to do with them.

As far as a release Sony announced just recently they will be releasing it via steam for 100% free. How this is a PR stunt, is beyond me, Sony losing millions upon millions of dollars and releasing the movie for free, yeah doesn't sound like a PR move.

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Quote from: Aemon on December 22, 2014, 09:34:00 AM

Quote from: DodoB on December 22, 2014, 08:12:14 AM

Nice PR stunt Sony. the whole thing is fabricated.

Hmm, have you read anything about this? The whole thing is not fabricated, you think North Korea would be in on this as well?

Do you think Sony enjoys losing hundreds of millions of dollars?

I don't think it's a PR stunt but it might not have anything to do with North Korea. Just seems a little too convenient. And have Anonymous provided proof that they have the film? I actually really want to see it.

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Quote from: DodoB on December 22, 2014, 08:12:14 AM

Nice PR stunt Sony. the whole thing is fabricated.

Hmm, have you read anything about this? The whole thing is not fabricated, you think North Korea would be in on this as well?

Do you think Sony enjoys losing hundreds of millions of dollars?

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Nice PR stunt Sony. the whole thing is fabricated.

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Quote from: Vod on December 17, 2014, 07:37:29 PM

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The decision was the depressing climax to a weeks-long nightmare after Sony Pictures Entertainment suffered on Nov. 24 a massive and unprecedented hack of roughly 100TB of embarrassing, sensitive, and confidential data. On Monday, the group claiming responsibility for the hack, who call themselves Guardians of Peace, threatened theaters that plan on showing the film The Interview — which depicts the assassination of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un. “We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places ‘The Interview’ be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to,” the group said in a statement. “Remember the 11th of September 2001.”

I'm disappointed to see them cave over some obviously empty threats. Score one for terrorism.

North Korea stronk!

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Quote from: malaimult on December 22, 2014, 03:50:25 AM

Quote from: IamCANADIAN013 on December 22, 2014, 12:42:22 AM

Looks like Anonymous will be releasing the movie as a sort of Christmas gift, LOL! What a disaster for Sony. Sony Pictures was helping keep Sony afloat as they've been losing billions. Gotta wonder where Sony goes from here. The damage from all this will be interesting to watch play out.

http://uproxx.com/movies/2014/12/anonymous-north-korea-plan-release-the-interview/

I don't think this would be a disaster for Sony. I don't think Anonymous would release the interview if sony releases in on or around xmas online (which they may or may not do).

Well it seems like anon would release it but wait on Sonys part to see if they do or not
For a few days at least while the executives there discuss options.

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Quote from: IamCANADIAN013 on December 22, 2014, 12:42:22 AM

Looks like Anonymous will be releasing the movie as a sort of Christmas gift, LOL! What a disaster for Sony. Sony Pictures was helping keep Sony afloat as they've been losing billions. Gotta wonder where Sony goes from here. The damage from all this will be interesting to watch play out.

http://uproxx.com/movies/2014/12/anonymous-north-korea-plan-release-the-interview/

I don't think this would be a disaster for Sony. I don't think Anonymous would release the interview if sony releases in on or around xmas online (which they may or may not do).

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People will find excuses to shoot up a place anyway really.

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Looks like Anonymous will be releasing the movie as a sort of Christmas gift, LOL! What a disaster for Sony. Sony Pictures was helping keep Sony afloat as they've been losing billions. Gotta wonder where Sony goes from here. The damage from all this will be interesting to watch play out.

http://uproxx.com/movies/2014/12/anonymous-north-korea-plan-release-the-interview/

"It was only a matter of time before the hacker collective Anonymous put their two cents in regarding the Sony hack. Early on Friday, one of Anon’s many Twitter accounts set their sights on North Korea, the hacker group known as #GOP (aka Guardians of Peace) and Sony Pictures regarding the decision to pull The Interview from theaters. From the looks of things, they are planning on releasing the movie to the world themselves. From Twitter:"

There are a bunch of twitter comments in the link from anonymous bashing Sony, LOL!

Quote from: AllTheBitz on December 21, 2014, 04:38:15 PM

Quote from: pitham1 on December 21, 2014, 02:00:03 PM

There are suggestions that the movie halls didn't want to screen it and Sony took the flak for acceding to their request and not releasing the film.

Yeah I heard that they were afraid there were going to get sued if anyone one got hurt Like the aurora shooting in Colorado a couple years back.

Considering it America, I could see a few whack jobs using it as an excuse to shoot up a bunch of theaters.

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Quote from: pitham1 on December 21, 2014, 02:00:03 PM

There are suggestions that the movie halls didn't want to screen it and Sony took the flak for acceding to their request and not releasing the film.

Yeah I heard that they were afraid there were going to get sued if anyone one got hurt Like the aurora shooting in Colorado a couple years back.

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A place in Montreal is still going to release the movie as of today but they may change due to threats.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/the-interview-may-still-see-theatres-in-toronto-155000526.html

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There are suggestions that the movie halls didn't want to screen it and Sony took the flak for acceding to their request and not releasing the film.

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Quote from: Gronthaing on December 18, 2014, 11:30:38 PM

As I said in https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9884609 this might just be a marketing move. With the attention the hack got, no matter who did it, build up even more attention, then release the movie some time later. That or those 100TB contain something Sony wants to keep secret at all costs.

I highly doubt it is a marketing move. The hackers made off with a tonne of information from Sony, some of it highly personal and sensitive. They have halted tours of their studios, and Sony employees have filed a class action lawsuit against them for leaking the data. They've also lost a ton of brand power, productivity, and reputation over this. I'm sure lots of people have lost theirs jobs as well.

If it is a marketing move, it's a highly risky one. Sony has a lot more to lose over this than gain. Pisses me off, I was looking forward to seeing it. They filmed much of it in Vancouver.

At this point it is far from a marketing move. Even the US government has investigated and has pointed their finger at a state actor being behind the hack (North Korea). Additionally there is the threat of a terrorist attack which would horribly backfire if it was determined that Sony was fabricating this

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Quote from: SaltySpitoon on December 17, 2014, 08:21:04 PM

I've personally been against this movie all along (even before the Sony hack and such) and I'm glad they stopped showing it. There is a very obvious difference between parody movies (think Team America World Police) and a thinly veiled realistic threat that the US is going to use the media to assassinate the leader of North Korea. I wasn't worried about hurting Kim Jong Un's feelings, I was worried that the movie would make him more paranoid and it would put Americans or suspected Americans in danger. Look at American cinematography, there are hundreds of movies about the president being kidnapped by terrorists, aliens, the works, but they are always either fictional presidents or an already dead ones. If a North Korean movie came out about an attempted hit on the president, there would be a lot of protest and people calling it propaganda.

Am I against freedom of expression? No, but I think there is a major double standard here. That and North Korea doesn't need any more reasons somewhat fictional or not, to suspect the US of an assassination attempt against Kim.

I personally don't think the NK is capable to pulling off any major kind of terrorist attack, nor any major act of war that would do physical harm to American citizens (Americans would be the ones targeted). Any attempt of either of the above would be considered an act of war and a reason for the US government to argue that the Chinese government should no longer support NK and if the Chinese government can be convinced as such the NK government will likely quickly collapse.

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I don't really care for the film but I hope it is released at some point. I wonder what their reaction will be when it is released seeing as N Korea want's it shelved forever.

Quote from: pattu1 on December 17, 2014, 09:41:17 PM

This has been done when the Department of Homeland Security says that the threat is not credible.
They should have shown more spine.

Why would anyone take their threats seriously? Serious terrorists don't make threats or give advance warnings, they just attack.

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At worst, I see the film as a provocation propaganda at a time when North and South Korea seek to reunite, which is not to the US liking. This is why Obama took such a strong stance, when the film got stopped.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-19/north-korean-hack-of-sony-not-acceptable-state-conduct-fbi-says.html

At best, it is a political "black PR" move, on the same line as "Borat".

Oh, well, Russia at least tries to act as a peace broker, having invited both the South Korean president and the North Korean leader to Moscow for the 9th of May celebration next year, giving them an opportunity to talk on neutral territory:
http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2014/12/20/n_6762937.shtml

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