The Glorious Blog of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea

[falafel]

Terrorism works.

That's what I heard from a friend today. Very disappointing to me if so. This is an actual example of the terrorists winning.

Guess we'll all just have to download it illegally now that the NoKos have hacked Sony and released it to the world for free. Thanks KJU!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Lebowski said the same thing in fewer words.


creekster Lebowski

Two potential sig quotes in one post!

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Sony officially pulls the movie from release. Crazy.

http://deadline.com/2014/12/sony-scr...ew-1201328639/

[Jeff Lebowski]

Sony officially pulls the movie from release. Crazy.

http://deadline.com/2014/12/sony-scr...ew-1201328639/

Comments on that site are kind of funny/scary.

Sony should put the movie on youtube and every other video sharing site for free. Something to ensure widest distribution possible.

[old_gregg]

i'd pay $20 for a digital download.

[beefytee]

i'd pay $20 for a digital download.

Can we pay anonymously?

[Commando]

Although I normally would have been unlikely to see this film, I am planning to see it now. Just because.

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[MarkGrace]

Michael Moore @MMFlint · 2h 2 hours ago

Dear Sony Hackers: now that u run Hollywood, I'd also like less romantic comedies, fewer Michael Bay movies and no more Transformers.

ha.

[SCcoug]

i'd pay $20 for a digital download.

You'll have to wait for a pirated copy.

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[falafel]

You'll have to wait for a pirated copy.

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Who says you have to wait?

[YOhio]

Good interview with cyber security expert Peter Singer on the matter.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/rea...urce=mbtwitter

[Eddie]

ha.

Can we also request no more politically based pseudo-documentaries? Moore's got plenty of money to live on while he figures out what to do for a living next.

I agree with JL - if I was Sony I would be putting this out to the world for free. Youtube, Amazon, Hulu, you name it. Those folks might not want to take it - if they're concerned about getting hacked themselves. And if that's the case, maybe Sony just puts it up on their own site for people to watch and/or download.

On another note - how the hell does a country that doesn't even have electricity for the majority of its citizens, much less a computer in the home for kids to hone hacking skills on and discover who has that innate ability to be good at it, come up with a hacker who can outdo Sony?!? That's crazy.

[MarkGrace]

Can we also request no more politically based pseudo-documentaries? Moore's got plenty of money to live on while he figures out what to do for a living next.

I agree with JL - if I was Sony I would be putting this out to the world for free. Youtube, Amazon, Hulu, you name it. Those folks might not want to take it - if they're concerned about getting hacked themselves. And if that's the case, maybe Sony just puts it up on their own site for people to watch and/or download.

On another note - how the hell does a country that doesn't even have electricity for the majority of its citizens, much less a computer in the home for kids to hone hacking skills on and discover who has that innate ability to be good at it, come up with a hacker who can outdo Sony?!? That's crazy.

This is what I read yesterday:

North Korea experts say the country has spent its scarce resources on building up a unit called "Bureau 121" to carry out cyber attacks.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/17/medi...ers/index.html

[Jeff Lebowski]

Liberal arts prof at USC sides with the terrorists.

http://www.laweekly.com/informer/201...t-manipulation

"Can you imagine the outcry if North Korean released, Get Obama, about the assassination of a sitting president," asks Douglas Thomas, associate professor of communication at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

"It's amazing that this even got green-lit," Carman adds. "Wow, nothing's really changed. This is still a white male, Western-centric view of a small Asian nation."

What a dumbass. NK makes movies like that all the time. Nobody cares.

[Donuthole]

I'm starting to believe the decision to pull the movie from release is a calculated publicity stunt. If they release it for free, I'll eat my words. But my guess is they ultimately place it back in theaters.