Cinemark was sued in the wake of the Aurora shooting, and their defense has been there was no way for them to expect something like that to happen. In this case, the threats they've received would prevent that defense, and the theaters don't want to take on that liability.
> Guardians of Peace, the group claiming responsibility for the Sony hack, issued a sharp warning this week promising a “bitter fate” for viewers of the movie and warning others “to keep yourself distant from the places at that time.”
> “The world will be full of fear,” they said in an anonymous online posting. “Remember the 11th of September 2001.”
I don't think it's fair to place blame either on Sony or the cinemas for this.
Obviously bowing to intimidation like this sets a dangerous precedent, but at the same time it would be absolutely terrible if these threats were ignored and something similar to the Aurora shootings happened as a result.
At a certain point you have to take a step back and acknowledge that it's just a dumb comedy movie - definitely not something worth potential loss of life.
Sort it out BBC. British people (without VPNs) can't view this link.
"We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee. It is run commercially by BBC Worldwide, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC, the profits made from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes. You can find out more about BBC Worldwide and its digital activities at www.bbcworldwide.com."
Wow. That's just borderline pathetic. I'm guessing it has something to do with the law that governs them from advertising to people in the UK... they're not allowed to make money off you?
Snippets fta
"With prosthetic noses and drunken antics, Westerners are portrayed in the most unflattering light". So? Western movies also do parodies.
"perhaps the reaction to The Interview really is an expression of fear from the North Korean authorities... [that] the picture of their perfect state will gradually begin to be eroded."
Blah blah. Run of the mill decry of North Korea propaganda, and supermarket psychology analysis of mentality. Blah. The same propaganda methods that are used in the the rest of the world including the west.
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 46.0 ms ] threadNot a single bone in your back Sony. I was actually really looking forward to seeing the movie.
Will we end up where anyone that dislikes a message in a movie can make some random threats and have it pulled by liability fearing theaters?
The lawsuit you're referring to was dismissed[0]. So bring it up proves nothing.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting#Civil_liti...
What Sony needs to do now is just release it online. If they're really ballsy, for free on Youtube (with ads, maybe).
> “The world will be full of fear,” they said in an anonymous online posting. “Remember the 11th of September 2001.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/top-movie-the...
I don't think it's fair to place blame either on Sony or the cinemas for this.
Obviously bowing to intimidation like this sets a dangerous precedent, but at the same time it would be absolutely terrible if these threats were ignored and something similar to the Aurora shootings happened as a result.
At a certain point you have to take a step back and acknowledge that it's just a dumb comedy movie - definitely not something worth potential loss of life.
Perhaps Sony should just "leak" the film.
"We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee. It is run commercially by BBC Worldwide, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BBC, the profits made from it go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes. You can find out more about BBC Worldwide and its digital activities at www.bbcworldwide.com."
http://www.usa-proxy.org/browse.php?u=4YwFrBPeM4dQ8cJy7cd0HG...
"perhaps the reaction to The Interview really is an expression of fear from the North Korean authorities... [that] the picture of their perfect state will gradually begin to be eroded." Blah blah. Run of the mill decry of North Korea propaganda, and supermarket psychology analysis of mentality. Blah. The same propaganda methods that are used in the the rest of the world including the west.