"Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too 230
Slate reports that even old movies are enough to trigger a pretty strong knee jerk: Team America, World Police, selected as a tongue-in-cheek replacement by Dallas's Alamo Drafthouse Theater for the Sony-yanked The Interview after that film drew too much heat following the recent Sony hack, has also been pulled. The theater's tweet, as reprinted by Slate: "due to circumstances beyond our control,” their Dec. 27 Team America screening has also been canceled." If only I had a copy, I'd like to host a viewing party here in Austin for The Interview, which I want to see now more than ever. (And it would be a fitting venue.)
America! (Score:5, Funny)
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"North Korea? Oh, Fuck no!" - Sony, Paramount, et al.
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"Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too
I could go for a post-hack yanking. I'm cool with k-girls.
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It is probably just a viral marketing campaign by Sony.
The sad thing is, it would actually be better that way.
For Onry the Ronery (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:America! (Score:5, Interesting)
I'd prefer for everyone to pirate it.
You screw the North Koreans (and their supporters) and Sony in one go. Win Win.
And ironically, it seems that will be the only way to watch the movie for the time being. Cause the terrorists have won.
Re:America! (Score:4, Insightful)
I'd prefer for everyone to pirate it.
You screw the North Koreans (and their supporters) and Sony in one go. Win Win.
And ironically, it seems that will be the only way to watch the movie for the time being. Cause the terrorists have won.
So when the terrorists win, so does free speech?
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We thought their game was through, but they knew the Konami Code.
Re: America! (Score:5, Funny)
Re: America! (Score:5, Funny)
Next, I guess we'll see, It's A Wonderful Life Transformer Terminator.
"Every time a bell rings, I'll be back." *transforms into a pickup truck and drives through the wall*
Re:America! (Score:5, Insightful)
In all seriousness, though, I think Sony ought to release the movie and I think everyone who believes in free speech ought to buy a ticket, whether they see it or not. Let's turn this movie into a blockbuster! That's the American thing to do! Well, at least back when Americans acted like Americans.
You've got to be joking! Everyone buys a ticket and gives a huge profit to Sony and Fox?
Fuck that, I don't think so.
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Re:America! (Score:5, Informative)
The movie is neither courageous nor a triumph of free speech. It would be both if North Koreans had made it. But it's not.
It didn't even look like a good movie
And giving money to corporation for a shitty in return may be an American way, but it's not one I want to encourage.
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Or watch it on Netflix. Unless they chicken out too, american style. (zing)
well that was more sad than funny :(
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I don't give a rat's ass about the fucking movie OR Sony. I'm not about to give those assholes a goddam dime and reward their bad business practices.
Security will continue to be a bad joke until firms like Sony get busted in the monetary balls by way of lawsuits because their IT department wouldn't make a decent wart on a sysadmin's butt.
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Although if a local theater showed The Interview as an act of defiance, I'd be torn about going to see it. The event could be fun, but on the other hand, I'd be watching yet another shitty Seth Rogen movie.
Really, it'd be like going to see a comedian who's being threatened with arrest for obscenity, but instead of Lenny Bruce, it's Carrot Top.
Re:America! (Score:5, Interesting)
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Good luck eating butterscotch pudding after viewing that movie.
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I take Clariton® when my allegories act up.
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Didn't AlleGory do the Inconvenient Truth gig?
[I got a million of 'em]
What are they going to do? (Score:5, Interesting)
They're computer crackers. What are they going to do? Why all the fear?
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My guess is that the hackers have information that is far more damaging than what they've released so far (if that's possible). As far as why DVDs of TA are in trouble? No idea.
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nobody cares about the hackers. it's the terrorist threats of "9/11-style" violence that have people freaked out.
Re:What are they going to do? (Score:5, Insightful)
Yep. Put 9/11 on anything and Americans freak out.
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Re:What are they going to do? (Score:5, Funny)
Spottswoode: From what I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.N.C.E has gathered, it would be 9/11 times 100.
Gary Johnston: 9/11 times a hundred? Jesus, that's...
Spottswoode: Yes, 91,100.
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I agree with the movie release freakout, but why would they shelve it completely (no DVD, VOD, etc.)? One person suggested insurance claims (I hadn't heard that prior to my earlier post).
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Presumably it takes more than 2 weeks to execute a DVDs or iTunes release. Nobody said they're going to burn all the copies.
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Right now, "officially," they will never release the movie. We'll see.
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How do you spell cult classic? #INTERVIEW
Re:What are they going to do? (Score:5, Informative)
There's always been fear about the 'evil hackers' and the terrible, magical things they can do. From Wikipedia:
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If 4chan can be hackers on steroids and blow up vans [youtube.com], then imagine what an entire country of hackers can do!
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Indeed. Of all the groups that make threats against the West, NK seems the one least likely to have the ability or desire to actually attack a Western target. I cannot imagine the fires of hell that would reign down on North Korea should it be demonstrated to be behind mass murders in the United States.
It boggles my mind that anyone seriously believes North Korea is going to start mounting attacks on North American theaters should they screen this film.
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It boggles my mind that anyone seriously believes North Korea is going to start mounting attacks on North American theaters should they screen this film.
As I said in the other thread, I suspect what NK has done is threaten harm to the families of the Sony execs and the movie chain execs.
That's likely all it would take: "Show this movie and I'll kill your children."
The "attack the theaters" response is just a smokescreen against what has really been threatened.
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You can't nuke North Korea or Kim Jong-Un's BIG brother would retaliate: China.
China could retaliate either militarily (unlikely) or economically (very possible). In either case, the result would be devastating the the USA.
NK exists at the behest of China, pure and simple.
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Model Move (Score:4, Funny)
If you want a copy... (Score:5, Funny)
Alternative #3 (Score:3)
Perhaps a screening of the final episode of "M*A*S*H"?
Why? (Score:2)
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The reason only a few countries have ever tried to wage war on American soil is because we have very few people of your mentality and stuff.
Pitiful (Score:2)
I loathe the politically correct decision makers. They are ruining America and other places, too. People don't have a right not not be offended, the Supreme Court has opined, so let's just do what we want. If you're offended, be offended, but have enough human decency and common sense to understand that not everyone feels the same way you do. Live and let live. As long as no one is touch you physically, stealing your property, or preventing you from pursuing freedom and happiness, go your merry and let othe
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Cool story Ender.
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This, exactly. And well said Sir or Madame. (having known a nerdy girl with black belt) Political correctness is bullying, no less and no more, and bullies make such satisfying noises when they hit the ground.
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It's already on the InterWebs and just a matter of time before it's everywhere.
Except that it's not on the torrents yet:
http://www.vocativ.com/culture/tvmovies/anyone-finds-legit-torrent-interview-hit-us/ [vocativ.com]
http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Interview-Torrent-Downloads-Exist-but-They-re-Not-What-You-d-Expect-467819.shtml [softpedia.com]
The only people we know for sure who have the movie are Sony (who aren't releasing it) and the hackers (who definitely aren't releasing it)
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Those responsible have been sacked (Score:5, Funny)
We regret the inconvenience. The move that was to replace the move that has been yanked, has been yanked. Those responsible for sacking the ones responsible for yanking the movie to replace the yanked movie wish you to know that they have been sacked.
Re:Those responsible have been sacked (Score:5, Funny)
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A m00se? Or some other J0ng-un-gulate?
Is CollegeHumor Next. (Score:3)
I'm sure the DPRK isn't too happy about this Series. [youtube.com]
Home of the Brave (Score:3)
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I can imagine what is going through the heads of many Korean War vets, that MacArthur should have been allowed to march right into Manchuria.
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So you think he wouldn't have lost a land battle in China? Why do you think he came back crying like a baby to the US President that they needed to nuke Beijing and Moscow? The whole idea was ludicrous. The Soviet Union had tested their own nuclear weapons before the Korean War started.
I usually prefer calling the Korean War WWIII to put it into proper perspective.
Re: Home of the Brave (Score:2)
Exactly.
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
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They are thinking that Sony makes a lot of fucking money and should have spent some of it making goddam sure only need-to-know people had root access and that the IT department was staffed by competent, enabled people, and they are thinking this is not a freedom of speech issue, rather it's a Darwinistic weeding of crappy-ass naive corporate assholes and stuff.
Please use better phrases... (Score:3)
Between "post-hack yanking" and "Don't jerk and drive", I'm losing my mind reading news stores.
How about the 2012 Red Dawn showing? (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like the Alamo Drafthouse needs to show the 2012 remake of Red Dawn...
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This isn't Alamo Drafthouse's fault. Paramount chickened out.
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During intermission, they can lead the audience in the chicken dance.
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The movie might not be the greatest, but maybe a random drawing for gift cards for LG and Samsung products might help as well.
Good kimchi on the house wouldn't hurt either.
We're turning into wimps (Score:5, Informative)
The United States has the planet's largest ocean between us and North Korea, the most powerful military the world has ever seen, and enough nuclear firepower to take the entire surface area of North Korea and give it escape velocity. And yet we wimp out on... showinging a 10-year old movie because it might make a tin-plate dictator mad? Seriously?
Re:We're turning into wimps (Score:5, Insightful)
North Korea really hasn't even proven it has a missile that reliably reach Japan. The country is a total basket case run by a violent, completely detached dynasty. It represents a significant regional threat, but if it were to ever do anything truly belligerent, China would yank support and the regime would collapse.
That, to my mind, is the chief threat of North Korea, that when the Kims finally do lose grip, the regime's collapse will be violent for North Koreans and their neighbors.
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We need your kind for a mission (Score:2)
You Can Watch the Interview! (Score:2, Interesting)
They should run a protest viewing of the Hugo Weaving film "The Interview" [imdb.com] instead.
I'm pretty sure it is a better film than the Seth Rogen one anyway.
Yes, I've seen it. It is top notch.
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Did you read the headline?
"Team America" Gets Post-Hack Yanking At Alamo Drafthouse, Too
And from your link:
Update: On Thursday, multiple theaters, including the Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas/Fort Worth, stated that screenings of Team America have been canceled.
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I would guess not. (posted from a phone on a work break) I thought Texas was supposed to be a state that had balls. Guess not.
IIRC, digital projectors have to talk to an authentication server to decrypt the movie. If Paramount disable that, you're not going to be able to show it, balls or otherwise.
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Not the Drafthouse fault. (Score:5, Informative)
The Nerdist blames Paramount [nerdist.com].
Stream the movies to NK (Score:2)
Put a DVD copy of the movies in a satellite, launch it and beam the movies down to NK in every electronic format possible from AM radio to HD. Put the movies on loop and hit play.
Cowards (Score:5, Insightful)
Here Ya Go (Score:2)
If only I had a copy, I'd like to host a viewing party here in Austin for The Interview, which I want to see now more than ever.
https://archive.org/details/TE... [archive.org]
D'oh! (Score:3)
Jast sayin' (Score:2)
My bucket list includes seeing the movie that has America, land of the free and home of the brave, cowering like a paranoid yuppie housewife in the corner of her safe room in her gated neighborhood protected by her ADT security system because she heard there were some brown people around.
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Re:Neville Chamberlin was not available for commen (Score:4, Insightful)
what a lot of people don't realise is that after he came back from placating hitler he increased military spending significantly. If not for him, when war broke out Britain would have been squashed.
This is whats called 'international diplomacy' and was actually pretty masterful; he delayed the start of the war and ensured that Britain was prepared for it.
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Germany was spending far more on their military during that time than Britain was. If Britain and France had stepped in earlier, Germany would have been totally unprepared and the war would have ended quickly. Not to mention all of the horrors of the Holocaust that would have been prevented.
If Britain and France had managed to delay the war to "prepare" even more, say a few years, the Luftwaffe would have been dominated by jets, German ballistic missiles would have been longer range and more precise, and th
It Almost Makes Sense (Score:5, Insightful)
I present you... (Score:3)
the new Paramount logo. [imgur.com]
Misplaced FUD (Score:3)
Here's my theory: Sony was worried that some crazy person is going to batcrap crazy in one of these theaters think that North Korea has sympathizers like ISIS does. The two are not synonymous. You don't see people running around saying that North Korea is regime of peace and North Korea hates us because we stole their oil. By the same token, nobody in Hollywood got all first amendment defensive about the guy who made Innocence of Muslims and wound up in jail (how convenient). Further, nobody in Hollywood decided to close theaters when Dinesh D'Souza came out with multiple movies that some might say would motivate Tea Partiers to do what the left keeps trying to b.s. everyone into believing that they do. Bottom line: Hollywood is a cesspool of hypocrisy.
Now wait for South Park to cover it (Score:3)
Matt and Trey are going to have a field day over all this.
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You are forgetting the implications of tort law.
Even if a physical attack is very unlikely, the costs of the lawsuits which would occurs afterwards would make proceeding a rather risky thing either way.
Don't believe me? The lawsuit against the theater which didn't prevent the Aurora theater shooting continues: http://deadline.com/2014/08/ci... [deadline.com]
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The REAL Team America!
Cheney/Nugent 2016!
The Chickenhawk Coward ticket?
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They got the numbers. It wouldn't take much of a push. These two are a gift! Bigger than a Reagan revival
Remember, to the coward and the timid, they look like heroes, taking action!
The slogan is unbeatable: 'I would do it again in it a minute' That is exactly what people want to hear.
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Actually, it is reportedly Paramount that forbade the public showing of the movie.
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And that lawsuit would be gently brushed aside by Sony's legal team. Heck, they'd probably send in their youngest intern to handle the distraction.
In 1952: "The Court reverses its position on movies in Burstyn v. Wilson, asserting that "liberty of expression by means of motion pictures is