The "Sony Hack" - Page 8

Lotus · ‎03-09-2010

On 12/17/2014 RoughDraft said:
You're all correct.

It is terrorism, the NK leader is offended, he's also not a rational, mature individual and probably sees the film as a direct threat, especially if it hits the black market and becomes available to the citizens of his country...planting possible seeds of a rebellion. The studio is naive if they felt this film (and I use that term loosely) would not poke a psychotic's hornet's nest. This is a man who had his own relatives executed.

We're all facing new kinds of warfare and a cyber attack is just another thing we have to expect. The enemy does not always wear a uniform we recognize.

Sony put themselves in this position and then rolled up in a tiny ball, more frightened of its stock holders and law suits than a possible threat to a studio audience.

Would I go see it? Not my kind of movie at all, but just to show that we are not a nation of cowards, I might force myself to sit through it.

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"People with closed hearts will always feel as though they are at war with the world." ~My friend Nancy

RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

Hey Lotus, want to share a big old bucket of pop corn and meet at a theater half way? ${#emotions_dlg.laugh}$

~The only difference between this place and the Titanic is that the Titanic had a band.~

kittymomNC · ‎08-09-2012

There are people in the industry now that are thinking that it may never be shown in theaters, and Netflix probably wouldn't touch it for fear of reprisal in the form of another cyber attack, and probably Amazon wouldn't either. So it's entirely possible this movie will never be shown, and it probably should never have been made. What kind of people thought assassination of any kind would be a funny subject for a movie, let alone about this particular dictator?

When a threat involves people of this ilk, you couldn't get me near a theater showing this movie, not that I would pay money to see it anyway.

Tyak · ‎01-26-2013

On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:
On 12/17/2014 Tyak said:
On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:
On 12/17/2014 kittymomNC said:
It appears now that it has been definitely determined that the N Korean govt is behind the cyber attack and the bomb threats about theater goers. This comes very close to being considered an attack or a threat of war... and the administration is carefully considering its response. They said this cannot go unanswered.

This makes it a lot more serious than just some hackers having some fun.

Sony started this mess by making a movie that threatened the life of their leader. In a country like NK where everything is state sponsored, of course they're going to think it's real and of course they are offended.

So what if they're offended? Maybe it's about time they learn to deal with things by acting like adults instead of 2 year olds throwing a tantrum.

Your so-called 2 year olds have nukes. Sony did the right thing to stop the showing of their idiotic movie. Now, it's time for THEM to grow up....hopefully, this is the wakeup call that they needed!

Aren't you forgetting something, shade? We have nukes, too and they know it. BUt there's a problem....they now know we're afraid of them. That's not a good thing. It didn't used to be that way.

Tyak · ‎01-26-2013

On 12/17/2014 kittymomNC said:
It appears now that it has been definitely determined that the N Korean govt is behind the cyber attack and the bomb threats about theater goers. This comes very close to being considered an attack or a threat of war... and the administration is carefully considering its response. They said this cannot go unanswered.

This makes it a lot more serious than just some hackers having some fun.

I'm sure the administration will draw a 'red line' in the sand (again.) That ought to scare the little man. He might be nutz but who really thinks he wants to go to war with us over a movie? Sony needs to grow a set.

foundinlv · ‎04-20-2012

On 12/17/2014 Tyak said:
On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:
On 12/17/2014 Tyak said:
On 12/17/2014 Ilikeshade said:
On 12/17/2014 kittymomNC said:
It appears now that it has been definitely determined that the N Korean govt is behind the cyber attack and the bomb threats about theater goers. This comes very close to being considered an attack or a threat of war... and the administration is carefully considering its response. They said this cannot go unanswered.

This makes it a lot more serious than just some hackers having some fun.

Sony started this mess by making a movie that threatened the life of their leader. In a country like NK where everything is state sponsored, of course they're going to think it's real and of course they are offended.

So what if they're offended? Maybe it's about time they learn to deal with things by acting like adults instead of 2 year olds throwing a tantrum.

Your so-called 2 year olds have nukes. Sony did the right thing to stop the showing of their idiotic movie. Now, it's time for THEM to grow up....hopefully, this is the wakeup call that they needed!

Aren't you forgetting something, shade? We have nukes, too and they know it. BUt there's a problem....they now know we're afraid of them. That's not a good thing. It didn't used to be that way.

Yes, this country has nukes too but what a stupid thing to fight over. NK is very unstable. Who can trust them????

RoughDraft · ‎03-09-2010

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm certainly not afraid of them. Granted, I wouldn't care to plan a vacation there, but that's just me.

As far as nukes, almost everyone has them. Is he insane enough to think IF he tried to use them first, he wouldn't be vaporized? There was a time when Japan didn't think we'd move either.

Currently, at most, this is hurting an American business financially, but it's certainly not the first time and it won't be the last. What we need to concern ourselves with is cyber attacks on our and other nations' infrastructures. All nations need to step it up. It's a wake-up call, not the end of the world...yet.

It irks me that we weren't "allowed" to make a choice whether to see this icky film.

~The only difference between this place and the Titanic is that the Titanic had a band.~

Goldengate8361 · ‎01-27-2014

On 12/17/2014 Tyak said: Irishgirl, it looks like you and I are the only ones here at least who would go to see it, everyone else is too scared that Kim Jong UN will get mad. Lol

I would definitely go see it now! I don't even care for the movie itself, but I don't like the idea of cowardly people scaring U.S. citizens out of our exercise of free speech. I wish it were still opening and that every person in the US would line up to go see it. We shouldn't feel bullied or scared by these so called hackers.