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by: HumbleGirl Active Indicator LED Icon 14 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 9:26pm  
Anyone following this story? It just keeps getting nuttier and nuttier and now it sounds like the movie isn't even going to be released at all.
 
My thing is why in the heck did they make this movie in the first place? I mean it's about killing a real guy who is currently alive. I can't think of any other movie that does such a thing. At least freaking make it a fictional story with characters and countries like the actual and let people draw their own conclusions...but there is a clip of Kim Jong Il getting blown up in slow motion with a close up of his face burning and whatnot. It's offensive no matter who the person is.
 
That said, we still have our freedoms and even with an ill advised movie, we can't grovel to what is blackmail basically. I'm not crazy about the fact that Sony is backing down.
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brightlights Active Indicator LED Icon 15 Forum Moderator
~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 9:50pm  
Death of a President (2006)? A mocumentary about George W. Bush getting assassinated (and Cheney becomes president!). You can YouTube the trailer (actually, I believe the whole movie is on YT).
 
en.m.wikipedia.org/w iki/Death_of_a_Presi dent_%282006_film%29
 
Much ado about nothing. Emoticon that theaters left and right are pulling the Christmas day premiere, but I hear it's only a handful. I wasn't planning on seeing it anyway because it doesn't really interest me. Emoticon
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 10:01pm  
...but there is a clip of Kim Jong Il getting blown up in slow motion with a close up of his face burning and whatnot. It's offensive no matter who the person is.
 
@HumbleGirl:
 
I for one, do not find that offensive...
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cbp210 Active Indicator LED Icon 12
~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 10:08pm  
I was planning to go see the Hobbit next week but I am going to ad this movie to my list.
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HumbleGirl Active Indicator LED Icon 14 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 10:14pm  
I don't remember that one (Death of a President) at all. And I'm a movie buff so that's surprising.
 
I would have seen this movie because I see all Rogen and Franco - because I live in a house full of cavemen and am always outnumbered on movie votes.
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HumbleGirl Active Indicator LED Icon 14 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 10:15pm  
I was planning to go see the Hobbit next week but I am going to ad this movie to my list.
 
@cbp210:
 
It's canceled til at least January from what I read.
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 10:21pm  

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>> I was planning to go see the Hobbit next week but I am going to ad this movie to my list.
 
@cbp210:
 
It's canceled til at least January from what I read.
 
@HumbleGirl:
 
Oh well I'll wait. At least I will see the Hobbit.
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 10:31pm  
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bbk Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 10:39pm  
Why make this type of movie to start with ?If I throw egg in my next door neighbors face do you think he'll want to get my mail & watch my house when we leave town ???? Why stir the pot ? What is the purpose for making this ? I think we already have enough countries that don't like us.
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iSellCode Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 9 years ago   Dec 17, '14 11:25pm  
Can't think of a better person to blow up...hell the Islamists make real recordings of them killing Westerners and that seems to fly ok. Funny part is the Kim Jun clan must have missed Team America lol...
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bbk Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Dec 18, '14 12:17am  
I'd guess most Americans don't like him or anything he stands for .I sure don't . But .....I don't care to spit in his face in any way unless I already have plans to go to war with this man & have the money to do so .Why irritate someone if your not going to back it up ?
 
I really don't think any American would think it ok to hear a recording of Americans being killed . Unless they have joined a terrorist group.
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Squid75 Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 9 years ago   Dec 18, '14 2:37am  
Didn't Hollywood kill Sadam Hussain a bunch of times in some really campy comedies? Did Hollywood ever kill any other leaders in movies. Hitler? Gorby? Trivial BS in my opinion. I think it makes a lot more sense that North Korea attacked Sony. They have a big thing about bombing Japan anyways. I think they are more motivated in that direction.
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Undecided Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 9 years ago   Dec 18, '14 9:39am  
I agree with those of you who asked why this movie was made in the first place. I do not see that any good could have come from it. Just because we can do something does not make it the right thing to do.
 
I am more concerned about their capability to hack essential services.
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AtascaGuy Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Dec 18, '14 11:38am  
Nothing is crack or hack proof. If it is made and designed by humans, it can be hacked or cracked by humans, unfortunately.
 
EDIT: FYI. The difference between hacking and cracking:
 
hackingvscrackingb31 .blogspot.com/
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redneck roy Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 9 years ago   Dec 18, '14 11:43am  
best advertising ever - if Sony decides to move forward with release.
 
its not event the first movie featuring the death of Kim Jung; let alone other living leaders. just a dumb comedy -
 
asking why any movie is made - is kind of silly. Thats hollywood - maybe if it was state run propaganda - there may be some point to questioning it.
 
from the trailers - I thought it looked kind of dumb and had no interest in seeing it.
 
I want to see it now.....
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bbk Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 9 years ago   Dec 18, '14 12:10pm  
I agree with those of you who asked why this movie was made in the first place. I do not see that any good could have come from it. Just because we can do something does not make it the right thing to do.
 
I am more concerned about their capability to hack essential services.
 
@Undecided:
 
Exactly how I feel just because you can should you !!! A negative movie was made about President Bush 2 & we did not go see it .We see nothing that we would have to pay for that pokes fun or would perhaps cut another leaders throat ,or one of our presidents . It is a respect that I was taught for the position held by these men
 
There are quite a few leaders I don't like for one reason or the other but I still do not agree with something so public as a movie with the intent that I believe this one had .It's a BIG World & we are better off ( I) feel not inflaming people .
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