So... now Sony is saying they will release it...
Complete marketing ploy.
Complete marketing ploy.
The Interview canceled/threat
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Marketing ploy? For a movie that cost 40 mill to make and was easily expected to at least triple that from the box office alone? Sony pictures brings in an estimated 7 BILLION a year. They don't need to create huge marketing ploys in order to milk an extra 10 mill or w/e.
If the hack, that was far more damaging and widespread than just the release of a movie, hadn't occurred, the movie would have been released as scheduled.
It's nothing more than damage control from the huge amount of backlash they've received, including the White house. They made a mistake, now they are attempting to correct it. Anyone who thinks it's a "marketing Ploy" is simply ignoring the facts of the entire matter.
If the hack, that was far more damaging and widespread than just the release of a movie, hadn't occurred, the movie would have been released as scheduled.
It's nothing more than damage control from the huge amount of backlash they've received, including the White house. They made a mistake, now they are attempting to correct it. Anyone who thinks it's a "marketing Ploy" is simply ignoring the facts of the entire matter.
The hack was most likely real. The pulling of the movie was a marketing ploy.
They're going to release it a little bit later and now have half the country wanting to see it.
They're going to release it a little bit later and now have half the country wanting to see it.
Sony's pulling of the movie did far more damage to them than any monetary reward they may gain. Reputation and public perception mean everything, and in the long run are far more profitable than a short term gain, which is all this would be.
Their profits are far too great for them to simply concoct a "marketing ploy" that damaged them in the eyes of so many, especially for such a tiny increase in overall profit.
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I'm with damage.
Damage control. Obv. Can't believe (like really... can't believe) they didn't see this turn of events coming.
It's just a big, sweaty, money-ridden mess, and then you add north korea (yea I was just talking about the movie before) and it gets way too political for the idiots to stay one step ahead.
It's a big pathetic capitalist mess.
There could be a Vonnegut book, except he's dead.
[DOUBLEPOST=1419570366][/DOUBLEPOST]But can we not make this bullshit about free speech?
None of this shit is about free speech.
This is big corporate and nationalist. Don't stand up for this issue. It's sony. It's not you.
Damage control. Obv. Can't believe (like really... can't believe) they didn't see this turn of events coming.
It's just a big, sweaty, money-ridden mess, and then you add north korea (yea I was just talking about the movie before) and it gets way too political for the idiots to stay one step ahead.
It's a big pathetic capitalist mess.
There could be a Vonnegut book, except he's dead.
[DOUBLEPOST=1419570366][/DOUBLEPOST]But can we not make this bullshit about free speech?
None of this shit is about free speech.
This is big corporate and nationalist. Don't stand up for this issue. It's sony. It's not you.
From what I'm reading all over the net and IMDB, the movie pretty much sucks, but those are only opinions. There are a lot of them though. Good thing it only cost Sony 40 mill to make. (Not said sarcastically, this is a small production cost)
Definitely not something I'd ever pay to see.
Definitely not something I'd ever pay to see.
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Echoes pretty much every review I've read on it.
I'm personally going to wait to see it for free on Netflix (well, free for me lol).
nice propaganda
It doesn't really seem like it was NK.
The threats didn't start with the movie so with that it seems more like a disgruntled employee or someone with inside access to the network.
The threats didn't start with the movie so with that it seems more like a disgruntled employee or someone with inside access to the network.