THEATERS WON’T SHOW COMEDY FILM AFTER HACKERS THREATEN VIOLENCE
By FITSNEWS || We love Seth Rogen. And James Franco. And comedies with political twists.
What do we not love? Cowardice … which is exactly what America’s theater chains are demonstrating by their refusal to show Sony Pictures’ “The Interview.”
The movie – which depicts an attempted assassination of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un – is being pulled from virtually every American theater due to an anonymous internet threat vowing to attack anyone who went to see the film.
“We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time,” the hackers stated. “If your house is nearby, you’d better leave.”
Would-be movie-goers were also advised to “remember the 11th of September 2001.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) indicated there was nothing to suggest the threat was credible, but that didn’t stop AMC, Regal, Carmike, Cinemark, ArcLight, Bow Tie Cinemas and other chains from pulling the movie.
Ridiculous …
Now … if you’ve still got the money to see movies in theaters, more power to you. We don’t … but these ridiculous threats (presumably coming from the same people who hacked Sony a few weeks ago) almost make us want to go see “The Interview.”
Almost …
“The Interview” – which Rogan and Franco have stopped promoting – was supposed to open on Christmas.
Scoreboard? North Korea 1 – America 0. Seriously, people … we just got punked by a country that photoshops its military.
UPDATE: This morning at the gym, our founding editor happened to catch an MSNBC host blaming the whole thing on Sony for producing a movie that contemplated the assassination of North Korea’s dictator. Really? It’s Seth Rogen. And James Franco. Dude. Come on!
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70 comments
He wants Obama to do one thing, call him. He said, if you can, Dennis, I don’t want to do war. I don’t want to do war. He said that to me.
America didn’t bow to the North Korean threat, the Hollywood assholes did. Get it right for once Fits.
“Bidness is bidness” — the Godfather
“let them lose their souls” – minor boss.
all quiet on the western front
My connection is late.
“more back into it, laddies! ” – straw boss
Obama loves North Korea. Don’t doubt Obama told Sony to leave his NBA loving buddy alone.
“Obama loves North Korea. Don’t doubt Obama told Sony to leave his NBA loving buddy alone.”
Pogo needs a brand new bag – desperately.
Why are lesbians always so angry?
“Why are lesbians always so angry?”
Just asked one of my lesbian friends and she says it is not so much about being angry but just being disgusted from having to put up with dipshit trolls such as yourself.
Wasn’t Hollywood assholes. Sony’s corporate overlords are HQ’d in Tokyo.
concur
Let’s retaliate. First block all streaming of Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude van Damme, and Clint Eastwood movies. Block the Chicago Bulls games. Hack into Kim’s Xbox, Play Station and Nintendo. Block all trade in Hair pomade.
“Hack into Kim’s Xbox, Play Station and Nintendo.”
and then stream this over and over again, with a caption in between that says “Like father, like son.”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEaKX9YYHiQ
All you have to do anymore is holler”terrorism” and everybody goes plumb crazy.
All this over what’s going to be a 2/5 movie. Seth Rogan can be funny, but the previews for this movie are lame enough, and you know they suck the best content out of the movies for the trailers.
pineapple express was a great movie – even if it did suck.
True enough- poor ol’ pot-addled Seth Rogan usually just plays himself anyway.
poor? You should be so poor.
I cannot believe that everyone is scared of this two bit “punk”!! He is a lunatic period. I will gladly meet him on the field of battle anytime any day and take him out! He is a tyrant who has no respect for human life and is only concerned with himself. I spent two years in the far east in the US Army so I know his type very well. I do not know why anyone is scared of this punk! His father and grandfather were a@@holes and so is he.
Tell me again how spending two years in the Army in the far east qualifies you to know “this type very well.” Why don’t you just slip on over to NK and “take him out?” You sure sound full of braggadocio. Sort of like Kim.
No big loss, there’s a very strong chance that the movie will suck anyway.
What’s funny is even with those big fucking hats, those idiots are still only 5’6″ tall. It’s like a country full of Oompa Loompas with equally bad haircuts.
We could put a lampoon of his pudgy face and bulbous gut on the moon, so they would have to see it every night.
This issue can be settled very easily by adding 3 minutes to the ending of the film. Just let Lil’ Kim (playing himself) be “resurrected” by none other than Lil’ Barry (playing himself), and then together they can try (unsuccessfully) to resurrect Dennis Rodman (playing himself)..!?!?
Sony should make the movie a FREE DOWNLOAD from multiple websites such as: ITUNES. I’d be the first in line to get it, or even pay for it. Screw the North Korean Bastards!
“America Bows”…more like Japan.
It was stupid making a movie about the Kim Jong-un the leader of North
Korea knowing darn well that he is a certified nut case that could act
out just as he is doing! However now that this has been done and the
hacking and threat is in the open, Sony and the movie theaters should
run this movie for free throughout the world while hacking North Korea
back by (HACKING) jamming all of their TV stations and internet to show
the movie to the North Koreans throughout the country for the next 48
hours nonstop so they can see the movie as well while making the point
that hacking works both ways!
What do you all expect from a plugged-in couch potato with too much food and blow … next he will want his electric bills paid by The ROK and some of that high tech Colorado weed.
I know!!!!
It’s Artie Lang!!!!!!!
Sounds like a good idea to hack NK but the Dear Leader would just turn of the power, besides not many have access to the internet or TVs for that matter.
OK, Richard, I’m getting suspicious that you are really Lil’ Kim’s wife and you are trying hard to get some good ol’ USA entertainment for yourself and your girlfriends. Keep at it and you may be rewarded.
One would hope that todays FITS issue would find its way into print …
What a hoot! All of this and Liz too!
We have blog fodder for several weeks to come …
It was very stupid making a SPOOF movie about the Kim Jong-un the leader of North
Korea knowing darn well that he is a certified nut case that could act
out just as he is doing! However now that this has been done and the
hacking and threat is in the open, Sony and the movie theaters should
run this movie for free throughout the world while hacking North Korea
back by (HACKING) jamming all of their TV stations and internet to show
the movie to the North Koreans throughout the country for the next 48
hours nonstop so they can see the movie as well while making the point
that hacking works both ways!
+5 for……..now holding the record on Fitsnews for the longest sentence without punctuation.
It was real stupid making a SPOOF movie about the Kim Jong-un the leader of North
Korea knowing darn well that he is a certified nut case that could act
out just as he is doing! However now that this has been done and the
hacking and threat is in the open, Sony and the movie theaters should
run this movie for free throughout the world while hacking North Korea
back by (HACKING) jamming all of their TV stations and internet to show
the movie to the North Koreans throughout the country for the next 48
hours nonstop so they can see the movie as well while making the point
that hacking works both ways!
Richard, ya’ still holding the record!
A theater chain and an entertainment company folded, not the US. As a matter of fact, BHO said (just prior to the announcement of the fold) that Americans should “go to the
movies.” That’s a good answer. If Sony had balls they’d stream the stupid movie online or give it away, although they should still be able to figure out a way to make some money off of it eventually.
If Sony had balls they’d stream the stupid movie online or give it away, although they should still be able to figure out a way to make some money off of it eventually.
They could run ads featuring an grey haired gal with really big boobs and a really short dress…
Terrific idea…. they could use the ads from Fitsnews, especially the Fat Buddha in Coveralls!
We could defeat that regime by dropping a billion dollars in one ounce gold coins evenly across North Korea… the regime would attempt to gather the money from the people, and they would revolt.
Revolt with what? Sharp sticks?
Sharp sticks?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Xj24Gdxds
Mean while, I will hook up my VCR and watch Thunder Road again!
There You go!!!!
I’m gonna watch “Kelly’s Heroes” then “Clockwork Orange” after listening to 30 minutes of House Techno!!!!!
Videodrome, Naked Lunch, and Vibes.
That’s one of the great ones. I learned my night driving from watching that movie.
When I was posted to a Greek island one night, pitch-black dark, I was bringing a girl back from a late night date on the coast on narrow, treacherous roads over a steep mountain. My car was a beautiful Morris Minor with stick shift and a purring motor and I was having a hoot driving like a maniac and showing off. She thought I was a cool dude, that is until we hit a crest and about five super-bright lights lit us up and I stopped just short of hitting the barbed wire blockade!
I’m confessing that I almost shit in my pants! It was a British Army group training for night-time blockades, and the commanding officer said I scared the shit out of them too because they didn’t hear me coming until the last curve. They hadn’t stopped anyone for several hours and they didn’t expect anyone would be on the road until morning. He said his men never moved faster!
I was pretty damn nervous staring into the barrels of those damn guns just about a foot from my face.
. Thanks for bringing this memory back for me – I’m adding this to my memoirs!
And you can you tube Robert Mitchum singing “The Ballad of Thunder Road”.
So much for being “the home of the brave.” Are they really such pussies or is this part of the movie’s hype?
Republicans piss their pants at the slightest breeze of a threat… and then swagger around with guns on their hips, and their finger on the nuclear button.
Whatever, hippie……have we nuked anyone lately? Damn, you must have been ass-raped by a Republican as a child.
There it is again..the famous Grand T, sandi, Pogo fascination with anal sex and anal rape..really dude get some help. Soon.
Maybe a morbid fascination….you people celebrate it.
“you people” that says it all..anyone who disagrees with you calling names etc must be a socialist, lib, homo, pedophile and your fav..anal rapist..says all we need to know about you huh pogo, sandi, grand asshat or whatever cowardly name you choose to use today.
Whatever, hippie…..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZceAQSJvc
Seriously,
I am truly disappointed the dip shit cowardly theater franchises are woosing out
I didn’t give a rats ass about this flick but as soon as some local theater has the balls to show it I will buy a ticket!!!!
As long as it does not interfere with my plans to see “Exodus” this Sunday that is!!!!!
YIKES! Now Netanyahu (?) will start making demands..!! Hava Negila, Shalom, and all that…..
NaziYahoo will blame Iran for the hacker attack on Monday.
Only thing is:
I haven’t heard the right-wing nut radio talk shows make this a topic of conversation but I haven’t listened for more that a few minutes each day so I could be wrong…………….
Surely they’re still hoping for us to bomb the commies.
Gutlessness is the hallmark of the American leftist…..and since it seems you’ve successfully infected the American body politic with your Quisling mentality, I don’t think you have to worry about us bombing any of your ideological soulmates.
Hell, we can’t even slap a wet dishrag on a Mooslims face anymore.
You don’t let history get in your way, do you, fool?
Woodrow Wilson – WWI
FDR – WWII
HST – Korea
JFK/LBJ – Vietnam
Fool.
Fool.
Dimwitted Fool.
It’s just that Democrats send people to die for their oil company employers. Ass.
I didn’t say Democrat, you drooling idiot….I said Leftist. A Democrat from 50 years ago wouldn’t even recognize the loons that now control their party. You’re too stupid to breathe.
But you’re perfectly welcome to take credit for Korea and Vietnam….you lost them both.
Says the idiot with a Sarah Palin Poster, Michelle Bachman bedspread and Rick Perry dildo.
Wow…your reasoning and scathing retort are devastating……you ignorant little lib. The best part of you ran down Barney Frank’s leg.
Hell, we can’t even slap a wet dishrag on a Mooslims face anymore.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBpLytf2um4
Plain and simple:
Fuck North Korea…………………………………
Amazing…FITSNEWS criticizes free market businesses like the theater chains and Sony for making a free market business decision.
What would the Kochs say?
What does Sony and fitsnews have in common?