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Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by carleverett on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @08:44PM (#8765604)
This is not a realistic theory. Nearly all of the costs associated with making and marketing the movie have already been spent. Even if the movie was a complete dud next week, it would still be making revenue in the theaters that would be going towards paying off these costs (and hopefully more).
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Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by downandout on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @09:02PM (#8765657)
It is realistic if they've had enough of the nonsense and don't want further bad stuff to happen after the release of the film.
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Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by zaroth on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @09:38PM (#8765730)
Because capitulating is the sure-fire way to get the hackers and terrorists to stop? Fuck if we don't just congratulate them on a job well done, and help write the playbook for the next decade of cyber-terrorism.
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Re:Theater Chains Decline to Show Sony’s ‘The Interview,’ Ci... by downandout on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @11:33PM (#8765980)
It's clear in this case that their motive was to stop the release of the film. Sony decided to let them win this one. They are choosing their battles and this appears to be one they don't believe they can win or that is not worth winning. It's not what I would have done but it appears that it's what Sony wants, and it's their movie.
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