Friday, December 26, 2014

NO ONE WAS HARMED IN THE RELEASE OF THIS FILM

Enough of Americans, led most notably by George Clooney, made enough noise and Sony reversed itself and released THE INTERVIEW on Xmas day after all to sell out crowds in limited theatrical release and online, more notably, online at Youtube, thus thumbing its nose at the online hackers Guardians of Peace.

As predicted by fear fighting BuzzBroz, no theaters exploded, North Korean soldiers did not parachute into Tempe, AZ and World War 3 is still only the apocalyptic favorite topic of 5 out of the 6 trailers I saw for THE HOBBIT's Sedona release.  How weird is that?

Yep.  What a fear feast Hollywood gifted us for Xmas this year.  Mega chain AMC remains on the Chicken Little INTERVIEW sideline, BTW.  Bah humbug.  AMC is cowardly.  I say boycott their theaters for getting the self-censorship ball rolling.


BuzzBroz had some fun at Kim's expense but never pictured killing him off like Seth and James do. One of the rules of classic comedy people seem to be forgetting is no one dies.  Not even the bad guys.

Stay tuned for my review of THE INTERVIEW.  I'll admit I am biased against this film on the principle its arrogant in killing Kim off. Hollywood is arrogant and sick in its own right.  No heroes in this film except the American people raising a stink to see THE INTERVIEW, thumbs up or down.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Sony Disregards Obama and the People

By Ken Sheetz

Poof...

Hear it?  That was the sound of your freedom of expression vanishing under the threat of terrorism, cyber and otherwise, with Sony pulling the Xmas day release of THE INTERVIEW.

Such quiet terrorism that it makes America's most powerful stealth bomber sound like car that lost a muffler. So sudden. Yesterday we were a free country. Able to enjoy political satire. Today we are less as a people and on a dangerous slope.

What's next North Korea, or some other nuclear power, telling us what we can post on FB, Youtube and Twitter? Don't laugh. It can happen.

Are terrorists really allowed to win so easy? Are we so desensitized to violence and corruption in our government, so docile that we are going to let these criminals run our lives without a whimper?

The Sony debacle is so deep it topples all our illusions of a free society.  I bet many brave souls would sign a waiver to see THE INTERVIEW, if just in defiance of the so called Guardians of Peace.  Sony, a foreign corporation, if not on paper, is setting a terrible precedent by saying they had no choice from a liability standpoint but to pull the film. It's utter disrespect of the rights of the people.

Imagine Chaplin's THE LITTLE DICTATOR being pulled because Adolph Hitler was angry it mocked him.  Where has the backbone of our society gone?

No 911 towers fell. But something just as, if not more, important has vanished without a single casualty...  our freedom.

Such a feeble president we have at such a critical moment in history.  Here is his response to the cyber threats.  "Americans should go to the movies." How? Nothing to see Mr. President.