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96. There have been reports Kim Jong-il was actually a fan of that movie
Thu Dec 18, 2014, 01:39 AM
Dec 2014

Seriously. Some have reported that he owned a private copy and apparently enjoyed it.

Agreed /nt frazzled Dec 2014 #1
Nobody said boo SoCalNative Dec 2014 #2
I thought of that, too... joeybee12 Dec 2014 #4
Maybe. Definitely didn't have a new leader wanting to throw his weight around. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #27
Did not see a movie with such a stupid title. TNNurse Dec 2014 #43
Yep. A bunch of them..... DeSwiss Dec 2014 #54
they pulled the movie roguevalley Dec 2014 #51
Good, is someone trying to start more wars? sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #71
The theme of the movie is truly disgusting, no matter who the national leader targeted. No one wants Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #3
I got nothing. Earth Bound Misfit Dec 2014 #5
Franco and Rogen must have polaroids of the Sony execs. Starry Messenger Dec 2014 #6
Love it! Thanks!! nt PCIntern Dec 2014 #7
Tonight on TNT: "Desperately Unfunny: The Seth Rogen Story" FSogol Dec 2014 #10
My roommate claims that this is karma for fu$king up Green Hornet! icymist Dec 2014 #18
Seth Rogen is only believable as an assassin if the target is comedy. chrisa Dec 2014 #62
One of those guys was on The Daily Show, and I swear he has the most moronic laugh I have ever heard Hekate Dec 2014 #8
I can hear the pitch now: PCIntern Dec 2014 #9
The Idiocracy takes no prisoners. And Hollywood is a cesspool. freshwest Dec 2014 #26
That was Rogen ... GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #46
Seth rogan was on stephen colbert's last night... a kennedy Dec 2014 #68
Who cares? We don't have state-run media, and most of us like it that way. TransitJohn Dec 2014 #11
Thank you. Apparently, some people on this liberalhistorian Dec 2014 #70
Yup. Agschmid Dec 2014 #83
Oh I see.... PCIntern Dec 2014 #106
In this jump to conclusions marions ghost Dec 2014 #162
Yeah…except I didn't even say THAT... PCIntern Dec 2014 #163
So even more nuance marions ghost Dec 2014 #164
Great minds think alike...! PCIntern Dec 2014 #166
& great minds rarely deal in absolutes... marions ghost Dec 2014 #169
Yes, I just can't wait for the edgy new Hollywood offering where assassins from North Korea target NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #79
That movie has already been made Shrek Dec 2014 #84
Some people don't Google so well... Agschmid Dec 2014 #89
i don't recall President Benjamin Asher. Was he before Bush II? NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #99
I give you this Action_Patrol Dec 2014 #113
So it did... Agschmid Dec 2014 #87
I agree. nt DawgHouse Dec 2014 #154
Risk-taking of an artistic variety? not likely. kwassa Dec 2014 #161
It's a tragedy that it's not going to be seen. nt Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #12
Yeah, I'm sitting shiva… nt PCIntern Dec 2014 #14
Freedom of speech Marrah_G Dec 2014 #13
Indeed. n/t xocet Dec 2014 #40
Yup. Agschmid Dec 2014 #90
Right the fuck on Beaverhausen Dec 2014 #156
I doubt that it's any stupider than most of the comedies released these days. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #15
whether this piece of garbage is shown or not is of no interest to me... PCIntern Dec 2014 #16
why should we have been kinder to Hitler too? VanillaRhapsody Dec 2014 #28
LOL, I know you think you are an expert on most stuff..... Logical Dec 2014 #38
Yes, I'm still waiting for that liberalhistorian Dec 2014 #72
I know, he predicted a severe outbreak. Never happen. nt Logical Dec 2014 #73
No I did not PCIntern Dec 2014 #107
Borat made shipload of money so pictures like this were/are inevitable GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #17
I don't think the plot of the Borat movie was to assassinate a world leader LynneSin Dec 2014 #60
Not just an all-purpose world leader: a NAMED world leader. It's as if someone made NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #88
Speak for yourself. Agschmid Dec 2014 #91
Are you confused? Did I claim to speak for someone else? NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #100
When you used the collective "we"... Agschmid Dec 2014 #108
Ours Action_Patrol Dec 2014 #133
Except the Brits made a film about asssassinating President GW Bush and we did tolerate it. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #145
but Sasha Baron Cohen used a made up country instead of a real one GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #116
Borat is from Kazakhstan deutsey Dec 2014 #121
Thanks. My apologies to the glorious, and very real, nation of Kazakhstan. GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #127
It was very gracious of her to recognize they made a mistake, but to wait patiently for it to end jberryhill Dec 2014 #141
It was Kazakhstan - which is a real country. baldguy Dec 2014 #122
That is kind of weird Doctor_J Dec 2014 #19
Did Kim's feefees get hurt? NuclearDem Dec 2014 #20
"Who gives a fuck? It's a movie--don't like it, don't see it." Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #39
You're missing out on some gems. chrisa Dec 2014 #61
Okay, now I gotta go check it out. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #63
FFS, dramatic much?? No more ebola to freak out about I guess. nt Logical Dec 2014 #21
FFS? Wow... PCIntern Dec 2014 #22
LOL not you were not. But keep up the front. nt Logical Dec 2014 #24
Bullshit. Where are the countless numbers of liberalhistorian Dec 2014 #76
Horseshit. AngryAmish Dec 2014 #23
We're free to make stupid movies neverforget Dec 2014 #25
^^^ This ^^^ Tommymac Dec 2014 #64
This, exactly, liberalhistorian Dec 2014 #78
Yup. Agschmid Dec 2014 #92
"The mighty Wurlitzer" Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 #29
Whoa! 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #33
The agencies that protect these dictators are not exactly stupid. ohnoyoudidnt Dec 2014 #30
Fuck fascists. alphafemale Dec 2014 #31
"We are totally fucked" ohnoyoudidnt Dec 2014 #44
When I saw the previews, my first thought was: Well, this is going to make "The Blair witch project" BlueJazz Dec 2014 #32
Ask why... Team America: World Police ...didn't raise some hell with N.Korea. L0oniX Dec 2014 #34
That was dad tammywammy Dec 2014 #53
yep WhiteTara Dec 2014 #35
Hillary Clinton was running the State Dept. at the time Man from Pickens Dec 2014 #36
LMAO KMOD Dec 2014 #80
DUZY!!! Right? You were trying to be funny, right? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #135
"downright stupid, and moronically conceived from the beginning." Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #37
Probably the same a holes who conversed by email about the president's . . . brush Dec 2014 #41
Stupid Movie but...feels like some anonymous group is creating a chilling effect. CincyDem Dec 2014 #42
Jaw-dropping anecdote recounted here. Do your ideals still apply? proverbialwisdom Dec 2014 #103
Paranoid fantasy alarimer Dec 2014 #129
Blather... "by some anti-vax nutter..." Do you stand by that mischaracterization? proverbialwisdom Dec 2014 #153
Anti-Vax bullshit has great potential for harm HERVEPA Dec 2014 #151
Product loyalty is limitless and supersedes science (because none of it can possibly be reasonable)? proverbialwisdom Dec 2014 #155
Peer reviewed science over woo any day. HERVEPA Dec 2014 #158
Age of Autism. LOL NuclearDem Dec 2014 #160
You're almost onto it....... lastlib Dec 2014 #45
to what movie are you referring? niyad Dec 2014 #47
Yes, it is a good idea. N/t NYC Liberal Dec 2014 #48
*yawn* So you don't like it. That matters why, exactly? n/t X_Digger Dec 2014 #49
Pineapple Express was a huge hit. Rogen was golden. ErikJ Dec 2014 #50
'Noah', 'Godzilla', 'Men, Women & Children', 'Left Behind'. 'Atlas Shrugged Part III', 'Blended' progressoid Dec 2014 #52
I agree with the poster that remarked that this creates a dangerous precedent. BlueEye Dec 2014 #55
It's damage control not bowing to censorship Boomer Dec 2014 #57
No, Sony pulled it because the major chains dropped it out of fear Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #114
This is what I think has happened, not so much a censorship issue. DawgHouse Dec 2014 #147
Didn't NPR already pull a Koch Bros. Documentary Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2014 #66
Did they? I did not hear that, but you're probably right. BlueEye Dec 2014 #111
I can't remember where I heard about it Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2014 #140
K&R DeSwiss Dec 2014 #56
I walked out on the trailer. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2014 #58
As much as I think the idea of the movie is dumb, it was done about a decade ago.... LynneSin Dec 2014 #59
There have been reports Kim Jong-il was actually a fan of that movie ButterflyBlood Dec 2014 #96
I thought I was the only one who thought the plot was in very poor taste. Imagine if another Stardust Dec 2014 #65
We make tons of films about it ourselves. Agschmid Dec 2014 #93
Except the Brits made a film about asssassinating President GW Bush in 2006 Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #146
Sign of the (shit) times whatchamacallit Dec 2014 #67
You are aware that we do not have liberalhistorian Dec 2014 #69
I'm glad you're all for supporting the freedom of giant corporations frazzled Dec 2014 #74
As long as the actors suck neverforget Dec 2014 #82
Yup. Agschmid Dec 2014 #94
I support the freedom of studios to make liberalhistorian Dec 2014 #86
Me too. Agschmid Dec 2014 #95
They had the right to make it and they did. frazzled Dec 2014 #97
Well said. HappyMe Dec 2014 #118
Free speech for Sony & Seth Rogen (but not for me and thee) NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #102
+1 hedgehog Dec 2014 #148
You must be aware that N. Korea is a Nuclear Armed nation so what 'he' might do sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #81
Yeah, North Korea isn't going to launch a nuclear attack over a movie NuclearDem Dec 2014 #134
No, we just have a media infiltrated by agents of the state and run by giant corporations NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #98
Agreed. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #75
What a relief. I thought there was going to be a spoiler in this thread. Baitball Blogger Dec 2014 #77
it's not my cup of tea for sure, KMOD Dec 2014 #85
Agreed. MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #101
Already been done. Rex Dec 2014 #104
I'm glad I don't have to download this piece of tripe. nilesobek Dec 2014 #105
WHOA NELLIE! PCIntern Dec 2014 #109
Ten years for me too and I agree with you 100% ! Even the Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2014 #112
Exactly... PCIntern Dec 2014 #123
"Stupid Game" What??? Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2014 #125
trolls steve2470 Dec 2014 #150
How true and well stated ! And, what the hell has happened to James Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2014 #110
I was looking forward to it Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #115
Who greenlighted those tedious Atlas movies? HappyMe Dec 2014 #117
So you are the determiner of PCIntern Dec 2014 #124
No, I did not say that. HappyMe Dec 2014 #128
I'm not the determiner... PCIntern Dec 2014 #159
I agree.. sendero Dec 2014 #119
There have been many movies & books about assassinating real-life political leaders. baldguy Dec 2014 #120
+ 10000 stevenleser Dec 2014 #142
It's called the first amendment RedCappedBandit Dec 2014 #126
The First Amendment has nothing to do with it. bluedigger Dec 2014 #137
"No one ever went broke underestimating the tast of the American public" Maeve Dec 2014 #130
Good thing North Korea has no problem with violent video games LanternWaste Dec 2014 #131
I want to see it. lovemydog Dec 2014 #132
Frank Drebin kicks the shit out of real world leaders... lame54 Dec 2014 #136
Cartman vs Saddam Hussein NuclearDem Dec 2014 #138
K&R. Well said. Overseas Dec 2014 #139
It looks like it might be funny. You seem to be mad because Sony didn't call you DesMoinesDem Dec 2014 #143
And now we have allowed a foreign government to censor our entertainment industry. stevenleser Dec 2014 #144
I was shocked when I first heard about this movie. In the U.S. Chalco Dec 2014 #149
Here you go -- HappyMe Dec 2014 #152
have you seen the film yet? Beaverhausen Dec 2014 #157
Oh Yeah... PCIntern Dec 2014 #167
For you, sure Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #168
Kubrick? Not really known for his comedies Beaverhausen Dec 2014 #170
Dr. Strangelove was comedic... PCIntern Dec 2014 #171
In the Washington Post today... Chalco Dec 2014 #165
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