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146. My wife and I came to the same conclusion during a phone call a couple of days ago.

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Wed Dec 24, 2014, 11:25 PM

Dec 2014

If so this is the best guerilla marketing ploy since "The Blair Witch Project".

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I'm starting to smell a rat... [View all] Archae Dec 2014 OP

This continues to be the most idiotic line of all Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #1

you should know by now that we never let the facts interfer with a good conspiracy DrDan Dec 2014 #3

Yup. Agschmid Dec 2014 #11

That occurred to me too, days ago but LiberalElite Dec 2014 #104

I know what you mean - the longer the thread, the more the creative twist to reality DrDan Dec 2014 #161

I could not agree more! SkyDaddy7 Dec 2014 #16

And just as many deny conspiracies ever exist. Why would people conspire? rhett o rick Dec 2014 #23

I don't think very many people deny conspiracies exist. But to succeed Schema Thing Dec 2014 #31

Are you kidding? whathehell Dec 2014 #34

yes, for very good reason. But why do you assume that Schema Thing Dec 2014 #39

I guess I don't think it's for a "very good reason".. whathehell Dec 2014 #62

The problem is... Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #65

Really? whathehell Dec 2014 #70

So are you suggesting we have a test to decide on how knowledgeable posters are before they rhett o rick Dec 2014 #75

You've not answered the question..What's the "genre" you claim to have been whathehell Dec 2014 #84

It's always surprised me that people here Contrary1 Dec 2014 #68

Exactly, although when I think of it, whathehell Dec 2014 #74

... SammyWinstonJack Dec 2014 #85

I agree with your second sentence but not your first. When a person's first reaction rhett o rick Dec 2014 #37

You too! Schema Thing Dec 2014 #40

Exactly.. whathehell Dec 2014 #106

so.... hopemountain Dec 2014 #103

Conspiracies to rob banks treestar Dec 2014 #77

" this one would be of no gain to the conspirators" I must admire your certainty. rhett o rick Dec 2014 #80

Well it is a fact that thousands were going to screen the film treestar Dec 2014 #97

So they conspired to lose tens of millions of dollars? zappaman Dec 2014 #107

Once again with the questions. If you have a point just spit it out. nm rhett o rick Dec 2014 #113

I can't ask you a question based on your comment? zappaman Dec 2014 #117

Hell no. But why do you guys hate to commit yourselves? nm rhett o rick Dec 2014 #130

Not sure what you are saying, but you didn't answer my question. zappaman Dec 2014 #132

Let's get something straight. I am not an authoritarian and don't bow to your demands. rhett o rick Dec 2014 #134

Ha! zappaman Dec 2014 #148

Maybe they want to see what the bottom line would be to release a film directly to the internet? A Simple Game Dec 2014 #122

5.99 for any number of people viewing in a household is significantly less zappaman Dec 2014 #125

The studio gets $10 per person? I doubt that. A Simple Game Dec 2014 #128

The studio gets up to 90% of the first weekends box office. zappaman Dec 2014 #131

I would be happy for you to give me your ideas and said so in my first post. A Simple Game Dec 2014 #142

I've been marketing movies for 30 years while you've been avoiding movie theaters zappaman Dec 2014 #145

What amazes me is the overuse of the word 'Conspiracy' every time sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #35

This OP thought outside the box treestar Dec 2014 #98

The first responder was unnecessarily rude. nm rhett o rick Dec 2014 #114

No, no one has to agree with anything. I didn't see the OP however, sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #163

How rude to call someone that you don't agree with "nuts" and saying their OP is "idiotic". rhett o rick Dec 2014 #20

Open minds are a dangerous thing. zeemike Dec 2014 #26

Of course sir. Please forgive my slip out of the authoritarian "reality" for a post. rhett o rick Dec 2014 #29

Good. zeemike Dec 2014 #38

+100 whathehell Dec 2014 #36

It must smell like fish, because it sure as hell doesn't smell like money. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #46

I am not arguing that this was or wasn't a conspiracy. My concern is that we can discuss rhett o rick Dec 2014 #73

Then something like 'smells fishy' should be accompanied by facts. Such as 'Cui Bono' AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #79

Exactly. zappaman Dec 2014 #87

Everything is rude these days Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #51

No, it'a actually a choice.. whathehell Dec 2014 #67

And we all have different levels of what's considered rude Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #69

The "level" here has descended to rank bottom. whathehell Dec 2014 #71

We've had intolerable jerks here for almost fifteen years Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #72

Indeed, but their numbers appear to be increasing.. whathehell Dec 2014 #76

It's never appropriate to call posters names. And I think it a little audacious for you to rhett o rick Dec 2014 #137

It seems this is not about the argument, defacto7 Dec 2014 #158

Sometimes statements are so off base that they are idiotic. nt Logical Dec 2014 #111

And when that happens you have a lot of options. Name calling should not be one. nm rhett o rick Dec 2014 #112

I hear that Bush Jr. was advised of the film's storyline in August, yet he did nothing. Orrex Dec 2014 #27

! AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #47

releasing ugly emails is also a pr win elehhhhna Dec 2014 #43

this. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #96

Actually, I have to Agree with the OP. They got so much FREE PR. dballance Dec 2014 #121

Sony will lose their ass on this movie. You don't get it. And they would not leak their own..... Logical Dec 2014 #140

It's DU.... tammywammy Dec 2014 #147

Some people hate it when facts challenge their world view. zappaman Dec 2014 #150

I never said Sony leaked their own e-mails. dballance Dec 2014 #164

Yeah, something is rotten in Denmark (Hollywood) TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #2

Frank Drebbin foiled a plot against Queen Elizabeth.... MADem Dec 2014 #5

Valkyrie was based on a true story Beaverhausen Dec 2014 #115

I understand the Germans who revered the character Cruise played found his performance MADem Dec 2014 #166

Looks like another $100 million dollars worth of publicity... HoosierCowboy Dec 2014 #4

damn i thought you were the DUer most against conspiracy woo! m-lekktor Dec 2014 #6

I have a few doubts... Archae Dec 2014 #7

Sorry but you're off on this one. zappaman Dec 2014 #88

That's absurd. It's just absurd. Executives destroy their own reputations and important Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #8

I agree with you, it's absurd. Little Star Dec 2014 #17

Exactly. You can't even put a dollar value on the torched relationships with various AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #50

The movie business has thrived on publicity both good and bad since its Cleita Dec 2014 #60

The OP is a foolish, absurd and silly thing. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #95

I forgot you are an authority on everything you know nothing about. Cleita Dec 2014 #108

I love how the GOP tells their supporters it's their duty to go see 'The Interview' LynneSin Dec 2014 #9

Nah, it's just dumb luck. AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #10

Your OP is a stunt. Agschmid Dec 2014 #12

I am probably alone... or at least in a minority.... Abbraxus Dec 2014 #13

That "smell" is coming from the carcass of this lousy rotten movie... Lodestar Dec 2014 #14

No 'Interview' screening slated for Omaha Omaha Steve Dec 2014 #15

What you smell is your own conspiracy fantasy. on point Dec 2014 #18

That's odd, when read your op I heard, saw and smelled tinfoil Lurks Often Dec 2014 #19

In America everyone smells rats. DeSwiss Dec 2014 #21

Your OP is an excellent example of why "Cui Bono" doesn't always work. stevenleser Dec 2014 #22

In La-La Land, the only bad publicity is no publicity. - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #24

That's exactly what I said to my husband yesterday. Vinca Dec 2014 #25

In the beginning... DawgHouse Dec 2014 #28

Yep!! Nt newfie11 Dec 2014 #30

I smell one Stupid Nation, united under terror by media. 2 weeks ago folks were terrified of NK Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #32

I suspect the sarcasm tag was supposed to be unnecessary for obvious reasons Nac Mac Feegle Dec 2014 #33

Well they better not get caught then. Iggo Dec 2014 #41

I'm sposed to believe NK's dial-up level interent capability pulled up this hack. KG Dec 2014 #42

+1 OnyxCollie Dec 2014 #129

I have known this story line was bogus from the first second. As for a PR stunt? I don't know, but GoneFishin Dec 2014 #44

I'll take a stab at it.. Lodestar Dec 2014 #53

Best movie pitch since "The Player" ThoughtCriminal Dec 2014 #91

Sounds like a pre-Benghazi movie I recall hearing about. Festivito Dec 2014 #141

I agree.... kentuck Dec 2014 #45

If so it would make more sense if the film was in general release rather than the now Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #48

If it was planned, it wouldn't have been planned with racist executive emails. cigsandcoffee Dec 2014 #49

I have't in my nose too oberliner Dec 2014 #52

Said it last night to the wife ...it's a form of disaster economics ...for the MPA. L0oniX Dec 2014 #54

Latest on news this morning is that some 200 theaters are going to go ahead Cleita Dec 2014 #55

Some serious victim blaming here Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #56

Repeating what I heard on the news. Blame them. Cleita Dec 2014 #57

And we all know how reliable the news is around here Blue_Adept Dec 2014 #61

You have a merry Christmas too. Cleita Dec 2014 #109

LOL..... Logical Dec 2014 #143

I never spend even ten minutes thinking about math especially here. Cleita Dec 2014 #144

If this turns out to be fact, I think Sony should be brought up on charges for stirring up a crisis" zappaman Dec 2014 #151

Have a lovely Christmas. Cleita Dec 2014 #152

830 zappaman Dec 2014 #154

I don't know, but I'm sick of hearing about this movie. ecstatic Dec 2014 #58

nonsense. they're making lemonade out of lemons. unblock Dec 2014 #59

I had no desire to see the movie when I first heard about it MiniMe Dec 2014 #63

Why do you hate America?? tradewinds Dec 2014 #64

We live in a propaganda state now woo me with science Dec 2014 #66

LOL, I was thinking the same thing the other day when all this broke! B Calm Dec 2014 #78

If it is a PR stunt, it is a monumentally stupid one since Skidmore Dec 2014 #81

They threatened to go 9/11 on movie theaters. Iggo Dec 2014 #92

I thin it was a PR stunt too notadmblnd Dec 2014 #82

I'm glad you don't work for a PR firm if this is your idea of a stunt... Drunken Irishman Dec 2014 #83

SONY is losing a lot of money over this. zappaman Dec 2014 #86

Why isn't it our duty to see that crappy movie about Mohammed? hugo_from_TN Dec 2014 #89

Due to the fact the so many politicians Boreal Dec 2014 #167

51 people recommended this OP? really? Beaverhausen Dec 2014 #90

I'm about to be next Ruby the Liberal Dec 2014 #94

lol +1 DrDan Dec 2014 #99

People love to make shit up. nt Logical Dec 2014 #139

How much does a movie ticket cost - more than $6 to view online? Ruby the Liberal Dec 2014 #93

No correct responses to this OP forces me to come out of the shadows Flying Squirrel Dec 2014 #100

That, or Sony's Marketing Department opened a bigger can o'worms Ruby the Liberal Dec 2014 #116

You mention NK and their nuclear program 90-percent Dec 2014 #127

Been saying that from the start. GoCubsGo Dec 2014 #101

it was an inside job but Skittles Dec 2014 #102

are sony really going to lose money on the movie? politicman Dec 2014 #105

I think you love conspiracy's. nt Logical Dec 2014 #110

Well guess what? Reuters is in on the conspiracy! Shh...don't tell the 'concerned' for Sony! Rex Dec 2014 #118

Perhaps the whole thing was a ruse to get China's cooperation so we could take out N.K.'s Lodestar Dec 2014 #162

I'm going to go w/ Archae. One big PR Stunt dballance Dec 2014 #119

Umm, Sony intentionally pissed off all their women actors, execs, and staff for one movie? X_Digger Dec 2014 #120

One possibility for the increasing popularity of conspiracy theories 90-percent Dec 2014 #123

omg , so do I. And the PR stunt worked.lol SummerSnow Dec 2014 #124

Mott the hoople, and the game of life... Warren DeMontague Dec 2014 #126

Man, I wondered that myself. calimary Dec 2014 #133

ummmm yeah right rtracey Dec 2014 #135

I'm skeptical, like the dude from Cloudflare. Disgruntled insider a possibility. WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #136

With such a limited openning? If the movie's bad, it'll tank with a smaller numbers. marble falls Dec 2014 #138

My wife and I came to the same conclusion during a phone call a couple of days ago. denbot Dec 2014 #146

Then there's the potential lawsuits from Sony employees because of violations of privacy.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #149

Agree, PR stunt. If it EVER was unsafe, they would not be showing the movie. TheNutcracker Dec 2014 #153

Archae, I don't put anything past anybody. A dumb Fuck (Bush) sold a war to a lot of Dumb Fucks.. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #155

I'm sure it's not a PR stunt. That's a conspiracy theory. Far too many people are involved. Omnith Dec 2014 #156

I don't think any of this was an intentional "PR Stunt" on the part of Sony... elzenmahn Dec 2014 #157

All I know is that it looks like a stupid movie and I'm certainly not going to go see it just liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #159

Although I appreciate anyone defacto7 Dec 2014 #160

Wag the dog reorg Dec 2014 #165

Nah JonLP24 Dec 2014 #168

It smells just like... irrational hysteria. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #169