Originally posted by Jan
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Poll: Most Anticipated Film: Winter 2015 Edition
IMDb's Movie Meter of rank of 62
... and Google Trends also show a spike in interest.
This film also has one of the most egregious examples of vote stuffing I've seen on IMDb:
Sony's decision to withdraw the film has set a dangerous precedence. Fringe groups now have the ability to shut down production, distribution and showing films they dislike by hacking the computer systems of film production companies and threatening patrons of theaters. In the long run providing the film online for free would have been the more prudent response.
My oldest daughter made a similar suggestion to me when Sony made the announcement. Shortly afterwards I heard a newscast that quoted Mitt Romney suggesting free download with a voluntary donation to a charity. Regardless of who suggested it, providing the film defeats the core reason these North Korean sponsored criminals / terrorists committed the crimes they have.
North Korea's internet infrastructure is extremely primitive for everyone in North Korea except for the vandals behind the attack and the North Korean elite. For this film to reach the North Korean masses, something akin to Radio Free Europe would have to broadcast the film 24/7 from multiple high power offshore television and radio transmitters on all of North Korea's channels.
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