Demand For ‘The Interview’ Is Shooting Up In North Korea And Its Government Is Freaking Out - Polidicks

[QUOTE] More and more North Koreans are becoming aware of the North Korea-mocking movie “The Interview,” and the government is doing everything to block it from getting smuggled in to the country. According to Free North Korea Radio, an online radio network made by North Korean defectors, demand for “The Interview” has been shooting up among North Koreans. It says people are willing to pay almost $50 a copy of the movie, which is 10X higher than what a regular South Korean TV show’s DVD would cost in the black market. In response, North Korea’s State Security Department and The Ministry of People’s Security held an emergency meeting recently, and told its officers to make sure the movie doesn’t make it into the country under any circumstances. The report says the North Korean government has beefed up its border security inspection level, and even told black market dealers to not bring in any kind of US movie for the time being. It’s not too hard to see why North Korea is so freaked out by the possibility of “The Interview” reaching its people. The movie makes a blatant mockery of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un - who dies at the end - and breaks the government’s narrative of portraying him as an almighty God. [/QUOTE] [url]http://www.businessinsider.com/north-korean-demand-for-the-interview-2014-12#ixzz3N9gG1BYn[/url] [editline]28th December 2014[/editline] Just, uh ignore that fucked up title.

North Korea is going to destroy itself.

Fuck, this movie might actually change history

That's an amazing title.

If they want to pay to watch it then its their loss, the movie was extremely dumb, and the script feels like its written by 11 year olds. It was so badly written i was cringing every other scene. But hey, hopefully the movie causes a bit of doubt between the people and their supreme leader

Oh my god, it's getting [I]smuggled[/I] into the country? That's amazing.

[quote]“Think of the movie as Chernobyl for the digital age. Just as the nuclear catastrophe in the Soviet Union and the dangerously clumsy efforts to hide it exposed the Kremlin's leadership as inept and morally bankrupt, overseeing a superpower rusting from the inside, so does The Interview risk eroding the myths, fabrications and bluster that keep the Kim dynasty in power.” [/quote] What an oddly appropriate metaphor.

Im sure the penalty for possession of the movie in North Korea would undoubtably be extremely severe, probably somewhere along the lines of torture, death and maybe the slaying of their whole family.

[quote=]"and even told black market dealers to not bring in any kind of US movie for the time being."[/quote] They control the black market?

[QUOTE=AJ10017;46811098]If they want to pay to watch it then its their loss, the movie was extremely dumb, and the script feels like its written by 11 year olds. But hey, hopefully the movie causes a bit of doubt between the people and their supreme leader[/QUOTE] It'll be the first media they'll see in their entire lives that won't be kowtowing to their leader and treating him like an infallible god, and that's incredibly important. Especially considering the fact that the movie probably portrays Un as a shithead (I havent seen it), so it could be eye-opening to the more or less brainwashed NK population

[QUOTE=BigJoeyLemons;46811072]Fuck, this movie might actually change history[/QUOTE] Oh god could you imagine this being studied in schools in fifty years time? "And so visionary filmmakers Seth Rogen and James Franco created a hard hitting satire of the Kim dynasty, with its razor sharp wit and expert performances it is regarded as one of the greatest comedies of the 21st century and one of that ultimately lead to the North Korean revolution bringing democracy to the troubled region. For their efforts Rogen and Franco were awarded Nobel Peace Prizes and made honorary citizens of North Korea. In an interview President Rogen said it was one of the proudest moments of his life and Vice President Franco said very little on the matter as he was too stoned at the time" Jeepers, what a thought!

[QUOTE=T3hW1nn3r;46811123]They control the black market?[/QUOTE] Kinda. State run black markets have happened before, cropping up in countries and regions with limited access to the outside world. So in North Korea, where it is difficult for them to get many kinds of goods and supplies, they operate a black market to get goods they normally can't buy in to the country. The smugglers who get the stuff in get a portion of the sales, and the government gets the other part.

I love how there's movie spoilers in the article and no one bothered to hide it :v:

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;46811193]I love how there's movie spoilers in the article and no one bothered to hide it :v:[/QUOTE] The story isn't that important in comedy movies, but it's still kinda of a dick move to spoil it in a news article.

We need to fly drones carrying crates of the movie into North Korea We'll destroy that place with our terrible movies

This movie is one of the weirdest news stories of the year

Dronedrop satellite receivers and TVs (and portable generators) and then pop a geostationary satellite over NK and play this damn movie 24/7. With occasional breaks to show episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos, so they can see that Americans are human and make funny mistakes like anyone does (plus, who can't laugh at a golfer hitting a tree and busting his own nuts). And then on Kim Jong-Il's birthday, play a subtitled copy of Team America: World Police. Who needs war when you have shitty video entertainment to incite a revolution?

For the first time, North Koreans realize that their glorious leader has a butthole.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;46811294]you're not going to get a democratic revolution from the nk populace any end to the tyranny of the kim dynasty will be a bloody one, unfortunately[/QUOTE] A revolution in order to establish democracy can certainly be bloody. I didn't mean that they'd vote their way into a regime change. That's not happening.

[QUOTE=Chrisordie;46811167]Oh god could you imagine this being studied in schools in fifty years time? "And so visionary filmmakers Seth Rogen and James Franco created a hard hitting satire of the Kim dynasty, with its razor sharp wit and expert performances it is regarded as one of the greatest comedies of the 21st century and one of that ultimately lead to the North Korean revolution bringing democracy to the troubled region. For their efforts Rogen and Franco were awarded Nobel Peace Prizes and made honorary citizens of North Korea. In an interview President Rogen said it was one of the proudest moments of his life and Vice President Franco said very little on the matter as he was too stoned at the time" Jeepers, what a thought![/QUOTE] I could see both of them making a movie on that idea too.

spoilers in OP :(

[QUOTE=AJ10017;46811098]If they want to pay to watch it then its their loss, the movie was extremely dumb, and the script feels like its written by 11 year olds. It was so badly written i was cringing every other scene. But hey, hopefully the movie causes a bit of doubt between the people and their supreme leader[/QUOTE] The Interview was fantastic, what are you talking about? :v:

[QUOTE=Chrisordie;46811167]Oh god could you imagine this being studied in schools in fifty years time? "And so visionary filmmakers Seth Rogen and James Franco created a hard hitting satire of the Kim dynasty, with its razor sharp wit and expert performances it is regarded as one of the greatest comedies of the 21st century and one of that ultimately lead to the North Korean revolution bringing democracy to the troubled region. For their efforts Rogen and Franco were awarded Nobel Peace Prizes and made honorary citizens of North Korea. In an interview President Rogen said it was one of the proudest moments of his life and Vice President Franco said very little on the matter as he was too stoned at the time" Jeepers, what a thought![/QUOTE] I could live with Seth Rogen becoming president.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;46811355][B]critically panned[/B] and anyone with good taste in movies will tell you its shit[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Wubil0C.png[/IMG] 51% isn't exactly critically panned. That's more of a mixed reception.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;46811432][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Wubil0C.png[/IMG] 51% isn't exactly critically panned. That's more of a mixed reception.[/QUOTE] 51% and 63% is still pretty terrible.

In 20 years Highschool history teachers are gonna have to show The Interview to their students when talking about the Second Korean War

I liked it and I'll probably watch it again down the road.

[QUOTE=AJ10017;46811463]51% and 63% is still pretty terrible.[/QUOTE] 51 is pretty much down the middle, 63 is average.

[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;46811432][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Wubil0C.png[/IMG] 51% isn't exactly critically panned. That's more of a mixed reception.[/QUOTE] Schools taught us that anything below 70% is a failure.

2014's going out with a bang. A very weird bang. A bong, if you will.