[quote=Mr Allen J]
The Interview sounded pretty stupid to begin with, so it's no big loss (In fact, I can say that the world benefited from it).Anyways, the whole cancellation thing was Sony covering their ass just in case someone did try something.
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Sorta. The threat of danger was gonna keep people from bringing their kids to watch family christmas movies -- so if Sony decided to stick it to the man, it would've hurt basically every other studio with a christmas release. Instead of taking that bad press, Sony punted it to the theater chains and said 'Hey guys, it's up to you, [i]wink wink[i] but we are prepared to throw in the towel.' Since the theaters were gonna lose money if Interview played, their choice was predictable, which means Sony predicted it and went ahead anyway.

So if we're keeping score, Sony is covering for Disney, Universal, Paramount, and Weinstein's asses, while Cinemark, Regal, AMC, Carmike, and Cineplex cover Sony's ass, and the rest of us cover the cinemas' asses. Elaborate, right? Anyway I'm sure Sony gets some consideration from all those other jerks for stepping aside and letting Christmas Money happen.