Dan Jurgens comments on Sony's caving to North Korea
Jurgens has posted several interesting tweets mostly criticizing Sony for yanking The Interview from screenings after a reported hacking that may or may not have been committed by North Korean hackers:
I'm not sure if Qurac's appeared as a fictional country where Islamic terrorists dwell for more than a decade now. If not, the reason could be that DC decided they no longer wanted to create metaphors for Islamic jihadism, so Qurac became a casualty of modern PC. And for all we know, Latveria might've been taken off Marvel's table too for the same reasons.
Jurgens is right. The overnight caputulation to North Korea's communists is a far cry from the WW2 era. Now, Hollywood no longer leads, nor does it inspire. And the comics medium doesn't do that anymore either. While we're on the subject, here's one more tweet Jurgens wrote about the Democrats' botched critique of the CIA's interrogation program for terrorists:
Indeed, they are. But their attempt to undermine the war against terrorism failed, as a Pew Research poll of public opinion's confirmed.
I don't know which Sony PR maven came up with the hacker idea to drive interest 'The Interview', but they sure got their money's worth.
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 9, 2014
Sony hackers write threatening e-mails with garbled, mangled, english and syntax. Yet they understand language and nuance in Sony e-mails...
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 17, 2014
...well enough to know which would embarrass most if released. C'mon. Very inconsistent. Doubt it's North Korean. Great put-on though.
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 17, 2014
Unless US intel has major reason to believe threats re: The Interview are real, pulling the movie is a huge chicken shit kinda move.
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 17, 2014
Boy. Sony is gonna be some kind of embarrassed if this whole thing turns out to be the work of a couple of kids in Dubuque.
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 17, 2014
Couldn't they just dub in new names? Change North Korea to Latveria or Qurac? Works for comics.
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 17, 2014
I'm not sure if Qurac's appeared as a fictional country where Islamic terrorists dwell for more than a decade now. If not, the reason could be that DC decided they no longer wanted to create metaphors for Islamic jihadism, so Qurac became a casualty of modern PC. And for all we know, Latveria might've been taken off Marvel's table too for the same reasons.
Film a new ending where Dennis Rodman brings peace and harmony to the world and everybody's happy, right?
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 17, 2014
Man. Can you imagine the party they're gonna have at Kim Jong Un's tonight? Hookers and blow for everyone-- half price!
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 17, 2014
Turns out that had Seth Rogen put Kim Jong-un in the Green Hornet movie, we'd never have seen it and been spared a lot of pain.
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 18, 2014
Suppose Sony made a comedy that ended with 2 stoners assassinating Obama. Outrage? Theaters forced not to screen it? Why should NK be dif?
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 18, 2014
Jurgens is right. The overnight caputulation to North Korea's communists is a far cry from the WW2 era. Now, Hollywood no longer leads, nor does it inspire. And the comics medium doesn't do that anymore either. While we're on the subject, here's one more tweet Jurgens wrote about the Democrats' botched critique of the CIA's interrogation program for terrorists:
Senate Democrats didn't interview the CIA officials in charge of the interrogation program. They're as incompetent as @RollingStone.
— Dan Jurgens (@djjurgens) December 10, 2014
Indeed, they are. But their attempt to undermine the war against terrorism failed, as a Pew Research poll of public opinion's confirmed.
Labels: Europe and Asia, islam and jihad, politics, terrorism
