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[LordSlowpoke]

it's a ridiculous day when somebody compares worstralia to best korea in the same post and same breath

[Arx]

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Or don't. All the same to me.

NK's reaction is hardly surprising, though.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Twin enemies of the people of Korea Seth Rogen and James Franco commit acts of extreme provocation and war against peace-loving Party Chairman Kim-Jong Un. Death to all Rogenists and Francists! Glory to the People's Democratic Republic of Korea! All of it's enemies shall be destroyed through the vigorous application of Juche philosophy!

[10ebbor10]

The fact that they haven't reacted to the video game thus means that they approve of it?

[Playergamer]

...when did I post in this thread?

[LordSlowpoke]

This is god.

you did here

[10ebbor10]

This is the standard North Korea thread, in one of it's many variations.

[penguinofhonor]

This is the most hilarious North Korea drama in a while.

[Gatleos]

Making and releasing a movie on a plot to hurt our top-level leadership is the most blatant act of terrorism and war and will absolutely not be tolerated.

Listening to NK government officials talk about anything is so surreal. Do they think this is fooling anyone outside NK? Is it just grandstanding for the "benefit" of the people? Was anyone involved with writing this official statement not brainwashed?

Also I was hoping that Kim Jong-Un would be played by James Franco before I watched the trailer.

[IronyOwl]

Listening to NK government officials talk about anything is so surreal. Do they think this is fooling anyone outside NK? Is it just grandstanding for the "benefit" of the people? Was anyone involved with writing this official statement not brainwashed?

Also I was hoping that Kim Jong-Un would be played by James Franco before I watched the trailer.

I get the feeling it's not as far from normal as it sounds. Government entities and the like have this weird tendency to say things they either know is bullshit or should know is bullshit, but it's hard to tell because they're so detached and goal-oriented. Religious or similarly predisposed entities tend to say things that don't make normal sense because they make cultural sense.

So when you take NK, which is a hyper-isolated, hyper-tyrannical, hyper-Juche-oriented government that's been around a while... just the normal things governments say is likely going to be warped into Cheap Movie level dialogue all the time, as is certainly the case here. I don't know what they intend from it, but I get the feeling it might be, as government statements tend to be, not at all well thought out, whatever its purpose.

[Gatleos]

Listening to NK government officials talk about anything is so surreal. Do they think this is fooling anyone outside NK? Is it just grandstanding for the "benefit" of the people? Was anyone involved with writing this official statement not brainwashed?

Also I was hoping that Kim Jong-Un would be played by James Franco before I watched the trailer.

I get the feeling it's not as far from normal as it sounds. Government entities and the like have this weird tendency to say things they either know is bullshit or should know is bullshit, but it's hard to tell because they're so detached and goal-oriented. Religious or similarly predisposed entities tend to say things that don't make normal sense because they make cultural sense.

So when you take NK, which is a hyper-isolated, hyper-tyrannical, hyper-Juche-oriented government that's been around a while... just the normal things governments say is likely going to be warped into Cheap Movie level dialogue all the time, as is certainly the case here. I don't know what they intend from it, but I get the feeling it might be, as government statements tend to be, not at all well thought out, whatever its purpose.

Yeah, I get what you mean. It's just extra strange with North Korea, because things that "make cultural sense" are a product of their bizarre government-by-cult. It makes you wonder where the deceit ends, or if it even does end. Jong-Un is probably just as much a victim of propaganda as the rest of them.

Doesn't make the Bond villain act any less amusing of course.

[Descan]

I still wonder if anyone's pointed out to Jong-Un, or if he knows by other means, that the South Korean army has a bigger budget than his entire country... >_>

[Steelmagic]

And risk being told to stand on the big red X? Probably not, no.

[MaximumZero]

I still wonder if anyone's pointed out to Jong-Un, or if he knows by other means, that the South Korean army has a bigger budget than his entire country... >_>

I'm sure he knows. He's exploiting the US for aid by saber rattling, and that's pretty much that.

[BurnedToast]

Making and releasing a movie on a plot to hurt our top-level leadership is the most blatant act of terrorism and war and will absolutely not be tolerated.

Listening to NK government officials talk about anything is so surreal. Do they think this is fooling anyone outside NK? Is it just grandstanding for the "benefit" of the people? Was anyone involved with writing this official statement not brainwashed?

Also I was hoping that Kim Jong-Un would be played by James Franco before I watched the trailer.

Probably about 75% bullshitting the north korean people/ keeping up appearances and 25% believing their own propaganda.

Most of the top levels of society know it's pretty much complete lies... but you can't live in a society like that, surrounded by it 24/7, without coming to believe at least a little bit and having a somewhat slanted view of things. Even for kim jong un, being worshipped practically as a god by everyone you ever come into contact with is going to screw with your worldview no matter how many undeniable facts you have at your disposal.