| Well, your analysis differs from the North Korean specialists and the State Department. From the leaked SONY emails: “The North has never executed an artillery attack against the balloon launching areas. So it is very hard to tell what is pure bluster from North Korea, since they use the term ‘act of war’ so commonly,” wrote Bennett. “I also thought a bunch more about the ending. I have to admit that the only resolution I can see to the North Korean nuclear and other threats is for the North Korean regime to eventually go away.” “In fact, when I have briefed my book on ‘preparing for the possibility of a North Korean collapse’ [Sept 2013], I have been clear that the assassination of Kim Jong-Un is the most likely path to a collapse of the North Korean government. Thus while toning down the ending may reduce the North Korean response, I believe that a story that talks about the removal of the Kim family regime and the creation of a new government by the North Korean people (well, at least the elites) will start some real thinking in South Korea and, I believe, in the North once the DVD leaks into the North (which it almost certainly will). So from a personal perspective, I would personally prefer to leave the ending alone.” http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/17/exclusive-s... http://nypost.com/2014/12/17/us-officials-approved-kim-jong-... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/17/the-interview-us-go... http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/the-interview-state-de... As far as it leaking into NK, South Korean activists had promised publicly that they would fly some via the balloons Bennett mentions in the quote. Further leaked conversation with Lynton (CEO) confirm that senior State Department officials agree with Bennett's analysis. Oh, and executives asked Dan Sterling (the script writer) to change his character from a non-descript anonymous leader of North Korea to Kim Jong-Un and a member of the Kim family specifically. |