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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 28, 2017 9:24:01 GMT -5
What the hell is this and what is Damon thinking?
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jan 28, 2017 9:33:02 GMT -5
I give the movie all the credit in the world for taking what we know about the Great Wall, something so ordinary and accepted, and turning it on its head.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 28, 2017 10:35:44 GMT -5
Has an american movie ever been so blatantly made to appeal to China?
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 28, 2017 11:24:18 GMT -5
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 28, 2017 11:29:00 GMT -5
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Jan 28, 2017 11:36:47 GMT -5
I prefer the 2019 classic Taj Mahal about the appeasement of an alien race of biobots who used the manmade structure as a conference room and experimental facility for growing earth vegetables, but humanity gets word and assumes the worst by thinking human experiments are being conducted instead. Mayhem ensues.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Jan 28, 2017 11:42:31 GMT -5
Has an american movie ever been so blatantly made to appeal to China? actually, it's "has a chinese movie ever been so blatantly made to appeal to America?" |
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jan 28, 2017 11:44:17 GMT -5
Has an american movie ever been so blatantly made to appeal to China? actually, it's "has a chinese movie ever been so blatantly made to appeal to America?" Was just coming in to type that very thing. Iron Man 3 and Transformers 4 are the first movies that come to mind when I think of movies made to appeal to China. |
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Post by Citizen Snips on Jan 28, 2017 11:44:52 GMT -5
Yimou Zhang's directed some good films, but this one looks...well, it LOOKS great but I doubt the story matches the visuals.
I also like how the tag line "What were they trying to keep out?" is set up like a typical ominous tag, despite the fact that "Various tribal invasions" is the obvious answer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 12:36:21 GMT -5
actually, it's "has a chinese movie ever been so blatantly made to appeal to America?" Was just coming in to type that very thing. Iron Man 3 and Transformers 4 are the first movies that come to mind when I think of movies made to appeal to China. And they had the red carpet wide release premiere in China and had more Chinese product placement than American product placement. It did work very well to there favour so kudos to them. But you can add in 21 & Over in the list and Looper. You know the part where they tell him to leave America and settle to China where the future is, that wasn't in the original script and only added in when they got China to invest in the movie. |
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Jan 28, 2017 12:38:10 GMT -5
Was just coming in to type that very thing. Iron Man 3 and Transformers 4 are the first movies that come to mind when I think of movies made to appeal to China. And they had the red carpet wide release premiere in China and had more Chinese product placement than American product placement. It did work very well to there favour so kudos to them. But you can add in 21 & Over in the list and Looper. You know the part where they tell him to leave America and settle to China where the future is, that wasn't in the original script and only added in when they got China to invest in the movie. Ah, that I didn't know about Looper. There was also the first Homefront game, that changes the antagonist from China to North Korea. Albeit that was less about appealing and more about appeasing. |
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 28, 2017 12:40:19 GMT -5
I have a strong feeling this movie is going to be a box office bomb.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 12:48:16 GMT -5
And they had the red carpet wide release premiere in China and had more Chinese product placement than American product placement. It did work very well to there favour so kudos to them. But you can add in 21 & Over in the list and Looper. You know the part where they tell him to leave America and settle to China where the future is, that wasn't in the original script and only added in when they got China to invest in the movie. Ah, that I didn't know about Looper. There was also the first Homefront game, that changes the antagonist from China to North Korea. Albeit that was less about appealing and more about appeasing. And they did the same thing with the Red Dawn remake. |
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 28, 2017 14:51:54 GMT -5
12 posts and no "It's the Great Wall, Brother!" jokes? You're slipping FAN.
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Post by hassanchop on Jan 28, 2017 15:00:27 GMT -5
12 posts and no "It's the Great Wall, Brother!" jokes? You're slipping FAN. Oh yeah. Did I do it right? |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 28, 2017 15:52:12 GMT -5
 Ben: Hey look, I'm sorry I dragged you away from whatever-gay-serial-killers-who-ride-horses-and-like-to-play-golf-touchy-feely-picture you're supposed to be doing this week. Matt: I take it you haven't seen Forces of Nature? Ben: You're like a child. What've I been telling you? You gotta do the safe picture. Then you can do the art picture. But then sometimes you gotta do the payback picture because your friend says you owe him. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 28, 2017 15:58:30 GMT -5
Ben: Hey look, I'm sorry I dragged you away from whatever-gay-serial-killers-who-ride-horses-and-like-to-play-golf-touchy-feely-picture you're supposed to be doing this week. Matt: I take it you haven't seen Forces of Nature? Ben: You're like a child. What've I been telling you? You gotta do the safe picture. Then you can do the art picture. But then sometimes you gotta do the payback picture because your friend says you owe him.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 16:22:51 GMT -5
To bungle part of what Richard Nixon said in his visit to China, "this is NOT a Great Wall, built by NOT great people".
God, if this year's Gods of Egypt doesn't have "chitty wall" jokes in the RiffTrax, I'll be so mad.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 16:24:30 GMT -5
actually, it's "has a chinese movie ever been so blatantly made to appeal to America?" Was just coming in to type that very thing. Iron Man 3 and Transformers 4 are the first movies that come to mind when I think of movies made to appeal to China. Pixels was another movie. They cut out the aliens blowing up the Great Wall in all versions to make the government happy. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 28, 2017 16:54:45 GMT -5
Was just coming in to type that very thing. Iron Man 3 and Transformers 4 are the first movies that come to mind when I think of movies made to appeal to China. Pixels was another movie. They cut out the aliens blowing up the Great Wall in all versions to make the government happy. While on the flip side of the coin, Independence Day: Resurgence was made with Chinese money but after the deal was done killed off every Chinese character except Angelababy and destroyed Beijing. Swerve! |
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