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Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:00 am
by Digit
http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/1 ... on/?hpt=C2
“The government says … TV dramas shouldn’t have characters that travel back in time and rewrite history. They say this goes against Chinese heritage,” reports CNN’s Eunice Yoon.
Ha ha. Watch out, Marty McFly.
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:34 am
by C is for
So I wonder how things like Doctor Who and Harry Potter fit into that, where they're not rewriting history so much as ... making it happen retroactively?
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:49 am
by Marduk
There is reason in Back To the Future for the Chinese government to get upset, but the time travel isn't it.
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:23 pm
by krebscout
We just watched all three of them for research for one of Sauron's school projects. But I don't remember anything about China.
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:34 pm
by Marduk
Number two. His Asian boss. Pretty racist.
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:49 pm
by Craig Jessop
Marduk wrote:Number two. His Asian boss. Pretty racist.
There you go again, Marduk, equating all Asians with Chinese. ; )
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 2:52 pm
by Marduk
To be fair, when in doubt, Chinese is the best guess.
Heck, when guessing the nationality of any random person in the entire world, Chinese is STILL your best guess.
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:08 pm
by krebscout
Oh yeah! READ MY FAX, YOU'RE FIRED
I love those movies.
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 3:08 pm
by Dead Cat
Imdb days he's Japanese.
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:41 pm
by UnluckyStuntman
Dead Cat wrote:Imdb days he's Japanese.
pwn'd.
Re: Time Travel Banned in China
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:02 pm
by Marduk
It doesn't matter. As a Mexican, I'd still think someone was ignorant if they put up Peruvian stereotypes.