Chinese reaction is mixed between nationalism and skepticism. Some applaud the idea of an invasion and China's rising military strength. Others applaud America's freedom to be able to produce such a film, pointing out that it would be impossible to get a movie of an American invasion of China past the government's censors. While there may be some scaremongering at work here, there's some evidence the movie will take a more complex tack. It could be a satire of capitalist consumer culture now tarnished by financial meltdown and banker bonus scandals. Rich American consumers taken over by the poorer country that makes the stuff they buy. As one movie-set poster points out under a picture of 10 donuts: "Obscene choice. A weapon of mass destruction. We are here to help." And there's hope that one overblown fear may turn out to be just as unfounded as the last one.
Chinese reaction is mixed between nationalism and skepticism. Some applaud the idea of an invasion and China's rising military strength. Others applaud America's freedom to be able to produce such a film, pointing out that it would be impossible to get a movie of an American invasion of China past the government's censors.
While there may be some scaremongering at work here, there's some evidence the movie will take a more complex tack. It could be a satire of capitalist consumer culture now tarnished by financial meltdown and banker bonus scandals. Rich American consumers taken over by the poorer country that makes the stuff they buy.
As one movie-set poster points out under a picture of 10 donuts: "Obscene choice. A weapon of mass destruction. We are here to help."
And there's hope that one overblown fear may turn out to be just as unfounded as the last one.
Friggin' idiots! In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
