I do think it's interesting how the current government chooses to do nothing about this. You'd think that the administration, so heftily opposed to the Chinese agenda, would choose to protect US business interests against Chinese government interests. I guess the whole Soybean ideal whipped them too hard though...
If only there were more gains to be made from having the strongest military on earth...
The question is really just how do you counter this? Offer to fund films that depict China in a negative light? That just produces propaganda in the opposite direction. Compensate films that don't release in China? Way too easy to game that system.
I dunno. I despise the Chinese government but at the same time I feel like those who are predicated on attacking 'hollywood'" are the same sort that would champion the free market, which in ideal conditionals would lead Hollywood and the free action of companies in America to do exactly what they're doing right now in order to gain access to a larger market in order to hawk their wares.
I think there's an odd implication which suggests that hollywood is implicitly Liberal when in reality it's an entity that, as an average, does what the market dictates rather than following some sort of political idea Which tends to be, in a free society, tending towards liberal because in the ideal free society people have the ability to explore the breadth of lifestyles, cultures, and beliefs that are of interest to them. In that light, I do find it interesting that those who push quite heavily against government interference in industry are so heavily opposed to Hollywood. If the United States government chooses not to influence a corporate sector, and that sector finds more profit through succumbing to the influence of another foreign government, then there should be nothing wrong with this from the purely capitalist point of view, no? It's simply the investors in the companies which create film protecting their investment by ensuring that they are allowed access to an incredibly lucrative market by kowtowing to the whims of a foreign government.
It's a make-believe play. Hollywood cares about the bottom line, and will do whatever is necessary to ensure they gain what they need. If Hollywood can make more money from Americans then it will produce films in which Americans have an interest. If Hollywood believes it can make more money from showing films to the Chinese population, they will make films which the Chinese government will allow them to show in China.
It's incredibly silly how limiting writing stuffs in China is, one of the most apparent example is the bad guy must always lose. Especially for cases where cops show up, they MUST be able to arrest the bad guy at the end or you'll have to rewrite the ending for it.
Well, that certainly spoils a lot of the tension...
So when are the cops arresting the PRC leadership?
make bladerunner 2045 and just plaster the chinese flag all over that shit.
Ironically enough, the solution to this may actually come from China. The PRC has a history of allowing foreign tech markets into the country long enough to spark local competition, and then slamming the door on the foreigners. This happened to a lot of phone and software companies, things like PayPal and Uber were allowed into China only until Chinese companies started providing competing services, then they were forced out.
China already places tight restrictions on not only the content but also the number of foreign films allowed to be shown; if the Chinese film industry starts making gains it's likely that they'll tighten their restrictions to make foreign films non-competitive. Thus American filmmakers lose any insensitive to appeal to the Chinese market and China loses its soft power over them.
Wondering why there is so little gay representation in films? Gay people aren't allowed in China films
So when the creators of “Pixels” wanted to show aliens blasting a hole in the Great Wall of China, Sony executives worried that the scene might prevent the 2015 movie’s release in China, leaked studio emails show. They blew up the Taj Mahal instead.
I'm sure the Chinese army even offered to provide the explosives.
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