<div class="quote_poster">Quoting bdogg187:</div><div class="quote_post">Chances are it was old doods in the Chinese Government who got offended. Most of these old guys like portrayals of Chinese people to show their strength and honor and glorify their culture. The Soviet Union milked the victory in World War II for 40 years. They showed WWII movies on Russian tv all the time. Showing these images which show the triumph of Communism over facism helped legitimize the regime. Of course after a couple of generations, that didnt work, by the 80s the economy was crap and they were getting their butts kicked in Afghanistan.</div> How does the Soviet Union showing WWII movies tie into China banning a commercial that offended them? The Chinese government is not trying to "legtimize a regime" by banning these commercials.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BC:</div><div class="quote_post">How does the Soviet Union showing WWII movies tie into China banning a commercial that offended them? The Chinese government is not trying to "legtimize a regime" by banning these commercials.</div> Those WWII movies glorified Russian culture just as the leaders in China want to glorify their own culture. I think they found this commercial to do just the opposite.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting bdogg187:</div><div class="quote_post">Those WWII movies glorified Russian culture just as the leaders in China want to glorify their own culture. I think they found this commercial to do just the opposite.</div> I think there's nothing wrong with wanting to glorify your own culture... every nation naturally does that (i.e: domestic business protection, import tax, etc) but what you're saying is wrong. The old USSR gov't didn't just "glorify" their culture, but they essentially "brainwashed" their people through movies, violence and such. The Chinese gov't nowadays aren't nearly as strict as the old USSR gov't. Sure they might censor stuff here and there, but I don't think you can compare the two in this case because of difference in severity.
Anybody have a clip of the video? I might of seen but I don`t reconize the description in the beginning of the thread.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting SupraJames:</div><div class="quote_post">I think there's nothing wrong with wanting to glorify your own culture... every nation naturally does that (i.e: domestic business protection, import tax, etc) but what you're saying is wrong. The old USSR gov't didn't just "glorify" their culture, but they essentially "brainwashed" their people through movies, violence and such. The Chinese gov't nowadays aren't nearly as strict as the old USSR gov't. Sure they might censor stuff here and there, but I don't think you can compare the two in this case because of difference in severity.</div> I know that Chinese Communism isnt quite the same thing as Soviet Communism, but I figured they would be a little more strict than the US about what gets shown.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Hoggamill:</div><div class="quote_post">Anybody have a clip of the video? I might of seen but I don`t reconize the description in the beginning of the thread.</div> no i dont but its the one where he faces off against different kinds of problems and he ends up wining all of the challenges.. its mostly cartoon by the way
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">James said Asian reporters told him they liked the commercials. He was disappointed the ads were pulled and will prevent some of his fans from seeing him. "That's big. I need as much fans as I can get," he said.</div>Am I the only one who finds this part of the article funny? The guy is the most popular player in the nba and he's acting like there's a shortage of Lebron fans in the world
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting bdogg187:</div><div class="quote_post">Those WWII movies glorified Russian culture just as the leaders in China want to glorify their own culture. I think they found this commercial to do just the opposite.</div>I'm just wondering.... are you aware that the American government also encourages movie producers to create films that glorify American culture (more specifically, the American military) as well? The censorship isn't nearly as harsh as the Communist nations such as Russia (they did allow Fahrenheit 911 to be shown in theatres), but they still encourage and sponsor tv shows, tv movies, tv specials, and theatrical movies that paint a good picture for the American military. So pretty much any nation would use movies as a tool to glorify their own culture to the rest of the world..... Communist countries aren't the only ones guilty of this.
The first time I saw the commercial I thought it was decent. Nike just put their own spin on the Game of Death, which featured Bruce Lee (the last movie he made before he passed away.) The more I see it, the less I like it. The animation isn't very good and the commercial is actually quite boring. I'm not surprised China banned the commercial. Nike has strong relations in Asia, I'm surprised they did not seek their approval and possibly make a version that would be less offensive to Chinese culture.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">The first time I saw the commercial I thought it was decent. Nike just put their own spin on the Game of Death, which featured Bruce Lee (the last movie he made before he passed away.) The more I see it, the less I like it. The animation isn't very good and the commercial is actually quite boring. .</div> Bruce Lee is dead? What happened?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">The first time I saw the commercial I thought it was decent. Nike just put their own spin on the Game of Death, which featured Bruce Lee (the last movie he made before he passed away.) The more I see it, the less I like it. The animation isn't very good and the commercial is actually quite boring. I'm not surprised China banned the commercial. Nike has strong relations in Asia, I'm surprised they did not seek their approval and possibly make a version that would be less offensive to Chinese culture.</div>Sorry I'm just nit-picking here, but Game of Death wasn't actually the last movie he made, it was Enter the Dragon. While they were filming Game of Death, Bruce Lee got a call to play his role in Enter the Dragon so he ended up halting the production of Game of Death to fly to America. He died shortly after filming Enter the Dragon so he was unable to finish Game of Death. Anyways, the thing I find strange about China banning a Nike commerical is that they'd be willing to let Nike come into their country and set up sweat shops that abuse and take advantage of their citizens, yet when it comes to a seemingly harmless commerical that was intended to pay homage to Chinese cinematic culture, the Chinese government suddenly becomes offended. Strange......
^that's long time ago...i think was something like took too much drugs or whatever... his son was death when shooting a movie as well (The Crow) few years back...
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dunksworth:</div><div class="quote_post">Communist countries aren't the only ones guilty of this.</div> Im not saying they are, I am just saying a communist nation would be stricter than America in the way its culture is portrayed to its citizens. F/911 is an example of this.
i think they should think of it like he can beat all the powerfull things like dragons and kung fu guys and the gut with the powers. its not supposed to make fun the chineese.
