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Now that's an interesting thing that I had no idea was happening! Do you have any examples of movies that have an extended cut to include scenes from China?

dagw 9y ago
Iron Man 3 is one such movie. There is a rather out of place China only product placement scene for some drink, a scene where Iron Man is seen visiting china on TV and a final scene where Tony goes to China to have a Chinese doctor (played by a famous Chinese movie star) help operate on him to remove the shrapnel from his chest. All the scenes can be found of Youtube.
- seanmcdirmid 9y ago
  The milk product placement was funny. The doctor/nurse scene was just so weird and out of place.
danso 9y ago
Here's one of the better compilations I've found: http://www.businessinsider.com/hollywood-movies-in-china-2016-10/ http://www.businessinsider.com/hollywood-movies-in-china-201... I'm not an expert on this, but I think the China-set scenes are generally included in the U.S. theatrical cut, Skyfall's sniper fight in Shanghai being an example [0]. I did a little more Googling and found there were a few examples of scenes meant only for China and left out of the U.S. release. Iron Man 3 apparently had 4 more minutes in which Dr. Wu gets some time to hawk Chinese products [1]. Apparently, some notable Chinese bloggers/moviegoers didn't like the obvious shilling [2]. There are far more examples of things being cut out than being added. In Skyfall's Shanghai scene for example, Chinese censors apparently didn't like the bit where Bond kills a security guard. The listed reasoning for the cuts are heavy-handed to the point of amusement, e.g. ""Mission: Impossible 3" dropped a shot of clothes on clotheslines in Shanghai for the Chinese cut. Apparently, the lack of dryer ownership is a sensitive issue." [2] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMW4dN5sGb0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMW4dN5sGb0 [1] https://kotaku.com/why-many-in-china-hate-iron-man-3s-chinese-version-486840429 https://kotaku.com/why-many-in-china-hate-iron-man-3s-chines... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39m85puOQok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39m85puOQok [3] https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/18/407619652/how-chinas-censors-influence-hollywood https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/18/407619652/... edit: Apparently Looper, which changed one of its locales from Paris to Shanghai, has extra scenes for Chinese audiences: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the_extra_looper_scenes_y http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the_extra_looper_scenes_y

dagw 9y ago

Iron Man 3 is one such movie. There is a rather out of place China only product placement scene for some drink, a scene where Iron Man is seen visiting china on TV and a final scene where Tony goes to China to have a Chinese doctor (played by a famous Chinese movie star) help operate on him to remove the shrapnel from his chest. All the scenes can be found of Youtube.

seanmcdirmid 9y ago
The milk product placement was funny. The doctor/nurse scene was just so weird and out of place.

danso 9y ago

Here's one of the better compilations I've found: http://www.businessinsider.com/hollywood-movies-in-china-2016-10/ http://www.businessinsider.com/hollywood-movies-in-china-201... I'm not an expert on this, but I think the China-set scenes are generally included in the U.S. theatrical cut, Skyfall's sniper fight in Shanghai being an example [0]. I did a little more Googling and found there were a few examples of scenes meant only for China and left out of the U.S. release. Iron Man 3 apparently had 4 more minutes in which Dr. Wu gets some time to hawk Chinese products [1]. Apparently, some notable Chinese bloggers/moviegoers didn't like the obvious shilling [2]. There are far more examples of things being cut out than being added. In Skyfall's Shanghai scene for example, Chinese censors apparently didn't like the bit where Bond kills a security guard. The listed reasoning for the cuts are heavy-handed to the point of amusement, e.g. ""Mission: Impossible 3" dropped a shot of clothes on clotheslines in Shanghai for the Chinese cut. Apparently, the lack of dryer ownership is a sensitive issue." [2] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMW4dN5sGb0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMW4dN5sGb0 [1] https://kotaku.com/why-many-in-china-hate-iron-man-3s-chinese-version-486840429 https://kotaku.com/why-many-in-china-hate-iron-man-3s-chines... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39m85puOQok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39m85puOQok [3] https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/18/407619652/how-chinas-censors-influence-hollywood https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/18/407619652/... edit: Apparently Looper, which changed one of its locales from Paris to Shanghai, has extra scenes for Chinese audiences: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the_extra_looper_scenes_y http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the_extra_looper_scenes_y