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In related corporate censorship, the Top Gun remake altered the physical leather jacket worn by Tom Cruise to remove the flags of Taiwan and Japan. https://www

In related corporate censorship, the Top Gun remake altered the physical leather jacket worn by Tom Cruise to remove the flags of Taiwan and Japan. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/top-gun-maverick-trailer-sparks-controversy-tom-cruise-jacket-1225993/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/top-gun-...

TchoBeer 5y ago
Lol why Japan
- BadOakOx 5y ago
  They are not really friends since https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War
  - TchoBeer 5y ago
    Yeah but why are they censoring any mention of the country. Is Japan's existence controversial or something.
    - RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
      It appears that countries like China would like to be able to decide that.
- ufmace 5y ago
  Basically everyone else in Asia hates their guts due to their conduct in WWII.
  - jbay808 5y ago
    That's really not true. Taiwan, for example, has widespread pro-Japanese sentiment. Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam also have warm relations with Japan. On the other hand, Mainland China and both North and South Korea continue to have a dominant anti-Japanese sentiment. A cynical observer might suggest that the ability of a nation's public to forgive past grievances correlates closely with how much benefit the government sees in maintaining that hostile sentiment.
    - dwighttk 5y ago
      What’s the benefit for South Korea?
      - ezconnect 5y ago
        They have territorial disputes unlike other Asian nations who only had WWII compensation dispute.
    - alephnan 5y ago
      > both North and South Korea continue to have a dominant anti-Japanese sentiment I've learned it's extremely difficult to find Samsung products on the shelves in Japan. The conglomerates in East Asian are intertwined with political influence.
dalbasal 5y ago
This is the real powerful actual vector. Hollywood flicks and bad 80s pop/rock were (arguably) a genuinely massive part of the Soviet Union's decline. Those things make culture.

TchoBeer 5y ago

Lol why Japan

BadOakOx 5y ago
They are not really friends since https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War
- TchoBeer 5y ago
  Yeah but why are they censoring any mention of the country. Is Japan's existence controversial or something.
  - RosanaAnaDana 5y ago
    It appears that countries like China would like to be able to decide that.
ufmace 5y ago
Basically everyone else in Asia hates their guts due to their conduct in WWII.
- jbay808 5y ago
  That's really not true. Taiwan, for example, has widespread pro-Japanese sentiment. Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam also have warm relations with Japan. On the other hand, Mainland China and both North and South Korea continue to have a dominant anti-Japanese sentiment. A cynical observer might suggest that the ability of a nation's public to forgive past grievances correlates closely with how much benefit the government sees in maintaining that hostile sentiment.
  - dwighttk 5y ago
    What’s the benefit for South Korea?
    - ezconnect 5y ago
      They have territorial disputes unlike other Asian nations who only had WWII compensation dispute.
  - alephnan 5y ago
    > both North and South Korea continue to have a dominant anti-Japanese sentiment I've learned it's extremely difficult to find Samsung products on the shelves in Japan. The conglomerates in East Asian are intertwined with political influence.

dalbasal 5y ago

This is the real powerful actual vector. Hollywood flicks and bad 80s pop/rock were (arguably) a genuinely massive part of the Soviet Union's decline. Those things make culture.