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On the China thing: Why don't we let the ones who want to censor movies just do it on their own instead of precensoring them? This used to happen a lot. Is it r
by moogly 5y ago
On the China thing: Why don't we let the ones who want to censor movies just do it on their own instead of precensoring them? This used to happen a lot. Is it really that expensive to cut out a few shots or use compositing to obscure things?
I believe it's still done for so-called in-flight entertainment.
- DanielBMarkham 5y agoGood question. To clarify, in China any company or business enterprise has to have political officers sprinkled throughout. This makes sure that the organization is following the party line appropriately. So when I said the problem was China, I didn't mean the Chinese market, I meant that a huge amount of money currently being spent financing film entertainment comes from groups like this. They kill these kinds of things before they ever get financed. Most folks don't talk about the money side of movies. It's nothing like talking about which star is in rehab or where the MCU is heading with its reboot. But at the end of the day, that's the thing driving content creation.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> On the China thing: Why don't we let the ones who want to censor movies just do it on their own instead of precensoring them? Because its more cost effective to consider the whole market when making the movie to start with. > I believe it's still done for so-called in-flight entertainment In-flight entertainment isn't way down the list of money drivers. “Chinese first-run sales” is a lot higher. So the power of the latter on how movies are initially crafted is big, while the former is negligible.
- Zababa 5y agoYou're assuming that these films are made first for the USA. As an example, the last Fast & Furious made more money in China as compared to the USA, and that's with a Taiwan controversy: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5433138/ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5433138/