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Blimey. Those films: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_at_Lake_Changjin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_at_Lake_Changjin > CNN noted that the
by RajT88 4y ago
Blimey.
Those films:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_at_Lake_Changjin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_at_Lake_Changjin
> CNN noted that the film was commissioned by the propaganda department of the Chinese Communist Party, while Business Insider and The Economist said that the movie was part of a "main melody" genre of entertainment that praises China, the Chinese Communist Party, and the People's Liberation Army.[53][54][55]
It doesn't say whether Wolf Warrior II was commissioned by the propaganda wing, but it stars some of the same actors.
- pessimizer 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun:_Maverick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun:_Maverick
- moose_man 4y agoThat movie went way out of its way to obscure what country they going against. It definitely did not say the antagonists were Chinese.
- pessimizer 4y agoThat movie, like most American military action movies, was done in partnership with the US government, which was given approval on the script. I would ask why Chinese propaganda is painted as oppressive and heavy-handed when we're doing the exact same thing through government programs that are old enough to collect Social Security.
- moose_man 4y agoI didn't call out those movies because the state was involved, it's because they glorified killing and fighting Americans.
- bee_rider 4y agoThose programs are also bad.
- RajT88 4y agoThere is also a difference between approving a script portraying the military, and literally commissioning a movie. And I think everyone can agree that such a difference exists, even though both are bad.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoWhat country do you think was vilified by that movie?
- pessimizer 4y agoNo country was vilified by Lake Changjin, either. A country that invaded Korea and killed a lot of people to keep them from becoming Communists was depicted.
- ericd 4y agoRight... "The film ends with the caption: "The great spirit of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid (North) Korea will eternally be renewed! Eternal glory to the great martyrs of the People's Volunteer Army!" "
- pessimizer 4y agoAre you pointing out that China calls the US invasion of Korea "The War to Resist US Aggression," or are you trying to say that our propaganda is more subtle? We literally dedicated Rambo II to the heroes of the Afghanistan mujahideen.
- ericd 4y agoHaha I'm not defending US propaganda at all, but it’s just silly to say that the CCP is not trying to vilify the US and rouse nationalist sentiment against the US with this and related films.
- reducesuffering 4y agoYou do realize that North Korea first invaded South Korea?[0] And because the US was able to defend South Korea from a communist takeover, but failed to prevent Vietnam, South Korea's GDP per capita is $35k while Vietnam is $3.7k, an almost order of magnitude difference. North Korea's fate was even worse... [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War#Course_of_the_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War#Course_of_the_war
- moose_man 4y agoI mean this is China, it's not like there is a free media market. There is no way you could make that movie without high level officials wanting it.
- binanc 4y agoNobody has a free media market. China isn't unique in this. You think Top Gun, ww2/holocaust movies, etc are from a "free media" market? You think all the anti-japanese, anti-soviet, anti-chinese, anti-muslim, etc media during the past 100 years was from a "free media" market? The media is how you control the population. You think the elites don't control it? Everyone accuses china of copying and stealing from the US. Looks like they are copying hollywood.