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Except that there are other dashed lines on the map, dashed lines are a common way of denoting travel on maps, and the dashes in question are higher up than the

by altacc 3y ago

Except that there are other dashed lines on the map, dashed lines are a common way of denoting travel on maps, and the dashes in question are higher up than the disputed border is. Hanlon's razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." (or in this case, an understandable lack of global knowledge that some lines on an obviously childish map might cause an issue because they are very slightly similar to a real and much more detailed map.)

otherme123 3y ago
Did you watch the trailer? There's absolutely no reason for that map to be there (nor situation, nor dialog), it takes the whole frame, and the point in question is perfectly focused. The best good faith interpretation I could give to it is that someone in the studio is a pro-chinese, or paid by a pro-chinese, and they sneakely included the map + lines without anyone noticing (due to ignorance). All the other bullshit lines, hastags, suns... are there to not make it blatantly obvious and have plausible deniability. But the dashed line is there on purpose.
- RugnirViking 3y ago
  All I can encourage is that people go look at a picture of the scene in question. It's a childlike drawing with no relation to real world geography at all. Its not "similar but wrong", it's utterly unrecognisable. It's there to show that the main character has no understanding of geography...
  - midoridensha 3y ago
    That's what I did, and I agree. The only thing recognizable is the text at the top saying "map of the world". Everything else looks to me like just a bunch of blobs that don't resemble any world map I've ever seen, in any orientation, but I just got a bunch of downvotes for writing this. I don't know what everyone else is seeing here. Of course, I'm just going off the one little photo in the article. I'm not going to watch some stupid trailer. If someone writes an article making a claim about a map in a movie or trailer, it's their responsibility to provide a still image or screenshot supporting their claim. If they can't do this, and they just say "watch the trailer", I'm going to dismiss their claim as ridiculous and frivolous.
    - otherme123 3y ago
      Really? Didn't you recognize the word "Asia"? Didn't you recognize the Malaysian peninsulae, almost the only recognizable part of the "Asia" map? And just to its east, exactly like the sea in question, the dashed line. It's clear in the screenshot, and the frame shows that the part they want you to see isn't America, Europe or Africa: it's "World Map", "Asia" and dashed line. Even if you hosnestly didn't recognize it, this isn't here for you. This is here for the people who knows. I recall menctioning "1488" in a conversation, and there were more people that didn't have a clue than they do. But if you include a VW Beetle in a movie, with the plates "1488-HH"... that's no mistake, even if only 10% of the viewers get it. That will end with someone fired, and nobody could claim they did it unknowingly. Maybe they though it was a clever joke or an easter egg, but it's not possible by chance.

by altacc 3y ago

otherme123 3y ago

Did you watch the trailer? There's absolutely no reason for that map to be there (nor situation, nor dialog), it takes the whole frame, and the point in question is perfectly focused. The best good faith interpretation I could give to it is that someone in the studio is a pro-chinese, or paid by a pro-chinese, and they sneakely included the map + lines without anyone noticing (due to ignorance). All the other bullshit lines, hastags, suns... are there to not make it blatantly obvious and have plausible deniability. But the dashed line is there on purpose.

RugnirViking 3y ago
All I can encourage is that people go look at a picture of the scene in question. It's a childlike drawing with no relation to real world geography at all. Its not "similar but wrong", it's utterly unrecognisable. It's there to show that the main character has no understanding of geography...
- midoridensha 3y ago
  That's what I did, and I agree. The only thing recognizable is the text at the top saying "map of the world". Everything else looks to me like just a bunch of blobs that don't resemble any world map I've ever seen, in any orientation, but I just got a bunch of downvotes for writing this. I don't know what everyone else is seeing here. Of course, I'm just going off the one little photo in the article. I'm not going to watch some stupid trailer. If someone writes an article making a claim about a map in a movie or trailer, it's their responsibility to provide a still image or screenshot supporting their claim. If they can't do this, and they just say "watch the trailer", I'm going to dismiss their claim as ridiculous and frivolous.
  - otherme123 3y ago
    Really? Didn't you recognize the word "Asia"? Didn't you recognize the Malaysian peninsulae, almost the only recognizable part of the "Asia" map? And just to its east, exactly like the sea in question, the dashed line. It's clear in the screenshot, and the frame shows that the part they want you to see isn't America, Europe or Africa: it's "World Map", "Asia" and dashed line. Even if you hosnestly didn't recognize it, this isn't here for you. This is here for the people who knows. I recall menctioning "1488" in a conversation, and there were more people that didn't have a clue than they do. But if you include a VW Beetle in a movie, with the plates "1488-HH"... that's no mistake, even if only 10% of the viewers get it. That will end with someone fired, and nobody could claim they did it unknowingly. Maybe they though it was a clever joke or an easter egg, but it's not possible by chance.