Posted on 11/19/2010 7:12:29 AM PST by 444Flyer
Don't expect to see the Detroit-filmed "Red Dawn" remake on the big screen anytime soon.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, confirming reports the struggling company will be unable to release the film in the near future despite an original release date of Nov. 24.
While that may be a disappointment for Metro Detroiters hoping to spot local locations, it should come as good news to some in China who fear the film could spur anti-Chinese sentiment.
The remake largely follows the Soviet-invasion plot of the original 1984 film starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen, except this time around the main characters are fighting off the Chinese (and apparently rocking out to Toby Keith).
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
While conspiracy theorists have suggested the U.S. government attempted to block the “Red Dawn” in the face of Chinese pressure...”
What are they afraid Americans won’t buy their crap from the big box stores?
Instead of fighting the Chinese, the characters will be fighting Christians. That’ll please the ruling class AND the Chinese.
Ping
Just like the first one pissed off the Soviets and Democrats.
I fear the damage that can be done by people like Barney Frank, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and George Soros much more than I fear the Chinese.
Little do the Chinese know, we fear our own government far more than we fear them.
Weren’t they one and the same?
“””Instead of fighting the Chinese, the characters will be fighting Christians. That’ll please the ruling class AND the Chinese.”””””””
Actually instead of seeing paratroopers and helicopters in the first scene you will hear the clippety clop of the horses hooves as the AMISH come to take over the country.
Yes they were.
Avenge Me!!!!
Amish buggy-borne Spetznaz armed with pitchforks and butter churns. Identified by their black brim hatted uniforms. Shouting “Gee up there, ol’ Dobbin”. Love it!
Ironically, the 1984 flick depicted the Chinese as cobelligerents of the U.S., though already nuked down to
“Six hundred million screaming Chinamen”
The release date on that trailer said “Summer 2009”.
I guess having corporate fascist white guys taking over the country doesn’t sound plausible anymore.
Perhaps they should change to MUSLIMS...................
The chair is against the wall...
..and as waves of Chinese infantry advance across “the fruited plain”...instead of screaming “Banzai!” they’ll be screaming “Walmart!”
Why would China want to block the release of Red Dawn? If anything, it would be more of a comedy from their perspective since they won’t have to spend a single penny on a bullet to take over this country.
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