Marvel/Disney doesn't want to piss them off and risk losing potential profit from that market.
Why don't people take it up to china if they're that upset?
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Because no one cares.
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It's not. The writer is clearly pointing fingers when it's his job. Sure it was compromised, sure he could have done a better job. Anyway, moving on.
shareThey've done this before with cutting Chinese villains or adding in Chinese actors in cameos for scenes only meant for Chinese release.
Don't know why they didn't just jerk the Chinese off by making the Ancient One Chinese instead though.
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Those damn dirty communists.
What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.
Doesn't explain a black Baron Mordo, though. Wasn't aware that European nobility was from a completely different continent this entire time.
I think I know precisely what I mean when I say it's a shpadoinkle day!
Will it really truly matter in the scheme of things?
What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.
Actually a pretty obvious example of capitalism in action. The customer is always right.
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What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.
Ultimately, it is Marvel's fault. They could have, indirectly, told the Chinese government to pound sand by choosing to retain Stephen Strange's backstory.
I suppose profit supersedes refusal of pretty discriminatory practices by taking a stand, though. That's what you get when you're dealing with an amoral entity (i.e. a business)
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I'm betting Disney made the decision, wouldn't be the first time they choose money over morale.
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Well, the image of John Boyega's character of Finn/F-N WAS reduced on a poster for "The Force Awakens" that was marketed in China...
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If china that offended over a black man on a poster, what are they going to do with the Black Panther movie?
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You can also forget about any gay main protagonists. They too are banned/frowned upon in China.
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Being frowned upon i can somewhat see, but is it really banned?
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I believe so. Perhaps i'll check up on their current standing in Chinese media.
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Nope. I live in China and I didn't see any posters specially deleted John Boyega.
shareWell, the image of John Boyega's character of Finn/F-N WAS reduced on a poster for "The Force Awakens" that was marketed in China...
Yep, that's a scene from a Chinese film that was officially released in China a few years ago.
China is also one of the reasons most blockbusters are PG13, apparently. The main reason Deadpool wasn't released in China.
shareThe Ancient One was originally in India, not Tibet. Even if it was changed later, they could have always gone back to that.
In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.
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So apparently supernatural/spiritual type films are banned in china. Which would suck for Ghost Rider film.....
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Sex and supernatural contents are completely banned in cinemas of China mainland. That's why Ghostbusters (2016) won't release in China mainland and all Chinese horror movies end up with man-made reasons.
shareSo apparently supernatural/spiritual type films are banned in china.
I don't know. It'll be funny if China bans the film tho.
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That would be great...but seeing as how Marvel has bent over to alter the source material during adaptation to please the Chinese government, I find it unlikely.
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More likely. Despite all of this i want the film to do well.
The world of Doctor Strange is fascinating and future films could do a lot of crazy stuff!
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