Re: [FairfieldLife] Chinese Government Bans Time Travel

[Bhairitu]

On 04/14/11 01:16, turquoiseb wrote:
> On TV, anyway. :-) It's actually a fascinating tantrum, because what it
> seems they are trying to prevent is any kind of fictional "revisionist
> history" of Chinese leaders and political figures of the past. They
> don't want anyone writing a fictional story depicting people going back
> in time and discovering that Mao was kind of an insanely genocidal
> maniac, because...uh...he was. Or depicting past leaders that they've
> demonized as bad in a more positive way. This is right up there with the
> recent laws banning reincarnation unless it's been pre-approved by the
> Chinese government. :-)
> Chinese Government Bans Television Time Travel  When it comes to
> time travel, the only obstacle greater than  harnessing 1.21 gigawatts
> could be getting past the Chinese government.
> China's State Administration for Radio, Film&  Television has  issued
> new protocol that essentially puts the brakes on all fictional  time
> travel in the media.
>
> According to The New York Times
>  nsors-crack-down-on-time-travel/>  , a statement from the Chinese
> government (linked to here in Chinese
> 
> )  explains that characters traveling back in time "lack positive
> thoughts  and meaning" and that a program's portrayal of time travel can
> "casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd
> tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and
> reincarnation."
>
> Several media outlets
> 
> suggest that the concept of time travel has become increasingly popular
> with Chinese audiences, with characters often being transported back to
> ancient history.
>
> Some bloggers, however, claim that the new guidelines have been lost in
> translation. According to one Gamma Squad
>  ies>writer, "The true purpose of the ruling seems to be to discourage
> the  misrepresentation of historical figures in films and TV shows,
> including  in time travel movies."

The documentary "Last Train Home" will give folks a good idea of what 
China is like.  It's about country folks who go to the city to work and 
yearly return home for a visit.  It's about the hassles they have with 
that mess as millions try to do the same thing.  You'd think that the 
Chinese bureaucracy would come up with some organized program for it.  
Funny thing is the police try to keep the crowd roped in and the people 
are walking up to them asking "why are you doing this?  You're just like 
me.  You may want to do this some time?"  And no they didn't get marched 
off and shot (like US propaganda would have you believe).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1512201/

China is too big to exist.  If they were smart they'd break up into 
regional countries.  Same for the US.  We need the nine nations of North 
America.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Chinese Government Bans Time Travel

[Mike Dixon]

Now that we know what they are up to, we'll just have to go back in time and 
prevent the law from being passed!.





From: turquoiseb 
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, April 14, 2011 1:16:35 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Chinese Government Bans Time Travel

  
On TV, anyway. :-) It's actually a fascinating tantrum, because what it seems 
they are trying to prevent is any kind of fictional "revisionist history" of 
Chinese leaders and political figures of the past. They don't want anyone 
writing a fictional story depicting people going back in time and discovering 
that Mao was kind of an insanely genocidal maniac, because...uh...he was. Or 
depicting past leaders that they've demonized as bad in a more positive way. 
This is right up there with the recent laws banning reincarnation unless it's 
been pre-approved by the Chinese government. :-)  


Chinese Government Bans Television Time Travel When it comes to time travel, 
the 
only obstacle greater than harnessing 1.21 gigawatts could be getting past the 
Chinese government. 

China's State Administration for Radio, Film & Television has issued new 
protocol that essentially puts the brakes on all fictional time travel in the 
media.
According to The New York Times, a statement from the Chinese government 
(linked 
to here in Chinese) explains that characters traveling back in time "lack 
positive thoughts and meaning" and that a program's portrayal of time travel 
can 
"casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd tactics, 
and 
even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and reincarnation."
Several media outlets suggest that the concept of time travel has become 
increasingly popular with Chinese audiences, with characters often being 
transported back to ancient history.
Some bloggers, however, claim that the new guidelines have been lost in 
translation. According to one Gamma Squad writer, "The true purpose of the 
ruling seems to be to discourage the misrepresentation of historical figures in 
films and TV shows, including in time travel movies."

[FairfieldLife] Chinese Government Bans Time Travel

[turquoiseb]

On TV, anyway. :-) It's actually a fascinating tantrum, because what it
seems they are trying to prevent is any kind of fictional "revisionist
history" of Chinese leaders and political figures of the past. They
don't want anyone writing a fictional story depicting people going back
in time and discovering that Mao was kind of an insanely genocidal
maniac, because...uh...he was. Or depicting past leaders that they've
demonized as bad in a more positive way. This is right up there with the
recent laws banning reincarnation unless it's been pre-approved by the
Chinese government. :-)
Chinese Government Bans Television Time Travel  When it comes to
time travel, the only obstacle greater than  harnessing 1.21 gigawatts
could be getting past the Chinese government.
China's State Administration for Radio, Film & Television has  issued
new protocol that essentially puts the brakes on all fictional  time
travel in the media.

According to The New York Times
 , a statement from the Chinese
government (linked to here in Chinese

)  explains that characters traveling back in time "lack positive
thoughts  and meaning" and that a program's portrayal of time travel can
"casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd 
tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and 
reincarnation."

Several media outlets

suggest that the concept of time travel has become increasingly popular 
with Chinese audiences, with characters often being transported back to 
ancient history.

Some bloggers, however, claim that the new guidelines have been lost in
translation. According to one Gamma Squad
   writer, "The true purpose of the ruling seems to be to discourage
the  misrepresentation of historical figures in films and TV shows,
including  in time travel movies."