Was china in the original story? Or added to appease the Chinese market?

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Intothenightalone — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 07:01 PM)

This is happening more and more. China playing central roles in movies. The lastest Independence day had Chinese characters all over it, as well as Chinese language thrown in! They know China is where movies that used to tank now make back their budget and appeasing them is built into the storyline.

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ezsny — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 08:08 PM)

No, China was not mentioned in the short story "Story of Your Life."
I see your point, except China was made out to be the enemy of mankind in this film. I'm not so sure that will be a big selling point for the Chinese market.

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MoviemanCin — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 09:19 PM)

Probably not.
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

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Intothenightalone — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 09:24 PM)

they were both the villain and hero. The general's words and private phone number was what saved everything.

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lordjames-1 — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 11:46 PM)

Definitely. The US audience is becoming less and less important. That Matt Damon movie where people only speak in easy-to-translate, trailer-friendly one liners is perfect evidence.

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Intothenightalone — 9 years ago(November 18, 2016 06:37 PM)

I'd never considered that. English being dumbed down so it can be easily understood by intermediate-level English speakers in China.
If that's the case, that's a very sad development.

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Askur — 9 years ago(November 18, 2016 06:43 PM)

With subtitles there is no need to keep the language simple for the audience.

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Tsotha-lanti — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 10:51 AM)

Ted Chiang wrote the original story BTW.

Imagine that.

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aznxscorpion517 — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 11:07 AM)

Not in the short story. IMO China was just added to be an easy way to grow a military conflict for screen dramatic purposes.

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chadum — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 02:16 PM)

The original story doesn't really deal much with the international issues in the movie, let alone China.