This is happening more and more. China playing central roles in movies. The lastest Independence day had Chinese charact

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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.