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		The invading force in Red Dawn (already filmed) is changing (post-production) from Chinese troops to North Korean troops because Hollywood doesn't want to offend China (infowars.com)		267
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SweetSilverBlues		2012-05-22 08:46:02 AM

I am shocked, shocked to find political correctness run amok in this Hollywood establishment!

gopher321		2012-05-22 08:46:15 AM

The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

Arkanaut		2012-05-22 08:46:40 AM

It's been Homefronted!

DjangoStonereaver		2012-05-22 08:47:30 AM

The freeper's won't care; they all look alike to them, and they'll only be fapping
to the military hardware and bootstrappiness anyway.

Nurglitch		2012-05-22 08:48:29 AM

gopher321: The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

I believe something or other gets suspended when one visits the moving pictures.

HotIgneous Intruder		2012-05-22 08:48:37 AM

Because, you know, the Nork army can just jump aboard ships and planes and invade the USA, no problem.

calm like a bomb		2012-05-22 08:49:42 AM

That's realistic- a country that builds ICBMs out of plywood and spackle can move enough troops to invade a superpower.

Allen. The end.		2012-05-22 08:49:45 AM

shiat just got unreal...

discgolfguru		2012-05-22 08:50:00 AM

Arkanaut: It's been Homefronted!

That game could have been better. I had high hopes.

Mentat		2012-05-22 08:50:11 AM

Old news. They did the same thing in Homefront. And now that China has bought AMC Theaters (thanks Bain!), expect a wave of Chinese-made movies hitting our shores soon.

Angry Buddha		2012-05-22 08:50:27 AM

gopher321: The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

The fact that moviegoers can believe that the North Korean People's Army could launch a successful attack and occupation of a Starbucks, let alone the entire mid-western US is insulting.

Last Man on Earth		2012-05-22 08:51:16 AM

An Infowars link? Yeah, no. I'll wait for a real source, thanks.

Cinaed		2012-05-22 08:51:34 AM

China? Um... unlikely, but possible.
North Korea? No.

Revek		2012-05-22 08:51:45 AM

Oh yeah that plausible. Lamest Korea invades us bwwwahhhaaaaa.

TrainingWheelsNeeded		2012-05-22 08:52:13 AM

It's like China has become our new overlords or somethin'. I for one relcome them

SharkTrager		2012-05-22 08:52:30 AM

Mentat: Old news. They did the same thing in Homefront. And now that China has bought AMC Theaters (thanks Bain!), expect a wave of Chinese-made movies hitting our shores soon.

Very old news. Like a year old. And it has nothing to do with the AMC buyout, so that's a very weak link to make.

But Alex is a bit of a moron.

Wellon Dowd		2012-05-22 08:52:49 AM

Freedom of Expression takes it up the chute by the Invisible Fist of the Market.

beefoe		2012-05-22 08:53:02 AM

The invading force in Red Dawn (already filmed) is changing (post-production) from Chinese troops to North Korean troops because Hollywood doesn't want to offend ~~China~~ a market with 1.6 billion potential paying customers.

ShonenBat		2012-05-22 08:53:10 AM

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coeyagi		2012-05-22 08:53:41 AM

I'll bet you $0.85 and a can of coke that half of the merchants in LA are going to riot over this outrage.

www.wearysloth.com

AngryJailhouseFistfark		2012-05-22 08:53:58 AM

Mentat: Old news. They did the same thing in Homefront. And now that China has bought AMC Theaters (thanks Bain!), expect a wave of Chinese-made movies hitting our shores soon.

It'll be like Mao's Re-Education Happy Fun Camps from coast to coast, showing Homelanders the Good and Joy that is the Middle Kingdom Workers' Paradise.

Old enough to know better		2012-05-22 08:54:50 AM

So a small, shiatstain country that can't even get a missile into the air is supposed to conquer the US? I'd facepalm, but I'd probably fracture my skull.

Call me crazy, but I'm sensing a

upload.wikimedia.org

in the making.

George Tierney of Greenville SC		2012-05-22 08:55:17 AM

discgolfguru: Arkanaut: It's been Homefronted!

That game could have been better. I had high hopes.

So much ^^ THIS

Tommy Moo		2012-05-22 08:55:19 AM

The movie was to be far-fetched but plausible with a Chinese army. Pretending North Korea has the resources and wherewithal to stage a terrestrial invasion of American soil will destroy any remaining suspension of disbelief this POS movie might have otherwise clung to.

Angry Buddha		2012-05-22 08:55:28 AM

Last Man on Earth: An Infowars link? Yeah, no. I'll wait for a real source, thanks.

Ha, no kidding. I'll bet you a fiver their source is Wikipedia.

wxboy		2012-05-22 08:55:40 AM

Most of the relevant actors are probably Korean anyway, since most Americans can't tell the difference between a Korean and a Chinese man.

squeez cheez		2012-05-22 08:56:00 AM

Angry Buddha: gopher321: The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

The fact that moviegoers can believe that the North Korean People's Army could launch a successful attack and occupation of a Starbucks, let alone the entire mid-western US is insulting.

I'm thinking a couple of basement dwellers using whatever they find in the garage can handle it now.

kroonermanblack		2012-05-22 08:56:02 AM

Nurglitch: gopher321: The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

I believe something or other gets suspended when one visits the moving pictures.

Please tell me it's restraining orders and federal injunctions? I know a sheep I'd like to....never mind.

Sargun		2012-05-22 08:56:14 AM

Old news from March 2011 sure is exciting!

randomjsa		2012-05-22 08:56:16 AM

Completely stupid.

Then again after what they did to the remake of Manchurian Candidate...

attention span of a retarded fruit fly		2012-05-22 08:56:36 AM

Okey again there nees to be citeria met before Movies are remade...

1) Original was in black and white, or 50 years old.

2) Most of the audience that saw it the first time is passed on or so old the do not remember the movie.

3) There were serious story flaws that needed to be corrected.

4) The fact that CGI wasn't around yet is not a factor to it being remade.

After that then fine but the 1980's movie was epic and should not be toyed with. Proof... Footloose.

Snarfangel		2012-05-22 08:56:40 AM

gopher321: The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

To be fair, this is North Korea we are talking about, and the Americans are armed with food.

Heineken Skywalker		2012-05-22 08:56:43 AM

Is anything new anymore? Recycled music, recycled movies.

Get off my lawn and come up with some new shiat!

SandMann		2012-05-22 08:56:47 AM

gopher321: The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

If I remember the original movie correctly, they fought as partisans for a few months then died. Doesn't sound too far off base. That is sort of what happens in lots of insurgencies.

JohnCarter		2012-05-22 08:57:04 AM

So....

They remake a 1984 movie in 2009, but due to "financial" issues with the studio they do not release it for 3 years. Now they decide to release it and the producers are digitally changing Chinese to North Korean.

Yeah - this thing has straight to video written all over it

At least with the Chinese they have the plausibility to be able to project power from Asia to North America. Not sure if Best Korea can even drive across the 38th parallel anymore

The Muthaship		2012-05-22 08:57:19 AM

Washington finally learns that you don't sh*t where you eat?

Oliver Twisted		2012-05-22 08:58:39 AM

beefoe: The invading force in Red Dawn (already filmed) is changing (post-production) from Chinese troops to North Korean troops because Hollywood doesn't want to offend China a market with 1.6 billion potential paying customers.

DING DING DING. We have a winner. And yes, this was started a long time ago (years) for that very reason. If Best Korea could offer a multimillion dollar box office potential, the story would be the other way around.

FlippityFlap		2012-05-22 08:59:04 AM

Hollywood's utter inability to come up with something, ANYTHING original is by now a source of constant joy. Proceed.

abhorrent1		2012-05-22 08:59:08 AM

Wouldn't the Chinese be easier to defeat since half of them got killed of in the original?

hitlersbrain		2012-05-22 09:00:30 AM

That movie was so idiotic, there is simply nothing you could do to make it worse.

That invasion would have lasted about 2 days, with the last day just rounding up the surrendering stragglers.

It reminds me of the vast christian majority terrifying it's flock of idiots that the 'heathens' are out to get them.

"Look out, a million Mexican troops are pouring over the border!"

"Air strike any heavy weapons and let the local cops cleanup the rest... duh."

poe_zlaw		2012-05-22 09:00:45 AM

It would be pretty hilarious to see any country try to invade the US. Considering gun ownership per capita in the US is higher than anywhere on earth by leaps and bounds, they would pretty much have to obliterate the US from the air (which is not likely to happen in the near future). If you think the militias in the middle east are fierce, imagine the militias that would form in the US.

dittybopper		2012-05-22 09:00:46 AM

gopher321: The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

They can't, and they didn't in the original movie.

Remember, in the original Red Dawn the "Wolverines" hide out for a couple months, then they have some success against what are essentially second and third-rate REMF troops*, and they are almost completely wiped out within a month of the Soviets getting serious and bringing in the Spetznaz troops. The whole movie only goes from the initial invasion in September until March, or roughly 6 months.

The only two survivors manage to live by running away.

It's not the "Plucky teenagers defeat the Soviet Army" film that people seem to *THINK* it is. It's a much more realistic, and subtle, movie than people generally give it credit for.

*Also, apparently some combat units sent to the rear for rest/reorganization, such as the tank that fills up at the gas station. No need for a tank like that 40 miles behind the front, except as a reserve or to rest/re-arm/re-org.

Ed Finnerty		2012-05-22 09:00:46 AM

WORVOLEENS!

paulleah		2012-05-22 09:00:54 AM

So Capitalism wins? Or loses? Its kind of a ~~toss off~~ err tossup.

robodog		2012-05-22 09:01:47 AM

gopher321: The fact that some moviegoers actually believe a handful of plucky kids can take on an entire invading force in the first place is insulting.

Really, because we've just had a war where a couple tens of thousands of fighters with a fourth grade education have inflicted substantial losses on the worlds largest, most well equipped army for a decade.

QuesoDelicioso		2012-05-22 09:01:50 AM

Well, a Chinese corporation did just buy AMC. Wouldn't be surprised to find this sort of thing happening more often.

If anyone's curious...

alowishus		2012-05-22 09:02:23 AM

wxboy: most Americans can't tell the difference between a Korean and a Chinese man.

"So are you Chinese or Japanese"

Im_Gumby		2012-05-22 09:02:27 AM

JohnCarter: So....

They remake a 1984 movie in 2009, but due to "financial" issues with the studio they do not release it for 3 years. Now they decide to release it and the producers are digitally changing Chinese to North Korean.

Yeah - this thing has straight to video written all over it

At least with the Chinese they have the plausibility to be able to project power from Asia to North America. Not sure if Best Korea can even drive across the 38th parallel anymore

THIS!

I can suspend disbelief only so far before I get all stabby.

/Like hearing the sound of a shotgun racking, when the actor/actress is clearly holding a double barrel.

hitlersbrain		2012-05-22 09:03:12 AM

Tommy Moo: The movie was to be far-fetched but plausible with a Chinese army. Pretending North Korea has the resources and wherewithal to stage a terrestrial invasion of American soil will destroy any remaining suspension of disbelief this POS movie might have otherwise clung to.

I would not call it an 'invasion' but they could do some damage by just lining up their people and telling them 'there's food that way!'.

North Korea is the only case I can think of where genocide could be considered a kindness.