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  • WB shrouds 'Dark Knight' from Chinese audiences

    Taken From The Associated Press


    Wednesday, December 24, 2008
    HONG KONG - Batman landed in Hong Kong but that doesn't mean "The Dark Knight" will open all over China.

    The movie opened in Hong Kong theaters. But Warner Bros. decided not to release the film in mainland China - or even submit it for censors' approval - because of "prerelease conditions" and "cultural sensitivities," the studio said Tuesday.

    Warner Bros. officials may have been concerned the film - particularly scenes shot in Hong Kong, where Batman nabs a gangster - would offend censors. Hong Kong is a Chinese-ruled former British colony that maintains separate political and economic systems.

    Another possible sticking point is a brief appearance by Hong Kong actor-singer Edison Chen, who appeared in lurid photos with several women this year.

    Bootleg copies have been available in Chinese markets for months.
    I feel bad for all those people, to never know the greatness that is Heath's Joker. Damned communists, This is why General Patton should have been allowed to take his army into Russia and China during WWII like he wanted. He knew this was going to happen, I'm sure he told the president that if he wasn't allowed to go Batman would never show in Chinese theaters.



    Darth_Andrea

  • #2
    Wow. Some people need to grow thicker skin.

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    • #3
      Ahhh, one more reason to hate Communism....as if we didn't already have enough reasons...

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      • #4
        People are too sensitive anymore.

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        • #5
          pity that our Chinese friends canīt see this awesome movie...
          I Make my Own T-Shirts

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          • #6
            That's odd considering the size of the Chinese market (approximately 1/3 of the world's population), but then I'm not sure how things work in China (how many theaters exist or what percent of the populace can even afford to go to the movies).
            Oh well, you'd be surprised how great the bootleg can be when it's all you can get.

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            • #7
              ...Damned communists, This is why General Patton should have been allowed to take his army into Russia and China during WWII like he wanted. He knew this was going to happen, I'm sure he told the president that if he wasn't allowed to go Batman would never show in Chinese theaters...
              That is so AWESOME that words cannot describe it. Maybe a Michael Bay explosion could!

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              • #8
                see this is why i'm proud to be an American, sucks for them DK was a awesome movie everyone should see it, thank god for bootlegs right?

                IonFan says

                MAGA then, MAGA now, MAGA FOREVER

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