Booster4324 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 No Star Trek, no Quantum Leap, no Dr Who... Hope this backfires on them and creates more dissent. Link But the latest guidance on television programming from the State Administration of Radio Film and Television in China borders on the surreal – or, rather, an attack against the surreal. New guidelines issued on March 31 discourages plot lines that contain elements of "fantasy, time-travel, random compilations of mythical stories, bizarre plots, absurd techniques, even propagating feudal superstitions, fatalism and reincarnation, ambiguous moral lessons, and a lack of positive thinking." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wow, you take away all those things and all you have left to watch are episodes of According to Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Wow, you take away all those things and all you have left to watch are episodes of According to Jim. Well, I can understand their concern for history. One must preserve the truth and show respect for the past... <cough>Tiananmen Square<cough> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Since Time Travel is probably my favorite subject, I take great offense to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 No Star Trek, no Quantum Leap, no Dr Who... Hope this backfires on them and creates more dissent. Link Their guidelines would rule out most American Tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cugalabanza Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Their guidelines would rule out most American Tv. The entire series of Lost would be edited down to one 5 minute short about some nice people taking a flight to Australia to learn the value of hard work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 No Star Trek, no Quantum Leap, no Dr Who... Hope this backfires on them and creates more dissent. Link <==== To the TARDIS!!! We can travel back to 1948 and introduce Mao to the Daleks, YES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 The entire series of Lost would be edited down to one 5 minute short about some nice people taking a flight to Australia China from China to learn the value of hard work. Fixed - Australia does not exist in the modern Chinese mythos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Their guidelines would rule out most American Tv. I think they're on to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I think they're on to something. Touche' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I think they're on to something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly McButterpants Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Wow, you take away all those things and all you have left to watch are episodes of According to Jim. But that's a mythical story too . . .there's no way a fat slob like that would nab a hottie like Courtney Thorne-Smith in real life!! And there's no way she would look like that after having 3 kids . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UConn James Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Hope this backfires on them and creates more dissent. ... unless the Chinese's answer to the most important question of our time is "Picard." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 ... unless the Chinese's answer to the most important question of our time is "Picard." They are more likely to say Archer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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