Top Gun Maverick

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Top Gun Maverick

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Royal » Sat Jul 20, 2019 11:19 am

Some people know who this is about...

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Pigeon » Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:45 pm

Who would that be.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Pigeon » Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:54 pm

Chinese Censorship & Missing Japanese, Taiwanese Flags

Shortly after the movie trailer's release it was spotted that "Maverick" Mitchell's iconic leather flight jacket had been changed from the original movie to omit the Taiwanese and Japanese national flags present on the original. Twitter user Mark MacKinnon, the first to publicly discuss this change, wrote:

There's a new Top Gun movie coming out. And Maverick is wearing the same leather jacket - only this time it's Communist Party of China-approved, so the Japanese and Taiwanese flag patches are gone (screenshot on right is from the new trailer)...

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The original jacket with prominent Japanese & Taiwanese flags (left) and the sequel (right) with seemingly meaningless replacements.

Chinese investor Tencent Pictures is one of the main production investors in the movie. The Chinese Communist Party routinely attempts to denigrate the sovereignty and even the existence of Taiwan, and any movie that did not censor references to the country or seemed to be promoting Taiwan would likely be prevented from showing in China.

This apparent censorship immediately sparked a Streisand Effect response around the Internet, drawing further attention to the existing debate into the Chinese Communist Party's level of covert influence in American media and Hollywood.

This time money beats politics.
"We don't care what you do to your country man as long as we get the money for our film. Tough break Taiwan."

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Royal » Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:52 am

The fact they omitted it brought more attention to the issue.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Pigeon » Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:55 am

That is what happens. The Streisand Effect kicks in on Earth.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Royal » Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:30 am

The mythical creature Hydra
The hydra effect or hydra paradox owes its name to the Greek legend of the Lernaean Hydra which grew two heads for each one cut off, and is used figuratively for counter-intuitive effects of actions to reduce a problem which result in stimulating its multiplication. Most notably scientists have proposed that ecological systems can exhibit a hydra effect when "a higher death rate in a particular species ultimately increases the size of its population". The hypothesis is suggested to have implications for the eradication of pests, and resource management. There are also said to be indications that reducing the death rate can shrink a population.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Pigeon » Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:17 pm

Fly boys are a dime a dozen.

A guy in a bird giving another guy in a bird the bird.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Royal » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:00 pm

I'll give you the thumbs up in the Top Gun VR game.

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