Posted on 01/11/2008 1:45:42 PM PST by bahblahbah
You know,I get paid once for doing my job with no residuals.The idea that someone should be able to do just one heroic deed or whatever and the goof off for the rest of his life ,goes clear back to the ancient Greeks.I thought they were scornful of those "resting on their laurels".
Have gun, will hire.......call me
It’s kind of eerie how quiet China is. With all their new economy and brains and all that space program they ought to be producing some music and stuff to sell to the rest of the world. But it’s completely silent. Do they prohibit music and singing?
Hong Kong had a vibrant film industry until the 1997 Communist takeover.
Directors like John Woo, Tsui Hark, and others left for America and actors like Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, and Jet Li came to America (where they had less success than before). They were cast in big films but needed to share the billing with some kind of American star. And the films were dumbed down.
Jackie Chan continues to make films for the rest of the world that never get released in America (I think Disney throws them in a vault, they’ve also been known to butcher the films they do release to home video).
I think some of it is deliberate sabotage because they are more entertaining action films than what America has turned out for the past 20 years. The stunts are too awesome (there is risk, and Hollywood plays it safe using more and more computer “stunts”).
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