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Making TV Safer: Chinese Censors Crack Down on Time Travel

In a bizarre move, China’s television censors have issued new guidelines that all but ban TV dramas featuring time travel.

In a statement (available here in Chinese) dated March 31, the State Administration for Radio, Film & Television said that TV dramas that involve characters traveling back in time “lack positive thoughts and meaning.” The guidelines discouraging this type of show said that some “casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and reincarnation.”

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darklordzor4550d ago

Maybe they're doing it because they don't want their people to dream of traveling back in time to stop communism...

-MD-4550d ago

Cat submitted an article? Gasp!

Cat4550d ago

I'm very selective :) http://filmwatch.com/user/n...

The quotes from the new Chinese guidelines made me LOL

JL4550d ago

I saw the title, then "Cat" and that made me LOL. Wondering what kind of crazy stuff is Cat putting up over here.

Cat4550d ago

This is classy news, JL! TV, politics, time travel...with an international flair!!

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Beckenrand Sheriff Movie Review: What is the meaning behind?

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Malignant Movie Review: Did Gabriel win in Malignant?

That a filmmaker gets the kind of free pass that James Wan does for MALIGNANT Nowadays we almost only know streaming services like Netflix. Nevertheless, the giallo homage from the “Conjuring” and “Saw” creator has now made it to the cinema under the Warner flag. And we should be grateful for that – despite small …

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The Banker Movie Review: Wheeling and Dealing Toward Equality

Pros: Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Nicholas Hoult, who came together in one film not about the Marvel adaptations; shooting style; pace and plot development; work of a costume designer Cons: the script as a whole greatly idealizes the characters and the story itself The Banker Drama genre Directed by George […]

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