The Hong Kong/China feud and the repercussions for GvK/the Godzillaverse.

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Let’s hope GvsKong has no release issues in China. Needs that money from there to be successful.
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That's a legit concern but I don't think it'd be enough to actually destroy the movie itself let alone the Monsterverse since let's face it,bad critic reviews and such will likely do the job instead.
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kaijuguy19 wrote:That's a legit concern but I don't think it'd be enough to actually destroy the movie itself let alone the Monsterverse since let's face it,bad critic reviews and such will likely do the job instead.
Despite the fact both G14 AND Kong got pretty good reviews. This whole "critics hate Godzilla" thing needs to stop,this just getting stupid.
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tyrantgoji wrote:
kaijuguy19 wrote:That's a legit concern but I don't think it'd be enough to actually destroy the movie itself let alone the Monsterverse since let's face it,bad critic reviews and such will likely do the job instead.
Despite the fact both G14 AND Kong got pretty good reviews. This whole "critics hate Godzilla" thing needs to stop,this just getting stupid.
That wasn't really what I was leading into. I'm sorry if it came across as such. I was just explaining how the whole situation at China may not affect the movie too much to destroy the Monsterverse as a whole as how it doing poorly at the BO if that happens will do that instead.
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kaijuguy19 wrote:
tyrantgoji wrote:
kaijuguy19 wrote:That's a legit concern but I don't think it'd be enough to actually destroy the movie itself let alone the Monsterverse since let's face it,bad critic reviews and such will likely do the job instead.
Despite the fact both G14 AND Kong got pretty good reviews. This whole "critics hate Godzilla" thing needs to stop,this just getting stupid.
That wasn't really what I was leading into. I'm sorry if it came across as such. I was just explaining how the whole situation at China may not affect the movie too much to destroy the Monsterverse as a whole as how it doing poorly at the BO if that happens will do that instead.
I think you kinda underestimate how big China is to the movie market nowadays. Poor box office their means a pretty big blow to the studio even if the movie itself didn't really flop.
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I don't see why the CCP would have a problem with this film coming. Theoretically, if it was shot in HK, then I'm sure it was subject to approval from the party. As long as the movie doesn't "violate" One China Policy, I don't see what would stop it from coming out.

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shadowgigan wrote:I don't see why the CCP would have a problem with this film coming. Theoretically, if it was shot in HK, then I'm sure it was subject to approval from the party. As long as the movie doesn't "violate" One China Policy, I don't see what would stop it from coming out.
I'm talking beyond that via boycotts against the actual movie, stuff like that.

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One has to wonder if there’s some kind of allegory going on with Kong and Godzilla. King Kong being Hong Kong, Godzilla being China. Godzilla steps on Kong’s toes, the two fight on the basis of Godzilla wanting to lord over the entire world and Kong just wanting to be left autonomous. We don’t know enough about the plot, but a team-up would indicate an ultimately pro-China message in this case. This is all so nebulous that it could just be a force of coincidence.
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Idk if you’re being sarcastic or not but seriously, I doubt it. Although the problem has existed for a while, the Hong Kong protests started in earnest earlier this year. Wasn’t this movie filming last year? The script was finished long, long before this became a big international issue.
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LockBite wrote:One has to wonder if there’s some kind of allegory going on with Kong and Godzilla. King Kong being Hong Kong, Godzilla being China. Godzilla steps on Kong’s toes, the two fight on the basis of Godzilla wanting to lord over the entire world and Kong just wanting to be left autonomous. We don’t know enough about the plot, but a team-up would indicate an ultimately pro-China message in this case. This is all so nebulous that it could just be a force of coincidence.
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Imagine pre-emptively blaming civil unrest for the KotM sequel flopping.
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Fish Cakes wrote:Imagine pre-emptively blaming civil unrest for the KotM sequel flopping.
Setting up the narrative for if/when the movie underperforms.
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Why, just because the Chinese government is legitimately popping innocent heads left and right, and China is the #1 market for these films... Noooo, of course civil unrest won't put a dent in the film, how could it?
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_JNavs_ wrote:Why, just because the Chinese government is legitimately popping innocent heads left and right, and China is the #1 market for these films... Noooo, of course civil unrest won't put a dent in the film, how could it?
China has more than a billion people. Add to that the number of Americans that won’t know or care that Legendary is a Chinese-owned company and I’m not sure how the HK protests will greatly impact this movie.
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Terasawa wrote:
_JNavs_ wrote:Why, just because the Chinese government is legitimately popping innocent heads left and right, and China is the #1 market for these films... Noooo, of course civil unrest won't put a dent in the film, how could it?
China has more than a billion people. Add to that the number of Americans that won’t know or care that Legendary is a Chinese-owned company and I’m not sure how the HK protests will greatly impact this movie.
And as it stands now, the unrest is relegated only to Hong Kong, a relatively small populace.

I hope GVK does well, at least in the sense I hope it doesn't actively fail, but it's hilarious seeing JNAVS already make excuses should it not be a gigantic success.
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LSD Jellyfish wrote: And as it stands now, the unrest is relegated only to Hong Kong, a relatively small populace.

I hope GVK does well, at least in the sense I hope it doesn't actively fail, but it's hilarious seeing JNAVS already make excuses should it not be a gigantic success.
Lmao I'm not making excuses, I just think it's a bit presumptuous to say "when this movie fails this'll be an excuse as to why", it's like trying to stomp a flame before there's even an ember.
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_JNavs_ wrote:
LSD Jellyfish wrote: And as it stands now, the unrest is relegated only to Hong Kong, a relatively small populace.

I hope GVK does well, at least in the sense I hope it doesn't actively fail, but it's hilarious seeing JNAVS already make excuses should it not be a gigantic success.
Lmao I'm not making excuses, I just think it's a bit presumptuous to say "when this movie fails this'll be an excuse as to why", it's like trying to stomp a flame before there's even an ember.
No, we are saying that IF the film fails, or under performs, people will not blame the quality of the film, or the general disinterest towards the film on the film itself and rather complain about "the critics", "Disney", "stigma against Kaiju films", in the same way they do for KOTM. Just add this time,"It didn't meet our expectations because China has some current issues".
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LSD Jellyfish wrote:
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LSD Jellyfish wrote: And as it stands now, the unrest is relegated only to Hong Kong, a relatively small populace.

I hope GVK does well, at least in the sense I hope it doesn't actively fail, but it's hilarious seeing JNAVS already make excuses should it not be a gigantic success.
Lmao I'm not making excuses, I just think it's a bit presumptuous to say "when this movie fails this'll be an excuse as to why", it's like trying to stomp a flame before there's even an ember.
No, we are saying that IF the film fails, or under performs, people will not blame the quality of the film, or the general disinterest towards the film on the film itself and rather complain about "the critics", "Disney", "stigma against Kaiju films", in the same way they do for KOTM. Just add this time,"It didn't meet our expectations because China has some current issues".


Well at least that ones a logical reason. But if someone were to find out that China's issues weren't the cause the fandom would be looked at in a VERY negative light,others would think "using the deaths of innocence for an excuse of a movie flopping?! How terrible!"
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Terasawa wrote:China has more than a billion people. Add to that the number of Americans that won’t know or care that Legendary is a Chinese-owned company and I’m not sure how the HK protests will greatly impact this movie.
Because Chinese censorship boards can be fickle and a worsening of the situation in Hong Kong might cause them to reassess their stance on this film. Not to mention Legendary itself (or their Wanda financiers) might recut the film, alter the release date, or even pull it altogether (highly unlikely but not without precedent) should anything unexpected come up; many films had to be altered or were straight-up cancelled after 9/11.

No one’s trying to start a “preemptive narrative” blaming anyone should the film underperform; it’s just that in an unfortunate happenstance the filmmakers seem to have chosen to set a decent portion of the film in a city that has since once more become a major sticking point in Sino-Western relations, and that may very well have an impact on the film
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Unless the Hong Kong setting is used to promote democratic government then I’m not sure how that would negatively affect the film. For all we know, Chinese fans will want to see Hong Kong crushed in a monster battle.
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