"ALL CAPS IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE."

Sunday, January 30, 2011

IS CHINA A PAPER TIGER?

FROM 1/28 WSJ:


ABC/AU:

China's state broadcaster is facing questions after internet users spotted that footage in a report on air force manoeuvres in a national newscast was taken from the 1980s Hollywood film Top Gun.

China Central Television, or CCTV, aired the footage in a January 23 report on a People's Liberation Army Air Force training exercise, showing a plane firing a missile at another.

The second aircraft plane was destroyed in a fiery explosion and the dramatic footage was shown in between interviews with air force officers.

However, some internet users recognised the explosion from the dogfight in the final scene of the 1986 film Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise.

The Wall Street Journal posted a side-by-side video comparison of the CCTV news report and the Top Gun scene on its website, showing the two were identical.

CHINA WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS IF THEIR AIR FORCE WAS REALLY AS GOOD AS THEY CLAIM, WOULD THEY? REMEMBER FOLKS: A LOT OF WHAT IS STAMPED "MADE IN CHINA" IS CRAP. TOXIC CRAP. YOU'D RATHER BUY A CAR MADE IN SOUTH KOREA THAN ONE MACE IN CHANE WOULDN'T YOU?

MAYBE THEIR AIR FORCE IS JUST AS CRAPPY? JUST ASKING...

No comments: