China orders 'The Da Vinci Code" pulled from theaters...

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
It's filed under the "non-fiction" section in a book store...

The Bible isn't in the fiction section either...

[Dinner]

It should be.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


None of you watched the earlier National Geographic Channel special on The Da Vinci Code?

The book itself clearly lifted the plot from the non-fiction book Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

"Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


There are 1.3 billion people but most of them are peasants. About 30% of 1.3b live in the cities. Then you need to consider only the theaters in the bigger cities along the coast (and also Beijing) would have access to thes, um, US blockbusters.

Yes, that would be true if it wasn't complete BS.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
A strike against bad movies

But another Hollywood blockbuster, "Ice Age: The Meltdown" was to be released in China on Friday

[DaShi]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
We don't want to upset the Vatican? We're worried about hurting the Christian minority's feelings? Oh, what a load...

There may be something to this. Christianity is the fastest growing religion in China. And they know that they can't treat it as oppressively as Falun Gong. So some form of appeasement in this sense may be to prevent potential riots.