Let’s face it, here in the U.S. we’ve got some folks who want to regulate nearly everything about our lives—from how many minutes of sunshine exposure we should have to the number of doughnuts we should legally be able to consume. But that’s nothing compared to what’s happening in China.
In the Far East they recently laid down the law and banned time travel. That’s right, they sold off the last of their DeLoreans, dismantled their flux capacitors and decreed that the days of time warping fun are over.
According to a CNN report, the State Administration of Radio Film and Television in China decided that time travel-focused entertainment plotlines were a waste of, well, time. Why? Because they generally contained “fantasy … bizarre plots, absurd techniques, even propagating feudal superstitions, fatalism and reincarnation, ambiguous moral lessons, and a lack of positive thinking.”
Now, while that sounds like a pretty thorough description of the recent Hot Tub Time Machine flick, it seems to me that the Chinese might be being a little short-sighted. Think of all the thought-provoking entertainment they’ll be missing out on.
I mean, consider great past American time-bending films such as Timecop, the Martin Lawrence classic Black Knight or the cultural beacon Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. And let’s not forget the latest Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure that’s slated to hit theaters soon. The Chinese will be missing out on all of that …
Which makes me wonder: Do you think they have doughnuts in China?
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