I guess they didn’t use any military hardware or whatnot so nobody could tell them not to state the obvious.
Apparently that was a reference to how they wanted to shoot the future scenes in France but getting the required permits was too difficult and expensive, to they shot them in China instead.
lmao… wow i don’t remember that at all, but very astute of them
I love this scene. Such an interesting provocation that says a lot about the setting of the film in a very elegant and economic way. Just really good storytelling.
I think it works so well because in 2012 there was some nascent understanding that the West had passed its peak while China was ascendant, but mainstream opinion wasn’t acknowledging that in any way. That made this scene stand out as being sort of outlandish on the face of it, but with a grain of substance that would stop you from dismissing the idea altogether, creating a nice little bit of dissonance for the audience. If you put this line in a film today, though, it wouldn’t land. People would just be like “yeah, that sounds pretty plausible.”
This was also the same scene where Jeff Daniels is commenting on JGL’s clothing and bemoaning the lack of creativity or novelty. “You’re just copying what you see in movies that are copying other movies. Why don’t you do something new? Just be new!” He’s a guy from the future who probably knows that everything keeps on being the same shit all the time and he’s tired of it. Again, very light-touch exposition that leaves a lot for the audience to interpret without taking up a lot of time or trying to be too clever.
“You’re just copying what you see in movies that are copying other movies. Why don’t you do something new? Just be new!”
That line always reminds me of Reddit.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
