From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sat, 7 Sep 2024 08:24:36 -0400, 😎 Mighty Wannabe ✅ wrote:   
      
   > rbowman wrote on 9/7/2024 3:51 AM:   
   >> The 2012 remake of 'Red Dawn' originally was going to be a Chinese   
   >> invasion but they changed the invaders to North Koreans.   
   >   
   > Because the movie would have been banned in China, which would mean a   
   > huge financial loss for the movie producer. China is a huge Hollywood   
   > market.   
      
   I don't believe the movie was ever released in China even with the   
   makeover. It needed more than swapping Chinese symbols. Supposedly it was   
   set in Spokane, WA but had scenes of the Wolverines in extensive hardwood   
   forests that don't exist in eastern Washington. It was filmed in Michigan.   
   At least the original wass set in Colorado and iirc the scenes looked like   
   Colorado.   
      
   I've been watching the 'Joe Pickett' series which is set in Wyoming but   
   filmed in Alberta. At least the landscape is somewhat similar. Of course   
   they couldn't leave it untouched. One might form a mental image of a   
   character named 'Nate Romanowski' that isn't a black with dreadlocks.   
      
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