Ideas Live Forever

[ClydeR]

"Humans only have one ending. Ideas live forever." That's the conclusion of the below trailer for the Barbie movie..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM

Buried in the trailer is a brief glimpse -- you'll find it at 1:01 -- of an idea that is upsetting the global order, exacerbating international rifts, and sending Barbie to the censors! It's a world map with dotted lines showing Barbie's travels during the movie. One of the dotted lines is suspiciously similar to the Nine-Dash Line (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dash_line) that marks China's disputed claim to the South China Sea.

Because of the map, Vietnam has banned Barbie from their theaters. The Philippines appears (https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-06/after-vietnam-the-philippines-could-be-next-to-ban-barbie-heres-why) poised to follow suit.

Does the controversy doom Barbie? Or will it increase ticket sales? Was it an accident or on purpose?

I haven't seen this much political controversy about a movie since The Interview starring James Franco and Seth Rogen.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Straight to dvd?

[ClydeR]

Straight to dvd?

DVD? Do you know how old that makes you sound?

No, it opens in theaters on July 21, the same day as Oppenheimer officially opens.

[Tgo01]

Hollywood loves Chinese dick…I mean money…no I was right the first time.

[Shaps]

It's disturbing enough they have a 40+ year old man and 30+ year old woman playing Ken and Barbie... but hey... that's always been done.

Just weird picking those 2 since they're so well known ya know? They "look" the part, but don't look the part - that make sense?

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

DVD? Do you know how old that makes you sound?

No, it opens in theaters on July 21, the same day as Oppenheimer officially opens.

Oppenheimer looks great.

[Suppressed Poet]

Hollywood loves Chinese dick…I mean money…no I was right the first time.

You were right the first time. They don’t love money. Exhibit A: Indiana Jones and the Backlash of Wokeness

[Neveragain]

"Humans only have one ending. Ideas live forever." That's the conclusion of the below trailer for the Barbie movie..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBk4NYhWNMM

Buried in the trailer is a brief glimpse -- you'll find it at 1:01 -- of an idea that is upsetting the global order, exacerbating international rifts, and sending Barbie to the censors! It's a world map with dotted lines showing Barbie's travels during the movie. One of the dotted lines is suspiciously similar to the Nine-Dash Line (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dash_line) that marks China's disputed claim to the South China Sea.

Because of the map, Vietnam has banned Barbie from their theaters. The Philippines appears (https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-06/after-vietnam-the-philippines-could-be-next-to-ban-barbie-heres-why) poised to follow suit.

Does the controversy doom Barbie? Or will it increase ticket sales? Was it an accident or on purpose?

I haven't seen this much political controversy about a movie since The Interview starring James Franco and Seth Rogen.

More importantly, does this mark the beginning of the end of Will Ferrells career?

https://www.reactiongifs.com/r/5US.gif

[Methais]

It's disturbing enough they have a 40+ year old man and 30+ year old woman playing Ken and Barbie... but hey... that's always been done.

Just weird picking those 2 since they're so well known ya know? They "look" the part, but don't look the part - that make sense?

Be grateful it wasn't Amy Schumer, whether you watch the movie or forget that it exists altogether like most people will.

[ClydeR]

Oppenheimer looks great.


Agreed. You can watch Barbie for fun and then tell everybody the next day how awesome Oppenheimer was.

[Shaps]

Agreed... Oppenheimer looks amazing.

Fingers crossed it actually is.