http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/03/15/travails-on-the-bus/ What's going on in the world of the Rural China Education Foundation Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/03/15/travails-on-the-bus/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 Kiel Harell Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:02:18 +0000 http://blog.ruralchina.org/?p=1459#comment-1963 I took the Xi'an to Yongji bus on Monday night. The evening feature was called Domino. It's about a team of bounty hunters. It had nudity, violence, cursing, and two cast members from the original Beverly Hills 90210 (they were actually playing themselves in the film). It was made by the director of Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop II. I took the Xi’an to Yongji bus on Monday night. The evening feature was called Domino. It’s about a team of bounty hunters. It had nudity, violence, cursing, and two cast members from the original Beverly Hills 90210 (they were actually playing themselves in the film). It was made by the director of Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop II.

]]> http://blog.ruralchina.org/2009/03/15/travails-on-the-bus/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 Steven Liu Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:38:21 +0000 http://blog.ruralchina.org/?p=1459#comment-1729 Yeah, some of the movies are pretty shocking. But maybe what's even more shocking than the violence is just how _bad_ these movies are. The last time I came back from Xi'an I watched a movie that just seemed to consist of shooting, car chases and jumping. Lots and lots of jumping. One rooftop to another. Over the railing. Another rooftop. It's like the director had a three-sided dice to decide what the next scene should contain: A one? Shooting! Two? Car chase! Luckily I had music with me to drown out the awfulness, but it makes me shudder to think what this kind of trash is doing to peoples' minds here. Yeah, some of the movies are pretty shocking. But maybe what’s even more shocking than the violence is just how _bad_ these movies are. The last time I came back from Xi’an I watched a movie that just seemed to consist of shooting, car chases and jumping. Lots and lots of jumping. One rooftop to another. Over the railing. Another rooftop. It’s like the director had a three-sided dice to decide what the next scene should contain: A one? Shooting! Two? Car chase! Luckily I had music with me to drown out the awfulness, but it makes me shudder to think what this kind of trash is doing to peoples’ minds here.

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