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Spider-Man Defies Beijing over Statue of Liberty
Chinese authorities tried to tell Sony to edit the Statue of Liberty out of the most recent Spider-Man film. Sony told them to pound sand and left hundreds of millions of dollars on the table.
Chinese regulators reportedly modified the original request to remove the action-packed sequence, instead asking for the removal of certain shots from the sequence that they deemed too “patriotic,” such as the scenes where Tom Holland’s Spider-Man stands on the Statue of Liberty’s crown. The regulators also suggested dimming the parts when the statue is shown to make it less noticeable.
Sony ultimately rejected the request, resulting in Chinese authorities preventing the latest Spider-Man film from being released in the biggest film market in the world. The film lost a potential $170 million-$340 million in sales from China, according to reports.
With that much money on the table it’s hard to imagine Sony’s decision was entirely based on patriotism. If you’ve seen the movie it would be very hard to lose Lady Liberty as she was the site of the final battle. Editing her out would have been a little too brazen even for Hollywood.
Even so … good for Sony.
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The ChiComs are relentless, aren’t they. They may lose a few battles, but they never give up. Would that the west had a bit more dedication.
If they wanted to rub it in, they could add some computer-generated graffiti on the base of the Statue:
“CHINA SUCKS”
Spider-Man’s next antagonist:
China is not our friend.
Doing business with them is dangerous.
It does help that Spider Man: No Way Home has already grossed $1.9 billion world-wide and that revenues from China were not part of the ultimate revenue forecast.
Biden has dedication. He is now exploiting the war in Ukraine to get more covid spending money to make our country a little more like Putin’s. If that isn’t dedication to the cause, I don’t know what is.
I’d like to see a Godzilla visits Chinese monuments movie.