The Biggest Hollywood Films Originated from China

eatup · May 21, 2016

The highest grossing Hollywood films ever made in the history of cinema came from ideas that originated in China. For example:

1. STAR WARS Episodes I-VI is actually the Western adaptation of Legend & Return of the Condor Heroes (1959/1961). Where is the proof? If we substitute "Condor Heroes" for "Jedi Heroes", we get STAR WARS Ep I-VI. The original two-part story spans a total of 100 on-screen hours. To adapt it into about 12 hours of STAR WARS many things had to be cut and reshuffled. But the original ideas are there in Condor Heroes, all of it!

2. STAR WARS Episodes VII-IX is/will be the Western adaptation of Heaven Sword & Dragon Saber (1961). This is actually the sequel to Legend/Return of the Condor Heroes, and Disney is just continuing LucasArts' tradition of adapting the Condor Trilogy.

3. Avatar. Just simply look at the things James Cameron cooked up:

i. A Chinese dragon is shown on the Avatar main Flying Dragon Attack Ship:

ii. The natives on Pandora sport a long pony tail that is reminiscient of a hairstyle that was once popular in China:

eatup · May 21, 2016

iii. Parts of Pandora were actually digitally altered scenes from Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhangjiajie_National_Forest_Park

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
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In 1982 it was recognized as China's first national forest park with an area of 4,810 ha (11,900 acres).[1] Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is part of a much larger 397.5 km2 (153.5 sq mi) Wulingyuan Scenic Area. In 1992, Wulingyuan was officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2] It was then approved by the Ministry of Land and Resources as Zhangjiajie Sandstone Peak Forest National Geopark (3,600 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi)) in 2001. In 2004, Zhangjiajie Geopark was listed as a UNESCO Global Geopark.

The most notable geographic features of the park are the pillar-like formations that are seen throughout the park. Although resembling karst terrain, this area is not underlain by limestones and is not the product of chemical dissolution, which is characteristic of limestone karst. They are the result of many years of physical, rather than chemical, erosion. Much of the weathering which forms these pillars are the result of expanding ice in the winter and the plants which grow on them. The weather is moist year round, and as a result, the foliage is very dense. The weathered material is carried away primarily by streams. These formations are a distinct hallmark of Chinese landscape, and can be found in many ancient Chinese paintings.

One of the park's quartz-sandstone pillars, the 1,080-metre (3,540 ft) Southern Sky Column, had been officially renamed "Avatar Hallelujah Mountain" (阿凡达-哈利路亚山, pinyin: Āfándá hālìlùyà shān) in honor of the eponymous film in January 2010.[3] According to park officials, photographs from Zhangjiajie inspired the floating Hallelujah Mountains seen in the film.[4] The film's director and production designers said that they drew inspiration for the floating rocks from mountains from around the world, including those in the Hunan province.[5][6]

In May 2016, the park is expected to have the longest glass bridge in the entire world.[7]
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In the film, Avatar:

Avatar Hallelujah Mountain in China:

Personally, I am excited for the Avatar sequels? You betcha! The say that China has an underwater "Great Wall" guarding its coasts [against submarines and such]. It's possible James Cameron will be exploring this idea in Avatar 2...

eatup · May 21, 2016

Oh, and btw, even the name Han Solo came from the word Han Chinese:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese

eatup · May 22, 2016

China's most advanced stealth fighter, the Chengdu J-20:

Various prototypes during its in-house development and testing:

Bottom left:

eatup · May 22, 2016

Now this big bad bird, isn't even an airplane:

But a carrier-killer hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV):

Of which China has had many successful tests (while the American HGV program to date has met with many failures)...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WU-14

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eatup · May 23, 2016

Very interesting stuff, this is how China is doing avionics testing on the Chengdu J-20 mentioned above. By converting a Russian Tu-204C, fitting it with the same nose cone, an extra pair of wings above the cockpit, and a bulge to the side of the main door that contains an array sensor:

eatup · May 23, 2016

Coming soon to Avatar 2, oceanic adventures:

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinas-undersea-great-wall-16222

China's 'Undersea Great Wall'

As defense analysts brood over the evolving military balance in the western Pacific, considerations related to undersea warfare keep coming to the fore. Given the lethality of modern antiship cruise missiles, surface combatants of all types may well be scarce on the future naval battlefield. Moreover, precision strikes on airbases (and the inherent vulnerability of aircraft carriers) suggest that aerial platforms could additionally be rather sparse during the first few critical weeks of any military conflict that breaks out in the Asia-Pacific region. That leaves submarines (assisted by undersea robots) to decide the epic battle.

Western strategists have been reasonably comfortable with this conclusion, safe in the knowledge that Washington possesses a very considerable undersea advantage over Beijing. That advantage includes acoustic superiority, larger and more capable boats, and a wealth of experience both in operating submarines and in developing undersea warfare-technology innovations. However, this column has occasionally drawn attention to caveats in the assumption of U.S. undersea superiority, including China’s robust mine-warfare posture, its broad front effort to improve its antisubmarine capabilities, as well as possible attempts to experiment with alternative submarine doctrines. That is not to even mention the fact that the U.S. Navy fleet of nuclear attack submarines is now declining to a perilous low of just forty-one boats by 2029—a “valley” in U.S. naval capabilities that is widely noted in Chinese military sources.

This edition of Dragon Eye seeks to sketch out the undersea warfare competition in the western Pacific in slightly greater detail, by discussing a new Chinese-language article about China’s new “undersea Great Wall” (水下长城) that appeared in a late 2015 edition of China Ocean News (中国海洋报). The article presents a rather complete discussion of China’s new “undersea monitoring system” (水下观测系统). Making clear the national-security imperative for developing this system, the article begins with the suggestion that China’s maritime security situation has become “significantly complicated.” In particular, it is pointed out that in the undersea domain, China’s “doors have been left wide open” (门户洞开). China’s methods for tracking undersea targets are said to have been “weak.”
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(Btw, take the article with a grain of salt. It's presented from the Western perspective that tends to belittle China, which means the big picture is incomplete...)

eatup · May 23, 2016

eatup · May 23, 2016

Just a quick recap, this is where STAR WARS Episodes I-VI came from:

(Pictures below came from various adaptations, not necessarily from the one shown above).

Yang Guo / Xiao Long Nu:

Anakin / Padme:

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Western monk / Eastern monk:

Emperor Palpatine / Jinlun Guoshi (aka The Golden Wheel Monk, he is a Mongolian "general", their strongest fighter):

Count Dooku / Jinlun's 1st student (he exists in the story, but his whereabouts unknown after training with Jinlun):

Darth Maul / Da'erba (Jinlun's 2nd student, he is a Mongolian priest):

eatup · May 23, 2016

The Viceroy / Prince Huodu (Jinlun's 3rd student, he rules over Mongolia):

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Gungan leader / Quanzhen Sect leader:

Giant Condor / Millennium Falcon:

Giant Condor / Chewbacca (Giant Condor's personification):

eatup · May 23, 2016

Quanzhen Sect charging / Gungans preparing for battle:

Mongolian army / Trade Federation droids:

eatup · May 23, 2016

Guo Jing / QiGon Jinn (they even used the same sounding word):

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Han Solo (Han is actually a reference to the Han Chinese ppl):

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Iron Clown (this char actually appeared in Demi Gods & Semi Devils by the same author) / Boba Fett:

Iron Clown (or Boba Fett) mourns over loss of guardian exactly the same way as depicted in the Prequel Trilogy:

eatup · May 23, 2016

And, this is where THE FORCE AWAKENS comes from (story 1st published in 1963):

Kylo Ren's fire-breathing "Dragon Saber":

Heaven Sword & Dragon Saber:

eatup · May 23, 2016

Sword that fell from Heaven still attached to Luke Skywalker's hand:

Finn wielding "Heaven Sword":

eatup · May 23, 2016

Or in droid form (b/c in Heaven Sword (Yin) & Dragon Saber (Yang), each blade contains half of a secret map hidden within the hollow inside of its main blade):

Heavenly Droid (BB8/Yin):

Dragon Droid (R2D2/Yang):