@Blizzard Yep. At this point given Hollywood and China's cooperation I'm hoping for the best, but preparing myself for the worst. The real world aircraft stunts are supposed to be real. At least that's what one of the
fighter jet guys on youtube was explaining. So they do have that going for them!
@SpitfireV There were rumors concerning PRC attaches, on the Top Gun 2 set, being where they weren't supposed to be during parts of the filming. Something about them wandering about a carrier and snooping at stuff. Considering that the PRC is playing catch-up in the carrier ops game, I get the feeling they weren't looking for the bathroom.
@AWP It's not just about making money for the Chinese. Granted, I know film makers like to hedge their bets by pandering to the Chinese (like the Transformers series). What I'm saying is that China is very tactical where and how it invests it's money, especially in the film industry. You don't go around spending willy-nilly when you have limited resources, a large resource hungry population, and massive military modernization projects.
Chinese money has strings attached and while things like a Taiwanese flag may not seem like a big deal, on an ideological level that is a big win for the PRC. Think of it like this, when China puts money into a film they essentially get to push parts of their ideology onto receptive audiences. It's not about overt pro China/Communist messages, but about planting the seed of, "hey these guys and their beliefs might not be so bad".
