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[longdi]

A Chinese web movie featuring an assortment of characters from Chinese folklore and novels has been slammed for ripping off Marvel's superhero movies.

China Captain, the title of the movie which bears similarities to Marvel's Captain America, was released on Tencent Video streaming website on May 18.

The story tells of a group of Chinese heroes who declare war on a bunch of foreign superheroes who have encroached on their turf in China.



I think it is a cute spoof, not rip-off

 

[Pagusas]

So. Many. Stock. Assets. Wow. It’s like they just took all the after effects off envato/video hive and threw them at this “film”. This thing is so low budget I can’t see how it would find its way into anyone’s radar to complain about.

 

[BlvckFox]

This is bizarrely entertaining. My buddy has yet to see a movie in the MCU. I think I’ll make this his first.

 

[nush]

You linked a 1 hour video?

 

[Xyphie]

Pressed a random spot on the timeline (11:20) and the first thing I see is the nanosuit from Crysis, so this is probably Limbo of the Lost: The Movie.

 

[INC]

Needs more Matt Damon pony tail

 

[Clear]

Yes, because Hollywood has never ripped off Asian cinema, ever...

 

[GeorgPrime]

Yes, because Hollywood has never ripped off Asian cinema, ever...

Hollywood is like the kitten copy cat while china is the adult copy cat

 

[navii]

Action sequence at 45:50 is like street fighter... But bad.

 

[Mistake]

The one thing backfiring on china is that younger generations are starting to tell when something is ripped off, as they’re more familiar with international products

 

[AJUMP23]

Pretty sure there is music from the NES Ninja Gaiden in there.

 

[SJRB]

Isn't that straight up Contra music at the 4:30 fight?

 

[Toots]

Chinese Joker spotted at 11:42

Looking much better than Jared Leto (in and out of drag)

 

[BouncyFrag]

I can watch this all day.

 

[SecularIX]

I LOVE all things China and am grateful to Jesus for their virus making Trump a one-term president.

 

[Soodanim]

Action sequence at 45:50 is like street fighter... But bad.

By bad you mean groundbreaking and awe inspiring? How did they make the smoke do that?

 

[triplestation]

italian spiderman is better than avengers and this shit combined

 

[zeorhymer]

It's like watching a little kid try. Awe, so cute!

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

italian spiderman is better than avengers and this shit combined

Indian Superman and Spiderman flying around dancing to bangers and solving crime is better than avengers and this shit combined

 

[Diddy X]

One would think they could do better than this?

 

[godhandiscen]

I watched a few scenes and other than the basic super soldier fighting armies of evil premise, it looks like a mashup of pop culture rather than a copy of Captain America.
Whatever shits on Marvel is good with me.

 

[Robot Carnival]

from what I heard, even the Chinese netzines are giving shit to this saying it looks too cheap and too stupid looking with some of the traditional folklore characters shooting laser out of their forehead mark or eyes.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

The conspiracist in me wants to say CCP approved propaganda made movie. I guess I just said it.

EDIT: scrubbing through there was some golden moments in there -

• Street fighter stock fight music, check
• Guardians of the Galaxy dance out of fireworks/explosions with mask guy
• Actual fight in just a greenscreen set
• Workout montage, check
• Villain dressed in all white, check
• Monkey (the show) levels of production and directing
• Marvel comic book flicking video montage, check

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Fucking China will rip off everything lmfao

 

[Mistake]

One would think they could do better than this?

Nah, I was there when Asura flopped. It was funny. Chinawood blamed it on fake reviews, to which people responded “no, your movie just sucks”

 

[Amiga]

Marvel and DC need to make some side parody movies like this. the batman TV show was like this. the medium they came from is supposed to be "comics".

 

[Xenon]

If somebody has a picture of a strawberry and somebody copies it but ends up drawing a potato is it really a copy?

 

[jufonuk]

This trailer gives the movie away

 

[Halo0629]

I guess nobody saw this one. It has all the avengers and xmen crew. Lol!

 

[IDKFA]

The story tells of a group of Chinese heroes who declare war on a bunch of foreign superheroes who have encroached on their turf in China.

Was this film funded by the CCP?

 

[MastaKiiLA]

I''m not watching that. Asian takes on Western themes doesn't often end well. However, there's a very much incestuous relationship between film industries in different parts of the world. They all ape each other's shit. Where Chinese cinema shines for me is in the fantasy realm, as well as the obvious martial arts stuff. There are some really cool fantasy films with some really gorgeous special effects. Netflix snags a decent number of them too, for those interested. Crime sagas are also really good, along with general action-adventure, which is just a guilty pleasure of mine.

I don't know what would be appealing about a Chinese superhero movie. That seems tailored towards the Chinese audience, where they might take greater appreciation in it, much like some Americans enjoy martial arts movies with westerners.

 

[H4ze]

Fuck West Tawain, no one should watch their fucking shit anyway

 

[wipeout364]

Is the movie available somewhere else, your link says it’s been removed. it sounds amazing.(amazingly bad)