Eric Jou's discussions

lol, my outrage isn't so much against the propagandist shows, it's more geared towards the hypocritical nature of CCTV's desire to scrub clean television for Children. Why does Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf get a pass? Because it's a shining example of China's animation.

Nationalistic video games still have loads of… Read more

Seriously, the great firewall is so chock full o' holes that it's surprising it hasn't been knocked down yet.

Know you have me wanting some Chuan'r, luckily I'm in the Jing and far far away from the suspicious rat meat like substances found in the Jiang Zhe areas Read more

I am so excited for this movie... I hear the Chinese version will be the same as the international version, which means I get to watch it!!! woot. Read more

I don't know if you're joking or not. Read more

=] we're not making fun of the point of ratings, in fact I personally think there should be ratings. I'm making fun of the fact that they're hypocritical in their examples. They want to get rid of "dirty cartoons" all together instead of rating them and then putting them at times that are inconvenient for children.… Read more

Hahaha, I've actually seen a little Taiwanese boy pull down his pants and draw elephant ears! it was hilariously bad. His mother was so ashamed.

I'm totally for ratings and a ratings board to determine time slots. The US rating system imo is useless. Loads of Cartoons have a TV Y7 or whatever rating but the issue is… Read more

Yeah there were quite a few good ones in the past. I remember growing up seeing some of them on VHS when my mother would take me to the chinatown video stores. Read more

Action Bastard Away! Read more

Youtube was blocked intermittently I was able to use Youtube in 2008 and most of 2009. Then in july of 09 it was completely gone. As to facebook it was officially gone in 09. Read more

Yeah... CCTV is pretty bad. It's pretty scary. Do you know why they put that Xinjiang headline there? July is a month of terrible unrest in the Xinjiang region. Part of the reason why facebook and youtube were blocked was because of the unrest in the region during 2009. So far the area is under semi-martial law. It's… Read more

hear hear! Though China is becoming a scary place. Imagine an army of disenchanted and disenfranchised young people who are smart and clever? Read more

man that looks creepy...where is that from??! Read more

Indeed! I want to bump up your post!

Chinese animation unfortunately also fails because they lose sight of the very same Chinese values and content they're trying to promote. Take Kungfu Panda again. It actually is a lot more Chinese than meets the eye, so the Central Academy was pissed that dreamworks was able to do… Read more

I watch a lot of TV. ALOT of TV. Chinese TV is among the worst. Almost as bad as Russian day time TV or American Day Time TV.

I'd rather have Jerry Springer than most of what is on Chinese TV. Read more

Whoa! I never seen this! must watch now. Thanks for the heads up. There are actually some examples of great Chinese animation - like Kuiba but unfortunately that is far and inbetween. there was a whole bunch of crap saying that it was too japanese too but i didn't believe it. Read more

I mean, Shin Chan was supposed to be for adults or more mature audiences. Read more

seriously, i doubt they'll ever air that though =[ Read more

Taiwan dramas, HK dramas, some mainland dramas from the early 2000's were actually watchable. Chinese ugly betty was bearable for a little while. Read more

I'm confused. What are you talking about? - seriously confused not being sarcastic! Read more

Yeah - it's a terrible translation but that is the official one! Did you ever read about the french online hoax that said watching the show made children's iq lower? I can actually believe that. That show is very bad. Chinese children's television is terrible. Read more