How Star Trek Makes People Do Strange Things

Canadians are paying a strange sort of tribute to the late Leonard Nimoy — they’re drawing his most famous character, Star Trek’s Spock, over a 19th-century politician on their banknotes.

Nimoy died on 27 February, and got a variety of tributes, not least from President Barack Obama. But few are weirder than the drawings of Spock on Canadian banknotes. It has become known as “Spocking.” 

It looks like the fad goes back further. Apparently, Canadians have been turning Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the country’s first French-speaking prime minister, into a Vulcan for years.
But the Bank of Canada is unimpressed.

According to the BBC, Canada’s central bank, which is responsible for the notes, confirmed that the practice isn’t illegal, but that people shouldn’t be doing it anyway:

“The Bank of Canada feels that writing and markings on bank notes are inappropriate as they are a symbol of our country and a source of national pride,” Menard told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in an email.

The spokeswoman also said disfigured bills may not circulate for as long and risk being rejected by retailers.

Some other countries have been trying to get in on the act, but Laurier makes a much better Spock than most banknote heads.

Some Americans tried Alexander Hamilton:

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And in Scotland, someone had a go with Ian Fleming, but it just doesn’t look right:


 
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「願你安息，李奧納德尼莫 伊。我們NASA有好多人都受到星艦啟發。勇敢前進...」

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Astronaut Salutes Nimoy From Orbit

International Space Station astronaut Terry Virts (@AstroTerry) tweeted this image of a Vulcan hand salute from orbit as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy, who died on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Nimoy played science officer Mr. Spock in the Star Trek series that served as an inspiration to generations of scientists, engineers and sci-fi fans around the world.
Cape Cod and Boston, Massachusetts, Nimoy's home town, are visible through the station window.


美 國太空總署（NASA）隨後在推特發文悼念，稱NASA裡頭 有好多人都曾受到《星艦迷航記》的啟發。推文中並引述這部電 視影集、後來搬上大螢幕的《星際爭霸戰》中，著名的前言「勇 踏前人未至之境」（To boldly go where no man has gone before）。「安 息，尼莫伊，太空總署不少同僚都受《星艦》啟 發，勇往直前…」。

奧斯卡最佳歌曲主唱力挺香港爭民主

《馬丁路德金》奪「最佳歌 曲」
奧斯卡最佳歌曲主唱力挺香港爭民主

奧斯卡，原來亦與香港雨傘運動拉上關係。剛才頒發最佳電影歌曲，由《馬丁路德金－夢想之路》歌曲《Glory》奪得。John Legend及Common在台上獻唱時，電影《星空奇遇記》（Star Trek）男星基斯派克（Chris Pine）及《馬丁路德金－夢想之路》男主角在台下已忍不住感動落淚。及後Common致謝辭時更謂:「我曾經去番Selma呢條橋去唱呢首歌，呢首歌代 自由、超越種族、性取向及性別，特別係代表自由。這條橋的精神連繫了夢想有更好生活、芝加哥南部的那個小童，爭取自由發聲的法國人，為民主而抗爭的香港人。」

好多人都估計今晚明珠台重播嘅奧斯卡，會Cut走Common呢段咁「反動」嘅言 論，不過今晚重播，最後都出咗呢段說話，唔知係無綫因為群眾壓力，定係明珠台較為編輯自主?


至於最佳原創音樂，提名名單包括：
Alexandre Desplat《布達佩斯大酒店》
Alexandre Desplat《解碼遊戲》
Hans Zimmer《星際啟示錄》
Gary Yershon《Mr. Turner》
Johann Johannsson《霍金：愛的方程式》

最後由《布達佩斯大酒店》Alexandre Desplat奪得。出生於巴黎嘅音樂家Alexandre Desplat曾六度提名奧斯卡，過去憑《色戒》、《英女皇》及《皇上無話兒》亦獲得不少獎項，亦多次獲奧斯卡提名，今次終於憑《布達佩斯大酒店》獲奧斯 卡最佳原創音樂。

 

How American Cultural Imperialism is Attacking Great Mother Country

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亲民主示威者星期四在旺角街头举高3只手指，模仿电影《饥饿游 戏》 中的起义手势。

How Gwyneth Paltrow was 'educated'

'We danced to Sexual Healing': Gwyneth Paltrow admits she was 'educated' at offbeat school with 'interpretive movement'... and Marvin Gaye's biggest hit  

Gwyneth Paltrow offered a candid recollection of her days at an offbeat school that  used interpretive movement and the strains of of Marvin Gaye's biggest hit to educate its pupils.

The Oscar-winning actress daughter of producer Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner opened up about her bizarre schooling during a chat with affable TV host Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday evening.
‘It was great but I didn’t learn anything,’ she said. ‘We used to meditate in the mornings. We had one teacher who was really into Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye, so in the fifth grade we came in to that and we would dance and stuff.’

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Candid: Gwyneth Paltrow chats with Jimmy Kimmel about her unconventional schooling on Wednesday evening's show

She admitted the Californian school, which she says has improved over the years, turned its back on conventional schooling methods.

‘We didn’t really learn math or reading,’ she recalled. ‘But we had this awesome emotional movement class where our movement teacher would bang a tambourine and tell us to make a shape to express our feelings, so we had a great time.’

The 41-year-old beauty dazzled in a little black dress as she stepped out of Jimmy Kimmel Live in Los Angeles, where she was appearing to talk about her imminent hosting role at the Stand Up To Cancer benefit concert.

Plenty to talk about: Gwyneth revealed that her offbeat Californian school relied on interpretive movements and soul crooner Marvin Gaye to educate its pupils 

Guardians Of The Galaxy' Soundtrack Features
Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, Jackson 5,  The Runaways & More

“I swear, I've gotten angry with filmmakers like Ridley Scott and George Lucas who can't let go of their old films and want to keep going back and offering up different versions, but I can easily see myself doing that now,” James Gunn wrote on Facebook recently about "Guardians Of The Galaxy." “This is essentially my last week of actually making 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' It's been two years straight and I've starting to become terrified of actually having to STOP.”

Admitting he's getting “teary-eyed when I think of how I won't be working with Rocket,” Gunn can rest assured that 'Guardians' will be unique and distinct among this summer's tentpoles, particularly when it comes to the soundtrack. While other studios tend to play it safe with their expensive properties when it comes to tunes—Pharrell and OK Go tuning up "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," and Imagine Dragons writing exclusive (and boring) songs for "Transformers: Age Of Extinction"—this Marvel movie is offering up a mixtape of classic jams.
And so, fans everywhere will get their latest does of Marvel-verse mayhem with the tunes of David Bowie, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, The Runaways and of course, Blue Swede, keeping things going. And frankly, it's nice to see a Marvel movie step away from the standard template to try something risky, whether it's the overall story, or even in the details like the songs.
The soundtrack drops on July 29th with the movie arriving on August 1st. Tracklist and samples below. [Collector's Choice Music]

"Guardians Of The Galaxy" Soundtrack Tracklisting
1. Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling
2. Raspberries - Go All the Way
3. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
4. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
5. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
6. 10Cc - I'm Not in Love
7. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
8. Redbone - Come and Get Your Love
9. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
10. Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
11. The Five Stairsteps - O-O-H Child
12. Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

 

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The US Navy’s Real-Life Captain Kirk Got An Awesome Letter From William Shatner

The captain and crew of the futuristic USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) received an awesome letter from actor William Shatner prior to the ship’s christening on Saturday.


The ship, which will be the most technologically-advanced destroyer in the Navy when it becomes operational, is commanded by a real-life Capt. James Kirk. And while he’s of no relation to the fictional Capt. Kirk played by William Shatner in “Star Trek,” many have had fun with that coincidence.

That included Shatner himself, as a photo tweeted by Barbara Zumwalt yesterday showed the framed photo and letter he sent to the sailors who will soon be onboard, which is currently on display at Bath Iron Works in Maine.

“Unfortunately I can’t be with you when your vessel is commissioned and obviously your captain, Captain Kirk, is dear to my heart,” Shatner wrote. “So forgive me for not attending, my schedule won’t allow me, but know that you are in our thoughts — Mr. & Mrs. Shatner — and that we bless you and hope that you have a safe journey wherever your ship takes you.”

Steven Seagal: Trust Me, The Sochi Olympics Are Secure


So it turns out Steven Seagal weighed in on Sochi security this week, and he wants everyone to know it's nothing to worry much over.

Despite the fact, "a suicide bomber on the loose. Western governments warned of an imminent terrorist attack. Nearby American warships on stand-by," writes Tom Balmforth of Radio Free Europe, "martial arts expert Steven Seagal knows better, apparently.”

Seagal, appearing on Huckabee, had this to say:

"The chances of any of these suicide bombers actually being able to pull it off are extremely remote by virtue of the fact that Sochi is on such high alert. They've got amazing assets in place with great liaison over the world. President Putin is doing the very, very best he can. And, like I said, the FSB and [their elite counterterrorism taskforce] Alfa Spetsnaz are really some of the best on Earth, so it's going to be pretty tough for anybody to pull it off."

Seagal is in fact a law enforcement officer, and he is in fact pretty tight with Russia and Putin, but that doesn't make his appearance and corresponding contrarian analysis of the Sochi situation any less bizarre.

Huckabee, on the other hand, took the opportunity to level a somewhat strange potshot, calling Seagall "the unofficial ambassador who’s developed a friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, something our president has not been able to do."

不愿陪睡中共高官 爆汤唯被封杀两年

汤在2008年底通过「优才计划」成为港人，搞笑的是，

北京当局在2011年的《建党伟业》中，仍然删除了汤的所有戏份，该戏上档同时，网上持续 劣评如潮，并被斥为《贱党伪业》。但《人民日报》去年抛出「新香港人」的观点，劝喻港人接受大陆移民时，唯一的配图竟然正是汤唯!当时就有粉丝怒 斥当局脸皮太厚。

2007 年汤唯凭藉《色，戒》而一炮走红，彷彿就在昨日，但她在过去七年间的从影经历，称得上历经波折，曾被北京封杀，曾被传拒绝陪睡中共高官，亦曾被官 媒列为新香港人的代表。

与众多科班出生的演员相比，导演系毕业的汤唯成名较晚。直到《色，戒》才第一次走上大屏幕，虽然大获好评，但因为戏中激情的表现而被大陆封杀。但 也有消息指，她是不愿陪睡某中共高官而被禁影。当年针对她的禁影，正是从当今首富王健林的万达院线开始。汤唯远离舞台整整两年，但并未消沉，而是 选择远赴英伦求学。偶尔回国也是四处义务演出，又将自己大部份的奖金捐献给一个戏剧基金。直到2009年她与张学友合作出演《月满轩尼诗》，才迎 来了另一个演艺高峯。她在短短几年间，成为数个影展的影后。



汤在2008年底通过「优才计划」成为港人，搞笑的是，北京当局在2011年的《建党伟业》中，仍然删除了汤的所有戏份，该戏上档同时，网上持续 劣评如潮，并被斥为《贱党伪业》。但《人民日报》去年抛出「新香港人」的观点，劝喻港人接受大陆移民时，唯一的配图竟然正是汤唯!当时就有粉丝怒 斥当局脸皮太厚。

该消息传出後有网友评论称，中共官员淫乱向来不是问题，下面的官员也是公开包养情妇，小三、二奶层出不穷，整个社会风气败坏。另有网民称，封杀汤 唯的这个高官应该能量很大，这年头的演艺圈女星，不陪权贵们、官员们上床，想轻松上戏，那就是做梦!

'Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Reveals How Coulson Survived

The steel-jawed S.H.I.E.L.D. agent has finally learned the truth about his resurrection, but the answer only leads to more questions.

At long last, the truth is out there, and now Agent Phil Coulson knows that Tahiti isn't the magical place he once thought it was.
On the latest episode of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," titled "The Magical Place," the steel-jawed S.H.I.E.L.D. agent finally learned the truth about how he's still alive. Of course, Coulson was killed in action by Loki during "Marvel's The Avengers," but is somehow still alive on TV — and now, both Coulson and the audience know how that's possible.

During the episode, Coulson learned that he wasn't dead for a handful of seconds or minutes, as he was previously led to believe. Instead, he was dead for days, and underwent numerous procedures and surgeries as ordered by Director Nick Fury himself. "He moved Heaven and Earth" to bring Coulson back to life, according to Doctor Streiten (played by "Firefly" veteran Ron Glass), one of the many surgeons who worked on Coulson.

After no fewer than seven operations that involved high-tech machines poking and prodding a conscious Coulson's exposed brain, everybody's favorite Phil somehow came back to life, albeit "without the will to live," according to Streitan. Hence why S.H.I.E.L.D. implanted false memories of Tahiti: They wanted to give Coulson something pleasant to hold onto, something that would make him want to live again.

So, that's it — or is it? Sure, we know more about Coulson's death and resurrection, but not everything. Some key questions remain:

1. Why does Fury need Coulson alive so badly? 

Sure, Coulson's awesome; why not resurrect him, if you have the means? But by all accounts, resurrection wasn't just a hard process, but an unethical and painful one, to the extent that Coulson repeatedly asked to die during the procedures. There must be some secret, some purpose, that Coulson himself isn't even aware of — something about him that makes him crucial to Fury's plans. Otherwise, why put the man through so much turmoil?

2. What if the procedures all failed? 

 What if Streiten and the other doctors weren't able to bring Coulson back to life after all? What if we're just hearing about their failed attempts, and the real success was implanting Coulson's memories on a Life Model Decoy, or something similar? As a series, "S.H.I.E.L.D." has been far from forthcoming about its secrets, so there's something suspicious about last night's relatively straightforward explanation for Coulson's continued survival.

3. Can we rule out magic? 

I don't think so. I maintain my hunch that somehow, some way, Loki is involved in Coulson still being alive, even if not directly. Coulson doesn't keep describing Tahiti as a "magical" place without a reason. Plus, Streitan tells Coulson that the trauma he endured was "ungodly." Interesting choice of words, right? If any Marvel Studios movie star is game to log a meaningful appearance on "S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tom Hiddleston is the one. Loki was the one who killed Coulson; who's to say he's not the one who brought him back?

No matter what happens next with the Coulson mystery, at least we have our first major piece of the puzzle in quite a long while. The question of "how" Coulson survived is, for now, at least partially answered. The better question to ask now is this: Coulson's alive, but why? Who still needs him alive, and for what purpose?

Do you buy Marvel's explanation for Coulson's resurrection?

The Most Overpaid Star in Hollywood Is…

'Forbes' has released their 2013 tally of which actors don't deserve to make quite so much money

Paul Drinkwater / NBC / Getty Images Adam Sandler on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on May 16, 2013

Money-meets-Hollywood list-maker extraordinaire Forbes has released their 2013 list of the most overpaid actors — and this year the booby prize goes to Adam Sandler.

As Forbes points out, Sandler is part of a shrinking roster of stars who command huge paychecks for every project, but the movies that helped set those pay quotes don’t always justify the money. For Sandler, the most prominent examples of that wasted money are Jack & Jill and That’s My Boy. “We estimate that for every dollar Sandler was paid on his last three movies, the films returned an average of $3.40,” Forbes‘ Dorothy Pomerantz writes.
Here’s who rounded out the rest of the top 10:

• Katherine Heigl
• Reese Witherspoon
• Nicholas Cage
• Kevin James
• Denzel Washington
• Steve Carell
• Jennifer Aniston
• Matt Damon
• Ryan Reynolds

Of all the lists that Forbes releases, this is perhaps the one that is hardest to draw on for a big-picture meditation about Hollywood. The list only accounts for pay, expenses and profits, so actors who may boost prestige (Matt Damon, for example) may be worth something intangible that’s not factored into the equation. The list contains a mix of genders and a mix of comedy- and action-stars; and it’s also a ratio of pay-to-return, which means not-quite-as-expensive stars can make the list. So, unlike the publication’s lists of top-earning stars or a list of top-earning movies, it doesn’t necessarily mean that, say, women are underpaid or that studios depend too much on action. The only big take-away, then, is a basic of most economic markets: past performance does not guarantee future results.
And in the end Adam Sandler himself provides a great example of that truth. The Forbes list looks at three years worth of work, but their master ranking of earnings is put together over the summer, which means that the three-year period ended June 1, 2013. That was just a few weeks before Sandler (and Kevin James) appeared in Grown Ups 2, a movie that has grossed nearly $247 million worldwide — which just might keep Sandler off of next year’s list.

蓝洁瑛遭强奸事件

成龙被追问蓝洁瑛遭强奸事件 回避急走


12月21日，成龙在京宣布将在天津建立成家班国际特技公园。

而当天，他还被记者追问蓝洁瑛坦言多年前曾遭影视大佬强奸事件。

对此事件成龙说一言难尽，两三句话讲不完：“下次我们单独采访说这个。”随即匆匆 离开。对于《私人订制》口碑的问题也不作回答。

 

历史片《大明劫》 - 海归导演借新剧影射中共末路？ 网上炸锅了


由独立制片人投资拍摄的历史片《大明劫》前月底在大陆公开上映，影片虽然讲述明朝末年故 事，但引起观众和评论界联想当今大陆社会，视之为「借古喻今」的好作品。影片透过崇祯皇帝启用名将名医打救摇摇欲坠、瘟疫蔓延的大明王朝，但 最终失败，告示人们「王朝兴替自古皆然」是历史规律，似有为中共政权敲响丧钟、劝当政者顺势而为之意。

这部由留美海归谢晓东编剧、青年导演王竞执导的历史题材影片，10月底在大陆戏院公映，真实的情节和场景有别于众多粗制滥造的古装剧获观众叫 好外，影片表达出对现今政治的强烈影射性，更引起观众热议，影评界一片叫好，甚至有评论感到好奇，这样一部「借古喻今」的作品，是如何通过电 影管理部门审查的;也有评论赞创作者高明：历史的真实和艺术创造巧妙结合，使审查者无可挑剔。

按史实借古喻今难挑剔

影片在戏院上映刚一周，大陆各影片网站即纷纷播放该片，有关该片的评论更是铺天盖地。据悉北京、广州和深圳等城市街头已出现DVD版，成为又 一部因内容涉政治话题而引起社会关注的影片。虽然大陆报章影评版都避免提及该片透露出来的政治意味，但互联网上评论则直截了当，挑动读者神 经。不少评论指，《大明劫》讲的是明末，理却在今朝，「只有儍子才看不出，这部影片要告诉我们甚么道理」!

影片情节都据历史真实而写，如明朝末年瘟疫蔓延全国、李自 成攻打开封京城告急、崇祯从死牢放出名将孙传庭要他带兵打救江山、孙传庭怒杀贪官污吏抢土豪财产充公、名医吴又可写著名《瘟疫论》等。但最打动观众的，是片中不少人物对白。「大明朝气数已尽」、「国之将倾，何人能医」、「瘟疫可治，但人 心难复」、「王朝更替，自古皆然」、「历朝历帝皆是始兴终衰」等，被网民热传，更借古喻今影射中共政权。

权力垄断难敌王朝更替

导演王竞接受大陆媒体采访时，不愿解读影片寓意，但他坦承《大明劫》是一个历史题材，有很强的现实意义，「这是一部现实主义的片子。它不仅仅 是一部明朝电影，你能从片中看到你所处的时代。」大陆影评人胡赛萌则指，《大明劫》告诉人们，有人愚蠢地以为自己可以永远垄断权力，幻想民众 永远驯服，但他们忘了王朝更替是历史规律;「那些幻想江山一统万年的统治者，真该好好看看这部《大明劫》，殷鑑不远啊!」

舆论赞借古喻今

「少见的历史好片，对现实的影射可谓精到。」

「这不是在讽刺影射我们伟大的和谐社会吗?」

「既尊重历史，又与今天的现实合拍，值得回味!」

「习大大(习近平)应率领政治局集体观看，照照镜子!」

「在医道与世道间敍述了一段无奈历史，比起当下粗制滥造的片子优秀多了!」

「王朝更替，自古皆然，但就是有人视历史规律不见，高喊甚么千秋万代永不变色。」

「在高速发展、高度迷失、高端娱乐的今天，这样现实主义历史题材电影实不多见。」

「那些幻想江山一统万年的统治者，真该好好看看这部《大明劫》，殷鑑不远啊!」

「求那些影评家们，尽量用保护的笔调评论本片，别把它捧到中宣部那里，成为禁片!」



经典对白

「难道天要绝我?」

「国之将倾，何人能医?」

「此次治瘟，事关大明存亡。」

「你觉得大明朝，气数已尽了吗?」

「得人心者得天下，你们知道甚么是人心吗?」

「我觉得此症绝非伤寒，更像是人吸入了邪气。」

「我并非嗜杀之人，但孰轻孰重，总得有人做出决断。」

「该征的不能征，该杀的不能杀，我到底为谁而战?」

「瘟疫可治，但人心难复。王朝兴替，自古皆然，惟医道长存。」

「历朝历代，皆是始兴终衰……我朝积弊已久，非一味猛药可以痊癒。」

「你们都是害国之贼。天下糜烂，百姓从贼，皆因飢饿，百姓飢饿，皆因无地可耕。」

资料来源：电影《大明劫》

Capt. James Kirk Tapped To Skipper Navy's Most Futuristic Ship Yet

Not this one !
Get ready for this: the skipper of the newest, most futuristic ship the U.S. Navy has ever built is none other than Capt. James Kirk.

Let that settle in for a second.

Almost a full 50 years from the birth of the fictional Capt. James T. Kirk in 1966, the real Capt. James A. Kirk (no relation) is taking the helm of the USS Zumwalt, reports Dylan Stableford of Yahoo News.

From Yahoo:

Kirk, a native of Bethesda, Md., was commissioned at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990 and has served in a variety posts as a "surface warfare officer," according to his online bio. "Ashore, Captain Kirk has served as Executive Assistant to the Navy’s Chief of Legislative Affairs and as an Action Officer on the Joint Staff."

Kirk obtained a master's degrees in national security studies at the U.S. Naval War College and U.S. Army War College, where he undoubtedly heard more than his share of "Star Trek" jokes.

The similarities between the two end at the name.

James T.'s ship was named the Enterprise. James A.'s the Zumwalt. T.'s was for exploration and humanitarian missions, A.'s primarily for combat and area denial.

The Zumwalt is the Navy's biggest destroyer and stands as the tip of the spear in Naval offensive operations. Its technology allows it to mitigate minefields, target submarines, and assault shores with a barrage of low altitude radar-evading missiles, artillery guns, and one day maybe even a magnetic railgun (no joke).

Its "tumblehome" tilted hull allows for a swift, quiet cut through the sea along with radar evasion. As if that weren't enough, it's the only destroyer that's completely electric (the Tesla of naval combat).

Finally, unlike the USS Enterprise, it looks cool.

《人民解 放軍在巴黎》

中國人在巴黎 Les Chinois à Paris（法語）
《中國人在 巴 黎》海報
基本资料
导演	尚·揚安
编剧	尚·揚安 羅拔·博韋
主演	長塚京三
发行商	Ciné Qua Non
上映日期	1974年2月28日 1976年2月16日
片长	115分鐘
产地	法國、意大利
语言	法語、漢語
IMDB ID	tt0069874
各地片名翻譯
中国大陆	中国人在巴黎
香港	中國人在巴黎
台湾	巴黎紅禍

《中國人在巴黎》（又譯《解放軍解放法蘭西》、《解放軍大鬧法蘭西》、《人 民解 放軍在巴黎》、《巴黎紅星》或《巴黎紅禍》；法语：Les Chinois à Paris） 是一部由法國導演尚·揚安（Jean Yanne）執導的喜劇電影，拍摄於1973年。影片描述了中国人民解放军入侵西歐，法國總統出逃美國，法國在解放軍統治下光怪陸離又惹笑的情況^[1][2]。

目录

• 1 創作 背景
• 2 故事 概述
• 3 趣聞
• 4 參考 文獻
• 5 外部 鏈結

創作背景

1968年，中國正陷入文化大革命之中，很多法國青年崇拜红卫兵的造反行為，紛紛模仿紅衛兵的衣著、口號、甚至是其行為。彼時春天，越戰爆發，一群反對美國出兵越南的法國大學生向美國企業丟炸弹，多人被捕。巴黎農泰爾文學院的學生支持被捕青年， 進行示威、罷課，這一學生運動漫延全國，各地學生表態支持，最後不滿情緒漫延至整個社会，仍至婦女、工人和其它社會階層。法國政府派員鎮壓活動，卻使學生運動一發不可收拾，史稱「五月風暴」^[1]。
這次事件中，法國陷入空前的混亂，所有人罷工罷課罷市，法國總統夏爾·戴高樂最終受此事影響而下台。文化大革命深深影響法國青年，因而出現很多自稱毛澤東主義的追隨者。儘管以現代眼光來說，當時的法國青年誤讀了文化大革命的真正意 義，但 文化大革命和五月風暴形式上卻有很多相似之處^[1]。
《中國人在巴黎》正是在這氣氛下拍攝，片中有大量對法國人的調侃和反思，以搞笑方式道盡法國人在中國統治下的情況，反映五月風 暴中 的法國。其導演尚·揚安，他為法國著名左派人士，在劇中亦出演一角^[1]。

故事概述

中國派了六億解放軍解放歐洲，歐洲各國領袖聞風先逃，英女王也逃到香港去。法國總統發佈演說後，迫不及待與眾政府官員擠上飛機，逃亡美國。法國人民有的視若無 睹， 有的紛紛出逃，但逃亡人潮竟在公路上自相殘殺。解放大軍途經公路，向滿地屍體拋下鮮紅紙花，像是對法國人民自相殘殺表示無言的嘲諷^[3]。
法國軍方認為只要發射核彈，就可擊退解放軍，偏偏導彈發射鑰匙不知放在哪裡，東找西找，解放軍已來了。眾法國軍官舉手投降，解放軍查查手上的記事本，提起抽櫃，原來鑰匙就藏在抽櫃底中^[3]。
法國人民在睡夢醒來之後，放眼窗外，滿街盡是解放軍壯麗軍容，一隊解放軍步操經過情趣用品商店，有生意頭腦的老闆立刻張貼告 示： 「七折優待英勇的中國軍人」^[3]。
解放軍在愛麗舍宮扎營，法國議會、報界和教會代表前來向解放軍將領表示合作和效忠中國政府。解放軍將軍表示愛麗舍宮不合適作扎 營之 用，於是法國代表帶將領參觀巴黎市內，將領對凡爾賽宮、巴黎聖母院、先賢祠等地方通通不滿意，終選定老佛爺百貨公司作行政大樓之用^[3]。
現在電視台也要受解放軍的監督，各地掛滿了卡爾·馬克思、列寧畫像，和「中法合作萬歲」等等的標語。解放軍 清空 了老佛爺百貨公司，將領表示在中國共產黨中央委員會指示下（一提到「中國 共產 黨中央委員會」，人人不忘高舉毛語錄高呼以示忠精），要找法國人來協助統治。 這 樣，法國人爭先恐後來登記，個個都掛上支持共產黨的扣針，一些法國人不懂漢語，卻堅持自己懂說，希望謀個參謀來當^[3]。
這時，北京又來了消息，中央委員會指定了一名法國總督、一名法國行政長官。並下令取缔色情業。禁令一下，性玩具商店不能再做生意，但 聰明 的老闆稍一改裝，就變身成中國餐館。電視台廣播中國消息，很多法國青年都去了中國改造去^[3]。
將軍向中央委員會報告，委員對他不費一兵一卒佔領法國表示加賞，他們認為西方資本主義國家沒有思想，只懂瞎從美國，故此中 央委 員會表示，每一個佔領國家，只能發展一項工業，例如英國生產帽子、西德生產電器、奧地利生產汽車。由於法國是懶人最多的國家，所 以負 責生產煙囪^[3]。
故此，寫字樓全改作煙囪工廠，只懂文書工作的文員都要勞動，敲敲打打。而糧食轉作配給制，糧食配給站顯現長長人龍。將軍要 求法 國總督没收所有的汽車，全改成人力黄包車代替，因為汽車是資本主義產物，妨礙人民 勞 動，法國總督無奈下令，行動代號為「長龍作戰」。法國人見自己的愛車被沒收，欲哭無淚，有的反抗，但也無可奈何。性玩具商店老闆駕車 經過，人人奇怪他為何仍可擁有汽車，原來他成為幹部，享有特權^[3]。

《卡門》 風和日麗，農村人們快樂地勞動，一名農民前來向大家告訴，英勇的紅軍 軍官 把反動女地主捉住了。眾農民非常興奮，高舉「革命光榮」旗幟，爭相轉告。 軍官把衣著華麗，美艷的女地主押來，讓她受大家批判，久受到女地主欺壓的農民按耐不住，紛紛出手痛打女地主，軍 官可 憐女地主，阻止了大家，逕自押走她。 夜裡，兩人踏入紅花林。女地主感謝軍官相助，深深擁抱軍官，吳儂軟語向他調情。軍官相信她會改過，就解開鎖鏈， 放走 了她。 軍官私自放走重犯，犯下重罪，結果被革出紅軍。軍官渾渾噩噩回到紅花林中，想起女地主，他便前往找她。 軍官找到女地主的大屋，一群美國軍人守衛她的居住。女地主在那裡仿如女王，周旋於美軍當中，極盡淫蕩之能事。玩到 夠 了，女地主就開口喝可口可樂，軍官再也看不過 眼，搶 走她手上的可樂瓶。女地主厭惡瞄了他一眼，拋下可樂瓶，返回男人堆去。 軍官終於醒覺，趕回紅軍軍營，向領導告知女地主的位置，願殺敵贖罪。於是領導派出紅色娘子軍作先鋒，帶領紅 軍攻 入女地主大本營。娘子軍英勇無匹，用大斬刀殺退美軍。 這回，再也沒人保護女地主，娘子軍押她出來，她一見軍官也在，重施故技撲到軍官懷中，但軍官用匕首刺入她腹中， 女地 主無力倒在地上，就此死去[3]。

由於禁止飲酒， 法國人在餐廳沒酒喝，大覺無癮。性玩具商店老闆又改經營黄包車，手下有一大隊車隊，身穿中山裝的他，比任何人更快活，並高舉香檳，興祝自己生意成功。他的友人看不過眼，大罵 他是 法奸，並用漢語罵他「懦夫」^[3]。
現在所有信件經解放軍檢查，通通不合共產主義社會的信件內 容都 會「特別處理」，將軍在記號「淫亂」的信件找找，不過是普通情信。將軍提意反革命的法國人輕鬆一下，舉辦嘉年華會。夜裡，法國警察和解放軍一同巡邏， 一個 法國人不理宵禁令，法國警察用武力對待，解放軍一見就制止他們，紛紛抽出毛語錄，表示共產黨人不會暴力 對抗 市民，把他帶走，卻將他送至馬戲團改建的批判大會去^[3]。
解放軍宿舍中，有些軍人色瞇瞇的望住街對面居住的法國美女，將軍感到 不文 明，立即下令另找住所。他們看中了市郊的住所，視察是否可徵用作宿舍。戶主表示歡迎，但解放軍一見戶主吸煙時，受不住戴上口罩，掛上「請勿吸煙」告示。法國人見和解放軍一同生活，有點不自在，不過形勢比人強，也無 話可 說^[3]。
批判大會成為法國人餘興的電視節目，被徵用住所的戶主看見同房竟是年輕的將軍，不免嘖嘖稱奇，這時，將軍被戶主性感的女兒深深 吸 引。接下來，解放軍趕製鮮紅紙花，為嘉年華會作準備。協和廣場嘉年華會上，人人戴歌戴舞，表演馬戲，舞龍舞獅，一片昇平。但最後法國人舞龍隊為爭位問題互相打起上來，將軍氣得離開，表示要用樣版戲來教化法國人^[3]。
新創作的樣版戲《卡門》演罷，劇員掛起「只有全解放人類，才能最後解放無產階級自己」標語，將軍非常滿意。將軍回到宿舍，偷偷 觀看 戶主女兒的照片，徹夜未眠。結果他出外走走，遇到戶主，戶主請他喝酒，將軍忍不住也喝了。將軍喝得醉醺醺，摸入戶主女兒的房間，和她 發生性關係。醒來以後，他對自己的行為感到羞恥和悔 意， 痛哭失聲，戶主女兒則安慰他^[3]。
很多法國人不滿中國統治，拆走中文路牌，遭到逮捕。而部份到中國改造的法國青年也乘火車回國了，個個身穿中山裝，手持毛語錄，似是被洗腦似的。法國人的反抗越加劇烈，搞破壞，放炸彈，將解放軍弄個灰頭土臉。性玩具商店老闆立 即研 製防彈背心，售與解放軍。中央委員會見到如此，唯有解除禁令，妓院重開，馬照跑，舞照跳，酒照喝^[3]。
解放軍被法國五光十色的夜生活迷住了，在中國他們不敢如此想像，感覺新奇又新鮮。但法國青年在改造後變得保守，衝擊妓院，示威抗議。相反解放軍受不住法國的桃色炸彈誘惑，變得墮落，吸煙喝酒賭博，出入色情場所。將軍眼見純良的軍人墮落如 斯，含 淚向中央委員會要求立即撤出法國，中央委員會批准，就這樣，一夜間解放軍全撤退。法國反抗軍打算這夜反攻，但解放軍早早走了，冷手執 個熱煎堆^[3]。
法國總統歸國，法國反抗軍大肆清算法奸，法國總督和法國行政長官跟隨解放軍大隊流亡。偏偏性玩具商店老闆和反抗軍有交情，安然 無 恙。解放軍解放歐洲大業未完，轉眼大軍南侵意大利，兵臨梵蒂岡城下，連教皇也向中國稱臣了^[3]。

趣聞

• 在劇中，因當時的政治氣氛，所以全用特徵物來代替中國實際的標誌物。如毛澤東海報以卡爾·馬克思和列寧海報代替、五星紅旗用單色紅旗代替、國徽用紅盾白星代替^[3]。
• 劇中錯誤表示中國傳統打招呼動作，中國傳統打招呼動作是拱手，劇中表示的卻是鞠躬（日本傳統打招呼動作）和雙手合十鞠躬（泰國傳統打招呼動作）^[3]。
• 劇中的樣板劇《卡門》，是參考兩個中國樣板劇《白毛女》和《紅色娘子軍》，故事卻是全新的，充滿浪漫主義風格^[3]。
• 劇中的中文政治標語有些語法錯誤^[3]。

Batman and Superman to team up in new film

Fans are now expecting fireworks from the two crime fighters

Superman and Batman are to appear in the same film for the first time, it has been revealed, to the delight of many fans of the popular characters.
The surprise announcement was made by Zack Snyder, who directed the most recent Superman film Man of Steel.
But speaking at a comic convention in San Diego, California, Mr Snyder said the script was still being written.
Production is expected to begin next year and the film is scheduled for release in the summer of 2015.
Warner Bros confirmed that the two superheroes would team up for the first time.
British actor Henry Cavill - who starred in Man of Steel - will again play Superman.
However, an actor for the new Batman is yet to be cast.
"They're both alpha males," fan Benjamin Ha was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. He added that he expected fireworks in the new film.
For many comic book enthusiasts it is a dream come true in what promises to be the ultimate superhero adventure, the BBC's Peter Bowes in Los Angeles reports.
The enduring popularity of Superman and Batman has seen the latest films featuring the two characters earn revenues of more than $1bn (£655m) between them.

Harry Potter actress lands role in Marvin Gaye biopic

Harry Potter actress Elarica Gallagher has been cast as Marvin Gaye's wife in director Julien Temple's much-anticipated biopic about the tragic soul legend.
Gallagher, who appeared in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, has joined a cast that features Brendan Gleeson and S. Epatha Merkerson, who will play Gaye's mother. Jesse L. Martin will portray the soul man.
The untitled project is among the films being presented to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
Temple's film will focus on the 18 months Gaye spent in Belgium recording the album Midnight Love.

Iron Man Loses Battle To The Mandarin In China ?

 好莱坞“超级英雄”在中国失宠

好莱坞大片《钢铁侠3》的主演小罗伯特·唐尼（Robert Downey, Jr.）和葛妮丝·派特洛（Gwyneth Paltrow）

英国《泰晤士报》周二（4月23日）发表文章称，北京的政策和观众口味的改变令好莱坞大片在中国的票 房收入直线下滑。好莱坞的“超级英雄”不敌其中国本土对手。
今年头三个月，美国好莱坞影片在世界影视第二大市场中国的票房收入与去年同期相比出人意料地直线下跌了大约三分之二，到2亿美元。 好莱坞的一些大制作如《霍比特人：意外之旅》并没有受到中国观众的热捧。

影视业界网站评论说，美国电影今年只会占中 国大陆电影票房收入的23%，而去年这个时候，美国影片的票房占有率达到57%。这实在是灾难性的下跌。

《泰晤士报》评论道，这一趋势势必给好莱坞敲响警钟。
美国电影业一直期望爆炸性发展的中国电影市场将补偿西方电影市场停滞不前令好莱坞受到的损失。为了达到这一目的，好莱坞做出了各种 迎合中国市场的行动。

电影审查

《泰晤士报》举例说，好莱坞新影片《钢铁侠3》，其剧本经过了北京的审查，影片还有中国的合作制片人。影片中的许多道具出自中国电 子企业TCL。该企业同迪斯尼有产品植入广告的交易。中国演员王学圻饰演影片中的“吴博士”。
凡此种种容纳性举措显示了中国日益增加的影响，也体现了中国希望能在世界舞台上发挥更多“软实力”的力量。
尽管如此，中国观众近来似乎并没有买好莱坞影片的帐而是表现出更加青睐本土的影片如浪漫喜剧《北京遇上西雅图》，影片讲述一位怀孕 的中国女子前往美国，希望孩子能在美国出生，成为一位美国公民。
对于好莱坞在中国“失宠”的现象，有些分析人士认为是中国政策造成的。中国每年只允许进口35部外国影片。而在2012年，北京有 两个月几乎彻底禁演任何外国片子。同时向影院提供各种好处，让他们推国产影片。
不过也有分析人士说，这不过说明最近的美国影片质量不够好。美国大片最近在中国市场的遭遇也同样发生在其他亚洲国家。亚洲观众对那 种不注重故事情节而只关注各种特技效果的 动作大片已经厌烦了。

The New American Soldier - From
Iron Man to Batman

 

When the first Iron Man movie was released in 2008, defense companies rushed to capitalise on the sudden public interest in exoskeletons – armour-like suits that can provide superhuman powers – similar in theory to what Tony Stark wore.

If exoskeletons evoke images of super soldiers flinging cars, the reality could be equally as dramatic, hoped defence companies. “The exoskeleton is essentially a wearable robot that amplifies its wearer’s strength, endurance and agility,” says Raytheon, a US defence company that makes one version of a military exoskeleton, the XOS 2, that allows the wearer to easily lift 200 pounds (90kg).

While exoskeletons make for great headlines and fanciful hypothetical scenarios, the reality for now is more mundane. Iron Man may fly through the air, but the Raytheon exoskeleton is on a leash. Literally. Even the XOS 2 operates on a tether, which provides the electrical supply needed for the power-hungry system.

Interest in the exotic robotic suits, at least for the cash-strapped US military, may be waning. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) completed its exoskeleton program, and Raytheon no longer has government funding for its work. Lockheed Martin also has its own version of the exoskeleton, called the human universal load carrier (HULC), which has been receiving Army funding for research and development, but it’s not clear what the future of that work will be for a military that has little money to actually field exotic new technology.

One reason may be that the military is re-examining what sort of technologies it needs: ten years of war has demonstrated that one of the biggest problems for US soldiers is musculoskeletal injuries, often from the heavy loads they carry on a daily basis. Such injuries have increased ten-fold in recent years. In fact, while casualties from direct combat may lead the news, musculoskeletal injuries are actually one of the leading causes of disability. Almost half of all non-deployable US soldiers have suffered preventable musculoskeletal injuries, according to army officials.

So developing an expensive and energy-hungry super suit, though a nice idea, might not be the military’s top priority. Augmenting soldiers’ natural strength and protecting them from injuries is another matter: Darpa is now working on a new programme called Warrior Web, which is much closer in inspiration to Batman than Iron Man. Rather than relying on a hard, exterior robotic shell, the Warrior Web suit is described as being a “lightweight, conformal undersuit”, like a diver’s wetsuit.

The undersuit takes a different approach to enhancing soldiers: rather than creating “super soldiers” that can carry much more than a normal human, it focuses on helping troops do what they already do more efficiently and safely: carrying gear and supplies which can reach over 100 pounds (45kg). The idea is that the suit will fit comfortably underneath the uniform and outer protective gear to provide functional and adaptive support. Integrated components and sensors will help to prevent injuries and enhance the user’s natural abilities by supporting joints and reducing the amount of energy a soldier expends. Darpa is also looking at other “novel technologies that prevent, reduce, ambulate, and assist with healing of acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries.”

Power up

This new focus hasn’t stopped other efforts to develop exoskeletons. The US Army’s Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts is still funding Lockheed’s HULC system and field tests of the armour suit are planned for later this year, according to David Audet, the team leader for the Soldier Mobility and Mission Enhancement Team. Audet sees research on exoskeleton and warrior web suits as being complementary efforts. “The area of personal augmentation is the umbrella effort,” he says. “We’re trying to augment the soldier, augment the marine, to be able to perform tasks that he does everyday, safer, more efficiently, and trying to reduce the energy in those tasks and reduce that number of injuries.”

In September of last year, Natick sponsored a demonstration of a number of such personal augmentation technologies. “We are looking to advance a couple of the technologies demonstrated at the event,” Audet said. “But nothing is firm.”

On the commercial side, Ekso Bionics, the California-based firm that licenses its technology to Lockheed, is already providing its robotic suit to hospitals for rehabilitation of patients suffering from paralysis. “Our goal is to get [the suits] out to the home,” says Russ Angold, the chief technology Officer of Ekso Bionics. “Instead of going to a rehab centre, they can do the rehab in their home.”

Eventually, the company wants patients to be able to use the suits for everyday use, but that requires reducing the size, cost and complexity. “We think of our exoskeletons like the old suitcase cell phone,” says Angold. “As technology progresses, they’ll get smaller, lighter, more capable.”

One advantage that Ekso has is that the suit operates off battery power, so it doesn’t need to be tethered to a power source. Ekso designed its exoskeleton from the start as a low-power device, explains Angold: currently, its battery can power the suit for a couple of hours, but that number could go up if the company can take advantage of advances in the cell phone and laptop industry.

For any type of suit, the power supply is a key issue. The “Warrior Web” suit, according to Darpa, should not require “more than 100 Watts of electric power from the battery source.” For the exoskeleton, the energy challenge is greater. “Ironman got it right with the Arc reactor,” says Angold. “It really comes down to the power supply.”

好莱坞屈膝逢迎中国？

《卫报》网络版周二（12日）刊登一篇文章说，好 莱坞越来越讨好中国，甚至不惜主动逢迎中国的审查制度。
文章开篇就举本周将在伦敦放映的新版《赤色黎明》为例说，米高梅公司在2009年翻拍这部在1984年轰动一时的冷战惊险片时，决 定把原来入侵美国的苏联改成中国。

米高梅认为，冷战之后的世界，只有中国才可能使美国胆战， 所以在翻拍片的剧情中，设计了中国要“收复”欠下中国巨额债款的 美国的情节，当然，最后入侵的中国人民解放军被美国军民奋起击败。

解放军改成人民军

但是剧情脚本的一部分在2010年被泄漏，引发了中国的激烈反应，有1千5百万销售量的中国官媒《环球时报》用“美国重拍冷战影片妖魔化中国”作头版头条的标题；投资者也对米高梅公司说，《赤色黎明》不会 在中国有市场。
尽管影片的拍摄已经完成，但米高梅还是在后期制作时花了一百万美元，用数码技术删除 了片中的中国国旗和标志，改变了故事情节和对话，把中国人民解放军改成朝鲜人民军。
文章说，好莱坞用过去从未对苏联用过的态度来讨好中国，因为中国与前苏联不同，中国 越来越多的影迷已经使它成为美国电影的第二大海外市场，而根据安永会计事务所的最新统计，中国在2020年将超过美国，成为世界 上电影观众最多的国家。
但是对于电影制作者来说，这并不一定是个好消息，中国不仅对外国电影的进口有配额，而且还有严格的审查制度。迪斯尼、索尼和米高梅 公司以前都曾因制作《达赖喇嘛的一生》、《七年在西藏》和《红角落》等批评北京政府的影片而被禁止进入中国。
现在那些可能招致北京政府不满的批评通常都被消灭在萌芽中，比如电影《加勒比海盗： 世界尽头》中的光头中国海盗、《黑衣人3》中伪装成中国饭店打工仔的外星人、《天降杀机》中英国特工杀死中国保安的镜头，全都被 中国的电影审查机构删除。

主动逢迎

另一些好莱坞电影制作者则选择了主动逢迎中国审查者的口味，比如《环形使者》的大部分场景就从巴黎移到 上海；《超级战舰》是在香港击败了攻击地球的外星人；而2010年重拍的《功夫梦》中的主角一家甚至从美国底特律移民到北京，寻求更 好的生活，而日本的空 手道也变成了中国的功夫。
与中国合作拍摄的《环形使者》和《功夫梦》都得到很好的回报，在中国抢手的黄金周假期时上映；而美国大片《蝙蝠侠》和《神奇的蜘蛛 侠》则被迫两部电影在同一时间上映，以免影响中国影片的上座率。
好莱坞的老影人对这些表示担 忧，《洛杉矶时报》引述一名因为不愿得罪同事而希望匿名的资深电影从业者的话说，这明显显示了好莱 坞正在前所未有的讨好一个有政治审查制度的外国政府，这对美国的电影制作起到深刻影响。
文章说，越 来越多人抱怨，美国和其它一些国家正在给中国一个美好的形象，但对中国的社会不公正、违反人权和帝国主义野心，却小心翼 翼的避而不谈。