Re: Ed Bishop scenes Battle Beneath the Earth
Posted by
Bruce Sherman on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Ed-Bishop-s-cut-2001-A-Space-Odyssey-scenes-tp2094149p2215131.html
Could they have not been North Koreans or North Vietnamese, or even Japanese? :)
Bruce
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Stevan Warburton wrote:
The Chinese (poor souls were painted as generic bad guys all the way through the great espionage / fantasy series of the 60's. The Champions pilot episode is a perfect example.
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At the height of the Cold War obviously the Soviet Bloc provided the bulk of foreign villains but, to be fair, China was reasonably perceived to be the second most likely threat to the West at the time.
Let's face it, if the bulk of film and TV villains at the time had come from Canada or Belgium it would have seemed pretty ludicrous.
Regards
John
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