Chinese Defense ministry re-purposes movie footage from Top Gun

[RandomGuy]

As part of its ongoing expansion, has the People's Liberation Army signed up Goose and Maverick? Chinese bloggers are accusing state broadcaster CCTV of using repurposed footage from the 1986 film Top Gun for a story on a recent air force drill. "Ministry of Tofu" explains:

In the newscast, the way a target was hit by the air-to-air missile fired by a J-10 fighter aircraft and exploded looks almost identical to a cinema scene from the Hollywood film Top Gun.

A net user who went by the name “??” (Liu Yi) pointed out that the jet that the J-10 “hit” is an F-5, a US fighter jet. In Top Gun, what the leading actor Tom Cruise pilots an F-14 to bring down is exactly an F-5. Looking at the screenshots juxtaposition, one cannot fail to find that even flame, smoke and the way the splinters fly look the same.

Assuming the above screen shots are genuine, the rip-off seems pretty clear. In related news, CCTV recently aired footage of the Chinese Olympic volleyball team at their secret training facility.

(Via Josh Kucera and Josh Chin on Twitter)

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/...military_drill

Man, talk about copyright issues... what do you do when a government passes your off as their own?

[jeebus]

Man, talk about copyright issues... what do you do when a government passes your off as their own?

Throw them a state dinner and kiss their asses so they'll keep loaning you money.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

This could be win-win. Will they let the US pay them back in 80s film clips? How much will the entire cut of Dirty Dancing go for?

[z0sa]

A telling portrait of not just authoritarian government, but human nature in general. If you can see it, you can believe it.

[clambake]

who said they were our friends?

[TDMVPDPOY]

i bet yah thats what they use to promote there new j-20 fighters...lol

[Cry Havoc]

So, when is the the RIAA going to step in in the name of justice and sue the Chinese government for $2.4 million dollars per second of clip they used, like they do with US consumers?

[4>0rings]

Should of used Iron Eagle footage tbh, fwiw.

[Nathan Explosion]

At least it wasn't clips of Hot Shots.

[Leetonidas]

Can't wait to see John Stewart take on this one.

[DMX7]

lol @ this comment:

"Yo China! I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Top Gun had one of the best maneuvers of all time, of all time!"

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

And I suppose next someone will try to tell us that this footage of their Olympic diving team is faked too.

[greyforest]

So, when is the the RIAA going to step in in the name of justice and sue the Chinese government for $2.4 million dollars per second of clip they used, like they do with US consumers?

that would happen if they could rape the Chinese government for money as easily as US consumers

[frodo]

who said they were our friends?

christians ain't being friends with evils imho