Hasta La Gadget!

The Chinese government is tired of all that nonsensical time traveling that takes place in science fiction stories and video games, and has decided they need to step in and put a stop to it. Seriously. The Chinese State Administration for Radio Film, and Television issued a statement that traveling back in time lacks “positive thoughts and meaning,” and should be discouraged. They also noted that time travel in television and movies “casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism, and reincarnation.”  

Ouch. That’s a pretty hard line to take: are you listening, Hollywood? The agency went on to say “The producers and writers are treating the serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore.” 

Most observers point to that last statement as a clue to the actual reason the Chinese government is making this move. That is, that the real likely reason is to discourage anything but the official interpretation of historical figures or events in television or movies. At the same time, I think we can all admit that maybe all of the crazy temporal mechanics in TV and movies are a little absurd. I mean, did you see the series finale of Star Trek: Voyager?

[via Huffington Post]