You Can Pull That DeLorean Over Right Now, China!
Thu, April 7, 2011 
Well, file this one under WTF news for the day. It seems time travel-themed movies and TV shows have become all the rage in China recently. So, natually, that kind of fun must be stopped. According to Blastr, China's Bureau of Radio, Film and Television has sent out a notice discouraging this trend, releasing the following statment:
"The time-travel drama is becoming a hot theme for TV and films. But its content and the exaggerated performance style are questionable. Many stories are totally made-up and are made to strain for an effect of novelty. The producers and writers are treating the serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore."
So it sounds like the problem isn't so much the time-travelling, it's the interacting with certain historical figures that might put those certain indviduals in an unfriendly light that may cause some kind of disruption to the space-time continuum.
Since the rest of us can still enjoy time-travel stories in any medium, make sure to check out "Citizen Brown," Part 3 of the awesome 5-part Back to the Future video game from Telltale, which was released last week. This chapter of the game, which features an evil version of Doc Brown, also makes the return of Claudia Wells, the original Jennifer from the first film. You can check out the trailer here:
Elsewhere, and most importantly, from the Back to the Future universe: The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is looking for friends. Facebook friends, that is. Ryan Reynolds has promised to donate $10,000 to the foundation if they can get 100,000 people to "like" their official Facebook page.
Right now they're up to just over 23,000, so if you want to help out, make like a tree and click here to help them reach their goal.
Reader Comments (1)
"Interacting with certain historical figures" .... let's hope they never see the Bill & Ted movies or they may all have an aneurysm.