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Re:Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:09PM (#13324115)
Anyone else notice how they moved the last act of transformer's 4 to Hong Kong? Ya, Michael Bay found out he couldn't destroy Beijing or any other Chinese city, but somehow Hong Kong was ok.
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Re:Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China by Inconel on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:18PM (#13324155)
I've never seen the movie, were the scenes prior to HK taking place in mainland China?
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Re:Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:22PM (#13324176)
Yes, in Beijing! But they didn't stay there long, and nothing really happened there. It was such a weird plot element that it stood out like a huge sore thumb.
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Re:Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China by Inconel on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:33PM (#13324238)
Interesting. Thanks for answering all of my questions in this thread.

To be honest, I'm somewhat surprised there were any untouched cities left for Michael Bay to destroy after already having made three previous Transformers films.

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Re:Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:41PM (#13324276)
He basically destroyed Chicago 2 times in the first 3 films. He has a huge hatred of Chicago, I guess.
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Re:Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China by grzm on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @10:41PM (#13324523)
More likely it's tax incentives. For example:

Betsy Steinberg, managing director of the Illinois Film Office, acknowledges the cold financial calculations that go into site selection and the increasingly cutthroat competition: "Without a competitive tax credit, we'd be seeing very little business."

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Paramount Pictures' "Transformers 3," which likely will spend at least $20 million during its six-week shoot here this summer, could qualify for a tax credit of at least $6 million, which it can use or sell, effectively cutting its local filming budget.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-07-27/business/ct-bi...

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Re:Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China by xkcd-sucks on Thursday January 05, 2017 @10:21AM (#13327748)
Maybe the transformers don't have the right license plates to drive in Beijing every day of the week
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Re:Apple Removes New York Times Apps from iTunes Store in China by seanmcdirmid on Thursday January 05, 2017 @12:34PM (#13329245)
Ha! Sorry Optimus, you'll need to take the subway today.
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