Invasion of the Asians is fiction, not a fact

[ms_maree]

I'm a big fan of 'The Tomorrow Series' by John Marsden. I was a teen when the books first became big and I loved it because it had a strong female protagonist and it had a very peace message 'war is hell, being a soldier destroys the soul' etc. I also loved it because it was set in a landscape that was very familiar to me, as an Australian

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[beoweasel]

"It is a fabulous adaptation of the John Marsden series of novels about a group of Aussie teenagers who return from a camping holiday to find their country has been invaded. The books never name the enemy. The film, which should be a blockbuster, gives the invading army an Asian face."

Sooo, it's the Aussie version of 'Red Dawn?' Will they be calling themselves the Kangaroos? ;p

[ms_maree]

Sortave, but not really. The books are all written from the POV of Ellie, the female protagonist - and it's her diary of what happens and its a series of about 7 or 8 books. So it's a little different. Also, the enemy in Red Dawn was the Russsians, but in these books the enemy is never named.

America and NZ are the countries which are named in the book - but it's very ambiguous about the enemy. Although it is sympathetic about the enemy soldiers, a lot of them are described as being very young and it's very sad in that way.

[koken23]

If it lives up to the books - which were very big on the moral grey area, humanising characters (enemy soldiers included)...they were actually very complex and a lot better handled than the subject matter could have been, or has been many times in the past - then the movie will be about as far from Red Dawn as it's possible to get.

If it doesn't...I'll be enormously disappointed, because it will have ignored one of the central things that made the books powerful in the first place.

[rufinia]

That actually looks like it could be good. And I totally want to check out the books.

[varhan]

the australian red dawn eh?

im wasent aware of the tale of genji being really popular outside of japan.

[haruhiko]

Are you saying this is an invasian of an Asian persuasian

[popehippo]

AVATAR WAS JUST THE BEGINNING.

[haruhiko]

Well I think it's a cause for celebrasian

[tresa_cho]

...My eyes. That was terrible. >D

[tresa_cho]

I know of the Journey to the West story. :D Thanks to DBZ, of course.

[homasse]

I know it thanks to Saiyuki. XD

...Whaddya mean, Sanzo's not a surly, chain-smoking badass? XDDDD

I wonder how many people now are going to learn about it thanks to Enslaved: The Odyssey to the West, a video gaming coming out later this year based it, with a gender-switched Sanzo.

[ms_maree]

I know it through Monkey, the Japanese television live action series that was popular in England and Australia in the early 80s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)

Tripiktaka (who is Sanzo is Saiyuki) is played by a woman and is extremely pretty. And Monkey and Tripitaka have lots of UST. Tripitaka is as far away from Sanzo as you can get.

[joe_pike_junior]

...I thought Tomorrow When The War Began was meant to be a metaphor for the white invasion of Aboriginal Australia. Isn't that why the invaders are never really described, at least in the early books?

Maybe the invaders were Asian because white dudes in wigs and knickerbockers might be a bit anvilicious.

Still, haven't seen the movie yet, so maybe that stresses the whole "Asian invasion" thing, I dunno.

[jiaren_shadow]

I'd actually find it hilarious if a bunch of white dudes in fancy greatcoats, wigs, sabres, and elaborately decorated waistcoats faced off against a bunch of modern teenagers. It's like Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure meets Black Hawk Down.