Artist objects to Kung Fu Panda

[MonkeyFunk]

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=367152&type=ODDLY


I think they painted the panda's eyes green with ulterior motives. Green eyes are somewhat evil. I have studied drawing and painters will never use green eyes when depicting a kind person. That's why I asked them to make public the minutes of the script production. I demand an explanation.
The panda is not only a symbol for China but also for the people. Making a panda's father a duck is nothing but an insult to Chinese people. I am afraid Chinese youth in several years will regard Donald Duck as their ancestors.You can see this guy's work here:
http://www.shanghartgallery.com/galleryarchive/artists/name/zhaobandi/key

[Infusions]

I'm sure Chinese kids are going to think they're part duck.

Gosh.

[Dudley]

Me as a little kid:
"Mommy, why how come some people are full of crap?"

Because seriously, This is stupid. I hope Dreamworks doesn't apologize. I want to see how the artist will react to that!

[AlgeaX]

Let this be a lesson to us all never to underestimate the depths to which human stupidity is capable of sinking.

[Kitschensyngk]

He is protesting against the film.

Because the panda has green eyes.

And has a duck for a father.






Ooooookay.

[Zam]

Now Furries need to make a lawsuit for the lack of Tigress´s boobs.... :D

[Ickis]

I think that artists took those details in a bit too personally, nice obserbvancy though, I didn't know that Po had green eyes. Whats wrong with his father being a different animal?

[Dr.Pepper]

I wonder what is wrong with some people these days. I am sure that 99.99999% of the people in the world could care less if a panda has green eyes and a duck for a father.

[AlgeaX]

I think that artists took those details in a bit too personally, nice observancy though, I didn't know that Po had green eyes. Whats wrong with his father being a different animal?

Admittedly, a panda having a duck for a father does raise some odd questions.

[Ed Liu]

And has a duck for a father.

To be fair, there are a lot of other people who are puzzled how Po can have a duck for a father. I remember more than a few reviewers in American papers who asked the same thing, although I think they were doing it with an ironic wink.

I believe this fellow was the artist who held up the debut of Kung Fu Panda in Sichuan province in the wake of the earthquake (mentioned here (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=24551), here (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=24825), and here (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=25046) on the News), but the government eventually realized he was full of crap and released the movie anyway to great success and fanfare. The ones asking, "How come Americans are the ones taking Chinese symbols and making new, good movies out of them instead of Chinese people doing it?" are far outweighing this guy complaining about it. The answer would seem to be self-evident to me, and it probably is to everybody in China except for the people whose fault it is and who have a vested interest in keeping it that way.

Still, the artist has a right to be wrong about things like this.

-- Ed

[HellCat]

Green eyes means you're evil?...Suddenly my life makes so much sense.

[Infusions]

I always thought Po was adopted. :c?

[Light Lucario]

His reasons for protesting the film are weak, to be honest. I didn't know that Po had green eyes either, but that doesn't make the film bad. What he was talking about with the evil green eyes sounds more like superstition. As for the duck being his father, that is kind of weird. But I do recall that there have been different kinds of animals having children in other animated movies. I know Shrek did that, but i think that there were other cases of that as well.

[Gokou Ruri]

I always thought Po was adopted. :c? They make a joke about it near the end of the movie, but I think it's obvious he was. Maybe in the sequel or TV series they'll do a story about it.

[Dudley]

I always thought Po was adopted. :c?

I can't see how no one else could've come to that conclusion.
What's wrong with people?

[G. Wen]

Pandas are not Chinese people. Pandas are animals native to China. Chinese people are Chinese people. I'm a Chinese person, the black and white bear at the zoo isn't. No Chinese person thinks they're descended from Pandas, just like how no Chinese person thinks they're descended from ducks. However, that artist is under the impression that his fellow countrymen are that stupid. I'm insulted at his assumption. And green eyes as evil? Since when? In what iconography? Not in Western Art. Hell, not even in Chinese art. In traditional Chinese art, a slew of supernatural characters, both good and evil, have green eyes. I think this guy is just trying to start something.:yawn: He should focus on his own art more.

[Dudley]

Okay, the fact that green eyes aren't considered evil in China, definitely show that this guy's a nut.

He's a Chinese artist version of Jack Thompson.

[Elven Moon]

Green eyes = evil? That would explain so much about the stuff that goes on in my life :p

[buttah]

Hilarious, I hope he does more crap like this in the future.

[Ice_Scarred]

What has he been smoking?
He is going WAY to deep into this.

[AdamYJ]

Admittedly, a panda having a duck for a father does raise some odd questions.

If you look at the "Art of Kung Fu Panda" book, you'll notice that Po's mother was originally going to be a character in the book and he was going to be an indentured servant of the goose. However, they eventually started to like the idea of putting the goose in a kinder, more parental role and it eventually became what it is now.

I just assumed Po was adopted (nothing wrong with that. After all, Superman was adopted). The thing that actually adds to the comedy of the concept is that they don't make an issue out of it. Everyone in the audience is like "What, how is the goose his father?" and it's a complete nonissue in the movie itself.

[Ickis]

Admittedly, a panda having a duck for a father does raise some odd questions. I just assumed that Po was adopted and that was his fathers secret (the duck) but I was wrong.

[FGfan]

Eh, China can get a hair up their butt about almost anything, supposedly there's restaraunts, hospitals, etc. that won't serve Japanese customers because of what happened 60-some years ago, but this, this just makes them look...gah.

No offense to anyone on this board who's sensitive about that stuff.

[Master Moron]

So, people with green eyes are evil? Ah, now I have an excuse for being turned down by girls with green eyes. It wasn't me, it was them! They were evil I tell you!

[Wolf Boy2]

Green eyes are EVIL??!

Shayera disagrees.

http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/jlu/bios/shayera/05.jpg

[AlgeaX]

Eh, China can get a hair up their butt about almost anything, supposedly there's restaurants, hospitals, etc. that won't serve Japanese customers because of what happened 60-some years ago, but this, this just makes them look...gah.

No offense to anyone on this board who's sensitive about that stuff.

To be fair, this seems to be just one nutcase. As far as I can tell the rest of China doesn't have problem with Kung-Fu Panda.

[Samurai]

What the artist should really be complaining about is how lame and unfunny the movie is (I actually paid full admission price and I still regret it, arrrgh).

[FGfan]

Yo be fair, this seems to be just one nutcase. As far as I can tell the rest of China doesn't have problem with Kung-Fu Panda.

My apologies man, that was pretty insensitive on my part, I apologize for it.

[Bakasama]

Eh, China can get a hair up their butt about almost anything, supposedly there's restaraunts, hospitals, etc. that won't serve Japanese customers because of what happened 60-some years ago, but this, this just makes them look...gah.

No offense to anyone on this board who's sensitive about that stuff.

To be fair, many Chinese have some rather understandable reasons to be mad at the Japanese. Certain crimes against humanity have something to do with it.

[The Tyrant]

I'm sure Chinese kids are going to think they're part duck.

Gosh.

It is every little chinese kid's dream to be Donald Duck when they grow up after all.

[FGfan]

Well, let's not go any further on that whole issue. I apologize for bringing it up in the first place.

Anywho, so a panda with green eyes and a bird for a father is going to influence Chinese kids badly? Riiiiight. ;)

[Czar Gato]

That's interesting. There was an article in the Washington Post about a week or two ago about the Chinese reaction to this film, and most people there seemed pleased with it. In fact, some seemed to criticize the Chinese government for stifling the creativity of their own people, resulting in films about China being made by foreigners being more entertaining than domestic films.