Oh China, you silly little kingdom, you. I feel a burning desire to berate you like a puppy that just dumped ass on the carpet, and yet I can’t help but admire your absolutely insane antics. In what can only be described as “something the Chinese would definitely do”, officials Monday renamed the Southern Sky Column in Zhangjiajie (gazuntight) as the Avatar Hallelujah Mountain.
Local officials said photographs of the mountain had been used as the basis for Avatar’s fictional world of Pandora.
…a photographer from Hollywood had visited the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, the location of the mountain, in 2008.[BBC]
Well I guess that makes sense, if you think about it. It’s essentially the same as when Bells Beach in Australia changed its name to Point Break Keanu Water, in 1991.
Oh, and let us not forget the amazingly blatant whoring:
The municipal government website has also adopted the slogan “Pandora is far but Zhangjiajie is near”, while tourists are being offered tours of the locations which allegedly inspired the film, Reuters reports.
If you’ll recall, barely a week ago, Vince reported on China’s state-run movie distributor pulling Avatar from all 2D screens and now, post-record setting box office numbers, they’re naming a mountain after it? You’ve let me down China, I’m disappointed. Not as disappointed as there not being a Panda Express item named The Avatar Hallelujah Mountain, but saddened nonetheless. You’re wasting precious shoe making time.
-chodin
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Dat’s olroight boyo! Wurd is dey’s gonna rename New Orleans in honuh of da Stafe makin a pictuh there, innit?
Oi can’ wait to get back down to “Shaggin Fit Birds inna Sazz Wagon, Louisiana” don’t dey?
Based on their staffing, I’m more surprised there’s not a Panda Express menu item called the Tijuana Two-Item Special.
That’s nothing, the ASPCA renamed gerbils to Gerebils.
Whacketty schmacketty pooooooooooooo!
“Oh, and let us not forget the amazingly blatant whoring”
The burning sensation on my cock will make it really hard to forget.
Point Break Keanu Water is was the priest used to administer Last Rites to Patrick Swayze.
The People’s Republic of China has also announced that it will be cryogenically freezing the mountain along with the rest of the country until there is a way to safely transport the land to Pandora where they can all live as Na’vi.
So, do they Na’vi drop female infants off these floating islands?
Maybe I will go see it then.
I thought the original slogan “Zhangjiajie is really hard to Google, so don’t even try. Besides, we’ve blocked all communication with the outside world. But come for the food!” was a little bit long.
Government officials rejected their first slogan, You Can’t Spell “Naive” Without “Na’vi”
“Pandora is far but Zhangjiajie is near”
Who is their spokesperson? Grover?
Chow Yun Fat to be renamed “Sam Worthington”.
In a surprise move, the state of Michigan has decided to rename Detroit “Robocop”.
They’ve also decided to rename their secret prison in the province that “doesn’t exist” the Jake Sully Center for Political Reeducation.
Imagine our confusion when the General gets replaced with “Colonel Miles Quaritch Toruk”. NOT HUNGRY
Harlem is changing it’s name to” the place where that black girl got beat, and fat, and had to go to school”.
In related news, China has also designated their Great Wall as “The Official Jake Sully Wheelchair Ramp”.
China fights Japan back with their recently renamed monster “Rodriguezilla” She fights giant monsters with her massive strap on.
I think as a good trade off we should rename The Great Plains “Zhang Ziyi’s Chest.”
I was depressed because Pandora wasnt real. I heard about these mountains and bought a ticket to China. I am here now. ………..These Fucking mountains don’t fly…. sigh