The Chinese come to the rescue of NASA and the movie literally concludes with one of the American heroes fist-bumping a Chinese astronaut on a joint mission back to Mars. It's a sad reminder of how bad the new cold war has become in just a few years.
2015: :wholesome: We can explore space together! :solidarity:
2022: President Xi is going to invade Taiwan at any moment LAUNCH THE NUKES NOW! :guts-rage:
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Every time Americans try to criticize China, they just describe themselves
When they revealed that
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the Chinese translated the aliens' message as "use weapon" instead of the "bring tool / weapon" interpretation the Americans came up with
my first thought was "in reality, this would be exactly reversed."