It’s been almost fifty years since the People’s Liberation Army of China began their occupation of Tibet. It’s only in the past ten years, however, that a handful of films have surfaced concerning the resistance. Seven Years in Tibet and Kundun are the most well known examples, but the problem with those films in lies in their occidental interpretation of an oriental culture.
In theaters today is The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie for Theaters, the feature length film debut from the miscreant team of mutant fast food that have become stars on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. Don’t know what the hell I’m talking about? Adult Swim is the late night lineup of cartoons that seem targeted at (but by no means limited to) for the pop culture savvy college student crowd, and includes titles such as Futurama, Sealab 2021, and the live action 50’s TV sci-fi parody Saul of the Mole Men.