The second season of the American drama "Space Force" released a trailer, and this time the trailer had a few seconds of footage that attracted everyone's attention, that is, the People's Liberation Army appeared.
In the previous season, the commander of the US Space Force, the protagonist, had a video call with a PLA general, and this time,
The protagonist had a drink with the PLA general.
This set of uniforms looks quite similar at first glance, but on closer inspection, it does not stand up to scrutiny.
This is especially evident in the high-definition stills released by the crew.
Stills partial
First of all, it is very obvious that the armband of the Chinese general is actually written about the Guangzhou Military Region.
After the seven major military regions were changed to the five major theaters on February 1, 2016, there was no Guangzhou military region, and such obvious information was actually ignored by the crew?
Moreover, since the TV series sets the commander of the US Space Force to meet with the PLA, according to the principle of reciprocity, the PLA side should be an officer with the same rank and position.
Since the protagonist is a four-star general of the US army, the PLA side should also send a general.
The protagonist is an officer of the Space Force, then the PLA side is estimated to be an officer of the space department.
Then from public reports, we can see:
PLA astronauts belong to the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission, which was reorganized from the General Armament Department before January 2016.
Since it is the headquarters department, it is right to wear the army uniform, I don't believe that you can check the photos of the astronauts wearing the military uniform, although they were selected from the air force pilots, but now they are wearing the army uniform.
The armband should be the armband of the Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission.
Since the badge and armband should correspond, there is also a problem with the badge of the Chinese general in the play.
Judging from the stills, the person's badge seems to be designed by the crew with reference to the US astronaut skill badge, but the actual situation is:
They wore badges of organs directly under the Central Military Commission.
This is evident in Yang Liwei's public photos.
Photo of Yang Liwei
Although this one is a summer uniform, the badge and armband are very recognizable, so the crew's approach is wrong.
However, the crew did a good job of the corresponding insignia of the U.S. military. For example, the badge below the name plate of the protagonist's military uniform can basically correspond to this kind of badge.
It is the protagonist who wears the uniform
This badge is the U.S. Department of the Air Force emblem and can be worn by those who are currently serving in the Air Force Department, as well as those who have served in the Air Force Department continuously or have served as the Chief of Staff of the Air Force for 365 days or more.
So don't doubt that the crew can understand the style of the badge, they just don't care.
Moreover, the name of this Chinese officer is also rather peculiar, the surname seems to be the traditional character wan of Wan, will the military uniform name plate use traditional characters?
The name is Xiao Ling, I have to say that Chinese mainland there should not be many people who call this name, and it is not good to get the inspiration of the crew when observing the names of old Chinese people in Chinatown.
Anyway, Americans already know the nickname of Sichuan Jianguo, if it is called Jianguo, you can also set a laugh point in the play.
Then, the seniority badge of the PLA general in the play is also confusing.
Looking at the appearance, this person's hair is basically white, and he is a general colonel, even if he is a major military district.
The result is 32 years in the military?
Only 32 years? Are you serious about the crew?
There was also a PLA general in the first season, and the one I remember correctly was that the seniority badge was 34 years old and looked younger than the character.
Video calls from the first season
Moreover, the arrangement of the seniority badges of the PLA role this time is still problematic.
According to the regulations, he is the head of the grand military district, and the seniority chapter should be arranged in 6 rows.
And his military age is "only" 32 years, so in order to arrange in 6 rows,
The 5- and 10-year seniority badges should be avoided and the 6-row row should be filled with lower-level seniority badges.
Therefore he should not wear a 10-year seniority badge, which should probably be arranged in the following way:
1 year + grand military district + 2 years
3 years + 4 years + 1 year
2 years + 3 years + 4 years
1 year + 2 years + 3 years
4 years + 1 year + 1 year
The above is not necessarily true, after all, it is not easy to line up in 6 platoons in 32 years of military age.
Looking back at the first season, it was the same problem, the crew let the general also wear a 10-year seniority badge, and then filled the 6 rows with a 1-year and 2-year seniority badge.
However, in the first season, the crew may have played a little clever, using shadows to cover the badge, armband and name tag, so that the details cannot be seen, and the props cannot be investigated.
One might say that Space Force is a comedy after all, why is it so true?
Because the crew is very serious about the UNIFORM of the US military.
The protagonist, as an American soldier transferred from the U.S. Air Force to the Space Force as the commander, wears 11 platoons of medals, and the wearing of each medal, medal and medal is in line with the regulations of the US military, and from these rewards, if there is really a pilot who rises step by step from the front-line troop pilot during the 91 Gulf War, he can really get so many rewards.
The wearing of those skill badges and identification badges is also in line with the regulations of the US military, and even the veterans of the US military have praised it.
So if this is the case, the PLA uniform in the play is far less complicated than the protagonist's US military uniform, why can't it be done well?
Looking at this trailer clip again, the protagonist and the Chinese soldier put a table of dishes without eating, and went to the empty room next to them to drink alone, and the sign of the wine was lit.
Drinking scenes
First of all, the People's Liberation Army banned official drinking for several years, and it is unlikely that it will take out a bottle of Chinese wine to drink.
If this wine is bought by the protagonist's U.S. military, it is also a bit of a bargain, although the brand is very loud, the grade of this wine seems to be a bit ordinary.
The US military spending in 2022 is a big rise, soaring to $770 billion in one breath, and there is no money to buy better wine?
Secondly, this dish full of dishes ran to the side to drink empty drinks, which was also a major habit in the former Soviet Union.
Since there is a young officer of the Russian army stationed in the US Space Force in the play, he actually fell in love with the young and beautiful daughter of the protagonist, and I don't know why it is not safe on the Russian army?
According to the trailer, both sides are drunk, which is very much like the Soviet/Russian army in the eyes of the Americans.
For example, in the movie "General Patton", the General of the Soviet Army wants to drink with Patton, and the Soviet soldiers dance and jump on Patton's table, which makes Patton embarrassed.
"General Patton"
If this plot is changed to a Russian general drinking with the protagonist, and when he is happy, he directly picks up the golf club or baseball bat that the protagonist has placed in the room and dances with a sabre dance, wouldn't the comedic effect be better?
Anyway, the comedy of "Space Force" is attacked on all sides, in addition to the part that Chinese netizens like to hear, the high military expenditure of the US military, the story of the American drama "The Handmaid", President Trump, financial swindler Elizabeth Holmes, the US politician Pelosi, the Internet celebrity politician AOC and Chuck Schumer all ridiculed it, right?
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