Chinese in Western film

[illereyn]

I was watching the Firefly: Serenity TV series, and got amused by the Western producer's attempt to incorporate Chinese language in this future sci-fi series (which, otherwise, is really good actually).

For background, showcase this excerpt from the Wikipedia article:

'Firefly takes place in a multi-cultural future, primarily a fusion of Occidental

Comments

[megyal]

I've always wondered about that, but I don't know ANY Occidental language...except to count to twenty in Japanese. But although they tried, I can imagine people who know better going, "Oh man, couldn't they have tried HARDER?!"