OMNIFARIOUS?

Chen Kaige's THE PROMISE may have been deeply hated in the Chinese blogosphere, but it did give birth to the parody video A BLOODY CASE THAT STARTED FROM A STEAMED BUN which used footage from the movie and a mock-serious voice-over to recast the entire film as a true crime story. Creator Hu Ge enjoyed tremendous popularity and there was even the rumor of a sequel to incorporate footage from HERO as well.

But Chen Kaige is not amused. At a press conference in Berlin he said:

"We have decided to sue the filmmaker, Hu Ge, for damaging the copyright of 'The Promise.' I can't imagine a man could be so impudent."

Impudent? Ye Gads, sirrah! Verily that varlet deserves to be smacked about the face with your fancy glove. Chen Kaige's wife, Chen Hong, the producer of THE PROMISE, had a more measured, more sane, and yet somehow more mystifying response.

"People can express their own opinions on the Web. The video is nothing but personal behavior. After all, the Internet is an omnifarious world."

Omnifarious?

Someone's been hitting the dictionary again.