Apparently there is a trailer out there for an upcoming superhero movie that features scenes in an Asian city that is supposed to be Tokyo, my spiritual home for almost 20 years, my actual hometown for about three.
Before I even got a chance to see the clip, I came across criticism (on social media, of course) of how this Tokyo doesn't look anything like the real Tokyo. In fact, as one amateur critic pointed out, it looks like Tokyo imagined by somebody who has never been there.
I still haven't seen the trailer in question — actually, I've already forgotten which film it is for — but I have a pretty good idea what this Tokyo looks like: thousands of colorful neon lights reflected on black asphalt wet with rain, steaming makeshift fast-food joints, random oriental ornamentation.