The Legend of Chun Li

[Dark Helmet]

I still can't stand watching anything starring Dawson's Creek alumni

Fringe is pretty good & did you watch & like Batman Begins ?

 

[Red Mask]

Fringe is pretty good & did you watch & like Batman Begins ?

Rachel Dawson (oooh implied alumni status!) wasn't the best Bat broad I've seen. It wasn't as glamrous as Vicky Vale or even Selina Kyle. Teaching Mrs. Tingle was forgettable except for Helen Mirren's parts.

Fringe isn't aired overseas. The last time I watched Joshua Jackson he starred in Shutter - a mediocre remake. Cursed was half-assed.

 

[Bishop2]

Even though I thought this movie was entertaining, I've been thinking... personally I think the ideal Street Fighter movie wouldn't deal with Shadaloo at all. It would focus entirely on Gouken's dojo - Ryu and Ken and Dan training there, Dan being kicked out due to his lust for blood and vengeance, Gouken being murdered by Akuma, Ryu tracking Akuma in order to avenge Gouken while feeling the pull of the Dark Hado and gradually realizing he really just wants to know if he's stronger than the man who killed his master, Ken romancing Eliza who wants him to get away from a life of constant fighting, etc. You can see how themes of vengeance would run through it as well as "why we fight." Maybe Sakura runs into Ryu somewhere and you have her idolization subplot, don't know. Eh, I'm just spitballin' - but it seems like Akuma as villian and Ryu/Ken as main heroes is the most logical path to take with this franchise, yes? Maybe someday.

 

[StylishHokie21]

So I guess it's safe to assume that this movie sucked ass?

 

[The Major]

It's a bad trend from the 90's. I still can't stand watching anything starring Dawson's Creek alumni.

Van der Beek is great in Rules of Attraction and Varsity Blues. He's got good range with the right material. His role as a serial killer with multiple personality disorder on Criminals Minds is fantastic, too.

 

[Red Mask]

Van der Beek is great in Rules of Attraction and Varsity Blues. He's got good range with the right material. His role as a serial killer with multiple personality disorder on Criminals Minds is fantastic, too.

Van der Beek. Who's that again?

 

[Dark Helmet]

Van der Beek. Who's that again?

He got his ass kicked by a monkey with the the guy that ****ed the pie who also got his ass kicked by that same monkey in one movie t:

 

[lou2099]

I might see this movie today if Watchmen is too crowded.

 

[Spider-X]

Even though I thought this movie was entertaining, I've been thinking... personally I think the ideal Street Fighter movie wouldn't deal with Shadaloo at all. It would focus entirely on Gouken's dojo - Ryu and Ken and Dan training there, Dan being kicked out due to his lust for blood and vengeance, Gouken being murdered by Akuma, Ryu tracking Akuma in order to avenge Gouken while feeling the pull of the Dark Hado and gradually realizing he really just wants to know if he's stronger than the man who killed his master, Ken romancing Eliza who wants him to get away from a life of constant fighting, etc. You can see how themes of vengeance would run through it as well as "why we fight." Maybe Sakura runs into Ryu somewhere and you have her idolization subplot, don't know. Eh, I'm just spitballin' - but it seems like Akuma as villian and Ryu/Ken as main heroes is the most logical path to take with this franchise, yes? Maybe someday.

This actually sounds really cool.

 

[terry78]

Maybe Zack Snyder should just reboot the entire franchise.

 

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

In one of the podcasts of spill.com, one of the dudes mentions that Justin Marks has a lot going on for him, being the current 'it' writer in Hollywood. However, spill.com thinks that Justin is also the next Ethan Krueger (The Ring). Ethan is a writer had a lot going on for him too, but now he's kinda in a slump. Maybe Justin will be the same in the near future.

I think all it'll take in his case is one of his screenplays being produced. And this is probably what will do it. His MOTU script couldn't find a director- no one wanted to direct that script. Super Max seems to be stalled, I don't know what's happening with Voltron. David S. goyer helped get him started, but he's going to hit a wall if he doesn't actually learn to write. BTW- David S. Goyer isn't a very good mentor, if the idea is that you're not as good as your mentor- Marks is screwed. Goyer was never that good a writer, and I think it's only the directors he's worked with that have elevated his material.

 

[The Major]

Maybe Zack Snyder should just reboot the entire franchise.

I'd watch it.

 

[xmangambit]

I wash my hands with film adaptations after this!

There's only one streetfighter film, it's the Street Fighter 2 Animated movie!

This was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen next to them ripping Gambit's eyes out in the new Wolverine film, this was so **** I can't describe it.

Also her so called "spinning bird kick".... jesus christ!

If you're not going to make a film properly just don't bother!

 

[Bishop2]

I'm reading the script now... wow, the final film was quite a bit better than this thing, wasn't it? Good for them on making SMART changes to a film...

 

[dogwonder78]

I was so excited about the movie, but after its opening weekend I am not too sure anymore. Last weekend when I suggested to see this film none of my friends wanted to go. I can't believe it did so terribly, kind of sad about that. I will definitely rent this one now..

 

[Bishop2]

I was so excited about the movie, but after its opening weekend I am not too sure anymore. Last weekend when I suggested to see this film none of my friends wanted to go. I can't believe it did so terribly, kind of sad about that. I will definitely rent this one now..

Most of us who have bothered to see it have liked it. Granted that's like 6 people out of 10 who have bothered to go... 1 was indifferent and the other 3 hated it.

 

[dark_b]

bishop are you really saying that you liked it?

 

[Antrax255]

I'm reading the script now... wow, the final film was quite a bit better than this thing, wasn't it? Good for them on making SMART changes to a film...

Really I thought the script gave better explanations than the movie did. Did anyone noticed how Gen training her besides teaching her ki did not help her at all.

 

[Bishop2]

bishop are you really saying that you liked it?

Yeah, I did. With reservations. It's overly slow, Chun-Li narration is unnecessary 50% of the time, and Chris Klein/Nash has a couple of quite bad scenes. But as a Street Fighter fan, I was largely pleased with how they brought the story through, I thought the action was tight, there were plenty of geek refs, and they certainly improved on this terrible script I'm reading right now.

Really I thought the script gave better explanations than the movie did. Did anyone noticed how Gen training her besides teaching her ki did not help her at all.

Explanations of what exactly? So far they mostly seem the same, except in the script...

...Charlie is older and has multiple ex-wives, which um, yeah, he'd be DEAD by then in Street Fighter mythology, he didn't live that freaking long.

...Bison is far more generic in general; this ESPECIALLY goes for the scenes where he kills people he no longer wants around, which in this script read like they came out of Lethal Weapon (let's shoot them in the head and then go home) instead of having any originality to them - the movie versions of the murders involve, guess what, FIGHTING.

...Vega works for Shadaloo in the movie as it should be, in the script he's a hired assassin brought in on a whim.

...in the script Shadaloo is based out of freaking Hong Kong instead of Bangkok! Holy crap, that was a smart change - it's always been headquartered in Bangkok and I"m glad they went there.

...hilariously, Marks totally copies the trademark Batman "disappearing mid-conversation" bit multiple times in this script with Chun-Li as Batman and Charlie as Gordon. Which is absent in the final film entirely, thank god.

...I also laughed at the scenes where Chun-Li breaks into her old mansion - which is boarded up after a couple week of being uninhabited (!!!) - in order to USE THE COMPUTER THERE. They didn't move all the stuff out before boarding it up? THEY DIDN'T EVEN TURN OFF THE POWER?!?!

And well Gen just helped her be a better fighter. In the alleyway she beats up generic street thugs but gets quite wounded in the process. Later in the movie after training with Gen she manages to take down loads of trained shadaloo gunmen without getting hurt. Seems to be an improvement.

 

[stargazer]

So I guess it's safe to assume that this movie sucked ass?

and that hypesters love to talk about it? t:

 

[AlteredEgo]

Maybe Zack Snyder should just reboot the entire franchise.

Christian Bale for Ryu. Angelina Jolie for Chun-Li... Johnny Depp in there somewhere.

 

[TNC9852002]

You forgot Gerard Butler as Zangief.

-TNC

 

[kane9321]

Meh. Nothing really special here. It was better than the Van Damme movie, but that's not really saying anything.

Chris Klein was horrible. How many times did he say "Nash?"

"NASH OUT"

 

[DorkyFresh]

Christian Bale for Ryu. Angelina Jolie for Chun-Li... Johnny Depp in there somewhere.

casting White actors in Asian roles again???? sheesh!

 

[kane9321]

Most of us who have bothered to see it have liked it. Granted that's like 6 people out of 10 who have bothered to go... 1 was indifferent and the other 3 hated it.

Hey Bishop, Was I one of the three that hated it?...t: