The Legend of Chun Li

[terry78]

What....the...****?!

Yeah, she is part chinese, but not the good part.

 

[DOG LIPS]

I dunno what anyone would complain about. She's hot, and she'll be in tights. :heart:

Also, I don't watch Smallville.

 

[Karea07]

i've never seen her act, except eurotrip (was she in that?)

is she good?

 

[DorkyFresh]

not my first choice, but i'm just glad they didn't get Devon Aoki or Maggie Q. i think Kristen Kreuk has the perfect face though. her face is pretty much how i imagined a real life Chun-Li to look like.

i hope she beefs up for the role though.....and does the shower scene from the Street Fighter 2 anime movie.

 

[Venom]

I don't find her a good actress, from what I see from Smallville.

 

[terry78]

SPINNING BIRD-A KICK!

Depending on how they draw her face, she looks like a couple of the designs I guess.

 

[DorkyFresh]

it's a street fighter movie, venom....it's not exactly Shakespeare. all she's gotta do is look pretty, fight, and look pretty WHILE fighting.

 

[DOG LIPS]

I think I'm actually more interested in this movie now.

 

[Dedpool]

Not too bad. It doesn't turn me off the movie. I agree, she's got the look, question is how she'll perform.

And as DL pointed out, this film can't be a total failure. It's Kristin in a tight-cut Chinese qipao. t:

 

[xwolverine2]

i've never seen her act, except eurotrip (was she in that?)

is she good?

judging from smallville...... she's SUPER DRY!...

 

[K.B.]

Am I the only one who absolutly HATES this? Shes not all that hot and her as Chun Li..uummmm what an actual ATTRACTIVE asian girl wasnt available? B.S.!

 

[terry78]

Nothing is worse than a hot actress that can't act and has no personality. Granted, when I've seen her interviewed she just comes off....blah. Like a mannequin or something. She really needs to do some comedy(Eurotrip she was just the straight character..that cheated) or something with more depth...hopefully this role will do it.

 

[JackBauer]

Not exactly the final nail on the coffin, but it's getting there.

 

[DOG LIPS]

Those of you who are angry/sad/etc. I just have one thing to say to you...














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[GL1]

Hmmm...

On Recognizability
I don't think any of us actually have any stats that prove whether Ryu or Chun Li are better known in the general public. An ACTUAL fact is that Chun-Li is more visually distinctive than Ryu, who is, as much as we love him, a pretty generic looking kung fu guy. Chun Li is more easily recognizable as Street Fighter.

On "It must be a Ryu Movie"
I disagree. I've seen the Ryu movie (Animated Movie) and I don't think that's the only way to go, and, imho, it's not only been done, and been done well, but it becomes very hard not to copy off of a dozen other modern martial arts movie... with Chun-Li you get some flexibility (ba-dum-ching) that gives you some potential a Ryu movie just wouldn't have. Part of the strength of the movie lies in the fact that there haven't been many (if any) well done heroine movies in recent memory.

On Kristen Kreuk
She's hot, no doubt. From Smallville, I don't see it. Perhaps she's grown in the years since I've seen her. I'd love to see her kick butt martial arts wise, but I agree that, as ridiculous as fans can be on the physical stats of actors playing their beloved characters (exact same height and hair color? No one realizes how silly that is when they say it?) -- Kristen needs some leg power, that Matrix workout type stuff to do some really incredible leg moves. If I don't see some uberkicks, it's not Chun-Li... it's just not.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Nothing is worse than a hot actress that can't act and has no personality. Granted, when I've seen her interviewed she just comes off....blah. Like a mannequin or something. She really needs to do some comedy(Eurotrip she was just the straight character..that cheated) or something with more depth...hopefully this role will do it.

The best part of her role in that movie was the song made about her cheating on the star. In Smallville, she does the best she can with the role, which is basically look at Clark with doe eyes, get knocked out, hang out in hospital set.

 

[TheVileOne]

I still think the idea of making ANOTHER live action Street Fighter movie this time as some silly Chun Li revenge picture is stupid.

No one is going to see this. Look at Hitman.

 

[chaseter]

This movie will suck...

 

[Octoberist]

just because she's from Smallville doesn't mean that she's useless. Plus she's hot...HOT

 

[Cmill216]

 

[Catman]

just because she's from Smallville doesn't mean that she's useless. Plus she's hot...HOT

Kinda agree. Just cause LANA LANG is a piece of crap doesn't mean Kristin Kreuk is a piece of crap. However...she really isn't a good actress.

 

[bell110]

I love Kristin Kreuk, but I don't see her as Chun Li. For one, does she know martial arts? And, isn't she too short? I'll still give it a chance though.

 

[PhotoJones]

She's hot, but that's where her appeal ends.

 

[the a1ant]

I'm looking forward to this movie as much as I'm looking forward to Dragon Ball - not much.

Hopefully they prove me wrong.

 

[nocomics]

Am I the only one who absolutly HATES this? Shes not all that hot and her as Chun Li..uummmm what an actual ATTRACTIVE asian girl wasnt available? B.S.!

QFT, they can't tell me there isn't one asian girl w/acting/martial arts abilities that could of been casted as this...
Nothing personal against Kristin,but I don't know if she'll be the model chun-li. She kindof looks like her,but /shrug again not the first choice I would of done..