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Heeeeeeeerrrrrrrrreeeeeeeee's Kato!
Merrick here...
Songwriter/singer/actor/filmmaker Jay Chou has been cast as Kato in Michel Gondry's GREEN HORNET movie.
Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the guy but THIS WIKI ENTRY makes him sound pretty impressive.
Here's a pic...
And here's a sample of his work:
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just kidding.
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not Seth Rogen. That guy is superoverexposed. He must have a killer agent.
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It's the whole Seth Rogan thing I'm worried about anyway. I saw him promoting this and thought "NO WAY that's the Green Hornet..."
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Frankly this film's only hope is that it morphs into the "so bad it's good" category.
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I was hoping Jason Scott Lee or Gordon Li would get the part.
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I would check that out.
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...could care less about this project all together. ZzZzZzZz....
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What deal with Satan did they have to make good on to allow her in on this? There's better talented and WAY better looking actresses out there.
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So they went for Kung Fu Basketball instead.
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All due respect to Jay Chou, I really hope that this project FAILS. Seth Rogen is not, and will never be, the Green Hornet. Someone like George Clooney would have been a far better choice. I've loved the GH since I was a kid, and the character deserves so much better. Sadly, this will end up like THE SPIRIT.
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Aug 07, 2009 3:35:47 PM CDT
Iwish theyd do the THE batman robin Kato Green hornet Crossover!
by superwelling
Like the old series that would be awesome! George Clooney and Chris Odonnell showing up as Batman and robin in a Michel gondry film!! WIN! WIN!
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Have you seen him as the Green Hornet?
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Like those teenage vampires on Twilight.
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Mr. Hornet
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That's actually an interesting choice. Not necessarily the choice I'd have made, but not as bad as it could have been and not anything I'll complain about. I can't wait for the butthurt screeching from the hardcore kung fu fans about casting a pop star as Kato. Bricks will be shit even though Kato rocks a mask and therefore it doesn't matter if Chou's martial skills aren't on a level with Wu Jing or Donnie Yen as it's going to be stuntmen doing much of the tricky stuff anyway.Most of my interest is based on seeing what the hell a big budget major studio Michel Gondry martial arts action comedy would look like.
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and still nobody would give a shit.
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is what hes sayin to his doubters..
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and george clooney and Chris O donnel need to Make a Damn Cameo in this dammi! BATMAN & ROBIN AND KATO AND GREEN HORNET WERE ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OTHER!!
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How's the white devil supposed to watch this then?
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Relatively unknown in the US, but globally he's far better known than Seth Rogen. And Rogen is perfect casting for the superhero who's best known for being way less interesting than his sidekick.
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Sleepy slacker Jay Chou, who I'm told has a surprisingly large penis, will be plenty funny, I think. Still, I'd have liked to see The Mentalists's Tim Kang give Rogen endless amounts of shit as his ballsier sidekick.
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oh fuck, he's going back into the woods again to learn some more black mojo. I don't know this guy they picked. Hopfully he chews on enough stuff and his stunts are all him with little to no wire. If so and the film is good, then he could become a household name and move into many more american films. Cause lets face it. They make great movies all over the world, but america is film. there no other hollywood like hollywood. no other disney. Dubai might have cool shit, but it's too fucking hot and too far away to ever become the place. Too fucking hot.
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The Ad campaign would write itself
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Hollywood seems to have a thing for slightly gayish Asian pop singers nowadays. Fine by me, i guess...
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or the kid from TMNT2...ninja, vanish!
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That song's been looping in my head all day! I just thought this was an appropriate place to share that thought... I look forward to Jay Chou proving his worth!
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A more weathered veteran-looking guy would of played better off of Seth Rogan's character. Now it just look's like a couple a college drop-outs starting fights while in costume.
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and its yeung, not yong.
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That fucker seems to be in everything these days.
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At least, it should be.
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Now it's just kinda C, C-
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Does anyone actually care about this character? Ugh!
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Based on the way this is shaping up, this is a rental and not a theater viewing for me.
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I only knew him for his music. That's insane. Well, good choice!
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seriously...
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Oh, who cares? I'm drunk as hell and cooking a chicken on a Friday night, as always.
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from GI Joe?
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"Could you just make sure he keeps the mask on?"
Damned white boys.
Well, damned full-white boys.
Now who is this guy? Singer? No martial arts experience?
And oh yeah, Seth Rogen is in this.
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He's asian and can do the martial arts stunts, so why not?
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http://www.beyondhollywood.com/stillsx/2008/03/byung-hun-lee-2.jpg
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I thought they cast Jack Nicholson. I need to go to bed...
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Aug 07, 2009 5:44:24 PM CDT
I thought Johnny Carson returned from the dead to play Kato
by juansanchez
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Rain could fucking wipe the floor with Jay Chou's hair. Stephen Chow was perfect but they wouldn't let the Asian guy have some creative say. Daniel Wu meanwhile natively speaks English, can fight, and is a cool guy - he made a killer mockumentary about the boy band sensation in Asia that fooled everyone. Good move team!
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But he's huge in the way, say, the Jonas Bros are huge. No joke.
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no, wait.... what can i complain about? hmmmmm.
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They had a chance to make this movie decent by having Mr. Chow on board...
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Boring hogwash. Post the "Inglourious Basterds" review.
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Starbuck with tits worked so well, why not?
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Gondry I love, love, love your films, but you know man this is a disgrace. right up there with Lee losing his role in Kung Fu. Would Lee smile over this news and feel great about the choice. I think not. what you should be doing is getting a unknown no named guy who can really fight. Leave the actor stuff to Rogan. Give the Kato role to a fantasic wu shu raised crazy cool fighter. Do we watch Jaa or Jet Lee for his acting abilities. Fuck no. We know they can lay it down, and we know it's really them and we know the fights will be complex and graceful and as real and real can be on a movie set. after reading this guys wiki I'm pissed and sad that he won the role. How could he beat out a a bunch of real martial artist who can really do the fight work????
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HE'S ASIAN!
www.racebending.com
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How did Rogen ruin Funny People?
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i hate it when the movie producers watch a movie from hong kong and get it all wrong... firstly Jay Chou is a singer and his secondary hobbie is acting. He only got his chance to act cos he was so popular with his singing. Now if you misinteprate this with acting Kato is gonna be the worst film ever. Bruce Lee set precedence with his kung fu skills, you need to find someone with at least 80% of that skill. Jay Chou has 0%, and he will admit that himself, but not to the daft producers. Let me name a few people that could cut it... Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa (even though he Thai and not chinese) even Jet Li goddamnit!!! Makes you wonder why everyone thinks Chow yuen Fat can do martial arts... another wrong casting... he is an actor first and martial arts never!!! get it right you idiots!!!
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I am glad that he is Chinese...but, I want a real and uncommon martial artist in the role, one who has charisma...and can act. This guy fits none of those qualifications.
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I have very low expectations for this project.
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I am glad that he is Chinese...but, I want a real and uncommon martial artist in the role, one who has charisma...and can act. This guy fits none of those qualifications. Yet another intentional insult to the memory of Bruce Lee.
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Aug 07, 2009 6:58:16 PM CDT
Did anyone actually watch that first video? It's fucking epic
by zillabeast
Chinese MTV looks quite watchable
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why don't you spend more time reading your own posts when writing them so you don't have to amend them
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why don't you spend more fucking time reading your own posts when writing them so you don't have to fucking amend them
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I try my best, but things get by.
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Hollywood really must hate, I mean absolutely hate Chinese people and the nation of China--that can be the only reason they keep going out of their collective ways not to cast a Chinese actor/martial artist in roles made famous by Bruce Lee. It is all political. This is so disrespectful to Lee, and the people of Hong Kong, and China.
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They are the Republic of CHINA. Mainland China is The People's Republic of China. They broke off after WWII when the communist took over the mainland. But Taiwan and the mainland China consider them part of China.
And Bruce Lee was born in America and raised in Hong Kong, which was British controlled at that time.
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my apologies for being an insensitive prick. we all know this site doesn't have a edit function. there is no need to double post say what you have to say and live with it. it makes for a) better copy and b) doesn't stop talkback flow
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the only people who will give a fuck about this movie will be Asians, nice job hollywood pissing them off.
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the only reason Green Hornet is being remade is because of the bruce lee effect... therefore it makes sense to cast; 1. someone who pratices martial arts 2. someone who is chinese, otherwise you might as well make kung fu again with a white guy who knows nothing about kung fu.. actually it all makes sense now..
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thats a great movie, zhang yimou is like the shakespeare of cinema. im interested in this mainly cause seth rogen is writing it. i dont think it will be as good as his others though cause he'll be trying to live up to boring expectations
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although he made a perfect(most perfect to date, bar none)Bruce Lee in the horribly produced CCTV series LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE, he would have been perfect. Jay Chou will do. Shannon Lee shamed her father with that b.s. TV series and its many falsehoods.
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in the Asian media-- it's a false rumor started by... who cares? As long as Entertainment news/sites can get more hits/ratings with it.
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I see where you're going. Me likey.
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I'm 41. I remember the Batman Adam West show. I watched it everyday & I'm a major comics fan, as evidenced by my site, www.statuemarvels.com, but did I miss something or was Green Hornet not available in sydication in the Philadelphia market?
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...while on the topic of a replacement, let's go outside the box and think Yanin "Jeeja" Vismistananda. Kickass in Chocolate and she would bring a new dimension to a film that will be forgotten in a week regardless of who fills the role.
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the only reason anyone could watch Green Hornet and not puke.
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And they hired Jack Black to play the role!
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This guy will be better. No ego.
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LOL good luck selling anyone from Taiwan on that idea. Taiwan desperately wishes they could be independent of China and as they have a separate passport and separate government (the one the Communists drove out of the mainland), they are not technically part of PR China. Mainland thinks Taiwan is theirs, Taiwan thinks otherwise...hence the tension there. Personally, I think Taiwanese men speak Mandarin with a seriously sissy accent, but that's neither here nor there. As for Jay Chou, I saw him in Curse of the Golden Flower and he wasn't bad in that role...film fighting is more like dance than actual fighting anyway, and the guy can bust a move. So we'll see.
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To dispel any misconceptions about this casting. Jay Chou is a singer/songwriter and has been in several videos and movies and has even directed one (in English it is called "Secret") which is not half-bad. Still that being said, he's not noted for his martial arts even though he tends to do movies of this nature from time to time. Also, he is NOT Chinese, he is Taiwanese. Taiwan and China are completely different cultures that sprung from a common ancestry/history. This is a hearts and minds thing here people (for those that care)...Ask any Taiwanese and they will tell you they consider themselves Taiwanese well as the majority of Chinese will say that Taiwan belongs to China. That is about as true as say, hmmm, England saying America is a part of England. America eventually told the 'bigger, badder' English to go fuck themselves and Taiwan has been doing the same for over 50 years...
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looks like PorkChopXpress beat me to the punch... and way to group a whole lot of people into the sissy accent category! Geez... (
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Ok, maybe an old wise Kato. But fuck man the guy is a Hollywood steady. Everybody knows the face.
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Fucking white people!
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Whatever... pass. Oh ya, nice hair.
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Aug 07, 2009 9:46:26 PM CDT
Just cause AICN is sucking Rogan's dick over this POS doesnt mea
by glory_fades_immaxfischer
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ooooh ...messsasssawwy! Am I suppose to give a shit about this uncool news? Give me a hilight like " Heath Ledger Has risen from the dead! " and maybe I'll give two cents on it. I'm tired of visiting this site and just reading crap that ppl don't give a fuck about. Yes, I'm sure he'll look pretty standing next to Seth Rogen. NEXT.
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Seeing as how Kato was played by Bruce Lee, despite the fact that Kato is a Japanese name (& should be pronounced more like kahto). In that sense, the character's never been played by the right nationality.
Gotta say though, people like this guy are ten a penny in Asia. Jacks of all trades, masters of none. -
I think the better analogy would be comparing England with Scotland. They speak the same language but their is many cultural differences. However, both are BRITISH.
Taiwan might be culturally different from mainland China, but it has been part of China for some 450+ years (before 1949 and the ROC lost the mainland from the PRC) and 98% of the population is of Han ethnicity and Mandarin Chinese is the official language. I think their is nothing wrong with calling Tawain "chinese"; they might not be China, but they certainly have a culture that is heavily "Chinese" influenced.
Plus, I say having someone from Taiwan is just as offensive to main land China as having someone from Hong Kong when it was under British rule (in fact, they are mostly Cantonese ethnicity and Cantonese is the predominant language, so they are less like the mainland than Taiwan is in some ways). -
You think Seth Rogan ruined Funny People? Clearly you are without taste. First of all, nothing ruined Funny People, as it was one of the best comedies of the past ten years. Furthermore, Rogan delivered an excellent and nuanced performance. He catches a lot of shit on these boards, and I can see why. But saying he "ruined" a movie that was good, in large part, because of him is total fucking bullshit. Fuck you, man.
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..Now stick Aaron Eckhart in there for the Green Hornet, and we've got a movie.
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... they're not MAKING a GREEN HORNET movie. Despite what Rogen et al say. The car was from someone's personal collection BASED on the original serials/pulps. There is NO movie for GREEN HORNET currently being made, nor has there been in the last year, nor will there be.
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the adserver went nuts.
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Hey Continentalop,
It's nice that YOU think there is nothing wrong with calling Taiwanese people Chinese. I'll step out of my apartment later and ask the people of Taiwan if they agree with you. Actually, I won't because I know they do not. Just sayin'. Oh yeah, and when I say Taiwanese, I'm also referring to the Taiwanese speaking people, the Mandarin speaking people and the Hakka speaking people. Just so ya know. -
Word.
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But Stephen Chow woulda been better.
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cause I'm sure Aaron Eckheart is dying to do another comic book film.
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Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet? Are you freaking kidding me???
Just what the HELL is this dopey gutterball doing in playing this character?
What's next- Pee Wee Herman as Superman? Or what about Joan Rivers as Wonder Woman?
Is that what this is coming to in Hollywood- the land of no brains and no talent?
Give me an effing break!
This movie was SUPPOSED to be made over a decade ago with George Clooney and Jet Li playing the real Green Hornet and Kato, but Clooney STUPIDLY backed out to play Batman, and we all know how badly that went, don't we?
I cannot believe that these morons in Hollywood are screwing us over again with this hideous casting of Seth Rogen to play a great heroic figure like the Green Hornet.
Rogen is a fat and dimwitted gutterball with no acting abilities to speak of.
For all of us Green Hornet fans out there who prayed that this movie would take place, are all now hanging our heads in shame at this absolutely nightmarish casting of a knuckle-dragger for an "actor" to play this role.
As the man said 70 years ago:
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Clooney would've sucked in the role as Green Hornet just as much as he blew in the role of Batman. He just sucks period. The only thing he's good for is Ocean's 25.
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And Kelly Hu for Kato
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why the fuck would he be in another comic book movie? It'd be a bad career move.
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Hey if you manage to speak Mandarin without that lispy Taiwanese accent that almost every guy from Taiwan I know speaks with, good for you! Hehe...sorry to generalize, I should say "in my experience." :) Anyway, I'm constantly impressed by the ignorance that my western brothers and sisters will trumpet as fact on any given subject...but China and the east in particular.
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No worries PorkChopXpress... I just think it's not the accent you should be zeroing in on...it's music and music videos like this that promote the 'sissy' stereotype... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeTqMOidVng ... As for my Mandarin... I HOPE I don't speak it like a sissy...
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i live in beijing (i'm american) and i know this guy all too well. he's the most popular male pop star here and has got to be in the runnings for world's worst rapper. i guess he's an ok actor but he's a giant douche.
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I will no longer call them Chinese.
But if I wanted to get caught up on semantics, I could point out that they are the "Republic of CHINA." :)
And once again, my original point was that Media Messiah was upset they cast someone from Taiwan because he thought it was an insult to Bruce Lee. My point was that someone from Taiwan is just as much "Chinese" as Bruce Lee was, a Hong Konger during British rule who was born in the US. -
I saw the fuckin movie. You didn't. I'm not trying to be a prick, or start a fight. I just don't think you should judge something before you see it. And if you're going by ticket sales, then Transformers 2 was the best movie of the year. Ticket sales mean shit. I don't base my opinions on those of the public. I refuse to jump on the Seth Rogen/Judd Apatow bandwagon of hate. As for the Green Hornet; if it sucks, it sucks. People who blindly hate irritate me just as much as those that are afraid to criticize. Funny People wasn't perfect, but it was a fun movie for ADULTS. In this summer of "splosions" as folks like to say, this movie was a nice change of pace.
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WTF....ahh who cares
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http://tinyurl.com/ksbqsc
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Aug 08, 2009 1:55:35 AM CDT
Seriously...you guys really care about a Green Hornet Movie?
by holdyourfireal
Again, I'm 41 years old. I've collected comics since I was 4. I've watched pretty much every movie and TV show associated with them. How did I fail to every catch a single episode of Green Hornet? Is there a site where I can see pics or vids? I just don't get where the market is for this movie....
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Aug 08, 2009 1:59:13 AM CDT
Yeah, so, when does that Ninja Assassin movie come out?
by thebearovingian
You remember. Those crazy Wachowskis.
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even with Seth Rogen's current popularity, who under the age of 35, even under 40, remembers or is even interested in the green hornet. There's just not enough cool factor for this to resonate and be successful with the college kids.
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hitler in a documentary called jew lovers.
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Aug 08, 2009 3:00:02 AM CDT
It's time to greenlight a remake of Green Hornet... In Space
by stereotypical evil archer
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....That we are at the bottom of the comic book-movie fuckin barrel. No-one gives a fuck for the Green Hornet.
Seth Rogan + Green Hornet=
Billy Zane + The Phantom.
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The Republic of China is Taiwan. True. China however, is the People's Rebublic of China. Don't let the similarities fool you. They, unlike China are a democracy, have their own culture and even their own passports. What might be semantics to you really matter to people here who are in constant threat (not kidding here) of being annihilated by the reported 1500 missiles pointed at them by China. As for your point about Hong Kong, it really didn't make much sense but if you come out here you'll learn that the Hong Kongese and Taiwanese people consider themselves about as much a part of China as.. well.. they just don't. Come out here and I'll by you a beer and prove it to ya. :)
As for what Media Messiah said, all I can say is, and I am merely a film fan, Jay has his work cut out for him... as does Rain who is rumored to be in talks for the "Awaken the Dragon" semi-Enter the Dragon Remake. And unlike many of you, I HAVE watched his soap opera , Full House... if you have seen that, I'm sure you would agree, he would not be the first choice to act in a bloody ninja movie... -
Who really remembers the last actor that played the Green Hornet? Everyone remembers Kato: Bruce Lee!
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Jay Chou may well be the Chinese Justin Timberlake (and Pharrell really since he's a major producer/songwriter) but he did a pretty decent job in Curse of the Golden Flower. He'll certainly bring in the Asian Market from a purely monetary perspective. I mean, I like the guy but it's quite a move away from Stephen Chow.
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HK and Taiwanese people may not consider themselves part of the PRC but they are Chinese. It's an ethnicity you know. I've never met anyone from HK that didn't think of themselves as Chinese.
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Whats with the Asian explosion all of a sudden?
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Um, yeah, Ethnicity concerns shared cultural backgrounds and BELIEFS and LANGUAGE. That does not mean that Hong Kongese people, a democracy, or Taiwanese people consider themselves to be Chinese in the PRC sense.. When they refer to themselves as Chinese, they are merely doing so to avoid a long drawn out political conversation spurred on by the ignorance of people towards Asians,who want to lump them into the same ethnicity which they are not.
BTW: Mǎnchéng Jìndài Huángjīnjiǎ (curse of the Goldden Flower) wasn't bad but Jay is not so loved here in Asia that it guarantees a sure box-office smash... if they wanted that kind of monetary success, Stephen Chow would have broken records here. He's friggin' HUGE here...
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Why not get Marlon Wayans to play Kato!! For fuck sake! Anyone ever hear of Tony Jaa or Donnie Yen or half a dozen others! This is going to suck big time anyway with fucking Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet! Are all the gay pedophiles in Hollywood on crack???????????????
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in the what seems like 2 years since I first heard about it. This project has gone thru many actors, directors, writers.
The only two things that have remained consistent is mutley as the green hornet and everyone spitting and pissing on the project.
They should just bury this idea
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Are they ever going to make that Lost Planet movie?
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I didn't say that they consider themselves Chinese in the PRC sense. But most people of Chinese ethnicity will refer to themselves as Chinese. HK Chinese, Chinese Malaysian maybe but still Chinese. The ROC used to represent China in the UN but now it's the PRC. They disagree on who is the "real China". HK people have the same language and culture as most Guangdong people. Are they a different ethnicity from each other? This isn't about national identity or political systems which are different but about the basic point that most of the people in these countries are Han Chinese and would identify themselves as such (in my experience anyway).
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he's waiting by the phone right now!
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This project is DOA and Seth Rogen can go fuck a goat...that overhyped bloated cocksucker is unwatchable.
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Just to clarify my point. I wasn't saying that Taiwanese people consider themselves in any way part of the PRC. And I don't consider Asians to be one homogenous group, in case you thought I was just being ignorant. It's just that in my experience most people who are of Chinese descent will use the term Chinese.
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anyway,the guy looks good for the role.lets the hope the movie will be good too.
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she did an awesome job in "The Emoire Strikes Back"
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is what i meant to say..
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If this was made 20 years ago, they should've cast Dennis Dun from "Big Trouble in Little China". He would've been perfect.
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Recasting the KingPin as a black worked so why can't Kato be black?
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bouahahahaha,that was a good one..
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They cast an asian guy to play Kato, so who the hell will play Liu-Kang? Jason Statham?
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Why the hell has this site devoted so much time to this film. Seth Rogen is not an action star and if had any sense he would not try to be, even if its with a wink. Also, when a movie goes back and forth and delayed with many director and actor changes that means its caught in development hell, and that means it will most likely be terrible. Maybe AICN's market research (if they have any) shows that seth rogen news is popular but honest to god, not a week goes by without news of this potential turd. I don't even think Nic Cage or Cameron Diaz can save it. I don't know, at this point, it seems like AICN is just crossing its fingers hoping its a great film. Green Hornet was not such a huge part of my life and probably not a huge part of a "geeks" life that it is so important. So I don't know what all the hype is about.
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The Shat got to eat too.
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I have no desire to see this trash.
Should have kept Stephen Chow, as Director and Kato.
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Stephen or Gondry :/
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I was hoping Will Smith or Drew Barrymore would play Kato!
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except for the fact that Gondry's involved. The work he did on Eternal Sunshine was simply genius - bar none. So if he SOMEHOW brings a new way of telling story into this, then I guess I'll see it. Otherwise, I'm predicting mediocrity.
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Is not the martial artist caliber type of actor that you want to hire to play Kato who was played by the legendary Bruce Lee.
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me still not caring about this movie. Get Rogaine off it then I might be a little interested.
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Kato was a freakin' DBAG!
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Okay so because English is somewhat limited let me clarify. Yes, in the west, we name "Chinese" everyone from Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, and in many peoples' cases...Thailand, Singapore, and shoot...throw in any other Asian country, including Japan. It's like people referring to all video games as "Sega" back in the day. If you say "zhong guo ren" to a Chinese person, they will assume you mean a person from mainland China. If you say "hua ren" then assume Chinese ETHNICITY but not location. In my experience, people from Taiwan are particularly keen to be called "hua ren" instead of "zhong guo ren" because of the obvious connotation. Maybe they also just like being called "flower people." :)
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Kung Fu Dunk sucked balls and the guy has the onscreen charisma of a pair of chopsticks. Initial D was pretty good but good in spite of him. Matbe Anthony Wong can play his pappy in this one too.
Jay Chou???
Does these mo's in Hollywood even watch Asian cinema or do they see who is on te cover of their teen cheescake mags to make their casting decisions? I think we know the answer to that one cause jay is soooo dreamy. Shawn Yue, Nick Tze, even Edison "F-ed all of Hong Kong's hottest actresses and filmed their hairy bushes for the public" Chen. There's quite a few young actors in Hong Kong who can actually fight and act too. Check out Shamo, Invisible Target and Dragon tiger Gate (should be at your local Blockbuster)
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oh boy oh boy!
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LOL!
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OK..Continentalop and various other people....what is it with you guys trying to say people from Taiwan aren't Chinese? 98% of "Taiwanese" people are comprised of Han Chinese ethnicity (mostly from Fujian and Guangdong provinces) and the other 2% are aborigines indigenous to the island. Of that 98%, 12% are from the mainland that migrated when the Communists won the civil war.
Demographically, Taiwan would be like an combination of Fujian and Guangdong province languages and culture. A difference in politics doesn't mean that they're suddenly not Chinese, the cultural roots run far too deep...people in Taiwan who say this usually use it as a political statement to achieve independence.
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Some of you are arguing that it's an insult that he's Taiwanese because the original guy was Chinese, some are arguing that Taiwanese is or isn't Chinese.You're all missing the point.
Kato is a Japanese name. Not Chinese. Nor local to Taiwan. If anything, the argument should be that he isn't played by a Japanese guy. But that isn't a problem. Why?
Because Bruce Lee played him first & Bruce Lee was cool as fuck. But the character wasn't supposed to be Chinese anyway, so stop arguing about Taiwan Vs China.
The people of Taiwan are ethnically Chinese, that's just a fact. They may wish to not be, but ethnically they are. They aren't a totally different culture, they have their own unique local stuff (as does anywhere) & a lot of Japanese influence too, but they just chose to be a seperate state.
But, the fact is, it isn't relevent to the subject at all. Not one bit. The character has never been played by the right nationality. So you're arguing over nothing.
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You know you want it to!
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Aug 10, 2009 12:49:54 AM CDT
no one gives a panda shit what country he's from
by takingscorpioscalls
and no one honestly cares either about whichever one of the hundred mickey mouse countries there have different dialect or not.
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Rogen will be the ugliest superhero ever (well, I mean, outside of Rorsarch). At least this guy will make a pretty Kato. This whole movie still sounds like a dog. Gondry has a terrible track record.
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I like Seth Rogen. He seems like a good dude with solid on-screen presence and a crazy, self-deprecating sense of life and humor. Generally he makes me laugh.
But Rogen playing Green Hornet? Hmm. Michael Gondry is creative guy with a bright visual style, but he'll need to push Seth to get in crazy good shape and lose the "funny man" persona altogether in order for me to believe his hero. Maybe Rogen's up for it? I don't know. Maybe he's enrolled in the "300" training camp (weird visual there) months before shooting? Could happen, I suppose.
I just hope Gondry and Rogen take Green Lantern seriously. This shouldn't be a "funny superhero" film. It should roll by funny moments, obviously, but not too often. Knowing almost nothing about Green Lantern, I'd like to see the character come alive not as a Sandler-ized farce, but as someone I sympathize with and root for as the shit hits the fan. This is always the best kind of superhero film.
But we'll see. I really have no idea what to expect.
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