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Asia-AICN #18: The Legend of Tekken, Heartbeat, Summer Holiday, Gundam, Hotaru, and Joyce Jimenez
Well it looks like The PHILLIPPINES can be added to our list of regularly reported from countries here at Asia-AICN. Father Geek here knew that if we just hung in there all these other countries would begin to be represented in the weekly columns. "If you build it, they will come." When I started setting up these international weekly reports I told our editors it might take a while for them to catch on, but to just stick with it and we would have something we could really be proud of, a site covering the whole world of cinema, and its coming to pass. As a result of the regular columns we are now getting dozens of other reports every month from independent reporters from the four corners of the world. And that's what the net is all about, shrinking the world. Father Geek is happy to be apart of this geek network and I'm proud of all who have helped to make it a reality...
Asia-AICN #18
Hey all. Happy Pakistani and Indian Independence Day (Aug. 14 and 15,
respectively). We have lots of new info this week including news on a
Raj Kapoor retrospective, Deewane (Lovers), The Legend of Tekken,
Hotaru, Joyce Jiminez and much more. Now here's the latest from Asia.
INDIA
Hey all. Happy Pakistani and Indian Independence Day (Aug. 14 and 15,
respectively). We have lots of new info this week including news on a
Raj Kapoor retrospective, Deewane (Lovers), The Legend of Tekken,
Hotaru, Joyce Jiminez and much more. Now here's the latest from Asia.
INDIA
- There were no earth-shattering annoucements regarding Dr. Rajakumar's
abduction last week. The kidnapper, Veerappan, has set additional
conditions to his list of demands released last week. Much of these
conditions are extensions of his demands, with the major one being that
the Tamil language be a part of the compulsary education curriculum till
Grade 10. Also, the emissary who brought the second set of demands,
R.R. Gopal, will again meet with the bandit sometime this week in order
to secure the release of Dr. Rajakumar. That is basically all that
happened last week, but I will keep you all up-to-date as more news is
revealed. Also, if you want to send your sympathies or well-wishings to
Dr. Rajakumar's family, you can do so by visiting Dr. Rajakumar's
website at http://www.raj-kumar.com
- A ten day retrospective on legendary actor Raj Kapoor will be held in
Chicago from August 18. Seven of his greatest films will be screened at
the Gene Siskel centre during the event. The films will be shown in
their original language (Hindi) with English subtitles. The films to be
screened are Aawara (Vagabond), Barsaat (Rain), Sri 420 (Mr. 420), Jis
Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hain (The Land in which Ganga Flows), Jagate Raho
(Stay Awake), Mera Naam Joker (My Name is Joker) and Bobby. On a
related note, the Governor of Illinois, George Ryan, and the mayor of
Chicago, Richard Daley, have proclaimed August 18 as the "Raj Kapoor
Day" in Chicago and the state of Illinois.
- Principal photography has begun for the film Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai (I
Want to Say Something), to be directed by Satish Kaushik. The film stars
Tushar Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.
- Madhuri Dixit will make her debut in the Kannada film industry with
Cauvery (a place in one of the southern states of India). The film will
also star famous South Indian actor Prabhudeva.
- Lyric writer Javed Akhtar's son Farhan Akhtar will make his
directorial debut with the film Dil Chahta Hai (Heart's Desire). The
film will star Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta,
Sonali Kulkarni and Dimple Kapadia.
- Fight Choreographer Tinu Verma will make his directorial debut with
Maa Tujhe Salam (I Salute You Mother). The film stars Sunny Deol, Arbaaz
Khan and Tabu.
- Actress Shilpa Shetty has been signed to star in the Tamil-language
film Vanchinathan, which is to be directed by Shaji Kailas. The film
will also co-star Vijaykanth.
- Actress Jyothika will appear in the South Indian film Snehgithiye,
which will be directed by Priyadarshan. The film will also star Sharbani
Mukherjee and Ishita Arun.
- Two major films were released on August 11. The first film is Deewane
(Lovers) starring Ajay Devgan, Urmila Matondkar and Mahima Choudhary.
Ajay Devgan plays a dual role as a cop and a thief, but this is very far
away from being an action flick like Double Impact. Vishal (Devgan)
loves his girlfriend Sapna (Urmila) very much but doesn't feel the need
to show it. They have a boring, non-existent relationship which Vishal
doesn't seem to mind. He is very much occupied with catching every
single criminal in the city. One day he is attacked by some criminals
and slips into a coma. Because the news of Vishal's accident may cause a
city-wide crime spree, the police commissioner finds a lookalike, Arun,
to take his place. While pretending to be Vishal, Arun falls for Sapna
while also making her feel like someone special. Then, obviously, Vishal
wakes up causing Sapna to hate Arun for tricking her. The film is a
standard love triangle with the obvious happy ending. We all know how
this movie's going to end which pretty much leaves any excitement. Ajay
Devgan is pretty good in the movie, particularly as Arun. He's done the
silent, serious romantic role before, and again, he pulls it off with
ease. As Vishal, he pulls off a passable performance, but he's not
nearly as good as Chow Yun Fat or Mel Gibson (you know the films).
Urmila is given a fairly meaty role but she doesn't really seem to pull
it off. She has done serious roles in other films such as Satya, but
she's been typecasted as a "bimbo" so much in recent times that she
looks uncomfortable in a fairly serious performance. The songs in this
movie are pretty good, with some pretty gorgeous cinematography. The
direction by Harry Baweja is adequate, I suppose. All in all, there is
nothing really special about Deewane. I didn't hate the film but I
didn't like it either. Here's a picture of Ajay Devgan and Urmila
Matondkar from the film:
- Much better is the other new release, Dhadkan (Heartbeat), which is
directed by Dharmesh Darshan and stars Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and
Shilpa Shetty (no relation). The film is yet another love triangle with
almost the same story as Jeet (Victory - see last week's
recommendation). Sunil Shetty plays Dev, a middle-class man in love with
Anjali (Shilpa Shetty). However Anjali is extremely rich and her father
doesn't want her to marry a poor guy. So eventually, Anjali gives in to
her father's wishes and marries Ram (Akshay Kumar), a wealthy
industrialist. But Dev won't let Anjali go that easily. Let me first say
that unlike Jeet, this is NOT an action film. This is an attempt by
Dharmesh Darshan to cast not one, but two action heroes and then turn
the film into an all-out drama with very little violence. I think he
definitely succeeded. Both Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty have branched
out before, but they are at their very best in this film. Sunil is
already an accomplished actor with his good performances in films such
as Border and Refugee, but it's Akshay who is the real surprise in the
film. He gives a very restrained performance which is quite far from his
usual action-oriented roles. With the help of more films such as this,
Akshay will finally be able to break out of his action-hero curse.
Shilpa Shetty is also very convincing in her role. Dharmesh Darshan made
a very good decision by making Anjali a strong-minded, independent
character rather than somebody who just spends the entire movie
screaming and crying. The songs in this movie are also very good, with
some gorgeous locales set in Europe. As I said before, the script is
very strong and the direction is very tight, leaving you no-time to yawn
from boredom. All in all, Dhadkan's a very good entertainer. Here's some
pictures from Dhadkan.
This first picture is of Sunil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty :
This second picture is of Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty:
Finally, here's a picture of all three leads from the movie:
- This week's recommendation is another film featuring Ajay Devgan
called Dil Kya Kare (What Can the Heart Do?), directed by Prakash Jha.
The film also stars Kajol and Mahima Choudhary. Ajay Devgan and Mahima
Choudhary play a middle-class couple who are living very happily with
their adopted daughter. The trouble begins when the child's mother,
Nandita (Kajol) walks into their lives. Now, this is not really a
movie-of-the week flick, but a very serious love story. It turns out
that Anand (Devgan) and Nandita had an affair and the girl is the result
of that affair. The question really isn't whether or not the child will
go back to her mother, but whether or not Anand will leave his wife for
Nandita. The acting is what makes this movie rule. Ajay Devgan gives one
of his performances in this movie. You see the conflict in his eyes -
the regret for the mistake he made versus the chance to go back to his
former love. Kajol (Devgan's wife in real life) gives another brilliant
performance as Nandita. She is not your typical house-breaker but a
genuinely innocent woman who rediscovers her love. The whole movie is
based around the Ajay-Kajol relationship and you can genuinely feel the
chemistry between them. Mahima Choudhary provides a good supporting
performance as Anand's wife, but she is mostly kept in the background
until the climax. Overall, if you like serious romance flicks, you won't
be disappointed with Dil Kya Kare.
CHINA / HK
The following was reported by "The Accidental Spy":
- The Stanley Tong project I've mentioned often ("Thunder Cop") has
finally been officially titled "China Strike Force". It's shooting will
resume in late September.
- Jackie Chan is in talks to make a cameo role in "The Legend of Tekken"
(The latest Chinese trans. title of the live-action adaptation) to be,
well...who else...Lei Wulong. In fact, Chan is one of the shareholders
of Stareastnet.com, the company who is financing the movie.
- Yuen Biao, Chan's "little brother" at the Peking Opera School in
childhood, is also in negotiation to join the cast of "The Legend of
Tekken", probably for the role of Forest Law. Yuen's last appearance in
film was last year's "A Man called Hero". (He was also the main villain
in "Shanghai Noon". - D25) If Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao both agree to
join the movie which Sammo Hung is already in, this would be the reunion
of the trio since the 80's classics like "Project A" and "My Lucky
Stars". (In fact, Corey Yuen, the director of "The Legend of Tekken", is
also one of the seven members of "Little Lucky Seven", which included
Chan, Yuen and Hung.)
- While Chan and Yuen remain unconfirmed, actor Chin Kar-Lok has joined
"The Legend of Tekken", which started shooting last week. Chin is a
stuntman-turned-actor who was under the wing of "Sammo Hung's stuntman
group" in the 80's. He has appeared in films like "Drunken Master II"
and "Full Throttle".
- Another movie being financed by Stareastnet.com is "Healing
Hands"(temp. title), which also started shooting last week. Healing
Hands is a hospital drama starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Michelle Reis
(The HOTTIE from Swordsman 2 and the Fong Sai Yuk series - D25), Kenny
Bee, Valerie Chow ("Chungking Express", "Sausalito"), Esther Kwan and
Pinky Cheung.
- The sequel to "Downtown Torpedoes" also started shooting last week.
This second installment is being directed by Wilson Yip ("Bullets Over
Summer", "Bio-Zombie", a very potential director in the new generation
of HK cinema IMO), starring the real-life couple Leon Lai ("Sausalito",
"City of Glass") and Hsu Chi ("Gorgeous", "City of Glass). The super
cute (!!!) Indian-Chinese actress Michelle Cheng ("Bullets Over Summer")
also stars in the film along with Jordan Chan being the only returning
cast member from the 1997 original. The film is now shooting in
Malaysia.
- Last weekend, the HK movies "Summer Holiday" and "Help!!!" debuted at
no.1 and no.2 spots at the HK box-office respectively, booting "X-men"
to third place, with "The Perfect Storm" and "The Flintstones In Viva
Rock Vegas" rounding up the top 5.
- "Summer Holiday" is directed by Jingle Ma ("Tokyo Raiders", "Fly Me to
Polaris") and stars the new "HK queen of romance" Sammi Cheng (from this
year's highest grossed "Needing You...") and Richie Yam ("Fly Me to
Polaris"). This is yet another romance movie about a HK cosmopolitan
girl (Sammi Cheng) who decides to sell a motel and beach in Malaysia
which she co-invested with her cousin, but faces a problem when she
finds out her cousin has sold his share to the current motel-keeper
(Richie Yam).
- "Help!!!"(previously mentioned as "Saving Job") is directed by Johnny
To and Wai Ka-Fai, the pair who also directed the blockbuster "Needing
You...". This hospital comedy only finished shooting in 17 days between
July and August (crazy!!). It stars Ekin Cheung, Jordan Chan and Cecilia
Cheung as three new generation doctors who want to improve the
hospital's service and struggle with the doddering policy. The comedy
ends up with an unexpected big twist, leaving the audiences to decide if
it's really a comedy or not.
JAPAN
"JavaDevilYouAreMyBeeyotch" shares some info with us on a live-action
Gundam series, which he got from Right Here
Sunrise's upcoming Live-Action / CGI Gundam project G-Saviour is
expected to broadcast in Japan soon. The series is set in Earth's future
where the problems of an exploding population, food shortage,
environmental decay, and an energy crisis plague humanity. Against this
backdrop war and political intrigue unfold.
Mankind has moved out into space colonies which are ruled along with
Earth by a united government, the Congress of Nations. Enviromental
researcher Cynthia Graves and a team of research interns infiltrate a
deep sea laboratory led by an ex-Congressional army pilot, Mark Curran.
A military team led by Curran's old rival Lieutenant Colonel Jack Halle
descends on the lab apprehending the intruders. Curran discovers that
Cynthia stole samples that, when combined with formula of her creation,
form new underwater plant species named Bioluminesence that could turn
the world's ocean floors into farms where food can be grown to cull the
Earth food crisis. But this isn't in the plans of General Garneaux, the
Ambitious Earth Autonomous Region governor-general and Halle's comanding
officer. Mark's discovery brings an attempt on his and Cynthia's life
and they flee to the space colony Gaea. Mark must enter the cockpit once
again, this time piloting a Gundam Mobile Suit and defend the Gaea space
colony from attack.
On a related note, a PSX2 G-Savior video game is releasing in Japan on
September 14th at a retail price of 7,800 Yen. Also, a spoiler-filled
review & synopsis of the G-Savior film can be found at This Site
The following was reported by "Pigmon":
- Ken Takakura's next picture will be the WWII film "Hotaru (Light
Bug)". It is about a Kamikaze plane instructor. Toei is producing the
film and it will be released next June.
- Yuji Oda ("Bayside Shakedown")'s next movie will be the action
thriller Whiteout. It will open in Japanese theatres on August 19.
- It was recently announced that the Japanese title for "Scary Movie"
will be "Last Scream Project". It opens in Japan on September 2nd.
- Film composer Joe Hisaishi (many Takeshi Kitano films & Princess
Mononoke) will make his directorial debut with "Quartet". Its about 4
music university graduates. Hisaishi will compose the film's soundtrack
as well. Sony Pictures (domestic) will release "Quartet" next spring.
- "M:I-2" is still #1 at the Japanese box-office, for 6 weeks in a row,
followed by "The Perfect Storm", "The Talented Mr. Ripley", "Pocket
Monster 3 (Pokemon 3)", "Kaze O Mita Shonen", "Shanghai Noon", "Stuart
Little", "The Cider House Rules", "Jouvenile" and "Shisha No Gakuen
Sai", respectively.
KOREA
The following was reported by "Matrix1966":
- Cinema Service, the biggest Korean film production & distribution
company, announced its strategic alliance with Shochiku, one of the
major Japanese studios. Cinema Service and Shochiku will co-produce "A
Love Story (Soonaebo)", directed by Korean director Hi Joon Park, by
investing respectively 60% and 40% of the budget to this project.
- Many Asian stars will be seen in Korean movies in the future. Hong
Kong actor and singer Leon Lai is shooting a Korean SFX Action Fantasy
movie, "Angels' Dream (Chunsamong)", from June 5th in Pusan, Korea and
Hong Kong. Since he likes the script and his character, it is reported
that he agreed to be paid only $250,000 for this project, against his
usual salary of $700,000 in Hong Kong. Ziyi Zhang, the star of Ang Lee's
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which will open soon in Korea, will be
seen in "The Warriors (Moosa)". This movie is being produced by Sidus
Unofilm, the biggest production management company in Korea. Zhang will
play the role of a Chinese princess in the Ming dynasty who is the love
interest of a Korean warrior.
PHILLIPPINES
The following was reported by "AznFob55":
- The very weighty and intense new ensemble drama based on Nick
Joaquin's literary masterpiece, "Larawan: Portrait of the Artist as a
Filipino", to be directed by Nonon Padilla, has snatched heavy-hitters
Alicia Alonzo and Vivian Velez to star. This piece will depict WW2 from
the eyes of two Filipina maids.
- Renowned actor Eddie Garcia will return to the directorial chair after
a decade to direct the new movie, "A Ba Ka Da Ina (The ABC Mother)".
Eddie Garcia has directed many films including the 1978 masterpiece,
"Atsay" starring Nora Aunor. "A Ba Ka Da Ina" will focus on an
illiterate mother and her sudden awareness of her self-worth played by
Lorna Tolentino. Albert Martinez (who she also worked with in "Pusong
Mamon") will join her in the flick.
- "Ni Sa Langaw, Di' Kita Padadapuan" (it's a working title) has started
filming with action star Robin Padilla playing leading-man with
soap-superstar Claudine Barretto playing the damsel-in-distress.
- Rosanna Rocess is back again. The very talented former erotic-film
star has started shooting her next film with Diether Ocampo. The movie,
"Rosang Pinagpala (Blessed Rose)", will be directed by Chito Ronio.
- "Narinig Mo Na Ba Ang Latest" is the newest film from Aga Mulach and
he is joined by the new "pantsya ng bayan" Joyce Jimenez. The two have
worked before, having co-hosted the Philippine Academy Awards. This
romantic comedy is from Star Cinema. The shooting of this flick began
just last week. Here's a picture of Joyce Jimenez:
We've now come to the end of this week's column. Remember, if you have
information regarding any movie industry in Asia, please contact our
Asia-AICN offices atshrivas@home.com . See you all next week.
- Darius25
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Me? First?
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Go to http://turn.to/suicide.com if you want to see a bad @$$ "Punisher" movie. Some guy sent me an E-mail about it, and I thought I'd pass it on.
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Aug 17, 2000 2:48:33 AM CDT
And some pics of the G-Saviour movie for those who haven't seen
by javadevil
http://www.dmuse.com/Gallery/TV-GS.htm
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Yuen Biao in Shanghai Noon? Where? I know he didn't play the main villain, but according to the Internet Movie Database, he's in it. Are you telling me I have to watch this movie again?
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Nope, sorry. I saw Shanghai Noon twice and he was NOT the main villain. His name is listed in the credits of the film as being a fight choreographer. IMDB says he's in it, but I don't think so.
He's done choregraphy plenty of times for Sammo and Jackie without actually appearing in the films. -
Wasn't one supposed to be a $70 million production?? Is this Hong Kong version the only one? Considering the current popular HK action style makes it all look like a Playstation game anyway (Stormriders, A Man Called Hero, The Duel, etc), this should be pretty good. Still, it would be a shame to have Jackie, Yuen Biao and Sammo all in a movie and NOT use any "old school" fighting. A damn shame. By old school all I mean is regular martial arts choreography instead of CG effects. Those guys don't need it...
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Well, I was watching for him as hard as I could and I sure didn't see him. I saw Yu Rong Guang as one of the guards but no Yuen Biao.
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#1. Yuen Biao
As many people have already stated, Yuen Biao is not the lead villain, Lo Fong, in "Shanghai Noon". That role went to Roger Yuen. In fact, Yuen Biao had no acting role in the movie whatsoever. He only helped with the fight choreography.
However, Yu Rong-Guang (Big Bullet, Storm Riders, My Father is a Hero, etc etc) did play one of the imperial guards in the movie.
#2. Tony Leung/Michelle Reis movie
The upcoming StarEastNet.com project starring Tony Leung and Michelle Reis is not titled "Healing Hands."
The long story behind it is this: About 2 years ago, top rated TV channel TVB had a very popular doctors drama by the name of "Miu Sau Yun Sum", which was titled "Healing Hands". Because of it's success, TVB planned a sequel, but due to a diagreement, the original producer of the series, Tang Yat-Hei, left the station.
He took what he had planned for the sequel and brought it to StarEast, who decided to make a big budget movie with the idea, followed by a TV drama on ATV, the other TV station in Hong Kong. However, as both "Healing Hands" and "Miu Sau Yun Sum" are both names held by TVB, Tang Yat-Hei changed the title to "Hup Gwut Yun Sum", which means "Heroic Bone Benevolent Heart" in English. There is no "official" English name for the movie or the TV series yet. -
Thanks Maggie for pointing it out. The IMDB said he was in SN, and some other people said he was in it so I (mistakenly) assumed that this Roger Yuan guy was Yuen Biao (I know - kill me). Again sorry.
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There's only one Tekken movie so far. Last week we reported that Sammo Hung is in negotiation (or signed) for an $80 million production. I later found that the 80 was a typo - it should have been $8 million, which I reported in the talkbacks for the column. We guessed that this movie (titled "In the Name of Heroes") was infact the Tekken movie, but I guess it's a different movie now that Tekken's been titled "The Legend of Tekken".
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This Tekken movie is sounding like it's going to be D-O-P-E DOPE!!! We haven't seen the three brothers together since what- Dragons Forever? The fact that Jackie is willing to play Lei WuLong is just great! Anyone else in the role would just be doing an inferior Jackie impression. And I always wondered who could possibly fill Bruce Lee's shoes to play Forrest Law. Yuen Biao would be perfect. This was the guy who's acrobatics put even Jackie's to shame. And Corey Yuen, another member of the "family" as it were, fresh from his gig as second unit director on X-men and now wielding a whole new arsenal of techniques and visual FX experience. Wow. I can't wait!
So what's not so cool? How they hell can they be doing a live action Gundam without Amuro and Char?!?!?!? AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGH! -
This Tekken may be pretty cool...
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I have to say that I was at first really afraid of this live action Tekken movie..... I assume those who understand my fear have seen the anime Tekken? I have to say that I'm really excited to hear Jackie Chan will play the role of Lei Wulong. Any Jackie Chan fan that I know that Lei Wulong is Jackie Chan. He is a "Supercop", has a druken boxing style, and the Tekken 3 ending is strait out of Snake in Eagle's Shadow.....
I do have some fears. I mean, why Sammo Hung? Who can he play as? I can vaguly see him as only Heihachi Mishima. I really hope he isn't Jin Kazama or Kazuya like all the rumors have been saying.
The second fear is the Bruce Lee character Forest and Marshall Law. I have a lot of respect for Bruce Lee, but I feel really afraid of anyone trying to imitate him. He did a lot for fighting games. I mean look at Mortal Kombat, that was obviouly inspired by Enter the Drangon. It seems ever single fighting game has to have a Bruce Lee character. Marshal and Forest Law were the ONLY fighting game character that actually did Bruce Lee justice. Oh well, I just feel a bit uneasy about it.
The last fear.................... I hope even Harry, Moriarity, RoboGeek, and Quint are hearing me...... WHY WASN'T THIS FILM COMPUTER GENERATED!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I say this not only after seeing the trailer from Final Fantasy the movie, but I also saw Street Fighter Zero the animation. Video game studios are now making films that do their games justic. I would even add Nintendo's Pokemon to the list...... but I know that I would get my ass kicked for that. Well, Capcom and Square have really done great jobs on their own making great films. Why can't Namco do the same thing? I say this becuase of the video clips from Tekken Tag Tournment for the Playstation 2. Namco in my opinion has done some breathtaking computer generated intro to their games (by the way the man who was behind the Tekken 2 and Soul Edge intro is involved in Final Fantasy the movie, for those who have notice the change after his departure). I love the idea of Jackie Chan as Lei Wulong but I don't want to see a live action film. I didn't want to see a live action Street Fighter film. So Capcom made an anime, and an awesome OVA of the Alpha series(ANY STREET FIGHTER FAN KNOWS THAT LAWERNCE FISHBURN WAS DOING PSYCHO KEN'S DOWNWARD DRAGON PUNCH FROM THE ANIME IN THE MATRIX). I assume you have all been blown away with the realism from Final Fantasy the movie......... Oh well, for those who don't know what I'm talking about here are some MPEG files from Tekken Tag Tournement for the PS2. Look at them and tell me that you wouldn't want to see this as a FILM? Harry, I hope your readin this and seeing this, since I know you love animation. You have to see this.
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/games/tekken_net/ttt/video/ttt-ps2jpnintro.mpeg
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/games/tekken_net/ttt/video/end-unknown.mpeg
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/games/tekken_net/ttt/video/ttt-usintro.mpeg
By the way for those non-Tekken fans Lei Wulong is in the first video in the police chase scene and he is also in the thrid video loading up clip to his gun. I do want to acknowledge that the video files came from Tekken Zaibatsu, the best Tekken site on the NET. I have no affilations with them, I just want to give credit when credit is due. Here is a link to their site.
http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/
One last question to the people who know about this Tekken movie........ WHO IS GOING TO PLAY THE YO-MAN?!?!?!?!?! For those who have no idea what I mean. Who is going to play Yoshimitsu?
(P.S. Any Tekken fan knows that Lawerance Fishburn did Paul Phenoix's reversal in the Matrix) -
Aug 18, 2000 3:39:45 PM CDT
Because it would cost more than the HK film industry has!
by thereisnospoon
Animation - Good animation - is expensive. Square can afford to do FF because of it's American distribution deal. It looks viable to the majority of movie goers; who don't know Cloud Strife from Donkey Kong; because of it's eye popping visuals, realisations of fantastic worlds and settings, and promise of amazing, FX driven action scenes. To spend $30 - 50 million or more to recreate martial artists; which can be played by any number of talented real people; fighting in the here and now, would be a waste of money. Why spend a ton of cash digitally modelling, textring, lighting and rendering a back alley in Tokyo, when you can just go shoot in a back alley in Tokyo. Why kill yourself trying to make a fully digital Jackie Chan when the real Jackie Chan is willing to be in it? Don't worry, this won't be another Street Fighter, Corey Yuen knows anime style and knows video games, his films probably inspired a good number of them.
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http://tekkenzaibatsu.3dportal.net/news/august00/0802.shtml
says there that namco denied any tekken movie being in development. only that companys had been approaching them with offers, but that nothing had actually occured. besides, why would we want jackie chan playing a bit part like that when the whole story revolves around the mishima and kazama families. -
for those of you going off that previous article, sammo hung can not be jun kazama or kazuya. jun is a woman, and kazuya is way too much of an evil badass. play the game and you'll see.
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DT2 cant believe it!!!!!
The first torpedoes was my first forary into HK Movies should be a great flick!!!! -
Why is it in Asia-AICN articles, the pics are almost invariably placed over the text, making it virtually impossible to read? (at least in Netscape 4.x)
If you're going to use standards-non-compliant HTML features, make sure they gracefully degenerate. -
Does any one have info on
Born to Be Kings aka YD6???
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