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AICN Exclusive Poster Debut: THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM!!

FIRST by Axl Z	Mar 11th, 2008 09:13:41 AM
WOO HA!!
Photoshop! by DerLanghaarige	Mar 11th, 2008 09:13:57 AM
Yes, I know that Photoshop is an industry standard and I'm NOT complaining, just pulling an in-joke.
Damn you Michael Bay! by Axl Z	Mar 11th, 2008 09:15:11 AM
When's Transformers 2 out?
Looks OK, but given the surprisingly good trailer by SpencerTrilby	Mar 11th, 2008 09:17:38 AM
they could've come up with something better for the poster. Not as bland as Iron Man, but clearly not on par with Indy IV... Which is a shame since there are a few things in this world more iconic than a Chan/Li team up! I hope the movie delivers.
LMAO @ Poster by bobinnova	Mar 11th, 2008 09:18:09 AM
Damn, when did Jackie Chan go Jamaica-mon? Is "The Forbidden Kingdom - The Unauthorized Biography of Bob Marley"? That hair has to rank up there with worst hairstyles for an actor along the pantheon next to Travolta in "Battlefield:Earth" and Hanks in "Da Vinci Code"
looking more and more promising by Bloo	Mar 11th, 2008 09:18:12 AM
I like the trailer and hte poster looks promising
Nice poster, but... by SilentP	Mar 11th, 2008 09:19:30 AM
why do they love putting the wrong names over the wrong actors so much? Is that supposed to do something for the poster, make it more interesting or something? 'cause it doesn't, it just always looks weird.
Re: Photoshop! by SpencerTrilby	Mar 11th, 2008 09:21:04 AM
made me laugh; are you the one who created the meme on yesterday's TB, or the anal retentive (no offense) poster who complained afterward? Cuz I can clearly affirm it is NOT shopped. I can tell from the posture, and from seeing quite a few karate flicks in my days.
Meh, Jackie should have been the one on top by Proman1984	Mar 11th, 2008 09:24:20 AM
Still pissed about Darfur.
Nice composition and great poses by Utamoh	Mar 11th, 2008 09:27:59 AM
Looks like a fun movie too. Odds are the DVD cover will be a bad picture of their faces smiling.
Definitely watching this. by norrinrad	Mar 11th, 2008 09:28:45 AM
Fan of Jackie Chan's work that isn't a ploy to get big in the US. And Jet Li has been servicable many times, and fantastic in "Unleashed" and "Hero."
I saw this show in Branson by ArcadianDS	Mar 11th, 2008 09:33:16 AM
They got these three chinese girls who can juggle each other while five other ones play drums and twirl burning sticks.
Utamoh by professor murder	Mar 11th, 2008 09:34:45 AM
And that dorky white guy will be standing, holding the staff, superimposed inbetween their two giant smiling heads. I can see it now.
Empire online had this 'exclusive' almost a week ago... by Sheeld	Mar 11th, 2008 09:35:43 AM
Be sharp folks!
It's got Jackie Chan in it by D o o d	Mar 11th, 2008 09:36:52 AM
and therefore it'll be turd. I really love the guy but his choice of hollywood movies is dire.
Damn, how much I hoped for a by Motoko Kusanagi	Mar 11th, 2008 09:37:21 AM
modern day action flick with those two masters!
I can't even tell if it's photoshop or not... by DerLanghaarige	Mar 11th, 2008 09:39:43 AM
...but everytime a new poster premieres, some asswipe yells PHOTOSHOP! :))
At least they chose the period style flick by SpencerTrilby	Mar 11th, 2008 09:40:59 AM
instead of teaming up in a Joel Silver buddy movie with a hip hop soundtrack. Gotta give credit to the producers for being tasteful persons.
but Jackie got the golden flute-like dick by pipergates	Mar 11th, 2008 09:45:37 AM
what i want to see is what Li's Monkey King looks like!
professor murder - LOL by Utamoh	Mar 11th, 2008 09:46:57 AM
I forgot about the dorky guy in the film. Yes, they'll put him on the dvd cover exactly as you said.
and i love his rasta hair by pipergates	Mar 11th, 2008 09:48:20 AM
actually looks good for coming from a gwai-lo director
steven seagal is the villain by Dr. Stanley Goodspeed	Mar 11th, 2008 09:48:52 AM
slowest fattest ninja villain ever i might add. it takes him 12 minutes to throw a punch.
I Can't Stand Harry Knowles by dirtyrice07	Mar 11th, 2008 10:14:51 AM
http://www.craveonline.com/art icles/filmtv/04649887/i_cant_s tand_harry_knowles.html
^^^ you actually expect me to go to that site? by Captain Justice	Mar 11th, 2008 10:22:00 AM
craveonline? growthe fuck up btw this poster looks good enough. I'll never see this movie though. I hate these stupid Chinese historical pieces. They bore the shit out of me.
CRAVE-N-MOORHEAD by David Assholehoff	Mar 11th, 2008 10:35:08 AM
OMG, just came from Comingsoon.net. Harry, don't push the little red button. They're not worth it. Don't respond. Don't. Do. It.
Jet Li by David Assholehoff	Mar 11th, 2008 10:36:54 AM
Is Jett Li like Vaseline Dion? "I'm going to retire now. Here's my new album!" Seriously, ddint he retire? Whahappenned?
Jet Li's final historical epic by GibsonUSA	Mar 11th, 2008 10:53:36 AM
This is not a historical epic...this is a fantasy movie set in an alternate ancient China.
I Can't Stand Dirty Rice by raw_bean	Mar 11th, 2008 11:12:26 AM
And Anyone Else Who Abuses Capitalisation Like This.
Nice poster! But names are reversed... by kevred	Mar 11th, 2008 11:13:36 AM
...compared to their position in the image. It's a nice typographic design choice, but for people who don't already know which is which, it might confuse. The poster doesn't really tell me anything about the story, but I just like the image--it looks like fun.
That CRAVE guy obviously has not read this site for vey long... by skycrapper	Mar 11th, 2008 11:14:52 AM
Harry's been an Oprah sized sell out since the beginning. Just accept it and move on, life's too short man.
i thought jet li was done... by novembre13	Mar 11th, 2008 11:17:56 AM
making martial arts movies?
Exclusive how? by waggy	Mar 11th, 2008 11:19:59 AM
I'm not one of those guys who bitches that your stories are posted hours later than some other sites. Generally I come here more for the opinions than the news. But come on, don't call this shit and exclusive debut when it's been all over the other entertainment sites for a week now.
Wasn't Jet Li supposed to quit making movies or something? by AdrianVeidt	Mar 11th, 2008 11:54:23 AM
Seriously, ever since "Fearless," which was coined as his last ever epic or last ever movie or something, he's made 4 movies. What gives?
"the DVD cover will be a bad picture of their faces smiling" by newc0253	Mar 11th, 2008 11:57:12 AM
amen, buddy, amen. seriously, does anyone know why studios insist on taking movies with great poster art (like this)and making retarded shitty DVD covers? there must be some commercial explanation for it, besides sheer fucking stupidity.
Movie taglines are getting silly... by StarskyandHushky	Mar 11th, 2008 11:59:47 AM
What the hell does this one even mean? They just string together random words. Just string together: 'Epic', 'Power', 'Lifetime', 'Eternity', 'Love', 'Universe', 'Fantasy' and 'Battle', and you've made a new tagline!
here's how all of America will see that poster by ArcadianDS	Mar 11th, 2008 12:01:18 PM
A S I A N D U D E S I A N D U D E 2
Jet Li never retired, he stopped making by just pillow talk	Mar 11th, 2008 12:03:29 PM
movies that used Wushu martial arts.
Ooooooooo by David Assholehoff	Mar 11th, 2008 12:11:44 PM
Ok, then I sit corrected.
dirty rice needs to learn about tinyurl by ATARI	Mar 11th, 2008 12:12:19 PM

Jet Li did quit. by Diagnostic	Mar 11th, 2008 12:12:36 PM
Then he found out Matt Damon was still getting offers, so he thought "Why not?"
wrong names over wrong actors by DocBosch	Mar 11th, 2008 12:32:37 PM
This is all a top-billing, contractual thing. It happens when there are two major actors with equal sized leading roles in a movie. In this case Jet Li's name is first from left to right, but Jackie Chan's name is on top. And, i guess to further afirm it, Jackie Chans picture is on the left and Jet Lit's is above.
"My Favorite Year" by Tacom	Mar 11th, 2008 12:43:31 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing this but this poster does remind me of the one for My Favorite Year with Jet Li as Peter O'Toole and Jackie as Mark Lynn-Baker!
Here's how intelligent people will see ArcadianDS by nevahagin	Mar 11th, 2008 12:59:45 PM
A N O T H E R Z I O N I S T C X E N O P H O B E
Rush Hour 4: The Forbidden Kingdom by bobinnova	Mar 11th, 2008 01:02:44 PM

nevahagin by systemsbroom	Mar 11th, 2008 01:13:41 PM
odd that intelligent people would see ArcadianDS as a mispelling.
* Possible Target Acquisition * by Mr. Nice Gaius	Mar 11th, 2008 01:23:18 PM
* Wait for my mark *
Rocky and Apollo Ending by semisaj	Mar 11th, 2008 01:36:47 PM
Chan and Li will have a fight at some point in the middle of the movie and then the last scene will have them face off but we will not see what happens....my coins are on the Chan kicking Jets ass
Jocky vs. Jepollo by professor murder	Mar 11th, 2008 02:49:49 PM
Yo, you wanna ring the bell Jepollo? Ding........Ding....... Freezeframe, ad fake ass lame old school techno pump beats.
Danson/Long & Marshall/Williams by Jonas Grumpy	Mar 11th, 2008 03:18:09 PM
Two lead actors fighting for top billing. Compromise? The name on the left is lower than the name on the right. This poster gives us the 21st century equivalent. Not sure how they'll handle the DVD cover. Also, the "wrong names over actors" paradox is what bugged me most about the "Grease" poster & soundtrack. (Not just that, but the list is too long for now...)
Getting taught martial arts by Dodgy	Mar 11th, 2008 04:25:41 PM
by Jet Li and Jackie Chan is like being taught to dance by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Which happened to Tommy Steel. He was sent by his studio to learn from Gene, and then sent to Fred. Fred asked Tommy to show him his stuff, and then said 'Have you been to the Irishman? He never could do that step'.
I saw the trailer for this... And looks really bad. by mistergreen	Mar 11th, 2008 04:37:32 PM
To make this movie main stream, they got a main character whose some nobody blond haired blue eyed kid with no personality. Blearrgh. Jet & Jacky are only playing supporting roles in this stinker.
A trailer which starts "in a land" by Mr. Voice by Roderich	Mar 11th, 2008 05:50:04 PM
is bleah!
damn i do miss Bruce Lee.... by Prossor	Mar 11th, 2008 06:44:48 PM
sigh the best ones leave too early.
idiots: re: photoshop by Vi	Mar 11th, 2008 07:26:57 PM
Photoshop is a multi-industry standard graphics editing tool. Of course this has been "photoshopped", unless you think they can really capture "pure" photographs like this.
but i still don't know why theres a white guy in this. by Warcraft	Mar 11th, 2008 08:35:03 PM
just kills the whole fantasy. should have been tony jaa or donnie yen. what a waste.
Li And Chan Have The Same Problem As Bruce Lee by skoobyx	Mar 11th, 2008 09:33:26 PM
A lot of talent but very bad projects. With few exceptions their movies (especially the foreign language ones) are almost unwatchable save for the sweet, sweet, martial arts action sequences. You find yourself wanting to fast forward all the time. Tony Jaa's in the same boat.
I actually am hopeful... by Toonol	Mar 11th, 2008 10:10:30 PM
The first trailer focused on the kid, and was a bit bland. The second trailer focused more on the freaky asian fantasy world, and looked really cool.
Re: Exclusive Debut by SilentP	Mar 11th, 2008 10:40:04 PM
This is the debut of this poster on AICN, and thus, it is exclusive to this website. For example, you won't see the AICN debut of this poster on Coming Soon or something. The AICN debut is exclusive to AICN. That's how it makes sense.
LOOK! Jackie has a golden BONER! by OttopartS	Mar 12th, 2008 02:00:33 AM

straight to dvd? by Spazatronic 2000	Mar 12th, 2008 02:34:17 AM

Forbidden Kingdom Of the Crystal Skull by finky089	Mar 12th, 2008 11:14:23 AM
righteous
if these two guys fight by GavinVanDraven	Mar 12th, 2008 03:09:35 PM
it should be to the fucking death! after a 30 minute exhausting battle, (think rocky 2, but with martial arts) chan should be fatally wounded.... an overconfident jet goes in for the kill because he thinks jackie is beaten and wants finish him off... jackie counters and kills jet instantly.... but dies moments later. roll fucking credits. because the ending of WAR fucking sucked.

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