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No Ken or Ryu in the STREET FIGHTER movie

erm, no offence by RaveX	Jun 10th, 2008 09:16:51 PM
but didn't, like, kotaku of all sites reported this 2 weeks ago? oh, and maybe first... w/e
fuck this movie by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jun 10th, 2008 09:17:10 PM
will be total ass.
DDog! by MEGAN FOXX MALICIOUS SENSE OF IRONY	Jun 10th, 2008 09:20:06 PM
Where do you find these people?
this movie should have been based... by GavinVanDraven	Jun 10th, 2008 09:20:22 PM
on the anime of street fighter 2. no ken and ryu? pfffft
who wants to go home... by palooka_boy	Jun 10th, 2008 09:24:09 PM
AND WHO WANTS TO GO WITH ME?!?!?!
How Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li without Chun Li? by Damien Chowder	Jun 10th, 2008 09:27:22 PM

Alleeeeooop! by lonestaricon	Jun 10th, 2008 09:29:40 PM
That kid was amazingly acrobatic. I couldn't do a back flip fully laid out until I was 2 years old!
Oh well. by BrandonGK	Jun 10th, 2008 09:32:10 PM
I would've had to give a shit about this movie in the first place to be disappointed by this news.
video games by kungfuhustler84	Jun 10th, 2008 09:32:27 PM
should stay video games. they work in that universe but do not translate well to other mediums. the only possible exceptions I can think of are Final Fantasy or Metal Gear solid, and that's only because of all their highly cinematic moments. I just saw DOA the other day on a whim (on youtube for free, te only way I would ever consider seeing it) and it was terrible.
Thank God by blackhole4140	Jun 10th, 2008 09:33:15 PM
that they're making a Street Fighter movie without the central characters. Kudos to those brave, bold film makers.
and this story is old by kungfuhustler84	Jun 10th, 2008 09:33:24 PM
as shit. like I have known this for weeks.
Thats just great. by duncanwk	Jun 10th, 2008 09:36:40 PM
I laughed out loud at that video.
Does anyone give a shit about Street Fighter?????? by crackerfarmboy	Jun 10th, 2008 09:36:45 PM
But if you did, aren't Ken and Ryu the main characters?
No Japan in Akira movie by GravyAkira	Jun 10th, 2008 09:38:57 PM
Yeah, Hollywood blows.
Who the hell is this marketed to? by Fat and Curious	Jun 10th, 2008 09:42:42 PM
What are they shooting for, the 15 year old anime-loving girls who play arcade games and wear dog collars? Without the two main characters, nothing short of Van Damme with the original Guile Elvis haircut could get me into this theatre. This will flop because 75% of the 20 people who would be interested in this already work in movie theatres.
This isn't news by RockMSockM	Jun 10th, 2008 09:43:53 PM
Well, maybe it was 3 weeks ago.
another remake huh? by Maniaq	Jun 10th, 2008 09:46:38 PM
will Kylie Minogue or Jean Claude Van Damm be in it?
HYPERUPPERCUT! by prunkhaft	Jun 10th, 2008 09:48:14 PM
Yeah, I was 10 when the first Street Fighter movie came out and I didn't care about it then. And I loved the game AND Van Damme.
No seriously, who is this being marketed to? by waggy	Jun 10th, 2008 09:50:15 PM
My generation is the one that made Street Fighter 2 a hit video game and I do not know a single person that gives two shits about seeing a new Street Fighter movie.
by MikeTheSpike	Jun 10th, 2008 09:57:37 PM
God, what a fantastic clip. Shit, this Pax Americana is really getting to us.
What a great idea by proper	Jun 10th, 2008 09:59:32 PM
Not really.....I only ever pick Ryu Or Ken,Ryu if I need to play safe,Ken if I'm showing off.They should save their money and forget about it.
You should ALL be watching this.. by UMAGA	Jun 10th, 2008 10:03:49 PM
It'll give us a look at Justin Marks as writer, he's got some geeky projects coming up. I don't know what's funny about children getting hurt, Quint. Sick bastard.
"No Japan in Akira movie" by Damien Chowder	Jun 10th, 2008 10:05:42 PM
@ GravyAkira And Kaneda will renamed as Canada. Kaori will be Carrie. Tetsuo changed to "Harry Tasker" or Josh...
that video... by Stickman83	Jun 10th, 2008 10:14:04 PM
is probably the funniest thing I've seen on this site. LMFAO
movie just went off my radar by sokitome	Jun 10th, 2008 10:14:50 PM
Real fucking smart move. If no one cared about this movie before this is just the last nail in the coffin...So I take it this will be straight to video?
THANKS QUINT! by g0dai	Jun 10th, 2008 10:20:05 PM
Dude, that YouTube video just made my day.
That video and the some of the other ones... by RKO2285	Jun 10th, 2008 10:22:38 PM
were hillarious... LMFAO! but to stay on topic... street fighter isn't even popular now... and now you add that ken and ryu, two of the main characters mind u, aren't going to be in it, well you have failure on ur hands...
An 8 minute full nude shower seen. by Damien Chowder	Jun 10th, 2008 10:25:19 PM
where Kristen Kreuk is soaping and massaging certain sexual areas will be needed to save this film. It should be finished with fight against Cammie where their clothes get ripped off strategically revealing again, certain sexual areas. This happens in an all girls prison where everybody is hot.
WTF by Commander Rah	Jun 10th, 2008 10:27:30 PM
I am an enormous SF fan and I don't give a flying fuck about this movie. OK, so Gen and Nash are in it but not Ken or Ryu? BTW you would think that they would at least be faithful to Gen's actual character design instead of making him out to be all phony-baloney looking. SF is my favorite game series and I don't even give a shit. The games tell the story well enough. Seeing Kruek in a Chun-Li outfit might give me wood though. THEY ARE using her actual outfit from the games aren't they?!!!! That video is without price!!!!
You guys are all fucking retarded. by UMAGA	Jun 10th, 2008 10:29:51 PM
Who knew Ryu and Ken would not be in a movie called LEGEND OF CHUN-LI! You guys are ready for anal insertion from MARVEL yet you won't give CAPCOM a chance when they're trying to do the same fucking thing. If this movie succeeds then you bet your ass Ken & Ryu are coming. Then down the line you'll see the whole cast and crew together. It's not hard to figure out, stop shitting bricks.
They've giving her the buns, but not the outfit. by UMAGA	Jun 10th, 2008 10:31:29 PM
Cause no sane fucking bitch would wear that shit at an Interpol meeting. Maybe they could get the dude from House Party, paint him white and he could be Guile! He's got the hair! Aeweosme!11
for crying out loud by racerx123	Jun 10th, 2008 10:32:07 PM
i guess when quint was playing all those games as a kid he didnt learn how to spell Chun Li. not LEE. GET IT RIGHT
Ughh... by RAVENL0RD	Jun 10th, 2008 10:34:29 PM
The Street Fighter series is all about Ryu and Ken. All the other characters are great and all, but it really is their story.
first by chipps	Jun 10th, 2008 10:35:02 PM
I am a street fighter. They should make a movie about me.
NO HADUKEN!!!!!! by messi	Jun 10th, 2008 10:36:32 PM
THEN WHY WILL I SEE THIS MOVIE!
The best video game to film adaptation. . . by jimmay	Jun 10th, 2008 10:38:54 PM
Is Silent Hill. End of debate. It's far from a masterpiece, but miles ahead of any other video game adaptation out there. And don't anybody even think of trying to say Mortal Kombat (1 or 2) was "pretty good."
Terrible. by Stormwatcher	Jun 10th, 2008 10:45:11 PM
That video is some unsettling shit man.
Is another street fighter really necessary? by The_Squid	Jun 10th, 2008 10:46:15 PM
When was the last time a street fighter game even came out? Consider me the newest member of the Hollywood run of of ideas club.
WHAT?!? No Jean Claude Van Damme?!? DAMMIT!!! by MrMysteryGuest	Jun 10th, 2008 10:56:05 PM

Damn you Prossor. by jimmay	Jun 10th, 2008 10:56:34 PM
The funniest part of that scene is reading all the comments posted on youtube. It's both hilarious and genuinely upsetting to see how many tossers honestly believe that scene is "badass." Oh, the silliness.
Makes sense, really... by Fleet	Jun 10th, 2008 11:05:43 PM
...Coz they sure as shit aint marketing us (the ones who grew up with Street Fighter) and the kids these days won't know anything about the original culture or story-line anyway...
aint marketing TO us... TOOOO US... by Fleet	Jun 10th, 2008 11:07:26 PM
Damn the lack of edit button...
Hey ASSHOLES by tme2nsb	Jun 10th, 2008 11:07:49 PM
Ken and Ryu had nothing to do with Chun Li's past. DERRR Don't worry, they will have other movies...two others so far. One of the movies will deal with Shenlong, Gouki, Ken, Ryu, Dan, etc etc.
The_Squid by jimmay	Jun 10th, 2008 11:11:09 PM
Street Fighter IV is coming to an arcade, then a console, near you late this Summer/early fall. It's actually been generating a decent amount of interest in the gaming community. That said, no, there really is no outstanding demand for another movie based on the property (which really isn't conducive to film media anyway) to be made.
well, when I first saw it, mk movie was kinda badass by RaveX	Jun 10th, 2008 11:11:57 PM
but then again, I was 14 and during that one scene, where they're discussing how to beat goro, I actually said out loud "go back and just do backward flips with high kick".
Interesting tidbit regarding "Gone" by Literarywanderer	Jun 10th, 2008 11:20:24 PM
I know you're all tired of that book, but I went to check it out on Amazon where I posted an opinion on the forums. Lo and behold Michael Grant himself starting bitching at me for writing my critique on the first two chapters. That and giving his opinion on what happened at AICN regarding the 14 day fiasco. You can read it here: http://tinyurl.com/6b75ad
Oh, one more thing... by Literarywanderer	Jun 10th, 2008 11:21:09 PM
Michael Grant goes by his real name, Michael Reynolds.
Next I want "THE LEGEND OF RUFUS" by Damien Chowder	Jun 10th, 2008 11:25:24 PM
with obligatory shower scene.
Don't be a douche Quint. by Ogre	Jun 10th, 2008 11:30:23 PM
Baby Kicking on South Park = Funny Baby Kicking in real life = Asshole
Literarywanderer by jimmay	Jun 10th, 2008 11:37:44 PM
That's hilarious. You can tell how pissed off he is the whole thing blew up in his face. He seemingly claims the reason Gone was taken down was to shield impressionable fans of his 'works' from googling his name, being led to the talkbacks, and, gasp, being exposed to the dreaded word 'fuck.' You have to love the mentality behind "young adult" literature; baby stepping pre-teens into literary adulthood with shallow, condescending pap, overwrought moral simplism, and generic aesthetics.
Street Fighter 4 is coming soon by hellnback	Jun 10th, 2008 11:57:02 PM
i have a feeling they're going to try and tie it in somehow. buy street fighter 4 for the 360 or ps3 and get a free ticket to go see street fighter the legen of chun li.
Not including the 2 most popular characters = FAIL! by ganymede3010	Jun 11th, 2008 12:01:51 AM
If you want to see a good street fighter movie watch the manga version.
I do not give a fuck about ken and ryu... by Tourist	Jun 11th, 2008 12:09:52 AM
...As long as some hot asian chick with long legs and a short skirt is kicking things, I'm there.
DOA was a good movie by FuryofthefilmFan	Jun 11th, 2008 12:10:01 AM
because it didn't take itself serious. If this movie tries to be serious it will look about as ridiculous as Lana Lang fighting in smallville did.
They've raped my childhood yet again!!! by The Dum Guy	Jun 11th, 2008 12:16:15 AM
And that's besides the point that I was raped as a child... wait, no, that was someone else.
I read the script last year. Wasn't impressed. by Uncapie	Jun 11th, 2008 01:02:18 AM
Not at all.
Gone: The Motion Picture by unuseddraft	Jun 11th, 2008 01:04:35 AM
So Harry you only put Gone up so you could hop on board the movie?? No Harry had no ulterior motives it was only his passion for YA literature that caused him to post those chapters.
Please make it even worst than the first SF movie xD by Seth Brundle	Jun 11th, 2008 01:16:49 AM
cause i just love the trainwreck that piece of crap is
This isn't a Hollywood idea shitheads by UMAGA	Jun 11th, 2008 01:36:51 AM
It's Capcom. They've been planning this for a while. And Street Fighter IV is coming out soon.
TERRIBLE MISTAKE! This is going to be TERRIBLE! by Shakes The Clown	Jun 11th, 2008 01:41:16 AM
Have you seen the stills from this movie? It looks like a cheape 90's direct to video movie. Hollywood once again thinking they are cool for grounding a property and changing everything that people love about it. Idiots! This will BOMB!
You guys are complaining about the wrong.... by GeekySciFiAnimeFreak	Jun 11th, 2008 01:53:36 AM
.. damn thing. If you guys want a reason to get pissed, look who's directing. . I can't believe they gave this guy another movie after what he did to a possible Doom franchise. I also just checked his filmography to make sure I was talking about the right guy, and all I can say is: FUCK!
Fuck this, I'm out! by BV	Jun 11th, 2008 01:57:04 AM
In StreetFighter lore, Ryu has always been the central character. Always. That's just a fact. American film studios just seem so damn opposed to an asian lead. Give us a live-action StreetFighter TV series or something. A broader canvass to explore the SF universe.
Good by CuervoJones	Jun 11th, 2008 01:58:35 AM
Ken sucks Barbie´s ass. Anyway, who cares about this movie?
No Ken or Ryu? Sun still rises even if this movie wasn't made. by warphoenix	Jun 11th, 2008 02:03:29 AM

Why blame the director for a shitty script? by Baked	Jun 11th, 2008 02:07:24 AM
That's like blaming your tailor for a bad haircut.
Baked.. by GeekySciFiAnimeFreak	Jun 11th, 2008 02:13:15 AM
I'm not blaming the director for a shitty script. I am blaming the director for past projects. I am also perplexed as to why the studio would give him another project.
I'm gonna have to start sending you guys stories. by Shermdawg	Jun 11th, 2008 03:54:33 AM
This was up last week on most of the gaming sites.
Remind me by d_fens1969	Jun 11th, 2008 04:12:07 AM
Why should Japan be in an Akira film?
1.) It's Chun Li !!! 2.) It's NOT Street Fighter without Ken o by Monkey_King	Jun 11th, 2008 04:26:34 AM
and it's going to suck donkeyballs without any other famous fighter from the Capcom universe other than Chun Li.
Umm..it has Bison, Balrog, Vega, Charlie, and Gen. by UMAGA	Jun 11th, 2008 05:35:53 AM
It's not Chun Li shadow fighting for ninety minutes.
"Why should Japan be in an Akira film?" by Kurutteru Yatsu	Jun 11th, 2008 07:27:53 AM
I'll take "Because it's set in Neo-Tokyo-- in Japan-- with an all Japanese cast and quite frankly shouldn't be made as a big Hollywood film unless they're going to respect that fact" for $200, Alex.
I think Pixar is going to nail it by Series7	Jun 11th, 2008 07:37:31 AM
When they make the Mario Brothers movie.
Prossor by perromaldito	Jun 11th, 2008 07:44:09 AM
after they go through the portal you can totally see a jackson cam in tha skull! maybe somebody should sue http://youtube.com/watch ?v=2McbQrH0qI0
Because it's set in Neo-Tokyo-- in Japan-- by d_fens1969	Jun 11th, 2008 07:50:29 AM
So if a Japanese studio made a version, for example, of Ghostbusters, they would have to hire all American actors, and set it in New York?
Chris Tucker as Balrog by ChrisTuckersOnlyFan	Jun 11th, 2008 07:54:33 AM

Next: A remake of Super Mario Brothers by chrth	Jun 11th, 2008 07:58:19 AM
but Mario and Luigi won't be in it.
chrth by Series7	Jun 11th, 2008 08:33:22 AM
Not if Pixar goes through with making it!
Any news on that Mortal Kombat pic? by Series7	Jun 11th, 2008 08:38:22 AM
If Justice from the new American Gladiators doesn't play Jax then well there is no Justice in the world.
Ghostbusters isn't Akira. by Kurutteru Yatsu	Jun 11th, 2008 08:40:35 AM
Having said that, I'd say it was just as much bullshit if say, Japan wanted to do Superman or the Fantastic Four. Some things simply shouldn't be done. An Anglo-friendly Akira is one of them. I don't want to see Kaneda and Tetsuo magically become white kids named Kenny and Tommy. Neo-Tokyo doesn't need to get transplanted to LA or Seattle or whatever city the internet is saying it's going to be this month. Otomo could have set the story somewhere else but he didn't. Akira takes place in Japan. The characters are Japanese. That's it. If the people proposing to remake this won't acknowledge that fact then I have no reason to believe they'll be faithful to the rest of the manga either.
I honestly really want DOA 2 by Spandau Belly	Jun 11th, 2008 08:50:03 AM
Do it like a DTV level Zhang Yimou movie and I'm there.
RE: GONE....Krack by Mr.Meanie	Jun 11th, 2008 08:50:42 AM
hahaha...hilarious. Even better title than the book. Also, LiteraryWanderer... I was curious to see the writer's feedback on the whole aicn debacle. Glad to see he realized the whole thing was a colossal shitstorm...and it seems he was pissed at his PR people. And is it just me, or did Harry actually say he did not get paid for it...but the author in that response said he "has no knowledge" of whether money changed hands between Harry and the PR firm. That certainly doesn't exactly sound like the vehement denial I was expecting...
also, how do you make seperate paragraphs? by Mr.Meanie	Jun 11th, 2008 08:51:13 AM

Yes "Some Times on the Street Fighter" by Damien Chowder	Jun 11th, 2008 09:29:04 AM

Kristen... by I AM ROCKO	Jun 11th, 2008 10:13:21 AM
...will she take her kit off in this film? If not I ain't watching it. Also, movies based on fighting video games are NOT a good idea. Is this going straight to DVD?
Ken - mos def the gayest character in the series by Judge Briggs	Jun 11th, 2008 10:34:29 AM
Ryu missing though? Stupid.
Also: No Optimus Prime in Transformers, No Iron Man in Iron Man by Pop_aristocrat	Jun 11th, 2008 10:35:50 AM
Hey, I got a script for a new, high budget film of Moby Dick! Great! Who plays Ahab! Oh, he's not in it. ...
Street Fighter: Chun Li Loves Cock by santi01	Jun 11th, 2008 11:56:52 AM

I don't even remember Chun Li by Moviekiller	Jun 11th, 2008 12:47:20 PM
Who the fuck ever played with Chun Li?
What about... by Second Try	Jun 11th, 2008 12:47:42 PM
...Honda, Zangief, Blanka and Dhelsim?
I played her a little by Second Try	Jun 11th, 2008 12:53:34 PM
She had a strange combination of high kicks.
Strabbo by Series7	Jun 11th, 2008 01:11:13 PM
Is this based off of something other then Street Fighter 2? Because if its not, I don't think many people are sitting around clamouring for a Street Fighter Movie.
Once again.... by GeekySciFiAnimeFreak	Jun 11th, 2008 01:13:30 PM
..remember Doom? Remember Exit Wounds? Remember Cradle 2 the Grave? Remember Romeo Must Die? If you guys think the script is shitty, just wait until you see the directing.
Ryu IS STREET FIGHTER by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jun 11th, 2008 01:20:08 PM
That said... I am sort of happy that they will not butcher Ryu...
Is DeeJay in this one? by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jun 11th, 2008 01:23:26 PM
He gotta be in this movie or I am not interested!
WOW! by Bruce Leroy	Jun 11th, 2008 03:23:05 PM
No Ken & Ryu! Who's idea was this and what the fuck have they been smoking?! You know what Hollywood. Just stop it. Don't bother. I'm not even going to try to explain or anything, because you'll never get it...period. This is another blunder in a long line of Hollywood fuck up's. JEEZ!
what??? by MC-909	Jun 11th, 2008 03:24:22 PM
Street Fighter had a storyline? If you say so.
When's DC vs Mortal Kombat: The Movie? by henrydalton	Jun 11th, 2008 05:23:47 PM
With a tag team of Nolan and Paul W. S. Anderson. Just the 'making of' of that would be worth admission price.
It's like Fantastic Four Without The Human Torch. by Jed	Jun 11th, 2008 07:47:35 PM
This is a bad idea. this is a very, very BAD idea. Capcom makes wonderful video-games and some of the worst movies of recent memory.
This here's some racist shit. by Jed	Jun 11th, 2008 07:49:01 PM
you want hollywood racism? right here. Asian guys can't open action movies in America. Asian girls are hot and slit sideways, so they get a pass. Dimes for Donuts that's why the Guile/Van Damme decision was made.
It all boils down to... by Dawhiteguy	Jun 11th, 2008 10:11:05 PM
If Ryu and Ken didnt make it, who else was left out?
A Street Fighter Movie Without Ryu And Ken Is Like by That 70s Venom	Jun 11th, 2008 11:12:39 PM
a sandwich without bread. What the fuck are these people thinking... ?
clicking on this uninteresting story was worth it by smackfu	Jun 12th, 2008 03:52:37 AM
to see a small child get shoryuken'd by a breakdancer.

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