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That new Street Fighter movie has a Japanese trailer for you to uppercut! Hyuken! Hyuken!

First!! (this looks like garbage) by champvinyl	Dec 29th, 2008 05:55:54 AM
and i couldn't understand what that strange narrator man was saying...
HELICOPTER KICK!!!1 by DOGSOUP	Dec 29th, 2008 05:56:07 AM

HELICOPTER KICK!!!1 by DOGSOUP	Dec 29th, 2008 05:56:08 AM

Street Fighter 2 by ReZourceman	Dec 29th, 2008 06:11:26 AM
Street Fighter Harder.
That looks really good... by mighty boosh	Dec 29th, 2008 06:13:49 AM
...in a parallel universe where good things are shit and shit things are good. Is this a prequel or something? Doesn't seem to have many of the notable characters, and the 'empty alleyway' sets are always disappointing....should have just made a live-action version of the Animated Movie
Hyuken? by kiddae	Dec 29th, 2008 06:18:30 AM
Are you taking the piss, love?
Ya-Tah by cripeman	Dec 29th, 2008 06:22:48 AM
Chun-Li was my first Asian crush. Is this gonna be in English with Japanese subtitles?
MEH! by Gus Van Rant	Dec 29th, 2008 06:28:02 AM
Teh suk.
I would like to... by Gus Van Rant	Dec 29th, 2008 06:31:14 AM
Bung Lee, Chung Lee.
M. Bison is... by Alex Childress	Dec 29th, 2008 06:44:45 AM
the dude with the blonde hair and goatee, according to imdb. No, seriously
Uh, are we sure that this isn't a Uwe Boll movie? by blindambition238	Dec 29th, 2008 06:46:08 AM
I never thought I could be 'disappointed' by the looks of a film that the director of Cradle 2 Da Grave, Half Past Dead, and Doom 3 is making, but consider myself surprised. Maybe it needs more rappers...
People who'll be looking forward to this movie: by blindambition238	Dec 29th, 2008 06:49:04 AM
= The people working on that DragonBalls POS.
tiny? by blckmgk13	Dec 29th, 2008 06:54:19 AM
people do know that they can make it full screen right? also it looks direct to video if released in north america.
Wow that looks amazing... by Judge_Dredd	Dec 29th, 2008 07:00:55 AM
-ly shit. Can't they just do some super amazing anime or something, i'm pretty sure it would be cheaper to make and also rake in more cash.
Terrible. Looks like cheap early-90's generic direct-to-video sc by Shakes The Clown	Dec 29th, 2008 07:10:08 AM
They should have made it look like the video game, have all the characters the fans love and have the Wachowski brothers direct it super-stylized.
Don't forget the amazing subtitle by Larry Sellers	Dec 29th, 2008 07:11:35 AM
The Legend of Chun Li. Looks like another attempt to make a "realistic" film from fanciful material. It's a goddamn video game--a FIGHTER at that. Treat it like a fucking video game and just fill in the gaps and tweak it so that the story isn't so stupid. M. Bison in a suit? Because real dictators don't dress in ridiculous military garb, right? Or does part of the story involve Bison being supplanted by his board of directors? I WILL ADMIT, though, that it's pretty bold to not include the more recognizable characters. Also the fight scenes don't look CGed or anything, so that's cool. But it's just so unnecessary and it looks colorless and boring. Dragon Ball looks way better than this.
Site doesn't work for me..Should I be glad? by Brody77	Dec 29th, 2008 07:13:13 AM
Is this the same movie with that Lana Lang cow from Smallville? If so I'll pass.
Hadouken or Shoryuken perhaps? by MurderMostFowl	Dec 29th, 2008 07:13:23 AM
Hadouken is what you were looking for there Quint. ( Though since you say upper cut, it might be more appropriate to say Shoryuken ) Everyone who was a Streetfighter fan really ought to see "Streetfigher: The Later Years, if they haven't already" http://tinyurl.com/3yekrd Awesomely funny.
I saw VEGA! by sonnyfern	Dec 29th, 2008 07:25:42 AM
I wouldn't say it looks GOOD...but it does look like it has some cool wire-fu going on, so I might check it out just for the hell of it! But I'm really confused about WHY this movie is getting made....so like...are they going to do a movie about Chun Li...then Ryu...then M. Bison and eventually just throw them in a movie? Confusing...but I LOVE the Japanese trailer guys voice! HA!
Whating for Ryu's sty by UltimaRex	Dec 29th, 2008 07:34:42 AM

Waiting for Ryu's story... by UltimaRex	Dec 29th, 2008 07:38:40 AM
Whoops. Anyway, yeah Ryu's story y'know the real one that'll take talent and 3 hours to do right... So I'll be waiting a while then...
I think by Weresmurf77	Dec 29th, 2008 07:39:45 AM
He's after 'KIKOKEN!' which is what she shouts in the game...
SOLD! by The Gospel According to Bastardface	Dec 29th, 2008 07:50:45 AM
That looks kick-ass!
Meh, I'll stick with "Future Cops" by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Dec 29th, 2008 08:00:31 AM
Broom Head was the shit, yo. I really like the look of the girl playing Chun-Li though..I wonder if the movie has an obligatory shower scene (as its anime counterpart did)
What the Fuck is Hyuken? by onezeroone	Dec 29th, 2008 08:14:50 AM
It's Shoryuken [the rising uppercut move] or Haidoken [the energy blast]... jeez, use wiki if you don't know shit about something.
Can't Miss! by BackwardGalaxy	Dec 29th, 2008 08:17:11 AM
If someone throws it at your head... otherwise, you should probably miss it.
Street Fighter Alpha II Turbo - The Movie by rodneyfaile	Dec 29th, 2008 08:17:17 AM

Hammer HAS to make a SF music video !!! by Grooveraider	Dec 29th, 2008 08:25:22 AM
And bring back Deion Sanders and Raul Julia !!!
That looks awful by Gozu	Dec 29th, 2008 08:38:39 AM
At least Uwe Boll movies are fun. That just looks painfully mediocre.
Street Fighter Origins: Chun-Li by zyuray2	Dec 29th, 2008 08:45:44 AM
Umm.. yeah
I thought Chun LI by CharyouTree	Dec 29th, 2008 08:47:26 AM
was supposed to be asian? Not just some hot nearly asian bint. Oh well it can't be worse than the last one, can it?
That looks crazy terrible by happybunni	Dec 29th, 2008 08:49:04 AM
But that's what usually happens when you get TV personalities to star in movies. Just a sign that they do not really care about the movie.
Yet another lame live-action attempt by Kurutteru Yatsu	Dec 29th, 2008 08:49:37 AM
The thing about Mortal Kombat was that since the game used live actors, it didn't look that ridiculous when made into a film. SF on the other hand has a way more stylized exaggerated look that's simply never going to transfer well to the screen. Same with Dragonball. It's just not meant to be, folks.
Poor Smallville girl by Xian042	Dec 29th, 2008 09:07:55 AM
How did she get roped into doing this? At least this movie will have more flashy special moves than the "other" SF movie. She has her fireball, but looks like she is making ZERO effort to launch it. Just stands there looking serious and ZOMG FYRE comes out. I know this is Chun-li's story but come on, some other good guys in the movie would be nice. Even Dhalsim or something... anything.
Now who wants to go home... by palooka_boy	Dec 29th, 2008 09:11:45 AM
And who wants to go with ME?!?! Best. Line. Ever.
Kristen Kruik???? by LargoJr	Dec 29th, 2008 09:12:13 AM
From Smallville??? Ahahahahahahhahahahahahaaaaaaa !!!! (breath) ahahahahhahahahahahahahaaaa!!!
Mr Zeddemore by Brody77	Dec 29th, 2008 09:42:11 AM
I forgot about that line. Van Damme was comedy gold in SF: The Movie. Unanswered movie query 903: Why does Kylie yell "Roundhouse Kick" during her one and only fight scene? Was it a catchphrase for her game counterpart?
I want to give Kristen Kreuk lots of smooches by YackBacker	Dec 29th, 2008 09:43:36 AM
That is all.
yep, looks crap alright... by RockLobster800	Dec 29th, 2008 09:49:46 AM
was'nt expecting much to be fair, after the woeful van damme flick. at least that had Raul Julia to keep it afloat(he is missed)-but resting a film on the shoulders of the worst actress in a rubbish tv show, playing a character that nobody really cared about (where is the Ryu film? Why hasnt hollywood figured out he was the hero of the game?)and then coughing up a trailer with boring standard "dramatic montage trailer music" with the abrupt end so a soundbite can be delivered...I dont think I shall be watching this at any point myself guys.
STU-REEETU FIIII-TURU!!!! by smackfu	Dec 29th, 2008 10:04:06 AM
Kristen decided to leave the mild cheddar that was Smallville to make the pungent gorgonzola that is Street Fighter?
Why cast the weird Latino from Black Eyed Peas as... by Anna Valerious	Dec 29th, 2008 10:04:21 AM
...the incredibly hot Vega? I'm glad Chris Klein is getting work, but come on.
He's right, it doesn't look stupefyingly bad. by Royston Lodge	Dec 29th, 2008 10:17:35 AM
But ever since I first saw American Ninja, I can't take a martial arts movie seriously if it's not rated R.
I'm pretty sure the voice over is Stareet Flighter... by Royston Lodge	Dec 29th, 2008 10:20:14 AM
hehehe
The Regend of Chun-Li by Royston Lodge	Dec 29th, 2008 10:23:43 AM
hehehe
Chun-Ri by two fathoms deep	Dec 29th, 2008 10:39:36 AM

CharyouTree, you are incorrect by slone13	Dec 29th, 2008 10:42:39 AM
Chun Li can be a hot nearly-asian bint. It's Lana Lang who wasn't supposed to be.
Oh for fuck's sake............................ .... by crackerfarmboy	Dec 29th, 2008 11:12:45 AM

It doesn't remind me of Street Fighter at all... by JMiles_T	Dec 29th, 2008 11:18:18 AM
but there's still the possibility for it to be an entertaining action film.
I'M SEEING IT! by Earthquake WestCoast	Dec 29th, 2008 11:24:19 AM
Since I never played the video game, this has no emotional attachment to me. I just want to see the HOT Kristen Kruik beat up guys! :) But, why call it Street Fighter if they won't even give her the costume? The "Josie and the Pussycats" live action movie failed because they didn't wear the costumes from the comics or cartoon. Therefore, if Kristen doesn't wear the Chun Li costume, this movie will really fail.
Correcting Quint by Eats_sandwich_gets_laid.	Dec 29th, 2008 11:27:09 AM
because he misspelled a term from a video game is just ridiculous. With all the horrible english on display on this site, this has to be an extremely minor offense. Get a sense of perspective, people.
MIGHT BE A FUN FILM! by Earthquake WestCoast	Dec 29th, 2008 11:28:03 AM
It looks like it can be fun! But, they shouldn't of called it "Street Fighter" if they weren't going to put her in the hot costume she wears in the game. They could of just made her a new character in an original movie that had nothing to do with "Street Fighter". But, like alot of films, it seems like they just wanted the name. Same with the new "G.I. Joe" film. Those aren't the Joes I remember.
HEH. by DatoMan413	Dec 29th, 2008 11:28:54 AM
Yeah, it will suck. But Kristin will make it watchable.
BINO! by Raymar	Dec 29th, 2008 12:00:32 PM
WTF, man! Someone dig up Raul Julia's corpse and dress it up in the Bison getup again cuz that was NOT my M.Bison!
I would only watch this if... by Cap'n Jack	Dec 29th, 2008 12:20:25 PM
Lana Lang sat on my dick during it.
Re: onezeroone by kyle051554	Dec 29th, 2008 12:34:07 PM
I love it when people act smug, then end up being completely wrong themselves. It's not "haidoken," it's "hadouken." "jeez, use wiki if you don't know shit about something."
Attack me if you dare... by mfcorleone	Dec 29th, 2008 12:45:56 PM
..I will crush you!!
This looks like... by MR. MURDOCH	Dec 29th, 2008 12:58:18 PM
It has absolutely no personality, style, or attitude whatsoever...Kreuk's "Partition" looked like legend compared to this...she deserves "slightly" better roles...
Never been a fan of the franchise, but by twisted_lullaby	Dec 29th, 2008 01:03:57 PM
isn't Chun-li supposed to be asian?
YOGA FIRE! by buster00	Dec 29th, 2008 01:16:27 PM
YOGA FLAME!
I had chili for lunch. by Godovhellfire	Dec 29th, 2008 01:32:50 PM

I'm not sure what pisses me off more by Outlaw	Dec 29th, 2008 01:42:40 PM
This lame-ass movie, or being stuck in a corner in SF2 against E. Honda, while his 1000 palm strike move rains down upon me...
What's wrong with this? by topaz4206	Dec 29th, 2008 01:44:14 PM
My goodness, wire work has a place in Martial Arts cinema. It is the fantastical extrapolation of real moves, and is great fun to watch. Sounds like this crowd would tear up a Ching Siu Tung movie too...
kristen Kreuk is the sexiest tomboy space monkey on the planet by thecomedian	Dec 29th, 2008 01:48:32 PM

Not alot of Streets there in 'Street Fighter' by SomaShine	Dec 29th, 2008 01:57:55 PM
Well..there's yer answer fishbulb
looks god aweful. god damnit.... by Warcraft	Dec 29th, 2008 02:29:58 PM
my favorite fighting game will never be properly brought to the big screen...
Kristen Kreuk by Toonol	Dec 29th, 2008 02:34:32 PM
I know everybody that watches Smallville hates her... and I have no idea if she can act or not... But damn, she is a pretty girl. I think I'm sold on the movie.
white people + kung fu = crap. by compn	Dec 29th, 2008 02:37:40 PM
its true. bulletproof monk was terrible. i cant imagine how bad 'forbidden kingdom' was. it worked in the matrix (first one) cuz of the time/space hax. i heard they were doing another street fighter movie , i just wasnt expecting it to be WORSE than the first one. holy shit, Kylie Minogue was cammy in the original movie??? i need to watch that again.
ROFL by nemesisdarkside	Dec 29th, 2008 02:41:56 PM
Hahahahaha. This looks hilariously bad. This has got to be DTV right? No way can THAT be coming out in a cinema. What happened to Kristin Kreuk? She was so hot during the early seasons of Smallville. These days she seems to have lost that extra level of "hotness" she had. Maybe she lost weight, I don't know.
Japanese announcer by nemesisdarkside	Dec 29th, 2008 02:44:02 PM
SHOULD narrate the whole film! Too funny!
Looking for Good Street Fighter? by Playhouse	Dec 29th, 2008 02:46:36 PM
Anyone expecting any Street Fighter movie to look good - don't even start on being a good film - is living in a fantasy world that you access only through copious amounts of sake. I'm actually quite sick of Wire-Fu. That said, this looks a helluva lot better than JCVD shite from 15 years ago.
keep in mind . . . by tsfogg	Dec 29th, 2008 03:29:43 PM
keep in mind that was the Japanese trailer we just saw. every market is going to receive a different trailer, tailored to what that market wants to see. I'll reserve judgement until we see the American trailer, as it may very well be a better representation of what we're going to see in the movie.
Better than DoA? by CENOBITE	Dec 29th, 2008 03:34:39 PM
Let's hope... let's hope...
A little Japanese lesson by Dreamwriter	Dec 29th, 2008 03:49:42 PM
A few people here are making fun of the announcer. A thing to realize, most Japanese syllables are a combination of a consonant and a vowel. Thus, to say the English word "Street" you have to say it like "Sutureeto" (though those u's can be prounounced silently). And there is only one sound in Japanese for "r" and "l" - it's actually halfway between the two letters.
Look at this, 2 copies of Time Cop for $9.99 by Judge Briggs	Dec 29th, 2008 03:55:11 PM

Seriously? by Lucasblows	Dec 29th, 2008 04:10:21 PM
Someone is looking forward to this?
Some moronic but none-the-less true observations.... by thecomedian	Dec 29th, 2008 04:21:25 PM
I keep busting out laughing at the over the top Japanese VO right when it cuts to Michael Clark Duncan in the beginning. Talkbackers are fickle minded racist nitwits. I remember a mere seven years ago when people on these boards were saying Kristen Kreuk wasn't white enough to play Lana Lang. Now she's not Asian enough to play Chung Li. Leave my poor sexy little Space Monkey alone! At least she's trying to make a career for herself past teeny bopper Superman. Neutregena should total sponsor a sexy midget death match between her and Hayden P.
The third movie better be called "Steet Fighter 2: Alpha" by Alkeoholic77	Dec 29th, 2008 04:26:31 PM

Stoh Deet AH Fite AH! by StrokerX	Dec 29th, 2008 04:33:33 PM
lol
Street Fighter with no Guile ain't SF at all... by worldofwarcraft	Dec 29th, 2008 04:40:15 PM
Charlie, Shadow, the new guy in the latest game, whoever. The geeks just couldn't have a bad ass American Military guy compete for the face of the franchise. I remember Champion Editions release in the arcade, and it was great cuz everybody got to find out who the best Guile player was. They later took the best character in a fighting game, and possibly one of the coolest video game characters ever, and sold him out completely. This franchise is dead in every way. "The war has been cancelled".
Hadouken! by FookU	Dec 29th, 2008 05:08:55 PM
Not Hyuken.
Let's see a remake of Street Fighter as in.. by Stalkeye	Dec 29th, 2008 05:12:16 PM
..that movie with Sonny Chiba back in the 70's.Man was that shit chessy.
No Sonny Chiba - Not Street Fighter by picardsucks	Dec 29th, 2008 05:45:44 PM

it reminds me of the Double Dragon movie by the milf lover	Dec 29th, 2008 06:30:13 PM
which was just awful, even the Alyssa Milano hotness wasnt enough to make it remotely watchable. I dont mind Kreuk, but she's just so wrong for Chun Li. They should have got somebody who can both act and fight, like Zhang Ziyi, then we'd have a decent action movie. And as somebody else pointed out, Black Eyed Pea guy as Vega is horrible casting. You want a good Street Fighter movie, just watch the end of City Hunter with Jackie Chan. Also, are the characters gonna have their original names in Asia and the switched names in America like with the games? Stupid Capcom.
I'M SEEING BOTH CHUN LI AND DRAGONBALL by Earthquake WestCoast	Dec 29th, 2008 06:51:16 PM
I'm seeing them both! They both of cute and pretty girls fighting and kicking butt! And they look hot doing it. LOOKS LIKE FUN! And since I never actually played "Street Fighter" or watched an episode of "Dragonball", I don't care if it's true to their sources. BUT, I would like to see Kristen wear the Chun Li costume. She would look hot in it.
THEY BOTH "HAVE" CUTE AND PRETTY GIRLS by Earthquake WestCoast	Dec 29th, 2008 06:52:40 PM

Cenobite: " Better than DOA?" by the milf lover	Dec 29th, 2008 07:13:43 PM
Street Fighter has Kreuk, and looks like it's taking itself seriously. DOA has a half dozen hot chicks, Kevin Nash for comedy relief, and Eric Roberts as the villain, and it didnt even try to take itself seriously one bit. I think DOA wins by default.
Aurora revolution! by Billy Goat	Dec 29th, 2008 07:23:52 PM
No, wait, that's the wrong game. Uhh... "Mighty blow! Mighty blow!"
Outlaw... by LargoJr	Dec 29th, 2008 08:21:06 PM
He stroked you with his palm a 1000 times??? Dude.. you ring him flowers or candy or something first? That's a hell of a first day! Or were you two on the subway?
Silly by Sappers Forward	Dec 29th, 2008 08:50:10 PM
this ranks up there with TMNT.
This game was on Super Nintendo by Heckles	Dec 29th, 2008 10:01:44 PM
16 years ago. They made a shit movie. Now, we have another feeble attempt. Fantastic.
This movie will make Kristen Kreuk a star in... by Leafar the Lost	Dec 29th, 2008 10:47:05 PM
...direct to DVD soft-core porn movies. I am hoping to get her to do an "erotic thriller" where she does two lesbian, simulated, sex scenes. Of course, she will be naked, so she had better get some implants by then...skinny bitch...
SFINO. by JusticeSabre	Dec 29th, 2008 11:10:57 PM
Somehow, I blame Michael Bay for this...
What the-- by Rufferto	Dec 30th, 2008 12:31:11 AM
slowly walk away from trailer. Don't make eye contact.
Wasn't Chun-Li Chinese? by Ironhelix	Dec 30th, 2008 01:18:04 AM
...why is some white chick playing her?
Spruk Nuk Choogit - Translate by thebearovingian	Dec 30th, 2008 01:31:15 AM
That's what I also remember hearing besides the "Hyruken" or "Haidoken" or "WHATEVER". Am I wrong, nerds?
you know... by soup74	Dec 30th, 2008 01:33:17 AM
it's easy for us to watch this and think it looks like dog shit (which it does.) but i dont think this movie is really expected to do well in the U.S.A... the asian market will eat this up though. especially with the american cast. It looks like this on purpose.
Jackie Chan was a better Chun Li in City Hunter by Johnno	Dec 30th, 2008 01:46:53 AM
Why not get an asian woman? What? Is it so hard to find a Chinese woman that can do kung fu now? Will seeing asian people do kung fu be too foreign for American box office??? What's the excuse this time??? Anyway... no Ken... no Ryu... no sale... Just make me some more anime.
yepyepyepyepyepyep! by captainCAPSLOCK	Dec 30th, 2008 02:00:25 AM
they need a stand in for thigh close ups.
Kristin Kreuk is half Chinese. by Dingbatty	Dec 30th, 2008 02:43:45 AM
It's obvious from her features. Some of you aren't very observant.
Bruce Lee was one-third German. by Dingbatty	Dec 30th, 2008 02:45:27 AM

Raul Julia made the first one bearable by RockLobster800	Dec 30th, 2008 08:27:06 AM
he's like Langella in Masters Of The Universe...a good actor giving a great performance is an abysmal movie. and his "for me....it was tuesday" line is classic
Worth It Even Only For Kristin by estacado1	Dec 30th, 2008 11:10:13 AM
She needs to get nekkid before she gets old, or if she wants to work on A-grade movies.
Kristen Kreuk won't do nude scenes, because she has... by Leafar the Lost	Dec 30th, 2008 12:23:24 PM
...no breasts. She has zero body fat, it seems, so her breasts are practically non existant. It would be like looking at the chest of a young boy (yuck). Get implants...
2009 has big potential to suck by Phategod1	Dec 30th, 2008 01:46:56 PM
If Watchmen doesn't come out what do we have Avatar no one has seen footage and Wolverine ANd another Micheal Bay Opus Then this, Gi Joe, and Dragon Ball. Yeah no record broken next year.
terrible by brandon11	Dec 30th, 2008 05:25:43 PM
its like they took all the craziest/best parts of street fighter and gor rid of them. played it way too safe.
Lana Lang starring in a Kung-Fu film = by TheGhostWhoLurks	Dec 30th, 2008 06:23:10 PM
Flames on Optimus' Bat-Nipples. What? They couldn't trick/blackmail/payoff Zhang Ziyi (or any OTHER Asian girl who actually knows martial arts) into being in this film? They had to hire a girl with about 2 ounces of Asian blood in her veins, whose main claim to fame is being Clark Kent's flakey ex-girlfriend??? I'm certainly not going to waste money on this. I wanna see someone who can really fight, if I'm expected to slap down $9.50.
Wonder if Van Damme will make a cameo appearance... by Pissed Off And Bitter	Dec 30th, 2008 08:41:57 PM
I'M GOING TO KEEEEK BISON'S ASSS!!! WHO'S WITH ME?!?!!!
QUICK CHANGE ZE CHANNEL! by The Amazing G	Jan 4th, 2009 07:13:17 PM

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