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FEBRUARY 27th - Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Stars: Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Michael Clarke Duncan (Full Cast)
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
The Plot: Interpol agent Chun-Li (Kreuk) enters an underground fighting tournament, with her eyes set on M. Bison (McDonough), the contest's founder and leader of a crime syndicate who may have been responsible for the death of Chun-Li's father.
THE BUZZ: You have a few more months to tighten up your Lightning Kick and get your hair into two perfect buns before Fox either a) "ruins" another fanboy property or b) launches the first film in a potential franchise with X-Men potential. Or both? Please note: I make that comparison in terms of the number of characters with shadowy pasts the story can explore, but I don't think this legend is going to break any box-office records (or put out two great movies, then a crappy third installment). So you're going to have to hit the theaters and pick this up on Blu-ray if you want to see Ken or Ryu in the future, and, while Kristen Kreuk was strung up with wires in order to simulate the moves that made Chun-Li the first lady of fighting games, there seems to be plenty of gun-toting action present here that will certainly upset purists (this is, after all, brought to you by the director of Doom). Meanwhile, another member of Black Eyed Peas goes rogue in order to, like, expand the pop group's "brand," or something. I think this interview with screenwriter Justin Marks is revelatory, and hopefully someone involved with the production will update their blog before Christmas.
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I used to be a fan of Kristin Kruek (Smallville - Lana Lang) but I dunno - I'm just hoping she does a decent Chun Li - I mean geez, she IS the original first (playable) female character in gaming history.
Well unless someone could prove me otherwise :P
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oh well i guess it gives me a reason to oogle at Kristin Kruek again... :P
This was announced like... the same time the DBZ movie was announced.
in terms of LOLs, I'd rather go see(i.e. not pay and sneak into) dragonball and not this.
She is FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR from being even CLOSE to the first playable female character in history.
Uh... Let's see, Princess Toadstool, Samus, Athena, in just the NES days all predating 88. There was a handful of atari games, including some porn games that had female characters. Mappy, Ms. Pacman, and all that jazz.
I think officially Ms.Pacman is the first female playable character.
Reread it mikey. It says first lady of fighting games. Unless eating dots, apples and ghosts suddenly became considered a fighting game, you're off your mark.
It can't be worse than the 1994 movie with Van Damme (and I'm ashamed to admit that I paid to see that one in the theater). I'm trying to remember if Ming-Na Wen even wore the Chun-Li outfit in that movie. I think she did, but only briefly.
I wasn't aware there was a Chun-Li movie coming out. So, thanks for posting it.
if it comes to theatres here, i'll snag the poster. also, go in to see it free.
Quote from: codex biblio on December 17, 2008, 11:54:39 PM
It can't be worse than the 1994 movie with Van Damme (and I'm ashamed to admit that I paid to see that one in the theater). I'm trying to remember if Ming-Na Wen even wore the Chun-Li outfit in that movie. I think she did, but only briefly.
I wasn't aware there was a Chun-Li movie coming out. So, thanks for posting it.
lol i liked that movie back then. =P i was 8 at the time but that's aside the point. godzilla scene FTW!
Quote from: JTchinoy on December 17, 2008, 10:49:33 PM
Reread it mikey. It says first lady of fighting games. Unless eating dots, apples and ghosts suddenly became considered a fighting game, you're off your mark.
QuoteI mean geez, she IS the original first (playable) female character in gaming history.
JT why do you fail so much.
Even in fighting games, I don't think she is. I'd have to look it up, but I'm almost positive she wasn't.
Considering it says fighting game, I didn't see any relevance that your factoid had. Sounds like you failed to read it properly instead of you intentionally throwing out a FYI.
I can't recall many fighting games before SF2, so I wouldn't be surprised.
Quote from: JTchinoy on December 18, 2008, 05:52:59 AM
Considering it says fighting game, I didn't see any relevance that your factoid had. Sounds like you failed to read it properly instead of you intentionally throwing out a FYI.
I can't recall many fighting games before SF2, so I wouldn't be surprised.
... It doesn't say fighting game... Read what I quoted and what I was referring to JT.
Quote from: The Press Release
Chun-Li the first lady of fighting games
This is essentially correct. SF2 was 1991. While there were a few fighting games before them with female opponents in the storyline, I do not believe any of them had a playable female character.
Quote from: Jerry on December 17, 2008, 01:00:09 PM
she IS the original first (playable) female character in gaming history.
This is not correct. That would probably go to Ms. Pac-Man, 1981.
Of course, if you want to count the D&D style of games where you picked your own character, you could roll back to Ultima I (1980), or early MUDs, or pencil and paper games...
So, yes, determining where the quote belongs is important is reading comprehension.
Peace, out, etc.
Quote from: PyronIkari on December 18, 2008, 07:16:36 AM
Quote from: JTchinoy on December 18, 2008, 05:52:59 AM
Considering it says fighting game, I didn't see any relevance that your factoid had. Sounds like you failed to read it properly instead of you intentionally throwing out a FYI.
I can't recall many fighting games before SF2, so I wouldn't be surprised.
... It doesn't say fighting game... Read what I quoted and what I was referring to JT.
I was only looking at the article. :P FAILED
Honestly, Kristen doesn't seem like the type to me, so the character better be well played or else even her good looks will not save this movie.
At least they're limiting the number of characters they're bringing in. That should keep the the story tighter. That seemed to have been my major issue with the 1994 movie. Even with Guile as the main hero, it tried to bring in all the other characters without much character development.
I am curious as to why they included Charlie in this new movie. I remember him mostly in relations to Guile, but don't really remember anything about him in Chun-Li's storylines.
Kristen's a beautiful girl, though I have a hard time picturing her as Chun-Li. Hopefully, it'll be worth the wait. I'm just excited there's finally another Street Fighter live-action film. Of course, if it's bad, will we have to wait another 15 years for another attempt? Wasn't there another Mortal Kombat movie in production somewhere?
Quote from: codex biblio on December 17, 2008, 11:54:39 PM
It can't be worse than the 1994 movie with Van Damme (and I'm ashamed to admit that I paid to see that one in the theater).
Yeah that was even worse than this!
Jackie Chan is Chun Li (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Z48SMWSHs)
So I'm wrong, Chun is the first playable female in a fighting game. But this is only a full fighting game. If you consider "vs. mode" fights in other games, then it is not true. I.E. Double Dragon NES had vs. mode where you could play as females(whose name escapes me at the moment).
So it matters how specific you want to be.
Codex: Go play SFA/Z 1-3. Charlie and Chun's story intertwine.
There's no way I'm seeing this movie
Thanks, Pyron. I need to get up to speed on the Street Fighter Alpha storylines. And even with all our reservations about Kristen in this role, it might be worth it just to see her Lightening Kick move. Hopefully, they'll include it. Maybe I'm just a hopeless optimist.
Astroboy, thanks for posting the clip from City Hunter. That scene was actually one of my favorites. Don't tell me you didn't like Jackie Chan's legs! ;D
Quote from: codex biblio on December 25, 2008, 11:00:13 PMAstroboy, thanks for posting the clip from City Hunter. That scene was actually one of my favorites. Don't tell me you didn't like Jackie Chan's legs! ;D
best Chun Li cosplayer ever *you know you want to click on the link* ;)
http://www.acparadise.com/ace/display.php?c=17652
Oh my! I don't know what to say. :o Oh, wait. How about, "nice legs, but the shoes are all wrong." Thanks for the image!