Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

[SuperMillionaire]

In 2008/2009, Capcom will debut a NEW LIVE ACTION Street Fighter movie that will focus on the character of Chun-Li. It will be called Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li and will star Kristin Kreuk as the title character.

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0891592/)

[KentaRawr!]

I would have much preferred something on Oro.

Oh well.

[Ouch!]

Somehow I will have a very hard time reconciling Lana Lang with Chun-Li.

[SuperMillionaire]

Somehow I will have a very hard time reconciling Lana Lang with Chun-Li.

What do you mean by that?

[Roogle]

Somehow I will have a very hard time reconciling Lana Lang with Chun-Li.

What do you mean by that?

Kristin Kreuk is only partially of Chinese descent. Ouch! is saying that it will be difficult for her to play an ethnic character like Chun-Li because the actress has an authenaticated, American look to her after playing Lana Lang on Smallville for a number of years.

[Ouch!]

Somehow I will have a very hard time reconciling Lana Lang with Chun-Li.

What do you mean by that?

Kristin Kreuk is only partially of Chinese descent. Ouch! is saying that it will be difficult for her to play an ethnic character like Chun-Li because the actress has an authenaticated, American look to her after playing Lana Lang on Smallville for a number of years.
Pretty much.

[Markus. D]

Ooooh~

But Chun-Li is ftw?

[Ashley Schovitz]

All I got was a Can't display webpage page.

[SnoopyG]

Kristin Kreuk better be working on those thighs if shes gonna be chun li

[Dreddz]

Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog?

A match made in heaven.

[Necronopticous]

One can only wonder if she's going to be getting thigh implants.


http://www.JEREMYTIME/upload/chun_li_mk.gif

[Creeping Shadow]

Didnt capcom learn after the first street fighter movie.

[Big D]

One can only wonder if she's going to be getting thigh implants.


http://www.JEREMYTIME/upload/chun_li_mk.gif

Maybe it'll be like a fatsuit... only with muscle, rather than fat. And pants, rather than a suit.

Or they might try to suspend the suspension of disbelief by giving her a plausible physique...

[NeoCracker]

One can only wonder if she's going to be getting thigh implants.


http://www.JEREMYTIME/upload/chun_li_mk.gif

Maybe it'll be like a fatsuit... only with muscle, rather than fat. And pants, rather than a suit.

Or they might try to suspend the suspension of disbelief by giving her a plausible physique...
And thats why it's doomed to fail. :p

[Markus. D]

My guess is that it will be a revised Chun-Li design.

[Raebus]

This sounds like a good movie already.

*Ignores criticisms*

[Roogle]

Is this movie already in development? The Internet Movie Database has credits for a majority of the main characters.

[TyphoonThaReapa]

Oh boy. This won't end well...:rolleyes2

[SuperMillionaire]

Is this movie already in development? The Internet Movie Database has credits for a majority of the main characters.

Well, it probably is in production already. Thailand will be a major filming location.

[Creeping Shadow]

Oh boy. This won't end well...:rolleyes2


My thoughts exactly.

[SuperMillionaire]

I just hope it will be better than the first movie.

[Creeping Shadow]

I just hope it will be better than the first movie.

Maybe a little but I really doubt it. This whole thing kinda caught me off gaurd in the first place. I mean its wierd enough that they're doing another street fighter movie, but why are they making it about one character? The only people who will be able to relate to this movie are the fans.

[Roogle]

I worry because, historically, movies based on video games tend to have a high rate of failure at the box office. I recall hearing about this movie in the works a long time ago, but you hear about all sorts of franchises possibly releasing a movie at some point, so you don't think much about it.

[LunarWeaver]

I hope Vega attacks her and she throws a couch like she did in the Street Fighter II anime movie. I would love to see Kirstin do that :jess:

[Creeping Shadow]

I hope Vega attacks her and she throws a couch like she did in the Street Fighter II anime movie. I would love to see Kirstin do that :jess:

Man that scene was cool, Hell that whole movie was cool.

[SuperMillionaire]

I hope Vega attacks her and she throws a couch like she did in the Street Fighter II anime movie. I would love to see Kirstin do that :jess:

Looks like Chun-Li really is the strongest woman in the world...

[KentaRawr!]

^It was an inflatable couch I bet.

[Ishin Ookami]

I'm predicting thigh master jokes throughout the film as well as a live action rendition of the animated flicks shower scene.

[SuperMillionaire]

I'm predicting thigh master jokes throughout the film as well as a live action rendition of the animated flicks shower scene.

I don't see the need for the shower scene. Sorry.

[JKTrix]

I'm predicting thigh master jokes throughout the film as well as a live action rendition of the animated flicks shower scene.

I don't see the need for the shower scene. Sorry.

Did you ever watch the Street Fighter 2 animated movie? I'd actually be disappointed if there wasn't any kind of shower scene. Not because there's a 'need' or any desire for lustful fanservice, but more for an homage to the old film. I doubt Kreuk will be up for that though. It would probably be funnier if, when the shower scene arrives, they play it up all suspensefully only to find out that it's Guile or something. An homage to the old film and a poke at the fans at the same time.

And looks like someone already used my thigh implants joke (http://jktrix.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/chun-li-movie-confirmed-capcom-wants-more-movies/). Though I think this movie is supposed to be a sort of 'backstory' of Chun-Li, so maybe they'd explain her lack of monster thighs by saying 'it hasn't happened yet'.

[Avarice-ness]

Couldn't they have got someone who like..

Wasn't meek and scrawny? I mean when I think of a real life Chun-Li I think of a pretty buff, tall, purely asian chick.

I also thought that Kristin (sp) was like a fourth or an 8th asian, I would have been happier with someone who looked more authentic.

Then again if Cammy's in the movie and she works out well then that's all I care about!

[SuperMillionaire]

I'm predicting thigh master jokes throughout the film as well as a live action rendition of the animated flicks shower scene.

I don't see the need for the shower scene. Sorry.

Did you ever watch the Street Fighter 2 animated movie? I'd actually be disappointed if there wasn't any kind of shower scene. Not because there's a 'need' or any desire for lustful fanservice, but more for an homage to the old film. I doubt Kreuk will be up for that though. It would probably be funnier if, when the shower scene arrives, they play it up all suspensefully only to find out that it's Guile or something. An homage to the old film and a poke at the fans at the same time.

And looks like someone already used my thigh implants joke (http://jktrix.wordpress.com/2007/01/04/chun-li-movie-confirmed-capcom-wants-more-movies/). Though I think this movie is supposed to be a sort of 'backstory' of Chun-Li, so maybe they'd explain her lack of monster thighs by saying 'it hasn't happened yet'.

If you're gonna give fanservice, put Chun-Li in a swimsuit, but PLEASE don't show her naked!

[Roto13]

I think Joel might cry if she doesn't have a nude scene.

[JKTrix]

If you're gonna give fanservice, put Chun-Li in a swimsuit, but PLEASE don't show her naked!

By now I think I already know the answer...but I'll ask again.

Have you seen Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie? I can't quite fathom why you're so against it. For one, it's already happened. Also, the chances of there being any similar nudity in the western-produced live film is almost nonexistant, so you're worrying about something that will most likely not happen. Have you ever seen a shower scene in a tv show? They hardly show anything--usually just a pair of legs and a bare back with some steam.

I'm drawing way too much attention to this, as it didn't even last that long in the first movie. It's a different kind of 'fanservice' it would bring to the live movie. Less of the 'omg boobz' type, more of the 'hey they just drew reference to the other movie' type. I'm not trying to say the movie needs nudity, because I don't want that either. Just trying to make sense of why you're adamantly against the shower issue.

[Necronopticous]

I'm all for seeing Kristin Laura Kreuk as naked as they can possibly convince her to be.

[Ouch!]

They should play "Kickin' It Like Chun-Li" somewhere in the movie.

[Peegee]

There was a thread today at another forum of 'what is the best video game movie'

I said Silent Hill

It looks like even with Chun Li as the title character my opinion will not change.

It might've worked if they casted somebody who was actually Chinese. It also doesn't help that I don't like looking at KK

[Ishin Ookami]

I'm predicting thigh master jokes throughout the film as well as a live action rendition of the animated flicks shower scene.

I don't see the need for the shower scene. Sorry.

I didn't say there was a need for it, I'm just predicting that there is going to be one. They had a shower scene with Lara along with partial nudity (from the side) and I passed on RE 2 and 3 but in the first RE, we more or less got the full monty from the fifth element chick (for some reason I forgot her name). Even Aki Ross donned a barely there bikini to advertise Spirits Within, and Tifa, while not being in any way naked, definitely seemed to have a larger rack in Advent Children than in the game, which is saying quite a bit.

Basically, the bottom line seems to be that if you wanna pull the fanboys into a video game flick, show some breasts.

As for the Lana Lang.... eeeeeech. poor casting choice. Ming Na Wen made a better Chun Li. Can we just call a do over and fire the casting guy that made that call?

[SuperMillionaire]

Let's get off the sexy stuff, okay? Back to the action.

[Roogle]

They should play "Kickin' It Like Chun-Li" somewhere in the movie.

Man, I'm just kickin' it like Chun-Li (http://youtube.com/watch?v=EjLrxRz1sVI).

[Breine]

I think Joel might cry if she doesn't have a nude scene.

Haha xD Man, I was thinking the exact same thing!

Anyway, Chun-Li is interesting in the way that she was one of the first video game female characters out there to gain popularity, but an entire movie based just on her? ..I'm not sure about this.

[Araciel]

I hope Vega attacks her and she throws a couch like she did in the Street Fighter II anime movie. I would love to see Kirstin do that :jess:

Yeah it would most likely be CG if at all, since she looks barely able to pick up a hamburger. Also she's as Asian as I look.

[SuperMillionaire]

I think Joel might cry if she doesn't have a nude scene.

Haha xD Man, I was thinking the exact same thing!

Anyway, Chun-Li is interesting in the way that she was one of the first video game female characters out there to gain popularity, but an entire movie based just on her? ..I'm not sure about this.

The last movie was based on Guile. And although it wasn't that successful, it did spawn a spinoff animated series based jointly on the movie and the games.

[Seraphic]

I think shes popular enough to be in a movie all by herself.
Shes not one of the first, she is THE first female fighter EVER.
Also, I think Kristin Kreuk is a good choice for a western street fighter movie.
I dont know about you,but when you look at Chun-li in the games,at least the recent ones, she doesn't look TOO Chinese.
Maybe that might be because of the anime design type thing, but I think a half asian, or at least partly asian woman is a good thing.
But what are you gonna do, even if you are asian but not the right nationality, people will still hate you.

[KentaRawr!]

Hold on now, she's not the first female fighter. There were more than a few games before then that had female characters fighting. Samus used a gun. :)

[SuperMillionaire]

She was the first to gain popularity.

[LunarWeaver]

I'm pretty sure he meant the first female in an actual fighting game within the fighting genre xP

[SuperMillionaire]

Yes. Because of her popularity, in many hero vs villain stories, sometimes, the protagonist is a female.

[Seraphic]

Yeah theres been villainous females,but thats not what I'm talking about.
As for as females in a 1 on 1 fighting game, as in theres a life bar and you press the punch and kick button to win, Chun-li is the first.
And from what they say of the script,it seems like it could be cool,like a Kill-Billesque revenge movie,but probably not as cool.
I'll still watch it because of my love for the character, but I wouldn't expect or anything or take it seriously.
Always with a grain of salt people :kaoyatta:

[Roto13]

Her thighs aren't big enough.

[Markus. D]

Couldn't they have got someone who like..

Wasn't meek and scrawny? I mean when I think of a real life Chun-Li I think of a pretty buff, tall, purely asian chick.

I also thought that Kristin (sp) was like a fourth or an 8th asian, I would have been happier with someone who looked more authentic.

Then again if Cammy's in the movie and she works out well then that's all I care about!

Actors for action movies these days go through an extremely heavy training regime (sometimes spanning on for 6 months or more! Did you see the aftermath of the Supporting Actors in Blade Trinity? eh? That scrawny guy was ripped to ZOMG! and so was Jessica~).

Hopefully this will be the case... where she'll get massive Thigh Muscles.

[Seraphic]

Plus, if a real woman had her kind of muscles...because Chun-li is pretty much built all the way around from her arms to her legs, I don't think the woman playing her would be very appealing.

[SuperMillionaire]

Not a female bodybuilder... She needs some muscle, but she shouldn't look like a bodybuilder. Maybe a personal trainer...