Another Street Fighter Movie?
 

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Awesome, awesome, awesome. Bring it on!

Dude...seriously?

I mean, Street Fighter could definately be a totally awesome movie, it has the foundation, but...I dunno. It seems like it would be something along the lines of DOA or Bloodrayne. Slightly low-budget, kinda made for gamers specifically, not well written, horribly acted.

If they were to go the Halo route though, getting some real talent behind the project, big bucks, great script. What are the chances though?

You see, Halo's the first one that could actually work. They're not treating it like a "game movie" but rather a "Hollywood blockbuster". Halo has the depth, character, and strength to pull off a genuinely thrilling, and potentially moving movie because they've got the talent behind it, the full support and involvement of the creators, and the budget to do some amazing sh*t.

Now....Street Fighter. This rumor has been looming for awhile. We all know Street Fighter's theatrical history (cheese or dogshit, depending on how sentimental you are about your childhood). Chun Li is universally regarded as the queen mother of fighting games, and the original female representative of gaming. They failed at appropriately casting her last time, but last time they failed to pull their head out of their ass concerning the whole process, and that was a different era. Things are different now in this business. If (and that's a big 'effing "IF") Capcom were to put some bucks into this project and find appropriate actors (another big "if), then come out with an actually killer storyline, this could be gold. The story focuses on one character, not the lot. That means they can develop the character and flesh out an independent universe for her. They can focus on one thing, and do it well.

But, then again, this is Capcom. They fu*king suck, but they are usually really protective of the integrity of their characters.....well, since 1994. If thing is anywhere near as good as the Udon comics, then we're golden. If not, I won't be surprised. Point is, there is a better than nothing chance that this might not suck. I hope not. They fu*k up Chun Li....let's just say I'll start posting random spam out of my ass for a month.

I heard this 2... maybe 3 years ago. Considering the film tanked royally, there's no chance. I know Hollywood has been making remakes and sequalling said remakes, but they're not thatdesperate.

Now, if they made another Mario movie completely different from that other one, I'd actually see a video game film. But... I heard unfounded rumors about that one too.

But until then, if Street Fighter doesn't wind up in the "unfounded rumors" pile like the Sailor Moon or DBZ films, I'd be shocked.

Umm...Actually, the popular belief that Street Fighter bombed at the box-office is false. It grossed $33,423,521 in the U.S. and $105,414,729 worldwide, triple its original budget.

Super Mario Bros., on the other hand, did tank royally. It only managed to recoup half of its $40,000,000 budget.

to me, street fighter 2 was always about ryu and ken being the main characters, and i couldnt for the life of me understand why guile was the main character for the movie.... was it really '94? i was 11!!! but the mangas are great though! that's how they should be done...

Bah, I can't stand the mangas. Neat music, but I just can't stand 'em. Oh, and Krow, count me in on that list. I liked the Street Fighter movie, too.

No, I think that's pretty much it. Besides, the casting of Guile as the main character always made sense to me -- I mean, Bison's a power-mad dictator threatening global domination. Common sense would dictate (no pun intended) that the military force that tries to overthrow him would be the focus of the movie, no?

Ryu and Ken had pretty big parts in it, anyway. :)

sp who's up for owen wilson to play ken this time? :lol:

Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller as Ken and Ryu. And they need a streetwise (Get it? Streetwise? Oh man.) black sidekick to make hilarious 'Aww Hell naw' jokes, that can be Martin Lawrence. They already nailed Guille the last time, let's just hope Van Damme can find some time in his busy schedule.

Oh, and I make 4.

Ben stiller should be in every movie.:lol:

edit: I make 5

I GUESS I make 6. It's one of those movies that's fun to watch cause it's so lame. There's really nothing good about it except how bad it is.

was'nt kylie mynogue in it? she played cammie right?!

its been so long! my favourite bit was Blanka, he kicked ass!!!

i was playing street fighter 2 the other day with my brother in law.... he kicked my ass!

I'd beg to differ. I like Street Fighter because it's sort of like a relic from a long-forgotten time; they just don't make movies like that anymore. Simple, fun, clear-cut good vs. evil scenario...What's not to like? Sure it follows the regular old "action movie" formula, but that's the point, I think. Movies of this genre never break any new ground in terms of originality, but the fun stems from seeing how the writers and directors translate the original property to fit within the classic movie structure.

Then again, my judgment might just be clouded by the hazy glow of nostalgia. :)

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Nah, I didn't see the movie until a couple of years ago (It was TOO VIOLENT for me as a kid) and while I certainly wouldn't call it good, it's really not as bad as people make it out to be. Unlike new sucky movies, it doesn't pretend to be anything it's not.

Also, Van Damme.

It might be kind of interesting to watch The Spirits Within again to see if it sucks any less now. I'm sure most people would agree with me in saying that original opinions of the film were likely very subjective when considering FF fans. We wanted to go in there and see something that had to do with the games, and we didn't. But it might actually be a decent movie in it's own right if one were to take another look at it, who knows.

There was a guy named Cid, that's about it.

Did anybody see the movie, "Double Dragon"?

Now thats was what I call a good videogame adaptation! :-)
(Minus the whole "ignores the games' storyline" thing.)

Ugh! A movie, a cartoon series, and a proposed live action show... all sucked, IMO. The game was great, no doubt about it, but sometimes they have to just leave these things as games.

Actually, I didn't know Street fighter did that well. I just assumed, since other than the Tomb Raider ones, you never really hear much about these video game films.

Seriously. They NEED to make a new Mario film. All animated. Even if they have to collectively go back in time to stop the first one from being made. Or delete everyone's brains so no one remembers it.

I think a Mario movie could work if they used live-action for the 'real world' parts and animation (Or CGI I guess) for the Mushroom Kingdom scenes.

Then again, I also like the first one.

I would say an ALL CGI film would work pretty good (even though I'd rather opt for 2-D, but given the character's appearances currently, it would work better).

The actual live action film....well... I liked it to an extent when I was younger, I have to see it again to make a judgement. They got everything WRONG, except I felt Bob Hoskins played Mario well. Danny DiVeto was originally signed up to play him, but that may have been a rumor. I really like John Leguizamo, but he was ALL WRONG for the part of Luigi. Plus, I feel they tried to work in too many game characters as random human characters. Toad was pretty bad, Spike and Iggy could have had other names that would have made more sense, and making Big Bertha a fat woman, and not a giant fish? Eh?

The scene on the elevator with all the "Goombas" swaying back and forth and singing is priceless.

*crosses fingers*

Here's hoping that this movie doesn't suck...

AMEN! That was the best! I think I want to see this film again, just for that scene.

It won't! Cuz it'll never get made!

Yeah, I guess I sorta see this one as a long shot.