So.... These are the list of main characters for the 2009 Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li movie. I like who's playing Vega (Vega's my SF crush) and yeah, I hate to reiterate but, Kristin Kreuk needs more thighs!
Ehem... Thoughts?
Ehem... Thoughts?
Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li
Neal McDonough as M. Bison
Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog
Taboo as Vega
Chris Klein as Charlie NashSource
4 comments:
I love Chun-Li!!! I love Kristin Kreuk!!!
For their similarities, have to see after Kristin dresses up as her then only can comment..
For the rest, no comment. I am not into guys! XD
Not even the thighs??
This is totally f!*#d - a complete travesty. Chun Li has been my idol ever since could store proper memories - been playing Street Fighter since I was old enough to pick up a control pad.
I don't think K.K (pretty as she is) is worthy of the Chun Li legacy because:
A) She's not womanly enough (she's got more of that 'girl-next-door' appeal). Watch the original Mortal Kombat movie and check out Kitana and Sonia if you wanna see some believable looking WOMEN (as opposed to girls).
B) She's not Chinese enough (even if she is HALF Chinese - her complexion and features don't at all match up to any of the official sketches of what Chun Li would look like).
C) Would anybody seriously look her and say 'Yep, she looks like she could be the strongest woman in the world'? No, I doubt they would. Not even for a second. She doesn't look like someone you would take seriously as an accomplished fighter. Something about her vibe and appearance is too… cute, yet lacking character somehow.
D) To enhance the viewer experience, they should have chosen an unknown actress so that the audience can properly engage with the illusion of watching the REAL Chun Li as opposed to "that chick from Smallville" PRETENDING to be Chun Li.
E) Kreuk was an absolute s!ut/tart in Euro Trip and I don't think anyone who has the right qualities to play the 's!ut,' or 'tart' character (which she does) should ever EVER be given Chun Li rights.
I thought MingNa Wen was the perfect Chun Li. She was fully Chinese, she was fully womanly, she looked strong - she looked the part. Why couldn't the casting crew just go to China and choose someone authentic-looking like that? I basically think that Kreuk was selected because she's already a well-known name and people think she's hot (oh and she's HALF Chinese, whoopdy-doo). It's just a damn shame that no one gives these things more thought or considers how the REAL fans feel.
K.K was selected for marketing purposes aimed at the wider, more ignorant audience - NOT because she is more worthy of the role than anyone else in the world. And I don't trust the opinion of males either when it comes to this subject (as they may be thinking with something other than the brain in their skull when forming opinions about whether K.K is suitable for the part or not). Hollywood does this kind of thing all the time – choosing ‘hot,’ well-known celebrities over more appropriate ones to generate hype. A good example I can think of is when they cast Angelina Jolie as Grendel’s mother in Beowulf, when anyone who’s read the epic knows that she’s SUPPOSED to be a hideously ugly monster. So yeah, the casting crew morons pull cheap stunts like this to boost the movies sex-appeal with a well-known face. It’s just a tragedy that our precious Street Fighter had to succumb to the same lame manoeuvres when this should have been a proper representation and tribute to the greatest female Street Fighter to ever exist.
(The rest of the cast isn't that flash either with the exception of Michael Clarke, but that's another story)
I think it all looks pretty good, should be two follow up stories too!
http://www.consolecuties.com/index.php/2009/01/07/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li/
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