# Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li. How did this turd get greenlit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515 "2009-01-09T11:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/1 "2009-01-09T11:44:00Z")
> **[Movie Reviews, Trailers, Interviews, Wikis & Posters for Movies - IGN](https://www.ign.com/movies)** > > IGN is the leading site for movies with expert reviews, trailers, interviews, news, wikis, cast pictures, release dates and movie posters Please. Don’t watch the trailer. You will only hurt yourself running away from it. Of all the franchises to go back to why SF? And why with suck clearly cheesy actors, fighting and story? Who gives a shit about the legend of chun-li? If I’m forced to hear about a legend of a SF character make it someone interesting like Blanka or the Dragon Punch Twins I guess. Anyone planning on seeing this? Bring back JCVD please. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/2 "2009-01-09T12:03:04Z")
Why does any movie get made? 95% of anything is crap. And who knows, maybe it will be good. There is a new Streetfighter game coming out, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/3 "2009-01-09T13:00:15Z")
I’ll answer your question after you answer mine: How the hell did they greenlight a live-action Dragonball movie. Furthermore… WHAT BONEHEAD MADE A MOVIE ABOUT THE ORIGINAL SERIES AND NEGLECTED TO PUT KRILLIN IN THERE!? ETA: Okay, i just watched the trailer for the SF movie. I don’t even… what? My brain hurts. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/4 "2009-01-09T13:23:57Z")
Vega is more noticeable than Chunli in the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/5 "2009-01-09T15:12:41Z")
Oh, dear Og, was that Lana Lang as Chun Li? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/6 "2009-01-09T15:40:37Z")
I am a fan of the _Street Fighter II_ movie, and I even enjoyed the live-action _Street Fighter_ movie, so I might still see this, but it really doesn’t look appealing. “In life there is beauty… and there is terror… one must not overwhelm the other”? What the hell are you smoking, narrator guy? And how does one embrace beauty? A beautiful woman, perhaps, but beauty itself? > [@Jragon](#): > > How the hell did they greenlight a live-action Dragonball movie. Furthermore… WHAT BONEHEAD MADE A MOVIE ABOUT THE ORIGINAL SERIES AND NEGLECTED TO PUT KRILLIN IN THERE!? If I may add to the nerdrage with a third question: Who put Shyamalan in charge of the _Avatar_ movie? And why does he want to put pasty white kids in the roles of Sokka and Katara? ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/7 "2009-01-09T15:49:29Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > Who put Shyamalan in charge of the _Avatar_ movie? Someone who wants a dull and highly predictable, anti-climatic twist ending in it, of course. ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/8 "2009-01-09T15:52:50Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > Vega is more noticeable than Chunli in the trailer. Wait, what? Was there even Chun-li in that trailer? I haven’t seen anybody resembling her… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/9 "2009-01-09T15:58:51Z")
Dude. Kristin Kreuk is _hot._ Kind of like a CGI ant-story heroine hot, but still. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/10 "2009-01-09T16:24:41Z")
All it needs to do is make money. I used to be shocked at the crap people would rent from the local Blockbuster. I’d be browsing, and only recognizing 40% of the new releases, and some family of yahoos would grab the box that was the most lurid-looking crap and hoot excitedly. Neither of us had heard of it, but “The cover look goooood!” so they’d rent it. Put a sexy chick, a knife, and some sloppy-looking font on the cover, and half-wits will rent your “thriller.” Keep the budget loooow, and you will make money. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/11 "2009-01-09T16:52:03Z")
Holy crap that looked unappealing. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/12 "2009-01-09T19:14:00Z")
Wow. The old movie was only fun because it was so bad (and had the cheeziest of cheesy actors, and a ludicrous script - it was well into \*Springtime for Hitler \*territory). This… no. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/13 "2009-01-09T20:03:33Z")
As long as she does her little cheer at the end of a fight and raises her left arm and we get to see Kristen’s boobie AND she does her upside down flying helicopter kick where we can get a nice shot of her crotch then I will be seeing this many times in the theater and buying it once it gets to dvd. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/14 "2009-01-09T21:33:32Z")
Poor Michael Clarke Duncan. He deserves better. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/15 "2009-01-09T22:09:42Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > All it needs to do is make money. I used to be shocked at the crap people would rent from the local Blockbuster. I’d be browsing, and only recognizing 40% of the new releases, and some family of yahoos would grab the box that was the most lurid-looking crap and hoot excitedly. Neither of us had heard of it, but “The cover look goooood!” so they’d rent it. > > Put a sexy chick, a knife, and some sloppy-looking font on the cover, and half-wits will rent your “thriller.” > > Keep the budget loooow, and you will make money. > > Joe This. Word. I mean this looked several times better than all that crap the Wayans brothers are making, but heck if you’re in the business, between making a buttload of dough or a little metal trophy that’s only worth a couple hundred on ebay, you might as well go for the buttload of dough. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/16 "2009-01-09T22:23:08Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > This. Word. > > I mean this looked several times better than all that crap the Wayans brothers are making, but heck if you’re in the business, between making a buttload of dough or a little metal trophy that’s only worth a couple hundred on ebay, you might as well go for the buttload of dough. Is it too much to ask for both? ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/17 "2009-01-09T23:42:14Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > As long as she does her little cheer at the end of a fight and raises her left arm and we get to see Kristen’s boobie AND she does her upside down flying helicopter kick where we can get a nice shot of her crotch then I will be seeing this many times in the theater and buying it once it gets to dvd. I endorse this event and/or product. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/18 "2009-01-09T23:59:29Z")
Sory. I’ll be too busy not watching the live action [Dragonball](http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/479331/dragonball-evolution/videos/dragonball_int_trlrc_121108.html)movie to not watch the new Street Fighter movie. I did like the shear stupidity of the John Claud Van Damme Street Fighter film. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/19 "2009-01-10T00:38:56Z")
I don’t get it. Is this year’s theme “put white actors in the place of the Asian main characters” for this years’ movies? I saw the trailer. I’m going to eat my own eyes now. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515/20 "2009-01-10T01:23:51Z")
Now I thought the “street fighter the later years” mini web series was entertaining, and the young lady who played Chun li was adorable, but a movie? how depressing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-how-did-this-turd-get-greenlit/480515.md?page=2)