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I'm so pissed!!!..."Karate Kid" remake in the works...
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Was he having a seizure when he walked out and what the hell is up with that mop on his head?!?
Was he having a seizure when he walked out and what the hell is up with that mop on his head?!?
This thread is hilarious. Well, the whole anti-"Karate Kid remake" backlash is hilarious.
I watched these movies when I was a kid and even then they weren't great. These things came out in the Spielberg era. They came out alongside movies like "Ghostbusters" and "Back to the Future". To say the original was a second-stringer would be a huge compliment.
Secondly, they already destroyed any credibility (and I almost want to laugh as I type that word in reference to the "Karate Kid" series) with movie #3. Now I don't even remember which movie was which but at the very absolute best it warranted a single sequel. They made a 3rd movie. Then they made a 4th without Ralph Macchio (our generation's Brando, to say the least) and further made a mockery of an already-lame concept.
Do I support the idea of a nepotism-fueled quasi-remake starring Jackie "The Spy Next Door" Chan? No, but it's not really inherently worse than the original concept either.
I mean, what do you think you guys would be saying now if you just heard about some crappy karate movie starring the guy from Happy Days and some unknown child actor? The only difference between now and then is that then we were all a bunch of dumb kids raised on awful 80's television and now all the people flipping out over this movie are bitter guys in their 30's who can't wait to run to the internet to talk about how Hollywood constantly rapes their childhoods.
The best example is the guy who reacted to the test screening by saying "did they show it to a bunch of 12-year-old boys?" as if he was burning the studio, but guess what? "The Karate Kid" has always been for 12-year-old boys, the new one will be for 12-year-old boys and 30 years from now when Hollywood remakes it again it will still be for 12-year-old boys.
I watched these movies when I was a kid and even then they weren't great. These things came out in the Spielberg era. They came out alongside movies like "Ghostbusters" and "Back to the Future". To say the original was a second-stringer would be a huge compliment.
Secondly, they already destroyed any credibility (and I almost want to laugh as I type that word in reference to the "Karate Kid" series) with movie #3. Now I don't even remember which movie was which but at the very absolute best it warranted a single sequel. They made a 3rd movie. Then they made a 4th without Ralph Macchio (our generation's Brando, to say the least) and further made a mockery of an already-lame concept.
Do I support the idea of a nepotism-fueled quasi-remake starring Jackie "The Spy Next Door" Chan? No, but it's not really inherently worse than the original concept either.
I mean, what do you think you guys would be saying now if you just heard about some crappy karate movie starring the guy from Happy Days and some unknown child actor? The only difference between now and then is that then we were all a bunch of dumb kids raised on awful 80's television and now all the people flipping out over this movie are bitter guys in their 30's who can't wait to run to the internet to talk about how Hollywood constantly rapes their childhoods.
The best example is the guy who reacted to the test screening by saying "did they show it to a bunch of 12-year-old boys?" as if he was burning the studio, but guess what? "The Karate Kid" has always been for 12-year-old boys, the new one will be for 12-year-old boys and 30 years from now when Hollywood remakes it again it will still be for 12-year-old boys.
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More like 7-8 year olds is my guess.
First off, I'm not a guy. Secondly, alot more than 12 year old boys seen the original. I am one, and so did alot of my friends.
They could've easily made this into a movie all it's own, but they wanted to cash in on "The Karate Kid" name. Big fail.
If you want to see it, that's just fine, but to complain simply because people are complaining doesn't make you any better.
I'm 28 years old so I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say my eyes will never again see a "Karate Kid" movie for as long as I live.
The same exact thing goes for the people who _____ about the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movies. As far as I'm concerned the whiny adults who take personal offense to these crappy kids movies are much worse than the soulless Hollywood producers who make them.
I liked crap like "The Karate Kid" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" when I was a kid. I don't anymore but if I did I doubt I would have any problem with the new versions.
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Pisssssin off more people!
The original Karate Kid was never intended to be a kid's movie and it wasn't.
I saw the first Alvin and the Chipmunks movie and I really liked it. I didn't see the second one though.
No one is taking personal offense to these movies, they're just calling ____ for shat and giving their opinions. That's what message boards are about.
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I'm just upset because Karate Kid is one of those movies that DON'T need a remake... BTW, Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi got nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. I'd love to see Chan come even close to that!
And the movie is part of AFI's 100 Most Inspiring Movies...
OK, it's not like the original KK movie as a whole is Oscar material, but it doesn't need a remake, it's great fun as it is.
First, it shouldn't be called Karate Kid, it should be called the Wushu/Kung Fu Kid
Second, the script doesn't make sense, if a 10 Y.O. gets beat-up at school the mom should do something about it, end of story...
Third, Jackie Chan beating up children looks like something out of Bad Santa...
Fourth, Smith's kid is more annoying than Ralph Macchio will ever be...
Fifth, Bill Conti's Score is amazing, and I hope they don't re-use it!!!
And the list can go on and on,
This is one of those movies that stand the test of time, despite of what you believe,
and the fact that you even compare it to Alvin and the Chipmunks it's laughable...
And I'm not talking about them raping childhoods... that's idiotic too.
But this movie will be lame, and everybody will forget about it in 6 months. Unlike the original!
And since you're all grown-up now, go post about your toys somewhere else then...
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Wasn't that your favorite movie of last year?
(still liked it)
Wolverine insulted me as a human.
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