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By: ‘The Karate Kid’ Remake Retitled ‘The Kung Fu Kid’ - Screen Rant

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:06:30 +0000

[...] news recently broke that Will Smith’s son, Jaden, will be starring in the lead role, with Jackie Chan starring as the updated version of Mr Miyagi. It’s also come to light that this film won’t be a remake of the original: the [...]

By: Ken J

Ken J — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:01:41 +0000

Hey hey now, I don’t think even a movie about an Okinawan martial arts being taught by a Chinese guy to someone who doesn’t even have long enough legs to do a high kick can be as bad as an Uwe Boll film… I think that guy TRIES to make crappy movies just to see our reactions…

By: Viper Moon ST21

Viper Moon ST21 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:35:50 +0000

Look Folks It’s an no ideal crisis in Hollywood just look at the line up for the next 3 years everything is a Remake or an Comic book now there’s a small few who are doing good films but these suits will go “Hey let’s put Seth Rogan as the Green Hornet,That will be Cool”! Aw, come on man!Looks like It’s going to be many Uwe Boll-filled summers from here out.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:20:05 +0000

Or kung fu chop him, lol. He’ll do anything for a paycheck.

By: Metallicat79

Metallicat79 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:38:17 +0000

They really should stay away from recasting Mr Miagi, and Jackie Chan Should know better, he should Karate chop his agent for this one.

By: Jackie Chan confirmado como Sr. Miyagi | ZeroOitocentos

Jackie Chan confirmado como Sr. Miyagi | ZeroOitocentos — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:01:13 +0000

[...] que o Daniel-san vai ser interpretado pelo infante Jaden Smith, filho do ubber fodão Will Smith. O ScreenRant disse que a Entertainment Weekly confirmou que o chinesinho lutador de kung fu será o instrutor de [...]

By: entertainmenttodayandbeyond

entertainmenttodayandbeyond — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:46:07 +0000

The casting is just insane. I love the Karate Kid. Its way to early to dedo it!

chuck

By: Ken J

Ken J — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:39:02 +0000

Wow Balasco, I can’t believe I overlooked that, how stupid of me, and I’m actually into that whole thing. Yah, Mr. Miyagi was teaching Daniel Karate (duh) which is Okinawan (Japanese took over Okinawa AFTER they already knew Karate, and Japan adopted it and pretended like they came up with it). Mr. Miyagi actually have stated this. Jackie Chan is CHINESE. They originally taught the Okinawans martial arts that was called Karate, but the Chinese don’t call it that, since that’s not a Chinese word…

Wow, how stupid Hollywood is, hire a Chinese guy as the teacher of an Okinawan martial arts… Niiiice…

By: Jess H.

Jess H. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:56:06 +0000

I think ill stick with my classic movies. This is really inteded for the younger audience but Im still really against the remake, especially who they picked for the cast. I have nothing against Jackie Chan or even Jaden Smith but just the idea of a remake of this movie is horrifying to me

By: PhotoShopLifter Dan

PhotoShopLifter Dan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:40:56 +0000

As long as we don’t see the return of this dialogue from the Rush Hour movies:

Rush Hour 1: “DO-YOU-UNDERSTAND-THE-WORDS-THAT-ARE-COMING-OUT-OF-MY-MOUTH??”

Rush Hour 2: “DO-YOU-UNDERSTAND-THE-WORDS-THAT-ARE-COMING-OUT-OF-MY-MOUTH??”

I never saw Rush Hour 3, so afraid was I of hearing “DO-YOU-UNDERSTAND-THE-WORDS-THAT-ARE-COMING-OUT-OF-MY-MOUTH??” again…

By: Joshi

Joshi — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:12:19 +0000

@G.K.

Doesn’t work like that. Prove yourself right.

By: G.K

G.K — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:55:56 +0000

Well, its offical. This is no longer a remake, it Karate kid 5. prove me wrong on this

By: Joshi

Joshi — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:15:43 +0000

@Vic.

Well, yeah, on the money side of things, of course that’s why crappy sequels and remakes are made. But purely on the artistic or ethical side, is what I’m discussing here. I will relish the day an big movie studio comes out and says “We’re remaking The Godfather because we want money.”

By: SK47

SK47 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:00:58 +0000

Then again, what kind of remake is this? Is it one of those remakes where they just do the exact same thing like in the Psycho remake? Or, they take some plot points from the first movie, plus the name, and add their own spin on it? If it is the latter, why not just continue the franchise? Similar to Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift? You have the name, just use different characters and a new story while keeping the basic idea, a whole new film under the franchise.

By: SK47

SK47 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:42:21 +0000

@Vic,

Yes, name recognition but who does that apply to? Us, right? Not to the kids that this movie is made for!
Unless their parents made them watch this movie but do you honestly think any adults who were fans of the flick, after watching the first trailer for this remake would sit there and think ‘Well, I loved the first movie, I’m going to watch this one’?

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:14:03 +0000

@Joshi/SK47

Why a remake? To cash in on the name recognition of the original, that’s why.

Vic

By: SK47

SK47 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:09:43 +0000

Agree with Joshi, why are remake when it is a basic story? Didn’t Never Back Down take this exact same concept?
This is a weird one, why even name it as ‘The Karate Kid’?
Obviously this movie is targetted to kids, kids that were not even born when the first movie came out! The name value only applies to us, our age group. I doubt even those that still like the first one, myself included (its 80s factor) would even want to see this movie and people involved in it. So, again back to what Joshi said, why even call it the ‘karate kid’ in the first place?
Didn’t someone do any market research on this? Like, does anyone under the age of 11-teen know that there was a ‘Karate Kid’ in the 80s? Does anyone know what ‘Wax On, Wax Off’ means? Do any of you kids know that there was a decade called the 80s?

By: Jamie Williams

Jamie Williams — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:53 +0000

“The world will look up and shout ‘Stop remaking movies from the 80s!’ And I’ll whisper ‘No.’”

By: Joshi

Joshi — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:56:51 +0000

Why a remake though? It’s a cliche story, some kid, gets bullied, then some old wise man comes along and teaches him how to defend himself and the wisdom of some form of martial arts training and suddenly everything’s gravy. Loads of movies have done this and not been called a Karate Kid Remake. If they wanted to make a similar movie for kids, there’s no law saying it has to be a remake.

By: Johnny-K of Norway

Johnny-K of Norway — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:07:31 +0000

Sometimes remakes are not for the origial fans. Its made for a new generation of kids/teens – that would not be bothered to watch some 20 year old Karate kid movie cause their dad says it it cool. The new karate kid movie will be for kids of today, and they will likely love it.

I dont care about the Karate kid remake, but its a good story for kids to watch, and sicne the dont want to watch old movies. Make them a new one, why not..