No Ken or Ryu in the Street Fighter movie

by Justin McElroy { Jun 11th 2008 at 8:30AM }

Though they're probably not your favorite characters in the Street Fighterverse (that's Zangief, obviously) you probably can't imagine it without the Shake 'n' Bake of urban fisticuffs, Ken and Ryu. So it'll probably come as something of a surprise that Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li producer Patrick Aiello says that the duo won't appear in the movie.

Official movie blogger Aaron Horwitz attempts do a little damage control, reminding that "Nightcrawler, Pyro and Beast" didn't show up in the first X-Men movie. It's an appropriate comparison as Nightcrawler, Pyro and Beast were the original team of X-Men. Just the three of them ... bamf-ing around, starting fires and being smart. Those we are the X-Men they had back in the 60s and they liked it.

[Via AICN]

Tags: movies, street-fighter, street-fighter-movie, the-legend-of-chun-li

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Jun 11th 2008 8:35AM

To be fair, they would steal the show from Chun Li.

Brodie-san @ Jun 11th 2008 8:45AM

Just as long as the shower scene doesn't get cut.

Wait, they're still going to have the shower scene, right? RIGHT!?!

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Jun 11th 2008 10:00AM

The fight after the shower scene was more amusing. Or the staircase which takes Guile longer to go up than the car ride over there, heh.

Obie @ Jun 11th 2008 10:00AM

They better! Or else!

A Pissed-off English Gamer @ Jun 11th 2008 10:03AM

Just realised this is another Live-acting thing. Wasn't thinking. :-)

Mr.ESC @ Jun 11th 2008 12:07PM

They better have a shower scene with Chun li I mean is the only thing that could possibly save the movie.

In fact what they don't turn it into a porno already I mean there is no way this could possibly be good and I'm sure they will get more audience that way.

Nick Ritch @ Jun 11th 2008 1:08PM

Remember the Mortal kombat game with just subzero? Yeah me neither...

MariosInferno @ Jun 11th 2008 8:38AM

And away we go.

File this next to no "Hell" in the Doom movie.

Hey, but at least they'll retain the "feel" of the games, right?????

Chase @ Jun 11th 2008 8:41AM

*GameSpot hires Aaron Horwitz to write game reviews*

waynski1457 @ Jun 11th 2008 8:43AM

Yea, but Wolverine was in the first X-men movie, and he's one of the first X-men everyone thinks of at the mention of the franchise.

SF w/o Ryu and Ken just doesn't make much sense to me...

ThePerfectCompanion @ Jun 11th 2008 8:47AM

FAILURE

Sorry but thats a deal breaker for me. Don't care how hot Kristin Kreuk is I want to see all my favorite Street Fighters and if they're not in there its not a real movie to me.

Brian @ Jun 11th 2008 8:48AM

Only, Pyro WAS in the first X-men movie...

Filmuir @ Jun 11th 2008 8:55AM

But Pyro and Nightcralwer weren't in the original X-men team... The members were Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Iceman and and Marvel Girl....

McWeen @ Jun 11th 2008 8:58AM

you are correct.

baby sea tuna @ Jun 11th 2008 9:59AM

Thank you for being the nerd that typed what we fellow nerds were all thinking.

jsutcliffe @ Jun 11th 2008 10:14AM

I second the preceding comment. Shame on you, Joystiq!

Matt @ Jun 11th 2008 11:12AM

Seriously, I was quickly scanning to see if anybody left the comment that was burning through my soul! Thank you for helping me escape my torment!

How did this guy get the idea that Pyro was an original X-Man? Much less that it was JUST the three of them? Weird. It's not hard to find the original comics on the internet and confirm your info.

mietha CAG @ Jun 11th 2008 11:27AM

I think that's called sarcasm. At least, I hope it's sarcasm. Otherwise he's a fucking moron. And Ryu IS Street Fighter. I hate the shit, but that can't be denied.

Richard 2.4 @ Jun 11th 2008 10:56PM

Seriously, people? Was there like a massive crash in sarcasm detectors today? The ellipsis alone should've been enough of a tip-off, and then of course there was everything that followed it.

Chilly P @ Jun 11th 2008 9:06AM

Beast definitely was one of the original x-men, he just wasn't blue and/or furry in the beginning.

And, no, Brian, Pyro was not in the first movie...unless you count a little 3 second clip of somebody who may or may not be Pyro melting an ice flower.

ballistic3188 @ Jun 11th 2008 10:24AM

actually pyro was in the first movie. he was in the class scene where he creates a fire ball behind his back which iceman turns it into an ice ball

kataztrophy @ Jun 11th 2008 9:09AM

You can't have a Street Fighter Movie without the No-personality having flagship character, and his cool, pyromaniac of a sparring partner. I thought the original live action flick failed on all accounts, why the bloody make another one?

jgpliskin @ Jun 11th 2008 9:17AM

Pyro and Beast were in fact in the film,albeit in a miniscule appearance.

Mike Sylvester @ Jun 11th 2008 10:14AM

Beast even had a few lines in the first flick.

Axela @ Jun 11th 2008 10:15AM

That's very disappointing. What is the story about? Kristen Kruek is already a horrid, horrid actress. And I have to deal with an "edgey" Taboo as Vega. This is going to suck really bad. I'll wait out the 3 weeks it'll be in theaters and maybe catch it once it hits the $5 dvd bin at Target and I convince someone else to buy it.

america head charge @ Jun 11th 2008 9:41AM

Why would they need to be shown in this movie? Kristin is all I need.

fyreblazer @ Jun 11th 2008 9:47AM

massive fail

arrrgh @ Jun 11th 2008 10:00AM

hey that's cool, but if they didn't want my money, they should have just said so in the first place

Randy Jackson @ Jun 11th 2008 10:11AM

Most every S.Fighter fan is going to botcott this movie if theres no Ryu and Ken Im a diehard S.F Fan and If they are not in it I wont even buy the bootleg lol and thats 4 dollars let alone go to the movies. But if they are in it I will go to the movies to see it

Kye - M-Kart Wii 0817-4620-2062 @ Jun 11th 2008 10:40AM

What the hell!?

Really this is like a Mario Bros. movie without Mario and Luigi.

You don't need an all-star cast to make a movie good. You had an all-star cast with the first movie and look how bad that was.

You know what you do need in a movie?
The main fucking characters!

Mr.ESC @ Jun 11th 2008 12:11PM

"Really this is like a Mario Bros. movie without Mario and Luigi".

I wonder how that would be…

Mushroom Kingdom: Toad Chronicles with Vin Diesel as Toad.

Coming Soon.

konajinx @ Jun 11th 2008 11:24AM

Just as long as the guys from Bad Dudes are in it is all I care.

ill trooper @ Jun 11th 2008 11:47AM

As for that photo, when did the third guy leave Icy Hot Stunnaz?

Antonio @ Jun 11th 2008 11:53AM

I honestly don't care. I had no intention of seeing the movie unless it turned out to be really good (and hell freezes over).

In my opinion, Street Fighter is nearly impossible to translate to the big screen without reworking the franchise's characters and storyline. Ken and Ryu are fun to play as, but aren't compelling characters. Their relationship is too shallow. Pretty much every video game franchise has the same issue.