TGS 08: Street Fighter ... MOVIE
by Christopher Grant 
{ Oct 12th 2008 at 4:29AM }
"Whoa, whoa, whoa Joystiq!" you exclaim. "Those first two statements are, as you said, facts. But that last statement ... surely that's just your opinion." We appreciate your concern, reader, but the smallest of sneak peaks – really, just a single frame from the film – is enough to convince us. Is Chun Li wearing a mattress?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Toasty Toaster Man @ Oct 12th 2008 4:36AM
Are they adding Chun-Li's clothes via CGI?
Megadanxzero @ Oct 12th 2008 7:18AM
I think this is probably the most sensible reply...
Temidien @ Oct 12th 2008 11:29AM
Seconded.
Trulz @ Oct 12th 2008 12:11PM
Probably. It's so her clothes will look identical in Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game 2
LaughingTarget @ Oct 12th 2008 12:23PM
Personally, I have my fears that the above outfit is what you'll see in the film. CGI clothing on moving live action bodies is disgustingly difficult to do, especially when you're not dealing with a flat, featureless, common color that can easily be edited out. They'll have to go frame by frame and meticulously re-render the clothing for each motion to avoid it looking like Spy Kids home computer special effects.
I seriously doubt this movie has that kind of budget. Expect the above to be the actual thing.
MuToiD_MaN @ Oct 13th 2008 1:53PM
Yes. I can tell from some of the pixels and also from having seen a few shops in my time.
Orionsaint @ Oct 12th 2008 4:38AM
Street Fighter The Movie - Pole Dance Fighting!
Ethan @ Oct 12th 2008 5:03AM
Björk's standing in for Kreuk.
Zak Canard @ Oct 12th 2008 5:08AM
From that still can we assume that the movie is now titled Street Fighter: Chun Li's Duvet Day?
Ebichu @ Oct 12th 2008 5:13AM
Chun-Li doesn't really look Chinese .....
Questworld @ Oct 12th 2008 11:06PM
It's anime eyes.
coldbrand @ Oct 12th 2008 5:14AM
It still baffles me how you can take something so direct as Street Fighter and STILL manage to fuck it up and make it horrible.
JoeTheBlow @ Oct 12th 2008 5:25AM
The SF anime movie was pretty damn sweet.
Not so much the edited version we got on the PS2 SF:Anniversary disc, but its worth hunting out.
Chun Li's towel-clad post-shower fight with Vega is legendary.
JoeTheBlow @ Oct 12th 2008 5:33AM
Observe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWk3dSCSlgg&feature=related
They may as well just recreate this fight with Kreuk, it'd almost make it watchable.
coldbrand @ Oct 12th 2008 5:45AM
I own all three Street Fighter Animated movies, I'm talking about these live action pieces of shit.
Ghen @ Oct 12th 2008 6:18AM
what country are you in joe? not viewable in america... and do you know any good local proxies?
Skaz @ Oct 12th 2008 10:15AM
Today is the best day of your life. For me, it's a tuesday.
Mark @ Oct 12th 2008 5:41AM
I love Kristin Kreuk, and I hate Video Game Movies.
And now I'm in emotional chaos! :(
Heeeeeeellp !!!!!
Ghen @ Oct 12th 2008 6:19AM
she will survive, hate the movie ;)
LaughingTarget @ Oct 12th 2008 8:55AM
Sorry, not even the Elite Beat Agents can help on this one. It is beyond all powers.
Miles @ Oct 12th 2008 5:43AM
Gotta love people actually critiquing a movie with one goddamn frame of footage. Kristen Kreuk doesn't look Chinese. She looks half Dutch and Chinese. But fuck it , its the internet, so say what you want.
Psalm Bowser @ Oct 12th 2008 6:13AM
When are Hollywood going to get around to making the Smash Brothers movie?
Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 12th 2008 11:56AM
Yikes. Don't suggest that.
Smash Bros movie would mean Link would have to talk, which conjures up horrible, horrible memories of "Well, Excuuuuuse me Princess."
I have to go wash now...
joe @ Oct 12th 2008 6:26AM
There's a simple explanation guys:
She was nekkid for Pacman Jones who was makin' it rain from a big blue bag of cash when all of a sudden Chinese mafia guys came in to break up the party. She quickly jumped into the cash bag and spin kicked the guy next to the hooker pole who was trying to get her hard earned monies.
saru @ Oct 12th 2008 7:40AM
I'm guessing it's a practice garment placed over the top of cable-rigs, during a practice run. It's also (as previously stated) very likely that this garment covers (either in actuality or a CGI potential) her "Chun-Li" outfit. That said: Why not cast a gifted Chinese martial artist from Hong Kong who speaks fluent English? Yeah, there's bound to be a reeeeal shortage of those.
Top Cat @ Oct 12th 2008 7:47AM
"MOVIE?!"
Great ad!
Batzarro @ Oct 12th 2008 8:05AM
It'll be good, in a February movie kinda standard. I'll giver it a shot.
EMaster @ Oct 12th 2008 8:10AM
In my mind that movie DOES NOT exist nor has it or ever will be release. I will Deny and denounced that POS. Again.. Chun Li movie? What? What are you talking about it just a rumor... It was scrapped wasn't it? /Denial
EMaster @ Oct 12th 2008 8:12AM
I know eh?
Ethan @ Oct 12th 2008 8:24AM
The DOA movie surprised me in a kind of accepting that it was crap kind of way.
WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Oct 12th 2008 8:57AM
I am absolutely sick of them pretending Street Fighter 3 didn't exist. Fuck you, Capcom. Especially since Chun Li was one of the best characters in SF3.
Psalm Bowser @ Oct 12th 2008 9:33AM
Get over it already, kid. There are better fighting games currently out (Battle Fantasia, SSBB), and the best is still to come (the new KOF).
SF's day in the sun has passed.
WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Oct 12th 2008 10:36AM
1. I'm not a kid.
2. You think SSBB is a better fighting game than SF?
3. "SF's day in the sun has passed" you say in an article about Street Fighter.
Psalm Bowser @ Oct 12th 2008 11:01AM
This is an article on a garbage movie captalising off the SF name, son. Of course it's day day in the sun has passed.
Why else would Capcom release this cinematic monstrosity on the public if they cared for the legacy of the series? The answer is they don't. They realise SF2: ALPHA cannot be beaten; they realise SF4 is a simple cash in, and this movie continues in the same vein. Legacy trashing only occurs when a franchise has run it's natural course, when the developers/publishers are fully aware of this fact, but they continue to wring out 'just one more game.' Examples: Sonic, Megaman.
And yes, in the war of simplistic fighters, if we were to compare SF2, the direction SF4 is taking I might add, to SSBB, then there's no contest. Brawl wins hands down.
DEEZNUTZ @ Oct 12th 2008 11:34AM
@ Psalm BOwser
LMAO! Wow, what are you smokin'? Even the SF EX POS is better than some kiddie ass brawl game.
You must be like 9yrs old. Your parents really need to turn on the internet nanny on the PC you use.
Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 12th 2008 11:38AM
Lord Bowser has strange tastes, though i agree with him about SSBB
Though Street Fighter has set the standard for your basic side-scrolling fighter, games like Smash Bros and Soul Calibur have just added more depth to the fighting game. Not necessarily in the sense of play mechanics, but in the sense of having more to do (challenge modes, adventures, etc)
WiNG [Life in a Game] @ Oct 12th 2008 4:20PM
I just thought it was insane that someone complained about my taste in games when I was comparing one Street Fighter game to another!
zombienutz @ Oct 12th 2008 10:19AM
Chun-Li is wearing a shame tarp.
Psy @ Oct 12th 2008 11:58AM
Sorry Psalm, if your theory is correct, then the SF series never really took off. See they released a craptastic movie back in late 1994, SF2 Alpha came out in 96. So did everything SF after 94 suck, looked like they may have been doing some legacy trashing since then.
I also must ask why you were calling for Hollywood to make a SSBB movie, you're ready for the death of the series? Or maybe companies don't legacy trash kiddie games, they just stop making them.
Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 12th 2008 12:09PM
2nd person in here to call SSB "kiddie"
Fan-service isn't kiddie, though some of the cast and the play mechanics do appeal to little kids (got me hooked at age 10), a LOT of the stuff in there would pass right over a kid's head, not to mention many of the defunct characters.
teckni3k @ Oct 12th 2008 12:10PM
um... like they couldnt find an asian actress to portray chun-li? maggie q? ziyi zhange? heck even lucy liu? idk... just my gripe... but like most of you no matter how terrible this motion picture is... i will probably end up seeing it... at least its not directed by uwe boll right guys?
SupaYoYoMan @ Oct 12th 2008 1:07PM
did they just completely ignore SFIII?
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Oct 12th 2008 2:43PM
I dunno about you guys, but I would have preferred a more action-oriented pose than this one: here's it's like she's kinda floating like a flag (yet not really) instead of showing her kick that mother's face with a more distinct silhouette.
RockmanForte @ Oct 12th 2008 3:25PM
Look at her acrobatic on the pole. Her arms are all bends and doing a horizontal kick against this guy is a crap! I knew it. This movie is going to be suck worse. Jeez. Oh boy. The director dont know how to make video game look right on big threatre. No thanks.
Deadpool @ Oct 12th 2008 3:27PM
What the heck is wrong with Capcom?! They ignored SFIII! That single game kept some arcades alive in America!
[Capcom squirts water in Deadpool's face]
WHY would you do that?!
carg0 @ Oct 12th 2008 4:56PM
we tried to warn them...
Gideon @ Oct 12th 2008 6:34PM
Not that I think this film will be the next Casablanca or anything, but I fail to see how this movie will reach the depths of hell in shittyness based solely on Chun-Li's unflattering attire. Aren't we being a bit hasty here?
Questworld @ Oct 12th 2008 11:18PM
Gamers tend to nitpick on a pixel level. I wouldn't be surprised at the hasty reaction. That's not to say there hasn't been a precedent of course, but I think most are nitpicking on the wrong things. Kristen Kreuk is at least half Chinese and Chun Li has never really looked Chinese, mostly because of her being drawn in an anime style with mainly rounded eyes. At any rate, southern Chinese people don't typically have "squinty" looking eyes.
The only concern I have personally is how well they choreograph the fighting. The Charlie's Angels fights were great but Drew Barrymore's part was terrible. This movie should at least avoid that much. A good realistic build up to a helicopter kick (of maybe three rotations with hands mostly on the ground) and spot on recreation of the China level would be great.
Batzarro @ Oct 13th 2008 12:38AM
Well, Kristin Kreuk's at least got some training in the martial arts, pre-movie, or so I heard. I doubt she'd be the weak link in this chain.
But really, why the single frame trailer? I wouldn't expect general good reaction when the bulk of players here seem to relegate Chun Li to unimportant(even though she's been in every Street Fighter Series, and EVERY Capcom crossover game!) but showing just that is asking for trouble.
s1 @ Oct 13th 2008 10:40AM
Yeah! Now the WHITE bitch is doing a pole dance. This is even better than I expected. They are turning my fav game girl to a whore. Well it doesn't matter since there is on Real Chunli in the movie (i mean chinese Chunli). She doesn't even look Asian To Me and I am an ASIAN. May be americans want Chunli to be American too bad chunli is from china.