Street Fighter

[spider-neil]

I thought the live action effects for One Piece were amazing and One Piece is far more 'out there' than Street Fighter.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

I thought the live action effects for One Piece were amazing and One Piece is far more 'out there' than Street Fighter.

I haven't watched that at all. I had an eye on starting the anime but 1000+ episodes or whatever it is on seems intimidating lol.

I think what you do in live action does have 2 factors to it. 1 might be to dress it up ridiculously in heightened fight fashion and you might get away with it, but i know this sounds a tad bit ridiculous but Street Fighter never struck me as it being rooted in something fantastical if that makes sense unlike One Piece. Street Fighter despite the flashy combos and so on, i kinda felt they maybe tried to keep grounded.

I suppose Mortal Kombat is the closest example of a rival for powers and whatnot in a fighting game but the premise of Mortal Kombat isn't grounded as much as Street Fighter in the sense of having lore with beings like Raiden and worlds like Outworld and so on. Street Fighter like i said is more like a roster of the worlds most lethal MMA fighters all fighting in some underground style manner.

Blanka being explained away as a mutant human experimentation and so on. Akuma is probably the most outwardly "other" thing i think they used to initially havs. So they could maybe try but it's a tougher trick to pull off.

The bicycle kick Liu Kang did in the last MK movie was pulled off well enough but had to use multiple cuts to try and flow it properly. Maybe here they would have to do something similar but no way in hell i think you could say it's something a pure human being could pull off with our relative popcorn brains primed to think it's the same world we currently live in with all its physics and so on.

Mortal Kombat on the other hand got to throw that stuff out very easily with their background.

[-JKR-]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

I wish that was true, but when reality already had established rules of gravity, physics and so on, it makes it extremely hard to accept like somebody above said Chun Li doing a spinning kick like she does.

M Bison doing rhe Psycho Crusher move would be possible to explain away with some kind of jet type boots and tech in a suit. The only way it maybe stacks up in live action as plausible.

Whenever we see comic book movies, those are probably a good example to use for how they translate certain things to live action. Blanka doing electricity could arguably be explained away, but a human sumo wrestler already doesn't move like E Honda does with his hands. The physics are all wrong for the spinning roundhouse kick which travels for like 3-5 metres. The more realistic element to get away with could be a shoryuken which can be shown off as a spinning uppercut with a jump. Heck, i'd even argue the Hadouken is easier to justify in live action but could look a touch goofy.

There has never been such thing as unrealistic movies in the history of cinema.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by -JKR-

There has never been such thing as unrealistic movies in the history of cinema.

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I mean, i'm not expecting aliens to launch an attack on us like Independence Day. I don't see Iron Man and Captain America jostling around an airport in our real world. So that's why i say movies are to a degree "unrealistic" in nature but they try to stay grounded by "popcorn logic" to a degree within the doohicky world of made up logic we see everyday in our real lives to a degree.

[-JKR-]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

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I mean, i'm not expecting aliens to launch an attack on us like Independence Day. I don't see Iron Man and Captain America jostling around an airport in our real world. So that's why i say movies are to a degree "unrealistic" in nature but they try to stay grounded by "popcorn logic" to a degree within the doohicky world of made up logic we see everyday in our real lives to a degree.

Huh

[HipsterTrash]

As soon as we see Blanka and buy into who he is I think we can buy into characters having powers and using them to fight.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

As soon as we see Blanka and buy into who he is I think we can buy into characters having powers and using them to fight.

I explained this a few posts back. Blanka can be explained away as a science experiment gone wrong or a freaky scientific style explanation a la Spider-Man but the majority of the Street Fighter world takes place in a world largely similar to our own as a reference point. So E-Honda being a Sumo for example doesn't suddenly fly off for a headbutt missile attack or somehow have hands that move as fast as that slap attack thing does.

The Shoryuken is equivalent to a fancy high uppercut you could replicate but the spinning roundhouse kick which Ryu and Ken do in the games travelling like 6 feet plus would be hard to do as would Chun-Li pulling off her upside down bird kick without looking ridiculous imo in live action if you didn't use quick cuts and not show it off like the games usually do.

I think people need to remember that the game medium as well as animated form by their very nature are far removed from being recognised as "real" unlike live action stuff which our brain then automatically shifts to using our real world as a reference point for what's "realistic" in terms of being able to happen alongside a dash of "Popcorn" logic. For example accepting the MCU where Iron Man can fly, Thor exists and Spider-Man got bit by a spider as well as Dr Strange learning magic.

That's not to say Street Fighter can't be great. You just have to concentrate on good casting, a solid story and choreographing the fights with the proper care to keep what works from signature moves and maybe cut what won't really flow well in the fights.

I think M Bison easily works with how the Van Damme version did it. The suit had tech in it for Raul Julias portrayal as an example.

[Zivouhr]

I did get to play some of Street Fighter 6 with that free demo. Just waiting for a 19.99 deal and then I'll try the full game. Not a fan of the story mode, where the newbie fighter talks to people to find the legendary Street Fighter Cast to have them Mentor him. I really hope a new Street Fighter movie doesn't do something like that with an unknown as the star. Make Ken the star or Chun Li or something. Guile could be the star.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

I did get to play some of Street Fighter 6 with that free demo. Just waiting for a 19.99 deal and then I'll try the full game. Not a fan of the story mode, where the newbie fighter talks to people to find the legendary Street Fighter Cast to have them Mentor him. I really hope a new Street Fighter movie doesn't do something like that with an unknown as the star. Make Ken the star or Chun Li or something. Guile could be the star.

The Street Fighter movie last time kind of tried to give everybody their own moments with Van Damme probably being the biggest action star name attached at the time probably getting a touch more attention as a result. However during the story, i would say they still tried to show off quite a lot of the core names.

They probably and arguably didn't do it quite the justice we would like to see.

Ryu and Ken have a very combined history, and then Sagat, Balrog, Bison, Vega and so on are linked at the hip with Shadaloo which ties into Chun Li and Guile as well as a few others but the problem is there's almost really loose connections there.

It isn't like say Tekken where there's a big single tournament for all these fighters to turn up to, or Mortal Kombat where Raiden etc. goes around collecting them like Pokemon again for a tournament.

Street Fighter II the animated movie probably is a solid example of where they tried to string together the different characters but even then, you would only get like a cameo out of some. Including the whole damn roster with a compelling story would need a lot of attention in the script to make sure it's not overly stuffed.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

The Street Fighter movie last time kind of tried to give everybody their own moments with Van Damme probably being the biggest action star name attached at the time probably getting a touch more attention as a result. However during the story, i would say they still tried to show off quite a lot of the core names.

They probably and arguably didn't do it quite the justice we would like to see.

Ryu and Ken have a very combined history, and then Sagat, Balrog, Bison, Vega and so on are linked at the hip with Shadaloo which ties into Chun Li and Guile as well as a few others but the problem is there's almost really loose connections there.

It isn't like say Tekken where there's a big single tournament for all these fighters to turn up to, or Mortal Kombat where Raiden etc. goes around collecting them like Pokemon again for a tournament.

Street Fighter II the animated movie probably is a solid example of where they tried to string together the different characters but even then, you would only get like a cameo out of some. Including the whole damn roster with a compelling story would need a lot of attention in the script to make sure it's not overly stuffed.

Good point that there are links between some characters' history.
I remember Guile, played by Van Damme, was the best character, and Ken and Ryu in that live-action film were like cartoon Looney Tunes characters, goofing off like they were just out of high school or something from what I remember. They should've been bigger stars in the film as they're the main fighters.

Yeah, I bought the Street Fighter Anime Movie on VHS way back then around Memorial Day in the 1990s as a kid. I thought it was okay at best. Nice art but not a great story.

I wouldn't mind a team based fighting movie, like X-Men. Have all of the heroes join together in a large team from the start of the film, working in smaller groups to disassemble the villains, discover clues, and then form up by the end for the major fight battle.

Or just go with a Bloodsport Van Damme style film, or The Quest with Van Damme, where he enters the tournament and fights each character one by one. No story needed other than his versus each character.

Not easy at all for this type of format. It really doesn't lend itself to a good story IMO, nor does Mortal Kombat. They're really fighting games.

[spider-neil]

I think what the Animated movie did really well is it focused on Ken and Ryu as the main characters. I hope they do that again. I also like the TV series that also focused on Ken and Ryu as the main characters.

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

I think what the Animated movie did really well is it focused on Ken and Ryu as the main characters. I hope they do that again. I also like the TV series that also focused on Ken and Ryu as the main characters.

Ryu has always been the poster boy, and Ken his best friend basically with Bison focusing on grabbing him. Then Guile chasing Bison down with Chun Li jn tow but they still only had cameos for other big names at times.

So it really will come down to what story these writers cook up. Having Bison cook up a tournament to find the people like the animated movie and rejig it would probably corral all the big name together imo.

[Mikezilla3k]

Dhanush and Sydney Sweeney are rumored to be appearing in the film: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/.../116140064.cms

[ParamountChris]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Dhanush and Sydney Sweeney are rumored to be appearing in the film: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/.../116140064.cms

Sydney Sweeney really is everywhere

[NARMAK]

Originally Posted by ParamountChris

Sydney Sweeney really is everywhere

Get your money whilst you can i guess. Hollywood can have an incredibly short career. That's why The Rock milked it for all he can whilst he's able to.

[mwynn]

‘Street Fighter’ Finds Its Director in Kitao Sakurai

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo..._term=10028177

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by mwynn

‘Street Fighter’ Finds Its Director in Kitao Sakurai

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo..._term=10028177

I knew he was lined up for this after the bros left but I didn't know that the film is suppose to be coming out next March. if it can keep that date, this should be lensing up within the next 6 months.

[Prohibida]

Cancelled.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by Prohibida

Cancelled.

Removed from calendar. So it can still happen but it obviously needs time and probably some restructuring.

[BluBonnet]

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