tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post964977330593021942..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: Karate Kid does kung fu: 2010 remake courts ChinaMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-7461715605392689802010-06-21T09:57:13.958+01:002010-06-21T09:57:13.958+01:00Thanks for finding the interview quote, Almost Wit...Thanks for finding the interview quote, Almost Witty.<br /><br />The television scene where Jaden is copying the boy in the movie sounds like a tacked on bit of rationalisation to me. But I can see why they needed to hold onto the lineage of a successful movie and create a franchise. (Although, if they'd gone with The Kung-Fu Kid, they could have followed it up with The Capoeira Kid, etc.)<br /><br />Yin, I assume the plot will be standard formula. But the trailer made it all look very effective, emotionally.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-76477296283406539562010-06-20T21:51:24.528+01:002010-06-20T21:51:24.528+01:00Well, Jaden smith is marketable, jackie chan is, c...Well, Jaden smith is marketable, jackie chan is, china is. LOL<br /><br />I see the point in a remake, not sure if the plotline will be great though.Yinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02296356188537269771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-24717165732147408712010-06-18T15:41:59.851+01:002010-06-18T15:41:59.851+01:00In an interview with Coming Soon, the director say...In an interview with <a href="http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=66851" rel="nofollow">Coming Soon</a>, the director says:<br /><br />"from the beginning it was gonna be "The Karate Kid," then we played around with "The Kung Fu Kid" for a little while there, but it always made sense in the movie to call it "The Karate Kid" because he trains karate in the scene where he is looking at his old television. We even had a line in there where the kids are sort of teasing him, "Oh look, he wants to do karate. It's the Karate Kid." It's in there. It's in the DNA of the movie, so once you see the movie, you don't question that anymore. Mom also says, "Don't you like that karate class?" He goes, "It's not karate, Mom." Yeah, the people in the movie know the difference between karate and kung fu, and that makes perfect sense for me. Of course, "The Karate Kid", we are honoring that story, so to me it really wouldn't make sense to call it anything else."almostwitty.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14831583566981758189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-59828465376366264752010-06-18T11:43:28.872+01:002010-06-18T11:43:28.872+01:00Apparently, they have the mother saying, "Kun...Apparently, they have the mother saying, "Kung-fu, karate? What's the difference?" Which is not unlike saying, "You all look the same."<br /><br />But I suppose the device is effective for keeping the franchise in its own lameass way.Madam Miaowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-85365873734662752822010-06-18T11:38:59.476+01:002010-06-18T11:38:59.476+01:00Oh I'm kinda looking forward to this one - art...Oh I'm kinda looking forward to this one - art imitating life perchance. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915236568015079389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-80462116306133184992010-06-18T11:35:11.429+01:002010-06-18T11:35:11.429+01:00What???!!! The Karate Kid goes to China, is traine...What???!!! The Karate Kid goes to China, is trained in Chinese martial arts and it's still called the Karate Kid? <br /><br />I guess it's all just the same thing, right? Sheesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-68187328892375062252010-06-18T11:29:12.158+01:002010-06-18T11:29:12.158+01:00Well spoke, Madammmmm.
If you said 'Wing Chun...Well spoke, Madammmmm.<br /><br />If you said 'Wing Chun' to most people, they wouldn't know whether to adopt a crane stance or order it over noodles.VenerableSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079094267060544265noreply@blogger.com