By Rob Bricken in
Movies, Video Games
Tuesday, Feb. 10 2009 @ 11:04AM
Japan got a new Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li movie poster, and in a pleasant change of pace, it actually features Chun Li semi-prominently. On the less positive side, WHAT THE HOLY FUCK IS SHE WEARING? What is that, a half muumuu? I mean, I guess I understand why they couldn't put her in the Chinese dress that she's worn in every Street Fighter videogame since 1991 -- OH WAIT, NO, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AT ALL. They put goddamn Ming-na Wen in the get-up; surely Kristen Kreuk would look at least as attractive, right? But just about anything would be sexier than this, which manages to turn her torso into an amorphous, sexless blob. Thanks to liquidhalcyon for the tip. (Via Kotaku)
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Spoon said:
It is very disappointing but at least it's not as bad as the black spy/ninja/x-men thing she was wearing in the trailer.
At least the skirt is kind of short...
Brion said:
I've been telling people for the last month... this movie is going to make Van Damme's look like a masterpiece. Why not make a movie completely based on Street Fighter?! I mean yeah, no matter what it'll be cheesey BUT the movie would be entertaining. If some how I ever make it "Big," I swear I'll give the public what it wants!
Flipyap said:
Hey! Calm the fuck down!
Take your meds, breathe deeply. Think happy thoughts.
It's going to be all right. I won't let the bad movie men touch you again.
Zach Oat said:
I agree that the Chinese dress would have been the easiest and most popular route. But I really don't understand the thinking behind most Japanese movie posters. There are two shadows fighting on top of this picture of Kreuk, and one is clearly Chun-Li in her more traditional video game outfit (see her hair tassles), with her FOOT ON FIRE. I will bet you cash money this does not happen in the movie. It's actually not a bad trick to remind people of the video game, but then they manage to clutter those shadows with five tiny head shots -- as if a photo of a barely recognizable Chris Klein is going to sell tickets, especially in Japan. And as someone who just finished editing another recap of "Desperate Housewives," I still laugh every time I think of M. Bison being played by Creepy Dave.
Bill Binder said:
Forget Ming-na, if Jackie Chan can fit into that costume Kreuk can. No excuses
Jackie Chan
Hugo said:
What an atrocious poster. Adobe's lawyers should put a restraining order on some photoshop abusing designers.
Lucy said:
That's the kind of outfit the well-meaning parent of a chubby ten-year-old child brings home with all the best of intentions, and then watches in horror and confusion as their child breaks into tears. All it's missing is a basket of screenprinted kittens on it.
Patrick Cooper said:
No ass. NO ass.
u_nick said:
Oh Man, Liu Knag's Quato looks like Chris Kline! WOOO!
McTool said:
Guys, seriously, all that matters is:
Does it accentuate the thighs?
Snoodle said:
@ Bill Binder
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Seriously...she's sort of got her hair up and that thing she's wearing is blue anyway...can't they just spring for the actual costume???
I would also like to point out that that is one seriously poorly designed poster.
Templar said:
I would also like to point out that that is one seriously poorly designed poster.
What do you expect? It's Japanese.
liquidhalcyon said:
I'm still amazed that they even put her on the posters anymore. I thought that they were just writing her out of the movie by now, no?
Anonymous said:
Wait, so this movie *does* have Chun-Li in it? Goodness.
Fuck it. Never expected her costume or the film to be good. IT'S FUCKING KRISTIN KREUK.
