The Karate Kid Remake

Joshua wrote:

Off_White_Lantern wrote:Karate Kid remake...Really? C'mon Hollywood get out of this horrible remake phase. I guess if people are stupid enough to spend their money this way...

Phase? It's not like re-making movies is a new concept.

They have been putting out more than 50% remakes for the last few years in case u didnt realize it lol. Just about any horror and many sci fi flicks of the past decade were remakes. Trust me movies are at their most unoriginal right now.

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/166239/55_movie_remakes_currently_in_the_works.html

It didnt used to be like this but I assume your probably in your teens and dont know any different.

Off_White_Lantern wrote:

Joshua wrote:

Off_White_Lantern wrote:Karate Kid remake...Really? C'mon Hollywood get out of this horrible remake phase. I guess if people are stupid enough to spend their money this way...

Phase? It's not like re-making movies is a new concept.

They have been putting out more than 50% remakes for the last few years in case u didnt realize it lol. Just about any horror and many sci fi flicks of the past decade were remakes. Trust me movies are at their most unoriginal right now.

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/166239/55_movie_remakes_currently_in_the_works.html

It didnt used to be like this but I assume your probably in your teens and dont know any different.

Your condescension aside, they haven't only begun started making movie remakes. It's a time-honored practice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes_A-M
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes_N-Z

Off_White_Lantern wrote:

Joshua wrote:

Off_White_Lantern wrote:Karate Kid remake...Really? C'mon Hollywood get out of this horrible remake phase. I guess if people are stupid enough to spend their money this way...

Phase? It's not like re-making movies is a new concept.

They have been putting out more than 50% remakes for the last few years in case u didnt realize it lol. Just about any horror and many sci fi flicks of the past decade were remakes. Trust me movies are at their most unoriginal right now.

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/166239/55_movie_remakes_currently_in_the_works.html

It didnt used to be like this but I assume your probably in your teens and dont know any different.

sh*t, that's a big list. What's with Michael Bay making remakes of horror movies? i don't really consider Jetsons a remake it's more of a new adaptation to me.

That's an interesting list but there's only a few including The Karate Kid, Metropolis (never seen the original but I'm intrigued) Akira and Child's Play (definitely).

ChrisToPhenom wrote:That's an interesting list but there's only a few including The Karate Kid, Metropolis (never seen the original but I'm intrigued) Akira and Child's Play (definitely).

It was the first thing that popped up when I googled "movie Remakes" so I dont know how accurate it is.

Joshua wrote:

Off_White_Lantern wrote:

Joshua wrote:

Off_White_Lantern wrote:Karate Kid remake...Really? C'mon Hollywood get out of this horrible remake phase. I guess if people are stupid enough to spend their money this way...

Phase? It's not like re-making movies is a new concept.

They have been putting out more than 50% remakes for the last few years in case u didnt realize it lol. Just about any horror and many sci fi flicks of the past decade were remakes. Trust me movies are at their most unoriginal right now.

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/166239/55_movie_remakes_currently_in_the_works.html

It didnt used to be like this but I assume your probably in your teens and dont know any different.

Your condescension aside, they haven't only begun started making movie remakes. It's a time-honored practice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes_A-M
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_remakes_N-Z

I didnt look at the Wiki lists cause I know they have remade movies since movies began. What I was saying is that its common knowledge to anyone watching films that they are making more remakes today than original films. U could probably add this past decade up and it would total more than 5 or 6 decades of remakes.

I really wasnt joking about the teen comment though as that is who watches the majority of these shitty remakes---kids that probably dont even know they are remakes. At least I hope it was teens that saw The Day the Earth Stood Still remake : ) Cant blame Hollywood though why would u make an original film when u could rehash garbage that people pay to see?

Off White Lantern, 500 to 600 films come out each year, and that list is 55, and some of them will come out this year, next year, the year after, or not at all, so no, fifty percent of films are not remakes. You do this stuff all the time. And by this stuff, I mean sound like a douche.




















Bam. Immunity.

I guess technically this should be called "the kung fu Kid" because that is what he will be learning.

Thundermatts wrote:Off White Lantern, 500 to 600 films come out each year, and that list is 55, and some of them will come out this year, next year, the year after, or not at all, so no, fifty percent of films are not remakes. You do this stuff all the time. And by this stuff, I mean sound like a douche.




















Bam. Immunity.

Go Bengals!!! : )

If u actually read my post I was talking about horror and Sci fi which make up the majority of the remakes and do total at least 50% of their output. I would have a hard time finding an original horror movie from the last few yrs.

Sandman wrote:I guess technically this should be called "the kung fu Kid" because that is what he will be learning.

They should yes...but they won't. Why? Because apparently Americans are too stupid to know the difference or just don't give a damn. I for one think it's stupid as hell to call the movie The Karate Kid...if throughout the movie no mention is made of Karate....It's all about Kung fu. and to be completely honest The last Movie I'd want to see is one where Jackie Chan is yelling at a kid to "Jacket off" lol

Sorry if there was another topic on this...I can't seem to find it.

It looks decent in its own right. I wonder how many people are raging because it is called the Karate Kid and not some other name. I think people are hung up on its association with the original Karate Kid movie.

I believe it is called The Kung Fu Kid in other countries

Sandman wrote:I guess technically this should be called "the kung fu Kid" because that is what he will be learning.

I was thinking the same thing.

Kung-fu kid would make sense, you know, because it's in CHINA and NOT Japan.

Though, I think the style is more like wu-shu if anything. Technicality, I know.

G_Zatara wrote:Kung-fu kid would make sense, you know, because it's in CHINA and NOT Japan.

Though, I think the style is more like wu-shu if anything. Technicality, I know.

The Kung-Fu Kid would make sense because Jackie Chan in the movie says he will teach the kid "kung-fu".

In any case, they should have called it "The Kung-Fu Kid", then again, do that and people will call it a Karate Kid knock-off. Call it Karate Kid and people will bitch about how it's not like the old movie or scream "remakes!!". I have no problem with them recylcing an old plot (so it seems), but I can't help but think that this movie did not stand much of a chance.

Hey, I forgot to mention to you all that last Thursday, there was a red carpet premiere at a theater in front of my bus-stop to work. I saw some tour buses in the parking lot but didn't see who was there. I swear if I knew Will Smith, his son or both were there, I would've took off work in the middle of my probation at the UPS hub. A radio station was there also.

^ That sucks, too bad you missed them.

When exactly does the flick come out again?

^June 11