yeah you could see how ultraviolet had alot of potential to be awesome and then uhhh plotholes…shitty directing…more plotholes…and wtf are you serious man moments.
I’m avoiding this movie like the plague. It’s never a good sign when the actress for Vice researches her character’s background by playing “King Of Fighters '93”.
kof 95 or bust.
Yeah when you have the technology to summon weapons from portable pocket dimensions, you’d think they could get better weaponry than swords.
I thought it was his families Kusanagi sword…
I swear, with that twist, you’d think the director read Gold Digger, what with one of the Diggers sisters (Brianna) whipping Centurions-style powered beta-tech suits and cannons out of pocket dimensions with the cry of “POWER EXTREME!!”.
Where dat Tekken movie at? It’ll be better than this bastard.
action wise it will be…plot wise…uhhh…if rumors are true…hell no…lol@ junkie jin.
Let’s just go see Avatar for the blue babes (and Sigourney Weaver!) and be done with movies for the year. Michelle Rodriguez is in it, too…but her movie characters always seem to have red-shirt syndrome…
michelle rodriguez plays the same character in every fucking movie. super lesbo who we’re supposed to pretend isnt a lesbian.
Oh wow, that was… AMAZING!!!
This movie out yet or no? Haven’t seen any updates on the first post.
I know one thing: if there’s ever a remake of Aliens, her ass better get the part of Vasquez.
Even in the Fast and the Furious?
Every random guard had the same normal metal blade sword that they could summon from a pocket dimension. Not even a beam saber or something cool, but a standard blade.
Wasn’t she agro in Fast and the Furious?
Just watched the trailer, this is a comedy right?? 
I wrote some of this once before but I recently elaborated my armchair ideas for how I would have done SNK Playmore’s franchises in live action. It’s kinda long so prepare for pompous geek talk.
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[]First, four straight-to-DVD features; Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Psycho Soldier, and Metal Slug needs to drop. These would be inexpensive productions required to set up ‘the universe’.
[]These four features, however inexpensive, will still have to meet a certain quality. The aim is still to profit create brand awareness. Each DVD will be released under the KoF banner, alluding to the idea that they share a universe. This will be supported with dialogue and cameos. I know it’s vague and lame to say “I want my movie to be good,” but I can only be vague at this point. Still, I got your story synopsis in any case.
[]Fatal Fury would be an ode to the ‘Lone Warrior’ hero, with Terry Bogard being the lead. Terry disapproves of his old home town being taken over by underworld leader, Geese Howard. Terry joins his brother Andy and his hot girlfriend Mai as they topple Geese and his henchmen. Simple, to the point, cheap, three months of production (including post) at best. I’d like this to be the initial film, so several subtle hints to the universe at large would be dropped - concerning Geese’s connection to Rugal and the Orochi Legend especially.
[]Art of Fighting, whose original game had a rather Hollywood friendly plot, will be written as an ode to 90’s action/revenge films. Ryo and Robert need to save Ryo’s younger sister from villains. In the game, the villain was Mr. Big, but for this film the culprit will be Geese Howard (for universe consistency). This film would also stray from martial arts action to martial arts adventure, with big action set-pieces. This would help it have an identity compared to Fatal Fury. The ending needs to set up greater things at hand, while fatal Fury can end conclusively.
[]Psycho Soldiers would be adapted as “Athena and the Psycho Soldiers”. Athena Asamiya is a teenage girl who aspires to be a pop idol. Who life changes when invaders from another world awakens her latent abilities from her mystical ancestor, Princess Athena. That’s the plot of the original game, people, and I’m not changing shit (but her last name). This feature would grap the attention of the tween chicks who think iCarly is interesting. That demographic is leaning toward ‘supernatural’ themes as well. While FF and AoF’s audience is obvious, Athena would hook a largely different broader group. This feature is important in the grand scheme of things, as I would write in hints of the coming supernatural Orochi plot of the eventual cross-over film. FF and AoF plays it straight in that regard (though they’d both have energy attacks at pivotal moments of their respective climaxes).
[]Ikari Warriors would be renamed “Metal Slug”, in a move that would venomize fanboys - I’ll need to gut Metal Slug’s VG canon and implant Ikari Warrior’s characters. I do this for two reasons, 1) Nobody remembers Ikari Warriors. Shit, I bet few people know where Ralph, Clark, and Leona actually came from. 2) Metal Slug is more marketable a name for that very reason, but I’m betting few people hold Metal Slug’s canon sacred. I’m banking on the understanding of fanboys here, it’s a dangerous game. So in this military-fantasy (Metal Gear, GI Joe) three rag-tag soldiers use experimental vehicles to defeat terrorist madman and his powerful machinations. I project this would be the most expensive of the four features, but it may be the most successful. It also offers the most creative freedom. With the initial hack-job with the title characters, you can pretty much go crazy after that. The important thing, however, is establishing Leona’s link to the Orochi blood, and the main villain’s link to a certain Rugal. This feature would be presented as adventure with martial arts elements. No energy attacks this round, I’m afraid. The various vehicles of the Metal Slug series needs to take center stage due to the namesake.
[]These features would be released three months apart, the formers hyping the following features with trailers and all that. On their own they should be full fledged releases, but each one will promote the eventual King of Fighters feature.
[]King of Fighters, unlike the four previous features, would be released in theaters and hyped as the ‘ultimate crossover event’. It’s all marketing, kids. This is key. The recognition of the four features combined with the KoF hype machine should generate the public to view/collect the DVDs in preparation of the crossover feature. “The King of Fighters” should also playfully divide fans of the four previous features. Something of an ARG system would work, with Athena ‘Tweeting’ and fans signing up to receiving ‘top secret’ file from the Metal Slug team. Hype is key. Participation is key. The KoF game series presents this team atmosphere with the characters, the audience needs to feel that.
[*]The actual feature would pool all the main characters of the past movies together, highlighting one to be main characters of this feature. Rival heroes Kyo and Iori would be introduced, as well as main villain Rugal. The Orochi Legend plot teased in two of the four past DVDs will take center stage as well. Everything plays out on a grand team-based tournament, featuring supernatural martial-arts (time to cut loose). Athena and the Metal Slug characters will be pulled into a newer element (martial arts action), but given the actual game series that should be expected anyway. As the heroes try to stop Rugal from using the Orochi powers to take over the world or whatever, every team needs to have a ‘moment’ - some fanservice for each respective fan group. King of Fighters would continue as a series, with little need to fund sequels to the past DVDs.
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And that’s I what I would have done with SNK Playmore’s honestly incredible characters and titles. I know it’s TLDR but fuck that, I’m Serious Business about this shit. Sure it would be a big undertaking, 3-4 years production at most, but a well worth show. A team of writers, four directors, and one or two producers could have made this happen (rough projection). And though it’s five features altogether, the final budget could be comparable to two or three ‘big budget’ Hollywood features.
Thanks for reading.
I agree with you. Preferably all the depictions are in an anime format ala KOF another day.
What continuity would you suggest? KOF has been retconned. I.e. AOF takes place before Fatal fury etc
I may get shot for this but for these adaptations I’d like AoF and FF to take place on the same timeline. Essentially a ‘new’ continuity, or more accurately making the dream tournament premise of KoF the governing universe of the films. While purists may cringe, I think this way would be easier to follow for newbies and casuals.
Certain trends can stay. Like if the KoF series gets sequels MotW characters can be added to shake up the cast (an in-continuity reboot if the series gets a second sequel). Guys like Rock Howard can take it from there, intertwining his plot with KoF’s ‘clone saga’ (K’ FTW). A lot of my ideas stray from the norm but I approach this with a studio’s mindset, trying to find the hotspot between fanservice and marketability.
What we see with the real KoF movie is horrid. A slap in the face. And I’m usually very lenient with these adaptations.