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As you may of heard, The King of Fighters is being turned into a movie. As you can see in this trailer, this has like nothing to do with the game.

Seriously, what the f**k is going on? Maggie Q isn't busty enough to pull of Mai Sharanui, Terry Bogard is some old CIA agent and Iori Yagami is now a hockey player fighting guy thing. Oh, and the tournament happens in an alternative dimension. Wonderful. Just wonderful.

Man, what the f**k Hollywood?! Step away from our Kool-Aid. Please. 

 


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Super Drybones's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:01
Super Drybones
So how long do I have to wait to unexist this from my memory?
phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:02
phantomile
God dammit.
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:03
HEL105
Could this be even worse than The Legend of Chun Li?
h5e5l5l5o5's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:07
h5e5l5l5o5
Are people still waiting for GOW and halo movies?

Hahaha, they will probably never happen. But sorry to the fans :(

And, this movie looks like it had a HUGE budget! Must of been made by the hardcore gaming fans!
Magnalon's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:10
Magnalon
I never knew this existed! Mind, blown, in a bad way!

@HEL105
Well, Chun Li had Neal McDonough in it, which made it worth pirating.
Modern Robot's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:22
Modern Robot
@HEL105

Can it be worse then Dead or Alive?
Harris Hatsworth's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:26
Harris Hatsworth
Sharanui? Oh my shit they don't even know the names of the characters.
Trevor McGee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:29
Trevor McGee
Another dimension? What the fuck is this? Mortal Kombat? None of those characters even remotely resemble the in-game characters, I mean did they even try at all? It's like they ripped Mortal Kombat's plot off, threw a bunch of King of Fighter names on a bunch of random people, and churned this piece of shit out. I guess it's going to be a while because video games get a respectful movie adaptation, kind of like how it took forever for comics to get some and when they did they were usually few and faw in between.
kefkaesque's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:29
kefkaesque
Maybe they'll add Mai into KoF13 in her Maggie Q model!

*vomits*
bardock's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:33
bardock
"RUGAL! Say hello to Geese Howard for me...IN THE NEXT DIMENSION! BUSTER WOOOOOOOOOOOLF!!!!!!!"



also you know what this shit means right? king of fighters the movie THE GAME! awwww yeah
nekobun's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:36
nekobun
Speechless. Surprised I can still type.
zero588's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:40
zero588
Oh God this looks as bad as the chun li movie
zeph's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:41
zeph
Mortal Kombat 2009 here we come!
Overcrowd's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:45
Overcrowd
At least the Tekken movie looks to have most of its characters remaining faithful.
casualweaponry's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:50
casualweaponry
CANNOT UNSEE! I'm actually offended. It's like they took a gigantic dump on FIFTEEN years of KoF history in order to release this piece of crap.

KoF deserves a lot better than this.
SASUGA RIVAL's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:58
SASUGA RIVAL
This movie makes me nerd rage like absolutely nothing else.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:58
AgentMOO
I think they wanted to be able to recover the footage for a different movie if the KOF license got cancelled ;)
mariusrhpsd's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 22:59
mariusrhpsd
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!
srry for the spam, but, what the f***ing f***????? oh jesus christ, this is even worst than dragon ball, street fighter (all of them, only chuck norris could save that piece of...), alone in the dark, the house of he death, and a large etc of hollywood bullsh**. at least give the actors a little bit of info, like, oh please let me be the most obvious human being, KOF 93?? yeah, right, not to mention they didnt appeared as playable characters until 96', where the hell is MY redhaired iori???? f***, i feel more frustrated than playing i wanna be the guy, goddammit, ok, ok i just calmed down, ok ok, everything is fine... i thunk, i better not see that again...
SASUGA RIVAL's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:01
SASUGA RIVAL
Seriously... this makes me want to go to Hollywood, find the people responsible for this, and destroy everything they ever loved.

Seriously...
Furyfire's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:04
Furyfire
o_O
snukastyle's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:14
snukastyle
Vice and Mature look pretty hot, but the rest of the casting? Blecch. Kyo is Caucasian? Terry middle-aged? Rugal....man...I love Ray Park, but ye gods...

Maggie Q...attractive, but she's nowhere CLOSE to being Mai...
Kalmah's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:17
Kalmah
What the fuck? What happened to Terry's hair? What the fuck did they do to my favorite KOF fighter, Rugal? Jesus, they even managed to fuck up Mature and Vice... badly. MaggieQ... really? I hate you Hollywood.
trunxkam45's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:23
trunxkam45
Do the Japanese really not want to make good movies of good games as badly as we dont?
Jack Maverick's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:26
Jack Maverick
This movie seems like it's so poorly cast, I can't help but feel like it's intentional, like they're trying to go as far away from the game as possible. There's even gameplay footage in the video, they had to have seen who the characters are. There's no excuse.

The director doesn't even sound confident when he speaks, like he knows it's going to bomb or something, it's hilarious.
HijaLoveHijo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:26
HijaLoveHijo
Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! Oh fuck no! My first ever post, and its a sad one. Oh fuck no...
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:28
Los255
Dear Hollywood,

Stop it. PLEASE.

-Everyone
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:40
GohanGVO
Hollywood may be incapable of creating a solid movie adaptation of a video game, but I think it is about time that the PUBLISHERS -- you know, the LICENSORS -- obtain their share of criticism and finger-pointing.

Remember this:

SNK had to of approved this.

Capcom APPROVED of The Legend of Chun-Li and Street Fighter.

Tecmo APPROVED of Dead or Alive.

Sega APPROVED of House of the Dead.

Infogrames(?)/Atari(?) APPROVED of Alone in the Dark.

Fuck you, publishers.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2009 23:48
Los255
@Gohan:

You do have a point.

It begs the question, who the fuck approved "Gamer"?
Mr Jonson's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 00:00
Mr Jonson
who the fuck decided that KOF would be worthy of a movie? that's like making a movie out of Super Smash Bros.
protoknuckles's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 00:02
protoknuckles
GRAAWWWWWAAAAWWWW!!!!
Why do they do these things? I couldn't even finish the trailer! This is worse than Dragon Ball Evolution. :(
dwolfwood's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 00:21
dwolfwood
at least the girl is hot.
Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 01:25
Vanilla Gorilla
G E T

T H E

F U C K

O U T !

I mean, seriously... I didn't even get into King of Fighters, but that is a complete affront to my senses!
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 01:42
GuitarAtomik
I'm usually willing to give movies like this the benefit of the doubt but yeah.....no. Somehow, they managed to get practically every detail about the game wrong. The moment they decided to put this in an alternative dimension they should have dropped the license.
Mace's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 02:37
Mace
Well, that looks pretty damned terrible!
lic05's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 02:54
lic05
I'm not the kind of people that has anger burst but...

They turned Terry Bogard INTO FUCKING FONZIE

FUCK YOU HOLLYWOOD, FUCK YOU IN THE FUCKING NECK!! AND FUCK MICHAEL BAY TOO.

I know MB has nothing to do with this film but anytime is a good time to say fuck him.
Luis Santos's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 03:36
Luis Santos
Everything about this trailer was crap. If anyone needs me, I'll be over in the kitchen scooping my eyeballs out with a spoon.
LokiTerjesen's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 04:16
LokiTerjesen
I just wonder how every time I turn on the television, log onto the internet or pick up a paper I'm reminded of how terrible the economy supposedly is. AND YET, these people have the balls to waste however much cash it took to budget out this filth. Apparently we can't be in too bad of shape if all those associated with this movie are actually receiving money for working on it.

Just a total waste of time and funds. I can't fathom how films like this, that should be made for their fans before anyone else, end up being the most offensive thing you could ever do to something they love. I'd rather give somebody 10 bucks to rape me with a HORI arcade stick than watch this travesty.
Ehkard's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 04:45
Ehkard
Is that a B movie...
calpis's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 04:59
calpis
I support bad video game related movies, especially ones based of fighting games :D The theaters near me better be getting this.
DR EGG's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 07:03
DR EGG
Everything about this project mirrors the choices made by the second Mortal Kombat movie. I don't foresee fans of the series or a mainstream audience going to see this one.
KelvisSu's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 08:41
KelvisSu
WHAT THE FACK!?
Infinitys End's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 09:25
Infinitys End
There's only one thing you guys can do: DON'T GO SEE IT. DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY!
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 09:39
Everyday Legend
You bastards.
You fucking bastards.

Why make a movie that will deviate completely from a concrete, established storyline when you know that the fan base (who will be your primary mode of support for the project) will abandon it before the product is ever brought to market? Tell me, what kind of sense does that fucking make?

And to the publishers who allow this kind of pathetic nonsense: if you stop accepting these small "paydays" from the licensing rights to your IPs, and instead focus on crafting a film that is worthy of bearing your baby's name, you might find that your profit margins would increase off of the fan base you so desperately want to support your creative efforts in another medium.

Cast actors who are right for the characters.

Keep characterization and plotline RELIGIOUSLY adherent to the original work.

Don't accept "creative license" when it comes to making "changes" to these two previous aspects.

There you have it. Success in a fucking jar.

Case in point: if you're going to make a Street Fighter movie, do not base it off of a secondary character like you have TWICE IN A ROW, with the results being the same after all is said and done. As "non-Hollywood" as it would be to focus on Ryu, Ken, Akuma and Gouken, it would make for a movie that fans would be more willing to embrace blindly, and if it were handled with enough care to keep major plot points and character details as exact as possible with regards to the original work, then you will invariably have a hit on your hands.

Why these people still allow this and make these large travesties involve idiotic concepts that are so far beyond me. It probably has a lot to do with the fact that I have some goddamn sense, and these fuckwit asshats have everything but that.
capitan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 09:44
capitan
i can picture the tournament actually happening in an alternate dimension, but the rest doesn't make much sense. we've had terry punch gods from some legendary under water temples that turn the sky red in the face before so i can imagine it happening in an alternate universe. character backgrounds don't make sense though.

also, weren't the halo and GoW movies stuck in development hell or something?
Pangloss's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 10:54
Pangloss
If Terry Bogard were alive, he would BUSTAH WOLF this director right in the face. He wouldn't even stop afterward and ask "AHH YU HOKAY!?", because he wouldn't care.
fozzyozzy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 11:21
fozzyozzy
Who the fuck is Maggie Q? (Ah well, time to hate away) I guess the 'Q' stands for Qunt, as in "talentless".

It looks like a Syfy original movie, and I mean that with all its connotations...
Chack's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 11:31
Chack
It surely is worse then Dragon Ball Evolution.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/03/2009 12:03
Qraze
lord almighty. how do you get a game that's rooted in real world fighting and turn it into mortal fuckin kombat, complete with an extra dimension? can i shoot these dam retards?
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