Hollywood’s franchise violating antics continue with the revelation that even the producer of Tekken is willing to publicly trounce the recent $35 million Tekken movie, calling it “terrible” and entreating Tekken fans “don’t even ask me about that!”
Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada expressed his dissatisfaction in an English language Twitter exchange with fans:
“That Hollywood movie is terrible. We were not able to supervise that movie. (It was cruel contract.) I’m not interested in that [movie].”
“Please don’t ask me about that movie. We did not have the supervision right. I don’t want talk about that.”
Considering the atrocious results of practically every effort to adapt a fighting game to the silver screen, just why they persist is something of a mystery.
The trailer:
The film was aired in Japan in March, with a number of other territories getting summer 2010 releases. The US release is due some time in 2011.
yup! hollwood fucks up everything!
what a whimpy kazuya… but well, even when there’s a proper story (like “crying freeman”) , they know how to f♥♥k it up for good, or rather the worst.
remember Super mario brothers movie (ok, that one was at least creative and quite hilarious)
I’ve seen the movie…it really is bad.
Jin… and woman!?!?!?!?!!? WTH!?!?!!!!?
Id like to see Hollywood do Streets of Rage.
Dolph Lundgren could be Axel Stone, Wesley Snipes could be Adam Hunter and Koyuki Katō could be Blaze Fielding. How fucking EPIC would that be? Tom Berenger could be MR.X (Coooooooooool) Do it Hollywood… DO IT!!! 😀
As for Tekken I think I’ll give it a miss just like I missed DBZ and Street Fighter. (Watched Mortal Kombat though = UNFORGETTABLE) 🙁
One more movie I’m not going to watch…*sigh*
EVEN the trailer looks bad, I’m not interested in the full movie at all…
Plus, why there has to be romance?!
At least by a FIGHTING game adaption they should realize it’s totally unneccessary…>__>’
Action, martial arts, great stunts and nice CG – that’s ALL…