It is called Karate Kid to gain an additional financial boost from nostalgia & pop culture
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 18/06/2010 02:52:56 PM
They wanted to tap into the market that not only remembers the "Karate Kid" movies but also the people that like kung fu (the folks who great up watching "The Matrix", "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" and other kung-fu action flicks from Asia.
"Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness."
The new Karate Kid film...
18/06/2010 10:35:55 AM
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it's probably more named for the franchise than the fighting style
18/06/2010 11:52:40 AM
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I've seen it subtitled on some posters as Kung Fu Kid *NM*
18/06/2010 02:07:10 PM
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That's the name in China. "Karate" is just the term Americans recognize for martial art.
*NM*
18/06/2010 02:07:43 PM
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I don't think it's THAT pathetic. It's just because they kept the title of the film being remade.
18/06/2010 10:22:19 PM
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Because fear does not exist in this dojo, does it? *NM*
18/06/2010 02:47:04 PM
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Is it called a dojo if it's in China? *NM*
18/06/2010 02:48:21 PM
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No, it's a 武館, or wŭguăn.
19/06/2010 04:06:48 AM
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It is called Karate Kid to gain an additional financial boost from nostalgia & pop culture
18/06/2010 02:52:56 PM
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See, I know that. But in my world that does not constitute an excuse. *NM*
18/06/2010 02:54:32 PM
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Is "gong fu" the new alternative spelling for "kung fu" now? I wondered in Gone-Away World. *NM*
18/06/2010 04:23:12 PM
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So it would seem
18/06/2010 04:25:17 PM
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