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    The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato

    Is Stephen Chow Completely Off Hornet?

    Stephen Chow's ET Gets Animated

    Anne Hathaway Dons Super Cape For Stephen Chow Comedy?

    Has The Green Hornet Fallen Already?

    The Green Hornet Movie Is Officially Dead To Us

    Time To Lose Interest In Green Hornet

    Chinese Transformers Will Put Optimus Prime To Shame

    Seth Rogen More Interested In Hornet Than Fighting Ghosts

    Green Hornet Just Became The Most Eagerly Anticipated Superhero Film Of 2010
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    It'd be nice to have someone attractive to look at in this movie to counter the fugly that is Rogen.
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    Image of spikespeigel spikespeigel
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    Stupid. Get Chow back, or else no one's gonna care about this movie. We watched Green Hornet for Bruce Lee, not whoever the other guy was. Same will hold true for the movie. Stephen Chow, not Seth Rogen.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    I think an accent makes for better characterization, actually. Not in a negative way, but having a strong, competent character with one is good for some of the fly-over state people that equate accents as something bad.
    I'm also glad they went for an unknown with potential over the same three Asian actors who are cast for big studio pictures (e.g., Jackie Chan).
    Not the Ong Bok guy, but still, not bad, not bad.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    It sounds like there is too much emphasis on action-movie ability, which can be trained into an otherwise fit and graceful actor, and not enough on comic timing, which can't.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment The Curse of Millhaven was starred The Curse of Millhaven was unstarred
    Image of Plague Plague
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    Volcano High was a good time
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    07/27/09

    @Plague: They have vaporizers in Korea?
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    I'm not sure I have the biggest expectations for this movie in the first place, so if their choice for Kato turns out to be less than impressive, it's not like it'll hurt what seems to be a project that's already set up to fail.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    Honestly, I'm not sure anyone can fill Bruce Lee's shoes on this.
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    07/27/09

    @Belabras: I wasn't sure anyone could even portray Bruce in a biography without descending into camp, but Jason Scott Lee pulled it off in Dragon. Have a little faith.
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    Image of Fuji-kun Fuji-kun
    07/27/09

    @Belabras: yes. i think even if someone is good, the feeling of it it's going to be "it is not Bruce".
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    i wonder when seth rogen will just go away. his schtick got old fast
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    07/27/09

    @GreyHammer: If Green Hornet gets high at some point in the movie, I'm SO leaving the theater.
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    07/27/09

    @AngryEddy:
    but but GREEN hornet... GET IT?! super funny. lol he is high.
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    Image of phoenix6666 phoenix6666
    07/27/09

    @GreyHammer: I'll take Seth Rogen's schtick over Shia Lebeouf any day of the week.
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    Image of I_Like_Bunnies I_Like_Bunnies
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    Does this character/movie have a big following? I don't really understand why they're remaking this.

    Firefly is cancelled, Chuck gets cut back, HEROES SOMEHOW GETS RENEWED, Life is cancelled, Dollhouse is nearly ruined by Fox execs, Sarah Connor is cancelled, Better Off Ted hangs on by the skin of its teeth, etc etc.

    But they can fund this?!
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    07/27/09

    @I_Like_Bunnies: hear hear!
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    Image of phoenix6666 phoenix6666
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    I don't recall Bruce Lee having the best english. Wonder how bad this guy's is if it makes the producers wary.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    07/27/09

    @phoenix6666: Bruce Lee was born in the U.S. (San Francisco) and was raised bi-lingual during his early years in China. He was actually an extremely articulate guy, and you can find a number of early interviews of his in English where you can hear an accent, which sounds more British than Chinese. Being that his mother was from one of the wealthiest family in China, I'm guessing he had a well-funded education that helped with his fluidity in languages. Any "engrish" was just played up for the movies.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    07/27/09

    @Allen_Richards: He was raised for part of his life in China, but in Hong Kong, which was still a British protectorate. That's where the accent comes from, I think.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    07/27/09

    @braak: That makes sense, and it probably true. After just YouTubeing an old interview, I want to say his accent sounds like an amalgam of both....with some San Fran hepcat beatnik thrown in for good measure. ;)
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    Image of phoenix6666 phoenix6666
    07/27/09

    @Allen_Richards: Sorry, I wasn't clear in my statement. He did speak very well, but with the accent. My thought was that the producers were concerned that this new guy's accent was too thick.
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    07/27/09

    @phoenix6666: hey, no worries. hope i didn't come across like some know-it-all, which I'm clearly not. must have misread your intent.

    As far as this guy's accent goes, any concern, especially given the company, is probably inflated hype. Remember, Chow Yun Fat, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan all BUTCHERED their early English language films, and that was even after going back in post-production to clean up the dialog.
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    Image of phoenix6666 phoenix6666
    07/27/09

    @Allen_Richards: Nah, we're all good. But since you brought up the others and their accents, I think it makes a point in that it's fairly hard for someone with an accent, regardless of what accent it is, to make it in the US. I wonder how far this kid will go.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    07/27/09

    @phoenix6666: Lee made it a point to hammer out any engrish in his dialect. See "Enter the Dragon", and his repeated use of the word "Braithwaite". The guy was OCD with a perfection fetish.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    07/27/09

    @gods-n-clods: Jumped in without reading further comments; sorry to offend.
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    Image of WestMantooth WestMantooth
    07/27/09

    In reply to The Green Hornet May Have Its Kato
    Well I don't have any great expectations for this film anyway so he's easy peasy.
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    Image of RBeetlea RBeetlea
    07/13/09

    In reply to Is Stephen Chow Completely Off Hornet?
    Cast Chow Yun Fat, and call it a day...



    Or one of the Wang Bros., you know the one that can fight?
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    Image of edosan edosan
    07/13/09

    @Horrid DCD: Sure, like an actual actor wants to be second banana to Seth Rogen.
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    Image of Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
    07/13/09

    In reply to Is Stephen Chow Completely Off Hornet?
    Man, this is really too bad--Stephen Chow is really the only one who could pull this off properly. It's too bad he left, and it leaves me wondering, under what circumstances?
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    07/13/09

    In reply to Is Stephen Chow Completely Off Hornet?
    Ten years ago, Jackie Chan would have been the obvious default replacement. Now-a-days, I have no idea. Is Jackie Chan even working anymore?
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/13/09

    @atrus123: Yes, but now that he is 55 he's gone from being the default sidekick to playing Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid remake with Will Smith's kid.



    (I really wish I were making that up.)
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    07/13/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Yeah, agreed. Not only is a Karate Kid remake not needed, adding Jackie (who's great in everything else) and the Smith kid only makes it worse.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    07/13/09

    @TemporalSword: Jackie's never been the same ever since The Tuxedo.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    07/13/09

    @crashedpc /sarcasm: Yeah, that one was pretty bad. I'm sure that movie was sold on the "high-concept" pitch alone. What is it they say about a sucker being born...?
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/13/09

    In reply to Is Stephen Chow Completely Off Hornet?
    I'm not a comic guy, but am I the only one who can't keep the Green Hornet/Lantern rumors straight
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/13/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Nope, you're not the only one. I also have a hard time remembering which one is defeated by the colour yellow.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/13/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Here's an easy way to remember.



    One is a comedic take on a classic comic strip starring a comedian that won't be funny.



    The other is a non-comedic take on a classic comic book starring a comedian that will be funny.
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    Image of ticktockman ticktockman
    07/13/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: The Green Lantern is defeated by yellow. The Green Hornet is defeated by everything. So really, yellow is a safe bet either way.
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