Cyber Caesar
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Can Street Fighter get a good representation on film? Well Joey Ansah the director behind Assassin's Fist has already done it once. Can he do it again?
The strange thing is the Street Fighter Universe has been fleshed out for a while now. We argue about canon but the fans know when something is off.
"The small-screen adaptation will be loosely based on the 1991 arcade game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and will feature Ryu, Ken, Guile and Chun-Li as its main characters. The foursome will team up against M. Bison, head of the global criminal outfit Shadaloo. Initially on separate paths, the four fighters will come together at the World Warrior Tournament, which M. Bison has organized in order to locate — as the competition’s title suggests — the world’s strongest warrior. "
This synopsis alone is more competent than Hollywood could ever hope to articulate.
If the show picks right up where Assassin's Fist left off it will be a success. As the show introduces new characters it will be important to ground them with backstories and introduce them to the already existing world. I think Street Fighter Resurrection was a successs too, partly because they kept the story orbiting around Ryu and Ken. Look over the long history of Street Fighter in film and animation form, I think Street Fighter 2V was the first and best success the Street Fighter has had in long story form.
So much can be learned from all these near success. SF2V is the high mark in animation. I'd say Assassin's Fist is considerably better than the video game source material. I got to admit Assassin's Fist has been a collaborative effort from a bunch of trial and error.
I personally think Capcom is incompetent when it comes to writing stories for their own IP. Just saying. They make games they never claimed to be a storyteller.
The future of the SF film franchise.
The strange thing is the Street Fighter Universe has been fleshed out for a while now. We argue about canon but the fans know when something is off.
"The small-screen adaptation will be loosely based on the 1991 arcade game Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and will feature Ryu, Ken, Guile and Chun-Li as its main characters. The foursome will team up against M. Bison, head of the global criminal outfit Shadaloo. Initially on separate paths, the four fighters will come together at the World Warrior Tournament, which M. Bison has organized in order to locate — as the competition’s title suggests — the world’s strongest warrior. "
This synopsis alone is more competent than Hollywood could ever hope to articulate.
If the show picks right up where Assassin's Fist left off it will be a success. As the show introduces new characters it will be important to ground them with backstories and introduce them to the already existing world. I think Street Fighter Resurrection was a successs too, partly because they kept the story orbiting around Ryu and Ken. Look over the long history of Street Fighter in film and animation form, I think Street Fighter 2V was the first and best success the Street Fighter has had in long story form.
So much can be learned from all these near success. SF2V is the high mark in animation. I'd say Assassin's Fist is considerably better than the video game source material. I got to admit Assassin's Fist has been a collaborative effort from a bunch of trial and error.
I personally think Capcom is incompetent when it comes to writing stories for their own IP. Just saying. They make games they never claimed to be a storyteller.
The future of the SF film franchise.
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