MKL season 2 already put itself to shame. If this SF series doesn't say Fuck every 5 seconds it will already be a massive improvement.

Huh. If you'd asked me, I would've thought this had already been rolling out since the end of last year/beginning of this. As a big Street Fighter fan, I'll probably be happy to have carte blanche to sit this one out...

- Exclusive STREET FIGHTER ASSASSIN’S FIST ‘Ryu’ Teaser Trailer; Plus the New Poster and 16 Images

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Crap.

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Crap.

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Mega crap.

A statement like that earns some goodwill from me. And SF Legacy was fucking perfect. It didn't exactly have a script to critique, it was just Ken and Ryu fighting, but it actually LOOKED like Street Fighter. The actors looked like the characters facially, had the right hair, had the right costumes, even the choreography looked like the way they punch and kick in the game.

I can't say that anything in MK Legacy LOOKED like a Mortal Kombat character, so much as a bunch of people who HEARD about Mortal Kombat characters, bought the closest resembling street clothes they could find, and didn't even bother to shave when they woke up the morning of the shoot.

Presumably this philosophy no longer applies in Assassin's Fist.

Other than Akuma's hair, I'm not seeing any likeness problems (Okay, the guy playing Gouken isn't built like a giant, but come on, were they supposed to cast Brock Lesnar?), and maybe what we're seeing is Akuma before he goes all demonic, and his hair will change?
There are shots in the trailer and on the poster of Ken and Ryu in the traditional red and white gis and kickboxing gloves. Wearing some other clothes in other scenes isn't really a problem.

Blehhhhh. As embellishments go, it's MK Legacy grade.

I'm not seeing it, man.

It's not like they've got a Guile in there with a beard and flak jacket talking about being a member of the city police force.
(That said, if they DID have Guile, I'm not going to complain if his hair doesn't look like a triangle, so long as it's at least a blonde flat top and he wears an olive wifebeater and camo pants and does the Sonic Boom...)

I'm thinking more of the Scorpion/Sub-Zero episodes.

Obviously it's not a 1:1 comparison, but there seems to be a similar aesthetic and conceptual conceit. There's an appropriation of something else that isn't entirely without a connective logic, but deviates from what's already available to be referenced - for negligible gain. Trademark attacks and a very basic sense of the character is there in both examples, but it's wrapped up in one persons impression of what makes it more 'realistic'.

I dunno, man. All I see in those screenshots you seem hung up on is Ken and Ryu wearing gray robes in a forest. Why not? Gray is their master Gouken's color.

And I don't even know who the guy with the long hair is supposed to be in order to criticize his authenticity, y'know?

It's game canon that they trained in secluded, rural Japan, so there's nothing wrong with the forest setting or the martial artist robes, what, are you assuming the writers went "It's the feudal era!" like Tancharoen did with Scorpion and Sub-Zero solely because he hasn't seen GI Joe or Ninja Assassin and thus was too dumb to imagine a world where ninja clans can exist in the present day?

That seems like a fair and measured approach. Which, admittedly, is not something I feel obligated to have for Assassin's Fist.

The forest is a given, and I'm not even especially inclined to hold them to point for point "canon authenticity" [what there is of it]. That said, the forest dojo usually brings with it the red and white, which would've been just fine. Dojo colours may make sense, but its not an idea the Street Fighter heroes have been burdened with. A superior embellishment might have been looking at why that is, rather than assuming it isn't.

I'm not sure how much benefit there'll be in identifying the mystery man/men. If they're characters we know, that's a betrayal - however minor - and I'm happy to view it critically. As Gouken or Gouki, those guys will not thrill. If they're new additions participating in a new plot, that again is a deviation that doesn't particularly interest me. There's fine material about the training days of Ryu & Ken that they're unlikely to top. Their choices of style and approach don't appear in synch with those references, exact or not. A quality of embellishment that again draws criticism and/or disinterest.

If Assassin's Fist is going to go out of its way to pitch a "priority [...] to stay true to the appearance, fighting techniques, and canon of the Street Fighter game" -- that's not going to have a lot of weight if they're resting on the ever nebulous "true to" edict.

I'm always pleased to take coloured gis, padded gloves and crazy martial arts for granted. They aren't exactly a stretch for the imagination. I can find 2/3 in the local gym on a good day. Even Street Fighter '94 was in that ballpark. If that's their "true to" grounding, I can only offer a resounding whatever. Maybe if they throw me a wild bear, I'll at least be able to give them a second glance.


I'll be happy if I never have a reason to acknowledge this.

Full trailer is out!

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=118011

As much as I love MK.... this honestly looks a lot better than MKL

Nice! i updated my OP

So the live action web series Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist has finally gone live on Youtube.

I'm only on episode 4 so far, but so far it blows both MK live action web series out of the water. I don't want to spoil anything, but the end part of episode 4 is a great touch .
[edit]: I stand corrected. The throw back references in Episode 10 is even better. So far this series makes up for the shitty big budget studio films. This honestly puts every live action video game movie to shame IMO.
[edit]: Just realized that Yoshinori Ono, the producer of SF, also makes a cameo in Episode 4 as well.

I have to admit that this series did a much better job than with MK Legacy. Granted, I'm not as nearly familiar with the stories in SF as I am with MK, but Assassin's Fist was able to tell a solid story and stay pretty true to the series. The way the special moves were blended into the fight scenes worked well, and we get potential for more stories to be told.

I honestly found this series incredibly boring. Focusing on the series' most boring and plain character was a bad decision, when there are so many alot more exciting stories to be told.
The MK Legacy was alot better, in my opinion.

The whole shoto storyline is pretty extensive, but for people who aren't entirely familiar with the series story, it's actually kind of confusing. I thought Assassin's Fist was done really well at explaining it.

Plus one of the reasons why neither ken or Ryu where in the second street fighter movie, was because Capcom said they need their own movie to fully explain their story, and after watching this I can see why.

I think it's also a good jumping off point for a second series, possible explaining Ryu's first encounter with Sagat and maybe touching on Bison's backstory.

I liked the mini series well enough. It's essentially the Alpha Generations anime done in live action, but that doesn't take away from the quality of the product. Giving equal time to the Ken/Ryu and the Gouki/Gouken stories to cement the idea of this being a generational thing was smart. But if you don't find that story of Street Fighter interesting or worth visiting, it can certainly be a bore. Unfortunately it's one of the few stories in Street Fighter that's actually worth exploring, the only other one being the Shadaloo story. And that was already done as well as it could possibly be with the Street Fighter II anime movie.

I've grown up with Street Fighter, so I am well aware of the storyline... I just find the shoto-clones' story very boring and predictable. Ryu is one of the characters I dislike the most, all the way in the bottom along with Scorpion and a few others. But I know the story quite well.

Watched all 12 episodes. I can honestly say that SF was decisively better than MKL.

Fight scenes were better, didn't say fuck more than once, and told a really solid story. The fan service didn't hurt either.

I liked this much more than MK Legacy but I agree with Jaded Raven I wanted more characters. Was there only one female???

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