canthidium@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoJackie Chan, Ralph Macchio Set For New ‘Karate Kid’ Moviedeadline.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareCosmicTurtle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoI saw the Jaden Smith film and it’s…okay. But yeah…it’s not karate. It’s kung fu. They even say that in the movie. Yet they still called it The Karate Kid.
minus-squarecanthidium@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, it was fine but as an Asian American, the name bothered me. I dunno why they didn’t just call it “The Kung Fu Kid” and market it as a spiritual successor.
I saw the Jaden Smith film and it’s…okay. But yeah…it’s not karate. It’s kung fu. They even say that in the movie.
Yet they still called it The Karate Kid.
Yeah, it was fine but as an Asian American, the name bothered me. I dunno why they didn’t just call it “The Kung Fu Kid” and market it as a spiritual successor.