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And it's not even her doing most of the action scenes, but her stunt double, whose face is digitally replaced with hers. She clearly trained hard to look physically convincing in the role, but actually performing the fight scenes is another matter entirely.
What they've done to Ryu and Ken is unforgivable, turning both of them into insecure, deconstructed men to satisfy the woke agenda. Ryu gets the worst treatment of all: they basically pull a "Jake Skywalker" on him, portraying him as a washed-up loser before completely betraying his character with the revelation of the dirty trick he played on Ken. It's comparable to that infamous scene in which Luke Skywalker considers murdering his own nephew in his sleep.
The gay references involving several characters are equally insufferable (something we already saw in Masters of the Universe, which, despite all its problems, at least manages to salvage something from the wreckage). And Bison's portrayal as some sort of nerdy pervert is simply unbearable. For all its flaws, the original Street Fighter movie actually did a decent job with Bison, largely thanks to late Raúl Juliá's professionalism and performance. I was so pissed off when I left the cinema yesterday that I downloaded the '94 anime movie as soon as I got home
I hope Callina Liang gets more opportunities to showcase her acting abilities in future projects (and to give us some more eye candy too lol). And if she struggles to land roles in Western productions, she could always try her luck in Chinese or Taiwanese ones, since she speaks fluent Mandarin, as we can hear in the scene where she comes across a hungover Ken.
What they've done to Ryu and Ken is unforgivable, turning both of them into insecure, deconstructed men to satisfy the woke agenda. Ryu gets the worst treatment of all: they basically pull a "Jake Skywalker" on him, portraying him as a washed-up loser before completely betraying his character with the revelation of the dirty trick he played on Ken. It's comparable to that infamous scene in which Luke Skywalker considers murdering his own nephew in his sleep.
The gay references involving several characters are equally insufferable (something we already saw in Masters of the Universe, which, despite all its problems, at least manages to salvage something from the wreckage). And Bison's portrayal as some sort of nerdy pervert is simply unbearable. For all its flaws, the original Street Fighter movie actually did a decent job with Bison, largely thanks to late Raúl Juliá's professionalism and performance. I was so pissed off when I left the cinema yesterday that I downloaded the '94 anime movie as soon as I got home
I hope Callina Liang gets more opportunities to showcase her acting abilities in future projects (and to give us some more eye candy too lol). And if she struggles to land roles in Western productions, she could always try her luck in Chinese or Taiwanese ones, since she speaks fluent Mandarin, as we can hear in the scene where she comes across a hungover Ken.
“Woke agenda”? Please get a grip lmao. Every female character was introduced with a butt shot first and foremost. Ken and Ryu being more than the most boring one-dimensional characters they are in the game and actually giving a better premise for the reasons of the Dark Hadou awakening in Ryu is not “deconstructing men to satisfy the woke agenda”. Holy shit lol.
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Ah yes, the famous “there are butt shots, therefore there can't possibly be any woke elements” argument. Truly groundbreaking film analysis 
And apparently, the only way to give Ryu and Ken some depth is to turn them into insecure, dysfunctional versions of themselves. Silly me, I thought character development was supposed to build on established personalities rather than butcher them.
But hey, if you enjoyed it, good for you. Some of us just happen to have slightly higher expectations for these characters, expectations that the '94 animated movie actually managed to meet.
And apparently, the only way to give Ryu and Ken some depth is to turn them into insecure, dysfunctional versions of themselves. Silly me, I thought character development was supposed to build on established personalities rather than butcher them.
But hey, if you enjoyed it, good for you. Some of us just happen to have slightly higher expectations for these characters, expectations that the '94 animated movie actually managed to meet.
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Ah, so we've moved on from the butt shots to policing my vocabulary. Splendid progress 
And I see you've even thrown in an angry "brainlet" reaction for good measure. A truly devastating intellectual counterargument, I must say
You seem remarkably fixated on the word "woke" while conveniently ignoring the actual examples I gave of how Ryu and Ken were mishandled.
You're perfectly entitled to disagree with my interpretation, of course. But arguing about a label and throwing around childish meme reactions isn't quite the same as addressing the criticism behind it, is it?
And I see you've even thrown in an angry "brainlet" reaction for good measure. A truly devastating intellectual counterargument, I must say
You seem remarkably fixated on the word "woke" while conveniently ignoring the actual examples I gave of how Ryu and Ken were mishandled.
You're perfectly entitled to disagree with my interpretation, of course. But arguing about a label and throwing around childish meme reactions isn't quite the same as addressing the criticism behind it, is it?
I am sorry, but saying everything you don’t like is woke is pure brainlet stuff. Your arguments for why you don’t like Ken and Ryu in the movie are valid and even compelling, but calling them woke is ridiculous. So any change to a male character (or simply writing a character) other than being a stoic one-dimensional being is woke? C’mon man.
I also didn’t like the changes they made to Cammy. Would that be woke just because her personality is different? Or that doesn’t apply to your arbitrary set of parameters for what woke is?
I do think Ruy ended up looking like a dickhead in the film, but it certainly adds more depth to the Dark Hadou that has always been a “just because” without much explanation in the games.
All in all the movie was pretty mid, fun for a Street Fighter fan but a bad movie overall. And the Chun-li scenes were all already showing in trailers which was super disappointing.
I also didn’t like the changes they made to Cammy. Would that be woke just because her personality is different? Or that doesn’t apply to your arbitrary set of parameters for what woke is?
I do think Ruy ended up looking like a dickhead in the film, but it certainly adds more depth to the Dark Hadou that has always been a “just because” without much explanation in the games.
All in all the movie was pretty mid, fun for a Street Fighter fan but a bad movie overall. And the Chun-li scenes were all already showing in trailers which was super disappointing.