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~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > In this instance the filmmakers have crossed their "t"s and dotted their > "i"s. The film is known as "The Kung Fu Kid" internationally and "Best Kid" > in Japan. > > ~rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Amy Harlib" <ahar...@...> wrote: > > > > > > ahar...@... > > I'm really looking forward to seeing this film. I liked the trailers and > I love Jackie Chan. I hate the title. The story has nothing to do with > Karate which is a Japanese thing. > > It is about kung-fu and China! This film's title insults billions of > Chinese people all over the world that Hollywood is so greedy to sell > tickets by exploiting the Karate Kid franchise that they think folks are too > stupid to tell the difference between Karate and Kung-fu? > > All those slanty-eyed Asians are all alike, eh? Typical Hollywood > willful ignorance. They could have correctly and accurately called this > film Kung-Fu Kid and with Jackie Chan's name on it, sold just as many > tickets I bet! > > > > I'll still go for Jackie Chan, if nothing else. > > > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > > > It's not Jaden. It's his parents. The world hates his parents but > worship money too much to say it to their faces. > > > > > > Generation X and early Y are under-achievers. We coin phrases like > "underwhelm". Will and Jada do what they say they're gonna do. > Collectively, we don't like that. And so yeah, they're gonna be hatred > towards BOTH kids. Wait till Willow's album drops. > > > > > > > > What has amazed me is the amount of BLACK hatred towards Jaden. We keep > hating on young people who are doing good work, and we wonder why the > majority of young people wanna stay under-achievers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:26 AM, ravenadal wrote: > > > > > > > > http://movie-critics.ew.com/2010/06/18/why-the-hatred-for-jaden-smith/ > > > > What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young > actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of The Karate Kid > that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available > evidence, loved. Given that Smith is front and center in more or less every > frame of the 2 hour and 20 minute movie (and given that his performance, as > a kid who hides his sadness behind a mask of surliness, is — to this critic, > at least — a magnetic and affecting piece of acting), I hope we can all > agree that Jaden Smith's presence on screen had a little something to do > with the movie's success. Yet Smith's rise has been greeted, in far too many > quarters (including a number of comment boards on ew.com, like the one on > my review), with bitter, gnashing resentment. This 11-year-old really has > the haters foaming. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > >
