Bad Baz

[Dannyalcatraz]

Baz Luhrmann may be about to move onto my list of directors whose butts I want to kick.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/baz-luhrmann-eyes-big-screen-remake-kung-fu/

Now this is a curious combination as THR reports Baz Luhrmann of all people is in talks to direct Kung Fu for Legendary Pictures. The project is a big-screen adaptation of the 1970s martial arts Western television show that starred David Carradine as Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk who came to the American West in search of his half brother.

The show featured flashbacks to Caine's training as a teen in which his master called him "young grasshopper." THR reports a source saying the current script, written by John McLaughlin (Black Swan), switches the action to China and finds Caine in search of his father -- at one point ending up in a prison where he must fight to survive. Cory Goodman (Priest) and Rich Wilkes (xXx) have written previous drafts of the screenplay and Bill Paxton was, at one time, attached to direct back in 2011.

(Emphasis mine)

If that portion of the remake survives to the version that makes it to the screen, I'd have to say that kind of misses one of the major sources of dramatic tension in the source material.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

Why they gotta jack up good stuff? Lame.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Why they gotta jack up good stuff? Lame.

I'm pretty sure Kung Fu: The legend continues caused more damage than this movie will.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

I'm pretty sure Kung Fu: The legend continues caused more damage than this movie will.

Shut yo' trap, son! That was a decent damned show!

 

[Scott DeWar]

Now Zombie, be nice. Danny is allowed to articulate his opinion.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

Now Zombie, be nice. Danny is allowed to articulate his opinion.

And I'm allowed to be facetious. Interesting world we live in, no?

 

[Scott DeWar]

Oh please, you? Facetious? Inconceivable. As silly a notion as i being sarcastic. Harumph.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Shut yo' trap, son! That was a decent damned show!

It was a decent show if you were brain dead, and really hated yourself.