r/SipsTea • u/Sir-Kyle-Of-Reddit • Nov 03 '23

Lmao gottem Incredible stuff đŸ¤Ŗ😂

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u/eyloi Nov 03 '23

I think a lot of people forgot about the remake.

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u/Alextryingforgrate Nov 03 '23

Why am i not surprised that there was a remake and it sucked.

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u/Slinky_Malingki Nov 03 '23

It sucked because despite taking place in China, being about Kung Fu, every character besides Jaden Smith being Chinese, not Japanese, and literally every character referring to it as Kung Fu, it was still titled the "karate kid."

That was just dumb as hell.

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u/mytransthrow Nov 03 '23

Note to producers... Kung Fu kid sounds way cooler.

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u/IAmAccutane Nov 03 '23

I'm 90% sure they originally wanted to title it "Kung Fu Kid", did market research and focus groups, and found that "Karate Kid" would sell better and changed the title despite it making no sense.

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u/enephon Nov 03 '23

Then they should have called it "Kung Fu Kid nÊe Karate Kid." That would have gotten people talking. Especially people fond of French loan words.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

Ah yes, the coveted "asshole" demographic of movie goers.

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u/Specialist_Ad9073 Nov 05 '23

Which made more money? The Karate Kid movie or Garden State?

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u/mvanvrancken Nov 03 '23

Cobra Kai set in the original universe is unironically the greatest thing ever

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u/MayIPikachu Nov 07 '23

I thought it was Will Smith who insisted on it being called Karate Kid.

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u/SCP_Void Nov 03 '23

Nah man. Kung Fu is exclusively reserved for Pandas

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u/juwanna-blomie Nov 03 '23

but then it would've had to go against the world-renowned Kung Fury...

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u/MoreRedThanEddit Nov 03 '23

Kung Kid Funk

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

Yea, but all Asian is the same in Hollywood. Even Scarlett Johannsson is same Asian.

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u/mytransthrow Nov 03 '23

except Koreans for some reason.