Word.
Cube and I seem to be the only ones that remember how EVERYTHING in the 80's was just a remake of something from 20 years earlier, case in point "the Karate Kid" was a remake of a movie from 1966 called "Chopsocky Chums", in which Don Knotts played the part of the wise mentor to Michael Burns fish out of water, new to town kid, in a story about why sometimes, you have to stand your ground and fight, and also that you might have to spend a night bumbling around a haunted mansion. That part was cut from the remake with that Miyagi guy. I hope this is actually a remake of the original! Ghost-fu whoo!

Also..

Chopsocky Chums was itself a remake of another film where some orphaned kid found floating in a basket wound up kicking the pharo's ass for having had his but served by his minion while making mud bricks, without USING NO HAY.

In the original, it wasn't flee-traping chop sticks but a snake-changing stick.

Also, wax-on wax-off scene was a water parting fairy tale.

Even cubes comment is a remake.

Me and some friends agree that it should be called "the Kung Fu Kid" for 2 reasons:
1. Jackie Chan is teaching Will Smith's kid Kung Fu, not karate.
2. The title would imply a tribute to the karate kid, rather than a full blown remake, giving it some credibility.

I'm going to play devils advocate here and just say that some stories get made and remade because they are good stories. The Karate Kid was a good movie when I was eight, and today's eight year olds should have a movie that teaches them that if you work hard, show dedication and respect Jackie Chan, you can be awesome at something.

This is not a cheap transformers remake made to sell GM automobiles, so five stars.

Did you ever live there? Man, when I did, I got into so many karate fights. Two-fisted American adventure IS, apparently, a match for 4,000 years of history.

You realize this is a trailer right? not the first 5 minutes of the movie?

It looks sort of okay, but the kids are too young to make Jackie Chan look anything but a complete bastard when he's beating the shit out of them.

Um, how can they be shit if I watched them when I was younger?? Jeez, you need to learn how the world works!

Seriously, how many fucking movies can he shoe-horn him into?

"Don't you know who I am? Alright then, it's settled. My son will play Little Orphan Annie."

Oh, that's been happening ever since Jackie Chan was cast.

Why not just call it Kung-Fu Kid, wouldnt that make more sense?

Thanks for starting one Hooper.

KUNG FU PANDA

I can assure you that that bunch of ragtag chinese street kids are no Cobra fucking Kai, sir.

*but

CONGRATS ON REALIZING THE SAME THING EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET IS WHINING ABOUT!

Okinawan.

yeah, maybe she's teaching english or something, but by all accounts the Chinese are way more racist than most parts of America these days, so good luck on that dream.

China can be pretty racist
http://www.thelifefiles.com/2009/12/24/meet-lou-jing-chinas-ne xt-big-pop-star/