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Here you go, an oldie but a goodie.
And, while I generally drive pretty safely, I can warn you to not try to take a picture of another vehicle while driving on the freeway. It is, as it turns out, rather difficult and probably rather more dangerous than I'd have thought. But I was rather excited to see this:
Now, I realize that's a crappy picture, but if you're awesome you should recognize what was next to me. The reason it made me so excited is because of this:
I hate myself for saying what I'm about to say. I bitched and moaned when I heard about the whole Karate Kid remake thing. Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan? Really? I mean, you are aware that Jackie Chan does not practice karate, but rather kung-fu, right? These were my thoughts when I heard about this film. I realize that Will Smith can be a little bit full of himself, what with his clean rap and big blockbusters that alternate sucking (see here and here) and being awesome (here and here). But I thought he was really stepping over the line when this one was announced. Taking an absolutely classic film series and using it as a vehicle for his kid (Nothing against Jaden, who is rather talented, and surprised the hell out of me in The Pursuit of Happyness) just seemed like a giant asshat move.
Then, today, I watched the trailer (find it below). Not only does this movie look watchable, it actually looks pretty good! They've altered the story so the whole karate/kung-fu thing isn't an issue. Smith is a kid from LA who moves to Hong Kong (they moved the location to China) with his mom for her work. He knows a little bit of karate (hence the title), but gets his ass kicked by the school bullies who are rather proficient in kung-fu. Over a girl, of course. Jackie Chan looks less irritating than any trailer I've seen him in in the last five years, so that's something.
Give it a watch after the break. I think you might be surprised.
Yeah, that's the ShamWow! guy. You might know him as Vince Shlomi or Vince Offer. Either way, his name sucks, and that's why I'm glad to not be him.
Although this video does make him marginally more favorable.
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