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If the Pacific States do join the Co-Prosperity Sphere movies like Big Trouble in Little China would be more common.
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
I think so. I also think film's like Rush Hour and Kung Pow! would be way more common. Speaking of which...
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist is a 2002 Pacific-American martial arts comedy film that parodies Hong Kong action movies. The film was written, directed, and stared by Steve Oedekerk, it uses footage from the 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film Tiger and Crane Fists. The film was a runaway success in the Pacific States grossing over $100 million in the box office.
The film’s success spawned a brand-new genre of films called Kung-Pow Parodies which are almost exclusively produced in the Pacific States of America. The formula of this genre involves reusing and/or repurposing footage from a Hong Kong film or any film made in East Asia. (Bollywood movies have been used too, though some would argue that’s its own category) The film is then shot and edited with a comedic plot often unrelated to the original film.
Also, if anyone can think of a better name than Kung Pow Parody that would be greatly appreciated. I'm at a loss as to what to call it.
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Rush Hour - A Pacific States action/buddy comedy set in Los Angeles where an inspector from the Federation of China (Jackie Chan) must team up with a loudmouth LAPD detective (Chris Tucker) to recuse the daughter of the Chinese consul from a terrorist organization. Two sequels were made afterwards where the duo take on a crimelord in Hong Kong and Shanghai, with the trilogy ending with them stopping a plot to murder the German Kaiser in Berlin.
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Martial Law was a Pacific-American police comedy television series that aired on CBS (California Broadcasting System) between 1998 to 2003. The star of the show Sammo Hung, plays Chinese police officer and martial arts expert Sammo Law, who is transferred to Los Angles as part of a cultural exchange by the LAPD and the Hong Kong police. Sammo’s Chinese policing techniques always clash with LADP protocol and so he must navigate the cultural differences of the PSA in order to fight crime and apprehend his triad nemesis.
The show was a surprise hit making Sammo Hung the only East Asian star in American prime time television in the early 2000’s. At the time, Hung was not fluent in English and the show creators were worried the American audiences might not understand him. In many scenes Hung dose not talk at all making the show one of the few American shows to feature little dialogue from the character. The show was cancelled after five seasons due to high production costs and Hung being unhappy with the show’s direction.
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Big Trouble in Little China - a 1986 Pacific States fantasy/martial arts/action comedy. The film follows an all-Pacifican truck driver named Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) as he helps rescue his friend's fiancée from a 2000 year old sorcerer in San Francisco's Chinatown. The movie became a runaway success in the box office, quickly gaining not only a cult following throughout the Co-Prosperity Sphere, but also the German Empire/Reichspakt and the Internationale as well.
Two equally successful sequels were made afterwards -Big Trouble in Little Korea (1988) and Big Trouble in Little Japan (1991). Both films include the return of Russell's co-stars Kim Cattrall and Victor Wong.
Currently a reboot starring Chris Pratt is being developed for release in Summer 2022.
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I just watched SS-GB recently. Any ideas for a series where Germany is occupied?
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Big Trouble in Little China - a 1986 Pacific States fantasy/martial arts/action comedy. The film follows an all-Pacifican truck driver named Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) as he helps rescue his friend's fiancée from a 2000 year old sorcerer in San Francisco's Chinatown. The movie became a runaway success in the box office, quickly gaining not only a cult following throughout the Co-Prosperity Sphere, but also the German Empire/Reichspakt and the Internationale as well.
Two equally successful sequels were made afterwards -Big Trouble in Little Korea (1988) and Big Trouble in Little Japan (1991). Both films include the return of Russell's co-stars Kim Cattrall and Victor Wong.
Currently a reboot starring Chris Pratt is being developed for release in Summer 2022.
Kurt Russell from Massachusetts, Kim Cattral from Britain, Victor Wong from California, and Chris Pratt from Minnesota. Of these, Victor Wong is the only one I could see making a movie in the Pacific States.
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In the 1950s, a group of young men in Chicago, Combined Syndicates of America, form an amusement-machine collective called Midway Collective. In the 1970s, Pacific States and United States firms like Atari and Texas Instruments begin to develop computing. By 1979, even the Combined Syndicates has the first computer. The Midway Collective decides to produce arcade games. By the 1990s, a new hardware called CS-4 comes out in the Combined Syndicates. Midway Collective decides to produce a fighting game inspired by Pacific States and Asian martial arts movies that are occasionally screened in the Combined Syndicates. Ed Boon and John Tobias, both Chicago natives who had access to these screenings created the concept Mortal Kombat.
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In alternate history, people can end up it different places, especially if the POD is over a century ago.
Dune is a science fiction epic film directed by Avant-Garde film maker Alexandro Jodorowsky and based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert. In 1974 Jodorowsky, having allegedly read the entire novel in one sitting lobbied the major French film syndicates to fund the project. The film was released on May 25, 1977, with a runtime of 12 hours (14 if you count intermissions)
Many cinephiles regard Dune as the greatest film ever made and the pinnacle of film as a medium. It’s impact on film is still felt today as many filmmakers draw inspiration from Dune whether intentionally or not. Some Frank Herbert enthusiasts criticize the film for deviating too far from the source material. Watching the film is often described as a religious experience and an LSD trip printed into celluloid.
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From what I've researched, Jodorowsky's Dune would follow most of the same plot beats as the novel but the ending would be different. At the end, Paul would eliminate all the sandworms and absorb all the Spice to become one with the planet, then he an humanity would ascend to a higher plane of existence.
https://www.duneinfo.com/unseen/jodorowsky-dune-script-summary
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I would have thought it would have been a story about a Syndicalist revolution in space
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Germany shatters as a result of internal tensions and the various successor states are plagued by sky pirates