I totally agree. The logo is totally wrong and it should use the Miyagi Do Tree where the sun is.

Like so:



Heres one with the original poster art.



The Karate Kid Part II

Cobra Kai, never die. Will be picking this up.

Definite Blu-Ray purchase. I have seen the remake trailers and have to say I am optimistic. The whole film was screened at SXSW and it received a lot of positive buzz.

I think the concentration on the title not reflecting the art learned in the film (it has been a topic of discussion across most film sites I visit) is nit picking. Not to mention, doesn't take into account how the general audience going to movies thinks.

Case in point. At a local theater we get poll questions from time to time. Last year we had a survey question that asked what we thought a film named The KungFu Kid would be about. I hunted down the lady who was doing the survey and asked what it was all about. She said they (I don't know who the "they" was) were testing out the title on a general audience to get the reaction. Overwhelmingly (I believe it was like 75%) people thought The Kungfu Kid was a spoof of sport mentor movies. Only a few of us (those that frequent the web for movie new no doubt) knew it was a title being considered for a remake of The Karate Kid.

I have no doubt these kinds of surveys were done across the U.S. and given they stuck with The Karate Kid, the results that were seen in our area were seen in these other areas.  

Day one purchase for me! I loved Elisabeth Shue in the movie!!

I was considering buying the DVD box set. Now I'll wait for this. I've only seen the first one and The Next Karate Kid though.

And yes, the remake looks awful. I've found myself more tolerant of remakes lately, but that looks plain bad.

liono86 wrote: I loved both Karate Kid 1 & 2. Won't be a first day buy for me, but, I'll probably eventually pick them up on blu. And, to be honest, had the new Karate Kid not been associated as a Karate Kid film, it doesn't look all too bad. I might check it out if I'm just bored enough.

the irony is.. had it been titled something else and claimed to be its own thing. people would have then started whining thats its either ripping off Karate Kid or was a remake in disguise.  you can never win with the internet kiddies. lol

Well, at least the artwork is nice and not overtaken with quotes and all that horses**t.

Yes, Chris I saw it...sacrilege. I hope it doesn't ruin my love of Jackie Chan, but he's been on a s**t run lately.

Christ, has anyone else seen the trailer for the 'remake'? I was shown yesterday and it almost made me cry. It's not even f**king Karate he's learning!