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[Shroob]

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Please for the love of all that is holy please tell me this is some sort of joke

Nope.


Even our old pal ZhungeEX chimed in on it.

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[Rie Sonomura]

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Bruh.

B R U H .

 

[Lamperouge]

So apparently the Monster Hunter movie is ****.

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I'm shocked, I really am! No, really, who could have guessed?!

There's a racist joke super early into it

"Wait what?"

Got any links to some reviews?

Alright, never mind then.

 

[TheMightyP]

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Even our old pal ZhungeEX chimed in on it.

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So looking into it, apparently that phrase is racist as **** over there.

How did they screw things up this bad?

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

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Even our old pal ZhungeEX chimed in on it.

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Oh you've got to be ****ting me.

 

[Shroob]

So looking into it, apparently that phrase is racist as **** over there.

How did they screw things up this bad?

From what I understand, it basically translates to "Lower than or equal to dirt" due to how it's written in Chinese, basically being "Underneath the knee"

So they called their Asian market lower than dirt lol

 

[Rie Sonomura]

From what I understand, it basically translates to "Lower than or equal to dirt" due to how it's written in Chinese, basically being "Underneath the knee"

So they called their Asian market lower than dirt lol

According to replies in the thread the subtitle editors tried changing the word in question to “gold”

...it didn’t work

 

[Michael the Spikester]

So apparently the Monster Hunter movie is ****.

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I'm shocked, I really am! No, really, who could have guessed?!

There's a racist joke super early into it

"Wait what?"

What do you expect from the director of those awful Resident Evil movies?

As if there was any hope with him at helm.

 

[Shroob]

What do you expect from the director of those awful Resident Evil movies?

Weren't you lumping it in alongside Sonic, Detective Pikachu and Rampage as a new era of video game movies? lol

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Weren't you lumping it in alongside Sonic, Detective Pikachu and Rampage as a new era of video game movies? lol

Not to my knowledge no. It was just those ones I recall mentioning only.

 

[Schnee117]

From what I understand, it basically translates to "Lower than or equal to dirt" due to how it's written in Chinese, basically being "Underneath the knee"

So they called their Asian market lower than dirt lol

And that's their main market because the Chinese audience carried the hell out of the RE movies.

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

Also when did the world of Monster Hunter have cars-

 

[Shroob]

Also when did the world of Monster Hunter have cars-

It's an isekai


I'M NOT JOKING

 

[Guh-Huzzah!]

It's an isekai


I'M NOT JOKING

aH YES, THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR MONSTER HUNTER-

 

[Deleted member]

Holy hell what did I just walk into?

 

[Shroob]

Holy hell what did I just walk into?

Hollywood pissing off China.

 

[Schnee117]

aH YES, THIS MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR MONSTER HUNTER-

Gotta get that US Military money

 

[Megadoomer]

Holy hell what did I just walk into?

The Monster Hunter movie apparently made some questionable choices, to put it mildly. I'm not familiar with Monster Hunter, but given that the same director made a bunch of Resident Evil movies that cast aside the characters who were actually from the games in favour of a superpowered OC who apparently makes everyone else seem useless, I'm not overly surprised.

 

[TheMightyP]

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[Shroob]

Holy hell what did I just walk into?

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[Deleted member]

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I'm honestly kinda depressed at this considering how much potential a "true" monster hunter movie has

 

[Z25]

What is going on with all of these monoliths?

Who the hell is making these, and why?

The aliens obviously! They are gearing up for the series finale!

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Hollywood for ya man.

 

[TheMightyP]

You know, Metal Gear is the one movie where it makes sense to have the US Military, but they're gonna mess it up by being pro military when the games were anything but.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

You know, Metal Gear is the one movie where it makes sense to have the US Military, but they're gonna mess it up by being pro military when the games were anything but.

It's being done by the director of Kong: Skull Island who I even recall is a fan of the series. I'm certain it's gonna be faithful to its source material.

 

[Deleted member]

Making a racist joke about your main market:

I mean, I didn't exactly have high hopes for that movie, but hot damn, what were they thinking?

 

[Roguewolf]

Hey new color font let me know if it blends together for you or is too hard to read because yknow your the only people I really talk to around here. So is it fine is a different lighter shade of purple preferable cause god knows I’m going for a purple shade that is my favorite color and stuff Ive now run out of things to write but I’m trying to create a wall of text so you can tell me if it’s too hard to read or blends together so I guess I’ll just keep typing then but now I think that’s enough text so goodbye

 

[dezeray112]

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Even our old pal ZhungeEX chimed in on it.

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Wow. Seriously, who wrote this? Did the actor (Jin Au-Yeung, I believe) know the meaning behind his dialogue and secondly did Paul W.S. Anderson really thought this through before approving it within the final cut?

Making a racist remark like this is certainly not the way to go especially when you market this to one of biggest target audiences that could help with its box office run. In addition, this will put a bad spin on Asian representation.

 

[Shroob]

Got any links to some reviews?

Alright, never mind then.

Considering the movie isn't out til Xmas, I'd assume there's a review embargo currently.


But just the general consensus I've seen is very "Ehhhh". I feel like people kinda went into this movie with low expectations since, ya know, not really what anyone wanted out of a Monster Hunter Movie.

 

[TheMightyP]

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[KillerCage]

Hollywood pissing off China.

Was the Mulan remake not enough?

 

[Shroob]

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Oh well there goes most of their box office

 

[Deleted member]

Turns out, said strategy didn't work out at all.
I'm shocked. SHOCKED.

 

[KillerCage]

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People don't like being insulted. Who knew?​

 

[Knight Dude]

I'm gonna leave this here for y'all real quick.

Don't forget the time the Silver Surfer got some propane from Hank Hill.

 

[Shroob]

Seriously

How do you **** up this bad?

 

[TheCJBrine]

At first when hearing it I thought it was a joke involving his pride in his nationality and rhyming with knees, with any racist connection being unintentional, but I didn’t know enough about it, and apparently it could in fact be a reference to a racist phrase so idk.

I don’t understand why they’d intentionally put a racist joke in, especially against their main audience they’re starting with who was big for their other movies ._. Really dumb.

 

[Shroob]

At first when hearing it I thought it was a joke involving his pride in his nationality and rhyming with knees, with any racist connection being unintentional, but I didn’t know enough about it, and apparently it could in fact be a reference to a racist phrase so idk.

I don’t understand why they’d intentionally put a racist joke in, especially against their main audience they’re starting with who was big for their other movies ._. Really dumb.

I mean


That wouldn't be the first time something racist has been rhymed with knee, ya know.

 

[Metal Shop X]

Just before I go to bed, just sharin' this here in case some users are curious.

Not going to tag peoples on this one, but I hope you like the variety I have for now.

On that said, have a good night, folks!

 

[TheCJBrine]

I mean


That wouldn't be the first time something racist has been rhymed with knee, ya know.

I’m not very familiar with this knee stuff - that was the first time I ever heard of the phrase after reading it on Twitter (maybe I’m just sheltered) - but I think I got an idea of what you’re talking about ._.