The Black Eyed Pea...Vega?!

When I first started playing Street Fighter a long time ago, Vega used to be one of my favorite characters. I'm not sure why. The fact that he hides his 'perfect face' behind a mask so that it doesn't even get scratched is kinda' pathetic. Maybe his claws reminded me of Wolverine or something. But in any aspect, he was one of my favorites. Things have changed and soon, we'll have a new Street Fighter movie in cinemas. No, wait...let me rephrase that. We'll have a Chun-Li movie in cinemas, I'm not sure why. A Street Fighter movie would have Ryu and Ken.

Vega's in the flick, though. And I'm not sure how this went unnoticed or maybe it's the fact that nobody really gives a damn because the trailer's a major put-off, but Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas is playing Vega. Read that line again. Nevermind I'll just rewrite it. Taboo of the Black Eyed effin' Peas is playing the Spanish fighter, Vega. How? Why? When? And what for, is beyond the question. So Will.I.Am lands a role in X-Men Origins: Wolverine as some supposedly badass mutant and Taboo lands a role in The Legend Of Chun-Li as Vega? I can't help but laugh. At least Will.I.Am received some media buzz regarding his role but this? People had to find out it was him from some random production image that surfaced online. That's just lame.

I understand that back when 2D gaming was considered high-tech and Chun-Li's helicopter spinning kick was the only glimpse of pornography that was free and readily available, this would have been a big deal. But right now, I don't think so. I would have loved to see a new Street Fighter movie if it was done right, but this looks like something I wouldn't even buy on DVD. Seriously. That goes for Dragonball Evolution, too. If they had done that the way 300 was shot, in pure badass greenscreen, it would have been awesome. Or even a cool anime-style movie, or Western-anime ala Gotham Knight. Or even full-3D, but grittier than all the Pixar stuff, obviously. How awesome would that have been, huh?

*sigh* That's Hollywood for ya'.