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	<title>Comments on: Jean Claude Van Damme Turns Down Offer For New Street Fighter</title>
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		<title>By: Darren J Seeley</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/03/jean-claude-van-damme-turns-down-offer-for-new-street-fighter#comment-124200</link>
		<dc:creator>Darren J Seeley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As far as his DTV films go, they aren&#039;t horrible. In fact, I&#039;ll bet you a nickel that if his DTV flicks were made in the early 90&#039;s, they would have hit theatres (especially Wake Of Death) ...when he says &#039;he&#039;s the video king&#039; that&#039;s not a lie. If he comes back on the big screen (his last big screen appearance was the uneeded sequel to &#039;Universal Soldier&#039;) it will not be a reminder of his past failures.

Yes, he may have been proud of &#039;Street Fighter&#039; at one point, but most stars are like that- have high hopes for the film, liked thier work...then witness the butchering of such work (SF was re-edited mostly due to the death of Raul Julia)...it just leaves a bad memory.

Looking back on most of Van Dammes best work in films -Hard Target, Maximum Risk, Nowhere To Run and the first Universal Soldier- it makes sense that he&#039;s taking stock, and a return to the big screen would have to be something along that caliber. The films I named there had either well known, high quality writers behind the script, well known int&#039;l  directors making a mark on American cinema, rising, promising directors or all of the three. I&#039;d actually love to see Van Damme get a story/film like Nowhere To Run, which is his most underrated &lt;em&gt; and best acted&lt;/em&gt; film. (Maximum Risk comes close because he played a French cop)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As far as his DTV films go, they aren&#8217;t horrible. In fact, I&#8217;ll bet you a nickel that if his DTV flicks were made in the early 90&#8217;s, they would have hit theatres (especially Wake Of Death) &#8230;when he says &#8216;he&#8217;s the video king&#8217; that&#8217;s not a lie. If he comes back on the big screen (his last big screen appearance was the uneeded sequel to &#8216;Universal Soldier&#8217;) it will not be a reminder of his past failures.</p>
<p>Yes, he may have been proud of &#8216;Street Fighter&#8217; at one point, but most stars are like that- have high hopes for the film, liked thier work&#8230;then witness the butchering of such work (SF was re-edited mostly due to the death of Raul Julia)&#8230;it just leaves a bad memory.</p>
<p>Looking back on most of Van Dammes best work in films -Hard Target, Maximum Risk, Nowhere To Run and the first Universal Soldier- it makes sense that he&#8217;s taking stock, and a return to the big screen would have to be something along that caliber. The films I named there had either well known, high quality writers behind the script, well known int&#8217;l  directors making a mark on American cinema, rising, promising directors or all of the three. I&#8217;d actually love to see Van Damme get a story/film like Nowhere To Run, which is his most underrated <em> and best acted</em> film. (Maximum Risk comes close because he played a French cop)</p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why would the maker&#039;s of the new one want to associate themselves with the last one.  Bad idea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why would the maker&#8217;s of the new one want to associate themselves with the last one.  Bad idea.</p>
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		<title>By: Omar</title>
		<link>http://themovieblog.com/2008/03/jean-claude-van-damme-turns-down-offer-for-new-street-fighter#comment-124108</link>
		<dc:creator>Omar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What the future holds for Jean Claude is a comedy called &quot;JCVD&quot;
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/jean-claude-van-damme-kicks-own-ass-just-a-little-bit-more-first-proper-tea/#extended</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What the future holds for Jean Claude is a comedy called &#8220;JCVD&#8221;<br />
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		<title>By: Phil Gee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Phil Gee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Y&#039;know Doug, i&#039;m sure i read once that he called &#039;Streetfighter&#039; one of his best films.  But i&#039;m glad he turned it down too.  I&#039;m just shocked he was offered it.  If this next one is going to be successful then it needs to avoid any comparison with the original film.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Y&#8217;know Doug, i&#8217;m sure i read once that he called &#8216;Streetfighter&#8217; one of his best films.  But i&#8217;m glad he turned it down too.  I&#8217;m just shocked he was offered it.  If this next one is going to be successful then it needs to avoid any comparison with the original film.</p>
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