Some stories should be told

So, I've mentioned that the idea of the new Karate Kid movie upsets me. In the same breath I also mentioned that I loved the original. Yesterday I watched all three in a row. Then fell asleep contemplating the lessons it had taught me.

A remake is unnecessary, as unnecessary as rewriting the bible. If anything the idea of a new kid facing challenges while dealing with a new romance in his life was adequately rehashed in Never Back Down. A much better idea than the Smith boy and Jackie Chan ruining a film I hold dear.

That seems rigid, like I don't want the studios to have a revenue stream but you're ignoring the other opportunities. This came to me last night as I pondered the words of Miyagi – a prequel.

We're given enough of a hint of Miyagi's life for us to know it was glorious and terrible all at once, from the wife he lost to his medal of valour. The matter of honour that forced him to leave his village, I'd like to see the young Sato. That movie would rock. Teacher seen in the role of student as his father imparts his knowledge of the Miyagi family Karate to him and he learns the life lessons he'll eventually teach a young Daniel. There's a new Miyagi trilogy there already.

If we got Matt Damon on board and wanted to do something on American foreign policy and the horror of war I'd watch a movie about a young Kreese and Silver in Vietnam. It'd have to have an 18's cert though, that story has some very adult themes.

Now everytime Hollywood tries to do a prequel we end up with all the main characters' paths crossing long before they should have met and the original story being damaged by it. I hate coincidental meetings years before that everyone seems to have missed or some shared ancestry bullshit (Fuck Caprica). This seems almost impossible though, if we set it before World War 2 (which Spielberg is going to make sexy again) then neither Kreese or Daniel are born. Short of some idiot writing in Kreese's father as a racist sergeant in the movie we're golden.

So now that I have had this idea, who do I write to? The internet campaign starts here, someone set up a Facebook page or whatever it is you do nowadays instead of being useful.