Via Ernie (who is now my friend in a newly official capacity): a post explaining why you should avoid the US release of Shaolin Soccer. Now, I’d heard good things about the version released in Hong Kong - vague things, but mostly good. Then one day near the end of last semester, I was cornered in a Starbucks by several men who strongly desired me to watch the trailer for the American release, after which I was to answer questions about my opinion of the trailer. I watched it, thought it was goofy-dumb rather than goofy-fun, and told them so. I haven’t heard anything about it since - but apparently I’m not missing much, and I don’t think I’ll be shelling out ten bucks to see it.