WALL STREET FIGHTER 4: Director's Cut

Thank you all for the great support for WALL STREET FIGHTER 4! 

When the concept first came up (thanks to Chung), I jokingly said that I wanted 100,000 hits on youtube or else I'd quit!  But, in less than a week, that is close to becoming a reality (94,665...but who's counting?). 

EDIT:  4:09am - 101,586 views.  Shouldn't i be sleeping?????

Here is an account of what happened.  The following events happen in real time.

Day 1 Derrick invites everyone over to Chung's house for a Street Fighter 4 release party (unbeknownst to Chung)

Day 2 Chung calls Derrick, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool, if we did a video parody of Street Fighter 4?  It would be called WALL STREET FIGHTER 4 and we could have guys in suits fighting each other."

Day 2.5 Derrick calls Simon, excited out of his mind!  Simon replies, "Dude, it's 4 in the morning.  Call me in the f**cking morning."

Day 3 Writing and Pre-production.  This is where the magic happens.

Derrick and I  were giggling like school children over all our "financial meltdowns," "credit crunches," and "sonic bloombergs."  (t-shirt to come soon!)

Props to Sam Lynn of Acerola Plusfor some funny additions!  Office chair hurricane kick....YEAH!

Day 4 Shoot 1 Sheung Wan

That's our own Michael Chan and Boon Kbattling it out!  The hardest thing was getting Boon to be mean!

Before:

Simon:  "NO smiling Boon.  You are Sagat.  You are tough.  You like to tiger uppercut people.  Be a professional for god's sake!"

CUT to:

Boon's big infectious smile.

BACK to: 

Simon just shaking his head.

After:

Much better! 

Also, I had a hard time, keeping Michael from jump kicking me all night!

Day 5

Shoot 2 in Sheung Wan

"YOGA Latte" being born.

Shout out to Rob Lok for the amazing make up work on Blanka aka THE INTERN and Honda aka NIKKEI.

Day 6-10

Post Production - This is where the grunt of the work usually takes place.  Derrick was busy on graphics, while I was editing the video. 

Wow...I didn't notice it until now....it's like an ad for all the ALIVE caps.  REPRESENT!

Also, Derrick and I are like homeless production people. "Why Lie?  I need WiFi"

(did anyone get that reference or was that just way too obscure?)

It's definitely been a fun, and crazy journey watching the numbers rise.  In fact, we've been featured on NPR, Kotaku, BEST OF THE WEEK on Funnyordie, and the #1 comedy out of Hong Kong on Youtube. 

I think this comment sums it up!  Not too bad for some "random people."

hehe

Highlights:

-Seeing the first round of fighting and hearing Boon do the first "Financial Crisis!"  Wow.

-Meeting a group of Japanese tourists who were giggling with delight at Chun Li and M. Bison fighting in the streets of Hong Kong.

• Bitching my ass off, and Derrick feeding me club sandwiches in Mong Kok and telling me, "it's all in the details." 

-And of course, Derrick being right

-Most people thinking that Shan is a better Chun Li than Kristin Kruek!  I second that motion. 

Ya tah!

It's been a wonderful and exciting process...that we continue to strive for as we move forward!

My deepest thanks to the CB FRESH/Wall Street Fighter team:  Rob, Vince, Derrick, Spencer, Pea, B, Sam, Michael, Boon, Shan, b-boy Matt, Beatrix, Patrick, Stephen, Capcom, the city of Sheung Wan, the glooming economic downfall, and all you guys for watching!

Welcome to the Nikkei, bitches.