So, You Want to
be in Pictures
Street Fighter episode 18 |
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For a detailed overview of this episode, click here.
Ken gets involved with Fei Long's latest movie, and soon lets fame go to his head.
Original USA broadcast date: November 5th, 1996
Contents
1) Synopsis
2) Notes
3) Errors
Synopsis
Fei Long is starring in a new film he's written and directing, Triad Enforcers, and gives Ken a small part in the film. Ken uses his chi powers to destroy a helicopter, which Fei Long is pleased with due to the tight budget not giving them enough money to afford a fireball special effect. Due to the film's subject matter, Wo Fat's agents try to stop the production. One of Wo Fat's people tries to assassinate Fei Long, but Ryu and Fei Long stop him. One of the sets is damaged, just as A.B. Jones, who works for the company that insures Fei Long's film, walks in. Having seen the damage, he announces that they are pulling their funding for the film, causing production to shut down. Ryu convinces Ken to help Fei Long by asking his father, Danten, for money. Ken reluctantly meets with his father, who agrees to give them money to finish the film, but he puts Ken in charge of being responsible for it. |
Unfortunately this results in Ken taking over the production of the film. He refuses to go with Ryu to San Francisco for a Street Fighter mission, and then rewrites the script to take his death scene out and instead make himself the movie's co-star. Another attempt by Wo Fat's agents results in Ken saving Fei Long from a fatal fall (but unknown to most, Fei Long had actually just saved Ken), resulting in Ken become a Hollywood mega star. Ken starts partying all day and all night, much to Fei Long's annoyance. |
Ryu attempts to get Ken to come along with him for their mission, but he refuses. The last scene for the movie is shot, but due to Ken being tired from partying non-stop, he repeatedly ruins takes, resulting in a very long shoot. As Fei Long tells his film crew that they will finally be done with the film if Ken doesn't muck this last scene up, Ken snaps and attacks him. The two start to fight each other, but Ken throws a reel of film negative at part of an refinery set. |
This results in the entire set, then the entire building, being destroyed. The film is also destroyed, and Fei Long tells Ken that he has let down his father, his friends, and himself. Fei Long tells him that being sorry won't restore the film, nor will it defeat Wo Fat, nor will is repay his father -neither the money, or his trust. Ken tells him he is right, and he has to change. He can see that now, and says his father was right: he has to take responsibility for his actions. Danten appears, and has heard everything. He tells Ken that if he really means that, then it was worth losing his money -if he got his son back. With Ken and Danten on good terms again, Danten arrange for Fei Long to star in a new movie which is being filmed in Hong Kong. Ken heads to San Francisco, and makes amends with Ryu. |
-This episode was originally first broadcast 3 and a half weeks after the previous one. Episodes had been airing on Saturdays, but this one was on a Wednesday. This marks the start of the second season's bizarre air dates, taking several months to broadcast the remaining 8 episodes. |
-The damage caused to the background doesn't match up between shots -compare it to when Ryu and Fei Long take cover to when A.B. Jones points at it. |