Guile's sailor's mouth, Sagat on new TV series

[Deco Bryl]

I'm really excited about the new TV series! I do have a couple of questions, though.

• Guile swears. A lot. How will that translate to a more restrictive medium like TV?
• (Later Years finale SPOILER!)
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  Sagat looked quite dead by the end of The Later Years. Will this stop him from appearing in the new series? XD

I thought I had a few more, but it seems I've forgotten them. Anyway, thanks!

[Zangief]

We've already had our discussions about Guile and how to keep him as, um, colorful as in the web series and I think we've reached some pretty hilarious conclusions with regard to the way in which we'll deal with his transition into television. We think you'll appreciate it. 

As for the ultimate fate of Sagat, I SOOOOOOOOO wish I could answer that one but, as you hinted, I'd be very much the spoiler if I revealed that plot line. I will say this, though; "Street Fighter Reunion" picks up the story exactly where "The Later Years" leaves off.

FUN FACT: In the TLY storyline, one of the reasons why Sagat became loyal to the "fake" Ryu (confusing a lot of folks at the time) is that he had something to do with funding the removal of Sagat's severe chest scar in addition to the money Sagat was receiving merely to follow E. Honda's orders. For some reason that detail didn't make it into the script. I got that piece of information from Sam Reich himself while on the M. Bison living room set during the shooting of Episode 2.

[Obruno.BR]

...had something to do with funding the removal of Sagat's severe chest scar in addition to the money Sagat was receiving merely to follow E. Honda's orders. For some reason that detail didn't make it into the script. I got that piece of information from Sam Reich himself while on the M. Bison living room set during the shooting of Episode 2.

Hahaha, conspirations rox!!! 

[Zangief]

Oh, there will be plenty of those, I promise.

[Sakenomi]

I am already uber excited =) BTW maybe this question was already answered i just haven't been on for a while. As i remember Zangief lost his panties at the end of SF:TYL... Will he fight without them in the new series or he is going to have new ones?? 


LoL, i know that is silly question, just making some fun.

[Zangief]

It's SOOOO funny you should ask that, Sakenomi, because, although I don't want to spoil anything, we haven't seen the last of naked Zangief. I've read a lot of Street Fighter fiction and it amazes me how often he winds up naked in battle. Since it's been such a running gag in Street Fighter culture, we figured we should hop on the bandwagon with this popular running gag, too.

How he always manages to lose an article of clothing that clings to him so tightly is beyond me.

[Deco Bryl]

It's SOOOO funny you should ask that, Sakenomi, because, although I don't want to spoil anything, we haven't seen the last of naked Zangief. I've read a lot of Street Fighter fiction and it amazes me how often he winds up naked in battle. Since it's been such a running gag in Street Fighter culture, we figured we should hop on the bandwagon with this popular running gag, too.

How he always manages to lose an article of clothing that clings to him so tightly is beyond me.

*snigger* Wow...more naked Zangief. XD But aren't you worried about the censors and the "concerned parents" who think video games are the Devil's playthings?

[Zangief]

Excellent question, Deco.

Since we're aiming for the syndication route we'll be able to push the envelope just a bit more than the network shows do (of course, if we do wind up going network, that's all out the window, LOL). Also, I vividly recall parental outrage here in America over Street Fighter II when it came out in 1991 and their concerns over "glorifying violence" and knocking unconscious a female character (Chun Li). In American culture, of course, men are taught from childhood that we should never fight back if the attacker is female. All of this was just a lot of crap to Generation X-ers, of course, and hordes of parents gave in, finally, and some of the best and brightest young people I've ever worked with have grown up quite well adjusted with Street Fighter II. Sam Reich comes immediately to mind. I'd say he turned out just fine. Reminds me of my childhood in the 1960s when ACT (Action for Children's Television) banned EVERY single superhero show on network TV! Those were ALL my favorite Saturday morning shows! All gone in one fell swoop! Spider-man: gone! The Fantastic Four: gone! The Herculoids, Bird-man, Space Ghost, The Batman-Superman Hour, even Jonny Quest, a former prime time action adventure series which just HAPPENED to be in re-runs on the Saturday morning line-up, gone to this day from network TV! They then tried to take out The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour but CBS said, "OK, this is where we draw the line". Parents have a reputation these days for being way too overprotective when their kids are just having some fun.

A show like ours, of course, will not likely appeal to younger kids so much because, a) Street Fighter II characters are from their parents' day and, b) Millennials don't watch very much television, getting most of their visual entertainment from the web. I recall Tipper Gore, during the 1990s, railing against the lyric in "Bennie & the Jets" that went, "...where we fight our parents out in the streets to find who's right and who's wrong". Somebody should have pointed out to Ms. Gore that the teenagers who bought that record in 1973 were all grown up with teenagers of their own by the 90s.

As for the naked Russian, we're already setting up the shots in such a way that it's clearly evident that he's naked without having to expose much more than his flank. You'll see what we mean soon.