Will Smith Remakes The Karate Kid, Casts His Son in Lead

Cole Gamble — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Here is some more news on that Karate Kid remake that's gonna kick your precious childhood memories right in the nuts:

As you can imagine, any Karate Kid remake will require going through the paces of the original, such as the “wax on, wax off” scene. Except now they’d be updated with modern, yet even more tired references like, “Turn the Internet history on, turn the Internet history off. Clean the hard drive, side to side.” And you can bet you’ll get a Nintendo Wii product placement in that training sequence.

Not helping matters, the new Miyagi is reportedly Jackie Chan, who will deliver all this eastern wisdom with the mush mouth diction of the Elephant Man doing Jello shots on his birthday at Hooters.

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What do you think? New Karate Kid: Sign of the apocalypse or tolerable idea?

Manners, 21st Century Style

Amy S.F. Lutz — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:29:00 GMT

My kids all love(d) Richard Scarry's book, "The Polite Elephant." And of course I appreciate a cute, appealing book that also tries to teach my toddlers to say "please" and "thank you."

My problem with "The Polite Elephant" is that, although it was published in 1998, it feels terribly dated to me. According to Scarry, when the Polite Elephant gets on the bus, "he always offers his seat to a lady," which never fails to strike me as chauvanistic. He also understands that "some rooms are for sitting and others are for playing" - which, while it may be true in some houses, is not particulary high on my list of important manners I want my children to have.

What I really need Richard Scarry to teach my toddlers is, "The Polite Elephant never throws a fit when he doesn't get his own way." It might also be helpful for my kindergartner to hear, "The Polite Elephant never talks back to his mommy."

What manners would you like to see included, should Richard Scarry decide to pen, "The Polite Elephant - Part Deux"?

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