This is off topic but honestly...why the hell did Will allow this to happen? I mean ALL of it...the feminine dress-wearing nonsense...the weird, mystic, interviews...associating with Kardashians...ridiculous twitter account....why?
The Karate Kid was a decent little sleeper hit....no it wasn't gigantic, yes it was a remake of a popular 80's classic, and yes it had Jackie and Taranji bringing in some fans..but it was still a nice vehicle for Jaden, and showed that people were willing to see him in movies.
It seems that
After Earth really destroyed these two. Will has said as much in past interviews, and it seems like Jaden also started laying this bullshyt on more heavily after as well. I understand it was a huge flop...and a set back for them...but most of the backlash was shared between both them, as well as M.Night, so it could have been manageable. Also, it seems like people just disliked the obvious cronyism of Will being in the movie with his son (Regardless of how much cronyism plays in Hollywood...they put these guys on the poster and people just weren't feeling that).
Still...they should have buckled down. Why not fall back, regroup, and create a vehicle with a smaller budget for him? They should have tried to get him a
Back To The Future/Chronicle type of thing; something with him in highschool, but with some added hook to bring in genre fans. Or, if they wanted to go a bit more racy, go with a
Dope type of movie, maybe try to solidify/build a black fanbase, or even bring in some of Will's older urban market that was brought up on those types of flicks.
Instead, they decided to just allow him to publicly implode.
fukking stupid. I can't blame cacs for this. No the Hollywood elite weren't trying to see this black family build, but the Smiths did themselves no favors whatsoever.
Sorry for the off-topic rant. shyt just frustrates me. These clowns had a chance to form a mini-dynasty, but Jaden decided to be a clown, and Will let him do it. Smh.
Little Nicky >>> Jaden