Well, it does depend on what market the film was aimed at. Here in the west, where most haven't paid much attention to wire-fu films, having all those cliches was a plus and a breath of fresh air. In Asia, though, it may have been the equivalent of a Hollywood by the numbers buddy cop film with a $300 million budget.

Has no one suggest Willow yet? I would love to hear you guys talk about just WHY they couldn't get this sucker to work. Live action fantasy, unlike SF, has never really fared well and this was one of the few big budget attempts pre Lord of the Rings.

Never got into Farscape for some reason. I was at the Worldcon (probably Baltimore) when Henson had preview trailers for both it and another show, iirc called "Brats in Space". We at first thought it was "Rats in Space", and I personally was so disappointed it wasn't I tended to ignore the Henson shows after that.

They should have gone out Blake's 7 style (or even Space: Above and Beyond style). Make it an ending to remember!

Lets face it, others are just as ignorant about the US, or anyplace besides their general part of the world. I joke with my Malaysian friend on how I generally can't tell most asian nationalities apart, while she thinks all us white people look the same. The difference between French and Italians? Damned if she knows unless one is eating pizza