The powers that be have tried their best to push Rain into the public consciousness. They tried to position him in Speed Racer, the first box office flop of the summer. They have him filming the lead role in Ninja Assassin with the Wachowski brothers. And now, they even tried to lend his vocal talents to the Kung Fu Panda movie theme song. According to POPSEOUL!, his version was axed.

I listened to it and it can be best described as, wha? Were they even trying to make a halfway decent song? Someone thought bringing back the 80’s in song would perfectly capture a giant karate kicking panda. Also, let’s agree to stop using the “Kung Fu Fighting” song for every martial arts-related movie out there. It doesn’t add anything to the story. The title, Kung Fu Panda, covers it all. If I can’t get the story from that, maybe cartoons are beyond my comprehension.

Rain is a Kung Fu Fighter wannabe [POPSEOUL!]