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One piece of trivia about every Mortal Kombat fighter. Go!   Ashrah is voiced by Susan Eisenberg in M1K. Eisenberg is best known as Wonder Woman in various iterations, including Injustice. This could explain her sword’s golden whip form in the game. In Wonder Woman’s MK vs DC Universe ending, she obtained Ashrah’s sword, so the connection has been there for a while.   Baraka's face was created with a Nosferatu mask and silver-painted fake fingernails. The mask was apparently very tight and hot.   Blaze was inspired by the flaming man in the background of The Pit II. Once his story was fleshed out in Unchained and Armageddon, however, it became impossible for them to be the same character.   Bo' Rai Cho's name comes from the Spanish word "Boracho", meaning "drunk". The team found it could be split into three Asian-sounding syllables, and so used it for the drunken master character.   Cassie Cage appears with the other Kombat Kids in M1K’s final chapter. But the scene was originally

Ultron in the MCU is one of the more interesting characters, from an adaptation standpoint, and one of the most contentious in online discussion. Many fans criticise his depiction in Age of Ultron, citing his comic self’s very serious, murderous personality, compared to the film’s much quippier take. But to me, this is sort of missing the forest for the trees, since the circumstances behind Ultron’s creation could not be adapted at the time, and possibly still couldn’t even if they’d saved him for Avengers: Doomsday next year. I think this is the difference between adapting the letter of the original vs the spirit of the original. Let me explain…     …about today’s sponsor, Marvel: Contest of Champions. This popular mobile fighter is now having its PC launch after a decade of availability on mobile, now with keyboard and mouse, controller or even fightstick support for those not fond of touchscreen controls. And yes, the visuals have been upgraded for this version, including the

      I have gone by many names over the years: Ashen Demon. Enlightened One. Archbishop. Professor. Teach. My Teacher… And there is but one among them that I have not failed to live up to.       It all began with a fateful decision. One I made so, so many times.       Remire Village - a place whose memory is marred by tragedy, but also marked by hope. It was where the fate of Fódlan was decided several times over. It was where I met you three. Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude. My first students. You were never my students all at once, but you were all so very important to me.       There was a palpable charisma that drew me first to the imperial princess. That was why I chose to teach the Black Eagles house, where I learned as much from my students as they did from me. And when my father died, I found that I was not alone. My charges had become more than mere students; they were my family.       But for as close to them as I felt, I also found comfort in Rhea and the Church. While Edelgard

Back in January, I received a certain comment about Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms - the worst Mortal Kombat movie, hands-down. I’ve explained why I dislike it before, and this commenter agreed on at least one thing: the ending is a mess. The comment said something to the effect of, “I just watch the tournament part and then turn it off.” And this got me thinking, could that work? Could one re-edit this movie to get rid of the atrocious ending and make a better adaptation of MK2 that doesn’t have to share the scant hour-and-twenty-minute runtime with extraneous nonsense and out-of-place adaptations? So, I did that. I re-cut the movie to see how it would turn out. This video is not that re-edit, because that would be more than a little illegal, so I’m instead going to walk you through the edits I made to explain why I made each change and how they affect the movie. First off, the ending. As stated, the whole One Being fiasco is a big mess that overshadows the main

Hello and welcome to Wasted Plotential, where we discuss the wasted potential of our favourite plotlines.   Spider-Man 2 was a disappointment. No, the game. No, the OTHER game. Wasted Plotential: pick a different name for your bloody sequel! Spider-Man 2 2023 Video Game was a disappointment. The second biggest, for me, of 2023. Its story felt undercooked, bloated, misguided, and was a poor transition into the future of this series.   I think the Venom storyline wasn’t a good fit for this game about Peter and Miles. While there are good ideas for Miles’ role in this story, which manages to make this feel like a genuinely unique version of the most-adapted Spider-Man storyline, I just think the game ends up over-stuffed because of his presence.   Even with so little actually going on with Miles in the B plot, the story barely has time to get through the multi-act narrative that the black suit requires in order to work at all. It’s one of the reasons Spider-Man 3 failed.   The core

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 just released on Blu-Ray, so I think now’s a good time to discuss the future of the film series. I actually had a prediction for which game the films would draw from next going into the third one, and the mid-credits scene revealed that I was completely right.   First, let’s recap. The first film is a loose take on Sonic 1, with Sonic meeting Eggman for the first time in Green Hills. The second combines Sonic 2 and 3 & Knuckles, with Sonic meeting Tails, fighting the Death Egg robot and going Super for the first time from 2, and Eggman’s manipulation of Rad Red to acquire the Master Emerald coming from 3 & Knuckles. And the third is predominantly Adventure 2, taking the backstory, Gerald’s plot to destroy the world and Shadow’s introduction and development, and some iconography from Shadow’s game sprinkled in. So, which games will they pull from for next?   In the games, Sonic and friends are just from Earth. Earth is where these animal people originate, allowing

Product provided by Koei-Tecmo Europe.   I’m a little late on this, I know, but in my defence, Koei-Tecmo put out like five releases in the span of one month. Luckily, I’m only interested in three of these, but I still had a lot on my plate between trying to play these games and doing various time-sensitive MK content. But finally, I’m able to come back to Dynasty Warriors Origins and say… this is not the return to form I hoped it would be.   There was a lot riding on this game after the disaster that was DW9. 9 was an open-world revamp that sacrificed much of the series’ identity and presentation for an unpolished trend-chaser that simply was not fun to play. I’m fairly certain its largely negative reception is why it lacked the usual series of spin-offs outside of an Empires release that dropped the open world, which would have been the only thing that could make an Empires title with 9’s core gameplay at all worth experiencing. DW9 was six years ago.   Samurai Warriors 5 released