Darc_Requiem

@DangerousJYou are far kinder to the movie than I am. I really disagree on Shao Kahn. I can't get into details due to spoilers but I felt that the plot did a huge disservice to his aura. Instead of this unstoppable force of fighter, he was mid carder that got to the championship for "reasons". So when he ultimately gets defeated, it didn't come off like the triumph it should have. I do agree with you on Raiden. I have him the benefit of the doubt in MK1. It's been two movies now. The character has been terribly miscast. He doesn't have the presence that Raiden should have.

Had to improvise on the color. I could do something more accurate but I wanted to duplicate what I did with Samus. Oh and Blade too.

I hope the fight is decent. That said, I think Gina gets tapped in the first. She's been out of the game for 17 years. Nearly twice as long as Ronda. She does have a punchers chance. Ronda folds under striking pressure, but she is the younger and superior athlete.

It's crazy how success effects people differently. I look at Gabe Newell and Jensen Huang as two different ends of that spectrum.

I'm sure anyone that has used Talim has done that at least once 🤣

Does this mean can ask him for shit again? 🙃

@HecatomKarl Urban is one of the few actors that is always good in whatever he does. I can think a movie is trash. i.e. Chronicle of Riddick, but Karl Urban will still do a good job with what he's given. Karl Urban has been in every thing from Xena, The Bourne Supremacy, Almost Human, Abrams Star Trek, Judge Dredd, etc. Dude can just act man.

While I technically the latest MK film is better than the 2021 film. I think the 2021 film was more enjoyable. It was heavily flawed but Joe Taslim's Sub-Zero was a force of nature and every time I was put off by some piss poor choices of the film, he'd show up and it would remind of what MK should be. The opening of that film with Hanzo and Sub-zero was peak live action MK and they completely fumbled the franchise outside of that. I don't think any of the lows of MK2 are bad as MK1. That said, MK2 has few "highs". The aformentioned Liu Kang vs Kung Lao fight being one of them. I'm still annoyed with them absolutely wasting Lewis Tan. Of all the numerous characters they could cast him as, they cast him as an unneeded POV character. They could have used an existing character for that role, similar to what they did with Johnny Cage in the current film or and in the 1995 film. Johnny literally served the same narrative purpose in the 1995 and 2026 films as Cole in the 2021 movie. Despite being a "tournament" movie, I found the fighting to be underwhelming for the most part. I get it, you can't cast an top notch martial artist for each role. That said, a good fight choreographer and an actor that's athletic enough to pull of the choreography an get the job done. Linden Ashby wasn't some accomplished martial artist in 1995 film. However they between the choreography and a stuntman filmed at optimal angles, he pulled it off well. MK Annihilation was terrible but Sandra Hess' Sony Blade had great fight scenes. Like Ashby, she wasn't a martial artist but her scenes were well choreographed and she had the athleticism to look the part. MK2 does not do the greatest job of making it's non-martial artist actors look great in combat. Karl Urban is one of my favorite actors and he did the best he could in MK2 but I still think it was a terrible casting choice. Johnny and Sonya should have been around the same age. The current MK films make these choices in a vacuum without considering the long term narrative effects. There was no reason to have Mileena in the first film. If need be, the could have had Sisi Stringer play Tanya. They cast an actress to play Kitana in the second film that has a twin sister in real life and they couldn't even take advantage of it because the put Mileena in the first film for no reason at all. Comedy of errors man.

Yeah I always get nervous when a certified classic gets a remake. I joked about DMC2 but I wouldn't be worried about DMC2 remake because the original sucks.

What no DMC2 remake? Hey it was just a joke....

I'm trying to shake the rust off. Three of these are new. The Bayonetta and Manon one's are tweaks I made after moving them from PS4 to PC. Side note: I had Wonder Woman, Superman, and no Batman. So I figured I'd complete the trinity. Glad I did, because I used a trick I figured out with Batman to make T'Challa.

@Vhozite You've inspired me to mess around with the CAS again.

@VhoziteGreat work man.

You'd think fighting games switching to 3D models would garner more Rogue appearances. The fact that she stole special moves in her initial 2D appearance will always be a marvel, no pun intended, to me.

I saw the new Mortal Kombat movie. It's mid. It wasn't bad but it was not good either. It's crazy that no one has topped the 1995 film. The first 15-20 minutes, the Scorpion/Sub-Zero flashback, of the 2021 film was pure gold. The rest of the film didn't keep that quality. The current movie doesn't have the lows of the 2021 film. It's more even in quality but it doesn't have highs of the 2021 film either. Joe Taslim's Sub Zero had a genuine horror movie antagonist vibe that helped making it through the low points of the movie seem worth it. Side note: King Jerrod just can't stop taking Ls. With all the rebooted time lines, you'd think Netherrealm would let him get a W at some point.