Mortal Kombat Conquest: The show that should had got a 2nd season.

 Mortal Kombat Conquest

I just got back into watching the entire season (the only season) again on the Max channel. 22 episodes of MK tv lore. Was it worth the hype? So many people claim today that it is cheesy by today's standards, which I do agree partially. Not only that but the show dragged on from time to time.

Well, I'll just jump into it. It was very nostalgic for me to re-visit the series. Besides some of the campiness I'd mentioned. It was a good series after all. The fight scenes still hold up very well today. Especially the Sub-Zero vs Scorpion fight we all grew to love in "The Serpent and the Ice" episode. Shao Kahn was portrayed as the evil and cunning emperor Earthrealm grew to fear. Brian Thompson's  portrayal of the emperor in MK Annihilation just left a lot to be desired. There were lots of women in skimpy outfits in this show and it was around that time I found Angelica Bridges and Sung-Hi Lee to be super attractive. Nearly 30 years later, my opinion still stands. 

We all know by now that there was no 2nd season because nobody was left to pick up the tab as Bruce Locke (Shang Tsung) or Jeff Meek (Raiden, Shao Kahn) had mentioned. 

The show premiered pretty much after the abysmal MK Annihilation. Perhaps it didn't quite recover from the stench that flick was. On the contrary, the show was very successful especially appearing after WCW Nitro (another show the buzzed off a few years later). But Jeff Meek said it best that the show was successful but no money came in. 

Credit to Action Gems

Around the 2 minute mark, Jeff Meek confirms this. 

According to google, the show was also too expensive to produce. Budget and financial reasons, right? Going back to the fight scenes, most fans speculate this is the reason why the show got too costly. The fights were so good but also expensive at that same time. 

I would like to write a long report about this show rocked and what not but I felt others had already done that.

Yes, it was amazing that we got to see Kitana, Noob Saibot, Reptile, and a few other characters that appeared in the video games. Then again, some of them are playing ancestors or a whole new other character based on the same name: Sub-Zero and Scorpion come to mind. Keep in mind that this show takes place at least 500 years prior to the original MK 1 timeline; yes this show is a prequel to MK 1995 and Annihilation. 

Reptile and Rain are done justice in this show btw. They are shown how menacing they are as opposed to their movie counterparts (MK 1 Reptile fight scene was amazing though I'll admit). Annihilation Rain, well, you know how that turned out.

The Jarring aspect of this show, as to no surprise, is that darn cliffhanger ending everyone has critiqued over the years. If the shadow priests are that powerful, why didn't Kahn just sent them in the first place to rid of his enemies? This segment also comes right after the show introduces Kreeya, who appeared to be the new threat to both Earthrealm and Outworld. She is quickly dispatched and we have this rushed ending. 

Other besides that, the only other negative thing I couldn't shake off was how I always saw Kung Lao's stunt double fighting all the time. The stunt double really looked more taller than the actual actor. And  from that point on, I had to look at who was fighting with a stunt double and what not. 

Not only that but why did we have two actresses playing Kitana? I'm thinking Dara Tomanovich couldn't reprise her role after her one and only appearance in "The Essence." I liked her simply because she bore a closer resemblance to Talisa Soto. The other actress, Audie England was cute but could had easily passed for another character. Then again, she portrayed Mileena after all who is not a clone created by Shang Tsung in this timeline. 

Well, I have a lot to say but that's all I'm going to get off my chest for now. Mksecrets has the full storyline including season 2. 

https://www.mksecrets.net/index.php?section=mkc&lang=eng&contentID=5900&title=Mortal-Kombat-Conquest-Ending-and-Story-Timeline

Scroll to Chapter V btw if you want to read how season 2 would had played out. 

It appeared that the Elder Gods undid everything and Shao Kahn would be banned from appearing in every MK tournament thereafter. And the Shadow Priests had to take a back seat and let everything unfold. Seriously, a secret weapon so powerful that only Raiden could defeat? I'm still baffled by that. 

Forever in our dreams will we be able to dream of a season 2. Lots of story arcs that could had been tied up or told. I'm pretty sure we would had seen what happened to Sub-Zero especially he was chased by Smoke at the end of his season 1 arc. What about Jola of the Black Dragon? Or what did Noob Saibot do for 16 episodes after he made his appearance? I'm pretty sure this be all explained had a S2 sufficed. But you know as well as I that Shao Kahn spoke it best as he taunted Raiden, this show is "dead!" 

End 2024

 Well, this marks the first year in a while that I did no Transformer review minus the TF One movie review. I do have 86 Swoop, Optimus Prime and a few other figures I would like to delve into. Hopefully in 2025. The world is a crazy place now like how the Bible has predicted. Stay close to Jesus folks. Surprisingly, the page that received the most views created in 2024 was the Spider-man 3 review. 

Runner up is TASM #2

Arguably the films that didn't do too hot in their respective franchises garnered the most views. Maybe some kind of cult following. Anyhow. I will try to do some TF reviews again next year since I got a new camera. Take care folks and take Jesus with you. 

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Movie recap: Transformers One and Venom: Last Dance

  Technically I saw Transformers one back in Sept. I just realized I shot a pic of the poster they gave me. Since I just saw Venom: The Last Dance, I decided to add both posters here. 

 So Tranformers One basically, and finally, tells a story just about Transformers. No Bayverse explosions or annoying humans. I won't delve into the movie much but it is one of the better TF films of the past decade. Sadly it didn't do well in the box office. Some say its because of the bad first trailer. Some say thanks to all the Bayfilms, people are tired of TF. 

 Venom is a decent send off to the Eddie Brock/Venom character. The film I thought was not bad to how the internet is making it out to be, but it suffers from adding lots of pointless characters such as the doctors. We get a tease on one of the female doctors and her traumatic childhood experience and how it's gonna shape and play out at the end. In between all this, we seem to focus on her other doctor friend instead. Then at the end we go back to the traumatized one. This should had been one character and that was it. And then we just had to have comic relief with the hippie family. In some parts, they came in handy, but I felt like they tried too hard to fit too many characters with little or no development. They got us interested and there was no payoff for some of these characters.

Rest In Peace Doge! 🕊 ( 2005 - 2024 )

Credit to the original user. Video used for informational purposes only. 

I used to own a Shiba too. I miss her everyday. This reminds me of her last days too. 

still working on getting a new camera so I can shoot toys I am overdue in opening and reviewing. God be with you. 

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Radical Reptiles DLC | Available Now

Final TMNT Shredder revenge update.

It was nice to see this game still getting some love two years later. As soon as the trailer dropped I bought the DLC the next day; it is $4 btw. The DLC sparked back some life to the online community on Steam. I'm pretty sure I can say the same for the other console communities as well. The characters are pretty fun to use. Still getting used to finding their niche and stuff, but here it is again, TMNT Radical Reptiles DLC-- the last TMNT update.

Video credit to original user. I am only using the video for informational purposes. 

WOKE OLYMPIC DUMPSTER FIRE GETS WORSE.(FAKE APOLOGY IS NOT ACCEPTED)

I like how some people are trying to say its the feast of Dionysus or something like that. This video proves its not even close. God is not to be mocked. 

Credit to SC reviews. 

Spider-man: No Way Home re-release 6/3/24

Spider-Mondays have officially ended. The version showcased here was actually "the more fun stuff version." It doesn't help out the film too much though you got mainly extra banter here and there. 

So this is the nostalgic version of Spider-man which brings back Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-men along with their rogues gallery. It was a nice re-watch plus half of the audience did clap for Tobey's re-appearance. 

I made a long rant on Aunt May and how her character just became a different character all of a sudden after 2.5 films (Civil War included) in the Transformers board. Not to mention, her version of "Responsibility" is underwhelming and was really not needed to be honest. But they had to put it for nostalgia and a reason to merge the Spider-men together. But I'm going to spare a long rant about why it didn't work here. Overall, the movie is great. It's nostalgic but doesn't entirely break new grounds too much. The Multi-verse concept works decently here though its overblown now in other films. Anyhow. See you next time. 

 

Spider-man: Far from Home Re-release 5/27/24

 

Caught this with my best bud. Though its far from perfect, Far From Home does a good job in revamping the Mysterio character into a more serious role. Got a free poster this time again. Not sure why certain films were lacking in those aspects. Anyhow, lets finish the re-releases with No Way Home next week. 

Spider-man Homecoming back in theaters 5/20/24

 Caught this with my nephew this past Monday. They did not give us posters this time though the turnout was great imo. 

This MCU is quite entertaining though they messed up some characters like Flash and MJ. Anyways, Far from Home hits next week!

Below is the link on how the poster should had looked had they distributed in my area. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Spiderman/comments/1cx0jke/spiderman_homecoming_poster_rerelease/

Transformers 40th Anniversary Event May 19, 2024

 

Caught the Sunday screening of the Transformers 40th Anniversary screening. This was not the screening of the 86 movie but the first 4 episodes which includes More than meets the Eye 1-3 and Transport to Oblivion. The real bonus was that the first episode was re-dubbed by new and old veterans. Frank Todaro did a really good job as Starscream filling in the for the late Chris Latta. Prior to the screening, there were toy ads and previews for the upcoming Transformers one film. There was also outtakes of the redubs after episode 1. 

From Episode 2 and beyond, it was just the original aired episodes. The screening goes downhill after the outtakes. It just felt like filler at this point. They should had just ended imo after More than meets the eye episode 3. 

When the episodes end, there is a PSA with Bumblebee and a "In Memoriam" quickie with now deceased voice actors. Then the auditorium just lits up. This was found to be very irksome by the TF community. No final words but just a remembrance quickie and that is it, the show is over. 

It is what it is. This was pretty much for true fans or people who really grew up with TF. Even then, it was kinda of disappointing. I really wished they redub all 4 episodes. Not only that but at least have some kinda of thank you letter towards the end.  At least that would had made it a little worthwhile. Well, see you next with Spider-man Homecoming re-release. 

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River City Girls quickie review.

 Initially this game got on my nerves, but as usual, I try to play it through and then I managed to beat the game and learn some of the tricks. I can't pull off those amazing infinite juggles the pros can do but I learned enough moves to defeat the opposition. This game caught my eye simply because there are references to Double Dragon. Some characters make cameos in here. One of them is actually a boss!

I am aware that this game is a tribute to River City Ransom of old school NES fame. However, I don't recollect on the time I played it on the NES. I haven't played the hard mode or found the secret shop but I have completed the game 100%. Well, this game is fun though it grinded my gears a bit in comparison to Double Dragon: Rise of the Dragons which is produced by the same company. The game is also a little repetitive as well. Anyhow see you next time. 

River City Girls Wikipedia

The Amazing Spider-man 2 re-release in theaters 5/13/24

 I missed out on the the first TASM due to family dinner. But I managed to catch # 2 this time around.

It was a nice turnout I say. The screen was half filled and my nephew, whom I brought, seem to had enjoyed it. Tom Holland's Spider-man MCU films hit the screen next!

Spider-man 3 (2007) re-release in theaters 4/29

  

Saw this on a nearly packed screen. There was only one showing so maybe that's why everyone was crammed into one screen. Well, the Raimi trilogy concludes. This film is an example on what happens when the studios interfere. If only the studios allowed Raimi to do what he wanted or perhaps release a directors cut in the future, maybe Spider-man 3 wouldn't be chastised the way it was when it was first released. 

Lots of people in the auditorium seemed to enjoyed this flick due to nostalgic reasons but also this was where the Bully Maguire theme first emerged. Try guess which scenes were the people laughing at? Anyhow, got a free poster and the movie even got an applause after which shocked me. Anyhow, Spider-Monday continues next week with The Amazing Spider-man. 

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