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Mortal Kombat 2021 spoilers under the cut.
For real though, I will be talking about this entire movie as a whole.
I’m assuming this was set during the Mortal Kombat 1-era, right?
It’s funny, because I did not expect Mileena, Nitara, Reiko and Kabal there! Too bad they got killed off so soon, especially Nitara and Mileena! They could have been great additions, should there be a sequel.
Though Kabal’s actor did an amazing job, so there was never a dull moment, really.
What I did find annoying, was that Kano unlocked his special ability before Cole! Good thing Sonya took it from him, because she deserved it more!
It made me so happy that revenant!Scorpion didn’t turn out to be just some pawn for Quan Chi in this movie. Seeing his descendant, Cole Young become a badass must bring elation to his soul. BEAUTIFUL!
Though I will admit, I was expecting Bi-Han to actually be revealed to be Quan-Chi.
Conclusion: Overall, I was pleasantly surprised that the movie turned out better than I imagined. Granted, I didn’t have very high expectations of video game adaptations, but still. It was a fun watch, and worth checking out!
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Jeremy Slater says for the ‘MORTAL KOMBAT’ sequel, “they have been listening to the fan reactions and they know what fans loved about the first movie and what they didn’t…”
No, that's not good, the MK fandom is terrible and most of them have the same boring demands. 😖
Also... THEY'RE ACTUALLY MAKING A SEQUEL?!? I thought it was dead. 👀
At least this should mean that they're bringing Kano back. He was the 1 thing it seemed everyone liked about the movie.
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FINALLY WATCHED MK 2021
So a few things
I did not cry. Im sry but it was prolly the pacing of the movie cuz it was a little too fast, or because my brother’s asleep and it’s 2am and i’m not supposed to be loud, but i did not cry (uuu internally i did but im sad that i didnt cry). However i did feel hyped especially at the ending :D
LIU KANG RAGGHHH HE’S SO FUCKEN BABEY. I LOVE HIM. I WANNA RUFFLE HIS HAIR AND SQUEEZ HIS CHEEKS URHRHHRHGGG. HE DESERVES ALL THE HUGS IN THE WORLD‼️‼️
The shaolin boiss!! Love them. Kung Lao really said “skill issue” 😭😭 i’m just gonna casually steal that. Liu joining in was the icing on the cake
there’s a next movie coming if i remember correctly? Anyway, i’m looking forward to that as well ueueueu
Love how Kano’s portrayed here. His banter with the others was funny for a while but as the movie progressed, I got a little too immersed and the second hand embarrassment kicked in 😭
I love the idea that Cole’s just standing there while Hanzo’s talking to him in Japanese like “yeah i totally got that (did not understand a single word he said).” It doesn’t really mention that he can understand it soo yep
I FINALLY GET WHAT ONE OF THE REBLOGS ON THE GRASSHOPPER POST WHEN THEY SAID SOMETHING LIKE “(in tears remembering mk21)” THE FUCKING HEADBAND RAHH
Can Kung Lao be brought back as a revenant, pls? I’m under the impression that Bi-han will come back as Noob Saibot, so if that can happen but Revenant Kung Lao can’t, I’m gone
Overall, a solid 9/10 for me. Minus 1 because of the pacing. Again, I’m looking forward to the next :0
Shoutout to @natyoboi for watching with me lmao
#mortal kombat#mortal kombat 2021#mk 2021#mortal kombat movie#liu kang#kung lao#kano#hanzo hasashi#mk scorpion#cole young#bi han#sub zero#mk movie#spoilers#i am not normal
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I'm bored and weird so might as well
All of these are NSFW and some are NSFL and the reason Hereditary isn't on this poll is because I believe that scene is too amazing to be witnessed for the first time anywhere but in context
Gerald's Game (major spoilers)
Evil Dead
Saw III
The Sadness
It Follows
Event Horizon (major spoilers)
Green Room - I can't find a full clip of this one online anywhere
The Thing
Mortal Kombat
Jacob's Ladder
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“Amphibia” Emphasizes Chosen Families and Self-Acceptance
What if a Thai-American girl wakes up and finds herself in a world filled with talking frogs? Amphibia answers that question. Anne meets new friends, enemies, and tries to figure out her purpose in this strange world.
Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog (it will be published on there on Dec. 26), and Wayback Machine. This was the forty-second article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on June 25, 2022.
Amphibia is an animated adventure-fantasy-comedy series by Matt Braly, an animator of Thai descent. He is also known for directing episodes of Gravity Falls and Big City Greens.
As a warning, this recommendation discusses spoilers for all three seasons of Amphibia.
Amphibia centers around a 13-year-old Thai-American girl, Anne Boonchuy (Brenda Song), who is transported by a music box to another world with her two best friends, Sasha Waybright (Anna Akana) and Marcy Wu (Haley Tju). In this wild land, filled with marshes and tropical environments, she meets talking frogs and other creatures, including a family of frogs named the Plantars.
This family is headed by the overbearing and traditional grandfather, Hop Pop (Bill Farmer). He has two kids-of-sorts: an excitable frog named Sprig (Justin Felbinger) and a spunky pollywog named Polly (Amanda Leighton). All of them live on a farm of their own in the close-knit town of Wartwood. As Anne bonds with the Plantars, she learns what friendship and being heroic means.
This all-ages animated series is filled with diversity, especially from its characters and voice actors. The latter are of Chinese, Indonesian, Pakistani, Japanese, and Thai descent. The show compliments this with wonderful animation, music, and background art.
Unsurprisingly, the series has been been nominated for four Annie Awards, one Daytime Emmy, and a GLAAD Media Award since it began airing in 2019. It includes some voice actors I'm familiar with, like Tress MacNeille and John DiMaggio, who voice characters in Disenchantment, as well as well-known gay actor George Takei.
From left to right: Sasha, Marcy, and Anne with "cool anime" powers in the final episode of Amphibia, floating the air like anime heroes or Kid Cosmic protagonists
Amphibia is more than a series centered on a girl who is adopted by a family of talking frogs. While there is the classic conflict of good vs. evil, there is also a focus on family separation, self-acceptance, and trauma. As I wrote previously, all of the main protagonists have trauma on same level or another, as the friendship between all three of them faces hardships and strains.
This is all mixed together with fantasy and sci-fi elements, and even occasionally situational comedy acts. These complex characters are written in such a way that you become invested and concerned about them, even after ending the series. The series also has plotlines focused on human and animal experimentation, and robots.
This series is part of a recent set of diverse Disney animated series. Others include The Ghost and Molly McGee, a supernatural fantasy, and will-be-ending horror comedy and fantasy The Owl House. Upcoming series such as Iwaju, Moana: The Series, Tiana, Cookies & Milk, Hailey's On It!, and Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur portend a continuation of this focus.
In the case of Amphibia, Braly based the series on his trips to Bangkok, Thailand where he thought he was an outsider. He also was inspired by video games like The Legend of Zelda and Chrono Trigger. In previous interviews he said he wanted to make the main character a Thai-American because there were few Thai protagonists in TV series or films that he watched as a kid. As a result, he has said he become influenced by the Mortal Kombat and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises.
In a December 2021 interview, Braly noted the themes of immigration, alienation, and xenophobia drawn from his own experiences. All of these themes are deeply integrated into the series. Some of this is heavily informed, according to Braly, by the 1990s series, Pepper Ann. Braly also noted that frogs were chosen for the series because they are metaphor for change and their connection to Thai culture.
Lady Olivia (right) looks at General Yunan (left) lovingly and tells her she wouldn't mind "settling down" in Wartwood with Yunan.
Amphibia is rightly praised for illustrating issues like emotional manipulation, bullying, and delightful characters. The series could also be praised for broadening "ethnic-racial representations" like Craig of the Creek and Elena of Avalor. This is something that groups like the socially conservative family-oriented non-profit, Common Sense Media, would praise.
A 2021 report from the organization notes that when people of color are portrayed stereotypically, it causes harmful views to be promoted among White audiences. This is coupled with underrepresentation of specific groups, such as Latine and Indigenous people, and misrepresentation of others.
Little mentioned is LGBTQ representation in Amphibia. Although it isn't as direct as other recent series, like Dead End: Paranormal Park or The Owl House, Braly stated that in the show's finale, they left it open as to whether someone thinks of Sasha, Marcy, and Anne romantically or not, as he loves shipping. He called it the "greatest expression of love for characters."
This gives queer fans who ship Marcanne (Marcy and Anne), Sasharcy (Sasha and Marcy), Sashanne (Sasha and Anne), or even all three in a relationship together some solace. This the case even if this so-called "Calamity Trio" are only be "gal pals" in the show's canon.
Even so, Sasha was hinted as bisexual in the show's final episode, and confirmed as such by Braly, as I noted in an earlier post. Her voice actress, Akana, is bisexual herself. She voiced Daisy in magical girl esque Magical Friendship Girl Squad: Origins and Magical Girl Friendship Squad. In the case of Daisy, Akana argued that Daisy was bisexual. However, other crew members argued she was a lesbian, and possibly trans, leading to confusion among fans.
Coming back to Amphibia, Sasha joins other LGBTQ characters such as Frodrick Toadstool and Toadie who were confirmed as a gay couple by the show's creator. More significantly is Yunan (Zahra Fazal) and Lady Olivia (Michelle Dockery) as lesbian couple. There's also Ally and Jess who run an Internet video channel together. Their colors are based off the bisexual and pansexual flags.
It is also implied that Mr. X, voiced by RuPaul, is gay, and there are some other minor LGBTQ characters. Similar to Sasha, the sexual identities of these characters are never directly stated. Mr. X is an effeminate FBI agent assisted by a silent assistant named Jenny. After Anne and frog family escape to Amphibia, Anne's birth family convince Mr. X to hear them out and to be on the same side against Andrias. This results in the military and FBI assisting Anne and her friends in the final episode.
The relationship of Yunan and Olivia, was embraced by reviewers like Jade King, who calls herself "TheGamer’s Queen of Gay Cartoons." Braly told King that the ship of these two characters was their favorite ship. He called it "very organic" and "awesome." Fans were jubilant about the news, and fully embraced it. It undoubtedly helped that Fazal was inspired by the protagonist of Darkwing Duck in voicing the character.
Considering that the final episode has a ten year time-skip, it makes the series ripe for a possible spin-off or continuation that happens in that time skip, with different protagonists than this series. While some are conflicted about a spin-off, the show could go a route a la Steven Universe Future, focusing on the aftermath of a victory, with Anne, Marcy, and Sasha having to pick up the pieces.
All three seasons of Amphibia are currently streaming on Disney+, YouTube TV, and Prime Video.
© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.
#amphibia#chosen family#self acceptance#anne boonchuy#matt braly#lgbtq#sasha waybright#marcy wu#kid cosmic#thai culture#thai creator#disney plus#bisexuals#lesbians#craig of the creek#elena of avalor
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Movie Review | Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (DeCoteau, 1988)
This review contains spoilers.
Not a lot to this, but if you accept that there’s a cap on how good this will be, it’s pretty enjoyable on its own modest terms. I’m no David DeCoteau expert, but this has similarities with Nightmare Sisters in that it stars Linnea Quigley, Michelle Bauer and Brinke Stevens, has a plot that relates to fratboy types and sororities and related horndog behaviour, and is mostly set in one location. When I say there isn’t a lot to this, it’s that there isn’t a great deal of incident in its eighty minute runtime, no particularly outlandish possibilities entertained as a result of its premise (a sorority prank results in the protagonists getting trapped in a a bowling alley unleashing an evil imp, who possesses some of them and sics them on the other), so really how much you enjoy this depends on how much hanging out with these actors. And I like Quigley, Bauer and Stevens quite a bit, so I had a good enough time. A bunch of stray observations:
I complained in my review of the 2021 Mortal Kombat that the digital cinematography in that movie looked dark, murky and flat. The cinematography in this movie is certainly dark, but what a world of difference it makes when these things are shot on film and some thought goes into the lighting. Because the characters are running around a bowling alley at night, it’s understandably pretty dark, but the lighting in this movie all looks like a portal was blown open from another dimension, and the impossibly bright beams that emanate from it are enough to blind you.
The imp (who is voiced with a… racially questionable cadence) grants each of the characters a wish. Naturally one of them wishes to make it with Bauer, and pretty much all the nudity in the movie comes from this scene. (DeCoteau lovingly photographs the guy shirtless in addition to Bauer in the buff.) Most of the other wishes have a monkey’s paw element (gold that turns out not to be gold, a prom dress in tatters), and the twist here is that Bauer is a bit too excited? The way the movie edits this scene it seems like it might have gone on for a long time, but the guy nervously protests that she’s going too fast for him. There’s probably something interesting here about fratboy types getting cold feet when their fantasies might actually true combined with the bluntness with which the female nudity is presented.
Early in the movie there’s a sorority hazing sequence where Bauer and Stevens are paddled on their behinds in loving closeup. I’ve never been in a sorority, because I’m a dude, but have also never been in a fraternity, but I’ve always gotten an uncomfortably sexual vibe from depictions of hazing rituals. And this movie seemingly shares my viewpoint, as the head of the sorority gets transformed into a dominatrix after she’s possessed by the imp. Again, there’s probably some overarching commentary around sexual mores that can be read into the movie that’s maybe a bit more complex than the moralizing one associates with slasher movies of the era.
The male lead of the movie is introduced watching horror movies, and announces that he’d rather do that than go spy on the sorority house, and I’ve never related more strongly to a movie character in my life. Interestingly, while his friends are more concerned with peeping on girls and getting laid, he’s the only one who actually tries to form an actual relationship of equals with a woman in the movie. Of course, that woman is a burglar from the wrong side of the tracks played by Linnea Quigley, who, as she often does, totally steals the movie. But the fact that both of these characters have motivations and ways of thinking removed from the fratboy / sorority mindset ensures that they survive the ordeal.
In the parlance of a wise man, I’ve done the research, I’ve looked at the facts, I’ve analyzed the hard data and my conclusion is that there are few things more adorable than the specific way Quigley darts her eyes and curls the ends of her lips when she breaks into a covert smile.
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November 10th, 2021 11:40pm
I have these bad habits of assuming that I’m actually gonna FINISH fics. And somewhere near the end, I’ll start worrying about the epilog.
I’m finally getting around to ending my MK Omegaverse series (although I got hit with a pretty great plot bunny of Cassie Cage going through her Omega life with Johnny and Sonya trying to help in the dysfunction of divorcing, which eventually leads them back together. I told y'all I only write happy endings for Mortal Kombat)
Anyway. I need some fluff after the way Further Risks and Complications is going. So here’s a snippet of the super fluffy fluff I’m currently working on. Warning, first draft stuff. And spoilers.
“Would you like to hold her?” Hanzo prodded.
Both Bi-Han and Kuai Liang snapped their heads up at Hanzo in shock, their eyes the same shade of blue.
“Hold her?” Kuai Liang asked, his teeth bared.
“I should not,” Bi-Han said, putting his mask back on.
He immediately put his hands behind his back. “I have no knowledge or experience in holding such a fragile being.”
“You held your brother,” Hanzo assumed. “Support her head and her body.”
Slowly, Bi-Han held out his arms, frost melting and leaving his hands pink. Kuai Liang looked at his daughter, then his brother, before handing her over.
Like his brother, Bi-Han instinctively pulled her to his chest. He held her by her armpits and stiffened when she squirmed but allowed Kuai Liang to adjust her into his arms. Hanzo could see Bi-Han concentrating, but the slight tremble of his fingers gave him away. His eyes softened as he held her tenderly and gazed into her big blue eyes. “…Hello.”
#mortal kombat#MK omegaverse#subscorp#bi han#kuai liang#hanzo hasashi#the babyyyy#further risks and complications
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My @letterboxd review of Mortal Kombat (2021).
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Universal Collisions
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/6Gg847o
by RecklessSoldierMS
Kang variants gather across the Multiverse, just as Incursions begin to occur at random. Suddenly people on Earth 616 and Earth 0 begin to remember one another and a cosmic event that saw their universes clash. Now universes that don't exist within the same Multiverse begin to clash, drawn into wars and crises for the fate of entire worlds, but is it the work of the Kang dynasty or something far older and long forgotten?
All the while a super hero parent searches for his family, whilst a still mourning Terry McGinnis questions his role as Batman.
Words: 6488, Chapters: 1/20, Language: English
Series: Part 1 of Universal Collision
Fandoms: Marvel 616, Marvel (Comics), Avengers (Comics), X-Men (Comicverse), Fantastic Four (Comicverse), DCU (Comics), DC Animated Universe (Timmverse), DC Elseworlds, Batman Beyond, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Batman (Movies - Nolan), Superman & Lois (TV 2021), The Boys (TV 2019), Mortal Kombat (Video Games), X-Men: The Animated Series, Ultraverse (Malibu Comics)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Categories: Gen
Characters: Kang the Conqueror | Nathaniel Richards, Other Kang Variants (Marvel), Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Thor (Marvel), Clark Kent, Terry McGinnis, Diana (Wonder Woman), Bruce Wayne, Logan (X-Men), Peter Parker, Tim Drake, Jubilation Lee, Scott Summers, Jean Grey, Lorna Dane, Wanda Maximoff, Billy Kaplan, Teddy Altman (Marvel), Barry Allen, Danica Williams, Rex Stewart, Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Charles Xavier, Ravonna Lexus Renslayer, Carol Danvers, Fire God Liu Kang, Kitana (Mortal Kombat), Kung Lao, Eli Bradley, Jennifer Walters, Lex Luthor, Darkseid (DCU), Shang Tsung, Jonathan Kent, Shujinko (Mortal Kombat), Original Male Character(s), Nemesis | Infinity Stone Fusion, Ororo Munroe, John Stewart (DCU), Shayera Hol, John Blake
Relationships: Kang the Conqueror/Ravonna Lexus Renslayer, Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Tim Drake/Jubilation Lee, Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan, Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson, Liu Kang/Kitana, Diana (Wonder Woman)/Bruce Wayne
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Multiverse, Spoilers for Movie: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), Canon Divergence - Movie: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), Non-Canon Relationship, Multiple Crossovers, Not Canon Compliant with Graphic Novel: Spider-Man: One More Day, In Memory of Kevin Conroy
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I was kind of hoping Scorpion would stick around with Cole so Emily could be all casual and say, "Oh, it's just my undead ancestor from Hell who's living with us now. He's really sweet once you get to know him."
#mortal kombat 2021#mortal kombat#mortal kombat spoilers#mk spoilers#mortal kombat 2021 spoilers#scorpion#hanzo hasashi
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"Why didnt Raiden do anything? Everyone just stood by and watched Kung Lao die!"
#please im so tired of kung Lao dying in the most preventable ways possible and Raiden getting the sole blame for it#mk 2021#mortal kombat 2021#mortal Kombat#mk#mk9#mortal kombat 9#mk 2011#mortal kombat 2011#kung lao#mortal kombat 2021 spoilers#mk movie spoilers#mortal kombat movie spoilers#mk 2021 spoilers#mk spoilers#mortal kombat spoilers#owg.txt
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i was not the same person i was yesterday
#mortal kombat#mortal kombat 2021#mk 2021#mk movie#mortal kombat movie#liu kang#kung lao#kano#spoilers#liulao#shaking and crygin#the sadge is simmering#mk21#mk fanart
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I'm still thinking about how Raiden found a hidden baby and... Just thought "yep now it's mine" and that was it no one opposed him.
I will live by the headcanon that Raiden hoards orphans and will go as far as drawing the ~chosen birthmark~ on their skin with a sharpie if because he just needs to take care of all abandoned kids he stumbles upon.
#mortal kombat 2021 spoilers#mortal kombat spoilers#mk11 raiden#raiden mortal kombat#for the love of headcanons#for the love of raiden#late night thinking
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Sisi Stringer as Mileena in Mortal Kombat (2021) dir. Simon McQuoid
#mortalkombatedit#mileenaedit#sisistringeredit#mk spoilers#mortal kombat 2021 spoilers#mortal kombat spoilers#mileena#live action#my gif#my edit#mine#body horror#blood#fire
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Was I the only one who wanted to hug Liu after the loss of Kung Lao??
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Mortal Kombat 2021 Kano my beloved 🖤
#F in the chat for my king! 🙏🏽😞🖤#kano mk#mortal kombat 2021#mortal kombat#mk 2021 spoilers#mortal kombat spoilers#mortal kombat 2021 spoilers#mortal kombat movie 2021 spoilers
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