Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

One of X-Men's most interesting plots way back before Marvel Comics fell apart even more, was that of Cable's relationship with the Techno-Organic Virus.  Apocalypse kidnapped the infant Nathan Christopher Charles Summers, the child who would grow up as Cable and return in time, twice older than his parents.  What puzzled me is why did Apocalypse not just crush Nathan as a child after absorbing some of his power?  The answer might be in Apocalypse' belief that he has come to weed out the weak in favor of the strong.  Remember that Nathan even as an infant, manifested such tremendous power which awoke Apocalypse from slumber.  Perhaps Apocalypse saw Nathan as what would be the time of testing.  Although he mentioned it's best to put an end to the "brat", it might have just been an excuse as he sees some use to the child after all. What would be the reason behind infecting Nathan with the virus?  To kill him?  More likely not!  I would see...

I looked at Shinnok's outfits and then, he does look like a court jester of sorts.  Doesn't that remind you of of... That's right, Loki in Marvel Comics but with some modifications.  I just thought that like Loki, both of them are rivals with the thunder gods of their respective universe with their plans to rule the Universe in their own twisted way.  Unlike Loki though, Shinnok also has the attributes of Mephisto being the ruler of the Netherrealm of their respective universes.  

Mortal Kombat X takes place 25 years later so we do have a new cast of younger characters: The new Mortal Kombat cast features the following characters from left to right namely Kung Jin (a possible nephew of Kung Lao since the latter is celibate), Cassie Cage (the daughter of Johnny and Sonya), Jacqueline Briggs (Jax's daughter, possibly he sired her before he died) and Takeshi Takeda (a Liu Kang lookalike, who is the son of Kenshin but never knew he existed until later).  So far, these characters are the new generation.  From these characters, my favorite as of current might be Takeshi Takeda (who is actually a ninja, perhaps he is like Jago in Killer Instinct)... he looks like a real new generation Liu Kang, a title that Shujinko DID NOT deserve.  Takeda so far has been the most impressive on me.  Kotal Kahn at the center (NOT related to the late Outworld emperor, Shao Kahn) looks like Ogre from Tekken.  Meanwhile we have D'Vorah (left) who looks like s...

Ed Boon producer of Mortal Kombat is a Tekken fan. He had admitted that he is a Tekken fan and the PS2 up to the recent Mortal Kombat series obviously had some Tekken influence. Tekken was influenced by Virtua Fighter then later, Street Fighter and some of Capcom's characters (Heihachi is a Dr. Wily inspired character, later Asuka and Lili are like Sakura and Karin). So far, here's what I have noticed were taken directly from Tekken (note that Shang Tsung's actor Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa also played Heihachi in that failed Tekken movie): Mortal Kombat Deception featured the final boss as a True Ogre inspired character. The Dragon King's design in the ending of Raiden in Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance was different. We ended up seeing Onaga as a True Ogre inspired villain instead. Mortal Kombat vs. DC ditched the three fighting stances in favor of a Tekken-esque gameplay which one button responded to each limb like Tekken's series. It has the left punch, right punc...

Well Liu Kang is back and looks like he's pretty pissed on this trailer!  Pretty pissed and pretty evil... a struggle with inner demons (but I wish his fatality here was more brutal or at least, make a bloodier version of his Arcade Drop fatality).  Now one character comes up to mind namely... Ryu from Street Fighter going into Evil Ryu mode!  I would admit that, I was expecting him to be part of Shinnok's Army and now HE IS PART of Shinnok's Army which makes sense, remember he died in Mortal Kombat's reincarnation.  In contrast to my fan fic Mortal Kombat vs. Marvel Universe which Liu Kang and Kung Lao are redeemed by Raiden (but they must save their friends) at the start, looks like we will get to play as "Evil Liu Kang".  For one, Liu Kang is obviously a modified Ryu clone for this reason.   One may notice that Liu Kang didn't get a red headband until Mortal Kombat II.  For Liu Kang having a red headband and a rival/friend in Kung Lao...

After months of worry, I dunno why I just can't let go of Liu Kang to the point I hated Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance for that. I would admit that I did love Mortal Kombat Deception even if the story was stupid (Shujinko is TOO OLD)... meanwhile I am starting to think of the possibilities of Liu Kang's gameplay and variations aside from regular Liu Kang. One variation I think Liu Kang might have is "Evil Liu Kang" variation, which might be similar to Evil Ryu in Street Fighter. If we will have regular Liu Kang, Evil Liu Kang may possess more damaging moves and crazier combos than the regular Liu Kang ever will. My guess for this variation is that this version of Liu Kang may be able to warp back and forth like Evil Ryu and Akuma in Street Fighter. I'd like to see this version of Liu Kang also have a SHORYUKEN type move exclusively for this variation. Another variation that I am guessing for Liu Kang right now is... he will be Zombie Liu Kang. This variatio...

Saban's Masked Rider for me was a failure on its own and ruined itself.  Okay I could be very biased considering that I have seen Kamen Rider Black RX first on Cable TV so I didn't really have much of an opinion.  What really happened was prior to Saban's Masked Rider airing (correct me if I am wrong on this), the special three part series called " Friend in Need " with Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers hence the first unofficial TV crossover of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. What I thought of Saban's Masked Rider was well, as a child, it ruined Kamen Rider Black RX.  In truth, it ruined itself with bad acting, bad writing, poorly written comedy and no wonder why it was a failure in the United States.  However the failure may not be so bad considering that out from its ashes came out some ideas Toei would later reuse after it was shelved. So far, no Kamen Rider and Super Sentai was ever done until Kamen Rider Decade.  Purists may rant about the stage show...