Raiders of The Lost Media - Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection

Welcome back to one of my favorite segments Raiders of The Lost Media, and this time I'll talk about a lost Mortal Kombat game. So let's get started.

Part One - What is The Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection?

The Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection or Mortal Kombat HD Kollection was a planned fighting game remake featuring three Mortal Kombat titles, those being Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. The game was being developed by Other Ocean Interactive and was planned to be for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows PC.

Part Two - Brief History



The remake was going to be a complete overhaul of the games. Meaning they were going to have new digitized sprites for all of the characters, new sound effects, and an UI (user interface), and a asset overhaul to visually upgrade the game for modern standards. The three games would be released in their arcade form for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows PC. The project was never formally announced it was going to be released as a digital-download set for arcade ports.  On September 22, 2010 gaming website GameSpot released at story saying gaming retailers stories such as GAME and GameStop would release the game on November 16, 2010, less than half year before Mortal Kombat (2011) was to be released. However later on listings were quickly pulled and no news came ever since. Then in May of 2011 a game titled Mortal Kombat Kollection would be announced but this was not the game people were curious about. You see the game wasn't an HD remake it was only a port of the three games. They did however tout it as "arcade perfect", with certain sound effects that were not in the original Mortal Kombat game. Things such as an applause sound for The Courtyard arena and a crackling effect for Raiden's lighting. It's never been fully disclosed just how far progress with the game went. But given all of the information from multiple sources who helped make the game many stages, characters, and other assets many things seemed to be completed before the project was ultimately cancelled.




Part Three - Pictures




Since it's cancellation there has been many pictures released to the public showcasing the game. Hell we actually have a 4 timeline showing these pictures.



On Jun 4, 2011 John Montenegro (an artist for Other Ocean) posted his original mock-ups of the game. These images included character bios, in-game menus, and endings.

Then on Feb 19, 2013 Jeremy Kohar (a 3D artist for Other Ocean) posted on his blog 3D models of Mileena's head and Animalities for Stryker, Liu Kang, and Cyrax.

Stryker's Animality

Liu Kang's Animality

Cyrax's Animality

Then on May 3rd, 2014 make-up artist Tanea Brooks released a ton of behind the scenes photos of the actors who participated in the project. I mean a lot, so many that it's best if you just click here to see those pictures.

Later on Nov 6, 2015 Ed Boon (the creator of Mortal Kombat) released a picture on his official Twitter. In the tweet he says "Hi-Res Kombat ... one of these days I'll post an article explaining how the MK HD edition never came to be". The tweet also had this picture to it.

Although the image is kind of questionable. Mainly because it could just be a mockup or incomplete since the features of the image has the original courtyard but yet Liu Kang is in his Mortal Kombat II  clothes while Sonya Blade is in her Ultimate Mortal Kombat III attire.

Well that's going to do it for me. And I hope you enjoyed this installment of Raiders of The Lost Media. If you want to check out my other post just click on anything that's orange.

State of The Project (Aug 11th - Sept 8th)




Aug 11th - The Meg Review



Aug 13th - A Rant on The Childhood Ruined Hyperbole



Aug 16th - I've Cancelled My Aquaman Easter Eggs Post



Aug 25th - Sorry There's No Happytime Murders Review



Aug 27th - What You Probably Didn't Know About Rocky (1976)



Aug 30th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection



Sept 8th - The Nun Review





NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!

What You Probably Didn't Know About Rocky (1976)

That's right it's another edition of What You Probably Didn't Know About and this time I tackle what some have called the greatest sports movie ever made. So let's get into it.









1. Rocky's dog Butkus was actually Sylvester Stallone's dog in real life.









2. Although Stallone wrote the first draft of the script in three days, it got nine sizable rewrites before Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff bought it. The original script was also much darker than what was on screen. Micky was going to be a bitter old racist and the film would have ended with Rocky giving up the fight after realizing he did not want to be part of the pro boxing world.








3. According to Burt Young, during filming of a scene when Paulie walks home drunk, an actual drunk walked onto the location of where they were filming and told him he wasn't acting drunk convincingly. So Young asked the man to demonstrate. Burt then copied the man's actions for the scene.







4. Rocky was the first sports movie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.








5. Originally, the filmmakers wanted several former heavyweight champions to appear at the beginning of the fight between Rocky and Apollo. They put a call for all former champions to show, but on they day of the shoot only Joe Frazier showed up. The filmmakers thought it would work well because Frazier is a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were the movie was shot and took place.









6. In the film, a poster above the ring for the Rocky and Apollo shows Rocky wearing red shorts with a white stripe on them. However in the actual movie he wears white shorts with a red stripe on them. This was a mistake made by the props department and they couldn't afford to fix it, so Stallone came up with the idea for a scene where Rocky himself points out this mistake. The same thing happened with Rocky's robe where he states that it's too baggy, so rather than hope people wouldn't notice the title character simply points this stuff out.








7. The whole film was shot in 28 days.









8. The film had such a low budget that according to Carl Weathers, he and Burgess Meredith shared a cramped dressing room.










9. The photos on Rocky's mirror are actual pictures of Stallone when he was a kid.









10. The boxing gloves used in the championship fight were called "Casanovas". They were illegal in the U.S., but Stallone said the producers chose them because they had a sleek appearance.









11. The actors were encouraged to provide their own props and wardrobe as a cost-cutting measure since the film had as small budget. For example some of the clothes that Adrian wore were from Talia Shire's own closest.









12. Adrian's last name was Klein in the original script.










13. Paulie is a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer, which was alluded to by a photo of him in a Navy Chief's uniform. Which also appears to be him at a retirement ceremony. This would explain why he can afford a house despite having a low-paying job as a meat-packing facility. He's drawing a pension after serving in the Navy for 20+ years.









14. Rocky's old injury to his finger which makes it look like he had broke it, is an actual injury Stallone got when playing college football.










15. Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers suffered injuries during their shoot for the big fight between Rocky and Apollo. Stallone suffered bruised ribs and Weathers got a damaged nose. The opposite injuries that their characters received.









16. When shooting the meat locker scene Stallone punched the meat so hard for so long that he flattened his knuckles. To this day when Stallone makes a fist all of his knuckles are leveled.









17. The monologue between Rocky and Mickey where Rocky turns down Mickey's offer was completely improvised by Stallone. He has since explained that he was heavily influenced by the fact that the toilets in the apartment actually stunk.








Well folks that's going to do it for this edition of What You Probably Didn't Know About. The next time I have one of this will be in September.

State of The Project (Aug 4th - Aug 30th)




Aug 4th - Christopher Robin Review



Aug 11th - The Meg Review



Aug 13th - A Rant on The Childhood Ruined Hyperbole



Aug 16th - I've Cancelled My Aquaman Easter Eggs Post



Aug 25th - Sorry There's No Happytime Murders Review



Aug 27th - What You Probably Didn't Know About Rocky (1976)



Aug 30th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection





NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!

Sorry There's No Happytime Murders Review

Well I figured this would happen. So yeah if you could tell by the title there's no review for The Happytime Murders. I was hoping it wouldn't come to this but unfortunately things happen that are out of my hand. But despite that I hope you can check out my other reviews on this blog and enjoy them. Sorry I couldn't give a review for this movie.

State of The Project (Aug 2nd - Aug 27th)



Aug 2nd - Is It True? - Andy's Mom is Jessie's Owner



Aug 4th - Christopher Robin Review



Aug 11th - The Meg Review



Aug 13th - A Rant on The Childhood Ruined Hyperbole



Aug 16th - I've Cancelled My Aquaman Easter Eggs Post



Aug 25th - Sorry There's No Happytime Murders Review



Aug 27th - What You Probably Didn't Know About Rocky (1976)





NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!

I've Cancelled My Aquaman Easter Eggs Post

Wow first I rant on the "childhood ruined" saying now this. I'm just full of unfortunate news today aren't I?

So yeah everyone I'm just giving you quick update on what's going on around because I like to keep all of you in the know. Anyways as the title has stated I've made the decision to cancel my Aquaman easter egg post. The main reason being I'm making room for a review for the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee. Now yes I know were in the month of August and both these films don't come out until December but I like to be ready now that way I won't feel like a pain in the ass come December. There is a possibility I could bring the easter egg post back but giving how my theater likes to show big action flicks like Bumblebee that most likely won't be the case. Also it's a Transformers movie and since there's a big in matter of fact huge chance that the Salem Twin will make boat loads of money that still says I'll be right about them showing the film. So that's all I wanted to say until then look out for my future post.





State of The Project (Jul 30th - Aug 25th)




Jul 30th - My Top 5 Problems with Today's Film Critics and The Film Fandom



Aug 2nd - Is It True? - Andy's Mom is Jessie's Owner



Aug 4th - Christopher Robin Review



Aug 11th - The Meg Review



Aug 13th - A Rant on The Childhood Ruined Hyperbole



Aug 16th - I've Cancelled My Aquaman Easter Egg Post



Aug 25th - The Happytime Murders Review (NOTE: If my theater doesn't have a showing for this movie, I'll give you an apology post).





NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!

A Rant on The Childhood Ruined Hyperbole

Your childhood folks guess what? It can't be ruined, murdered, and/or raped. Hey everyone so I didn't think I would make this post but due to recent events involving a newest show coming out based on an old 80's cartoon, I figured why not just get it off your chest. So here is my rant of this overused, overrated, and stupid saying.

What It Means


Now If you want to skip this part I don't blame you. I'm just explaining it to do people who might not know what it means. Which is probably a small minority but I'll explain. What this statement means if anything or everything is changed from the source material you grew up with if it's changed in anyway people will say that their childhood was somehow destroyed even though that is physically impossible. The other meaning is it's a hilarious internet meme for people who have dirty minds (much like me).






Recent Usage

On May 18, Entertainment Weekly (ew.com) released a sneak peek of the newest Cartoon Network series Thundercats Roar set to debut in 2019. Now I didn't see the news on Entertainment I caught wind of it on Twitter, where that was a horrible way to discover this news because as expected people came out of the wood work to say that their "childhood is ruined". The main complaints being how they turned the show from an action adventure to a comedy and that the art is just copying another Cartoon Network show Steven Universe. They mainly think that second one mainly because of this GIF.

Even thought that GIF wasn't meant to be taken seriously. The person (I have no idea you made it that's way I referred to them as that) just made it as a joke. Also this was dismissed since someone else made this picture.

Why I Hate This Statement





Now I hate this statement for one simply reason, the reason being is that there is no way your childhood can be ruined. I am so sick of anyone on the internet saying this. I have been hearing this hyperbole since 2007 when the first Transformers movie came out. Like I said before your childhood can't be ruined no matter how bad the adaption is. I have a friend named Brian who watches anime one those shows being the DragonBall franchise. Now he hates DragonBall: Evolution with a fiery passion but he would never say that the film ruined he's childhood. Why? Because he still has all the other stuff from that franchise that stayed true to the source material. So people please stop saying things have ruined your childhood whether it be a bad movie and/or bad show. Okay? You sound completely crazy when you say stuff like this and I've had enough of it.






Alright guys, that's going to do it for me. Like I said I just wanted to get this off my chest because it was driving me crazy. So if any of you are interested in the show like I said it comes out in 2019 and if your not then just skip over it and watch the original 1980's cartoon or watch the underrated 2011 version.




Also if you want to know more on this matter YouTuber "MarsReviews" made what I thought was a pretty good video related to all the backlash to Thundercats Roar.

State of The Project (Jul 26th - Aug 16th)




Jul 26th - The Death of Superman Review



Jul 30th - My Top 5 Problems with Today's Film Critics and The Film Fandom



Aug 2nd - Is It True? - Andy's Mom is Jessie's Owner



Aug 4th - Christopher Robin Review



Aug 11th - The Meg Review



Aug 13th - A Rant on The Childhood Ruined Hyperbole



Aug 16th - I've Cancelled My Aquaman Easter Eggs Post





NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!

The Meg Review

The Meg is a action-horror film based on the 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror. The movie is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Gravity Pictures, Flagship Entertainment, Apelles Entertainment, and Di Bonaventura Pictures, and Maeday Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (United States/International) and Gravity Pictures (China). The Meg is written by Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber and directed by Jon Turteltaub.

The story is two hundred miles off the Chinese coast a giant shark called a Megalodon has attacked a research submersible, leaving the crew stranded. Diver Jonas Taylor has been called in to rescue the crew and stop the beast. But will Jonas come out on top or the creature reign supreme?

Initial Reaction

Now I'm going to be honest. I was actually looking forward to this film, mainly because come on who doesn't love a turn-off your brain monster flick? I mean Rampage did it and that film became a success. However there was a part of me who thought The Meg could be another Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. Although to be fair when that movie has lines like this

or special effects like these

There's no way you could set the bar any lower.

Cons

One thing I couldn't get invested in was Rainn Wilson as a bad guy. I fully admit I'm not an advid follower of this actor so don't take my opinion to heart. Now as I was saying I didn't believe he was the bad guy hell I had to keep reminding myself that over and over again. When the movie ended the end credit quite literally was "Fin". I thought that was really cheesey. Even for this kind of flick.

Middle Ground

The Meg does contain bits of humor. Which is fine but there were those times were it just didn't do it for me.

Pros

One thing I thought the film did well at was building tension before the Megalodon attacked. Those moments of build up did leave me anxious and waiting for the shark to attack. Another thing I liked were the special effects of The Meg. The shark in no way ever looks bad or looks like something you expect from a straight-to-video or something for SyFy. All of the effects were good. The main highlight of the film was Jason Statham and Li BingBing. They surprisingly had good chemistry together. All of the scenes with them did for the most part felt like people talking to each other and not them clearly reading a script.

The Meg is what I feel like is this year's Deep Blue Sea (only not as violent). You're not going into the movie expecting Jaws but a turn-off your brain shark movie. The film has great visual effects, pretty good tension with the shark, and good performances from our main stars. The humor ranges from hit to miss. The only thing I couldn't buy was Wilson as a villain and the whole Fin as The End.

My final rating is Good

State of The Project (Jul 23rd - Aug 13th)

Jul 23rd - A Look Back at Superman: Doomsday (2007)

Jul 26th - The Death of Superman Review

Jul 30th - My Top 5 Problems with Today's Film Critics and The Film Fandom

Aug 2nd - Is It True? - Andy's Mom is Jessie's Owner

Aug 4th - Christopher Robin Review

Aug 11th - The Meg Review

Aug 13th - A Rant on The Childhood Ruined Hyperbole

NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!

Christopher Robin Review

Christopher Robin is a fantasy comedy-drama film inspired by A.A. Milne's book Winnie the Pooh and a live-action remake of the Disney franchise also named Winnie the Pooh. It's produced by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Christopher Robin is written by Alex Ross Perry and Allison Schroeder and directed by Marc Forster.




The story is Christopher Robin is now a working-class family man. One day Christopher encounters Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Woods re-enter his life. During this reunion of friends they want to help him enjoy his life just like he did when he was a boy.

Initial Reaction



Now I was definitely looking forward to this movie because come on who doesn't love Winnie the Pooh? The main thing that caught my interest was how it was different to some of the Winnie the Pooh stories I saw as a kid. Whenever I saw something Winnie the Pooh related it was always happy and Christopher Robin was still a kid. But now this story comes around and instead of doing another misadventure with the gang Disney decided to tell a story of Winnie meeting an older Christopher.





Cons



One issue I had with Christopher Robin was the opening. The opening of the film starts off as a book that's animated then it turns into live-action. And the opening would do that it would be animated then live-action then it would be animated. It did over and over again.






Middle Ground




Now sometimes the film does have pacing problems. There are times when the film is moving forward at a reasonable time but then it would slow down. Which can make some parts of this movie feel like it's stretching out it's runtime.





Pros



One thing I loved about this film is of course Pooh. He's just as lovable as you probably remember him. What I think you'll also love about the film is the humor. One of the funniest scenes that got a big laugh in the theater was a grown up Christopher Robin and Eeyore. Another thing to enjoy is Ewan McGregor's performance. He really did play a Christopher Robin who was exhausted from his job and just wanted to spend time with his family. Now the film has a message of putting your family first. And it does a good job giving that message. It's not the greatest but it's still good.







Christopher Robin is by no means Disney's best film but I still had a good time. Pooh is still the kind hearted bear we remember him, the humor is enjoyable, McGregor's performance was great, and the message about friends and family while not great was still a good moral. The film does contain pacing issue but nothing to serious. My only problem was that opening.





My final rating is Good







State of The Project (Jul 19th - Aug 11th)




Jul 19th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Star Wars: Battlefront III




Jul 23rd - A Look Back at Superman: Doomsday (2007)




Jul 26th - The Death of Superman Review



Jul 30th - My Top 5 Problems with Today's Film Critics and The Film Fandom



Aug 2nd - Is It True? - Andy's Mom is Jessie's Owner



Aug 4th - Christopher Robin Review



Aug 11th - The Meg Review






NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL LET YOU!

Is It True? - Andy's Mother is Jessie's Owner

Hey everyone and welcome back to one of my new favorite segments Is It True? The part of my blog where I tell you about a conspiracy theory related to a film, TV show, video game etc. And this time I going after an oldie but a goodie. So let's get into the theory.

Who is Jessie and Who is Andy's Mom



Jessie and Ms. Davis (Andy's Mom) are two characters from the film series Toy Story. Ms. Davis is a minor character in the whole franchise and is the mother of her son Andy and her daughter Molly. Jessie (or Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl) is a tritagonist for the films of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. Her backstory is she was once loved by a girl named Emily. But as Emily grew up she started playing with Jessie less and less. So then when she's a young adult she donates Jessie and just leaves her.





The Theory

On the left Emily. On the right Andy's Mom.

The theory states that Emily and Andy's mom are the same character. In the films there is some evidence that might support this theory. For one Andy's mom was born in the 1950's and around that time Woody did have a show called "Woody's Roundup" so she mostly like was a little girl when the show was still on the air. Another piece that supports this theory is the hats. Here we have Emily's hat

This was the best picture I could get. Sorry

Now let's look at Andy's hat







As you can see Andy's hat does look like a worn out hat from a previous owner. Fans noticed that there appeared to be a ribbon that was once there. So it could be possible that Andy's mom gave Andy her old Jessie hat and just took the white ribbon off so it would bare more of a resemblance to Woody's hat.

Is The Theory Believable?




Now for the longest time I actually believed the theory. I mean it all makes sense and everything seemed to match up, until you really go into details. For instance Emily is simply named Emily but if you read the book "The Art to Toy Story" the book gave Andy's mom a named. That name being Jennifer Davis. Then you also got to remember if Andy's mom ever was Emily wouldn't Jessie have recognized her?





Alright that's going to do it for me. And if you enjoyed yet another Is It True? I'll have another one come September. Until then enjoy all my other post whether old or new.






State of The Project (Jul 16th - Aug 4th)




Jul 16th - What You Probably Didn't Know About The Terminator (1984)




Jul 19th - Raiders of The Lost Media - Star Wars: Battlefront III




Jul 23rd - A Look Back at Superman: Doomsday (2007)




Jul 26th - The Death of Superman Review




Jul 30th - My Top 5 Problems with Today's Film Critics and The Film Fandom




Aug 2nd - Is It True? - Andy's Mom is Jessie's Owner




Aug 4th - Christopher Robin Review






NOTE: IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL TELL YOU!