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Just finished watching Venom: Let There Be Carnage and I am really struggling to find anything positive to say at the moment.

It has been almost 4 years since Toys 'R' Us closed its doors within the United Kingdom, but hearing the news that it will return next year is something that will certainly bring back the old nostalgia that I once had when I was a kid. Can they also bring Woolworths back next?

Happy Halloween! On the subject, it has been almost nine years since this particular "Darkstalkers are not Dead" trailer was shown:


I would really love to see a new entry where the franchise re-emerge from its grave hopefully within the future.

Watched the latest Pokemon anime series called "Journeys" and I really do at times miss episodes where they gave Ash's Pokemon a focus episode to give them an opportunity to shine. I'm aware he has got Gengar, Dracovish etc, but I do feel they deserve equal screen and development time other than Lucario.

Whilst I do acknowledge I do pay attention to critic reviews (in which I respect their review) as they do offer an interesting perspective, there are times that I may either agree or disagree with some of their reviews depending on whether any of these lines up with my views and opinions.

In the end, it is important that you make your own opinion to decide whether something is good or not.

Only highlights of State of Play for me were the new Star Ocean game.

I'm seeing that Marvel Studios' The Eternals is getting some rather divisive reviews.

I will say that, there are times that I do sometimes agree with critics if their views matches with my opinion, sometimes it may differ or lead to disagreements and in the end the only opinion and views that matters is your own.

Managed to watch all of the episodes of "Just Beyond" on Disney+. Overall I would say its not bad as there are some episodes that are good, some episodes that were just OK and some that could had been better and I wished that some of the characters had a bit more of a backstory.

"Which Witch?" and "Treehouse" were the episodes that I really liked as the characters and stories are well constructed. In addition, there were a number of good performances by the cast from Mckenna Grace, Cedric Joe, Rachel Marsh to Cyrus Arnold.

Like what I felt with the Turner and Hooch series, I do feel that there is a good concept for "Just Beyond" and if it gets a second series, there are some areas that probably will need a bit more work.

Shang-Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings is on its last two days within theaters as its 45-day run is coming to an end where it so far made $405 million in the box office. The film will be available on Disney+ on 12th November.

Next up for Marvel Studios is Chloe Zhao's the Eternals which comes out on 5th November. The film premiere is happening on Monday 18th in which the social media reaction will be released whilst the review embargo will end on the 23rd/24th October. According to box office insiders, the pre-sales of the film has already beaten Black Widow and Shang-Chi where it could possibly fetch a potential $110 on opening weekend.

Still had a great laugh and surprise at a scene from Free Guy when "Blue Shirt Guy" randomly pulled out Captain America's shield and then a Lightsaber from Star Wars.

I've always wondered. What if there was a Kingdom Hearts universe based upon Super Mario?

Sora of Kingdom Hearts as the final challenger of the second fighters' pass is a fitting way to conclude Smash Ultimate.

Here's hoping "everyone" will be back for the next installment of Smash.

So apparently Sakurai stated that the final new DLC character is not someone everyone will be familiar with or may have different expectations:


I'm going to take a guess that even though I still don't have much of an idea who this is, but I get the feeling that this character is possibly going to be from a franchise that isn't well known or obscure.

Whilst I have seen different predictions for who will be final character revealed on Tuesday, I will say that we should all be thankful to Masahiro Sakurai and his team for all the hard work and support for Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Who knows what the future will hold? Maybe perhaps we will see a new Smash for the next gen console and hopefully "everyone" that featured in Ultimate will make a return.

I wonder where exactly do some people got the idea that marketing and promotion are part of the film's budget?

Never really understood why such things like "cancel culture" has to exist within today's social media and the Internet as it can be rather problematic.

Is it really this hard for anyone on social media to read the full context before jumping to conclusions?

Whilst I am currently still learning more about box office performances, I am shaking my head over how certain channels consider a film that has currently made $200m to be a flop.

Why don't they just wait for the end of its theatrical run before we even jump to conclusions to whether or not a film is considered a success or not?

It is pointless to draw up any assumptions at this stage whilst a film is still in its theatrical run.

Why is it that every time James Corden makes an appearance within films, something bad will always happen?

Youtube video showed a clip from Kill Bill of Lucy Liu beheading someone and using strong language in which they believe it is "aspirational" to kids.

Me: How exactly is that scene considered "aspirational" to young kids when it showed a load of blood, violence, gore and foul language?

So I've been imagining what the next Marvel Vs Capcom story should be about. Maybe something related to the "multiverse" will be something interesting to explore on.

Someone from the Youtube comments complaining about Shang-Chi's supposedly lack of marketing: "And Shang Chi in a Marvel vs Capcom game would of helped a ton!"

Me: That will only work if there were a new Marvel Vs Capcom game in development in which we may not possibly hear for another few more years. Sure it might give him exposure, but I don't generally believe Shang Chi making an appearance in a Marvel Vs Capcom game is the only way to market him as there are other effective ways to promote his film.

Would I want him to be in a future Marvel Vs Capcom game? For sure. But I'll wait and see what the future holds and who knows, we could get a new title for the MvC franchise.

As I am no box office analyst and looking at the recent numbers for specific films, all I am going to say I am going to say is that I do feel that it will really take a really long recovery due to the current circumstances.

My brief review of The Suicide Squad:

Whilst James Gunn's take is certainly miles better than the original with decent performances from its cast, it is not exactly a complete masterpiece in contrast to his previous work with the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. - 7/10.

Does anyone ever feel like when you heard and read the positive reviews before heading off to watch a film (for example) and only for it to somewhat be a lot different than what the other reviews had said?

I have been talking and ranting a lot about this topic lately, but I am disgusted with how football/soccer players such as Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bakuyo Saka who missed during the penalty shoot-out during the 2020 Euros final were all treated with racist and hatred comments within social media after the loss against Italy.

It is not just happening within the sporting industry, it also occurs to almost anyone, everywhere from actors/actresses within the film industry, musicians etc that had also recieved similar remarks whether these are from social media comments or specific Youtube channels. I am convinced that these people who had posted comments (and videos) of hate were looking to insight trouble and looking to fuel the flames.

This is why I do feel that social media have to do more to stricten their guidelines and to prevent such measures from happening because these toxic and hateful behaviour have no place at all whether this is in sport, the film and entertainment industry etc.

So Black Widow made over $215 million in the box office that also includes the Disney+ Premier Access numbers, I wonder exactly where did these specific "channels" get the idea that the film was going to be a flop?

Its really funny how many videos I have seen thought that Disney's latest live action adaption of "Cruella" is considered a box office bomb until the film surpassed $200 million in the box office worldwide which have surpassed expectations.

Sometimes, I really have no idea how these "channels" could consider it as a flop and they are going to have a load of eggs on their faces. That is pretty much the result of what happens if you jump quickly to conclusions.

Its been 27 years since the first Darkstalkers came out. Will they ever rise up from the dead?

Sometimes Youtube does provide many strange and bizarre comments.

So if someone says that they do not care about the character's back story within superhero films, wouldn't that make them less compelling and interesting?

The point of providing a back story within films is to help develop and construct their narrative and to explain their what happened before the events of the characters and story's settings. This is what makes the audience care about the characters and the story within the film.

Whilst there are some film critics that I trust such as Dan Murrell, there are some that I do not trust such as Forbes' Scott Mendelson, who tends to be a rather harsh critic and often gives out negative reviews which sometimes makes me want to ignore every review he posted.

Whenever you go to the comments section within social media platforms whether these are from Facebook, Twitter etc, it really does bring the worst out of them.

Watched Luca twice on Disney+. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the latest film from Disney/Pixar which does have very good character development, stunning animation and iconography that reflects a lot of Italian culture.

With Kazuya in Smash, as someone who had followed and played Tekken since the third game back during the PS One days, I'm really glad to see that one of the best and well-known fighting game franchises along with Street Fighter gets a spotlight.

Wonder when could we see someone from Guilty Gear, Dead or Alive, Virtua Fighter or even the dormant Darkstalkers?

With E3 almost over, next up San Diego Comic-Con to hopefully have some MCU and DCEU news. Then EVO, Tokyo Game Show and New York Comic-con.

I thought I give the 2021 live action version of Tom and Jerry another watch......and even though I still didn't like it, I still wonder how exactly did Colin Jost landed a role within the film?

Watched the Rocketeer film on Disney+ several times already and I can really understand why this film is such a cult classic superhero film which is massively underrated.

My Mortal Kombat 2021 Review:

I've been following the Mortal Kombat games since MK4 came on the Nintendo 64, so I do have a general idea what I hope to expect within Simon McQuoid's take on the much anticipated Mortal Kombat film.

Sadly, it felt more like a "flawless" dud rather than a "flawless victory."

The first thirteen minutes of the film started off so well with decent performances from Hiroyuki Sanada and Joe Taslim (despite the lack of screen time.) But then afterwards throughout the rest of the entire movie, it felt like it just stumbled after the first hurdle despite the use of references from the gory fatalities to specific easter eggs which is something that any Mortal Kombat fan would recognise.

The film does have several issues from the questionable story writing and script, the lack of characterisation of the Earthrealm and Outworld characters, uneven pacing as well as the editing within the fight scenes.

In addition, introducing Cole Young, a new character unfamiliar within the Mortal Kombat lore is always going to be a huge gamble which sadly did not pay off as he wasn't exactly very interesting and lacked any kind of development to even make me want to care or acknowlege his character.

Will Simon McQuoid's take on Mortal Kombat be a "flawless victory" or a "flawless dud?"

Am I allowed to say that I am more hyped on Shang Chi & the Legend of the Ten Rings than Black Widow?