My Thoughts on Death Battle: Shadow vs Mewtwo rematch

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I took a lot of extra time to cover this particular topic. I did wait a little over an decade for the web show Death Battle. To do a particular rematch which covers most of my marriage funny enough. The original version was among my most hated episodes of the show. Of course, I had to reveal my thoughts on the newer version.

Death Battle: Shadow vs Mewtwo rematch (2026)

I will start by saying this version is a lot better!!! Sure I did technically wait longer for Master Chief vs Doomguy now Doom Slayer rematch. This was among my most wanted rematches for the show. The actual analyze section for both characters is more accurate. The fight animation itself was way better there's no questioning that!!!

The results ended up being a little more interesting than I thought. I knew Sonic X Shadow Generations going to play a huge role in their research. Just like the original version, I still think Shadow would win. I actually like both these characters myself. Shadow my favorite Sonic character since Sonic Adventure 2. I personally found the character quite interesting over the years.

Again Keenu Reeves absolutely nailed him in Sonic 3 movie. Not only this felt more accurate but also notably more consistent. The original episode unfortunately was a victim of getting rushed out. Which isn't a problem anymore since it became an indie web show. The fight song is up there among the fight songs of the season.

To be honest, I still questioning how exactly they pick the lineup? We gotten two episodes with Chainsaw Man that I heavily enjoyed a lot. I would say easily one of the best fight animations of the season. In a way being the last Death Battle episode before I moved out of my home state. Indirectly further made it a more special episode for me.

I also felt they absolutely nailed Shadow incredibly well. I even felt this is better than Shadow vs Ryuko. I still heavily enjoyed Shadow vs Vegeta a lot though. I felt it was a decent length episode for such a rematch. I felt most Goku vs Superman episodes were a little too long. Shadow vs Mewtwo was even featured on a particular poll from kickstarters.

Sure the winner of that poll was Master Chief vs Doom Slayer. Which would've been my number choice at that time. Shadow vs Mewtwo easily would've been my second vote. In a few ways, I enjoyed this rematch more than that. It was a notably closer match up that heavily impacted things. But also they indirectly publicly confessed they were wrong!!!

I know for both Ryu vs Jin and Hulk vs Broly. They publicly confessed those were wrong. Somehow it just hits different through this rematch episode. You have two strikingly similar characters even if some aspects occurred through compositing a few versions together. I still felt they are quite different in plenty of ways.

I'm quite happy Shadow this time around. Even I must confess even as a Sonic fan. They should start distancing episodes with Sonic characters. Both the episodes we gotten this season with Sonic characters been really awesome!!! It's starting to get to a point there's plenty other franchises!!! For what it is I had a lot of fun watching the episode during it's live premiere.

I also liked they chosen to do the rematch in 3D animation instead of sprites. Personally I felt that better represented both the characters. Easily among my favorite rematch episodes to date. Now Shadow has two wins and two losses on the show. Who knows if Shadow could return in the near future? What I do know is this really needed to be done again thank you guys so much!!!

Brief thoughts on Death Battle: Goku vs Saitama

I'm not going to sugar coat things it's incredibly boring!!! We're putting a character with no clear limits against another who constantly breaking limits!!! I really felt Goku has too many critical advantage. Yeah like many people I do believe they're doing this to simply give Goku a win. Indirectly this is Goku vs Superman once again!!!

I also felt the power gap is too massive. I was more into Omni-Man vs Bardock. Which is also guilty of the same thing. Indirectly you also could say that about Vegeta vs Thor. But to be honest that one easily my favorites along with Reverse-Flash vs Goku Black. Both of those were more notably interesting to me.

The fast version if you couldn't wait to hear my thoughts. Yes I am officially siding with Goku here. I never cared for Saitama myself. I already left Dragon Ball franchise for a few reasons. Even I must confess Goku has scary high potential. Yes even for a Shonen protagonist being insanely powerful among them.

Conclusion

I don't plan to share my thoughts on the next episode after it comes out. I highly doubt there's a notable demand to do so. I just hope we aren't doing the bonus episode of Light vs Columbo. Which also so happens to be incredibly boring as well. I do think the season finale going to be a rather fun one to end an season on.

Coyote vs. Acme (2026) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, yes I'm officially back. I took a little extra time following move. But I did watched a particular Looney Tunes movie I really wanted to see. I even waited a few extra years to do just that. Coyote vs. Acme was a rather unique situation even for a Looney Tunes movie. I really can't wait to start talking about the movie.

Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Yes it has some similarities with Who Framed Roger Rabbit? movie to a degree. Two vastly different mix styles movies that had Looney Tunes characters. Both being mostly done in live action with animated portions to a degree. Honestly, in some ways I liked this more. Who didn't wondered for years why Wile kept failing to caught the Road Runner?

The main lawsuit of the movie centers around that concept. We have a lawyer that originally wanted to take the easy way out for cheap victories or less embarrassing defeats. Basically started a coward that gets this fire to continue fighting for a cause he believes in. You can bet working with a Looney Tunes character was quite chaotic.

I actually liked they played off this as a huge cover up by Acme. Of course, Acme thought they could contain everything. Well the ending was clear proof it wasn't. Some Looney Tunes characters gets used in rather unexpected ways. The trailers already revealed Bugs Bunny was a mysterious toon giving inside information.

It's a little weird he's not directly called by his name in the movie. Daffy was actually more looney than normal. Usually something really upsets him to get the character that crazy. Yeah I also gotta mention, the main rival lawyer was played by wrestler John Cena. No surprise he really thought he guarantee victory. Who knew what could've happened following a supreme court session changed everything!!!

Let's just say their celebration was literately cut short by Coyote. I think the rather unexpected changes to several people's lifes was the most amazing aspect. Sure, Coyote secretly planned to use the lawsuit to eat the Road Runner. Somehow, the chaotic stuff he does heavily impacted things like a rebel going against the system.

Yes the Road Runner makes a rather surprise court appearance to defend his friend. This was the single most touching scene in the entire movie. We the viewers knows he's spent decades trying to devour this bird. Yet to the bird himself, viewed all of that was the two playing together. Acme goes to such lengths to cheat it's victories.

The judges were favoring Acme in a rather unfair favoritism. The movie gets good when Coyote's lawyer sets up to help him out. I also loved how they connected everything together. This lawsuit was originally planned to cover one of these failed attempts. Coyote forces the team to cover all of them. I also liked a particular small scene that was rather interesting.

The lawyer goes to check into a hotel along with Coyote. The lady at the desk viewed Coyote as a pet. Then the lawyer lays out the full description of the law. She was forced to give Coyote his own room. This was a precursor to him eventually stepping up. I still haven't revealed the big twist yet. It turns out the reason every single Acme invention Coyote fails was done on purpose.

Each failure on the Looney Tunes characters helps them improve their products for normal humans. Indirectly making all of them their crash dummies. Yes a lot of them were illegally experiment on especially Daffy. Officially they loss the case at two courts. The rebellious nature of Coyote ended up giving them something rather unpleasant.

A lot of Looney Tunes characters decided to sue Acme themselves. Acme's long standing winning streak with some key figures arrested gone. In a rather unexpected way, Coyote did win after all. It reminds me of the ending of Kingpin (1996 film). Where Munson loss the bowling tournament. Yet he still ends up with the money to save his friend Ishmael family's farm.

In this case, they were about to close down. They were quite surprised a lot of those cartoon characters wanted to sue em. This effectively saved them from going out of business. In a way started putting Acme out of business at the same time. Yeah there's a lot of heart within the story it's telling. What's truly mind blowing to me?

A particular CEO at Warner Brothers. Discovery shelved this Looney Tunes movie. Also previously do that to Batgirl and Scoob!: Holiday Haunt respectively. Unlike those, Ketchup Entertainment saved it with another Looney Tunes movie. The Day the Earth Blew up starting Daffy and Porky Pig. Two Looney Tunes movies they saved from Warner Brothers. Discovery.

This originally was going to come out in 2023. I waited three extra years to watch this Looney Tunes movie. I actually felt it was well worth the wait. Coyote is someone to respect with such determination. His lawyer ended up being just like his billboards and commercials labeled him as. I haven't had this much fun watching a court movie since My Cousin Vinny honestly.

I still felt Ted 2 being a similar concept movie with some huge differences still slightly funnier. The case itself was should Ted be considered a person or an object? A huge difference is a huge organization was hiding their involvement. Coyote vs. Acme was a rather satisfying take on the famous question itself. Honestly, I actually wanted more myself.

I doubt they make a follow up. But assuming it could be possible I would welcome the sequel. I just hope it's not Space Jam: A New Legacy. There's a lot of surprises on the way that kept things interesting. It's one of a few major things it had over Who Framed Roger Rabbit? movie. The side characters seem to mattered a bit more as well.

I did want to see Acme try another attempt at getting the Road Runner. They only tried once then gave up. They even used a previously failed attempt by Coyote to still failed getting the bird. Which speaks for itself it was doomed to fail even by Acme themselves. I question the actual quality of their products. Bugs was animated outside CGI to save time animating it.

I also gotta mention the famous they got nothing scene. A huge board that didn't lead to anything being a huge question mark. Sounds about right for a Looney Tunes character lol. It may not do the famous Judge Doom was a toon twist. The movie was heavily about this lawsuit above everything else. More than Eddie trying to solve the case to save Roger Rabbit.

Yes even Taz himself cameos in a scene. I won't go too much into current Disney drama with Jim Cummings. But Cummings should've earned his place there. I also felt he's done a great job voicing Taz here. I also liked the judge hammer joke when he picks which mallet to use during the court session. Obviously the cartoon mallet is notably bigger.

This is a rather interesting take on the David vs Goliath concept. The underdogs still ends up coming out on top despite things. You may lose a few cases it doesn't mean your career over yet. It's a rather serious movie with plenty of light moments. Some occasional darker moments like the experimenting footages.

I hope Acme now knows to not miss with the coyote. He just proven they aren't invincible. The main reason he loss was only he affected by their inventions failing. This further explains all the resulting lawsuits they loss. Just imagine if all of them came together to sue them. It easily would've been much bigger than it already was!!!

Tweety was a manipulated pawn in all of this. I'm not used to seeing him do bad things to people. In a way you kinda felt sorry for him. I also must say the ambitious animation with live action style works amazingly well. I may felt I wished more Looney Tunes characters could've shown up. At the same time, I am glad they didn't shy away from the concept neither loss focus of it's pilot.

I actually felt this was a rather clever written Looney Tunes movie. A solid balance of everything even with it's concept being quite an challenge. I do think they absolutely knocked this out the park!!! There isn't any bad scenes whatsoever. Majority of the scenes felt necessary for the most part. I also liked this lawsuit helped sparked a fire Acme can't put out.

Coyote remains a rather interesting character despite never directly speaking in the entire movie. Similar to Willy's Wonderland with Nicholas Cage doing a similar role. It's proof you may not need a character to have a voice. Sometimes giving these characters the correct reactions to situations speaks much louder words.

Coyote absolutely nails that aspect incredibly well. Another critical difference from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? movie. Obviously Roger can speak while it differs for Wile. Eddie could just ask Roger for stuff while this lawyer constantly gotten his patience tested trying to do the same thing. Eventually the two saw each other as friends.

Even Coyote knew this lawyer shouldn't gave in to Acme from the start. I absolutely loved how Coyote directly insults them against his lawyer's wishes. It's one of those movies you may notice something among every future watch. I felt that aspects is what makes this Looney Tunes movie something special. Honestly, I'm just happy this Looney Tunes movie finally gotten released to the public.

Especially with quite a concept further making me question things at Warner Brothers. Discovery. Now they about to merge with Paramount to make Skydance making more sense. Whoever was in charge really doesn't know what they were doing not sorry!!! This movie really doesn't felt like that at all. Considering their situation, I was quite surprised it ended up being a very decent movie.

The movie gets going the real fun begins. Even the little things goes a rather long way. I also hope this further inspires more of those long standing Looney Tunes questions. To become either shows or movies possibly video games to a degree. This was a rather creative take on the famous question. Obviously there's plenty room to work with.

This Looney Tunes movie was clear proof. This could become a new beginning to those in the near future. It's a rather fun court movie with the right level of complexity. Even considering the loony aspect of it all. The writers kept things both simple yet complex when it needed to be. Which was like performing across high up on a tight rope with no safety net.

In a weird, unexpected way could be seen as a possible spiritual successor to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? movie. Hell a double feature movie feature with these movies is a hell yes!!! Coyote vs. Acme is a movie that knows 1000% exactly what it is!!! It's like a really fun party when the movie gets going. No one wants to leave is a testament of a great movie.

Especially one that almost gotten canceled altogether. Just like the coyote himself, this movie didn't know when to quit up. This is the most Coyote movie I seen to date in a long time. I seen a couple Looney Tunes movies with majority being Bugs and Daffy. This was a movie that deserved to be enjoyed by families around the world.

Coyote vs. Acme is a movie that doesn't hold back. You will see how looney one of these cartoon characters truly is. They picked the right Looney Tunes character for the concept. Deep down, there was still some good in him. Yeah he can be rather selfish at times. Coyote is a surprisingly caring animal that cared for his legal team.

This movie is easily among my favorites of the year. I always enjoyed watching Looney Tunes since childhood. Some scenes really felt like a decent, modern take on them. Honestly, I was deeply impressed how much I ended up loving this Looney Tunes movie. Coyote vs. Acme is a huge recommendation to go see soon especially if you're a fellow Looney Tunes fan.

Popeye 3: Requiem (2026) and Popeye 4: Resurrection (2026) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I didn't expect to briefly come out of my hiatus for this. Out of no where, Popeye Returns gets two sequels. I just watched both of them on Tubi. The fourth one meant to end the series, it does indeed. I'm still waiting for other horror Popeye sequels that's a bit more interesting. I decided to review the last two horror Popeye movies together.

"You take one look at that logo." Points at ITN Studios. "You just know there's no gold at the end of that rainbow."

Yes that was inspired by an actual joke from The Angry Video Game Nerd show.

Popeye 3: Requiem (2026)

This continues right after Popeye Returns ends. Popeye gets more of the serum that caused him to escape. Yes even armed men are getting destroyed with ease. Obviously the scientist was in over her head. I felt a notable portion of the movie centering on a group of people. It almost came off like a different movie. Eventually whose else meets up while trying to survive Popeye.

Virtually nothing continued of how Popeye's Revenge whatsoever. Which made that horror Popeye movie pointless!!! Yes they got the same guy playing the character again. This felt like they could've done a lot more. I will give a little credit when the man wanting to avenger his wife takes the serum. Effectively becoming Bluto in the movie was something I really didn't expect to happen.

Popeye actually gets brutally beaten to death by this guy. Another lady with some help stopped fire bombing from happening. I felt this one was a little trying to focus on too much at times. I will be honest the second horror Popeye movie my favorite. This felt like rushed horror movie sequels that barely had any time from the previous movie.

I'm debating if they were filmed this back to back with Popeye Returns or simply had too much footage? I wouldn't be surprise if the answer somehow was both. This felt like stuff we should've seen in the previous movie. It's a mostly a miss regarding the kills in the movie. It does conclude things from that movie a little better than expected.

Surprisingly no sex scenes at all in this movie. Suddenly they forgot the concept they were directly ripping off. I felt a good amount of the movie easily could've been cut altogether or notably cut down a little bit. To be brutally honest, it was difficult to stay excited with how it plays out. Being a little bored doesn't even begin to describe how disappointing this entry was.

Not to mention, a large amount of the movie could've been prevented in a few ways. If the scientist would've allowed the armed men to take him out. They also could've taken him to a more secured location. The writing does make me question many things. Indirectly, it's similar to Jason Goes to Hell after Jason possessed a doctor.

Not long afterwards took out the soldiers. Of course, as weird of a Jason movie that was still way better than this!!! To me, this one felt a bit uninspired. Somehow this is even less like Friday the 13th franchise. As if they decided to start moving away from ripping it off. I'm afraid it really does not work like that.

Please don't go in with high expectations it'll quickly disappoint. Popeye isn't even done well in this horror movie. The highlight was unfortunately the final showdown that led to his demise. They started with a quick game of tug 'o war with an anchor. He also dies after Popeye does being one of a very few well written characters.

This felt more like if Popeye Returns had the overall better footage. Then what do they do with the not so great footage? Someone likely fought to not delete them which led to this horror Popeye movie. Even Toxic Avenger 3 that had a similar situation was better than this!!! Honestly, I recommend you stay away from this horror Popeye movie.

Popeye 4: Resurrection (2026)

I won't even entertain the concept of hiding it, this is the absolute worst horror Popeye movie in the series!!! Yes I wrote down a few notable stuff I wanna make sure to include here. Such as almost an hour into the movie, Popeye was dead. The closest we get to see him prior was either flashbacks or nightmare sequences.

Neither were done well in this horror Popeye movie. A cult led by Olive Ovl aka the chick set on fire in Popeye's Revenge. Now she looks like the character with parts of her face burnt scarred. For me, it was difficult to take her being the cult leader seriously. Let's put it this way, on The Angry Video Game Nerd there was an Shrek episode.

The episode in question had a cult obsessed with the franchise that was parodying another movie. The Wicker Man as in the classic version not the bees remake version. The fact it took most of the movie to actually have Popeye back already makes it the worst. Personally the cult thing just made it even stupider than it needed to be.

The cult was targeting the counselor from the last two horror Popeye movies. I do find it a bit amusing Popeye's grave has his hat, last anchor he used and another syringe of the serum. I would've thought there was a party. But they forgot to clean up there which does look like that. The movie suddenly made the counselor into a bad ass killing both of them.

Going back to the cult, a particular Halloween timeline. In particular, Halloween 1 to Halloween 6 timeline that involved a cult. Somehow that was done a little better too. I am not a huge fan of Halloween 6 either version at all!!! Even considering Return to Silent Hill that also involved a cult. Somehow that was slightly done a bit better as well.

There were too many moments something could've happened but doesn't. I'll give an example where she was away, one of them put a few pills into her glass of water. One of them gets close to her that quickly became too obvious she's an member in the cult. This might be just me I felt this had the overall worst killing in the franchise.

I will give a little credit how Popeye gets killed again was among the finest for sure. He gets repeatedly stabbed then gets beheaded just like his sister. The actual process how Popeye gets revived makes no sense. This easily felt like if you would've stick with the first three horror Popeye movies. You would've be fine making this even unnecessary to make.

At least Friday the 13th Part VI quickly brought Jason to life. I also gotta mention the title is a little better than Popeye 3: Requiem. Although that really isn't saying much. I know this should've been even more obvious for me to not say. Popeye 2-4 felt rushed out like they didn't wanna take time making em. They gotta have the money or they desperately wanna make other horror movies.

The company won't let the director until that horror movie franchise was finished. Regardless what the reason could be I wish these horror Popeye movies didn't get rushed like this!!! Yes the same actor playing Popeye for the last time. In a way I'll give the actor credit for being in all four horror Popeye movies.

Just like the last one, no sex scenes. This was easily the more boring entry in the franchise. To me, the most overall pointless movie in it as well. There's no fricking way I'm calling this the best one. This one actually left a very unpleasant taste in my mouth. I prefer to drink a glass of salt water with extra salt!!! The closest positive even it's a little minor is the actual feel vastly differs from the last two movies.

Yes they don't acknowledge what happened at the end of Popeye's Revenge again. Suddenly bagging the question did Popeye die two or three times in the series? I don't know if the writer ever notice this or not. This also would imply somehow Popeye survived getting mowed to a degree. Select stuff like this is rather inconsistent in the franchise.

Conclusion

I didn't expect they quickly rushed out an quadrilogy like this. I guess ITN had to be the first on multiple things. The first to have a third horror Popeye movie. The first to have a fourth horror Popeye movie. The first horror Popeye movie franchise to end. How the hell did they get three of them out the same year?

A recurring thought could be they skipped going to movie theaters. I'm still waiting for other horror Popeye movie sequels. Those sounded more interesting than these!!! As a franchise, Popeye Returns is the closest one I could possibly recommend. But you are better off watching something else. Honestly, Popeye 4: Resurrection is among my least favorites from this movie company I ever seen!!!

Considering the amazingly not great stuff from them I watched. Now that's actually saying a lot here!!! I'm glad I got to see how it all ends. Despite an handful of things either cut or forgotten that's left unresolved. Despite that, my big recommendation is watch Popeye the Slayer Man. At least they done Popeye better than leprechauns right?

Whose my favorite SoulCalibur character?

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I got a short announcement before I get to today's topic. Following this blog entry I will be on a little notable hiatus. I figured to properly start one with talking about my favorite SoulCalibur character.

I previously confirmed a long time ago who that was. I actually liked a lot of characters outside guest ones in the series. An handful of them wasn't deal a good hand in SoulCalibur V like Kilik. Another personal favorite being Maxi that made using nunchucks awesome.

My two favorite female characters being Ivy and Tira respectively. The characters stand out more than you think. I also liked the original Astaroth as well. I wasn't a fan of the newer Astaroth myself. I do like Cervantes easily one of the greatest villain characters.

Of course, I do think playing as any mimic character as a rather unique experience. I have a surprisingly complex answer to this question. My favorite SoulCalibur character always has been Nightmare. To clarify, the original Nightmare that originally was Siegfried possessed.

He later gotten his own body after loss Siegfried through unexpected help. I wasn't a fan of the newer Nightmare that was Raphael possessed. Before Nightmare officially appeared in the first SoulCalibur game. There's a particular secret outfit for Siegfried that's a prototype design.

Nightmare has such an menacing appearance. Parts of him are monstrous with a notably huge right hand. He wields Soul Edge in the form of a giant sword. Which does have a giant eye in the design. Nightmare is actually the physical form of Soul Edge whose an abyssal being that takes forms of weapons.

Indirectly I'm saying Siegfried is my favorite character. It's more of a rather sick alternative version of the character I absolutely love!!! Yes I do like regular Siegfried as well. They given such demonic lines to the character. You would be surprise he can easily wield that sword in matches.

As many people knows you can customize outfits for the roster. Yes I have made a few custom outfits for Nightmare. The voice is what really sells this character. Such an evil presence you wouldn't expect if you're new to the franchise.

In most of the original timeline, he's the main antagonist. Even without Siegfried easily took out armies. It took SoulCalibur allowing itself to be wielded by Siegfried to put him down. Nightmare actually among the most powerful beings you play as in the series.

Nightmare has surprising depth to his character. There's no good while further corrupting Siegfried while he's still bonded to Soul Edge. This weapon wants a massacre with a huge body count. I love a lor of moves the character has including SCVI finisher.

Which is also shared with Inferno. Siegfried took the weapon from Cervantes. Keep in mind, Siegfried started with good intentions. In a way you felt sorry for everything he's either manipulated or forced to do. Nightmare is among the sickest looking weapon based fighting games ever!!!

This thing has such demonic eyes that just sticks with you. I always loved the overall default armor design. I was a little surprised many people also had him as their favorite SoulCalibur character. During his rein of terror had one of the most legendary rivalries in fighting game history.

I know some perceptive of their stories might not properly went as shown in the games. I can tell you every single time Nightmare fought Siegfried. Everyone wanted more of these two facing each other. Yeah that's a huge factor in itself why I liked Nightmare so much.

Nightmare is hands down among the most evil fighting game characters I ever seen!!! SCV Nightmare was a major let down. Thankfully he notably differs from how Siegfried fights. It's difficult to say whose fighting style I personally like more.

Siegfried fights more like Berserk's Guts. Who also wields a giant sword with ease. Nightmare is more like a powerhouse that doesn't show mercy. Siegfried also fights with a longer sword. If we were to include additional weapons they could wield.

Nightmare also could wield a more complete version of the weapon. It's the same version Night Terror wields. Night Terror is a more powerful form of the character that's a secret boss. In most versions of SoulCalibur III. Night Terror is absolutely terrifying in comparison.

Night Terror also had SoulCalibur similar to Abyss. Who was Zasalamel tested his crazy theory with combining both abyssal weapons together. Nightmare is a different ball game from Siegfried. The team always made Nightmare in cutscenes look bad ass!!!

Even for a few seconds seeing the character left such an impact on people. Now that's a testament how well designed the character truly is. Along Nightmare is around no one safe at all. I once entered an SoulCalibur tournament at Otakon many years ago as the character.

Unfortunately I loss the first match it's fine though. I would love to compete in another SoulCalibur tournament. Even getting pass the first match would be redemption for me. Yes I would likely play as Nightmare again. Indirectly he reminds me of Lord Deimos from Mace: The Dark Age.

Who also wields a long sword in another weapon based fighting game. Funny enough, majority of the characters fighting to get a powerful weapon. Siegfried himself does predate Lord Deimos while it's up to you on Nightmare. The precursor design does predate his design. The official design itself was a few years later in the first SoulCalibur.

Nightmare always been rather interesting to me. Yes he does manipulate other villain characters like Tira. It wouldn't be SoulCalibur without the weapon Soul Edge after all. I felt the original Nightmare worked amazingly well for it's time. A timeless fighting game villain that people wants more of. Yes even after that version was killed off.

I personally loved how they handled the character in SoulCalibur VI. Which acted as a newer take on the first SoulCalibur events. Easily one of my favorite appearances of the character. Nightmare has a strong presence in both Story Modes. I think I said enough Nightmare is easily one of the greatest fighting game characters!!!

I don't think there's much else I could've said that haven't already been said a thousand times!!! Nightmare is still among the most popular SoulCalibur characters. This might be just me here I really would love the character to appear as a future guest character in an Mortal Kombat game. Can you imagine how hype this could possibly be?

One of the greatest fighting game villains known for his brutality along with wrathful, reckless determination. He already would fit in incredibly well with the Mortal Kombat characters. I could see some truly brutal finishers it has the potential to be something truly amazing!!! Add in the possible jokes in the intros we got a crossover that should possibly renew interest into the franchise.

My thoughts on What was revealed about The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror 37

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I took a couple days thinking about what was confirmed about the upcoming The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror episode. Which was confirmed recently at a convention panel. They also given people a first look at the upcoming Simpsons movie. Which is suppose to come out twenty years after the first Simpsons movie.

They didn't confirm what the third and final story was. I apologize I can only discuss my thoughts on the other two stories. I actually found both of them strangely interesting. One of the stories is a twisted parody of Freaky Friday and Pet Sematary. Freaky Friday I believe recently gotten a legacy sequel. There's a few similar concept movies by now.

Where two people suddenly swapped bodies after they slept. They had to live each other's lifes unless they could swap back. We're adding in Pet Sematary from Stephen King that's mess up!!! The story involves a pet later a child died. The dad buried both of them in an Indian burial ground. Which caused their corpses getting possessed killing people.

If I understood the direction of the story correctly. Bart dead while Homer thinks Santa's Little Helper is but actually unconscious. Somehow the two swapped bodies with Bart getting buried there. Indirectly, this is a little similar to Treehouse of Horror VIII's Fly vs. Fly segment. Except this is more supernatural than science.

They also confirmed two of the writers had an argument. This argument became a joke within the segment itself. I always welcome when they parody Stephen King stories. I felt majority of them including Not It were done well. Of course, I'm excited to see how this going to play out soon. I don't think it'll get Pet Sematary 2 crazy though.

I also don't think it's going to be as difficult to watch as Treehouse of Horror XXVIII's MMM... Homer. Which is also based on a short story by Stephen King. I sorta imagine a few other Simpsons characters burying. A lot of quick jokes within seconds.

The real challenge being it's such a mess up concept that quickly turns people off. How exactly is The Simpsons going to make it entertaining for an family? Somehow they find a way to do it. Considering Treehouse of Horror 36, Bart been getting the bad end of the stick.

He literately died in every segment with the last happened off screen. At least they aren't having him killed repeatedly again. It's not often when the pets gets involve with Treehouse of Horror stories. I hope they don't reference the episode they quickly went through pets.

For fellow Simpsons fans you already know the episode in question. Where almost every pet they had in the episode dies. They eventually get a new similar cat to Snowball 2 that gets renamed after em. They might reference the three failed cartoon shows that literately gotten buried by the show again.

If it isn't obvious already this is a spiritual successor to Bad Dream House. The original segment that forever kicked off Treehouse of Horror episodes. Which also involved an Indian burial ground. Indirectly, it is similar to Treehouse of Horror III's Dial "Z: for Zombies.

Where the Simpsons kids by accident caused the undead to rise in a graveyard. I also do like when you could reference other segments to a degree. None of these stories are in the same canon though. It sure makes discussions quite interesting though playing off the what ifs.

The other confirmed story actually gotten me really hyped!!! I was absolutely mind blown they are actually doing this!!! They are going to do a parody of The Nightmare Before Christmas. Yes they will be doing it in stop motion. Which takes a long time to even do the little things. This might even get the record for the most time spend making an Treehouse of Horror episode just over that style animation.

Once again, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios whose responsible for Robot Chicken involved. Previously, they helped with Treehouse of Horror 35's Denim segment. They also helped in two cough gags on the show. In Season 24 and Season 28 respectively that were both great!!! They already working on two Robot Chicken specials.

This made the announcement of their involvement an bigger surprise. The last few years they been working with stop motion animation in their Halloween episodes. Last year, it was Plastic World in Treehouse of Horror 36. I loved it when they experiment with different animation styles. Especially when it heavily impacts the overall direction is deeply welcomed.

More recently they done that with Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition with their Joker parody. The Nightmare Before Christmas was a twisted Halloween and Christmas movie. Parts of the movie took place on both holidays. Considering a lot of possible directions they could go in. This has the potential being one of the finest parodies among the 2020 Treehouse of Horror episodes.

The assumption is this could be the final story. Slightly more time to work with more true in Disney+ version. I felt if they would've start with this. The rest of the episode quickly fall afterwards. You would be setting up hype too soon. This would kill any chance at being a decent Treehouse of Horror episode. We're talking a few minutes within the episode to pull this off.

Which is notably a little shorter than many cherish stop motion Christmas specials. Honestly, I wish they would've went bigger by making it a full episode like Not It. Even better if they would've went Disney+ exclusive episode route. This would've given them plenty of time in a few ways. They work on it more than most episodes on the side.

Disney+ exclusive episodes do differ in length. Which means they could go as long as needed to properly finish it. Considering this is stop motion we're talking about here. They really should've went this route for parodying The Nightmare Before Christmas. The expectations from people is going to be scary high as well.

The team wants to make Treehouse of Horror episodes scary again. Well this is your chance don't screw it up. The easiest part of the process is the voice acting. They easily could record every actors and actresses' voice overs in advance. They also can time voice overs to a degree. The overall movement aspect is what takes the longest by far.

Even Tim Burton had trouble to pull it off. He had someone else came in to help with the stop motion style. Burton made a few movies since that used stop motion. Disney also owns both The Nightmare Before Christmas as well as The Simpsons. This is one of those dream Treehouse of Horror segments people wanted for years.

I know it's crazy they waited thirty three years to do this. At the moment I'm curious to know what the final story is? We're getting a freaky body swap parody along with an ambitious stop motion one. How much crazier is Treehouse of Horror 37 going to be? You probably could tell I really can not wait to see this new Simpsons Halloween episode!!!

Agent 64: Spies Never Die (2026) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I recently bought Agent 64 on Steam. I knew when I first saw a trailer this game going to be amazing. Surprisingly it lived up to my expectations. Yes it does live up to both N64 FPS games that inspired the game. Honestly, this is why indie developers kept my attention in recent years.

I want to make this crystal clear. I may mention some of the other modes you could play. This is largely focus on the single player campaign portion of the game.

Agent 64: Spies Never Die (2026)

You play as John whose an older agent that seemingly had unfinished business with Dominic. Whose more referred to by his last name being Pulp in the game. Even John's daughter Dana gets involved. At times the two complete missions while pursuing the truth. If it isn't obvious by now, John is directly referencing James Bond.

His daughter more inspired by Joanna Dark from Perfect Dark. Pulp reminds me of Mr. Blonde in a weird way. But he looks a bit more like Trent from the same FPS game. Despite at times the game doesn't register my controller. When it does, wow this game works perfectly!!! It even blows any Xbox controller on Perfect Dark XBLA version.

The title directly references Nintendo 64 trend of games ending with 64 or getting labeled with that number. Like Castlevania was just Castlevania but there's a few Castlevania games with the same title. People quickly called the N64 game Castlevania 64 to help differ from those. Spies Never Die likely a reference to Tomorrow Never Dies.

Agent 64 is way better than the movie game based on that Bond movie just saying!!! Some of the Bond titles referring to time as well as living or dying gets a bit weird. Tomorrow Never Dies then Die Another Day both starring Pierce Brosnan. The most recent Bond movie with Daniel Craig is titled No Time to Die.

Now I know I left out You Only Live Twice that had Sean Connery. But that title didn't mention a date. You can tell I might be a bit more into comparing these franchises than I originally thought. Sometimes it just comes out of no where like this!!! I do like when indie developers nails a particular retro vibe. I know a lot of them are more inspired by PS1 era especially horror games.

In every possible aspect is very similar to those games. More of the overall look being more Perfect Dark. Some locations being more on GoldenEye. The missions themselves are well designed. Thankfully it didn't just rip off either FPS game's campaign or we would've had a huge problem. There is fourteen main missions to complete.

Another issue that could affect things in a lot of ways is a lot of the locations are bigger than expected. Obviously designed these locations for multiplayer before the actual single player campaign. Which I don't have much of an issue with. Even the level you need to take out seven snipers. After a good while you get use to the distance.

Not to mention, you actually start with a sniper rifle. One frustrating thing is just like those classic FPS games. Every mission was designed to be replayed on different difficulty levels. Not even the issue people were funny about. Some didn't like you had to play missions sooner on harder difficulties to continue the story.

I'm virtually right in the middle on this. On one hand, you could use each attempt even failed runs to improve yourself. Also a few notable differences to keep things interesting. It's the other side of doing that on purpose to slow people down from beating the game. Yeah I will agree it's a bit annoying at first. Then it actually helps more than you think.

I didn't finish GoldenEye or Perfect Dark on the third difficulty level. I can tell the difficulty isn't as brutal in comparison. Yes do expect to die a lot especially suddenly getting attacked from behind. The biggest differences I notice is increase damage to you with one more objective to complete. Also more damage to the enemies before they die means more ammo used up.

I did finished some of the missions on the third difficulty level during the run. I can confirm Agent 64 nailed the difficulty balance. I would say this is right up there with those games. This felt just as smooth as Perfect Dark XBLA version. Honestly, it's tricky to nail that in this style of FPS games. A good mix of fast pace action with some objectives forcing you to strategize differently works well here.

Agent 64 truly does nail that era of FPS games. More directly that unique style of them quite well. As for the story the short version is Pulp cloned himself. Being essentially Baron Samedi in this game. Samedi appeared in one of the bonus missions in GoldenEye. Where you need to get the golden gun. Then kill him three times to complete the mission.

There's a few levels with clones that's an challenge to get through. They also all armed with an magnum that takes more damage than regular enemies. It's virtually Egyptian level on steroids!!! This isn't even the final mission either. The true final mission you might not even believe. You can see the inspiration of the Bond movie, Moonraker.

Which so happened to be direct inspiration for one of the bonus levels in GoldenEye. Yes we get to go out to space to end up on the moon. I don't know if that was inspired by the second Austin Powers movie or not. For people who seen that movie already knows. Dr. Evil had a giant laser built on the moon called the Death Star parodying the concept of that from Star Wars.

There's a good selection of weapons with a few notable gadgets. How you use your gadgets is more like Perfect Dark. The main antagonist is the original clone of Pulp. His goal was to bring an army of clones with more being created to take over the world. This comes off like Dr. Robotnik with twisted machinery on animals in a sense.

Both would be acting as the one will that commands their armies. Perfect Dark had the Skedar whose human disguise was a huge blonde muscular man. One of which went by the atlas Mr. Blonde. Who is playable in one of the bonus missions. If we add Timesplitters series into the mix. Timesplitters is more about saving time from an evil race of beings through out history.

Somehow Agent 64 would be right in the middle of Perfect Dark and Timesplitters respectively. I know the clone concept is widely used in many franchises. Yes even Blofeld made a clone of himself in one of the Bond movies. Which directly gotten parodied by Mini Me in Austin Powers series. Whose still among my favorite clone characters to date.

The point I'm trying to make is I'm not going to bash the clone concept much. I actually felt it surprisingly worked to it's advantage. It's a weird, mess up relationship. John killed the original Pulp years ago. The clones wanted revenge against him for killing the original. Even Avatar as in the blue alien movie franchise played off a similar concept.

I still find it interesting to be hated this much by clones of a person you already killed. What the game revealed about John isn't a bad person. Some might say the clones are a sore loser. I know eventually someone going to review this game going to say that. I actually like the main characters in this game. Pulp clones acted as the family's nemesis.

Some might even consider Pulp the world's biggest selfish prick. They wouldn't be wrong thinking that either. He wants a world filled with him I know that sounds so wrong lol. I meant a world filled with clones removing free will altogether is ridiculous!!! Considering Duke Nukem Forever: The Doctor Who Cloned Me campaign done some of this prior.

I felt the actual conclusion was a bit more satisfying than that. The clones in question would be directly parodying Terminator that's Duke Nukem theme. Both campaigns does actually end on the moon making this more interesting. I had more fun exploring the moon in Duke Nukem Forever. The final boss fight was a bit more interesting with a moon vehicle to drive around in.

Look I'm not trying to make Agent 64 look bad. I just wished they would've done a little more with the moon. It's technically more than Blast Corps on Nintendo 64 that's included in Rare Replay. I really didn't expect before getting that far we would end up on the moon. The concept felt like we went further than Moonraker to actually reach the moon speaks volumes!!!

In a way that's mirroring Alec Trevelyan as well. Prior to faking his death was among the finest 00 agents. It was stated those with a lower number among the 00 agents superior to the lower ones. Basically he was skilled to surpass Bond in many ways. Yet Bond still ended up winning against him despite the odds not in his favor.

John in a weirder situation against clones having such a grudge. Just imagine what if Trevelyan was cloned a lot you probably get this!!! I know on the surface it doesn't sound that bad. The clones do know the family well enough to make their lifes a living hell!!! Either eliminate all of them plus take out the machine making more clones or they die would end this for good.

I do like they attempted to make every mission different from each other. Like the museum level you need to set something in motion. But you can not blown your cover or fail the mission. Most of the objectives ended up being very close by each other. I also gotta mention the actual look of the museum was quite nice.

There's also a level in a nightclub that quickly took me back to Conker's Bad Fur Day. I felt friendly fire needs to be fixed a little bit. Some enemies are a little too accurate. Thankfully they don't instantly kill you since there's no checkpoints. The reason there's no checkpoints is usually each level. If you know what you're doing goes quicker than expected.

Which also plays into earning cheats you could use in the game. Yes it's set up exactly like in those FPS games. I hope you are up for an challenge, no I don't know all the cheats either. I also liked the game loads quickly even if I skip cutscenes. I do enjoy they recreated how those FPS games have dialogue more like GoldenEye.

If they would've went more Perfect Dark with voice overs could've taken a little longer to finish. Personally I'm already enjoying this indie FPS game!!! Agent 64 also has a few spots you'll find an Nintendo 64 game console. It can't be exact or Nintendo would sue them. There's also these masks secretly placed in the levels.

Destroying them unlocks challenges to test your skills. Some levels do come off a bit empty. The actual game play never gets boring at all. Which is tricky to do for an FPS game of this style. I personally see that common criticism being minor among a few other issues that actually took away from the game. I still felt this was a beautifully designed indie FPS game.

I actually felt Agent 64 nailed nostalgia perfectly!!! This felt like a spiritual successor to those games. Similar to UnMetal to Metal Gear series. There's a few other modes to further test your skills. I know the multiplayer section outside co-op in missions is more like Perfect Dark. Yes you also can make up your own game modes to play.

I hope they might make a sequel in the near future. It's a bit difficult coming up with ideas following the clones on the moon? Personally I would be more interested in seeing a prequel with a younger John. More like his early years of service likely meeting Dana's mom. Right now I think there's more to work with from the past.

I'm not saying they couldn't make a sequel to continue the story. They also need to be careful to not be too similar to James Bond, Perfect Dark or Timesplitters. Let's be honest, Bond has a lot of movies as well as books. Unless they're up to date every Bond story in existence. They are going to have a difficult time not writing a story or two similar to what Bond already done.

Perfect Dark is virtually a more futuristic take on the Bond concept. Which also brought in aliens making how to get properly around that difficult. Timesplitters is time travel chaos at it's core. They went through so many possible directions through out history. Considering all of that, a sequel would be an challenge to write.

A prequel could differ enough from 007 First Light or Perfect Dark Zero respectively. Another huge reason why a prequel would be the way to go about continuing the franchise. I am interested enough to start waiting for a follow up. Unless they confirm it's not happening. Otherwise, I absolutely wanna play the possible upcoming Agent 64 game!!!

There is online play for those who really enjoyed those FPS games. Agent 64 will take a few hours to complete. Honestly, I am deeply impressed they pulled this off!!! When I originally saw the first trailer I was instantly blown away. Going from that to this is a great sign you're in for quite a treat. Easily one of the finest 2026 games I played this year.

Update: as of August 17, 2026 I completed every mission on every difficulty without co-op.

Five Fullmetal Alchemist movie reviews (2005-2022)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, recently I watched the last two live action Fullmetal Alchemist movies. After checking my posts, I didn't talk much about any of the movies previously. This is going to be an unique challenge with three of them formed a trilogy. I am also aware parts of this may get a bit confusing.

All I can promise is to attempt simplifying things. Two of them are anime movies that's similar quality to their respective anime shows. I will say the live action movies are not that bad honestly. Of course I do recommend reading the manga series. Both anime shows are decent that differs enough for a notably different experience.

This is covering a little over fifteen years. Even the worst among these Fullmetal Alchemist movies isn't that bad. I still could see people enjoying that FMA movie to a degree. You get to see three different takes across five FMA movies. Which by itself makes watching them all quite an unique experience. I will start with the oldest FMA movies working my way to the two newest FMA movies respectively.

1. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)

This is essentially the true conclusion to the first Fullmetal Alchemist show. A notable amount takes place in a parallel universe that doesn't have alchemy. The actual factor into why is a bit disturbing. Envy was revealed to being a key to open up an universal portal. Alphonse in his human body looks a bit similar to his brother Edward.

They also revealed their dad's demise since he no longer can transfer his soul into another body. This was due to previously doing it on someone from a parallel universe. Effectively being trapped with a faster decaying process meaning his time was quickly running out. You also see several alternate universe counterparts to several characters of their universe.

Unfortunately Wrath doesn't survive following a fight with Gluttony. It's safe to say now none of the homunculus survived the story. This is more of a war movie with some characters caught between a war. One of the armies was planning to invade the other universe. Thankfully that doesn't happen just imagine how bad things could've gotten though?

For a first movie of the franchise it's a decent start. It's not my favorite Fullmetal Alchemist movie. But it's among my favorites for sure. I did like the idea of making an ending to more properly conclude the story. During the production of the final episode, they actually rant out of time. There's a notable gap with Dante and Gluttony that didn't get resolved.

The final episode had a few unanswered questions. But that's why this FMA movie was necessary in the first place. Honestly, it's a decent length with good pacing. It does sucks Colonel Mustang was forced to stay in that parallel universe. This was done to properly close the portal on their side. Which means someone was forced to stay behind.

It turns out the reason why there's no alchemy is strongly tied to the wars they have in that universe. The more deaths in their wars, the greater of alchemy usage becomes in the other universe. Indirectly playing off how a philosopher's stone is made. But their deaths fueled alchemy is such a weird yet unique concept.

I also liked they took all the time they needed to properly make this FMA movie. Not even sure if anyone expected this movie to happen or what myself? I know some people wished that missing, cut footage of a particular encounter to get shown. This was their answer to questions like that I respected. Indirectly I'm thankfully for that getting cut the way it did otherwise this movie wouldn't exist!!!

Thankfully the way this FMA movie was set up. You don't actually have to watch the show prior. But to better understand a few things I recommend watching it first. I would say you won't get the full experience if you don't watch both of them. The movie does deliver a satisfying conclusion. No question it's a must watch if you're a fellow FMA fan.

2. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)

A little backstory begind how this Fullmetal Alchemist movie gotten created. It wasn't originally planned, early in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood show's production. They quickly gotten some ideas to make a FMA movie. Which isn't canon to clarify like so many anime movies. But it was a rather decent FMA movie.

The brothers meets a woman whose trying to find her brother. Which has a few surprising twists to that. For example, another man stolen his appearance. We're trying what he actually looks like without shape shifting like Envy. The actual brother was commanding an army. Both these men virtually wanted the same object for power.

There's some amazing visuals in this movie. Some great usage of the characters with some great moments. The only FMA movie without the homunculi. Which proves they could make a great story without them. Honestly, some of the newer characters that's exclusive to the movie works better than expected.

I know we all have different taste in things. I felt this FMA movie was beautifully executed that's mind blowing!!! You get a lot of surprises on the way that differs between being good or bad. They literately gave this movie everything they had despite things. None of it remotely felt rushed in any possible way. Being an non canon FMA movie means you can jump straight into watching it.

Trust me, this won't affect anything major. You might even enjoy it a bit more if you don't know enough of the franchise. To be honest, the way this FMA movie plays out is a little expected. The concept of anime movies being non canon is common. I do occasionally like some concepts they might not do in the actual stories shows up here.

To spice things up in ways you couldn't imagine!!! A major factor is they wanna get a few movies made. It's better to go into a more unexpected direction that involves not following the manga stories. Sometimes people gets surprisingly creative with anime movies like this one. I do think this FMA movie is a must watch especially if you're a fan of the franchise.

I will be honest, I haven't seen this FMA movie in a good while. There's a lot of stuff going on within the movie to keep track of everything. The movie constantly swaps between a few character's point of view. I will give the team credit this was beautifully animated. Somehow it seem even crazier than the previous FMA movie despite no universal crossing.

This also takes place in a different country. Not from anything else FMA related either. You kinda felt bad for the lady with everything. The Elrics gets heavily involve trying to stop both men. No I'm not trying to say the movie trying too hard either. You can tell they didn't rush the actual story. Despite at the time making a lot of episodes for that FMA show.

Alphonse's soul still bonded to a suit of armor. Just knowing a few things could take. If it were canon, this would've happened earlier in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I also felt they done a good job with the length of the movie. To me, this felt like the perfect FMA movie. Honestly, I was quite impressed after I watched this FMA movie.

I do like it's more of it's own thing. Nothing could've affected the canon story. This also allowed the team to be more creative. Just like the first Fullmetal Alchemist show. Following when it became more of it's own story following many chapters they adapted into the show. They went in with a rather unique concept that turned into a movie.

For being an unplanned FMA movie it does live up to many aspects people loves. This is a dark FMA story with a light decent ending. This was surprisingly ambitious for an anime movie. Somehow we ended up with a great FMA movie despite the additional challenge it faced. I'm glad they went for this FMA movie possibly making the author proud!!!

3. Fullmetal Alchemist live action movie trilogy (2017-2022)

1. Fullmetal Alchemist (2017 film)

2. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)

3. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022)

I figured these movies in the same movie trilogy. Unless I specify otherwise, a large amount of what I'm going to say going to apply to the movies. This also speeds up reviewing all three of them. I still wanna point out particular things in the movies. Like two of them has mannequin soldiers. Which are artificial beings based on the homunculus.

The first actual usage threw me off. Which was near the end of the first live action FMA movie. All of them together fully covers the entire manga series. Some events happened either sooner or later. Some moments were notably sped up including ones people died. I will give them some credit though. All three of them stayed much closer to the manga series than expected.

I know some people could argue particular traits of a few characters not quite nailed. Then again why would you expect that for live action movies based on anime franchises in the first place? People always going to be funny even about the little things. No matter how they went about it someone always upset or disappointed over things.

These live long FMA movies are over two hours long each!!! I easily could've made The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit live action movies joke. I was mostly satisfied with the overall action. The actual character designs for the most part was decent. Yeah it's a little weird an handful of characters had different hair color from the manga series line Winry.

The locations all looked accurate to how they're suppose to look like. Yeah some characters with CGI is a bit weird. But I have seen worst CGI used than this. The second movie largely follows Scar that I felt was executed better than expected. The last movie was virtually what's left of the manga series. Yeah most of the homunculi dies with the possible exception of Pride.

I do have a notable criticism, the homunculi seem a bit too weak to the other versions. Thankfully it's not Michael Myers in Halloween Ends bad. But still I wish they would've made them a bit tougher except Sloth. I should point out two of these FMA movies came out a few months apart. The last FMA movie didn't seem that rushed.

Usually when you do two movies back to back. You easily see in many aspects how rushed they are from the original movie. I will also give them credit for somehow nailing that. I'm also aware the last two seasons of Squid Game was a similar situation. Yes I do plan to eventually resume the show to finish.

Just like I recently came back to finished what I started with the first live action FMA movie. I actually felt both the sequels were a bit better better honestly. You can tell the overall stories were more directly focused as well as connecting a bit better. Also no out of no place usage of a concept coughs the first live action FMA movie.

I might be crazy I actually would consider rewatching this movie trilogy. It's a massive step up from Devil May Cry show as well as Death Note movie I reviewed recently. This is more around the ball game what I might be able to recommend. Obviously the big recommendation is the live action One Piece show.

They gave a lot of care into making these Fullmetal Alchemist movies. Yeah some moments I wished were done a bit differently. A little better overall pacing could've went a long way. Yes I do agree these FMA movies when they get going like a speeding train!!! But they also do a decent job slowing down. It's not often you'll feel overwhelm while watching these movies.

Honestly, I don't think none of the FMA movies are terrible. I do agree the anime FMA movies are a little better. It's a shame most of these anime franchises doesn't get the same treatment. I will say some aspects what they done is in the right direction. Just don't go in with high expectations, these FMA movies might not live up to them.

Instead I rather you just watch them because you enjoy the story. Regardless if you read the manga series or watch anything to the franchise prior. Just try going in with an open mind with a bit lowered standards. Trust me doing that does go a long way. Honestly, these FMA live action movies were inspiring to me.

Ranking of the Fullmetal Alchemist movies down below...

5. Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)

4. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar (2022)

3. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Final Alchemy (2022)

2. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)

1. Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)

I hope you enjoy reading my five Fullmetal Alchemist movie reviews blog.