Monday, October 12, 2026

Decision 3 Very Intense Revisiting

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, a few days ago I chosen to revisit Decision 3 through Decision Legacy Collection. I been wanting to revisit it as in a newer run for a couple months. Parts of strong winds from a hurricane were passing by where I'm currently staying at. Surprisingly, the power didn't go out until early the following morning for a little while.

I restarted the game automatically moved to Hard+ difficulty. The hardest difficulty this flash game had to offer. I took a lot of breaks on October 9th. Mostly playing the game for a few hours nonstop. I actually beat the game then continued for it's 100% completion. Roughly half an hour before midnight that night. Up to the last three sections of the map I easily ripped through.

The upper sections mostly dealing with the mutants was quite frustrating!!! I directly focus on getting a lot of people required for upgrades that's for locations. For those not familiar with the flash game can be a rather tedious process. A lot of times, you may get a builder while not sure when an engineer shows up. Soldiers are the most common people to find within locations.

Majority of upgrades I had stayed with the money from the previous run. I still had to really fight harder than expected. The one strategy that saved me during the roughest the game gets is one you may not expect. I quickly used an machete to cut down enemies at a faster rate. Obviously I couldn't hit enemies too far away.

Especially at times so many enemies coming towards objectives. I failed so many times by that point in the run. I nearly rage quit at one point for a lot of great reasons. A lot of the enemies were quite tanky. I had an easier time dealing with trolls. You know the bigger enemies that takes a lot of damage. They are among the most predictable enemies in the game.

Trying to deal with a huge variety of enemies in later portions was insanity!!! For me, the most annoying enemies that can easily screw you over. Same with Decision: Medieval being the archers. These pricks will fire at you at a distance while sticking close to other enemies. If you aren't paying attention can put you at a huge disadvantage.

The trolls gotten notably worst with a notable increased amount of them!!! I am not kidding, there was a lot of trolls too soon into going for some necessary upgrades for locations. It also doesn't help, the faster enemies goes straight for the objectives you're trying to protection. At times, you are force trying to stay on top of that you can't.

You have to quickly deal with some enemies. Then move over another notable group of them. It's difficult to keep their numbers down when so many heading straight for your objectives. I also will confirm the top section upgrades for locations are required for an 100% completion. The additional upgrades in the lower sections are optional.

I also felt majority of the weapons didn't hold up well either. Which indirectly made the later portions much harder. Decision 3 will feel quite overwhelming during an 1st run. I only hope those interested read this first before playing the flash game in some form. Surprisingly, I didn't lose any section of the map during this newer run.

Previously, I kept fighting to get the final section back during my 1st run. A huge difference from my 1st run on Normal to my newer, 2nd run now on Hard+ difficulty. I avoided being forced to replay the starting portion of the final section again. I defeated the final boss during that section along with completing discovering location objectives.

This is still the longest among all flash Decision games in that collection. I also still felt the difficulty was the most forced. I had a lot more fun replaying Decision: Medieval on Hard+ difficulty. Some aspects makes trying to come back for future runs questionable at best. Honestly, Decision 3 was a somewhat decent challenge on that difficulty.

It's fair from perfect that could've been a bit more enjoyable. I will agree a lot of upgrades for your characters are still quite decent. I respectively disagree with Google Search, this isn't the best Decision game in the collection. Decision 3 on Hard+ difficulty from how I went about it. Parts of it was much easier to WOW this is hard!!!

When you get to the upper sections you could be rage quitting. You will see a ridiculous amount of enemies on screen. Even the easier objectives are incredibly easy to fail. Yes this will require luck as well as your skills to beat the game. This felt like the first two Decision games back to back on steroids!!!

Decision 3 doesn't mess around when you're in the upper sections. In fact, expect to fail a lot even with all the upgrades for your character. By that point, you will be pushed harder than you possibly could've imagined!!! I won't sugar coat this, Decision 3 going to really try to be your worst enemy at times. Honestly, I am convinced the brothers didn't want people beating Decision 3.

End of the day, I learned a huge deal through this newer run. Just imagine if beating either Decision 3 or Medieval on Hard+ difficulty were achievements. I highly doubt a lot of people wouldn't attempt achievement hunting the collection. Decision 3 is still my second least favorite in the collection. Beyond the negatives that are quite huge.

Decision 3 might be fun for more hardcore players to a degree. It might not around the insane hard games those players beaten. Man this really took a lot out of me during this 2nd run. I wouldn't recommend doing another run unless you like the game that much. I'm more likely would replay the other three flash Decisions games.

Decision 3 still does several things better than the original Decision game. There's no question, all of them are actually complete flash games. Personally, Decision 3 left a rather difficult taste in my mouth. I felt some changes could've went a huge way. Honestly, it's worth playing one run especially if you're a fan of the series.

Quake: Dawn of the Machine (2026) review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, a few months ago Quake gotten another new expansion. To tie in to it's thirtieth anniversary automatically added to newer version of the game for free. Some of the same companies responsible for Quake: Dimension of the Past & Dimension of the Machine. Essentially a newer Quake 1 expansion trilogy.

Despite not being an huge fan of the game. I do occasionally enjoy boomer shooter games over the years. I do plan to make some comparisons you might expect. Otherwise I'm going to try just talking about the new expansion titled Quake: Dawn of the Machine. I do think this is among the greatest expansions for the classic worth of it's legacy.

Quake: Dawn of the Machine (2026)

The very first major thing I need to say is a huge step up from the previous two expansions they done. The levels are easily among the finest in all of Quake 1. They actually added some newer stuff including enemies to spice things up. This is not a short campaign by any means. I will confirm there will be back tracking.

I understand a lot of people don't like back tracking in video games. I will say this was a rather nice surprise. You need to collect four runes before getting access to the final levels. Yes there is a hub section you can select which levels to play. But inevitably you will need to replay the levels to a degree. Thankfully each rune you have will reduce it.

Not only that, three of them are found in secret levels. Which was a rather interesting decision to say the least. Usually they don't make you have to go to a few secret levels to beat the campaigns. The levels are notably bigger in scope feeling a more proper modernize Quake 1 experience. There's more secret levels than you would expect.

Also unlike some expansions is one huge campaign. It doesn't change the fact there's still a few smaller sets of levels representing particular runes. I will also confirm the final level does not disappoint either. There's a lot of surprises on the way to keep it interesting right up to the end. If you somehow stayed on top of back tracking during a run.

I actually didn't look up any video guides during my 1st run. Being a rather unusual, unexpected thing that happened. This was way better than Episode 5: Alien World Order from Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour. There's a much clearer focus in it's concept as well as it's execution. They don't feel like reskinning older Quake 1 levels.

This is among the longest campaigns in Quake 1 to date. I do get why this gotten nominated for Golden Joystick Awards 2026's Best Game Expansion award. I actually voted for Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations. There's no in game map making a full run way more frustrating than it needed to be. A major thing I preferred in Quake II despite the compass gotten confused to a degree.

Yeah I was a bit disappointed this turned out to be Nightdive's surprise at QuakeCon 2026. I will say it's a decent expansion for what it is. I actually was a bigger fan of 3DO campaign of Killing Time added to Killing Time: Resurrected. I hope you liked getting tested in a few ways. Your wits especially how well you could adapt to situations going to be tested a lot.

I felt it's like Legacy of Rust in Doom 1 + Doom 2 to a degree. Both being the most recent, ambitious campaigns worthy of their respective boomer shooter games. Considering most levels had over an hundred enemies was mind blowing!!! A lot of the secrets are well hidden. Thankfully this didn't have a serious lack of ammo issue.

As for the final boss, it's Chthon again. But somehow they made this a rather fun final boss fight. You get a lot of ammo as well as a particular power up to avoid taking damage in lava. Yes you also deal with several enemies during this. I'm really glad this wasn't a few bosses in the same area situation. I usually don't enjoy Quake 1 final boss fights.

The soundtrack was decent that helped kept me going. It wasn't my favorite within these campaigns. But it clearly did not suck by any means. I just personally wished for a more killer soundtrack. To a degree, this campaign reminded me of Hexen and it's expansions. Sure there's some aspects I preferred more in Heretic + Hexen.

Quake: Dawn of the Machine still a lot of fun to play. You might want to closely follow a walkthrough to help reduce back tracking. If you dislike back tracking as a whole I can't recommend this. In a way I hope some of the other remasters Nightdive done gets newer campaigns eventually. I will also confess this is the third time they made an expansion for Quake 1.

It already started to rub me the wrong way. Despite things, this was worth playing in time for Halloween. This had huge potential that truly lived up to. You can tell a couple months went into making this expansion. No signs being rushed unlike the previous two expansions. Honestly, I also recommend for those not patient.

Make sure you unlocked Cheats before you start playing. Activate the codes you want to make a lot of this more fun or at least somewhat enjoyable. The insane scope actually felt like it's own game than an expansion. Something I usually don't say about expansions for boomer shooter games. Quake may not necessary needed a newer campaign to celebrate it's legacy.

I'm glad they still made such a great campaign for such a milestone. Quake: Dawn of the Machine was beyond anything this game done before. Right now, I do think it's the best expansion to date!!! My standards are quite high after I fully played this. It's mind how much thought went into the level designs.

The actual story is a bit shorter than expected. But you can find these books that gives hints just not quite clear. You got to take a little time to figure them out even without reading them. I also recommend carefully check around the levels. You will be very surprise how much you'll miss? Honestly, for a free expansion it's among the best I ever played!!!

They took what essentially was Quake 1. Then turned it up to thirteen with it's ambitious scope. This easily could've fell hard yet rise much higher than anyone expected!!! The puzzles were honestly my overall favorite in all the campaigns. Somehow this newer expansion campaign became my favorite aspect of the game.

I still might not be crazy for it's base game. This expansion virtually brought new life to this classic. In every possible aspect was absolutely nailed. You should pay extra attention during an 1st run to make any additional revisits to levels a little better. It's still frustrating when you're in a set of levels you already gotten it's rune.

You have to finish it out again before reaching the hub again. Each rune you have will make revisiting them much better. Let's take a particular level you need to sacrifice people to process. A later revisit of the same level I played up to a door I previously couldn't access. This effective cut a large portion of the level out making it much shorter!!!

Quake: Dawn of the Machine is truly amazing at everything it does. I always was a bigger Doom fan though. I will say this out of respect, you need to play this!!! This really felt like Quake 1 that's perfection!!! Honestly, they took what they learned from the previous two expansions. They really knocked this expansion out the park!!!

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Updated Futurama review

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, it's official Futurama just ended for a third time. Man still not used to any shows ending more than twice. But Futurama is still among my favorites. I recently finished watching Season 14 through Hulu. Honestly, I got a lot to say while updating my Futurama review at the same time.

Futurama (2023-2026) Hulu run

Now I can confirm easily among the greatest runs the show ever had!!! I know I made it crystal clear I had a strong dislike for Season 5 not changed. I even felt a lot of these newer Futurama episodes are among the greatest to date. Futurama slowly joined in on doing specials like The Simpsons and South America used to be called South Park respectively.

Eventually I do plan on a rather ambitious review of The Simpsons Disney+ exclusive episodes. For the present, I wanna focus more on Futurama. There was a crossover episode with Disenchantment that now acts as a true conclusion to that show's story. Futurama proven there's still an insane amount of possibilities to explore.

Even about a show that's in a distant future. Futurama widely known for it's complexity in a way like The Big Bang Theory. I am a bit sad the show once again ended. I didn't think I would live through three of it's runs. Yet here I am reviewing it again with additional stuff. Yes I do think Futurama deserves this updated review.

I'm happy they kept expanding everything while doing a great job not being too much. The current season finale episode was a decent episode. They made sure the event Futurama came back for a fourth run. The door still open to deliver more insanity. I still felt the previous series finale is the one to beat. I will also agree to come back reviewing Futurama specials in the near future.

There's still a lot of great surprises that made the entire Hulu run among my favorites. I really didn't expect these newer episodes were going to be such inspiration as well as quite fun to watch. Maybe it's a good time to end the show before things started to go south not a shot at South America either. Some of the other animated sitcoms have questionable factors.

It's hard to say how much longer some of those shows going to continue for? Then again The Simpsons being the most famous example of a coach roach surviving a nuclear war. I'm still glad the cast came back for these episodes. Being a few seasons on a streaming services rather than airing them on television or in Season 5's case started as four movies.

Although streaming services still gets impacted by the amount of views like television shows. Thankfully Matt Groening still involved with the newer seasons. I can't believe being him to end the same animated sitcom three times must've felt like!!! I even felt these newer seasons were notably better than some of the newer seasons of The Simpsons.

Somehow these newer seasons felt a little better or close to the original run. Now that's a testament how well these seasons were truly done that speaks volumes. Unfortunately they didn't do any What If Machine episodes. There's a few holiday episodes to a degree. Of course, Bender always doing stupid stuff I can't get enough of.

Just when you think you know or seen everything. Futurama always does something you really couldn't expect or see coming during 1st watching. Honestly, the show kept adding surprising connections you really wouldn't expect. Like Leela and Dr. Zoidberg actually are cousins no joke. I also welcome seeing more of the universe or a complex concept.

I also felt in a way they ended the show to help get more views towards the newer seasons of King of the Hill show. I'm talking about the newer revival show also on Hulu to clarify. Beavis & Butt-Head came back through Hulu but ended up on Comedy Central. Which would also be it's overall third run. Indirectly some people must've be thinking Hulu declining.

Futurama felt like keep it the way it was. But also modernize it in a way that doesn't ruin the show. Which is out doing a lot of newer related shows to many classic cartoon shows. It's already out doing a time capsule. A time capsule is a container with stuff placed inside. You hid it usually in the ground for a notable long period.

Then someone digs it up to see how well that capsule held up? Futurama bounced back from the worst that kept getting better. The uniqueness of it all is why I always put it ahead of The Simpsons. But both of them are still among the most creative shows I ever watched!!! Not to directly insult The Simpsons with this logic.

It's quality over quantity with The Simpsons being quantity in this situation. There's still a lot of great episodes in that show though. Futurama was a great spiritual successor that's in the same shared universe. In a few areas The Simpsons didn't nailed as well. Especially where Futurama truly shines bright!!!

Futurama was truly next level stuff with it's third run. I actually wanted more episodes with the last season being an episode shorter. But through the specials going to still end up as the longest season in that run. It's such logic you really need to use to while watching the show. Honestly, it's a great party no one really wanna leave anytime soon!!!

I knew as soon as I started seeing posts the show ended a third time. I had to do an updated review of the show. I'm quite happy to do just that since it's such a great show. Futurama is a show people always want more of in some form. Even Groening himself felt inevitably the show could come back. Also happy Fry stayed married to Leela in the third run.

They even went out of their way to do an episode involving water. Which quickly became a series of parodies that somehow worked together. Futurama kept a lot of characters around despite things!!! This show filled with so much potential to be something truly amazing. Futurama is a show that always changes perceptive even in weird angles.

Yeah the confusing seasons system being a notable issue. Largely due to it's second run on Comedy Central. The fact we nearly waited a decade for it's third run. Honestly, the newer seasons felt well worth the wait. They really knew how to keep it a great show. I know that leaves us with one question. Which run was superior between it's 1st or 3rd run?

Majority of their episodes are well done for their time. Both had many episodes I'm a huge fan of. It really coming down to the little things. After much needed consideration I decided to go with it's 3rd run. I actually laughed more in this run than it's 1st run. Being an animated sitcom that's critical here.
The further adding to back stories was a huge factor.

Also some of the bigger twists were better executed in it's 3rd run as well. I didn't expect to finally change which run of Futurama I liked the most? Both are notably better than it's 2nd run. I felt majority of Futurama fans would agree to that. But end of the day, it's 3rd run really went the distance. Some truly fantastic episodes I really couldn't ignore either.

Another thing I respect even if some view it as a small thing. Hulu run consistently kept each season at ten episodes. Which is tricky to do even for a streaming animated sitcoms. Another huge factor is the cast still works incredibly well after such a huge time gap between it's 2nd and 3rd runs. The current run it ended in truly felt like the perfect run in every sense of the word.

I also wanna confirm the specials didn't impact my decision. I will say it's 3rd run felt like how the 1st run did many years ago was among the most mind blowing aspects!!! Which was a rather difficult thing to pull off. Honestly, Futurama ended with a few decent seasons I couldn't get enough of. The only notable issue is those seasons being exclusive to Hulu.

I also felt it was a great usage of seasons being exclusive to a particular streaming service. Altogether being among my favorite overall runs from them to date. Futurama absolutely nailed exactly what we loved while improving over what we didn't like. Hulu seasons even with Season 13 dropped an entire season the same day worked insanely well!!!

Sunday, October 4, 2026

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 advantages. 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.

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

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?

Monday, August 17, 2026

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.