#johnny lightning 500s

[stone-cold-groove]

Boys, which are faster - the new Johnny Lightning 500’s or the Sizzlers?

[missthundergirl]

Mk Romantic post

Purnama just finished training with Bo Rai Cho, Kung lao and Liu kang. She rested for a while under a tree in the Academic Wushi Garden when suddenly lightning struck in front of Purnama. She was quite surprised but she knew who the figure was.

RAIDEN : (with smile) Hello Lady Purnama. How was your training with them?

PURNAMA: No need to be formal Raiden. We know each other for 500 hundred years. Yes its quite exhausted. At least i'm not bored.

RAIDEN: Its good to know you alright. I'm just worried. What if you got hurt?

PURNAMA : Nahhhh..... stop worrying me. I'm fine just believe in me. As long i'm here i will always beware and alert for another enemy threat.

Raiden staring at her with calm yet stoic face. One thing that he hope: 'I wish the vision is not true'

PURNAMA: Raiden...... What wrong?

RAIDEN : I wish we can always together for eternity Purnama. Only with you...

Purnama just stunned. Did she hear right what he say. But deep down her heart it just calm word from Thunder God it self. Hope he can always confesses his towards her.

PURNAMA: Raiden.... I am too. O wanted spend together with you for eternity. Maybe more than allies or friend. I wish we can be together as...... LOVERS

RAIDEN : Purnama........My Moonlight of my heart. My light in the night. I hope our bonds will never broke. Let the Elders God know how much you meaning to me.

Purnama and Raiden leaning face towards each other to kiss but....... Suddenly

Johnny Cage: Yeah my Raidude finally kiss her girllll!!!!!!!!!!!🤩🤩

Cassie: dad calm down you so loud. Now the know we spying them(🤦🏼‍♀️ )

Purnama and Raiden shock by both Cage's

PURNAMA while holding random flip-flop( i called Selipar Terbang or Flying Slippers) and shout at them : SCREWWWWW BOTH OF YOU.... I WILL TELL SONYA WHAT YOU TWO DOING NOW🤬🤬🤬🤬😤!!!!!

RAIDEN : PALM FACE🤦🏻‍♂️. By the Gods why Johnny? Why Cassandra Cage? (like disappoint grandpa)

Finally both of them got 3 hour straight lectures from Raiden and Purnama plus 5 hour straight lectures from Sonya after they got back to SF base.

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EXTRA

MissThunder (me): how was your lectures😏 ?

Johnny: not fun....Buttttttttt....... I wanted see them kiss!!!!!!! 😫😣😫😣😫 ( whining like a baby)

Cassie: no... Stop dad..... I dont want getting scolds anymore!!!!!!!!😫😫😫

MissThunder (me): Typical Cage's 😑😒

[treel]

Saw someone else shared a song that reminded them of Nullified so I thought I'd share my Nullified Zadr Playlist:

Dib POV before he knew the truth:

"All for you" - Sister Hazel Dela - Johnny Clegg

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

Shut up and Dance - WALK THE MOON

Accidently in Love - Counting crows

Love at First sight - Brobecks

Dib POV after he learned the truth

Mamma Mia - ABBA

Dela - Johnny Clegg

Don't sit down 'Cause i've moved your chair - Arctic monkeys

Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys

Just Give me a reason - P!nk

Zim POV

If you like it or not - Brobecks

Please don't leave me - P!nk

Pompeii - Bastille (Idk, this song just feels like Zim to me with the whole "How am I gonna be an optimist about this?" thing so it's on all my Zim playlists)

Thank you for reading my ramblings

YES these are all so good!! I added my favorites to my playlist! 😭

Pompeii is such a good song, it's funny because it was actually on my OC playlist for Selpa (listen...don't judge me, okay) because like, two alternating "voices", talking about a disaster + English accent = Selpa?

Anyway, it blows my mind that anyone besides me is associating certain songs with the fic, I am so very grateful to everyone who is reading and enjoying it!! @invadcrs made a playlist a while back that I still listen to in addition to my own, they help me get in the right headspace before I write! (ADHD demands the headspace be correct before any writing can be done)

[bigbama34]

Johnny Lightning INDY 500 Special Classic Edition

[uneasylisteningradio]

Thunder & Lightning July 8, 2023

Oskar Kokoschka - Traveler in a Thunderstorm from O Eternity

Songs about thunder, lightning, and storms!

stream on Mixcloud

Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night Saxon - Heavy Metal Thunder

DJ speaks over Storm in a Nutshell - Dub Waiters

Tuscadero - Heat Lightnin' Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash Injury Reserve - Bye Storm

DJ speaks over Mac Rebannack - Storm Warning

Pierced Arrows - Guns of Thunder Gang - Lightnin' Lady The Volcanos - Storm Warning Vicky Rosti - Sata Salamaa Criminal Damage - The Storm The Runaways - Thunder

DJ speaks over Eddie Beram - Riot in Thunder Alley

Bobbie Gentry - Rainmaker The Kinks - Johnny Thunder (Alternate Mix with Session Chat) Woody Guthrie - The Flood and the Storm AUSMUTEANTS - Struck by Lightning Chi Coltrane - Thunder and Lightning

DJ speaks over Kashmere Stage Band - Thunder Soul

Andy Kim - Sunday Thunder Tom Verlaine - Flash Lightning The Open Mind - Thor the Thunder God Chris Church - Remember the Lightning The Breeders - Archangel's Thunderbird Rita Chao - Crying in the Storm

The Gun Club - Like Calling up Thunder Parkinson's Law - Daughter of Thunder and Lightning Bizon Kidz - Thunder The Move - Lightning Never Strikes Twice Christian Death - Silent Thunder

Mad John Fever - Breath and Thunder The Prissteens - Stormy Weather Money Can't Buy Music - Thunder+Lightning

Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder

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[savageonwheels]

Johnny Lightning 1:64 Muscle Cars & Showcase

Johnny Lightning continues to create impressive 1:64 scale diecast Muscle Cars and truck, and now adds showcases to its lineup.

[terrareiin]

A self-insert/oc-insert as Macaque from Monkie Kid. (SIM AU)

Now here me out, SI's and OC-Is are a pretty old trope right? But they've always been a pretty interesting and comforting one to me, especially those that move from our current modern world to a fantasy/sci-fi/historical one. Worlds so vastly different that you can't help but react and see them with fresh eyes, modern lenses.

Plus meme, angst and awesomeness potential (from a world that developed differently and its multitude of cultures).

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"I am the last living testament to a world that doesn't exist anymore. And if it does, it is forever out of my reach."

The SI gets born from a stone (i.e. Sun Wukong's origins) over 500 years in the past.

The setting of Monkie Kid is a cultivation world turned modern as time progresses, but at the time of his birth, it was absolutely just a cultivation fantasy.

In most cultivation settings, there are 2 sides: the righteous cultivators and the demonic cultivators.

Generally these are considered the good and the bad sides respectively

Demons are immediately slotted under the demonic side of course.

And well, we all know what Macaque is.

In some novels, demonic cultivation was pretty nasty, human sacrifices, blood, pain ect. Others were just literally cultivation than demon practitioners did.

My setting has a bit of both, the nasty evil stuff and the lesser know similar to regular cultivation practices that are slower than the nasty stuff but still work well.

FYI, even the lawful practitioners in cultivation could be pretty bad, so I'm including that to let them know they have no leg to stand on when throwing stones at my Macaque's cultivation. (Like they can't stop him, he's not doing anything evil)

He was constantly compared to his mother in his past life, from the similarity of his features to his abilities, so this Macaque intensely hates being compared to Sun Wukong.

He shares some abilities with the canon version of Macaque: enhanced strength and speed, jumping ability,  shadow clones (lol), martial arts master and pole fighting mastery

Some distinct differences would be his ability to heal, pass on chi and deflect blows (think Kung Fu Panda) and his enhanced shadow abilities (think Nara clan from Naruto, Johnny 13's Shadow from Danny Phantom and possibly more, because the media has a lot of shadow abilities) and possibly more chi abilities ( there are a whole bunch to cherry pick and adapt from in the media), incredible hearing (near omnipotent hearing from legend, but idk. )

He'll have to have some weaknesses of course, but damned if I know what they are at this stage of planning

He won't have an easy time of it of course

In his initial state, he is almost pathetically weak

I mean, 21st century person thrown over 500 years into a fantastical past (yeah, I'm throwing him even further back than he thinks), with no means of acquiring food, water or shelter. He doesn't know anything about cultivation either aside from the vague notion there are stages, you have to form a golden core at some point and that there is retribution lightning that can kill you as you progress.

Also, he's now an anthropomorphic monkey in a legend where he's supposed to cause trouble, mess with Sun Wukong by impersonating him and then summarily gets discovered and his ass kicked, with a possible chance of death.

Yeah, he's not having fun with this.

He'll learn in time though.

He'll grow stronger as time passes and with training, and either forgets or is deliberately in denial about the Journey to the West

I feel like making him gain immortality like Sun Wukong, although, instead of it being deliberate, he gets it by accident and through tragedy/hardship? I mean, throw the guy a bone when he gets dunked on y'know?

Aaaand that's about all I got for now. I'll make a part 2 about him in the modern Monkey Kid time as well. Pretty interested in this idea tbh. Let's see how it goes.

[leolamin97]

Steven Universe/Mortal Kombat AU

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So yeah you aren't reading that wrong Mortal Kombat crossed over with Steven Universe. An idea made after an incredibly long night of Playing MK11 with friends while also talking about Steven Universe. Funny how you can just say something totally random like "What if MK crossed with SU" and before you know it your on discord talking the concept over with your writing pals figuring out how this can work out exactly. And we came up with this.

Taking place after MK3 with the Crystal Gems also involved with the battles. Shao Khan is dead, most of the heroes are alive and thriving, and the forces of evil have scattered across the realms. With this peace the Kombatants were able to start families, a new generation. And they are about to be put to the test as a call goes out to the best of the young fighters across the realm to come to the ruins of Shang Tsung's Island for a New Mortal Kombat. Are they truly ready for KOMBAT!

Synopsis: MORTAL KOMBAT. A tournament held every 500 years pitting realms against one another for supreme dominance. If a realm can trump another 10 times undefeated they earn the right to merge the realms. Earthrealm was nearly merged with the nightmarish outworld and put under the boot of the tyrant Shao Khan if not for the intervention of a new generation of Earthrealm warriors, though not all were from Earth. A group known as the Crystal Gems who have lived on the planet amongst the humans helped in the battle. With their aid they were able to win the 10th tournament and save Earthrealm.

      But that was not the end. Shao Khan, not accepting defeat, tried twice to bend the rules of the tournament. The third being a full on invasion of Earth that ended with his final defeat and his forces being scattered across the realms. Peace was restored and the Kombatants were able to find their own happiness and love. The Peace lasted years but not forever, a new tournament had begun this time calling out to the developing next generation upon the ruins of Shang Tsung's Island. These Young Kombatants now face off to determine who is the champion of the new age, but what dark forces are behind these battles. Things may not be fatal, but they will be BRUTAL!

Characters:

Steven Universe (14)- Son of the previous Mortal Kombat champion Rose Quartz and a travelling musician named Greg. A peaceful soul enjoying the quiet life with the Crystal gems on Beach city. But even a peaceful soul is ready for battle learning the art of Kombat at a young age from the Crystal gems and the hero Liu Kang. His style is unrefined and heart not always in battle, but he shows great promise and the heart of a hero.

Twin Dragon Kick: Steven launches himself forward landing a kick followed by another kick sending the opponent back

Bubble throw: Steven throws one of hs bubbles which explodes on impact knocking them down. Can be shot High, Low, and in the air

Rose Counter: Steven summons his shield and if attacked will knock the opponent back

Bicycle Kick: Steven launches himself forward with a flurry of kicks to his opponent knocking them down

Crystal Stance: Steven takes a ready stance and prepares a counterattack for when his opponent strikes. A low sweep knocking them down, a straight punch knocking them back, and a high kick launching them.

Brutality 1- Shaolin Soccer: Steven Summons a bubble and proceeds to kick it at his opponent doing damage as it bounces off. Steven does this four times, the fourth hit sending them to their back. Steven then leaps in the air kicking it down onto their face smashing them into the ground as it pops

Brutality 2- Rose Doll: Steven forms a bubble around the lower body of his opponent making them unable to move. Steven then attacks them bounce them back and forth like they were a training dummy. After 6 hits Steven forms a bubble around their hand with a final blow to the face sending them flying back KO’d.

Friendship: Steven pulls out his ukulele and plays the Mortal Kombat theme his opponent clapping for him as he bows. 

Cassie Cage (14)- The daughter of Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade. Ever since she had the ability to kick Cassie wanted to be like her parents real life action heroes. A young prodigy in Martial Arts and starting to develop similar skills to her father she shows great promise. Unfortunately she also has her fathers ego and thinks herself the main character of the world. While vain, she is never cruel and has a soft spot for her two friends Kung Jin and Steven.

Shadow Kick: Her fathers iconic move flying across the ground with a standing kick knocking her opponent back

Green Force Scatter: Unable to form a ball her energy will instead scatter about like thrown seeds damaging the opponent

Dirty Pass: She can’t do a split so she will instead slide on her knee and slam both fist into her opponents groin.

Flipkick: Using her green energy She performs a flip kick launching them in the air

Military Counter: Channelling her mother she takes a stance and if attacked will knock the opponent down and twist their leg

SFX Kick: Cassie sends out a green shadow copy performing the shadow kick, but it goes through them tricking them

Brutality 1- DING-DONG! WHAM-BAM! POW!: Cassie stretches herself out before running forward and doing her Dirty Pass, DING. She then immediately follows up with a straight to the crotch, DONG. She flips back to her feet ramming her knee between their legs, WHAM. She throws another punch to the crotch, BAM. As the opponent is doubled over in pain she hits them with an uppercut knocking them into the air and on their backs, POW!

Brutality 2- #BRUTALITY: Channeling her father Cassie hits her opponent with an uppercut sending them into the air. As they’re suspended Cassie pulls out her phone readying the camera. She then catches her opponent by the neck and takes a selfie with their unconscious body. We are then shown her social media and the various reactions from characters.

Friendship: Cassie pulls out her phone grabbing her opponent by the arm and pulling them in for a photo. Multiple photos are shown of her and her opponent doing various fun stuff across the Island. When the final photo is shown on it is written “TO MY BEST FRIEND, LOVE CASSIE”

Kung Jin(13)- The Nephew of the Kung Lao and descendant of the Great Kung Lao. Jin always admired his uncle Kung Lao and considered him a hero, quickly joining the academy and learning the ways of the Shaolin. Seeing his potential he was quickly brought to Beach City to train with the Crystal Gems and met Steven the two becoming quick friends. The straight man of the group Kung usually points the trio in the right direction with his Bo Staff/Bow.

Air Dive Kick: Kung Jin dives down from the air to kick his opponent and slams his bow on their head Arrow Shot: Kung Jin shoots his arrow knocking them down. Can be shot in multiple directions including the air

Cartwheel Drop: Kung Jin does a flip and lands an overhead kick to his opponent, knocking them down.

Special Shot: Kung Jin uses a special arrow of which he can switch from. Ice, Fire, Explosive, and Flash

Brutality 1- Shaolin Fury: Kung Jin channels his Kung Lao pulling out the Wushu fighting style. He rushes forward, breaking down his opponent with a flurry of blows, before resting their head on his knee and laying into their face with rapid blows until they are KO’d.

Brutality 2- Trick Shot: He rushes forward and swings his bo spreading his opponents legs. He then fires an arrow between their legs landing behind them and jabs them in the crotch. The cover only to be jabbed in the face falling back on the arrow which explodes sending them up. He fires a rope arrow around then and slams them to the ground.

Friendship: With a quick twirl of his Bo he tosses it into the air where it lands on two poles and becomes a limbo. He goes under easily gesturing for his opponent to try only for them to not make it the two having a laugh.

Rain(14)- A Royal of the new Edenia and a demigod, it’s easy to see how Rain thinks highly of himself. He demands respect when walking into a room and usually sees himself as above everyone else there. He has the skill to back up that talk with his impressive Martial Arts and Hydrokinesis. He joins the tournament to prove to all that he is the strongest. But under his hard exterior is something kind, perhaps even friendly. Just make sure you don’t bad mouth his mother or a storm will fall upon you.

Hydro Bubble: Rain throws a water bubble at his opponent that will trap them within it while bringing them towards him for a short distance unable to defend. Shocking Bolt: Rain raises his arm and summons a blue lightning bolt to strike his enemy. Super Roundhouse: Rain reverse roundhouses his opponent clear to the other side of the screen. Water Blast: Rain shoots a high-pressure stream of water at his adversary, forcing them back Evaporate: Rain strikes a pose and turns into an intangible body of water.

Brutality 1- Roundhouse to Infinity: Rain uses his Super roundhouse knocking the opponent to the other side of the screen where Rain kicks them again. He knocks them back and forth with his super kicks repeatedly without end.

Brutality 2- Waterworks: Rain summons a geyser of water knocking his opponent to the air. Then like a conductor for an orchestra he summons multiple streams knocking his opponent about before smashing them between two geysers and letting them fall 

Friendship: Rain uses his powers to create a water slide which he and the opponent slide down on. The final shot being their picture being taken while on the ride

Absolute Zero (12)- The only daughter of Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei Kuai Liang. From a respected family of such high regard, young Xue Liang feels like she has the world on her shoulders and must be on her utmost behavior at all times. With a cool professional air around her she shows that she is here for business and nothing else. However she and Steven go way back and he knows that’s not the real her. Even with that she has learned from the best and has made her own spin with her cryomancy.

Ice Blast: Absolute sends a blast of ice directly towards the opponent to temporarily freeze them in place for a free hit.

Frosty Skate: Zero slides across the floor on ice skates and runs through the opponent if she comes in contact stunning them and getting behind them.

Ice Puddle: Zero shoots the ground with her ice blast, creating a puddle that the opponent will begin to slip around on if nearby

Ice Nugget: Zero shoots ice straight overhead which falls back down atop her opponent. He can shoot it close, mid way, or far away to freeze the opponent.

Tombstone Teleport: Zero's body becomes ice, falls backward into the ground, and reappears behind her opponent.

Brutality 1- Figure Beating: Zero freezes the ground into a make shift Ice skating rink where she skates circles around her opponent who tries to stay up. She then rushes in with a flury of attacks skating past the quickly and attacking before ending with a jumping spin kick KOing them and making them slide across the ice where she strikes a final pose.

Brutality 2- Snow Squall: Zero summons up an Ice wall behind her opponent. She then pulls down her mask and blows releasing blizzard like winds pressing them against the wall and freezing them to it. She then forms a snowball and throws it at them sending them through the wall

Friendship: Zero makes an Ice rink grabbing her opponents hand and doing a team Ice Skating routine ending with her lifting them and spinning.

Khameleon (14)- A member of the Saurian race of outworld and uninvited guest on the Island. Khameleon is a thief looking to make a quick buck and run using her natural Camouflage abilities. She however was quickly captured by the master of this tournament and offered a job to fight on their behalf for wealth, which she happily took. She has no malice towards the Earthrealmers, and simply sees what she is doing as a job. She only acts to help herself and if she is guilted into doing something.

Find Me: Khameleon surrounds herself with a haze and becomes invisible.

Yellow Surge: Khameleon shoots a yellow fireball at her opponent. 

Blue Slide: Khameleon slides across the ground knocking her opponent into the air

Pink Counter: Khameleon takes a defensive stance and prepares 3 different counter attacks

Serpent's Mist: Khameleon spits with a cloud of green smoke before her that will float in place. If a opponent is inside they get damaged

Brutality 1- Peek a boo: Khameleon vanishes in a puff a smoke. The Opponent then gets attacked from all sides by an invisible enemy getting pummeled before getting knocked out. Khameleon reappears atop of them bowing.

Brutality 2- Poison Passion: Khameleon pulls down her mask grabbing her opponent’s head and spits her Serpent Mist into their eyes. They cover their eyes blinded unable to see swinging at nothing as Khameleon watched with a chuckle. She then jumps onto their shoulders and slams them head first into the ground.

Friendship: Khameleon turns invisible, only to appear behind her opponent with a present which they happily take. Suddenly something is thrown at Khameleons head from off screen making her run as a person chases after her, the thief having stolen the gift. The opponent watches as she is chased across the screen.

Tanya (14)- A Royal of new Edenia, seen as sweet and loving by all around her. But that is all a façade hiding her true darkness. Maliciousness courses through her veins as she enjoys breaking those weaker than her and asserting her superiority. But she has come to this Island for a reason, seeking something to help a dark master she serves. She will get her hands on it and no one will stop her, especially Steven Universe.

Human Cannon Drill: Tanya lunges forward, spinning in a cork-screw manner with her flaming feet leading towards her opponent.

Surging Blast: Tanya sends a blast of fire from her hand at her opponent.

Split Flip Kick: Tanya somersaults forwards with a flaming kick directed at her opponent

Sore Neck: Tanya leaps onto her foe's shoulders, wraps her thighs around their head & swings around them 90 degrees

Brutality 1- Whiplash: Tanya knees her opponent in the gut and slaps them across the face turning their back to her. She then handsprings onto their shoulders  squeezing their face with her thighs. She then twists to the left really fast and then the right before flipping off and the opponent falls to the ground groaning.

Brutality 2- Paralysis Kiss: Tanya saunters up and kisses her opponent cheek. After a second they scream as their body stiffens and they fall over unable to move.

Friendship: Tanya summons up a surge blast shooting it to the ground. It is then shown that she has made a bonfire and she and her opponent roast marshmallow.

Kobra (15)- From the Harsh Streets of Empire City, Kobra knows brutality. Orphaned with no one to guide him he was brought into the Black dragon and taught the ways of Kombat to one day become a member. Taking their words to heart he is brutal and unrelenting, wanting nothing more than to be the best. This tournament gave him the chance to prove that he is worthy of the Black Dragon.

Windmill Kick: Kobra slides forward a bit and performs a devastating arching Axe Kick which causes the opponent to bounce off the ground 

Burning Fist: Kobra dashes forward with his fist on fire extended forward, which knocks his opponents down. 

Tele-Punch: Kobra disappears, leaving a trail of smoke behind, then reappears behind his opponent and punches them down. 

Chi-Blast: Kobra gathers chi and releases a ball of flame forward from the palms of his hands.

Brutality 1- Beatdown: He knees his opponent twice between both knees, and high kicks them in a makeshift sending them into the air before it knocks them onto their backs unconscious.

Brutality 2- Burning Combo: He roars setting his fist ablaze and lays into his opponents face with a flury of blows. He then slams an uppercut into their gut followed by one to the chin than with an explosion he launches them into the air.

Friendship: Kobra throws down some cardboard and then proceeds to breakdance impressing the opponent as they clap and he does a final pose.

Nitara (15)- A member of the Moroi (Vampires) from outworld, she is the epitome of high society. She looks upon Mortals with pity seeing them as lesser beings and food as she was taught, knowing that one day her clan will rise and rule the realms. This Tournament has many strong fighters with delicious blood that will make her stronger and bring honor to her clan. Plus there are a few cute boys that she would love to tease and girls she would love to put in their place.

Unicorn Kick: Nitara flies forwards and kicks the opponent and flips over them.

Blood Spit: Nitara spits a ball of blood at the opponent.

Quick Escape: Nitara jumps away from the opponent with considerable distance

Bite: Grabbing her opponent she bites into their neck sucking their lifeforce and replenishing her own lightly

Brutality 1- Just a sip: She jumps onto her opponent before biting into their neck. They scream and flail getting weaker before falling over twitching as Nitara wipes her mouth.

Brutality 2- Night Flight: She gets behind her opponent, grabbing them in a full nelson, flying straight up and looping in the air before diving and slamming them into the ground their legs lightly kicking as they were half burried.

Friendship: Nitara grabs her opponent and takes off into the sky. They are then shown flying across blue skies laughing and having the time of their lives.

Ashrah(Secret fight, ???)- Her Origins are unknown, but there is more to her than appearances let on. More knowledgeable than her age lets on, she was not invited but seems to take a vested interest in this tournament. Very approachable and friendly she gives off a warm and welcoming aura that rivals Stevens, but underneath there is something more, something powerful. She wants to see what these fighters are capable of don’t disappoint her.

Light Blast: Ashrah shoots a ball of white energy towards the opponent that travels a very short distance but knocks them back. 

Heavenly Light: Ashrah shoots a of white flash of light that will damage and stun her opponent

Spin Cycle: Ashrah spins in a circle, and if it connects, they will be launched high up in the air. 

Nature's Torpedo: Ashrah flies towards the opponent while spinning, and if it connects, the opponent will be sent flying. 

Brutality 1- Blinding Rage: Ashrah releases a torrent of light the blinds the opponent and turns the screen white Cracks, whacks, and bams are heard along with a x ray showing bones breaking. The screen returns to normal as Ashrah is shown over a defeated opponent and bows.

Brutality 2- Lightburn: Ashrah’s whole body turns into light. She then rushes past her opponent in a flash leaving her opponent sunburned. They scream in pain before falling to the ground twitching.

Friendship: Ashrah creates a ball of light tossing it into the air where is sparkles like a disco ball. She is then shown doing the Tango with her opponent music playing as the two do a final pose.

Blaze (Secret fight, ???)- A fire elemental who appeared out of nowhere on the Island. Aggressive and not very trusting he will assume the worst from any who find him and will attack. Though he appears to know and trust Ashrah, showing a strange connection between the two

Flame Ball: Blaze shoots a flaming projectile at his opponent.

Flame Uppercut: Blaze performs an uppercut on the opponent.

Flame Charge: Blaze charges at the opponent.

Flaming Teleport: Blaze teleports with a fire pit, rising on the other side, behind his opponent

Blazing Crack: Blaze hits/kicks the ground, sending a stream of fire that cracks the ground in its wake at his opponent.

Flamethrower: Shoots a torrent of flames that stuns the opponent as the put themselves out

Plume: He causes an eruption of flame from underneath his opponent that knocks them off their feet.

Brutality 1- Stomped out: Blaze roars out before shooting a plume of fire at his opponent. Their clothes are set on fire as they panic trying to put themselves out dropping to the ground and rolling. Blaze rushes in and repeatedly kicks and stomps them until they stop moving and the fire goes out.

Brutality 2- Eruption: Blaze yells creating a hole beneath his opponent which they get stuck in. He then chants and waves his hands about as the ground shakes before with a fiery  explosion his opponent is sent into the air screaming

Friendship: Blaze creates a fireball before shooting it into the sky where it becomes fireworks. The opponent looks on is awe as Blaze shoots more fireworks into the sky illuminating the area.

Koran (Sub-Boss, 14)- The Princess of the Shokan and daughter of Queen Sheeva. Despite her strength she is a shy girl, unsure of herself and whether she is worthy of being a member of the mighty warrior race. She was approached by the master of this New Mortal Kombat to be her champion and fight for her, telling her that this will test her and show that she is a warrior. Eager to make her mother proud she joins forming a friendship with the mysterious master and serving as one final challenge for the Kombatants.

Fireball: Koran shoots four green fireballs from her arms.

Leaping Stomp: Goro jumps off the screen and lands butt first on the opponent with a yelp.

Shokan Pummel: Koran grabs the opponent in her bottom hands, then palms the opponents face with her upper hands, and either smashes them on the ground or flings them across the arena.

Tremor Pound: Koran jumps at the ground with all her arms making an earthquake which damages any ground bound opponent.

Brutality 1- Shokan Pretzel: Koran grabs her opponent by their four limbs and stretches them out making them scream in pain. She then twists them up into a ball before dropping them to the ground and placing a foot atop of them.

Brutality 2- Princess of Pain: Koran jabs her opponent in the gut with her lower hands and causes them to keel over. They leave themselves open for her to grab and hold them upside down. Before leaping high into the air and delivering a brutal piledriver that cracks the earth, the opponent's skull, and rattles their spine!

Friendship: Koran grabs her opponent and starts to juggle them with various other objects, making the two laugh as she does

Connie Tsung (Final Boss, 12)- The last plan of the Villainous Shang Tsung. Made from his flesh pits with his own DNA and the DNA of another, the blood of the sorcerer runs through her veins. Capable of using his magic as well as some of her own she has set up this tournament in hopes of getting enough powerful souls to help her enter Shang Tsung's Vault and gain access to the well of souls within, believing it will give her unfathomable power so that she may rule the realms one day. But is that what she really wants? She shows hesitancy in this mission and kindness towards others. Plus with the right words you can throw her off guard and she shows a lot of Awkwardness. But even with all that she is the final challenge able to mimic her opponents, cast spells, and while she can’t fully absorb a soul it will be enough to down anyone foolish enough to face her.

Flaming Skulls: Connie Tsung sends a fiery skull flying at her opponent. Can throw 3 in quick succession.

Flaming Skull Eruption: ConnieTsung summons her fiery skulls to burst out of the ground in a series of three, directed towards her.

Soul Steal: Connie Tsung steals a small portion of his opponent's life force adding it to her own.

Body Switch: Reading from a mystic scroll, Connie Tsung will switch places with her opponent.

Soul Strike: Connie sends out a soul double of one of the characters to attack using their signature move. They will also take a hit for her if they are in the way.

Soul Pawn: After taking enough hits Connie will jump out of the battle arena and create a Soul double of one of the fighters to fight for her instead. They will have all the moves they do but be slightly quicker to defeat than normal, Beating them will get connie back in the fight

Brutality 1- Soul Beatdown: Connie pulls out her scroll and reads from it summoning sould pawns of all the fighters. They all wail on the opponent before Connie comes in from above stomping down on their face into the ground. She wipes her shoe on their head before she and all the pawns bow.

Brutality 2- YOUR SOUL IS MINE: Connie says “Your soul is mine” before grabbing her opponent off the ground. Their souls goes into her as their flailing gets weaker and their body becomes grey. Connie then throws them to the ground breathing heavily as they squirm weakly.

Friendship: Connie folds her legs and floats in the air as she pulls out Unfamiliar Familiar. She then starts reading out loud her opponent sitting down as they listen soon being joined by the soul pawns who listen on intently.

Stages: All stages are connected and have transitions that can do damage to you opponent when hit through the correct side of the arena.

Island Gates/The Beach: Where your Journey starts. If you hit your opponent through the Island gates they will fall down the steps and crash on the sandy Beach. If you hit your opponent near the stage on the Beach they will be sent flying and crash through the Island gates

Courtyard/The Garden: Where a lot of the battles  are supposed to take place. However getting hit out of the ring will send you into the Garden. And if you are hit into the Garden’s pond a monstrous plant will grab you, swing ya around and fling ya back into the arena.

The Pit: An iconic arena of Mortal Kombat, though time was not kind to it. Blood, guts and time have withered the once sharp edges into dull points. Being hit near the edge will send you falling, bouncing off the now dull points, softening your fall before you land on your face still alive but in a whole lotta pain.

Warrior Shrine/The Bathhouse: A monument to the Kombatants of Mortal Kombat 1. Being punched at the Goro Statue will send you flying over an edge and crashing into the bathhouse. Being uppercutted in the bathhouse will send you flying into a fountain that will rocket you back to the shrine.

Throne Room/Goro's Lair: The great hall where you meet the master of the tournament. Getting uppercutted in the center will send you crashing into a chandelier causing it to fall through the floor into Goro’s  Lair. Being uppercutted in the Lair will send you through the ceiling back to the throne room.

The Vault Doors/The Well of Souls: The site of the final battle. Being kicked through the doors will send you to the Well of souls for the final battle.

Minigames: Throughout the arcade mode depending on the difficulty you will deal with 1, 2, 3, or 4 minigames for extra points.

Test Your Might: Face off against another opponent as you try to break through objects for points. Are you strong enough?

Test Your Strike: Face off against another opponent as you try to break a specific object  without breaking what's around it. Knowing restraint is key here.

Test Your Sight: Face off against another opponent as Connie places a coin under a cup and uses her magic to shift them about. Can you find the coin? She will use anywhere to 3-7 cups.

Test Your Balance: Face off against another opponent as you both balance on a board while dodging objects thrown at you. First to fall loses.

Test Your Luck: Face off against another opponent as Connie selects 3-7 random spells from her scroll which will create stage hazards, buffs, and de-buffs. Are you feeling lucky today?

Cinematic Trailer:

We thought the Kombat was over

A stormy chinese Castle gate is shown rain pouring down as a figure walks up to the gate. 

That the fighting could stop 

A throne rooms dark interior is shown, shadowy footsteps heard through the halls

That no more blood had to be spilled

Lightning Crashes revealing Absolute Zero standing before the gate. Another Crash reveals rain standing before her the two staring down as icy mist circles her hands.

That all evils were vanquished, that we could finally have peace. WE WERE WRONG.

In the main hall of the throne room Connie is shown sitting and reading a book until the barefoot of Kobra catches her attention. The young warrior looks up at Connie with disdain as she closes her book without looking at him giving him a sideways glance green shown in her eyes.

It was only a matter of time before the tournament returned, but we didn’t think it would be so soon. These next battles no longer fall on us, but them.

Absolute does some katas before taking her stance, Rain doing the same as another bolt of lighting strikes down

New lines will be drawn, new battles fought

Kobra roars out in anger setting his fists on fire before pointing at Connie. With no reaction Connie levitates herself with a green aura. Landing in front of him she calmly takes her stance as he takes his.

Heroes will rise and evil’s shall awaken.

Over Absolute and Rain two figures are shown watching above. One with kind and concerned eyes, the other with Malicious intent.

The Next Generation of Kombat has BEGUN 

A close up of Kobra’s face is shown before he lets out a battlecry and runs forward. We are then shown Absolute and Rain in mid charge and yelling. Before finally going back to Kobra and Connie running and yelling. Kobra with his fire fist and Connie with a green energy punch.

    Absolute and Rain go at it the icy Ninja throwing a flurry of punches all of which were parried easily opening her up to a jab to the face. Zero stumbles back but then shoots a beam of ice to the ground below Rain causing him to slip and land on his back. Zero rushes in and slams her foot down only for Rain to roll out of the way letting her foot crack the ice. Rain swept her leg causing her to fall back and him to flip up to his feet. And just as he got up with a “HYAH!” he threw a roundhouse to her face. With a THWACK she was sent flying back screaming.

   We are then shown Kobra flying back and smacking into a pillar before landing on the ground. Connie stood before her speaking in an indecipherable language green aura surrounding her hands as the ground beneath Kobra shook. Kobra immediately rolled out of the way and to his feet and three fireballs emerged from the ground. Kobra immediately fired his own at Connie who made a shield with her soul energy. The fireball connected with a BOOM, but as soon as the smoke cleared Kobra was flying at her with a kick. Time slowed as a KRACK filled the air, the kick connecting with her face the bones in her jaw creaking from the impact.

   Rain is shown stumbling back nursing his jaw. Zero then rushes forward creating a trail of ice before her which she skated on. She skated by him throwing an elbow to his face which sent him spinning. Zero then stopped herself and threw a flurry of kicks to his body forcing him back before throwing a punch. Rain grabs Zero’s wrist before twisting it and her arm getting yelp from her, then kicking her face as he lets go. As Zero stumbled back, Rain shot out a stream of high pressure water to her face, the Ice Kunoichi screamed as she was assaulted and sent back holding her face. Rain goes in for another kick but Zero drops back into the ground becoming Ice and vanishing letting Rain hit nothing. Zero appears behind and slams a punch into Rain’s spine. He lets out a scream as he feels his spine bend and the bones crack.

    Connie stumbles forward holding her back only for Kobra to grab both her arms pulling them back and firing a knee into her spine making her scream. Kobra then spun her around grabbing her by the hair and headbutting her before throwing two knees to her gut. He goes for another punch only for Connie to parry and grab his arm, with a “YAH!” she flipped him overhead and onto his back with a grunt. As Kobra got back to his feet Connie pulled out a scroll just as he leapt at her the scroll glowed and engulfed the two in soul energy. Kobra found himself where Connie was back turned as Connie where Kobra was throwing her flaming skull. Kobra turned around just in time for the skull to connect with his chest, making him spit out some blood as he felt his ribcage crack from the attack.

    Rain falls on his back with a grunt as Zero stands over him, she readies to attack only to scream as a Yellow bolt slammed on her back. Absolute falls forward revealing Tanya with an evil grin as she looks down at the two preparing to finish them off, only for a Pink shield to fly past her. She looks back at Steven looking at her seriously before taking a stance. Tanya smiles and charges with a battlecry leaping into the air and a downward kick only for Steven to dodge. He does a kick only for her to lean back dodging and kicks his leg, with this moment she unleashes two kicks to his body going for a third to the head. Steven however catches the kick and then slams his elbow on the side of her knee. She screams hobbling back nursing her leg only for Steven to rush in with a punch to the gut. She gags spitting out saliva as she doubles over only to be straightened up by an uppercut to the chin. Her body swayed a bit until Steven slammed his fist in the back of her head forcing her face first into the ground. Steven yells out jumping in the air and stomping both feet onto her head. A KRUNCH is heard as he lands on her face burying into the ground with cracks forming and her body jerking from the impact.

    Inside Connie jumped on her toes blocking blows from Kobra before throwing out a punch, only for him to catch it inches from his neck. Connie however quickly unfurled her fist and jabbed the tips of her fingers right into his Adam's apple causing him to gag and stumble back. Connie goes in yelling Kiai’s as she laid into Kobra’s body with a flurry of blows ending with a kick to the gut then sent him back holding his gut. Connie then raises her hand with a yell as soul energy surges around her, from behind a green shadowy figure rises up and traps Kobra in a full nelson. Kobra struggles to escape but is too late, Connie rushing in with a punch to his nose. With a BAM the punch collided with Kobra screaming out as he felt the bones around his nose begin to fracture.

     Steven’s head flew back as he took a step back wiping the blood from his nose only to lean back and dodge a kick from Tanya. She then however is able to throw a kick to his lower leg stopping his movements. Catching him instantly lays two body punches into him before forcing her palm into his chin making him spit out blood. As he stumbles back Tanya jumps forward landing on his shoulders, then with a Twist and a CRACK twists his neck and head harshly to the side. Steven screams out in pain as she jumps off and he falls to his knees holding his neck and gagging. Tanya raises her foot over his head and brings it down only for her heel to meet his shield appearing behind. Steven then quickly rolls out of the way and then throws a bubble to her face smacking her nose and sending her back with a yelp. Steven flips up to his feet and goes with quick punches to her body followed by an elbow to the face. As her head flies to the side she throws a punch only for Steven to dodge, wrap his arm around hers and then send an uppercut to her chin. Tanya could head the bones cracking in her ears as the uppercut collided with her jaw. Her brain rattled as she felt a tooth come loose.

They will Struggle like they never had before

Kobra is shown on the ground slowly picking himself up as Connie paces Blood dripping from his nose.

But it will help them be ready for what’s to come

Steven breathes heavily as Tanya stumbles before him trying to stay on her feet with a groan

The first step to becoming True Kombatants

Connie sways her hands speaking a chant as green energy surges around her. She then grabs Kobra by the head lifting him up off the ground. Connie yells out as her eyes glow green and Green energy syphons from Kobra into her making him scream.

Steven meanwhile summons another bubble in the palm of his hands and looks at Tanya as he throws it into the air. Tanya tries to raise her hand only for Steven to kick the bubble into her face, sending her head back as it comes back to him. Steven then proceeds to repeatedly kick the ball hitting Tanya’s body and face forcing her back to the large doors.

Connie continues sucking the soul out of Kobra, his movement becoming weaker and his body turning grey. Connie stops looking winded as she looks at the weakened Kobra dropping him back to the ground. Meanwhile Tanya’s back was pressed against the door as Steven jumped in the air and kicked the bubble once more to her face with all his had. The bubble impacted and smashed her through the doors before popping. Tanya groans as she lays before Connie’s feet, Connie looks up and sees Steven walk through the smashed door wiping some blood from his nose. The two exchange a small smile before taking their stances

The Next Story must be told

The two stare down breathing hard, until at the same time they both yell “FIGHT!” as they rush each other to attack

MORTAL KOMBAT/STEVEN UNIVERSE  THE NEXT GENERATION

Secrets: Like any Mortal Kombbat there are secrets to unlock. Two secret fights and unlockables for yout time.

Blaze Fight: At The Pit, Look to the Moon. Look out for a fireball gliding past - this will occur every 6th game. Win Double Flawless Victory with Fatality without Blocking at all. A message will appear. YOU WANT TO FIGHT ME? LET’S SEE IF YOU CAN HANDLE THE HEAT! The fight happens at the bottom of the pit. Winning this battle will give you 10,000,000 points and unlock him for fights.

Blaze will appear before fights to give hints how to fight him.

I am Blaze

You must Find me to beat me

You must face me alone

Perfection is the key

Fatality is the key

10,000,000 Points if you destroy me

Look to La Luna (The Moon)

Where did that airhead go?

TIP EHT FO MOTTOB (Reverse it)

Blocking will get you Nowhere

Ashrah fight: You must win 6 single player fights in a row with flawless victories. After the sixth win a message will Appear. I WISH TO TEST YOUR SKILL. COME AT ME WITH ALL YOU GOT! This fight will happen at the Garden. Winning this will net you 10,000,000 points and unlock her for play.

Ashrah will appear before fights to give hints how to fight her.

I am Ashrah, nice to meet you

Six is a magic number

Ermaca Who?

I Will Meet You In the Garden

Have you met my hotheaded friend?

Perfection is the key

Alone Is How You Will Find Me

One Day We Will Fight!

You must be Flawless

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Mortal Kombat (2021) vs. Mortal Kombat (1995): Which is Better?

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This article contains Mortal Kombat (2021) spoilers.

“Test your might.” These are the words of a minigame in the original Mortal Kombat arcade fighter from 1992. They were meant to signal an interlude between the simple pleasures of digitized sprites spilling buckets of blood. Yet they’ve also become synonymous with a franchise that’s arguably the most popular video game fighter of all-time. The phrase is also a pretty apt description for the various filmmakers who’ve attempted the challenge of taming this crazy dragon on screen.

More than any other video game series, Mortal Kombat has seen a plethora of live-action adaptations, from Hollywood movies to syndicated television. This weekend marks another milestone in that history, too, with Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s hotly anticipated Mortal Kombat reboot opening in theaters and premiering on HBO Max. It’s the third Mortal Kombat movie released under the New Line banner, but let’s just call it the second serious attempt at putting this universe on screen after the 1995 cult classic directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.

That ’95 movie holds the dubious honor of being generally considered the best video game movie adaptation of all-time, thanks to a tongue-in-cheek tone perfect for its mid-‘90s moment and maybe the greatest use of techno music in film. Genuinely, how many other pictures have the soundtrack scream the title of the movie over and over again, and it seems like a good idea?

The new movie took a different approach to the material, and certainly a bloodier one. While both adaptations share the same basic premise of chosen “Earthrealm” guardians protecting our dimension from an invading force via martial arts fights, the executions diverge radically. Here’s how.

The Story

The starkly different approach to storytelling in director Simon McQuoid’s 2021 Mortal Kombat is evident during the film’s opening scene. Beginning in 1600s Japan with a gnarly, brutal fight sequence between Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) and Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada), this version of Mortal Kombat relies heavily on lore and world-building. If you know the video game backstory of Sub-Zero/Bi-Han, and how he was kidnapped as a child by the Lin Kuei cult so they could brainwash him into the magical ninja we now see slaughtering Scorpion’s family, the scene has a sense of fateful tragedy.

If you don’t, well Taslim and Sanada are such gifted martial artists that it still looks really cool. By contrast, Mortal Kombat of the ’95 vintage is pretty straightforward and to the point. This is basically an interdimensional version of the Bruce Lee classic, Enter the Dragon (1973), only with magical powers and the fate of the world at stake.

We’re introduced to three fighters in ‘95, Liu Kang (Robin Shou), Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby), and Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), who all get on a boat to the tournament for different reasons. And while Liu Kang was raised by his Shaolin monk upbringing to know what this tournament is, the other two act as our eyes and ears into this strange world of mysticism and Outworld menace. By the time they reach the island, they understand they need to compete with superpowered foes to save Earth in a structured tournament.

Conversely, Mortal Kombat (2021) is curiously both more secretive and open about its bizarre universe. For a much larger chunk of its running time, the new movie’s point-of-view character Cole Young (Lewis Tan) is completely mystified by the superpowered horrors happening around him while the viewer is keyed in early by scenes set in the evil dimension of Outworld. There we see the dastardly sorcerer Shang Tsung (Chin Han) scheme from a throne about killing Cole in order to prevent a prophecy vaguely connected with the movie’s prologue scene in the 1600s. So he sends Sub-Zero to kill Cole in his day-to-day life as an MMA fighter, slaughtering him before he understands he’s been chosen to participate in the sacred Mortal Kombat tournament, which is held in secret every generation.

In fact, there is no actual tournament in the new film. Rather the plot eventually becomes Shang Tsung’s chosen band of evil warriors attempting to cheat ahead of the conflict by attacking Earthrealm’s depleted champions before they even discover they have superpowers (or “arcanas”) and know what Mortal Kombat is. The film thus becomes a quest movie with Cole joining forces with other “chosen ones” (or chosen one-aspirants) to find the Temple of Raiden, a lightning god (played by Tadanobu Asano) who represents the interests of Earthrealm in the tournaments. From there the heroes must learn their powers and evade preemptive, cheating attacks from Outworld’s thuggish baddies.

Side by side, the approaches appear to be the differences between a traditional (if derivative) martial arts flick and a modern studio blockbuster that is trying to cram as much fan service and world-building lore into a two-hour movie as possible in the hopes of making fanboys happy. I hesitate to say the 2021 film is fully following the Marvel Studios template given its copious amounts of blood and (seeming) lack of interest in building a shared universe of interconnected franchises. However, the 2021 film was certainly released in a post-Marvel world where the focus in studio committee rooms is less on telling a single story and more on building a whole convoluted mythology filled with fan favorite characters who are begging to be explored endlessly by future movies. It’s less story-driven than it is content-driven.

As a result, it leaves the narrative lacking. Viewers know long before Cole or 2021’s Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) what’s going on, and all the anticipation for a tournament that never materializes feels anti-climactic. With its simple structure, the Anderson-directed movie in the ‘90s plays out much more satisfyingly with three heroes (plus poor dead meat like “Art Lean”) entering a tournament by choice or trickery and then trying to survive it while learning vanilla, if tangible, life lessons. Liu Kang needs to accept his destiny; Johnny Cage must look before he leaps; and Sonya has to accept she’ll be the film’s damsel in distress even though she kicks ass. It’s an Enter the Dragon knockoff but it still has more kick than fan service.

Round One goes to 1995.

The Tone

The tone and aesthetics are also jarringly different between the two movies. Released in 1995, the same year Pierce Brosnan became James Bond, and two years before Arnold Schwarzenegger chilled out as Mr. Freeze, Mortal Kombat (1995) is an unmistakably campy movie and it leans into that fact.

Working with a low budget for a Hollywood spectacle even before New Line Cinema cut his funds by another $2 million right before cameras rolled, Anderson directed a B-movie that accepted its limitations and had fun with it. Apparently stars Ashby and Christopher Lambert, who played Lord Raiden in the ’95 movie, improvised dialogue throughout the shoot and rewrote entire scenes. As a consequence, Lambert’s lightning god was more of a jovial trickster in temperament, reminiscent of Loki instead of Odin. Johnny Cage, meanwhile, was essentially the film’s Han Solo: a cocksure wiseacre next to the stoic hero (Liu Kang) and a no-nonsense woman who doesn’t like to be called princess (Sonya).

As again signaled by the almost funereal opening sequence of Mortal Kombat (2021), where Sub-Zero murders Scorpion’s young family, the 2021 film is going for a differing sensibility. There is actually quite a bit of humor still present, with the real reason the Johnny Cage character got cut becoming apparent the moment we meet Kano (Josh Lawson), a loudmouth smartass who takes on the comic relief role but with an added slice of thuggery. Hence his dialogue has a lot more F-bombs than it does cracks about $500 sunglasses.

Other than moments where Kano is allowed to steal scenes, however, Mortal Kombat (2021) plays it pretty straight. Asano’s Raiden is imperious and his fighters stoic. However, it’s also worth noting Raiden is played by a Japanese actor, as opposed to a white American-born Frenchman who was raised in Switzerland (Lambert has quite the international background). Indeed, one of the more admirable qualities of the 2021 film is the focus on a diverse cast that includes more roles for Asian actors and people of color, whereas the 1995 film whitewashed Raiden and left out the Black American character Jax for little more than a cameo.

The 2021 film also upped the gore quotient considerably. While the martial arts of the 1995 film were decidedly PG-13, the tone of the movie was only a few steps removed from Power Rangers in some respects, including its introduction of a horrible CGI creation known as Reptile. The Reptile in the 2021 film appears more convincingly, like the latest monstrosity out of a Jurassic World lab, and the violence he commits is visually gruesome (more on that later).

Honestly, preferences over the aesthetic differences between the two films comes down to a matter of taste. I prefer the tongue-in-cheek eye rolls of the 1995 film given how nonsensical this universe is, and how at the end of the day its target audience remains children. Yet I imagine many adult fans of the video games will prefer the blood-soaked earnestness found in 2021.

Round Two is a draw.

Chosen Players

Anyone who’s picked up a fighting game will tell you it’s all about finding a character or two you like and then training up with them. In 1995, Anderson had the advantage of primarily adapting the original 1992 arcade game with its limited collection of playable characters. Ergo, his film’s lineup easily focused on the three aforementioned heroes of Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya Blade, plus the ambiguous Princess Kitana (Talisa Soto), and Lord Raiden. Meanwhile he divided his villain screen time between the sorcerer Shang Tsung (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) and Shang Tsung’s minions, who were essentially glorified Bond henchmen with individual gimmicks.

Fan favorites Sub-Zero and Scorpion are present in the ’95 movie—with much more colorful, game-accurate costumes—yet they’re relatively low-hanging fruit in the tournament’s brackets. Their rivalry is given lip-service but they are dispatched by heroes Liu Kang and Johnny Cage relatively easily. Meanwhile Trevor Goddard’s Kano is more a hapless comic relief baddie who Wilson-Sampras’ Sonya kills with a great laugh line. “Give me a break,” Kano pleads with his head pinned between her thighs. “Okay,” she shoots back before snapping his neck.

Still, the movie largely belongs to Tagawa who makes a meal out of the scenery as the big bad. The guttural pleasure he has in so naturally turning all the over-the-top commands in the video game into his dialogue—“Finish Him!;” “Fatality;” “Test Your Might”—is infectious.

The 2021 film relies on a much larger cast of characters and, unlike the 1995 movie, attempts to give them each a moment to shine in the way Kitana and the original Kano could only dream. This surprisingly begins with the introduction of a totally new character in Cole Young as our point-of-view protagonist. While fan favorite Liu Kang was the hero in ’95, the character is now a supporting player played by Ludi Lin in 2021. And he’s not alone. The new Liu Kang’s cousin, Kung Lao (Max Huang), also gets enough screen time to show off his character’s beloved razor-rimmed hat, which he dispatches one of the movie’s villains with.

There is also the new Sonya, who may have the most complete arc as she strives to be accepted as a champion for Earthrealm, and Jax (Mechad Brooks), who is Sonya’s partner with the chosen one birthmark and who gets a new nasty origin story for his metal arms. And then the new Kano spends as much time working with the good guys as he does becoming a villain in an entirely rushed and unconvincing third act plot twist.

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There are even more villains, most of whom amount to glorified cameos, including Mileena (Sisi Stringer), Nitara (Mel Jarnson), and Kabal (Daniel Nelson). However, they’re all even more perfunctory than Sub-Zero and Scorpion were in 1995. At least the ‘90s ninjas each got a few minutes to show off before being dispatched. Even the ostensible main villain of 2021, the new Shang Tsung, is fairly underserved, left to state banal dialogue from a throne without a throne room, and he’s never allowed to dominate scenes the way Tagawa did so gleefully back in the day.

Unfortunately, this is because the 2021 film has so many characters that it lacks any sense of narrative focus or cohesion. Tan’s arc of wanting to learn his power/arcana to defend his family is as broad and serviceable a hook as Shou’s 1995 Liu Kang wanting to avenge the murder of his brother. But Tan’s Cole Young gets lost in the shuffle after the first act and until the movie’s ending. Character turns like Kano betraying the other heroes similarly feels hackneyed because there is too much noise on screen to really care about who’s making it. Even Kang Lao’s death falls flat. It’s admirable that it’s a good guy fans theoretically should care about (unlike 1995’s token Black character created by the filmmakers to die), but the 2021 movie fails to make the uninitiated be concerned.

Of course there are exceptions. Namely Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Even though Scorpion ill-advisedly disappears for nearly all of the movie’s running time after the film’s terrific opening 10 minutes, Sanada has such presence, and such strong chemistry with Taslim’s Sub-Zero, that their opening salvo leaves you waiting the rest of the movie for Scorpion’s revenge. Taslim is also able to give Sub-Zero some surprisingly tangible, if only hinted at, pathos even after he kills a kid in his first scene and is then forced to act behind a mask thereafter. He’s the real villain of the piece you want to see go down, and his death scene is incredibly satisfying as a result.

It’s probably enough for fans of the games to favor this kitchen sink approach. But overall, less is more.

Round Three goes to 1995.

Fight Scenes

If there is one realm where the 2021 movie truly excels in over the previous film, this is it. And yes, a big part of that is the gore quotient. Whereas the 1995 flick was produced with a PG-13 rating in mind (my elementary school thanks New Line for that), the 2021 movie was able to embrace the gross out charm that made the original game stand out at the arcade all those decades ago. Street Fighter might’ve been first, but only Mortal Kombat let you pull the other player’s spine out.

While that effect doesn’t quite happen in the 2021 movie, almost everything else does. Nitara goes face first into a Kung Lao’s buzzsaw hat, which cuts her cleanly in half; Sub-Zero freezing Jax’s arms and then shattering them in a stomach-churning effect; and instead of going off a cliff, Prince Goro is disemboweled by Cole Young—which almost makes up for the fact that Goro is reduced to a mindless mute this time.

It’s like a highlight reel of fatalities from the video game. But the reason why this film’s fight scenes really stand above the 1995 film isn’t the bloodletting; it’s the action leading up to it. With brutal fight choreography, the new Mortal Kombat shines whenever it lets actors who can actually do the stunts take the arena. That includes Lewis Tan, whose Cole Young mostly fights other MMA types or CG monsters. But it’s especially true for Joe Taslim of The Raid fame. As the villainous Sub-Zero, his moves are lightning quick, even if his powers leave opponents frozen stiff. So when he shares the screen with Tan or Sanada, the action reveals an auhentic flair.

In comparison, the 1995 film suffers a bit from the sin Johnny Cage is trying to dodge within the story: it relies on stunt doubles and tight editing to make the fights exciting. It’s a shame too since Shou is an excellent martial artist, and the one scene he got to choreograph—Liu Kang versus Reptile—has an edge. But much of the time, Shou’s constrained by the direction and editing. Ashby and Wilson-Sampras, conversely, are not actual martial artists, though credit must be given to Wilson-Sampras for doing all her own stunts when getting the role of Sonya at the last minute.

Still, the fights stand taller in 2021. It’s a bit of a shame though that the movie is so heavily edited that it too often hides this fact. Unlike the 1995 ensemble, most of the cast has the moves in 2021, but the editing still feels stuck in the past with its reliance on confounding quick cuts and coverage. During our current era of John Wick and Atomic Blonde this is both a bizarre and disappointing choice. Nevertheless, this is an easy call.

Round Four goes to 2021.

Ending

The final fight was relatively satisfying in 1995. Tagawa is a preening villain, and when the Immortals’ techno “Mortal Kombat” theme plays, it’s a pleasure to watch Liu Kang wipe that smug smile off Shang Tsung’s face. However, the ending keeps going with a Star Wars-esque sendoff to Liu Kang’s force ghost brother, and then the movie undermines its catharsis by immediately setting up a sequel.

In the picture’s final moments, our three heroes, plus Kitana, return to the real-life Thai temple that’s supposed to be Liu Kang’s home. Lord Raiden waits for them there, getting some final sideways cracks in before Outworld’s evil emperor Shao Khan appears like a giant specter in the clouds. He immediately threatens an Earthrealm invasion, despite losing the tournament.

I can attest that in 1995, this was a stunning cliffhanger for eight-year-olds everywhere. But then… Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), one of the worst films of the late ‘90s, happened.

Meanwhile in the 2021 film, we have a much more satisfying death for its villain when Scorpion returns from hell to send Sub-Zero to the hot place. Their fight is much more technically satisfying, and the cliffhanger setup is a lot more subtle. After defeating Shang Tsung’s warriors, if not Shang Tsung himself, the heroes of Earthrealm saved us all without an actual tournament ever occurring. And instead of Outworld cheating in this moment by invading anyway, they retreat. It’s an odd choice since they’ve been cheating the whole film, so why start playing by the rules now?

Even so, it leaves a destination for a second movie to actually head toward. And to tease that fact further, it’s implied Cole Young will now travel to Hollywood to recruit movie star Johnny Cage for a sequel. It’s pure fan service, but the kind that leaves the possibility open for better things to come. Considering we know where the 1995 movie’s cliffhanger leads—to pits of cinematic hell worse than any faced by Scorpion in the last 400 years—this is a victory for 2021 by default.

Round Five goes to 2021.

Final Victor

Ultimately, neither of these films are high art nor do they aspire to be. In some ways, it’s a case of picking your poison between schlock or schlock. Each has advantages over the other, as laid out above, and each is a long way from a flawless victory. Nonetheless, due simply to narrative and tonal cohesiveness, and just more memorable lead characters, I’ll go with the one that actually gets to the tournament this whole damn thing’s designed around.

Game over.

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La historia de la Baja 500 que vive su edición 52 la próxima semana

La próxima semana en San Felipe, México, se realizará la edición número 52 de la Baja 500, una de las carreras más importantes de la serie SCORE International y del calendario off-road de Norteamérica. Pilotos como Robby Gordon, el campeón defensor Andy McMillin y Bryce Menzies están en la lista de inscritos para competir en la clase principal de Trophy Trucks a partir del próximo 22 de septiembre. Las 493 millas se correrán el sábado 26 de septiembre con un recorrido esperado de 10 horas de carrera para los punteros. En esta nota te invitamos a revisar un poco la historia de esta competencia.

El inicio

La primera Baja 500 se corrió en 1969 organizada por NORRA. En esa ocasión, la carrera se corrió en Ensenada, Baja California y fue ganada por la dupla formada por Bud Ekins y Guy Jones en un Baja Boot 4x4 de ruedas descubiertas con motor Oldsmobile, en tanto que la carrera de motos se la llevó la dupla de Doug Douglass y Jim McClurg a bordo de una Ducati. 

La primera de la historia de SCORE

En 1974, la organización de la Baja 500 se traspasó a SCORE, pero por problemas legales se llamó  SCORE Baja Internacional y no Baja 500 hasta 1991. La edición de 1974 fue organizada por el reconocido Mickey Thompson y Sal Fish.  Bobby Ferro se llevó su tercera Baja 500 a bordo de un Volkswagen Sandmaster ese año. Ferro ganaría cuatro Baja 500 en su carrera. Por su parte,  Mitch Mayes y A.C. Bakken ganaron la edición de motos en una Husqvarna.

Los mejores

El piloto más exitoso de la historia de la Baja 500 es  Larry Roeseler con 11 victorias generales en la competencia: 9 en motos y 2 en autos. Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart anotó 10 victorias generales que son el récord por lejos en autos. Lo sigue con 5 victorias generales en autos: ‘Lightning’ Larry Ragland, en tanto que con 4 triunfos generales están Bobby Ferro, Robby Gordon y Malcolm Smith. La marca más exitosa en autos es Ford con 13 triunfos generales y en motos, Honda ha ganado 21 veces.

Héroes de otras categorías

Varios pilotos de otras categorías motor han probado las aguas de la Baja 500: Robby Gordon, Rick Mears, Roger Mears, Parnelli Jones, Danny Ongias, Danny Sullivan, Jimmy Vasser, Roberto Guerrero, Michel Jourdain Jr., Johnny Unser, Mike Groff y Robbie Groff hicieron su carrera en IndyCar y corrieron en la Baja.  Robby Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Boris Said y Brendan Gaughan también largaron en NASCAR y en la Baja. Ricky Brabec, Cyril Despres y Marc Coma, campeones del Dakar han corrido en la categoría de motocicletas. Desde el motocross,  Ricky Johnson y Jeremy McGrath probaron la competencia off-road en México.  La estrella de los X-Games, Travis Pastrana, también ha competido, además de las leyendas de Pikes Peak, Ryhs Millen y Rod Millen. 

Los latinoamericanos

Ha habido solamente dos ganadores en autos que no hayan sido de Estados Unidos en esta carrera que se realiza normalmente en México:  Carlos “Apdaly” López en 2015 y  Gustavo “Tavo” Vildosola Jr en 2016. En motos, solo una vez se ha presentado un equipo con participantes fuera de Estados Unidos:  Francisco Arredondo de Guatemala y  Roberto Villalobos de México integraron un equipo con  Shane Esposito y Justin Morgan en 2017.

Conociendo lugares

La Baja 500 se ha corrido 46 veces en Ensenada, 3 veces en Ojos Negros, una vez en Barstow, California y una vez en San Felipe donde se realizará esta edición. Las motos han corrido todas las ediciones exceptuando 1989.

Una gran lista de participantes

Un total de 13.338 vehículos se han inscrito en la Baja 500 en sus 51 años de historia para un promedio de 261,5 vehículos por edición. De estos vehículos, solamente 7.384 han finalizado, es decir un 55,4% de los participantes han terminado la carrera.

No te pierdas nuestra cobertura de la 52° Baja 500 la próxima semana. 

Imagen: Prensa Sara Price

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[katehuntington]

Kate’s 300 followers challenge

300 followers; this calls for a celebration! And how better to celebrate this SPN blog that is about fanfiction and fanart, than to host a challenge!

The Theme:

The Unofficial Soundtrack of Supernatural

So many songs remind me of Supernatural and fit their amazing journey perfectly, but where never used on the show. That’s why I build a list of a 100 of my favorite songs that instantly make me think of the beautiful characters of this series.

The Challenge:

Pick a song from the list and take out either a line, a verse or use the entire song for your fanfiction or fanart. Write, paint, draw or edit the song into the story that you are telling.

The Rules:

Both written art and graphic art can participate, as long as it’s Supernatural related. Poems, fanfiction, drawings, graphics, video, you name it. The creator is completely free to choose. You are allowed to pick more than one song, too!

Send me a message with your choice of song. I will update the original post as soon as possible once people will send in their picks.

Mention the song at the top of the post or in the title. 

No Wincest. No Smut!Weechester. Not that I am against anyone writing it, but I would like to read and review every entry, and I don’t read this type of ships because they are not my thing. Other ships like Saileen, Destiel, Deanna, Megstiel, Reader x ... etc. are fine. 

You can create fluff, angst, smut, reader insert, OFC. Knock yourself out. Do remember to list trigger warnings at the top of your post.

For the writers: there is no minimum or maximum to words. When your story is over 500 words, remember to use the ‘Keep reading’ option.

When you use imagery (or even just gifs), remember to stick to the Tumblr guidelines. It would be a shame if anything got flagged.

I would like to be able to read and check out all the beautiful things you all are going to create, so use the tag #Kate’s 300 followers challenge. 

I will reblog all the artwork that stick to the rules above.

The Challenge ends on July 27th 2019. That gives you 3 months!

The List:

The list can be found on Spotify. Type ‘Kate’s 300 followers challenge’ in Spotify’s search engine to find it, or click the link. *CLICK*

You can also find the list if you scroll down and click ‘Keep reading.’

I cannot WAIT to see all you wonderful entries! This is gonna be so much fun. Bring it, people! Bring me all the wonderful art you girls and boys create.

Don’t hesitate to spread, tag and reblog this post! The more the merrier! 

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Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival

With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker

American Pie - Don McLean

Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Dust In The Wind - Kansas

Death And All His Friends - Coldplay

Livin’ On The Edge - Aerosmith

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Another 45 Miles - Golden Earring

Let It Be - The Beatles

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - @coffee-obsessed-writer

Alive - Pearl Jam

Seven Devils - Florence + The Machine

Lightning Crashes - Live

Leave A Light On - Tom Walker

God’s Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

Turn The Page - Metallica

Against The Wind - Bob Seger

Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley - @nickelkeep

Fix You - Coldplay - @thefaithfulwriter

Need The Sun To Break - James Bay

Way Down We Go - KALEO

Timshel - Mumford & Sons

Green Eyes - Coldplay - @thefaithfulwriter

Imagine - John Lennon

I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab for Cutie - @littlegreenplasticsoldier

Breathe Me - Sia - @castielslittlestbee

Big Black Car - Gregory Alan Isakov

Black - Pearl Jam

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes @thefaithfulwriter

Sorry - Kensington

Landslide - Fleedwood Mac

Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.

Something Wicked This Way Comes - Lucinda Williams

Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

Halo Of Flies - Alice Cooper

Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Just Breathe - Pearl Jam

No Good - KALEO

Human - Rag’n Bone Man

Brother - NEEDTOBREATHE ft. Gavin DeGraw - @tumbler-tidbits

Black Dog - Led Zeppelin

Yesterday - The Beatles

Running To Stand Still - U2

Trouble - Ray LaMontagne

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N’ Roses

Angel Dream (No. 2) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - @coffee-obsessed-writer

Ain’t No Grave - Johnny Cash

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

Creep - Radiohead

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls - @whatareyousearchingfordean

Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf

Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

Elysium - Bear’s Den

Not About Angels - Birdy

Heal - Tom Odell

Brother - Matt Corby

Redemption Day - Johnny Cash

Seven Bridges Road - Ricochet

Bed Of Roses - Bon Jovi

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

Stand By Me - Jason Manns

The Wicked - Blues Saraceno

99 Problems - Hugo

Save My Soul - Blues Saraceno

Blaze Of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi

Righteous Smoke - Monster Truck

So Far From Your Weapon - The Dead Weather

Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead

The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin

Heartache Tonight - The Eagles

Time Is Running Out - Muse @brokencasbutt67-writer

Storm - Lifehouse

Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own - U2

About Today - The National

Wish It Was True - The White Buffalo

Saturn - Sleeping At Last

Desperado - The Eagles

To Build A Home - The Cinematic Orchestra ft. Patrick Watson

Broken Halos - Chris Stapleton

Guiding Light - Foy Vance ft. Ed Sheeran

Hurricane - Thirty Seconds To Mars - @winchest09

Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

Inside My Head - Di-Rect

I Still Cry - Ilse DeLange

My Best Wasn’t Good Enough - Kane - @emilyshurley

Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

Knokken’ On Heaven’s Door - Avril Lavigne

Simple Man - Jensen Ackles

What Makes A Good Man? - The Heavy

Bottom Of The River - Delta Rae

“Heroes”- David Bowie

A New Day Yesterday - Jethro Pull

[blondrichclosetwitch]

“Was it air she breathed?”

When the father steps aside at the wrong time

“Low’s kaleidoscopic opening salvo “Speed of Life” tests our willingness to come along, staring out like Johnny Rotten, but– crucially– not caring if anyone follows.”

They’re saying not to panic.

Hymns locked in her memory

I'm a believer they're the key

What's behind Mary's eyes

Patterns matter

Stringing sequences together matters

Bring her back to us

And I was pretending that I was in a Galaxie 500 video As I had on my walkman, and I had on those eyes That you get when your circumstance is movie-size

the plane's going to crash

kneel on the ground, Dip my toe in the water Of the river where I watched you drown

Now I'm standing here, ready at last To dive down and reach you again

Romeo and Juliet…Samson and Delilah

You can bet Their love they couldn't deny

Your words say split But your words they lie

When we kiss Mmmmmm, Fire

Hear it, heed this call:

Oh fucking eternal

Lightning, call the game

Send us up a baby boy

Don't it beat a slow dance to death?

[rginternetpress]

Al Unser Sr., una leyenda de las 500 Millas de Indianápolis, falleció

El Indianápolis Motor Speedway informó que el estadounidense falleció en su hogar en Nuevo México, a lado de su esposa. Recordar que, durante 17 años, luchó contra un cáncer de hígado.

Este viernes el mundo del motor se vistió de luto tras conocerse la noticia de que Al Unser Sr. falleció a los 82 años como consecuencia de un cáncer. Unser era el primero de una larga descendencia de pilotos consagrados en las 500 Millas de Indianápolis y en el automovilismo norteamericano. Con cuatro coronas en la mítica carrera, su nombre estaba en los laureles del planeta.

La noticia trascendió la noche de este jueves, con Helio Castroneves rindiendo homenaje a través de Instagram. Esto ocurre siete meses después de la muerte de su hermano mayor Bobby Unser y poco más de medio año después del fallecimiento de su sobrino Bobby Unser Jr.

El menor de cuatro hermanos, Unser ganó la Indy 500 en 1970, ’71, ’78 y ’87. La primera se considera una de las más dominantes en la historia, al liderar 190 vueltas desde la pole position con el Johnny Lightning Special, un Colt-Ford de Vel’s Parnelli Jones Racing.

Tras repetir con el mismo equipo al año siguiente y obtener su tercera victoria con Chaparral Racing, su cuarto triunfo fue aún más especial, ya que originalmente no se había inscrito a las prácticas libres, pero Roger Penske lo llamó para reemplazar al lesionado Danny Ongais.

Con un March-Cosworth que se exhibía en un hotel en Pennsylvania, remontó desde la 20º posición para liderar las últimas 17 vueltas para unirse a AJ Foyt como el segundo tetracampeón del evento y el piloto con más edad en visitar el Círculo de Ganadores.

En total, realizó 27 arranques en Indy 500, el tercer piloto con más participaciones, con sus cuatro victorias llegando en un lapso de 17 años, el segundo más amplio entre los cuatro veces triunfadores (Castroneves lo superó este año con 20). Vio la bandera a cuadros 18 veces.

Es también el piloto con más vueltas lideradas (644 en once carreras) y es el segundo con más millas completadas. Es uno de cinco pilotos en ganar la Indy 500 en años consecutivos (1970-’71) y, a mediados de los años 70, fue el primer piloto en calificar a la carrera con el motor Cosworth DFX.

Unser logró tres títulos nacionales, uno de USAC (1970) y dos de CART (1983 y 1985). El primero fue histórico ya que se anotó diez victorias, algo que Foyt hizo seis años antes, y 1527 vueltas lideradas, un récord para una temporada que sigue vigente.

El último se lo ganó a su hijo Al Unser Jr. por un solo punto en una definición dramática en Miami, convirtiéndose en el segundo monarca con más edad en la historia 46 años, 5 meses y 11 días). Adicionalmente, se agenció el Campeonato Gold Crown de USAC en 1986-87.

En total consiguió 39 victorias (36 en USAC y tres en CART), incluyendo el «doblete» en el Autódromo de Rafaela en Argentina en 1971. También cosechó 27 poles, 98 resultados de Top 3, 140 de Top 5 y 5802 vueltas lideradas en 329 salidas.

En 1978, fue el primer piloto en triunfar en las tres carreras de 500 millas del calendario de USAC en un mismo año (Indy, Pocono y Ontario). Además, ganó el Pikes Peak Hill Climb de manera absoluta en 1964 y ’65.

En 2020, se le iba a honrar por el 50º aniversario de su primera victoria en Indy 500, pero se suspendió por la pandemia de COVID-19. Este año, recibió su Baby Borg, la réplica del Trofeo Borg Warner, que en su etapa de piloto no se otorgaban.

Entre sus condecoraciones, también se destaca su inducción al Salón de la Fama de IMS en 1986 y al del Automovilismo Internacional en 1998.

Con grandes palabras, varios pilotos y figuras de la Indy despidieron a una leyenda del automovilismo. “Uno de los cinco mejores pilotos que hayan existido”, destacó Mario Andretti, asegurando que era “Cariñoso, tranquilo, inteligente, duro y divertido”. Además, el mandamás de la IndyCar, Roger Penske aseguró que Unser es una “Leyenda del automovilismo”.