#the mix of scorpion and bat vibes get it a lot

[samusings]

phantom manticore vibes...

[meeks-just-wants-to-scroll]

RDR2 fantasy AU art dump

Grimshaw and Reverend get to be small class griffins because i thought the swanson pun was cute and i love goose grimshaw <3 i dont ship it but they share a unique little friendship what with them both being griffins. Susan tries to help Rev. so he can spend more energy helping himself rather than spend it all preening and etc. she wont go soft on him tho, she will wing smack him if needed of bump her spur against his butt.

Hosea is a manticore, tho he came out looking like an odd goat, cat, fox, lizard, scorpion vibes. He stands the same shoulder height as dutch but his shorter neck hangs lower.

He lost one horn from being captured and nearly killed by hunters in his youth. It was yet another reason he struggled to enjoy blending in with humans, even if he was a wonderful trickster and could blend in with humans easily (and he did try and live a human life alongside Bessie). Even after everything, he still keeps a level-headed approach to when the gang has conflicts with humans.

MARSTONS,!!!!! Currently only have designs for Abigail and Jack. John is just a lanky ratty werewolf with bad posture and even worse paternal skills.

abi is a vampire, but in this au that just means giant vampire creatures that can disguise as humans. Abigail, because of her orphan-childhood, her being forced to disguise as human and make money through prostitution, is almost always in her human form. The art depicts her as a bat for the sake of design exploration. She turns into her bat form when extremely stressed (like when jack goes missing). She has a lot of complex feelings about her son being resistant to living his childhood disguised as a human. She thinks he’ll be safer if he’s mistaken as human and ignores, as opposed to being hunted for being a mythical creature.

jack is a mix of bat and werewolf. As he got older, he grew more and more detached from his creature identity because his parents lived as humans (from 1899-1907, even to rdr1 and onwards). So many body issues and self hatred for being stuck between a bat and a wolf; for being stuck between human and monster.

( i love jack so much god please someone give him a happy ending)

And then one drawing of arthur that will likely change when we have a better idea of deer-taur lore and designs.

AU is a project between me and @eggsaladsweetie

[darrowfire15]

My Pokemon Team (as of 2024)

@palettepainter and I are making our ideal Pokemon teams. This is mine.

Houndoom - I have always liked the dog Pokemon and when I got my first Manectric card in middle school, I fell in love. But once mega forms were introduced, Houndoom just became 200% cooler. And who could say no to a face like that?

Besides looks, Houndoom can be a pretty strong Pokemon, being a fire/dark type who mostly live in packs. The Pokédex entry suggests that if you get hit by its fire, the pain will never go away. Creepy, but effective.

Absol - This is also a Pokemon that I fell in love with their mega form before their original form. Also, Absol is just very mysterious in general. Being known as the "Disaster Pokemon" doesn't help its reputation, but it still deserves love for a unique design.

Absol is a dark type Pokemon with a calm disposition and a humanoid face. It also dislikes fighting, so it doesn't like changing into its mega form, which I would be fine with.

Hydreigon - I cannot make my team without a dragon type (says the person obsessed with dragons), and what's more dragon than Hydreigon? Since the Pokemon Anime had a Black and White episode dedicated to Iris taming one, I thought it was the coolest thing.

Hydreigon is a very destructive dark/dragon type Pokemon with only the middle head having a brain and just attacking/biting everything it comes across, but I'm sure with a lot of patience (and bandages), it could be trained.

Gliscor - No Pokemon team is complete without a Pokemon who can fly (in my opinion), and that goes to Gliscor with an interesting design for both stages. I have the Gligar Pokemon card and was on the hunt for the Gliscor card before I stopped collecting them.

Gliscor is a ground/flying type that looks to be a mix between a bat and a scorpion. Also, IT CAN GROW TO 6'07". That is insane when compared to its first stage, where it's half that height.

Decidueye - In terms of Pokemon name memorization goes, I stopped after we hit the Alola region, but I remember loving the Owl starter that was an archer (during my small archer phase). The glow up from a small owl to a Robin Hood-esque vibe is really cool.

Decidueye is a grass/dark type who fires arrow quills from its wings with precise aiming that it never misses. It also pulls on the vines of its hood to aid in focus. I also think he's just so badass.

Glaceon - Somehow, I never escape the Eeveelutions, so let's go with one of my favorites: Glaceon. I had a Glaceon action figure that I brought everywhere along with my other Pokemon figures.

Glaceon is an ice type who can freeze the air around itself to make small ice crystals. It does this by controlling its own body heat so that it drops to a freezing level.

The whole team, with their types put into thought, are very strong against Ghost and Fairy type Pokemon, but weak to Fighting type. I put my team in this website to see the strengths, weaknesses, etc. https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/plan/#home

My previous team consisted of Houndoom, Absol, Hydreigon, Gengar, Chandelure, and a shiny Sylveon, and the team before that was basically Manectric, Hawlucha, and Lucario (a mix of Pokemon figurines and cards).

[marinaratrench05]

(I apologize in advance for the long ask)

About your little fairy Trolls AU, I'm no entomologist but I do know that there are a huge variety of bugs out there that have many different ways of life that you can pick from. I only know a few off the top of my head (and from what I remember from college biology classes).

You have Pollinators (butterflies, bees, flies etc.): Those that pollinate plants and help them bear food for other animals. (Also known as one of the most important rolls in nature.)

Decomposers (pillbugs, millipedes, termites, etc.): those that eat decaying plant matter to recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Pest Control (spiders, ladybugs, mantises, etc.): those that eat other bugs that could naturally cause harm or unbalance to the ecosystem.

Hive Minds (ants, wasps, etc.): those that are apart of a colony that have their own hierarchy with many different designated jobs that work as one unit.

Course you also have the pests (Mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, any invasive species, etc.): Mostly parasites or those that can cause a great deal of damage to an ecosystem or to a specific plant(s) and/or animal(s) in it.

I don't know what you're looking for specifically, like putting one genre of trolls into a group like these (for example I can totally see the classic trolls being pollinators with how they move and act), or just looking for bugs that you can slap trolls together with (I can personally see rock trolls being spider-like or any of the 'scarier' types of bugs), but hope this helps either way.

No problem! The longer the ask, the more read!

Thanks for all this; I knew the basics of a lot of bug things, but it was a useful reminder. Especially decomposes and pest control.

I'm still tweaking some stuff, but I'll be using a mix bug/fish/mammal attributes. They'll also be related to the ecosystem with a magical twist, like the fairies in Tinkerbell being seasonal helpers. I'll be making individual posts with art for each race, but here's what I've got:

Pop Trolls would be pollinators, mostly butterflies or anything close. They handle spring, and represent similar themes of hope, happiness and rebirth.

Techno Trolls would still be fish, but with more variation and resembling flying fish/ornamental ones. They live in all kinds of bodies of water, but wherever they reside will be more lively. They handle currents and tides, and all things related to it, like storms and rain.

Country Trolls were a toughie for me, but I settled on a sort of centaur form with Hippogrifs (half horse/bird). They handle autumn, relating to decay, harvest and change.

Classical Trolls are bees, more so for the hive vibe they give off, and their importance on harmony and following their conductor/Queen. They handle pollution too, more so in summer.

Funk Trolls were also tricky, but I've thought of a mix between night creatures, like fireflies, some beetles and moths. They're that cool, mysterious vibe you get in the night, with glowing bodies and homes that shine so prettily in the dark.

Finally, we got Rock Trolls, which are a mix of the "scary" bugs and beasts of nature: mosquitoes, bat's, spiders, scorpions, etc. Where most Trolls represent pretty positive outlooks on nature, if complex at worst, Rock Trolls represent chaos, destruction and "breaking the peace" or such. They're that necessary part of life where things need to be torn up and thrown around, if just a little.

This is just my outline for these races, not touching on the other, bigger ones (Bergens and such) which I think I'd keep to the fairy tail vibe for. Until then, have fun with this little taste, and I'll try to answer any questions.

[tearlessrain]

so this turned into Scorpion King: Book of Souls Liveblog Part 1, because I got started late. witness a bunch of people trying to make one man’s considerable hotness singlehandedly carry an entire hour and a half long movie with very limited success under the cut.

I do want to state right up front that there’s only one reason I’m watching this and that reason is that for some reason zach mcgowan is the protagonist, so I’m not really up to date on the whole mummy/scorpion king franchise, the last one I saw was the one with all the jackal dudes and that was a while ago. so I have no idea what’s going on.

oh good they’re just going to town with the exposition, very thoughtful

so if the sword was forged in the fires of hell by anubis then who the heck did they fight when they were taking on the jackal headed dudes because I kinda assumed

are these two series actually related or

holy shit this is so Extra already look at this shit

y’all this is my jam I am living right now

also as people following my art blog may note, I am a huge fan of black and gold aesthetics. this movie is really just ticking off all my boxes right off the bat, it’s terrible, but five stars.

they’re REALLY going to town with the exposition

sword forged in the fires of hell that condemns souls to “the neverending darkness” and must be somehow destroyed... are we talking about anubis or sauron here.

this is just lord of the rings, but bad and with a sword. lord of the sword.

okay prologue is over and some dudes have smashed their way into a tomb. if the last however many mummy movies have taught me anything it’s that this might potentially be a bad idea

I love how they’re just not even setting up any of the characters we’re just diving right in I’m getting strong “yeah you all know the drill by now” vibes here

#squadgoals

really though the gal on the left is pretty badass, she hasn’t done or said a single thing but I respect her and her bootleg Xena vibe

and like shoutout for putting at least one actual black guy in egypt I guess

so I guess the one in the middle is... psychic or something? not that “hey if you plunder this blatantly cursed tomb it might be bad” requires psychic powers to know but

I mean that giant black sarcophagus they found recently in real life turned out fine I’m sure this will be great go nuts dude

uh oh it’s the fang of sauron anubis

oh that doesn’t seem good, but it’s actually the better option since for a second there I thought there were pulling a “black guy dies first” in ancient goddamn egypt

wait we’re still doing exposition okay the narrator is back. hi narrator I missed you.

look  I know it’s campy and all but can we take a sec to unironically appreciate how wicked COOL this guy looks with his glowing eyes and crap. this movie is just so satisfying to look at, every single shot has been peak aesthetic

“SEND THE BIRD” and then it’s actually just a regular bird that was anticlimactic

HOLY GREENSCREEN BATMAN

holy FUCK WE’RE ONLY JUST NOW AT THE TITLE SEQUENCE WHAT

okay I guess now we’re going to ACTUALLY start the movie, third time’s a charm

and we’re off to a fantastic start my friends

and judging by the choices of the cameraman in this scene I can tell they’re trying desperately to distract me from the fact that the dialogue sounds like it was generated by a neural network that was fed several dozen mediocre fantasy novels.

it’s working.

I am being personally attacked. god.

oh no some people on horses are coming I assume from the background music that this is a bad thing

OH it’s bootleg Xena and her merry band of deeply mediocre extras okay

I understand the adorable small child’s father must die but must it be at the hands of the worst mediocre extra. seriously he’s been on screen for five seconds and I already hate him.

I guess the protagonist’s name is Matthias, other writers might have let us know that when he was introduced, but these guys know damn well that it literally does not matter what his name is. they could have had her ride up and be like “we’re looking for a man named Jebediah Switchboard McDougal” and anyone who’s voluntarily watching this movie in the first place would just be like “that’s fair”

yeah just in case you weren’t sold after the blacksmithing or the hunting scenes, let’s have him just singlehandedly take down half a dozen ninjas in less than a minute. just fuck me up

oh shit they shot him

oh shit they shot him again

they’re just boromir-ing the hell out of this dude

and yet he’s still going to town on those ninjas

NO NOT THE ADORABLE CHILD WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS

I’ve decided I don’t like bootleg Xena after all

it’s a good thing he’s got three arrows embedded in his torso because that is the worst cage ever. it’s made of like. bamboo and string. have you seen this man’s arms how did they expect that to effectively contain him.

whoa it’s... BOOTLEG XENA 2.0: GOOD GUY EDITION

or not. she didn’t free him or anything she just killed his original captors and then took off with the cage with him in it

no I think she is good she’s... healing him? by... getting scorpions to sting the hell out of him? has the FDA approved this.

I’m sorry I can’t take this scene seriously the background music is way too close to the “ooga chakas” from hooked on a feeling. also the sheer degree to which they’re pulling a reverse male gaze here is kinda overshooting sexy straight into unintentionally funny. I mean I know this is the entire reason I’m watching this insanity but like even I think this is excessive.

“the scorpion king escaped” that is giving him way too much credit he was stolen by the superior bootleg Xena.

and in case NONE of the previous things drew your attention away from the lack of a plot, here’s just straight up nudity because why not.

I thought I had a thing for zach mcgowan but I’ve got nothing on this cameraman.

also there’s some kind of “reluctant chosen one king” thing going on I guess but like they literally couldn’t have put less effort into it

I haven’t heard people this concerned about what the moon is doing since I left evergreen state college

aaand apparently he can see and speak to... ghosts now? ghosts that spit thousands of arrows from the sky? know what why not I’ll accept literally anything at this point.

oh they aren’t ghosts they’re just really sneaky dudes

it’s a shame jebediah switchboard’s one and only weakness is extremely shitty cages because he sure ends up in them a lot

hmmmm we’re getting some uncomfortable racist undertones and misogyny in one go okay. not worse than I would expect from a movie of this.... caliber, but I’m not thrilled, especially since this whole situation has yet to have a single actual point to it.

actually okay it’s veered quickly away from “rudyard kipling-esque Vague Native Tribe Encounter” and into... some kind of weird mad max thing mixed with a D&D campaign that’s gone wildly off the rails. but they’re on thin fucking ice.

I really appreciate that matthias is approaching this situation with exactly the same strategy with which I play skyrim, which is “sneak up on everybody one at a time even though there are a ton of them and that shouldn’t be possible, shoot them all with a bow you looted off one of them”

and now they’re just... suddenly free and back on their horses, then matthias had a vague fake deep exchange with the leader and they rode away. there literally was no reason for that entire interlude. nothing happened, there wasn’t character development or anything. this godforsaken movie could have been ten minutes shorter.

“the plot is down there, just past that greenscreen” is what I heard there.

I’m sorry I’m dying for some reason all I’m getting from this visual is “wait are you saying the panel is all the way on the other side of the convention center” like the costumes are just mediocre enough that in bright light they don’t look like they’re actually actors in a movie.

the moon’s rising. but I can’t for the life of me remember why that’s important. she’s got some kinda egyptian steampunk millennium rod though.

okay the lenses must align with the cipher. did anyone mention a cipher before who knows.

good job matthias you solved the moon puzzle and your prize is a metric ton of blue jello.

all right through the jello portal they go. to find the book of souls, probably.

in this case I actually do need more exposition. are we just not gonna explain ancient egyptian jello narnia. no. okay.

stop forcing zach mcgowan to be quippy I know all the cool movies are doing it but this is neither the time nor the place nor the actor for it.

oh my god they’re being attacked by a rock golem thing and I don’t think a screenshot can fully capture how bad the cgi is. not of the rock monster itself, but trying to integrate it with the real actors and set pieces was... oof.

okay a mostly naked woman has risen out of some nearby water and called off the rock golem with no explanation. why not.

neither of them looks into this so much as confused as hell

honestly, same.

oh god no they’re trying to make the rock golem be the comic relief this movie never needed. please don’t. you can barely handle writing the plot relevant dialogue now’s not the time to get fancy. I take it back, trying to make zach mcgowan be quippy was actually somehow not the worst option.

she IS the book of souls!

okay that’s a pretty cool visual I’ll give them that. digging the iridescent moon tattoo.

and that seems like a reasonable stopping point because I started this kind of late and have to get up for class in the morning. tune in tomorrow for, I assume, more of zach mcgowan running around in various states of undress while absolutely nothing coherent happens around him.

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Double Review: The Mummy 1999/The Mummy Returns

Since I saw The Mummy recently, I decided to look at the last reimagining of the classic monster movies, The Mummy (The Brendan Fraser one). These ones are pretty well-remembered and well-liked, and there’s a good reason for that; they’re fun, pulpy Indiana Jones-style adventure movies with plenty of jokes, action, and excitement. As someone who loves pulpy Indiana Jones-style adventure movies, these definitely appeal to me. Still, as much as nostalgia has made these films into memorable modern classics, they definitely have some problems that I feel nostalgia has blinded people too. And so, here today, I have come to talk about The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns.

What is this series bringing to the table? The series begins in the 1920s, where archaologist Evelyn Carnahan and her brother team together with former legionnaire Rick O’Connell to find the lost City of the Dead: Hamunaptra. Upon finding the city, they inadvertently unleash an ancient evil known as Imhotep, a man who was cursed with immortality and mummified for his blasphemous acts in ancient times. Over the span of the first film, they work to defeat him before he can use Evelyn as the vessel to resurrect his long-dead lover; in the sequel, they must stop him from fighting and killing the Scorpion King, another ancient being who made a deal with Anubis and commanded his armies. If Imohtep can kill him, he will gain control over the most powerful army in the world.

The first film, The Mummy, is a very strong if somewhat cheesy film. It’s got the Indiana Jones vibe down pat, with good comedy combined with pulpy action and plenty of thrills and likable protagonists, including our lovable rogue Rick, who is likely Brendan Fraser’s strongest performance ever (with apologies to George of the Jungle). The antagonists too are entertaining; cowardly jackass Beni is hilariously pathetic and pitiful, and big bad Imohtep is a surprisingly tragic and complex villain for this kind of movie. Arnold Vosloo’s performance definitely helps cement him as one of the coolest cinematic villains ever, and the early CGI only serves to enhance his creepiness with how unnatural and corroded he looks. Then we have the incredibly handsome and incredibly badass Ardeth Bay, who manages to take on a room full of mummies alone and survive somehow. He was originally slated to die, but he was so cool the director changed his mind.

The sets look pretty good… the CGI, though… It’s kind of easy to be forgiving since this movie came out in 1999, but then you remember that Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park exist and you just kind of sigh and shake your head. Still, as fake as some of the effects look, the movie is still impressive as a spectacle, and the movie has good pacing so you’re having far too much fun to care about that. That’s another shocker; this film is paced quite well, with about an hour of solid buildup before Imohtep rises from the grave. It’s a very slow and suspenseful build to his release, which makes it all the cooler.

You know what isn’t cool, though? How inaccurate a lot of this film is. From showing the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx near Thebes in the opening to the fact Hamunaptra is actually a real place in India to the ignorance of the true final plague of Egypt (which is the death of all firstborn sons of Egypt, not the plague of boils), there are a lot of geographical, mythological, and historical fuck ups in this movie. The plague thing is actually the biggest ones, since it was the Hebrew god who sent the plagues upon Egypt, making it very strange that a cursed Egyptian man would be using them. Thankfully the movie runs so much on coolness and charm that it’s easy to let this slide, but still. With such a rich mythology and country before you, there’s really no need to pull shit out of your ass like this.

Still, as far as cheesy action adventure films go, this one is very solid, and I’d rank it alongside films like the Indiana Jones movies and National Treasure in terms of enjoyable, pulpy, archaeological fun. Despite its flaws, it’s very easy to see why The Mummy is so well-loved these days.

Next we have The Mummy Returns, and boy is this one stuffed sequel! I’d compare it to Dead Man’s Chest in terms of how bloated and over-the-top it is, and I mostly mean that in a good way. This is a pretty fun, action-packed film, though this does come at the cost of a few things, most notably pacing. Instead of a slow buildup to the big plot, we get tossed into action almost right off the bat, though we at least get some warming up and reestablishment of the characters from the first film as well as an introduction to Rick and Evey’s young son. Yeah, that’s right, this one takes place in the FUTURE! …of 1933. Not too much time has passed since the first one. Anyway, the pacing isn’t so much a problem, as we already know most of these characters, allowing you to toss them into the situation and watch how they react and play off of each other. The problem with this action-packed fast-paced plot is that it ends up leading to a lot of spectacle, but not ones you’d like to see. Imohtep doesn’t do nearly as much as the first movie, and in fact one of his biggest scenes – in which he creates a wall of water to crush the heroes – is a rehash of the sandstorm scene of the first film. And when we finally get to the thing the movie has been building up to – an awesome showdown between Imohtep and his god-like powers and the equally powerful half-man half-arachnid Scorpion King – Imohtep is stripped of all power and becomes a mortal. This is such an absolutely wasted opportunity that it kind of stings, even if the final confrontation has some cool moments mixed in with some absolutely cheesy ones.

Since we’re on the subject of cheesiness and the final battle, let’s talk about the Scorpion King. He appears twice in the film: once during the prologue, where he is played by Dwayne Johnson in his big breakthrough into film. He’s pretty cool here, badass too… but this apparently conflicts with his heroic portrayal in The Scorpion King spinoff movie, where he is a traditionally heroic character. This would be a problem I’d discuss normally, but I only bring it up to point out that Word of God is that this is merely a descendant of Mathayus (which is the heroic Scorpion King’s name). So yeah, no problem there. The REAL problem comes from the fact this cool character played by a cool actor who got huge billing is really only in this one short prologue at the beginning and gets five minutes of screentime, and that may be being generous. But he appears in the final battle right? Yes and no. While a monstrous scorpion/human hybrid that looks like Dwayne Johnson appears, it is not the man himself, but a creation of the most unsettling, uncomfortably real early 2000s CGI you will ever see. The Scorpion King of the finale is an absolutely ridiculous nosedive into the uncanny valley, and squanders the big name they got. This final battle is just one disappointment after another, huh?

In a lot of ways, this film reminds me of A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, in that it seems more concerned in being a special effects spectacle than being a great sequel. To its credit, though, despite definitely being a spectacle film, it’s actually still pretty good. The armies of Anubis especially are a badass sight to behold, and it’s a shame they aren’t around much either. There’s also the sinking of the Scorpion King’s oasis at the end, which is like the ending of Jumanji when everything is sucked back into the board on a grander scale (pretty amusing, since the temple was that of Johnson’s character, and he is now starring in a Jumanji continuation). Overall, it’s pretty good spectacle, even if the special effects are not quite as impressive as the first film’s to the point of being distracting at times; again, this is most prominent with the entire final battle.

But speaking of Anubis… hoo boy. The first film had some minor mythological miscalculations, but THIS movie just straight fucked mythology up the ass. And they did it from the very opening of the movie! The problems begin with the concept of selling your soul to Anubis. Let me walk you through the reasons why this entire plot is bullshit from the get-go:

1. The entire concept of selling your soul is a Christian folklore concept. No, not even a main Christian concept; Satan is not the ruler of the damned in the Bible.

2. All deceased are destined to meet Anubis, so the Scorpion King selling his soul is just nonsensical for Anubis to accept, because he’d get the Scorpion King’s soul regardless of whether he lived or died. And the Scorpion King was making this deal to avoid death. There’s a huge conflict of interests here.

3. The biggest problem is this: Anubis is not an evil god. Anubis in this movie is very much the same as every depiction of Hades in every movie about Greek mythology: because he is dark and rules over the dead in a way, clearly he’s evil! In reality, Anubis is one of the good gods; a true god of evil in Egyptian mythology would be Set, or even the serpent Apophis. In fact, criticize The Mummy of 2017 all you want, but it was actually mythologically accurate in that regard, as Ahmanet in that movie makes a deal with Set to overthrow the pharaoh. It’s actually a much more sensible deal, it makes more sense mythologically, and Set is actually getting some personal gratification there as he himself overthrew and usurped his brother Osiris.

So yes, the entire basis for this plot is mythologically bullshit. Maybe this all would be easy to accept like some examples of Hades like the ones in Disney’s Hercules and Kid Icarus: Uprising if Anubis actually showed up and had some sort of screen presence, but no, he’s just a vague shadow hanging over the movie who never once appears. This was such an easily solvable problem, I’m not sure why they didn’t have him show up if only for one scene.

Still, I can’t say the movie is totally bad or unenjoyable or anything. It’s fun and solid action, and while Imohtep is not used as well as the first, by the film’s end you’ll feel really bad for him if you didn’t already. This film cements him as a tragic villain, and if for nothing else I enjoy it for that. If I’d say one other thing was truly great, it’s Brendan Fraser’s acting during Evelyn’s temporary death scene, a showcase of his often underutilized acting chops.

All things considered, when it comes right down to it, the first movie is definitely the better film. It has more solid pacing, better humor, Imohtep at his best, and a very solid story. Still, the second film is a fun ride, and not really bad so much as a bit overstuffed with special effects and really weird choices. Still, I definitely recommend both films heartily, as they are both fun fantasy adventures in the vein of the Indiana Jones films, and the world definitely needs more movies like that.

Shame there were never any sequels to this. Oh sure, there was the Scorpion King spinoff prequel film, but that’s it. They never made a third one. What a sad state of affairs that is. So much potential for more stories. But can you imagine making a third film without Oded Fehr. Arnold Vosloo, or Rachel Weisz, and just had really shitty CGI and a horribly underutilized villain? That would suck, right? I’m glad they never did that.