About this episode

In this bonus episode, CatBusRuss reviews 'Mortal Kombat II' and 'Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie' while reflecting on nostalgia and upcoming comic con events.

This is a bonus episode born out of CatBusRuss 's nostalgia. 33 years ago, the arcade ports of "Mortal Kombat" were released on Mortal Monday. Our host was invited out to the AMC in Champaign last Tuesday, so it only makes sense to review " Mortal Kombat II " while it is still early in its box office run. But Russ still has panels from Missouri Comic Con to release on this podcast feed. On top of that, ThePoeticCritic and her little brother will be hosting three panels at Quad Cities Comic Con on May 23 and May 24. There is too much content to release on the regular schedule, so our standard Wednesday release is going to be bumped to Thursday, so that we can bask in the memories of the bloodless SNES adaptation of the game that started it all. (All hail the Sega Genesis and ABACABB.) Of course, it is still #Ani-May, so Russ rewatched the first anime that he ever got to rent and attached it to this bonus podcast. Our host was always a Capcom guy, so he could not resist the chance to put up " Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie " against the feature that may bring back campy tournament fighter back to cinema prominence. If you are looking for a…

People in this episode

Host: CatBusRuss

Topics covered

• Mortal Kombat
• Street Fighter
• anime
• nostalgia
• comic con
• film review

Keywords

• Mortal Kombat II
• Street Fighter II
• anime
• film review
• nostalgia
• comic con
• Doich! Snacking Dough

Sponsors

Doich! Snacking Dough

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AMC

Products: Doich! Snacking Dough

Books & works: Mortal Kombat II, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

Places: Champaign, Missouri Comic Con, Quad Cities Comic Con

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