A series where we discuss film-to-game or game-to-film adaptations and how they compared to the source material.
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Street Fighter: The Legend of How Hollywood Went Back to Finish Shadaloo for Good
Cav continues his dissection of Street Fighter movies with a look at the “plodding, charmless, wet fart of a film” that was 2009’s Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
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Detective Pikachu is a fun movie, but it’s all about fan service: if you’re not already a Pokémon fan, you’ll only really appreciate the Pokémon themselves.
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The Van Damme-led live-action adaptation got all the attention, but Group TAC’s animated version was by far the better attempt.
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That time Hollywood came calling to Shadaloo, then went home to be a family man. Welcome to our/Doublejump’s new regular series – Press X to Adapt! Every two weeks, we/Doublejump…
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How Mortal Kombat: Annihilation captured the series’ embarrassing early years
by John Reevesby John Reeves“Destroy All Expectations!” Welcome to Doublejump’s new regular series, Press X To Adapt! Every two weeks, we’ll dive into a game-turned-movie or movie-turned-game to take a look at how it…
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How an Awful Movie Helped Revive Mortal Kombat
by John Reevesby John ReevesThe movie was a stupid mess – but Mortal Kombat 11 might not exist without it. Welcome to Doublejump’s new regular series, Press X To Adapt! Every two weeks, we’ll…