We Gotta Talk About The Street Fighter Movie - Kinda Funny Gamescast

Summary

Kinda Funny Gamescast: In-Depth Discussion on the Upcoming Street Fighter Movie

Release Date: August 11, 2025

In the latest episode of the Kinda Funny Gamescast, hosts Tim Gettys and Blessing Adioye Jr. delve deep into the highly anticipated Street Fighter 2026 movie. This comprehensive discussion explores the movie's casting choices, compares it to previous video game adaptations, and shares the hosts' expectations for how the iconic fighting game franchise will translate to the big screen.

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Introduction to the Street Fighter Movie

The episode kicks off with Tim expressing excitement about the topic:

Tim Gettys [00:40]: "This has been an episode of the Gamescast that we have kicked around many times... we gotta talk about the Street Fighter movie."

Blessing echoes this enthusiasm, highlighting the sporadic nature of official announcements:

Blessing Adioye Jr. [01:04]: "They've talked about this movie and announced things for this movie... it's been so bizarre how the rollout spanned the secrecy."

Historical Context: Previous Street Fighter Adaptations

The hosts reminisce about past attempts to bring Street Fighter to life on screen. They reference the 1994 animated movie, noting its cult status despite mixed reviews:

Tim Gettys [16:15]: "It was a big hit. People really enjoyed this. Not the best movie of all time, but it does have that very classic OVA anime movie style."

Blessing adds personal memories, recalling watching the film with friends:

Blessing Adioye Jr. [17:09]: "I remember the shower scene being something we were like, 'Oh, what's going on here?'"

Tim also mentions the 2009 live-action film, critiquing its attempt to take the source material seriously:

Tim Gettys [24:38]: "They thought they were doing something here. They thought that this was what the world needed. It was them taking Street Fighter so freaking serious."

Comparisons to Other Fighting Game Movies

A significant portion of the conversation contrasts Street Fighter movies with other adaptations like Mortal Kombat and Twisted Metal. Blessing points out the depth in Mortal Kombat's storytelling:

Blessing Adioye Jr. [22:28]: "There's something more about Mortal Kombat's story that pulls from its game lore, giving it a cult following."

Tim agrees, emphasizing the importance of a solid narrative foundation:

Tim Gettys [22:09]: "Mortal Kombat has a story that seems like they care about it, which wasn't the case with Street Fighter."

Casting and Expectations for Street Fighter 2026

The hosts delve into the casting announcements for the upcoming movie, analyzing each actor's fit for their characters:

• Andrew Koji as Ryu: Known for his roles in Bullet Train and Snake Eyes, Tim praises his martial arts background:

  Tim Gettys [40:27]: "He kicked ass in a stylish over-the-top action movie."

• Noah Centineo as Ken: Transitioning from his "heartthrob" roles to a more physically demanding character, Blessing expresses cautious optimism:

  Blessing Adioye Jr. [43:00]: "I want to see Noah Santineo kick some ass."

• Cody Rhodes as Guile: Former professional wrestler brings authenticity to the role, with Tim enthusiastic about his casting:

  Blessing Adioye Jr. [47:09]: "Cody Rhodes is going to eat that up, man."

• Jason Momoa as Blanka: Tim highlights Momoa's star power and physical presence, while Blessing remains skeptical but intrigued:

  Tim Gettys [49:32]: "Jason Momoa could do no wrong."

• Roman Reigns as Akuma: Combining WWE strength with the menacing aura of Akuma, both hosts express excitement:

  Blessing Adioye Jr. [55:00]: "I love Roman Reigns. I love Akuma."

• 50 Cent Jackson as Balrog: Bringing a unique blend of star power and physicality, Tim is confident in his casting choice:

  Tim Gettys [52:21]: "If they don't make 50 Cent cross his eyes, I'm gonna be pissed."

Director Philippe [Last Name] and Vision for the Movie

Originally slated to be directed by Danny and Michael Philippe, their background in high-energy, over-the-top content like their YouTube shorts provided an initial blueprint for the movie's direction. However, after their departure, Katau Sakurai, known for directing the acclaimed horror film Talk to Me and the comedic series Dave, took over. Tim draws parallels between Sakurai's work and his vision for a vibrant, action-packed Street Fighter adaptation:

Tim Gettys [62:09]: "Sakurai is known for hidden camera prank shows... there's an energy that I'm like, okay, I think we're going to be kind of aligned with the former directors in terms of vision for what this story is going to be."

Hope for a Faithful and Energetic Adaptation

Both hosts emphasize the need for the movie to prioritize action and authenticity over convoluted storytelling. Tim articulates his vision:

Tim Gettys [37:00]: "I want a lot of this movie to be fighting. I want more fighting in this movie than in a Mortal Kombat."

Blessing concurs, stressing the importance of retaining the fighting game essence:

Blessing Adioye Jr. [41:22]: "I play Street Fighter for the fighting. I just want the fights to be as ridiculous as possible."

Community Reactions and Anticipation

Throughout the episode, the hosts engage with listener feedback and super chats, addressing both excitement and skepticism. Notable community comments include questions about the actors' fighting capabilities and concerns over the movie's tone.

Conclusion: Optimistic Yet Cautious Excitement

As the discussion wraps up, both Tim and Blessing express a balanced optimism, acknowledging past missteps while eagerly anticipating a successful adaptation:

Blessing Adioye Jr. [64:14]: "I've learned so much on this episode. Yeah. And I'm excited for this now."

Tim Gettys [64:15]: "Strap in, everybody. This is gonna be ridiculous."

The episode concludes with a unified enthusiasm for the forthcoming Street Fighter movie, hopeful that the blend of strategic casting and visionary direction will honor the beloved franchise.

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Notable Quotes:

• "I want more fighting in this movie than in a Mortal Kombat." — Tim Gettys [37:00]

• "Cody Rhodes is going to eat that up, man." — Blessing Adioye Jr. [47:09]

• "Jason Momoa could do no wrong." — Tim Gettys [49:32]

• "We are starting to cook here." — Tim Gettys [56:57]

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This episode serves as a comprehensive exploration of the anticipated Street Fighter 2026 movie, offering listeners valuable insights into the hosts' perspectives on casting, storytelling, and the broader landscape of video game adaptations.

Transcript

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Foreign.

[Tim Gettys]

What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the kind of Funny Games cast for Monday, August 11, 2025. Of course. I am your host, Tim Yetis. I'm joined today by the Poppy of all trades blessing. Adio. Yeah, Junior.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Good day. Tim, how are you doing? Well, nailed it, by the way.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Intro. I saw the gears turning for a.

[Tim Gettys]

Second turn, just for a second, because I was thinking. I was like, do I give you a fighting game thing today? Because you also.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

The fight, I mean, Street Fighter.

[Tim Gettys]

But I was like, no, we got to stick to the Poppy of all.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I'll take it.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

How's it going?

[Tim Gettys]

It's going really well. Yeah, I'm excited for this one.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I'm very excited for this one.

[Tim Gettys]

This has been an episode of the Games cast that we have kicked around many times. It's. It's rare that multiple people in the audience get like, hyped on an idea and we start having a conversation like, off content of like, we got to do this. And it's like, we got to save this. We got to save this for a show. And this is one of those things that I'm going to be honest with you. I. There's not much to say, but we'll find things to say. Oh, yeah, because we gotta talk about the Street Fighter movie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

It's just one of those things where, I mean, I don't want to get too much into it for topic of the show, but because of the nature of how they've talked about this movie and announced things for this movie, it's been like, oh, okay. They're working on a Street Fighter movie. Oh, okay. It's gonna star Andrew Koji playing Ryu. Okay, cool. Oh, interesting. Noah Centineo is playing Ken. All right. And then like two weeks later. Oh, Roman Reigns in this movie. Oh, a couple weeks later. Oh, this person.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, it started.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

There's not been one big drop.

[Tim Gettys]

No. Not only has there not been a big drop, it also feels like it's not official. Like, even when you're looking at a deadline, there's something about the way the website's laid out this one particular article that I keep looking@the deadline.com and the URL, I'm like, is there a three instead of an E or something? Is this like a fake gotcha type situation? Like, it's so bizarre how the rollout span the secrecy, but also just like how vocal some people have been about, oh, yeah, I'm doing this movie. I'm this character. And it's like, okay, what's happening? Here 2026, we're getting a Street Fighter movie and we need to talk about it. But to talk about the new one we need to go back. We need to talk about what is Street Fighter, what do we want from a Street Fighter movie? What does the world need from the World Warriors? And we'll get into all of that because this is the kind of Funny games cast. Each and every weekday we get together to talk about the biggest reviews, previews and topics in video games live on YouTube, Twitch and and podcast services around the globe. If you love what we do, and I hope that you do, please support us with the kind of funny membership on YouTube, Spotify, Apple podcast or of course Patreon to get all of our shows ad free. And a daily exclusive show. We call it Greg Way. Normally it's Greg talking about whatever the hell he wants to answering all your questions. But when Greg's out on vacation like he is right now, we rotate everybody at Kind of Funny. Today's Roger. You get to hear Roger talk about some stuff. I love Roger talking.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh yeah, he knows how to talk.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, he's a yapper.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

He's a good talker.

[Tim Gettys]

Real good for chance to be part of this show though. Submit your YouTube super chats as we go. People are already getting them in. If you have thoughts on Street Fighters 2026, if you have thoughts on Street Fighter, the games, the stories, the characters, the movies, I want to know about them right now because again, we gotta talk about.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

There's a lot to break down.

[Tim Gettys]

We gotta get into all of this housekeeping. We're an 11 person business. All about live talk shows. We already got Bless and Mike on Games Daily talking about the surprise battlef Field six record breakings that are going on. Oh yeah, already back.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That's what the streets are saying.

[Tim Gettys]

That's.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

It's fully back.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean I don't want to sidetrack too much. I didn't get the chance to listen to you guys today. Battlefield's back. People seem to really into it. The game seems good.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

Maybe a month ago we, I think it was me and you were on Games Daily talking about all of the insane expectations that EA is putting on six. Was that us?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I don't know if it was us, but I've had this conversation. So it might have been because they were insane.

[Tim Gettys]

Like they were just like, oh guys, you need, you need to figure that out. There's no way that they actually hit them. Right? Like it can't be. It's not that good.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I mean the Beta granted is free to play and all the shit, right? But it's like number 18 of like most player concurrence on Steam, which is like pretty high, which says a lot about like hype and anticipation. And then overall the, I guess the result of that being good as far as like how people have enjoyed it, I don't know, like it might, it might be there. I think if they take what they have and combine it with a good reportedly rumored free to play battle royale mode, I mean you might, you might be able to put it back on the map in a major way. There's also just so many resources that they've been dedicated that they've been dedicating to it. A lot of like EA studios that were working on other things are now part of Battlefield Studios. Like they're betting a lot on this game.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, we'll see. I've been watching a lot of clips and it looks chaotic as it is. Watching the game I'm just like, oh my God, this is overwhelming.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

But cool as that's thing is, I, I, I, I know I' mike about this, but I'm, I'm historically not a Battlefield person. I am, I, I've always preferred Call of Duty and I think part of that is like map size and game size and player count and all that stuff. I playing this open beta, I think I'm in. I, I, I think I'm super into Battlefield. I'm, I'm like really enjoying it. It's one of those things where I'm like, damn. When they, when this game comes out officially, like fully put me on them streams. Put me on them streams.

[Tim Gettys]

Less hitting the Battlefield. Love it. Like I was saying, you already got games Daily. After this is the kind of funny podcast that's going to be a fun one. Then after that's the stream, it's going to be Nick reliving his childhood in Mafia the Old Country. A headline that Barrett came up with and actually made me laugh out loud.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Fantastic headline.

[Tim Gettys]

If you're a kind of funny member, today's Greg Way is coming from Roger. Thank you to our Patreon producers, Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster and Delaney the Som Twining. Today we're brought to you by Kind of Funny in Review. That's not right. We're brought to you by Aura frames and shady rays. Um, but we'll tell you about that later. For now, let's start with the topic of the show. Todts. Todts. Todts. Todts. Todd's todts. Street Fighter 6? Nope. Street Fighter 2026. We gotta talk about it.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Can I tell you, during the rigmarole, I've been trying to find a succinct explanation of Street Fighter story.

[Tim Gettys]

You know what? Bless. Don't worry. Oh, well, maybe you should be worried.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh.

[Tim Gettys]

Cause on one hand, I got you. I have all that prepped. I have things. But it's maybe not to make the point that you think.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Because again, we're going on a journey here.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Because I guess we're at a good place to start and actually have this conversation. You don't know the story of Street Fighter, do you know?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I know dudes are fighting. I know. In the Street Fighter.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, it's.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I mean, I know it's a fighting game, right. And when I think of classic Street Fighter, it's the thing where I project my own story that I have in my head. I. Okay, cool. I play as Ryu. I'm traveling around the world to fight all these different fighters from different locations and occasionally a car. That's the story of Street Fighter in my head.

[Tim Gettys]

You're not that far off, except you're totally off because there's a lot of shady corporations involved.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, yes, of course.

[Tim Gettys]

Organizations.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

And Bison's doing his thing. I watched a Street Fighter anime animated movie forever and ever ago that I barely remember shit about, so there is that as well. Street Fighter 6 does have a story mode, but it's not a. Like, it's not narrative heavy.

[Tim Gettys]

Let me. Let me ask you.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

You're the fighting game guy. Kind of funny.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

I know that Street Fighter 6 was kind of your biggest entry point into the franchise. You've played before. What is your history with the games? Top level.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Top level. It was an Addison joint. It was an Addison. Addison was one of my friends when I was a kid growing up. He lived in the same neighborhood. He lived at the end of the culdesac, which is always cool. Like Culdesacks, you know what I mean? He had a. He had a Super Nintendo while I had an N64. He had Super Street Fighter 2 on Super Nintendo. So, like, playing that game at his house is like my earliest. Like, one of my earliest gaming memories, honestly. But also, yeah, my earliest Street Fighter memory. So there's that. Is this an Addison fucking Zelda character?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. He's the. He's the guy who holds up the.

[Tim Gettys]

Signs in Tears of the Kingdom. He is Addison. That's hilarious.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That's crazy that you went places, man. You're your buddy from the cul de sac to the open world but yeah, remember playing that game quite a bit. D was my main and I sucked with them, but there was that. I then remember playing a lot of street fighter Alpha 2 on my emulated allegedly Super Nintendo on my Android phone in high school. Played quite a bit of that at a friend later in life. When I say later in life, I mean like college named Serumal who had a PS3 and he had Street Fighter 4. And I played that game all the time at Ceremonials Place and he would whip my ass. Him and Stevie were like the Street Fighter guys. And he also had to. He was like my fighting game friend. Like he was just into the fighting game so he would whoop our ass in that. And Stevie eventually got really good at Street Fighter, was able to face. Face off with him. I got good at Tekken, which is the other game the ceremony would whoop our ass at. And I got good that was able to face it off with him in Tekken and. But it's mostly been like never that hardcore. It's always been like, oh man. Yeah, I play this casually or oh, I jump in because I like playing some arcade rounds of Street Fighter and then I move on to other fighting games. Street Fighter 6 is the heaviest that I've gotten into a Street Fighter just now where I'm playing ranked and I'm trying to keep up and do all that stuff. But even with that, like once Tekken came out, I kind of just moved on and stayed in the Tekken world. What about you? What's your history with Street Fighter?

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, I'm a Street Fighter guy. I'm not good at fighting games, but I incredibly love Street Fighter 2 specifically. But that's. 2 is just obviously the starting place for most people my age. Yeah. But two had so much of the most iconic characters. Street Fighter 2 is the Pokemon Red and Blue of Street Fighter. It is the thing that they're always going to go back to. Like what is the starting place? You're gonna. They're always gonna go back to Kanto in Pokemon. You're always gonna go back to Charizard being like the main guy that they're showing. We're going to get the original eight world warriors plus the bosses. Like they're always going to be a focus in more mainstream Street Fighter stories. Right. But I played the hell out of three as well. Even the Alpha series because I loved the, the visual identity that those games had. I was hyped as hell. Like Street Fighter 4 was one of the games that I was like counting down the days to release. Like, I. I pre ordered that. Got that day 15 wasn't really into, like, I barely played that. And then, you know, six recently, like, we talked about that last year. But I was obsessed with the world of Street Fighter.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Like, I loved the characters. I love the music. So many iconic theme songs in that game. Like, each character has its own song, which I always loved. And, you know, some of the composers include the composer of Kingdom Hearts. Like, there's, like, some, like, legendary on there.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yoko Shimmer.

[Tim Gettys]

Exactly. So I am industry fighter in a major way.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Did you play third strike?

[Tim Gettys]

Yes.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

F3. Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, man. I love that one out. But, yes, the third strike is a game that I still look at, and I'm like, golly, I can't believe.

[Tim Gettys]

Don't make them like this anymore.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Right.

[Tim Gettys]

But it wasn't until around 2000, like, 8, I think. So it was like before 4 was coming out that I got really into wanting to know about the story of Street Fighter. Yeah. And the reason is, Barrett, I just added one more link to the top there. Street Fighter, the later years, where college humor was, like, popping off.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Right.

[Tim Gettys]

Did you ever watch college?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

A little bit, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

This is back in the early days of them really getting their footing of, like, who they are and what the identity of the website was. They put out one of their very first series, which was Street Fighter the later Years. It's still on the Dropout channel. So this is the Dropout YouTube channel. Right now, if you wanted to go back, there was nine episodes, and each episode was, like, three minutes, four minutes long. But I remember being hooked waiting for the new drops of these things to come out. And the idea was just like, all right, you know, these characters were super popular in the 90s, but what happened in the later years? And, you know, we have just Jake and Amir. It's a mirror on the left. Oh, my God, he looks so freaking young. But they just have all the original characters here. But it's like, what happens when they. When they got older and not popular anymore. And, like, Dulcime was a taxi driver and, like, it's just like, you know, some things don't hold up that well.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

But some things are awesome. I just loved it, though, because I was like, I want to know why there's rivalries between these characters. So I went back to replay Street Fighter 2 more from, like, a critical story standpoint of, like, I want to know what the narrative is of this, because you really just play through the game and you get like, the one screen at the end, here's your ending, and I'm going tell you. I was like, what the. Like, there's no story here. Like, how are people finding this? So I was trying to find, like, a succinct. What is the actual story of Street Fighter? Like, what is the canon?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And it essentially comes down to people writing articles. This is a Donkey Kong situation, everybody. This is a situation where it's like, the less we care, the better it's going to be because it's been retconned to hell and they're just, like, going nuts. There are some things that, like, follow through and that they're like, that stay consistent, but overall, it's kind of a disaster. But I want to just tell you the plot of Street Fighter 2, please. As told by Wikipedia, the leader of the Shadaloo organization. Shadaloo, by the way, S H A D A L O O. Sometime pronounced Shadaloo, sometimes pronounced Shadowlu, sometimes pronounced Shadow Law.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, okay.

[Tim Gettys]

A little creepy with it, but the M. Bison, in his global domination plan, sets up a world fighting tournament to. To select the best fighters to work in his Shadowlu organization. This isn't it yet, Barrett. We're just talking about the game here. Okay.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

So the best fighters to work in a Shadowloo organization through brainwashing.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Many of the other characters in the game have personal reasons for wanting revenge on Bison. So then you go down, you look at the actual character list.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I just want to pause there because I thought that was going to be a longer read. I opened up the Wikipedia so I could follow along.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

It is a very. That's the shortest plot segment I've seen for a video game game.

[Tim Gettys]

Two sentences.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Article.

[Tim Gettys]

Two sentences.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That's crazy.

[Tim Gettys]

But then each character has their own little story as well that we get to. To look at and be like, okay, cool. Maybe the character stuff will flesh it out a bit more.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Blanca, a beast like mutant from Brazil who was raised in the jungle. He enters the tournament to uncover more origins about his forgotten past.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

And that's all they give you, is it. Do you. Was this, like, if, you know, are these, like, from the endings or was this from, like, the manual?

[Tim Gettys]

I think it's a combination of both.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Guile, a former United States Air Force Special Forces operative seeking to defeat Bison, who killed his best friend, Charlie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Chun Lee.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Was that established? Like, did we. Because Charlie is the character that shows up later. Later on yeah. Was that like retconned or do you think that was Charlie referenced in that original?

[Tim Gettys]

Charlie was referenced in Street Fighter 2.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That's cool.

[Tim Gettys]

And then I never knew that in Alpha, Charlie was a playable character.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That's cool.

[Tim Gettys]

It's pretty cool. And then Chun Li, a Chinese martial artist who works as an Interpol officer, much like Gu, does not enter the World Warrior Tournament for any personal glory, except proving that she can defeat any man who challenges her.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Good for you, Ch.

[Tim Gettys]

I just love that this is where we're at, you know, and I can keep going, but you get the point. It's just like, here's some characters, they're just archetypes of where they're from regionally. For us to just do the World Warrior and to have a tournament for fighting games. It doesn't matter.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Some characters are connected, some characters aren't. Blanc is green. Okay.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yep.

[Tim Gettys]

We're just going to deal with that. And so obviously it's more about the game. It wasn't so much about the story because, like, especially back then, like, there was a novelty to. Very few video games had good stories.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. And I think at that point, back then. Right. Like, I imagine the thought process of making Street Fighter was we want to make a game where characters fight each other, but they all have different martial arts styles. Because that's cool.

[Tim Gettys]

Super cool.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. Right. Which is. Which they're right. And honestly led us to Street Fighter 2, which is a phenomenal game.

[Tim Gettys]

Which.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

One of the most iconic games of all time. But yeah, when you have to, like, then mush a story in there, that's when we get into freaky territory.

[Tim Gettys]

And then as you like, start doing more sequels and prequels and spin offs, trying to keep all that story when it's so weird and sparse, I think that it just inherently gets even more complicated. And again, it's a Donkey Kong situation.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

So because the popularity of Street Fighter, the characters, the world, all of it, the game specifically, they did Release Street Fighter 2, the animated movie, which is the first Street Fighter movie. This was back in 1994 and it was a. It was a big hit. People really enjoyed this. Not the best movie of all time, but it does have that, like, very classic ova anime movie style.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

That still holds up today. Barrett, if you can bring it up now, like, looking at it, it's like, this is cool. As also it featured a Chun Li shower scene that for obvious reasons, very iconic to fan base.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah, I like, man. I remember because I watched this, I must have been like 1615. This is one that me, Stevie and Sarah Moore watched at Ceremonial House because we're like into Street Fighter or whatever. And yeah, like I remember the shower scene being something that we were like, oh, what's going on here?

[Tim Gettys]

Well, that's the thing they, they ported. They localized it in America. They did the thing that they always do. They added a bunch of pop American music instead of the soundtrack that the movie had. So like Alice in Chains is playing like constantly throughout this film. Yeah, Nick and I did a watch along of this back at the old studio. But yeah, super fun movie. And yeah, the American version cut the Chun Li scene or at least censored it. And then there was like re releases. You know, it's a whole thing. The Chun Li fight scene where she beats up Vega after that is dope as. Yeah, a lot of the fight scenes in this are super cool. The start of the movie is the origin of Sagat getting his scar from ryu. It's like, there's some cool stuff in here, right? Anyway, this was 1994, but it wasn't the only Street Fighter movie in 1994 because we also got the Hollywood classic.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Street Fighter the movie which I never seen.

[Tim Gettys]

I have also never seen this. It's been on tv. I've seen bits and pieces of it. But this is one of those Fever Dream type things where you're like, you hear, oh, there was a Fantastic Four movie in the 90s. You're like, really was there. And you look at this, it's the same type of thing. The cast is absolutely insane. All right, we got Jean Claude Van Damme.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Hell yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

As Guile. We have Ming Na Wen as Chun Li.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

No way.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, dude. Kylie Minogue is Cami.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Like they were, they were doing something here. Okay. But yeah, you look at this movie and it's like it is the most 90s, like why would you do this type movie? But I'm also telling you right now I'm looking at this, I'm like, they're kind of doing the thing. Like look at their stupid ass outfits.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah, I. I be. I'd be curious if we were to go back and watch this. I mean we got to do Street Fighter movie and review when they put out the.

[Tim Gettys]

I think we do. And I'm letting everyone know today was me doing the research to see what movies are blessed. And I going to have to watch for Street Fighter 2026. And we're about to have a good time.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Cuz it sounds like, yeah, we got to watch the. Rewatch the animated One. We got to watch this, cuz I. I want to know how this compares to the Mortal Kombat movie.

[Tim Gettys]

Can you go back like 10 seconds, please?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Is he green?

[Tim Gettys]

Kind of.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I didn't. I missed it. Yeah. I want to see. I want to see how this compares to the Mortal Kombat, his Mortal Kombat movie. Oh, my. Jesus Christ. Oh. Oh. Don't like that.

[Tim Gettys]

Don't like that at all.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

But like, Mortal Kombat movies, right?

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Iconic, but also not quality. Like, not the best movies, especially Mortal Kombat 2. I like Mortal Kombat 1 movie. Mortal Kombat 2 kind of goes off the rails. I wonder where this stands in that pantheon. Or if it's just like a way worse thing. Because Mortal Kombat, I feel like it stood the test of. Time is not the right word, but it stuck around.

[Tim Gettys]

Cult classic. Right?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Classic. Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

But okay, I actually love that you're bringing up Mortal Kombat right now at this point in time in the Street Fighter movie timeline. Because this is where we start to do a. A major diversion from you. Look at this. And this is campy 90s Hollywood action movie. There's a big property. Let's get big stars, put them in the costumes, have them hit each other, have some stupid effects, and like, hopefully make some money, you know?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

You look at that, you know exactly what they're going for. And is that against the tone of the Street Fighter games? Not really. Because like we just said, the Street Fighter game story and all that stuff, not really sensical. Like, it's not really grounded. It's kind of just like, fun for fun's sake. Right. Mortal Kombat is funny because I think inherently is a much sillier game. Like, there's a lot more, like, funny things about it, but it takes itself seriously. You know, there's something about they. They care about the story a bit more. And I feel like the. It's not that it's much deeper, but I do think that there's just, like, elements of it, the, you know, Earth Realm and all that stuff. Like, yeah, they have a story that they care about, it seems. And then when you translate that to movies, it's either like the 90s ones or like a more recent Mortal Kombat movie that we're getting the sequel to this year, which, like, it's a serious movie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

For better or worse. It's like they try to actually go back and give Sub Zero and Scorpion, like, backstories that are, like, grounded to an extent that, like, they're trying to make these like, believable movies, you know, Listen here.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I've gone to The Mortal Kombat 1992 original video game, Wikipedia. Whereas the Street Fighter plot section, two sentences, the plot for Mortal Kombat. Two paragraphs. Yeah, two paragraphs. And like, I think. Yeah, I think it really is the reverse, right. Where you look at that cast of characters in Mortal Kombat and it's like, oh, there's something going on here. It might not be fucking deep or anything like that. Right. But even here, you know, if I'm ready, if I'm to read the first paragraph of the plot. The game takes place in earthrealm already. We've established a location. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Straight up.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

We've established a setting where a tournament is being held by Shang Tsung's island, on which seven of its locations serve as stages in the game. The introduction to Mortal Kombat explains that Shang Tsung was banished to Earth Realm 500 years ago. And then it goes on. Right. But like, there's a. I feel like moral combat. Yeah. Like you're saying from the get go, kind of establish a little bit more to pull from, even to the detriment sometimes where you get to the PS2 generation of mortal Kombat games. And like, it's not the best generation Mortal Kombat games. But one thing that I think does stand up as far as when people talk about Mortal Kombat from the era.

[Tim Gettys]

Is like, Kang is.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Liu Kang is dead.

[Tim Gettys]

And that means something.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes. There's the conquest mode and deception that like people, you want to talk about cult classic, like things about a video game. Right. Like you have Armageddon was fucking hearkened back to in Mortal Kombat, one that came out recently. Right. Like there's a story. There's like a cult following for like the Mortal Kombat story that is there because the people are making it from the get go. Took it seriously. Yeah. And like, I think have a good foundation to work from. Whereas Street Fighter, the foundation of its story kind of just isn't there. And so I feel like every iteration is kind of them having to kind of weave around and be like, all right, let's create stuff, let's. Or kind of pull things together a little.

[Tim Gettys]

They take it seriously and literally and it creates kind of an awkward situation, which is what we see with the next Street Fighter movie. Do you remember what it is?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Bless the next Street Fighter movie after. After the live action one in the 90s? No. Was it another live action one?

[Tim Gettys]

2009'S live action street Fighter, the Legend of Chun Li.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I do not remember this.

[Tim Gettys]

You don't remember this?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

No.

[Tim Gettys]

God.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

This Fighter, the Legend of Chun Li.

[Tim Gettys]

This came out around Dragon Ball Evolution. That's kind of what I need to tell you for you to understand this. They thought they were doing something here. They thought that this was what the world needed. It was them taking Street Fighter so freaking serious.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Does this. Did this come to theaters?

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Kristen Kruik is Chun Li.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, my God.

[Tim Gettys]

Like, look at Vega. Like, this is just. This reminds me a lot of the pre MCU superhero movies, you know?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Like those. When you look at the. The. The Bad X Men movies and like, the. It's like, why are they all in leather? Why can't we just have fun? Like, why. Why does it look this way? You know, if you go to the end of the trailer, Barrett, we see her do a. I assume Hadouken, and it's offensive. It is very, very bad. Yep. There we go.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Jesus.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. So that's what we were dealing with here.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

And you've seen this movie. Was. Was Ryu in it or was this like a.

[Tim Gettys]

No. So this one. This is them trying to take this, like, trying to take the two sentences seriously.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And, like, extrapolate it into a actual movie. So this is them talking about, you know, Chun Li work the. At Interpol. Right. This is them dealing with Charlie Guile's now dead friend.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Who? Charlie and Chun Li work together at Interpol.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

So this is kind of like the movie or like their origin story, because that's what we needed.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That seems like a deeper cut. Like, that seems like kind of a. Yeah. A very specific storyline for a live action theatrical release.

[Tim Gettys]

That's true. So I am happy to be able to share something with you. Bless.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

That movie brought us nothing good.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

But it brought us one thing. Amazing. And that one thing is the character of Charlie. Okay. Charlie played by Chris Klein.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Do you know Chris Klein? Remind me of Pie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Which American. Which character was he in American Pie?

[Tim Gettys]

The sensitive one.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. He was like the lacrosse player who dates like the acapella singer learning how to be sensitive. Yeah, I, like. I vaguely remember it. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

So what if I told you he gave his absolute greatest performance of all time in Street Fighter? The legend of Chun Li.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Define absolute greatest performance.

[Tim Gettys]

I don't need to. I'll let you see it for yourself.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Please. You just inherited a big problem. Get used to it. Your new roommates spent the last three years of my life chasing around an organization called Shadow. His bodies piled up in the harbor.

[Tim Gettys]

They were the heads of the ruling.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Crime families of Bangkok. Correct? Right. And now they're all dead except for one. His name's Bison. And I've tracked him through 11 major cities on four continents and never come close.

[Tim Gettys]

Not once.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

He's like damn near breaking the fourth wall here. Raindrops. And anybody that's against him is either dead or are on their way. Now he's the last man standing. You don't want to take it to this dance, Detective? Of course it's a front for Shadow. License ring and okay.

[Tim Gettys]

You can stop neighborhoods to drive the.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Land I need to know, do the other characters match this energy whatsoever?

[Tim Gettys]

Unfortunately, they don't. Cuz if they did, we're fucking cooking. You know, because that is kind of my. My entire thesis statement, okay. On Street Fighter 2026.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

I want them all to be Chris Clyde.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay, we're gonna talk about this. But we're still gonna add.

[Tim Gettys]

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[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

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[Tim Gettys]

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[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

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[Tim Gettys]

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[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

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[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

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[Tim Gettys]

So right before the ad break. Yeah, I dropped a bomb.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

You did a wild one.

[Tim Gettys]

And we got to talk about it.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

We got to talk about it.

[Tim Gettys]

We got to talk about it because I'm deadly serious.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I cannot wait to hear your argument towards this.

[Tim Gettys]

So here's the argument. We have more video game adaptations than ever, and we have more good ones than ever. There's still some really bad ones. There's still a lot of mediocre ones. We have more than ever. So you know, there's just gonna be. It's a numbers game. But when we look at the successful ones recently, I feel the majority of them are when they just captured the energy or the vibe of the thing, or take it and understand that you either need to faithfully recreate the story and characters people love from the games or which is harder to do. And I feel like less have actually even attempted or pulled that off. And in the case of the Last of Us, you look at it, it's like that is its problem and that's what makes it good to some people and divisive to others is how much they feel like it reflects their memories of those games. But then you look at Arcane, you look at Cyberpunk, Edgerunners, Fallout, like some of the most well regarded Ones are just in the world of those games and treat the material with respect, but understand what makes the stories and world matter. Translating that to a different medium without having to directly adapt the literal story of the. Of the games. Right. Then there's other ones. I'm gonna say it, I gotta say it. My favorite one right now.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Sonic.

[Tim Gettys]

Twisted Metal.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, twisted Metal.

[Tim Gettys]

Twisted Metal.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay. Yeah, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Sonic's a different. Different beast.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah, I was gonna say because Sonic is in its own category.

[Tim Gettys]

Yes. And like Sonic I do think is a good example of maybe like a third vertical almost of like that's like a reimagining. It's a reimagining, but like taking elements people love and care about from the games and putting it in. And as you watch those Sonic movies, as we're now three in with the spin off show Knuckles.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Those progressively get more and more inspired by the games. The first one kind of felt like they were scared to go into that. And now where we're at now, I fully expect Sonic 4 to be bat shit insane with just Sonic stuff and Sonic characters and all of that. Because they built up to that. They've earned the trust of the audience.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I also think Sonic is as an IP and franchise is. So it's different. Like I don't think any. I don't think many other IP can do what Sonic the Movie does as far as like how ridiculous it is, how cheesy and campy and corny it is. And over the top it is, but also like how much of a thing it worked or how much it works as a thing because it is such a kids movie. And. And then also, yeah, like appeals to us as Sonic adults. Yeah, it's a weird. It's a weird different thing. Not many other franchises have that Sonic.

[Tim Gettys]

Effect, but Sonic has it and they've earned it because they've had countless TV shows, countless anime movies. Like, yeah, Sonic's putting the work to be a cultural icon. You're right. All right. People that have been putting the works be cultural icons. Twisted Metal.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Correct.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, Twisted Metal. Very big deal. I know that, like I am the only twisted Metal fan here at the office and I know that like just generally, like if you were to just talk to gamers these days about twisted Metal, it's not a factor. The Last game was 2012, I want to say, on PS3. Not that well regarded. Before that it was, you know, PS2 era that these games were popping off, or PS1 specifically, and then two with black. They were some of the most well regarded Games of those generations, like highest selling, highest reviewed, they were talked about as like major factors. Like Sweet Tooth was one of the faces of PlayStation.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

We got, we got a lot of Twisted Metal clones like other games that wanted to be twisted.

[Tim Gettys]

Car combat was a genre because of Twisted Metal, right? And the, the story and characters of Twisted Metal was a bigger part of that franchise than Street Fighter in the sense that Twisted Metal was known for it for having like cutscenes to tell the story as opposed to just like the screens of a fighting game. Even though it functioned very similarly to a fighting game. You choose your character, you get an intro story bit in the middle story bit and at the end story bit. But this Twisted Metal was so campy and depending on the game some of them would just be live action. And it was God awful. Like we've seen all the PS1 resident evil live action cutscenes. Yeah, the Twisted Metal endgame cutscenes from like twisted metal 1 are unhinged type shit. But then they got to Twisted Metal Black and tried to take it really seriously and turned the, the genre into being this M rated incredibly dark take. Every character's in an asylum for some reason and they're trying to get out all this stuff stuff. And it was fascinating to watch but they took it seriously and tried to take these characters it in a direction that I think ultimately worked for what the franchise is, but also killed the franchise because here we are and it doesn't mean to anybody. I grew up playing those games. Yeah, I grew up loving the stupid ass stories and not thinking it was good story but like being invested in it. So here I am 20 years later watching a Twisted Metal show that really feels like they're taking all that stuff the level of serious that they should. But at the end of the day like, this is stupid. Let's make it a comedy.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Like let's have the fun action, let's have the references, let's actually have heartfelt story and characters and but come up with stuff that doesn't need to directly adapt the game because the game doesn't matter, you know. But still, what does matter? What moments? What are the, the big pop off moments? What are the things that were we can do to service the actual fans of the, of the old games. And I think Twisted Metal's done a excellent job. The more I watch, the more I'm like, this is one of the one of them ones, man.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Like I gotta watch it at some.

[Tim Gettys]

Point and honestly I think, I think you'll enjoy it. I really, really Do. And the amount that I've talked about on the show, people have been like, I'm gonna watch it just to see if Tim's full of. Every single person I know that's watched has been tweeting me like, dude, I'm in, man. I'm in. And especially right now, we're cooking in season two. They're actually doing the tournament. Like, they're doing the big thing from the games, and they're just having fun with it. And again, not perfect. I'd probably give it like a 7 out of 10. But my point is, I am loving a 7 out of 10 because that's what a twisted metal thing should be. I mean, I don't make twisted metal. This prestige fucking drum.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I think it's about authenticity. Right. Like, I think everything you're saying is. Is. Is essentially saying that, like, this show is authentic to what twisted metal was, and it does it justice.

[Tim Gettys]

Yes.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That doesn't mean it's a 10 out of 10 show, but it means that for you, somebody who's a twisted metal fan, you watch it and go, yeah, that's exactly what I want for a twisted metal show.

[Tim Gettys]

So what do I want from a Street Fighter movie? Because I love the Street Fighter games. And I think that it's not because of the story, but it is because the characters. But what is it about the characters? It's that they're archetypes.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And it's that they have music that themes to themselves. They are from a certain place, and they have certain fighting styles. That's what matters to me. So put them together. Allow them to interact in stylish ways. And I'm kind of like, you can't fuck this up. But somehow they fucked it up multiple times.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Well, like in the past or.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And also with a lot of fighting, like, even Mortal Kombat. Right. It's like, there are easy ways that you can just take this simple premise that feels like such a slam dunk but mess it up still.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Do you think? Because, again, we haven't watched the, like, the original live action Street Fighter movie, but with the Legend of Chun Li. Do you think that was a thing of. They took it way too seriously. Yes. Okay. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And that was. The thing is, like, I feel like they need to just lean more into the style of, like, it needs to be about fights.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

Because that's what matters to us, is these characters going to different places around the world having cool fights.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

And have a story that's serviceable enough to get us from Place to place and some funny moments and having the characters saying the lines that we need them to say, doing the moves that we want to see them do. So having said all of that, we're finally here talking about the cast of the 2026 movie. We've talked about this on different shows. They keep adding it. It might get even more crazy over time, but where we're at right now, I just need everybody to kind of understand what we're dealing with next year because we might have an Alzheimer on our hands.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

We did. It's going to be an Alzheimer. What direction of an Alzheimer. Is it going to be a masterpiece? Probably not. Is it going to be a train wreck?

[Tim Gettys]

Maybe.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Is it going to be one of those. Is going to be a twisted metal.

[Tim Gettys]

And allow me, I want everybody to. I appreciate that for the last 38 minutes, you've. You've listened, you've partook, you're showing respect in the chat. Even when I say some things that might sound out of line.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

But I. But I think, honestly, everything you've said so far, I'm on board with.

[Tim Gettys]

And allow me to continue.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

Because I'm going to prove the point here. All right.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Please.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm going to prove the point. So here we are. Barrett, if you could bring up the Deadline article. So when we look through the characters that they've announced so far.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

I want us to talk about each character and who is tied to it and the story that this is building. We have Vidyat Jammwal playing Dhalsim in Street Fighter. I'm unfamiliar with him.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. I'm like, trying to find the IMDb now. And I'm finding a lot of movies, shows that I'm not familiar with. He's known for Tupaki Force, Kudahafi, and all these, I mean, movies that I assume are popular internationally. Right. I'm trying to find. Let's see. Given his elaborate expertise in the martial arts, especially the ancient form called Kalari payatu, which he's trained in since he was all of 4 years old.

[Tim Gettys]

Good news.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Great news. And also, like a good trend because the actor who plays Ryu, also martial artist. We'll get to that later. He's committed himself to creating a platform for action and stunts in world cinema. His first Bollywood outing, Force, which is a remake of Tamil film Kakaka, alongside John Abraham, gave audiences a sneak peek into the kind of action they can expect from videos. So an action star from India was boiled down.

[Tim Gettys]

Cool. Great. Then next up we have Hiroki Goto. As E. Honda. Now, who is this? A Japanese professional wrestler for New Japan Pro Wrestling.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes. Fuck, yes.

[Tim Gettys]

Like, that's exactly what you need for this.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. Oh, my God.

[Tim Gettys]

Moving on, we have Andrew. Andrew Koji playing Ryu I'm loosely familiar.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

With because he was in Bullet Train and also he was in the G.I. joe movies, I think, namely Snake Eyes.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, just. I think it was just Snake Eyes, but okay, but Bullet Train, he was fucking awesome.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

Doing what? Fighting in the streets?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yep, exactly.

[Tim Gettys]

And he kicked ass in a stylish over the top action movie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Is there, I guess. Is there a way we can see a scene without getting claimed? Because we've already been running a fine line this entire story about a little too maybe. I might look it up on my. On my end then, because I want to remind myself how he looks in action.

[Tim Gettys]

And also, yeah, the chat's popping off. He was in Warrior, a show that I haven't seen, but all my friends are obsessed with. And it's very martial arts driven, which is exactly.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I mean, the one thing that I'm gleaming from all this is that there's gonna be a lot of fighting in this movie. Which is exactly what I want. Yeah. Which is like, you know, you ask what. What about or Street Fighter do you bring forward that is going to be off that you can use to make a movie that's authentic to what Street Fighter is. And Street Fighter is a tough one because it's not twisted metal, it's not Mortal Kombat, it's not Tekken even. Right. When you're talking about your connection to these characters and how they bring the personality. I play Street Fighter for the fighting. Street Fighter. I think out of all the fighting games, I'm in for the gameplay the most. And so I want a lot of this movie to be fighting. I want more fighting in this movie. Like more fighting per minute than in a Mortal Kombat. That's what I want. I want people to kick an ass this entire fucking time.

[Tim Gettys]

As do I. And you know what else I want was that I want this movie to be one hour and 30 minutes, not a second more.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes, okay, I agree.

[Tim Gettys]

Not a second more. Next up, Noah Centineo as Ken.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

And this is where we get kind.

[Tim Gettys]

Of weird because here's the thing. You look at this and you go. You see this picture and you go, no, Right? Just pretend he's blonde. That's all I need you to do.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

I shout out to our boy because we might look at him as one of the boys we loved before. But no, he's a man now. This boy is a ripped man, and that's my thing.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

And like, I. I have to remove my preconceived notion about Noah Centineo, because, yes, I know him from. For all the boys, I know him as the, like, teenage slash young adult heartthrob, and I've only seen him in that role.

[Tim Gettys]

So he was also in Black Adam. Horrible movie. But he's an adult. That. That looks like he fights like an adult, which is great. He's going to be a good Ken.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I hope so. Because I also think you need somebody who can stand up in terms of physicality and more so I guess, like, stand up in terms of martial arts output to Ryu's character. And we know that actor has the stuff I'm watching. I'm literally watching his bullet train clip right now.

[Tim Gettys]

And has a hot shot attitude.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

He does.

[Tim Gettys]

Hot shot attitude.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

But I. But I also think he has to have the stuff to back it up as well, because we have another character named Daniel who is like Ryu and Ken as far as, like, being another kind of clone character, but his whole thing is that he just does not have the stuff.

[Tim Gettys]

No.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

You know what I mean?

[Tim Gettys]

He's a joke.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

He's a joke.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, literally, he's like one of the first joke characters in a video game. Like, secret characters are not even secret, but like.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah, like, you have to have. I think Ryu and Ken have to have somewhat of a competitive nature to them so that Dan can be that joke character.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

So I need to see Noah Santineo kick some ass.

[Tim Gettys]

So then we have Chun Li is Kalina Liang. I'm not familiar with her. Even looking at her IMDb I haven't seen any of her work before, but I have no fears that they're about Chun Li. I think that's one of the characters. They're like, we can't fuck this up.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes. No, that's an important character right there.

[Tim Gettys]

Then, God, I need all you to see the vision here that we're building. We have David Dasmalchin playing M. Bison in this.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I'm fascinated about.

[Tim Gettys]

It's Inside inspired.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

He's in the new season of Dexter.

[Tim Gettys]

And so that's your pull for him.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I mean, that's my latest one because literally. Literally I watched the episode yesterday, and so I'm like, oh, he's fresh on the brain. On the brain. What are some more things you list off for him?

[Tim Gettys]

Well, I mean, I first saw him in a very brief role in the Dark Knight. Yeah. But he is polka dot man in.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, yeah, he was Polka dots.

[Tim Gettys]

He was one of the homies in Ant Man. He was really fun. The Baba Yaga guy. Guy, he's great. Like, he also is one of those dudes that has a lot of range as an actor and he's entertaining the scenery. Yes. He is also an Oppenheimer.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

God.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. This guy's incredible. And visually, he has a striking look to. To him that I think is going to work very well with who Bison is as a character and how Bison moves about the world. Which is obnoxious. And one liners.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

And poses.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. I. I think for a movie that seems from its casting, like it's going to be an over the top affair. We've not even gone to the most over the top castings, but I think if you're. If you want to pull somebody that can play a good cartoon villain, essentially you have to have somebody who is striking from first sight. And he's definitely somebody who is striking from first sight as far as, like. Oh, like, like in Dexter, he plays. He plays a serial killer. Because Dexter's serial killers. Yeah, I know. Surprise. Right? But like the kind of serial killer that he is, like, he is somebody that is intimidating. Like, once you see him in the room, you're like, oh, man, I gotta like, watch out for this guy because he can strike at any second sort of thing. I think he's gonna be great as M. Bison.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, so we got a couple chats I want to address here. Juggle. Maddie says, nope, I'm officially out now. I like him, but fuck this movie. That's. I'm interested in why. But that's funny.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Passenger seatbelt.

[Tim Gettys]

And then upgrade88 says, I just don't see this guy fighting. Now I. I need us all to stop and think about these characters and this movie and what they do. I understand that in a Street Fighter movie you want your characters to be good martial artists that can actually fight.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

But that's only true for the characters like Ryu.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

And Ken.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

The characters that are fighting martial arts fighters. Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

How does M. Bison fight? He launches himself across the screen wrapped in lightning.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

We're gonna be okay, guys.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes. M. Bison's not gonna be fucked. Like doing all. Like. It's not gonna be the fast paced martial arts that you want to see.

[Tim Gettys]

It's gonna be over the top as.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes. Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

This guy, he's gonna be screaming and yelling. It's gonna be like Palpatine and Revenge of the Sith. And we're gonna like it?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes. That's 1,000% correct.

[Tim Gettys]

Now moving on to the next casting. Oh, Cody goddamn Rhodes as Guile. If anyone has anything bad to say about this, I want nothing to do with you and your opinions.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

This is good stuff. He already has the tattoo for it. He's all. He's the American. American Nightmare. He's the American Nightmare. I'm fascinated with this casting to your point, right? Like, again, not somebody we would associate with like the fast paced martial arts thing. But Guile's not that character. Guy's a heavy ass, muscly ass dude that punches hard and does the sonic boom. Cody Rhodes can knock this role out of the park. This comes back to the over the top cartoon thing, right? Of like, these characters are all cartoon characters. Especially when you veer outside of the Ryu, the Ken, the Chun Li, you then get to just a hodgepodge of like, like over the topness. Right. I think this. I think this works. I think this works perfect. The only thing I'm fascinated about is the hair. Are they gonna give him the hair?

[Tim Gettys]

Yes.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Is. How's that gonna look?

[Tim Gettys]

Blessed. This is why I'm so excited about this. Every bit of news that we've heard about this and every character we see, it's building the story that I'm like, oh, yeah, there's no way they don't go all in. They're making the choices to go all in.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

You don't cast the people you're casting here if you're not gonna be as stupid and just nail it as possible. I think his hair is going to be big.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I hope so.

[Tim Gettys]

He's gonna have big hair. He's gonna be combing that thing a lot. And Cody Rhodes is gonna eat that up, man.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I, I'm. I picture his entrance. Maybe him walking out of a. Of a helicopter. Yeah, his actual entrance, right. No, I picture him in character walking out of a, like a military base or a helicopter or something. And then just the, like that hitting.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, that's my thing is like again building the case of all of this. I think they're gonna use the music.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Well, they have to use the God of music. You have to use it.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, my God. And then moving on, guys. I can't wait for this fucking movie. I'm hyping myself up now. Jason Momoa is Blanca.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I forgot that this is.

[Tim Gettys]

They're gonna make him green. This seems. Remember when we were watching the Nintendo direct and they announced the Mario cast?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I was gonna reference that earlier and.

[Tim Gettys]

We were just like, what the actual.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And it was the most insane casting ever. And then it turned out totally worked for the movie. Is that an ideal for Mario? I don't know. We're not talking about Mario. We're talking about Street Fighter and Jason Momoa as Guy as Blanca.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I, I, I gotta see it. I, I like.

[Tim Gettys]

But here's the thing.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I also don't know who else you, you cast as Blanca. Like, I'm not.

[Tim Gettys]

You want to see it? Bless. Just blow your eyes a little bit and look right there. You know what I mean?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

You know what? I'm seeing a little bit literally make him green eyes.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm seeing it a little bit make him green.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

And he has to have orange, Orange hair. I think I'm more so. I'm, I'm, I think the one thing I'm scared of, honestly, is the makeup. You said you showed me that Blanca earlier on from the Street Fighter live action movie from the 90s. I don't want that again. You know what I mean?

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, I don't think it's going to be that, but you just make this man green, and it's going to work in the comedic way that this movie, the only way this movie could work is if they know how stupid it is. You can't have a green man.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

See. Yeah, I, this is one. I gotta, I gotta watch the trailer. I gotta watch the trailer because I'm also fast 10. I did see fast 10. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Jason Momoa could do no wrong.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

No, he did wrong in that movie. I hated him in that movie.

[Tim Gettys]

What?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I hated Jason Momoa in that movie. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

How?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

But I'm also just not. I, I'm not a big Jason Momoa guy. Like, and I, and I think that's why I, I might turn the corner of being fine with this because, like, all right, cool. Blanca is not somebody who's gonna, you're gonna see the entire movie. But I feel like when you cast Jason Momoa, you want him visible, right? He is a hot. He's the hot buff man in Hollywood. Jason Momoa has, like, a star power to him. Right? Like, how much of Jason Momoa's Blanca is gonna look and remind us that this is Jason Momoa?

[Tim Gettys]

I think you have the wrong take on Jason Momoa. Jason Momoa leans into the fun, and Jason Momoa, I think he, he, I don't think he knows who he is and what he is. He's going to be green.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

He was in the Minecraft movie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

He was in the Minecraft movie.

[Tim Gettys]

I didn't watch that movie also being ridiculous. Exactly. He's ridiculous.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

This is ridiculous. It's just. Hasn't worked. But also, his ridiculousness does align with Blanca, so I'm okay with that, actually.

[Tim Gettys]

Next up, we have Curtis 50 Cent Jackson playing ballrock.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Now, this is where they cooked. This is where they cooked again. Like, there's. I like how much they're going for star power in the weirdest way in this movie. I mean, Balrog is just a boxer, right? Like, I can see it.

[Tim Gettys]

Boxer with crossed eyes. If they don't make 50 cent cross his eyes, I'm gonna be pissed. Oh, guys, I think they're gonna.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I don't. Oh, man. I think either way, I'm in. Either way, I'm in. I just need to. I just need to see how he fits.

[Tim Gettys]

I mean, I'm looking at this picture, and it fits.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Like, he fits. But I'm curious on, like, who's he interacting with? Who's he. Like, is it him fighting Blanca? Who does he fight?

[Tim Gettys]

Well, see, that's.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Again, what's the matchup here?

[Tim Gettys]

We're getting through this. The chase a bit here.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

With the point that I'm making here, these characters, they're all the Street Fighter 2 characters. We are getting the eight World warriors, and we are getting the M. Bison's crew. We have Bison, we have Balrog, we have Vega, and we have Sagat. So that's the entire cast of Street Fighter 2. There's one exception, though.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

What's that?

[Tim Gettys]

You already named it, but Dan.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Dan. Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Was. Dan was an. In Street Fighter, Dan was Street Fighter Alpha. Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Dan's like a later, like, just, like, joke.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, yeah. Indians in this. Yes, you're right.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. So we have. So to answer your question of who he's going to be fighting, I imagine that it's Bison and his, like, boss crew is going to be Balrog, Sagat, and Vega. And so they'll be facing up against some of the more main cast.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Next up, we have Vega, Orville, Peck.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Now, I need you to tell me about Orville Pick.

[Tim Gettys]

I want y' all to know he's a South African country musician based in the United States and Canada, and he exclusively wears masks.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. I. I learned this after they announced this. And I love it. I love it so much.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. Mellow fellow. Says all these characters in an hour and a half. Tim. Lol. I don't think you understand. Don't give me story. Don't give me development for these stories.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

It's not going to be that deep.

[Tim Gettys]

Choose one, maybe two, to lightly follow through the thing.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Have the characters pop up, have them fight, have them say their thing. The music hits and that. Call it a goddamn day.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Hour and a half in, out.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I just need the story to be connective tissue to get me. Get me to the fights, and I need the fights to be as ridiculous as possible.

[Tim Gettys]

And then Dan Hibiki, played by Andrew Schultz. This is the one that I think most people are up in arms about. People in a tizzy. You don't like Andrew Schultz. I feel like I'm going to go out on a limb and say the majority of our audience, don't fuck with this guy.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

You know, so, yeah. Am I thrilled about this? No. Do I think he's going to be in the movie a lot? No. Do I think he's going to nail Dan?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Sure, sure, sure. Yeah. This is the casting I don't care about because, yeah, I don't really like any shows. But then also, Dan's not a major character in the Street Fighter series, and so I don't expect him to be like that present.

[Tim Gettys]

He's going to be a joke. He's going to be going to get his ass kicked.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes, exactly. Is that it?

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, it's not. It's not. It. Bless. Of course, we got to talk about Roman Reigns as Akuma. We got Roman and Cody in this movie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Was Akuma in Akuma was in Street Fighter 2.

[Tim Gettys]

It was in Ultra Street Fighter 2.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay, okay, okay. Let's fucking go.

[Tim Gettys]

Not Ultra Turbo.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I love Roman Reigns. I love Akuma. I love both these characters. And so, yeah, you combine them as one thing. I'm all the way into it. I also love it. I. I'm. The WWE connection in this whole thing is very fascinating.

[Tim Gettys]

Well, and New Japan Pro Wrestling.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. New Japan. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

They're leaning into, in my opinion, getting this right.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes. Which I think. Yeah, it's a good balance of. We need somebody. We need people who are. Who look the part, who are buff, who are big, but then also people who can, like, do stunts and throw hands and do all that. Right. I won. Akuma's role I'm fascinated in because Akuma, I'm not gonna sit here and act like I. I fully understand Akuma's backstory and all that, but he strikes me as somebody who's a little bit more involved as far as, like, how his. What his relationship. Relationship is with Ryu and the rest of the cast.

[Tim Gettys]

What if I told you there's an evil Ryu?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, yeah. I knew yeah, like the. Literally. Yeah. Separate from this. Yes, I do know that.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, yeah. But so yeah, Akuma came in Super Turbo, which added four more characters in addition to him. I'm pretty sure that's right. To The Street Fighter 2 groups, we had DJ who was like the dancy one.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Tomahawk and Cammy.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Cammie.

[Tim Gettys]

So I don't know if we're going to be seeing any of them in the this movie, unfortunately, but maybe.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I mean, there's still time.

[Tim Gettys]

There is still time. All right. So you look at all this and you're like, okay, I'm starting to see the vision when it was just one, two, three of these castings. You're like, let the. This is going to be dog. But then you see them all together and you're like, all right, we're starting, we're starting to cook here.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah, we're, we're, we're, we're painting a story here.

[Tim Gettys]

So this is where it gets even more interesting to me. The directors of this movie were going to be Danny and Michael. I don't know how to say the last name, but Philippe. Are you familiar with them?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

No.

[Tim Gettys]

So they recently put out a movie a couple years ago called Talk to Me.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Huge, huge, huge hit. The film received positive reviews from critics, grossed 92 million against a production budget of $4.5 million.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Damn.

[Tim Gettys]

Becoming a 24 is highest grossing horror film film. All right, these dudes got the stuff, but they didn't start with that. They started on YouTube. They began filming their backyard wrestling matches with close friends in Adelaide, Australia, when they were 11 years old. Inspired by the WWE.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

These included scenes of the brothers crashing into furniture, flipping kids over and bashing them head first into the ground and jumping off of everything, including roofs. They also filmed in a half built house and caused water to flood the site. They later said some of the things that they did were extremely risky and, and life threatening. And we're thankful to a friend's elder sister who helped them steer away from that stuff. They ended up just continuing to do this and getting more and more success, bigger opportunities. They're YouTubers. Okay, yeah. I want to give you an example. This real quick, this is just for fun thing. Barrett, can you actually bring up the second video? The one that says watertight? You might recognize, I feel like you've seen some of their videos before, you just wouldn't necessarily know them, but like they just pop up all the time. This was one of the stupider things they ever did. They filled a car with water Water entirely. Drove it around with, like, scuba gear on.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Jesus.

[Tim Gettys]

Like, driving out into the streets.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

This is awesome.

[Tim Gettys]

And they got arrested for it, of course. And they got in a lot of trouble for this.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That's so funny, because that was gonna be my first question is like, there's no way this is legal.

[Tim Gettys]

Not legal. That's definitely, definitely bad. Anyway, so they're. They're kind of like, you know, that raised by WWE and Jackass generation of kids that were like, we want to do this too. We want to make movies. We want to make TV. So they got huge on YouTube in, like, the early 2010s, because I put them up there with the quarter digitals of the world. Freddie Wongs of. They were massively talented with vfx.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

So they were creative as. And we're just like, we're gonna just spend time making the most insane videos ever. They would pop off with videos that would get tens of millions of views that were like, Harry Potter fight scenes or like, Ronald McDonald fighting the Colonel from KFC. And it was, like, incredibly over the top. Very WWE coded. But they were just, like, action comedy shorts.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Right?

[Tim Gettys]

I loved them. I didn't watch all their stuff. Some of their humor is, like, definitely, like, edgier than I with.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

But I remember being blown away by how much they just got source material or, like, got like, what are the dumb fan film stuff? I want to watch a video with you. It's about three minutes long. This is them from over a decade ago doing a Street Fighter short.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

No way. Okay, let's watch this.

[Tim Gettys]

Let's watch this one with audio, please.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, my God. The Dalzine doing the stretchy thing. Vega.

[Tim Gettys]

Like, these are just, like, very dudes.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Like, making this.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, my God. We took on a plane. You're not calling anybody. Oh, Fuck, yeah. For YouTube, this is very impressive. It is extremely impressive. And the fact that you have so much going on is well choreographed. Oh, my God. The Chun Li doing the kicks. Oh, my God, that's crazy.

[Tim Gettys]

All right, we can stop now. You guys get the point. But, like, they just go all out and they. They get it. They understand kind of the vibe and tone. Like, obviously, this is a YouTube. Of course it's not a movie. But in terms of like, okay, what is this? There's something there now, unfortunately, they backed out of directing this movie, so they will not be directing this movie, but they pass it off because they made so much money and did so great with their horror film. They made a seat or making a sequel to that. They Made another movie called Bring Her Back that came out recently and was also very well received. But they passed the movie on to a different director, but I'm very fascinated by. His name's Katau Sakurai.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Emmy nominated for his work on the Eric Andre show on which he was director and executive producer, Sakurai is otherwise best known for co directing and writing Netflix's chart topping hidden camera prank pick Bad Trip, also starring Andre. So let's stop there real quick, huh? Sounds like there's some similar vibes there.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Sure.

[Tim Gettys]

We got the, you know, hidden camera prank show going for that. More that vibe of like what we just watched. Eric Andre definitely says a lot. Eric Andre, featured in the most recent Jackass movie. There's an energy that I'm like, okay, I think we're going to be kind of aligned with the former directors in terms of vision for what this story is going to be. A lot of the casting started talking even while the other guys were attached. So I think that a lot of the identity of whatever vision the Rocka Rocka boys had.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Is going to maintain. Okay, but let me take you to my final point, please. He's also known for directing many different series including Dave.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, love Dave.

[Tim Gettys]

Fucking love Dave.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

The premise.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

Great show.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

He's EP on the anticipated second season of Beef for Netflix.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, I love, I love season one.

[Tim Gettys]

Of Beef and Twisted Metal.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Of course. Of course. Okay.

[Tim Gettys]

And I looked into it. I'm like, okay. Oh, he directed my favorite episodes of Twisted Metal season one.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

It all comes full circle. It all comes full circle.

[Tim Gettys]

The in. We gotta talk about Street Fighter. We gotta talk about this movie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I can't believe they're making him green.

[Tim Gettys]

They're gonna make him green.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Now I really gotta watch fucking Twisted Metal.

[Tim Gettys]

Gotta.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I'm excited for YouTube. That's. First of all, I love the strings that you pulled together here. I love the thesis statement of your argument, the fucking conclusion here. How it all fucking connects and how it all makes sense. Because I do think it all makes sense.

[Tim Gettys]

It all makes sense.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yes.

[Tim Gettys]

Strap in, everybody.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

This is gonna be ridiculous.

[Tim Gettys]

A 7 out of 10. That is gonna be awesome.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

You've convinced me. Yeah. Like you've. You've kind of like aimed my anticipation and expectation expectations now. And I think a very reasonable level of expect authentic, expect over the top, maybe not expect a masterpiece, which I wasn't expecting anyways from the get go. I'm more excited about this after talking about it.

[Tim Gettys]

Fantastic. I want to get to some super chats before we leave. Zach Brown says adrenaline in my soul guy is Guile is being played by Cody Rhodes.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And I also expect them to make WWE references, too, because they always do that. I remember when they. What was the movie with all the action heroes together?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

The Expendables. Expendables, yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. They always had the wrestlers do their moves and stuff. Like, yeah, he's gonna crossroads somebody.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh, yeah. Akuma Spears guy.

[Tim Gettys]

Antonio says Katao Sakurai from the Eric Andre shows directing this. Expect absurdist comedy in the world of Street Fighter. Not a typical Hollywood cash grab, which I'm down for. That's what it needs to be.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah, I agree. I don't. Like, I'd be fascinated. If there is anybody out there that cares super duper deeply about, like, the story and lore aspects of Street Fighter, there's those people for every franchise. Not saying they don't exist, but I'd be curious to see, like, what the. What would a Street Fighter movie look like appealing to those people? And, like, does that even make sense to do, you know what I mean? I feel like on this level, you kind of have to lean into more.

[Tim Gettys]

Sorry, appealing to what type of people?

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Like, the people that actually care about Street Fighter lore.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, so Kuma Bob OMB says highly recommend Street Fighter Assassin's Fist. It focused on the brother bond of Ryu and Ken and the falling out of Goken and Goku or Gokai. Yeah, Akuma. So there are a ton of. Whether it's like, animated things or live action, like YouTube, the. Back in the Machinima days, like the company Machinima Days of like, you know, there's just like, a lot of funding going around. Capcom made a bunch of these things, and they took Street Fighter seriously. It was. They were cool. But I. In my opinion, that's just not the vibe of what Street Fighter should be, which I agree. And. But it's like that stuff exists and, you know, they take it really seriously. And it's. It's a lot more about, like, the actual, like, meditation of martial arts and all that. It's like, you know, there's like Karate Kid and then there's Cobra Kai, baby.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Listen, I'm with it.

[Tim Gettys]

Alex G. Sandoval says fun fact, cul de sac translates to ass of the bag.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Huh? Ass of the bag.

[Tim Gettys]

I'm.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

There's history there. I'm gonna look. Look it up. We're looking up the etymology.

[Tim Gettys]

Gerald of Rivia says, will they rationalize the powers and mechanics like the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie, Psycho Power. Perfect. Perry Drive Impact, etc.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I mean, I think you're. You're deep in the bag with Drive Impact. I'm just wondering about the Hadoukens, like, Sonic Boom had. Do you need to rationalize it? I think if you. At the beginning somewhere, right? Like, if you explain a way of like, hey, people. People do magic. I really think that might be all you need. And, like, kind of the understanding of that's what this world is. I think it comes back to the thing that you're talking about as far as make this fun and authentic to what Street Fighter is. You can't over explain that in Mortal Kombat. I kind of wanted them to do it better. Like, I didn't really like how they explained it away in Mortal Kombat. Weirdly enough. Ironically enough, if they did the same thing for Street Fighter, I don't think I would care as much. Because Street Fighter, it's like, I've never really thought that hard about why you can do a sonic boom or a Hadouken. I just do the sonic boom in Mortal Kombat. I'm like, oh, Baraka has claws. I wonder why that. Like, I have more of a thought process around that here. I'm like, do the magic. Let's have fun.

[Tim Gettys]

The. The one likes Saf says, wow. Assassin's Creed. Assassin's Fist isn't the vibe Street Fighter should be. Tim. Tim, have you seen it? I'm a huge Street Fighter fan, and I have been since 92. It's amazing. No, no, it is amazing. I'm just saying, in terms of what a Street Fighter movie should be like, specifically, like, Hollywood movie in 2026 with the type of cast that we're talking about.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Y' all gotta lean into this other. Other side.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

You cannot take it seriously with Roman Reigns as Akuma.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That's the thing, is, it's very clear that they've chosen a vision of what they want this movie to be.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

And, like, you got to be on board with. Not that you had to be on board with the vision, but, like, we are on board with the vision. I like this vision for it.

[Tim Gettys]

And then Kuma Bob OMB says, tim, Street Fighter films in review. I think we have to.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Especially after today. I need you to see all of Chris Klein.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

I was gonna say I was on board until I saw that Chun Li movie. And now I'm kind of like, oh, I don't know if I want to watch all that. But hey, I'll do it. I'll do for the content.

[Tim Gettys]

All right, Jb Bonifacio says watch Warrior bless, he's Bruce Lee. Ricardo says, we've seen Momoa on all fours fighting in the Apple TV show C. I can see him working as Blanca. Hell yeah.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Interesting.

[Tim Gettys]

Ed Reed fan says. Tim, are you familiar with the YouTube channel A Wolf in Space? If not, it's a fan made animated Star Fox series. If it was made in the 1980s, it feels like a show that has reruns on late night tv. I can't believe you're bringing this up. This is one of the like the deep cut Tim things of. I am obsessed with this and I have been forever, even before it's modern interpretation. In the mid-2000s, Freddie Fox, the creator of this, put out a like Star Fox high School Saturday morning cartoon where it's like all the characters were in high school together and it rocked, man.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Oh my God.

[Tim Gettys]

It was. It was a Star Star Wolf musical bit. It still was. This guy is incredibly.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That's some nerd.

[Tim Gettys]

I love some nerd.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

That brings me back to when I was watching Super Mario Brothers Z.

[Tim Gettys]

Of course.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah. Super Mario Brothers Z on Newgrounds where somebody animated like, like, or took like the sprites from like 16 bit Mario and created a kind of like a Dragon Ball Z version of that universe where Sonic and all them came into. And like they're getting into dope ass fights in pixel art. I love that.

[Tim Gettys]

And then CJ split Son says you guys didn't top of the Street Fighter animated series. No, I don't think I even tell all the movies here.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah, we're talking about the movies.

[Tim Gettys]

But anyways, I. I don't know what point I was trying to make besides.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

No, you made the point.

[Tim Gettys]

Besides, we need to talk about this movie.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

And we did it. And I think we did a good job.

[Blessing Adioye Jr.]

We talked about the movie. You did the Tim thing of looping around while your love for the Peacock TV or for the twisted metal Peacock TV show loops back around to your excitement for what the Street Fighter movie is doing because the same director is working on it and there's a vision there. I. I learned so much on this episode. Yeah. And I'm excited for this now. I think before I was excited from a morbidly curious place, but now I'm genuinely excited of like, no, you can make something that we have a lot of fun with. And that's all I want. That's all I want. That's all I need.

[Tim Gettys]

Are you sold audience? Let us know in the comments below. And if you're not, I don't want to hear from you. Anyways, we're about to have a lot of fun today. We're doing KF podcast up next. And then after that, Nick is playing Mafia, the old country. Bless. Thank you for hanging out, Barrett. Thank you for hanging out. And thank you everybody for watching or listening. Until next time. Love you all. Goodbye.