Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (SPOILERS)

*DrSpengler* · 10-25-2005, 10:15 PM

Just watched the DVD. Well, let's get started...

And if you didn't read it in the title SPOILERS

It was both a prequel AND a sequel to the last Alpha movie, so either description is right, I suppose. It starts out with the origin of Akuma and his eventual murder of Goutetsu and later Gouken. It also features the origin of Ryu; he's Akuma's son who was hidden from Akuma shortly after he was born. His mother died giving birth.

Dear God. This movie was JUST. LIKE. STAR WARS.

So much so that it was almost funny. Akuma fell in love with the daughter of Goutetsu, his withered old master, and they had a baby. He later "turned to the Dark Hadou" and, in a rage, killed Goutetsu. The girl got pregnant but died during birth and gave her son, Ryu, to Gouken (Akuma's former training partner and master of the Good Hadou). Gouken gave Ryu to an old monk and martial arts master to keep him safe from Akuma.

Yeah, you can see the similarities.

Continuity-wise, it sincs up with the last Alpha movie pretty well. Only a few things wrong. For one, Ryu seems to be protrayed almost as a novice in this movie and gets beaten by the old Master at the beginning fairly easy. He certainly was a much better fighter in the last movie. And the only other issue is that the place where he and Akuma have their showdown looks nothing like the place that was shown at the end of the first Alpha movie (a beach). Other than that, it picks up where the last flick left off quite nicely and answers several nagging questions.

The animation was alright. Might've just been my DVD, but character sorta "blinked" when they were just standing there. The fights were extremely fluid and well done. We finally, at very long last, got to see Ryu vs Akuma. the USA Street Fighter series had Ken, Guile and Bison all fight Akuma, but not Ryu. The last Alpha movie ended with Ryu just about to fight Akuma. And Akuma had "easter egg" cameos in both Street Fighter II the movie and Street Fighter II V, so he never got to fight Ryu.

To be honest, I was a little disappointed. Not with the quality of the fight, as it was animated magnificently, but with it's length. The whole movie is only 45 minutes-long, and the fight happens at the very end.

Also, because it's so short, we don't get many characters. Sakura is forced in there when she really shouldn't have been. She just seems to waste valuable time. Also, who on earth would WANT Sakura fan-service (there's a bath scene, but no tit-shots, you pedophiles)? On the bright side, we got to see Ryu wail on her pretty hard when they sparred. Ken shows up at the end but doesn't even get to fight. In fact, we never get to see him even interact with Ryu. Aside from characters like Goutetsu and Gouken, that's it.

The dub. My god, the dub. I don't get what went wrong! Usually Street Fighter gets a fantastic english dub. I think ADV did Alpha and Street Fighter II the Movie. They sure didn't do it this time. For a prime example of how awful this dub was, they hired some gangsta rapper to be the voice of Akuma. Good gravy.

"I wuz rite 2 walk tha paff uv tha Dark Hadou, Gotezzu. Tha powah cohsez thru me!"

It HURTS. Sakura is poorly voiced as well and Ken sounds like he's at least 40. The only voice I really liked was the old Master.

All-in-all it was worse than the last Alpha flick, to be certain. And the $20 pricetag certainly isn't worth 45 minutes.

But if you're a die-hard Street Fighter fan and you've been aching to see Ryu fight Akuma, then I recommend you pick it up. That's the only thing this movie was good for.

10-25-2005, 10:15 PM	#1
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (SPOILERS) Just watched the DVD. Well, let's get started... And if you didn't read it in the title SPOILERS It was both a prequel AND a sequel to the last Alpha movie, so either description is right, I suppose. It starts out with the origin of Akuma and his eventual murder of Goutetsu and later Gouken. It also features the origin of Ryu; he's Akuma's son who was hidden from Akuma shortly after he was born. His mother died giving birth. Dear God. This movie was JUST. LIKE. STAR WARS. So much so that it was almost funny. Akuma fell in love with the daughter of Goutetsu, his withered old master, and they had a baby. He later "turned to the Dark Hadou" and, in a rage, killed Goutetsu. The girl got pregnant but died during birth and gave her son, Ryu, to Gouken (Akuma's former training partner and master of the Good Hadou). Gouken gave Ryu to an old monk and martial arts master to keep him safe from Akuma. Yeah, you can see the similarities. Continuity-wise, it sincs up with the last Alpha movie pretty well. Only a few things wrong. For one, Ryu seems to be protrayed almost as a novice in this movie and gets beaten by the old Master at the beginning fairly easy. He certainly was a much better fighter in the last movie. And the only other issue is that the place where he and Akuma have their showdown looks nothing like the place that was shown at the end of the first Alpha movie (a beach). Other than that, it picks up where the last flick left off quite nicely and answers several nagging questions. The animation was alright. Might've just been my DVD, but character sorta "blinked" when they were just standing there. The fights were extremely fluid and well done. We finally, at very long last, got to see Ryu vs Akuma. the USA Street Fighter series had Ken, Guile and Bison all fight Akuma, but not Ryu. The last Alpha movie ended with Ryu just about to fight Akuma. And Akuma had "easter egg" cameos in both Street Fighter II the movie and Street Fighter II V, so he never got to fight Ryu. To be honest, I was a little disappointed. Not with the quality of the fight, as it was animated magnificently, but with it's length. The whole movie is only 45 minutes-long, and the fight happens at the very end. Also, because it's so short, we don't get many characters. Sakura is forced in there when she really shouldn't have been. She just seems to waste valuable time. Also, who on earth would WANT Sakura fan-service (there's a bath scene, but no tit-shots, you pedophiles)? On the bright side, we got to see Ryu wail on her pretty hard when they sparred. Ken shows up at the end but doesn't even get to fight. In fact, we never get to see him even interact with Ryu. Aside from characters like Goutetsu and Gouken, that's it. The dub. My god, the dub. I don't get what went wrong! Usually Street Fighter gets a fantastic english dub. I think ADV did Alpha and Street Fighter II the Movie. They sure didn't do it this time. For a prime example of how awful this dub was, they hired some gangsta rapper to be the voice of Akuma. Good gravy. "I wuz rite 2 walk tha paff uv tha Dark Hadou, Gotezzu. Tha powah cohsez thru me!" It HURTS. Sakura is poorly voiced as well and Ken sounds like he's at least 40. The only voice I really liked was the old Master. All-in-all it was worse than the last Alpha flick, to be certain. And the $20 pricetag certainly isn't worth 45 minutes. But if you're a die-hard Street Fighter fan and you've been aching to see Ryu fight Akuma, then I recommend you pick it up. That's the only thing this movie was good for.