The History of Street Fighter 2 & Street Fighter (1994)

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Street Fighter 2 exploded into arcades back in the early 90's and changed gaming forever. Ken, Ryu, Chun-Li and Guile were suddenly household names.
The Street Fighter 2 roster of characters were even added to the GI Joe line of action figures.
The brand was so hot and so well-known that a movie seemed inevitable. And it was but a funny thing happened on the way to the movie theater.
Street Fighter starring Jean Claude Van Damme and Kylie Minogue opened in 1994 and did... okay.
But the Street Fighter brand? It's done just fine.
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[@wstine79]

The day Dan Larson uploaded the Street Fighter 2 video was the most important day of your life. But for him, it was Thursday.

[@ShadowLynxXIII]

Well done! Raul smiled!

[@jwnj9716]

Ha. I see what you did there.

[@danielbloomquist9810]

You win! PERFECT!

[@bluenothing720]

Lol, nice man

[@RevTim70]

Well done my dude

[@6freddyb]

"But for me, it was a Tuesday" was the coldest movie quote in history. RIP Raul Julia

[@buzzworddujour]

took the role to win cool points with his kids. so many movies where he stole the show. RIP, indeed.

[@MementoMorituri]

"It's the Collection Agency, Bison. Your ass is six months over due, and it's mine."

[@magnusthereddidnithingwrong]

It is one of my favorite movie lines and deliveries ever. I still use it regularly.

[@ffreed]

@@6freddyb I’m still amazed by the utter conviction with which Raul Julia played the character. Sure, M. Bison was an over-the-top cartoonish villain in the movie, and Julia was fully aware of that, but he played the character as an over-the-top cartoonish villain who completely believed everything he was saying.

[@brianstiles1701]

But for Dan it was T-o-o's day

[@Justin_L_Smith_]

Raul Julia was the right person to play Bison. He's a great villain. Numerous ppl say he saved the film with his gravitas. But even more, he did it all because his kids loved Street Fighter. He did it because he loved them. It's fitting it was his final film.

[@HubertMotleyJr]

And for him, it was a Tuesday.

[@KenMasters.]

Only the performance was great, but the most game-accurate Bison is in Street Fighter II V.

[@devinflint5554]

I've heard a lot of classically trained actors actually love doing those kinds of parts because it gives them a chance to act out and really chew scenery in a way they wouldn't get to in regular dramatic roles.

[@registereduser]

The whole “But why? Why do they still call me a ‘warlord’?” speech. Damn.

[@KenMasters.]

@Randy_Richmond You’re right, that movie didn’t become good until it became a meme. This is still the Street Fighter movie that nobody asked for. The worst part is that the filmmaker (Steven E. de Sousa) said he made the movie nothing like the game on purpose, because he wanted the film to not look as "cheesy, irksome and outlandish" as the game itself. Apparently he never watched Street Fighter II Movie (1994), which looked far from cheesy, irksome and outlandish.

[@thebaccathatchews]

Street Fighter had Kylie Minouge snapping people's necks with her legs. What more do you want from a movie?

[@jmarx3943]

Don't forget raul julia and a booger sugared up van Damme

[@killbotone6210]

All 4 "11 of her 😂

[@frigginresulrum]

It was love at first sight.

[@registereduser]

JCVD did some “snapping” of his own with Kylie…

[@GOJH3012]

Manga's Street fighter 2: The animated movie was superb. Highly underrated and often forgotten about.

[@daverage4729]

The soundtrack alone is excellent. I'll always remember Ken racing along in his car with Alice In Chain's "Dem Bones' blasting away. Class!

[@walterlucero5757]

"often forgotten about." Uh, I don't think so. Especially the Chun-Li vs Vega fight in the dubbed version.

[@GOJH3012]

@@walterlucero5757 yes indeed, two very good reasons to enjoy that fight ! 😆

[@luisvazquez9079]

And scarcely a mention😢

[@BluesBoySid]

Also TV Series made by the team which made the animated movie was also great, but not this US version, only japanese animation :)

[@MrBeardsley]

“Mistakes have been made” is an excellent summation of the Street Fighter franchise’s long and often rocky history.

[@Mr2squids]

I was 11 years old in the summer of 1991 when Street Fighter 2 hit big. My parents had paid my older cousin to babysit me for the summer, and (after making me promise not to tell my parents) he would take me to our local arcade everyday and we'd play Street Fighter 2. Good times.

[@pastpatour]

Raul Julia carried Bison as if it was Richard III. Man really went out like a legend.

[@gamersterns]

The live action movie hits the “so bad but good” note for this 90s kid.

[@geardog24]

“Street Fighter is the first G.I. Joe movie.” So if Cobra were lead by Bison they could actually rule the world?

[@Citrakite]

"OF COURSE!"

[@MrBeardsley]

Fun fact, Fatal Fury’s Terry Bogard was technically meant to be the main player character from Street Fighter. Takashi Nishiyama had wanted Street Fighter to have an American lead named Joe (who still appears as the character who punches through a wall on the title screen), but he was nixed in favor of Ryu by the higher-ups at Capcom. When Nishiyama jumped to SNK he brought the idea with him, and Fatal Fury was born.

[@IanFay]

And it's come full circle now since Terry is joining the roster for SF6!

[@tomfoolery5680]

Someone's been watching their Matt McMuscles to find out Wha Happun.

[@fireaza]

I too watch "Wa Happun?"!

[@tomfoolery5680]

@@fireaza well, for.what it's worth, these tidbits are in one of the latest eps of The Worst.Fightimg Game.

[@MrBeardsley]

@@tomfoolery5680 I’m also just a Fatal Fury fan from way back, it’s one of the few fighting games I sought out in the arcades.

[@TheWinstonSlip]

“Are you gonna talk about the Street Fighter movie?” Dan Larson: “Of Course!”

[@IngoFilmfreak]

*dramatic turn to the camera*

[@petermartin9224]

I'm sorry but Van Damms Street Fighter will always be a guilty pleasure to me. Raul Julia was pitch perfect as Bison. Plus the comedy tickled 9 year old me. "You got...paid?"

[@LostOneOmega]

"Quick! Change the channel!!"

[@drgribb]

Yes! Thank you! I make no apologies for my enjoyment of this movie XD JCVD at his prime

[@necrosapling]

Zangief is one of the key ingredients to the movie being watchable at all, along with Raul Julia, of course.

[@petermartin9224]

@kennyboggs3676 "It's a good thing I met you, otherwise I might have become you."

[@wills2140]

@necrosapling this is a good point. Having Zangief and all the other characters in the Street Fighter movie game stoked to see the movie. I was even more stoked to see this movie, after seeing Raul Julia and Jean - Claude Van Damme chewing up the scenery. Was totally happy to see this again, presented here by Dan Larson here at Secret Galaxy

[@Seanatonin]

Raul Julia is missed and his legacy is a treasure

[@BonusEggs4Sale]

Great actor and great human being.

[@retsz]

"For You, The Day Bison Graced Your Village Was The Most Important Day Of Your Life. But For Me, It Was Tuesday" Raul Julia was the GOAT

[@scottcampbell9515]

That’s “Overdrawn At The Memory Bank” star Raul Julia. Gotta put some respect on that name.

[@aikisteven0616]

You doppeled my Fingle!

[@BonusEggs4Sale]

Mom, my nuts! It's a stinker but Julia was so good he still elevated stinkers when he was on screen.

[@wstine79]

I was more of a Mortal Kombat guy, but I'd play the Street Fighter 2 game from time to time. Chun-Li was my favorite character to use.

[@phreakazoith2237]

Soon there were SF2 and MK dudes or kids back then were they not? And, my experience, the MKs sucked at SF and vice versa. Which made gaming nights rather one sided. I guess because them both being Beat them ups but the game mechanics were too different to become very good at both games.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Seeing the Street Fighters wielding machine guns and sniper rifles is WILD.

[@MementoMorituri]

"Zangief, you are BAD guy, but that does not mean you are bad GUY."

[@ShinGoukiSan]

Street Fighter 1 originally had two large Pressure Sensitive Plunger Buttons (one for Punch and one for Kick) but they switched to the 6 buttons because they were a maintenance nightmare

[@KenMasters.]

I looked through Street Fighter II concept art… … and what I saw was that the developers at Capcom actually pondered with the idea of making the game into a Punch-Out!! clone, the blueprint arcade machine even had levers instead of the joystick & button layout.

[@josiahalcorne]

Dude!!!! It's pretty brave to call "Street Fighter" the first GI Joe movie and then show up at Joefest.

[@jonathanward8967]

Raul Julia will ALWAYS be known as M. Bison. It was like he was born for that role.

[@brandonpage7087]

He was the perfect Gomez, as well.

[@ninjetti9898]

words can't adequately describe what it was like to be a teen in the nineties with a pocket full of quarters playing Street fighter 2 in the arcades. That game was so revolutionary at that time that it ddn't seem possible that humans built it; the speed, graphics, and combos were so beyond everything else that was available at that time, that you could be forgiven for thinking it had been built by space aliens.

[@ZamboniZone]

I saw the Street Fighter movie for the first time in 2023. Holy crap, it was so much fun. My favorite part was DJ and Zangeif.

[@johnnyroche138]

Another hurdle during production, was the onset cuisine was making everyone sick out of both ends And for icing on the cake, the actors who played Ryu and Ken were constantly getting “cheap massages” while shooting in Thailand. So they were constantly out of it during their shooting schedule

[@KeldorTheWhite]

Being the fat nerdy kid I was my entry point was skipping swimming class to go play SF2 at the pools Juice Bar. I can almost smell the chlorine.

[@woeshaling6421]

I was obsessed with sf2 in my teens, it was an addiction till mid 20’s

[@CaptainBadNews]

Blue Blanka is the best color swap

[@PaulWerkema]

Cool! Thanks for putting this together.

[@owenness6146]

I was just up in New England quoting this, the most badass villain line ever, and you must work quickly.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

I met Ming Na Wen, Damian Chapa, & Miguel A. Nuñez Jr. I got my Chun Li & Ken Master Funko Pops autographed. I also got to re-enacted the "Quick, change the channel!" line

[@registereduser]

Ming Na Wen has only gotten more beautiful as she’s aged.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

@@registereduser Agent Melida May from Agents of Shield

[@Jozabad]

I remember seeing a Street Fighter cabinet that had to giant analogue buttons -- the force with which you hit them affected the level of your attack

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

Back in the arcades, me and my friend were obsessed with "Karate Champ". We were really REALLY good at it and there were so many epic fights that we had on it. And when I got "Karate Champ" on my Commodore 64, it was one of the games that we played the most against each other. I think that my friend and I were outliers back then, because we were REALLY good at it, but whenever we saw anyone else play, it was like they didn't know what they were doing and their games were always almost instantly over. NONE of then knew how to block or change direction.

[@PinnacleOfDecadence]

Ah, Kylie ❤

[@TheRiddle1981]

My Super Nintendo came with Street Fighter II Turbo as the pack-in. What a time to be alive!

[@BonusEggs4Sale]

Van Damme thinks he's better than every movie he's in. Meanwhile Raul Julia was pure class and gave even movie roles he knew were crap his all.

[@andrewhiller1098]

It was Tuesday is one of the best lines in cinematic history.

[@jordans4827]

First taste of Street Fighter was the movie with Van Damme. Didn't have a Super Nintendo, so I passed on all of the Street Fighter hype. I remember being 11 years old when the movie came out, and was so embarrassed that my Dad had to sit through this film with me. Even as a kid back then, I knew this film was pretty awful. All my Dad (who is very similar in mannerism to Hank Hill) said was, "The bad guy did a good job...but next time I'm picking the movie."

[@Tsalviatti]

Funny enough, Jackie Chan was the first person to play the role of Chun Li on a live-action movie...

[@jdonvance]

Truth.

[@CantankerousDave]

In a live-action adaptation of a totally different anime franchise, no less.

[@adnaanu]

City hunter 😂

[@ggbetz]

That movie was not a good explanation of what the heck City Hunter was about, but it got me into City Hunter, so it gets points for that (not the only example of that in my life).

[@Ninja-Hayate]

Don't forget the HK version Super Cops, with Back to the Future plot.

[@jinpei05]

Another great video essay. The only way to make it perfect would have been to release it last week to kick off the annual Evolution Fighting Game Tournament (or EVO for short).

[@garybradley912]

My entry was in college. We had arcade games in my dorm's TV/study lounge and Street Fighter II was one. Right up the street from the school a store had the original Street Fighter. It's still one of my favorite series. I've got the Street Fighter Collection for my Switch.

[@RockyFluffyWhiskas]

Honourable mention Yie Ar Kung Fu 1984 -first fighting game I played 🇬🇧

[@LostOneOmega]

"Quick! _Don't_ change the channel!!"

[@wstine79]

Hyper Super Secret Galaxy II Turbo Champion Edition

[@Hum0ng0us]

My buddy and I used to skip school to play Street Fighter II at the arcade Friday afternoons.

[@dhazard1976]

The version of Street Fighter (the first one) at my local arcade had the joystick and the giant buttons. I was completely unaware of the 6 button version.

[@MungkaeX]

I’ve always wanted to play that version. I’ve only seen that original 2-button layout in the wild once, and it was broken at the time. Something about asking kids to hit the buttons harder for harder punches in the game caused them to use too much force breaking the buttons.😢

[@dhazard1976]

@@MungkaeX it was a workout

[@sdelmonte]

Always a bit saddened that Raul Julia's last role was something that didn't exactly showcase his talents, but it's still bound to be better than Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (aka "the movie when Mike and the Bots felt about making fun of Raul Julia").

[@CantankerousDave]

Ahem. Orson Welles as Unicron in Transformers: The Movie.

[@F1ghtGam3r]

SF2 came out to arcades 2 months after I was born. Fighting games are my fave genre since I grew up watching martial arts movies w/ my uncle. I was there during the imfamous Daigo parry ❤

[@richardburns1698]

"Blister in the Sun" reference was not something I was expecting. Great vid as always.

[@caseysmith3329]

I’ll never forget as a kid when I walked into my local BX arcade on Grand Forks Air Force Base and saw this loud and beautifully animated game with people fighting each other. I was blown away and immediately hooked. I had to use Blanka first because he looked so gnarly! i’ve been a lifelong fan ever since. I’m excited for the Jada Toys version of him and Sagat. I’m also looking forward to the Capcom Marvel fighting game collection this year. It’s all thanks to Street Fighter II.

[@joeblankenship377]

"Better English language delivery?" and yet.... they casted Van-Damme as the American army guy. Allllllright.

[@richardblanchard6163]

I remember the days of Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter, and I thought Mortal Kombat was a superior adaptation, but I did see both movies in theaters. I remember working at Wal-Mart back in 1991 when I first saw the arcade World Warriors and played it. And the animated Street Fighter II Movie, I bought that at one of the mall video stores on VHS and really enjoyed it.

[@BW879]

Man, how're you not going to mention the "Street Fighter 2: V" anime?

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

Hey! That "Beast Blaster" is just a remodeled Dreadnok Truck from GI Joe. Looks cool tho. I woulda like the street fighter toys if I was a kid. They seemed simple and fun. No accessories tho.

[@sparkster1701]

I recently built the Dreadnok Thunder Machine in LEGO bricks. I've set up a redesign for the Street Fighter version. Just need to buy the pieces.

[@iamfiefo]

Love the Tuesday line. But I do wish Zangief's "Quick! Change thr channel!" line got more love.

[@josephmcgivern2735]

It was Street Fighter 2, but SF2:Turbo for the SNES was the start of something which has genuinely followed me to this day. With the Jada toys being excellent, especially for thier price point and Sf6 being so good it's a great time to. Be a fan.

[@orenkiyama6860]

This was my entry point. A friend of of ours would bring over their SNES to play SF Turbo.

[@arashimiyazawa8165]

15:59 All the street fight characters running around with guns in that box art is hilarious. Wave-Motion MACHINE GUN!

[@CantankerousDave]

The animated series has some surprisingly good lines, particularly villain monologues. It was made by the studio that did Exo-Squad.

[@ShinUltima]

by "villain monologues", did you mean M.Bison? Cause just like in the movie, Bison has _all_ the good lines in the SF cartoon. His comment to Chun-li/Cammy in the final episode about whining about killing their family members is almost as cold as his "It was Tuesday" line.

[@spoonimefan]

My first entry into the Street Fighter series was the Super Nintendo version of Street Fighter II. My parents had gotten a subscription to Nintendo Power for me (which you've covered previously!) years prior and one day an issue came in with Guile on the cover (go figure) doing a Flash Kick. Found their multi-page in-depth overview of the characters & their special moves inside and became obsessed. I'd been skipping out of wanting a Super NES until seeing that, but then I HAD to have one. (I don't even think it had been released yet when I got my system.) Been a Street Fighter guy ever since. When I tried to play Mortal Kombat for the SNES the controls were so different (I had to press a SEPARATE button to BLOCK?!) that I just couldn't feel appreciate it. Still remember years later finding out (also through Nintendo Power) about the Mega Man X Hadouken secret power-up and freaking out. Followed up with the flaming Shoryuken in X2. Those were the days ...

[@blahlbinoa]

I was pumped for Street Fighter the movie! I played the hell out of the Genesis version and knew some of the "Lore" that was presented. I bought the toys before they became the movie tie-ins (same with the Mortal Kombat toys, I had those as well, lol) and I saw the movie not only in theaters but Drive-in as well! Such a good movie, I think I still have the VHS

[@MotiviqueStudio]

I had no idea about the Wave Motion connection. Awesome.

[@darktetsuya]

as much as I'd love to admit my entry was the Van Damme/Raul Juila film, my start with Street Fighter was seeing SF2 in the arcade and being hooked almost instantly! sank several hours into the home conversions starting with the much coveted for the time port of the original to SNES, my uncle was a black belt at the game so getting wins against him was a rare sight indeed!

[@DeathByDingos]

Watching this as I'm currently downloading the Capcom Fighting Collection, Dan Larson your timing is impeccable as ever.

[@Snikit]

Didn’t know about the Yamato connection to the Hadouken. These videos always give me something new about franchises I love. 懐かしい。 ✨❤️👍✨

[@sonicjackalopeproductions3342]

RIP Raul Julia. One of the best Shakespearean actors of the 80's and 90's and the only man to embody Gomez Adams perfectly (Aside from John Astin, of course!)

[@chrislail3824]

Cap and the avengers was the most fun I’ve ever had dumping $10 a person to beat a brawler in a bowling alley as a teenager.

[@leviathanprime1]

No mention that Street Fighter was originally only a stick and 2 buttons. 1 punch, 1 kick, strength determined by how hard you hit the plunger style button. The 6 button configuration came later partially due to the maintenance being easier.

[@robertlogan5354]

9:22 glad to see a reference to my favorite bruce willis movie! regarding dee jay and zangief: the most self-aware, and the least aware in the film. they were a perfect pairing, even if their roles bore almost no resemblance to their game counterparts.

[@kazecloud2916]

I've been playing street fighter since i was a kid. I got in during world championship edition. And have pretty much played every version but the first one and the live action movie version. Raul Julia gave us an amazing Bison with one of the best movie quotes of all time.

[@sporedtodeath]

Great video, and a great video game! I'm surprised that Dan didn't mention Evo moment #37 in the video though.

[@nysus3530]

My first exposure was base Street Fighter 2 in the US. Dad gave me a hand full of quarters for the rec room with he was in his AA meetings. I used to get frustrated because no one there would show me how to do the super moves :P

[@pastpatour]

Street Fighter 2 has the same staying power as Super Mario Bros or Sonic 2. It's a game that never goes away. Gotta respect that.

[@Harpoquondrax]

Always been able to appreciate Street Fighter even though I was never any good at it. Saves me from having to get those super awesome looking Jada toys figs!

[@deadcard13]

....so the 1994 film was my introduction to the franchise. Didn't have much access to arcade cabinets or 16-bit home consoles. I was six when it came out and the movie is likely the reason i had no interest in the games until after i was out of high school.

[@EricckkMoneyy7777NGL]

Street Fighter 2: Turbo was my FAVORITE game and I'd usually get all Perfects over all my best friends! They literally couldn't contend with me and they were so so good in every game they ever played but never against me! ❤❤❤😅😅😂😂 Ohh and I used a code in order to get 10 Turbo stars so I could beat all my friends even faster lmfaooo

[@goranisacson2502]

My entry into Street Fighter was through my older brothers friend, a kid from a rich family who had SO MANY GAMES including Street Fighter. The large well-animated characters really dug into my brain from day one, Guile and Dhalsim were my favs. The movie was something a friend of mine had a VHS recording of because my parents were SO not spending money on buying me tickets for that. Saw it so many times he memorized Guile's whole speech. It's an interesting relic from a very different time, and I wonder what the new movie might be like. Capcom has stated they're always interested in making multi-media adaptations of their games because it's a great way of drawing in new audiences and making more money from people who aren't really gamers, and I wish them luck since as a fan I'd love to see more people get into Street Fighter... but man. Do I wonder what a Street Fighter story could be in the year 2024, or 2026 or whenever the movie is made. Will they try to shove in ALL the Street Fighter cast again, now that it's so drastically bigger? Do they focusbonnthe classics, or will they try toninclude the new ones? I am so nervous and so full of wonder how this might turn out...

[@eddyrehman9026]

Those asking which version get into series is right order: Street Fighter Zero The Animation/Street Fighter Alpha 1999 Street Fighter II V/Street Fighter II: The Animated Series 1995 Street Fighter II Movie/Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie 1994 Super Street Fighter IV movie/ova 2010

[@emerje0]

I was surprised that he completely skipped over Street Fighter II V.

[@ShinUltima]

What do you mean by "get into the series"? None of the animes are canon (save perhaps for SSFIV OVAs) plus they have no continuity with each other.

[@JM17848]

Love your history shows. And I even enjoy when you talk about your sponsors.

[@RFSKannon]

I played them in order at the local arcade. Street Fighter was horrendous... When Street Fighter 2 came into the arcade I was hesitent to even play it. I eventually did and it hooked me.

[@illusioncity]

I don’t care what anyone says, Street Fighter series is the greatest fighting games of all time. With the SNK fighting games a close second.

[@CyberDragon10K]

"Them's fightin' words." -- All of Latin America, probably.

[@JacobsenBros]

I am a Mortal Kombat lover myself. I played 2 (not too) on the SNES and then saw the movie when I was 9. I liked it and the fact that they were able to (not two) put all the characters in, even if it was in weird ways. I came back to (not two) the series with SF4. Bought it and played it for maybe like a weekend. Then went right back to (not two) Mortal Kombat and haven't looked back. The combos were way too (not two) hard to (not two) do especially when a 10 button combo sequence only does like a 1 kick 1 punch combo.

[@DroneBeeStrike]

New Secret Galaxy hot off the presses, yes please!

[@JustinSevenTwo]

There was quite a bit of action on the fighting game front between Heavyweight Champ and Karate Champ. Cinematronics' Warrior (1979) is probably the oldest 'surviving' two-player fighting game. Activision, Intellivision, Atari and Coleco all released home boxing games in that window as well. There was also Sega's Samurai (1980), and Data East's Tag Team Wrestling (1983). Of course, none would define their respective fighting genres as much as Karate Champ and Kung Fu Master

[@MyNameIsDanielYT]

Fond memories of playing Street Fighter as a young kid in the 90s at the Local Tuck Shop here in Australia. Basically any corner take away store would have like 2-3 arcard machinces. usually yer Street Fighter then Mortal Kombat eventually joined.

[@PrincessMatrix]

He was only mentioned briefly, but apparently Capcom really liked Sawada, the actor who tried out for Ryu. Despite speaking little English, they still had him included in the film (As a character named Sawada), and he appeared in the video game tie ins, too.

[@registereduser]

17:56 You should have gone with the “….I love this job…” quote :D

[@hobokoala2623]

I too am MK fan who recently came around to SF. All the great SF lore videos on KZbin got me interested.

[@gutmuncher]

For me my entry to street fighter was on the Hampton beach nh. The main strip along the beach was loaded with arcades. There was arcade there called fun-o-Rama I think. The arcade had 3 floors of games and it had the original street fighter but not the 6 button it had the 2 bubble controls and depending on how hard you hit the bubble was the strength of the attack

[@phreakazoith2237]

You shed a different light on the movie. I always thought that weird action movie road it took was a strange and bad decision alienating the game's fans. What a surprise that this was what they wanted to do with the franchise from there on.

[@drgribb]

I don't think it was a popular decision, but I thought the way they combined Blanka with Charlie in the live-action movie was really interesting. Also not popular, but I used to really love watching the American cartoon show as a kid (although coming from that... when my mom finally let my brother and I rent the SFII anime from the local rental store as a kid, it blew my freakin mind with how high quality it was 😂)

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

Raul Julia was awesome. He hammed it up as Bison, but was still the best character in the movie. Of course he was masterful as Gomez Addams. Bringing a new life to a classic character and further cementing Gomez and Morticia as the best couple in media history.

[@massomouse1556]

You also forgot the 1990 26-episode series Street Fighter II V, and my intro to the game property was The World Warrior, and to the TV/film part of the property was the live-action film starring The Muscles from lBrussels.

[@cutsceneYT]

I love the '94 Street Fighter movie. Spent my youth and teen years convincing myself it was a faithful adaptation. It wasn't until years later and interviewing people who made the movie did I find out about the GI Joe connection!

[@pauljones4826]

great video!!! I can say about the film is; it was a swan song for Raul Julia. The movie was crap, but his performance was masterful, his monologue with Chu Li, should be taught in film acting classes on how to own a scene and define a character. Many forget the film, but remember fondly his scenes.

[@Kenneth2413]

The second game was what brought me in. I still have my snes cartridge. I still have my dvd of the live action movie. It's a guilty pleasure that I watch occasionally. You forgot the comics. The comics even had a power rangers tie in. There was even an unoffical webshort of webseries (I forget which) that was a cross over of power rangers and street fighter. Several street fighter characters became power rangers in that.

[@matthewwynne939]

Growing up I was a huge fan of arcade games, yet don't recall ever seeing Street Fighter 1. Recently I watched something that was set in that time frame and the kid was talking about part 1 as if it was some sort of huge hit.

[@striderreborn1467]

My Entry point was the Sega Genesis port of "Champion Edition" I eventually got a copy of "Super SF2" for Super Nintendo, However when I started to take fighting game mechanics seriously is when I played and got Street Fighter Alpha 2 for Super Nintendo on my 13th birthday. I do like the film as a "Guilty Pleasure" of sorts and ironically the Sega Saturn Port of the "Movie" fighting game was my first Sega Saturn game I ever played, but the first time I played the arcade version of the "Movie" game was at a vacation lodge in Kentucky in my early teens. I even went as far as to get a few SF games and T-shirts and cosplayed Cody from Street Fighter Alpha 3 a few times in his "Jailbird" outfit.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! Amazing video about an amazing franchise!

[@katiepersons6575]

"Quick! Change the channel!" XD

[@edkwon]

It still brings a tear to my eye knowing that an actor of Raul Julia stature took a corny role in a relatively shlocky film, simply to be a good dad, doing it for his kids. Also despite suffering stomach cancer at the time he chewed the SHIT out of that role, acted like he was having the time of his life, while more entitled folks like Van Damme were problematic on set. RIP Raul Julia, at first I thought he ended his career on a down note with M Bison but knowing more of the facts, I do think it's unironically a crown jewel in his career and a lasting gift for his children to remember him by 🥲