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Title: Mortal Kombat
Post by: Infinit01 on February 18, 2021, 04:56:45 PM
This actually looks good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQPKD7eozY# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQPKD7eozY#)


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthRondoudou on February 18, 2021, 05:39:29 PM
This actually looks good.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQPKD7eozY#[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQPKD7eozY#[/url])

This is how a movie about a video game should be done. Good references. Same level of violence. Good character design.
I'm actually excited for this. I had no idea this was coming. I mean we've heard about MK movies for a while now. But nothing came through.
I'm afraid this trailer spoils way too many things. As usual with trailers nowadays.
Still, I can't wait!

And I did not remember Jax losing his arms that way. It's an interesting take if not canon.
Thanks for sharing!!!


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: Infinit01 on February 20, 2021, 09:22:21 PM
Agreed on everything you said. Jaxx lost his arms to Ermac in a similar way but not with freezing of course


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: MercuryKungFu on February 20, 2021, 10:07:08 PM
Looking forward to this one. Hope it's in 4K.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthProdigal on February 20, 2021, 11:08:02 PM
This is how a movie about a video game should be done. Good references. Same level of violence. Good character design.
I'm actually excited for this. I had no idea this was coming. I mean we've heard about MK movies for a while now. But nothing came through.
I'm afraid this trailer spoils way too many things. As usual with trailers nowadays.
Still, I can't wait!

And I did not remember Jax losing his arms that way. It's an interesting take if not canon.
Thanks for sharing!!!

I got all excited but wanted to read posts first, this is one of my main complaints with trailers... and why people used to laugh when I'd close my eyes, hum, or just leave a room when ones for movies I really couldnt wait to see came on tv/screen. It's tragic how much they feel they need to put out before hand in trailers, especially when it's a long anticipated film! Half the plot gets ruined or they show plot twists and all the action scenes. While I'm supremely excited to watch this movie, I'm holding off on the trailer for now.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: Taegin Roan on February 20, 2021, 11:42:43 PM
I got all excited but wanted to read posts first, this is one of my main complaints with trailers... and why people used to laugh when I'd close my eyes, hum, or just leave a room when ones for movies I really couldnt wait to see came on tv/screen. It's tragic how much they feel they need to put out before hand in trailers, especially when it's a long anticipated film! Half the plot gets ruined or they show plot twists and all the action scenes. While I'm supremely excited to watch this movie, I'm holding off on the trailer for now.

This really annoys me when they do that. I love going into movies knowing next to nothing about it. There are some people who make great trailers, and some that tend to be not so good (spoilers wise). Other than that, I don't really care about this movie. I've never played the games, and I have no attachment to this franchise in any way. Plus, action movies have never been my thing. I hope everyone else loves it though.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: scifidude79 on February 21, 2021, 12:47:21 AM
Yeah, this does look really good. I don't know enough about Mortal Kombat to know how Jaxx lost his arms, but that definitely looks hardcore. I've played some of the games. The really early ones (MK 1-3) and some of the more recent ones. But, I usually just play classic towers, not anything that gives you much story.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: Darth Tepes on February 21, 2021, 07:40:23 PM
I got all excited but wanted to read posts first, this is one of my main complaints with trailers... and why people used to laugh when I'd close my eyes, hum, or just leave a room when ones for movies I really couldnt wait to see came on tv/screen. It's tragic how much they feel they need to put out before hand in trailers, especially when it's a long anticipated film! Half the plot gets ruined or they show plot twists and all the action scenes. While I'm supremely excited to watch this movie, I'm holding off on the trailer for now.

In this case though its Mortal Kombat...its story has been changed very little and been told in multiple formats for the past 30 years.  But I don't mind knowing the plot going in, hell I go out of my way usually to find out the plot, spoilers and all, beforehand.  Movies are to expensive now to go in blind.  Plus I hate surprises.




Yeah, this does look really good. I don't know enough about Mortal Kombat to know how Jaxx lost his arms, but that definitely looks hardcore. I've played some of the games. The really early ones (MK 1-3) and some of the more recent ones. But, I usually just play classic towers, not anything that gives you much story.

Jax has lost his arms different ways over the years depending on the story.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: Infinit01 on February 22, 2021, 03:28:13 PM
Yeah, this does look really good. I don't know enough about Mortal Kombat to know how Jaxx lost his arms, but that definitely looks hardcore. I've played some of the games. The really early ones (MK 1-3) and some of the more recent ones. But, I usually just play classic towers, not anything that gives you much story.

Originally, Jaxx lost his arms after forcefully punching Kano causing him to detach his eye while damaging his own arms.  In an alternate reality, Jaxx loses his arms to Ermac who telekinetically rips them off.  In the MK Legends movie: Scorpion's Revenge, Goro rips Jaxx's arms off


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthRondoudou on February 22, 2021, 03:47:21 PM
Yeah I did not remember anything about Subzero. And it works perfectly though!


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: Infinit01 on February 23, 2021, 11:59:22 AM
Yeah I did not remember anything about Subzero. And it works perfectly though!

From their history, there's more than one storyline how Jaxx loses his arms before getting his cybernetic ones so I welcome it.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthProdigal on February 23, 2021, 04:58:33 PM
Grew up playing the games, all the way from arcade joysticks and buttons through the most recent releases... and they used to complain it was violent! I laughed at that notion when I instead heard the poor mental states of some of the more recent programmers of the series, I mean I do enjoy the savagery and realism but it's a bit hard on their psyches at this point researching and creating. Pure nightmare fuel for some. I mean it's amazingly fun to play at times, but certainly a new spin on "blood, sweat, and tears" went into making this. I even remember watching those older MK movies back when those things were on VHS and would run on TV often (still do sometimes). So I'm really looking forward to watching it regardless, worst case it's absolutely terrible (which just isn't surprising with a movie anymore) but it could kill it instead and really wow the fans. It seems to me like 1-2/6 movies will be such disappointing trash but it's so hard to trust opinions without seeing it first hand. In my experience anyway, I tend to enjoy a lot others don't appreciate.

In the MK Legends movie: Scorpion's Revenge, Goro rips Jaxx's arms off

I think I like the sound of this one best, sounds the most MK to me... Finish HIM! *Rips arms off*  Oh wait, still moving? Ah well, give him new arms and throw him in next round. Fight!


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthRondoudou on February 23, 2021, 05:03:28 PM
Grew up playing the games, all the way from arcade joysticks and buttons through the most recent releases... and they used to complain it was violent! I laughed at that notion when I instead heard the poor mental states of some of the more recent programmers of the series, I mean I do enjoy the savagery and realism but it's a bit hard on their psyches at this point researching and creating. Pure nightmare fuel for some. I mean it's amazingly fun to play at times, but certainly a new spin on "blood, sweat, and tears" went into making this. I even remember watching those older MK movies back when those things were on VHS and would run on TV often (still do sometimes). So I'm really looking forward to watching it regardless, worst case it's absolutely terrible (which just isn't surprising with a movie anymore) but it could kill it instead and really wow the fans. It seems to me like 1-2/6 movies will be such disappointing trash but it's so hard to trust opinions without seeing it first hand. In my experience anyway, I tend to enjoy a lot others don't appreciate.
Old movies had Christophe Lambert... They can't do worse than that. (I would like to apologize, as a French, for Christophe Lambert. So sorry folks. He ruined Highlander...)


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthProdigal on February 23, 2021, 05:14:28 PM
Old movies had Christophe Lambert... They can't do worse than that. (I would like to apologize, as a French, for Christophe Lambert. So sorry folks. He ruined Highlander...)

Oh no, say it isn't so. I used to like him as Raiden. Though of course, when I go back and watch it all I'm like "oh wow, I thought this was a 'great' movie..." like alot of shows/movies you liked growing up and see as an adult. But oh, that just hurts on some deep fundamental level somewhere. I guess I really cant argue though, any way you slice it. They certainly weren't the most polished of cinematic masterpieces. Apology accepted I suppose, though I feel wounded anew regardless. But thanks for the laugh thinking about all those action scenes again.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: scifidude79 on February 23, 2021, 05:17:23 PM
One movie had Christopher Lambert in it. Talisa Soto (Kitana) and Robin Shou (Liu Kang) are the only two actors from the first film to return for Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Linden Ashby (Johnny Cage) asked to return, but then he read the script.  :o  So, yeah, total recasting except for Kitana and Liu Kang. Christopher Lambert was going to return for the third film, but then that never got made and New Line lost the film rights.

Also, Highlander is a great film and Lambert did OK in it. The only issue with that one is that they made 3 garbage sequels. (not counting the TV show, which wasn't garbage)


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthRondoudou on February 23, 2021, 07:01:44 PM
One movie had Christopher Lambert in it. Talisa Soto (Kitana) and Robin Shou (Liu Kang) are the only two actors from the first film to return for Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Linden Ashby (Johnny Cage) asked to return, but then he read the script.  :o  So, yeah, total recasting except for Kitana and Liu Kang. Christopher Lambert was going to return for the third film, but then that never got made and New Line lost the film rights.

Also, Highlander is a great film and Lambert did OK in it. The only issue with that one is that they made 3 garbage sequels. (not counting the TV show, which wasn't garbage)
I'm quite fond of the Highlander tv show. But I was specifically speaking about the 2nd movie. Wich is pretty much garbage. Can't believe late Sir Sean Connery was dragged into it because of Lambert...
Funny thing is, is first name is Christophe. But he asked to be called Christopher for the international movies you know... To get the international vibe...

And you're right!! I forgot he only made one MK. I haven't seen them in a while. And I don't plan to see them, methinks it would hurt my eyes and my brain too much.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: scifidude79 on February 24, 2021, 12:37:15 AM
I still like the first Mortal Kombat. I watched it again a few months ago. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is bad, really rough to watch, but I've seen it probably more times than I should. It's got some great martial arts in it, but that's about its only decent quality. The story is all over the place. Fun fact: Ray Park's first screen credit is in that film, he was a martial arts advisor, stunt coordinator, fighting double for Raiden and played a couple other characters who did nothing but fight in the film.

Yeah, Highlander 2 is absolute trash. The first movie should have never had a sequel. Or they should have done like the TV show and focused on a different immortal character than Connor. I even saw the "Renegade Version" of Highlander 2, which supposedly fixed a lot of the issues, and it was only marginally better than the theatrical cut. The third film ignored the second, but was only marginally better too. And I never even bothered with the fourth.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthRondoudou on February 24, 2021, 06:44:46 AM
I still like the first Mortal Kombat. I watched it again a few months ago. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is bad, really rough to watch, but I've seen it probably more times than I should. It's got some great martial arts in it, but that's about its only decent quality. The story is all over the place. Fun fact: Ray Park's first screen credit is in that film, he was a martial arts advisor, stunt coordinator, fighting double for Raiden and played a couple other characters who did nothing but fight in the film.

Yeah, Highlander 2 is absolute trash. The first movie should have never had a sequel. Or they should have done like the TV show and focused on a different immortal character than Connor. I even saw the "Renegade Version" of Highlander 2, which supposedly fixed a lot of the issues, and it was only marginally better than the theatrical cut. The third film ignored the second, but was only marginally better too. And I never even bothered with the fourth.
I think they ended up around 5 or 6 movies total if you count the ones with only A. Paul...


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthProdigal on February 24, 2021, 09:18:51 AM
There have been so many MK games, with so many different stories... that I guess I felt like there had been more MK content in Movies, shows, or something. I guess there really was just the 2 major motion pictures? I mean if I'm not mistaken the series started late 80s early 90s, then came the movies. They hit then were abandoned, and that's it? I just remember playing game storylines and watching cinematics so I guess that's the other content in my brain. Maybe fan made films, but no other true films? Not even like foreign adaptations...? I mean I would have killed for some BA live action Sub Zero and Scorpion origin story miniseries: GoT style murder, revenge, super murder... epic final battle, nightmarish return from the dead. It'd be a pretty sick one off, or just some dead end netflix series depending on how you look at it.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthRondoudou on February 24, 2021, 10:18:30 AM
There have been so many MK games, with so many different stories... that I guess I felt like there had been more MK content in Movies, shows, or something. I guess there really was just the 2 major motion pictures? I mean if I'm not mistaken the series started late 80s early 90s, then came the movies. They hit then were abandoned, and that's it? I just remember playing game storylines and watching cinematics so I guess that's the other content in my brain. Maybe fan made films, but no other true films? Not even like foreign adaptations...? I mean I would have killed for some BA live action Sub Zero and Scorpion origin story miniseries: GoT style murder, revenge, super murder... epic final battle, nightmarish return from the dead. It'd be a pretty sick one off, or just some dead end netflix series depending on how you look at it.
There sure is room for a tv show...


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: Darth Tepes on February 24, 2021, 01:59:37 PM
I read years ago that the studio got heavily involved in Highlander II and wanted it to be the new star wars..hence the stupid Immortals from another planet.  Another bit of useless trivia:  The show was supposed to be about Conner but Adrian Paul (after being cast) suggested it would be better to be an original character.  The First Mortal Kombat, while not "oscar" worthy, wasn't a horrible film.  Many focused on how cheesy the CG was even for the time and the lack of gore.  But the film makers were more focused on the fighting essentially making a Martial Arts film first and a MK film second.  Which worked out in that point because almost all of the fights were some of the best ever on screen.  The fight between Johnny Cage and Scorpion in Scorpion's Lair stands out.  Then the Music...first soundtrack I ever owned.  To this Day the MK theme starts people are either dancing or fighting.....or both.


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: DarthRondoudou on February 24, 2021, 03:13:00 PM
I read years ago that the studio got heavily involved in Highlander II and wanted it to be the new star wars..hence the stupid Immortals from another planet.  Another bit of useless trivia:  The show was supposed to be about Conner but Adrian Paul (after being cast) suggested it would be better to be an original character.  The First Mortal Kombat, while not "oscar" worthy, wasn't a horrible film.  Many focused on how cheesy the CG was even for the time and the lack of gore.  But the film makers were more focused on the fighting essentially making a Martial Arts film first and a MK film second.  Which worked out in that point because almost all of the fights were some of the best ever on screen.  The fight between Johnny Cage and Scorpion in Scorpion's Lair stands out.  Then the Music...first soundtrack I ever owned.  To this Day the MK theme starts people are either dancing or fighting.....or both.
I have to agree on the soundtrack. Mmh. I might give it another try then...


Title: Re: Mortal Kombat
Post by: scifidude79 on February 24, 2021, 04:08:06 PM
and the lack of gore.


Someone forgot to put in the blood code. A B A C A B B

But the film makers were more focused on the fighting essentially making a Martial Arts film first and a MK film second.  Which worked out in that point because almost all of the fights were some of the best ever on screen.  The fight between Johnny Cage and Scorpion in Scorpion's Lair stands out.  Then the Music...first soundtrack I ever owned.  To this Day the MK theme starts people are either dancing or fighting.....or both.

Fun fact: in the script, the fight between Johnny Cage and Scorpion ended in the forest, with Cage using his shadow kick to end Scorpion. However, that was expanded upon when a test audience didn't think the film had enough fights. So, the shadow kick didn't connect and Scorpion instead opened a portal and transported them to his Lair, where the fight was expanded. Similarly, in Outworld, Liu Kang threw Reptile into the stature and it pulled him in and killed him. However, Reptile merging with the statue and becoming human to fight Kang was added later. Both fights were filmed via reshoots and both were choreographed by Liu Kang actor Robin Shou, as opposed to the film's credited fight choreographer. Shou used wire-work martial arts, which he'd learned working in Hong Kong, but that hadn't really been done in the west. (The Matrix made it popular in the west) Those two fights are widely considered to be the best two fights in the film.