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i think its cool Michael Jai White is Jax here since he was supposed to be Jax in the Turd that was Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

Anything with Black Dynamite in it is a WIN! :lol
 
i think its cool Michael Jai White is Jax here since he was supposed to be Jax in the Turd that was Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

Anything with Black Dynamite in it is a WIN! :lol

Yeah...i was thinking that too! He's the ____! I still need to see Black Dynamite! :lol
 
Jeri Ryan (Sonya in the trailer) reveals the truth behind the trailer:

"Okay, so... Mortal Kombat," she tweets. "It's not a game trailer. Actually was made for the director to sell WB on his vision for a reimagined MK film."

Ryan said she did her role as a favor to a friend. "No idea yet what WB's reaction to it was," she adds. I can tell you what my reaction was: stoked.

https://m.kotaku.com/5558850/that-mortal-kombat-trailer-jeri-ryan-explains
 
Jeri Ryan (Sonya in the trailer) reveals the truth behind the trailer:
https://m.kotaku.com/5558850/that-mortal-kombat-trailer-jeri-ryan-explains

That article also says:

a lawsuit has been filed by the development partner of the original film as it signed a contract in 2006 to do a sequel.

So it looks like we'll be seeing Mortal Kourt Kases before a new Mortal Kombat movie. :lol

Mortal Kombat has the same problem Max Payne had: They ripped off several elements from movies and got famous off that since it was novel and "original" in the videogame world. Then both games were made into movies which meant they couldn't use any of the stuff they originally ripped off that made them noteworthy/special to begin with.

So instead of a Big Trouble in Little China Lightning/Raiden rip-off you got Dexter's dad in a bad wig. And instead of Max Payne running around killing bad guys in slow-mo like The Matrix you got Marky Mark walking around looking confused and telling people "Say hi to mother for me! Ok?"

:slap
 
I remember when I saw MORTAL KOMBAT in 1995 and I was so blown away.

Scorpion, Subzero and reptile made the movie for me.

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saw the new trailer for the reboot it was ok.
I hope scorpion, sub and reptile where there outfits. if they dont I want even bother seeing it.
 
Yeah, this looks cool but they need to end up in their outfits. Loved the first one, especially the trailer!
 
Please lord just stop the reboots.

Why ? If they do we will have nothing.

The world today has little to know original ideas. They are all gone. Look at the youth of today. Very few will ever have any true idea of an original thought to make an new era of Hollywood greatness. Like their music, it is all rehashed from classics. Sad but true.

I hope this one get's green-lit. I would enjoy seeing more.
 
Why ? If they do we will have nothing.

The world today has little to know original ideas. They are all gone. Look at the youth of today. Very few will ever have any true idea of an original thought to make an new era of Hollywood greatness. Like their music, it is all rehashed from classics. Sad but true.

I hope this one get's green-lit. I would enjoy seeing more.

with this type of approach mindset, dont you think you're encouraging them to slack off and just do re-boots(which most likely be a kick in the nuts like when we see it) instead of synthesizing something original? :dunno
 
So I saw this at work today but I couldn't watch it because they don't want us watching streaming video and doing other high-bandwidth crap at work. Not that they would have caught me. I also didn't want anyone to see me watching something so nerdy.

But yeah, I watched it when I got home from work and my desire to avoid embarrassment was futile because I watched it alone and felt embarrassed.

I mean, granted, it's based on "Mortal Kombat". I shouldn't have expected anything BUT embarrassment but I have to say that it blew my mind.

For starters, I can't believe that internet fanboys can get excited over something from the director of the "Fame" remake. On top of that, I can't see how they can get so excited for something that somehow manages to shamelessly pander to its audience while completely disrespecting said audience at the same time. I would have argued that those things were in direct opposition of one another but I guess I would have been wrong.

The whole thing takes itself far too seriously, it's literally nothing but a series of "bad-ass" movie cliches strung together, each one leading up to the reveal of a character's name. Seriously. That's it. It's like "watch this guy get all procedural and growly for 2 minutes and... WAIT FOR IT... HE'LL SAY SCORPION HERE IN A MINUTE!"

THEN it uses said super-seriousness coupled with the promise of extreme violence to COMPLETELY ignore the setting and story of the MK series. Now don't get me wrong, I'm no MK fanboy, I think the MK story has always been incredibly lame and hilarious, but I tend to think that you should probably stick with the established story since that's the ONLY THING LEFT when you take a video game and remove the audience's ability to, um, PLAY THE ____ING GAME.

But hey, there's no audience of demographic as starved for credibility than the nerd/fanboy audience. Nolan's Batman movies prove that you can show complete and utter disdain for your source material and the nerds will eat it up because it's being taken "seriously". Newsflash, Hollywood: WE DON'T NEED YOU TO PULL OUT SOME OBSCURE MEDICAL DEFORMITY TO EXPLAIN THE GUY IN THE RUBBER LIZARD MASK. It's called "suspension of disbelief" and the "Mortal Kombat" audience is fine taking these leaps without this nonsense.

Call me crazy, but if I actually gave a crap about Mortal Kombat I'd be pretty furious that some Hollywood hack was dangling blood and darkness in front of me to try to distract me from the fact that he was completely repurposing the entire property and making it something its NEVER been.

But hey, I'm not an MK fan so how can I really give a crap? It's not like making good movies based on video games is even possible. How many have they made by now? Probably like 20 and they ALL suck. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

But yeah, this one takes the cake. I can honestly say this thing is one of the worst things I've ever seen in my entire life. I honestly feel sorry for every actor who participated in this thing.
 
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Very detailed interview with the director of the MK trailer, Kevin Tancharoen at Collider.com:

https://www.collider.com/2010/06/09/kevin-tancharoen-interview-mortal-kombat-rebirth-feature-film/


Highlights and some facts about the trailer:

* They shot the short film over two days on two RED cameras
* Started in early April and it took 2 months to do the post production. Most people donated their time. The short was made for $7,500
* Knew if he was going to get a chance at a genre picture, he’d have to show he could do it on his own. This is a calling card for a chance at making the next Mortal Kombat feature film and it’s his vision for how he’d do it.
* No one at any studio knew he was doing the short
* Oren Uziel wrote the short. He’s currently listed on IMDb to write the next Mortal Kombat movie at Warner Bros.
* Says he wants to make a movie that balances the real world with the mysticism and the special powers. Compares it to the way Harry Potter exists in two worlds. As in there are two universes that coexist with each other.
* Confirms “fatalities” are definitely in his movie. He wants to put them in the tournament in an “organic way”
* Definitely would use “get over here” (the classic line from the game)
* Michael Jai White plays Jax Briggs in the short and he’d definitely be a part of the feature.
* Says Scorpion is the bad guy and will stay a bad guy
* They only had 4 hours to shoot the big fight scene
 
I wonder how they'll explain Kintaro?

kintaro.jpg
 
I Hope WB bites, i mean they would have to right? Theres money in the franchise and the director is obviosly dedicated to the film. I think this looks good.
 
that only thing that would save this movie would be to show new style of fighting methods or at least make each fight look good.
 
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