Mortal Kombat (2021) - Page 2

*Coola Yagami* · 02-18-2021, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Blood and gore isn't "grown up" either.

No, but little kids probably shouldn't see Cassie begging for her life seconds before she's skewered and her eyeballs are yanked out and whatever else in a super-realistic fashion.

~~Leo656~~ · 02-18-2021, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Blood and gore isn't "grown up" either.

C'mon, guy.

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Also, looks pretty good. The only thing that jumped out as kinda crummy was the abysmal CGI on Jax's arms. Should've just glued some prosthetics on him. Otherwise, pretty good.

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Originally Posted by IMJ

I feel like they took too many liberties with the ninja's costumes. Honestly, the web shorts from some time back where better than this.

Eh, I could do without Scorpion's hood, but they've each had 100 different costumes by now, anyway (including a phase where Sub-Zero looked almost exactly like Shredder, for some reason), so I'm over it.

As for the "Legacy" web series... that Raiden episode is all I want, forever.

I loved that sh*t.

*ssjup81* · 02-18-2021, 01:26 PM

I still like the original Mortal Kombat movie. It wasn't bad for what it was and was close to the story and had elements from the first two games. Did it have issues...yep, most definitely, like "evil bad guy Scorpion" wasn't a bad guy, really and the fact that they didn't keep in Goro's actual fatality...but the bottom line is they pretty much kept to the story, the actors portraying the characters were good (I liked the casting), and it was overall fun to watch with a cool soundtrack which I still listen to to this day (I own the MK movie soundtrack on CD). Mortal Kombat Annihilation....doesn't exist in my mind...that fateful day in the theater its second weekend of 1997 never happened and I actually saved my $5 or $6 that day for the ticket.

Now, I knew of this upcoming film, but not the specifics. It looks like it'll be pretty cool and I hope that it does okay and will not only be about the gore part of the games. Character and story are a factor too. Going back to the original MK movie, with the exception of Goro, (and I did play the games at the time), I was so into the story and characters and atmosphere of the film, it didn't hit me that they didn't use a lot of gore and some of the characters didn't use their signature fatalities. My aunt pointed it out and I was like, "Hey yeah....you're right!" lol So yeah, I hope they don't make it a gore-fest just for the sake of having gore.

Having this center around an OC is a bit iffy with me and hope it doesn't come across like a fanfiction come to life. Junk like that makes me a bit nervous, especially with a video game adaptation, especially when you have a bit roster of characters to center around by this point. I guess, for me, I wouldn't want it to turn out like the Resident "Alice" series of films.

*CyberCubed* · 02-18-2021, 01:43 PM

Did they straight up replace Johnny Cage with some new fanfic self-insert character named Cole?

Whelp, that's it, I'm out. Johnny Cage was internal to the story of Mortal Kombat and the first tournament and if he's not there the movie is already ruined forever.

*Coola Yagami* · 02-18-2021, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ssjup81

I still like the original Mortal Kombat movie. It wasn't bad for what it was and was close to the story and had elements from the first two games. Did it have issues...yep, most definitely, like "evil bad guy Scorpion" wasn't a bad guy, really and the fact that they didn't keep in Goro's actual fatality...but the bottom line is they pretty much kept to the story, the actors portraying the characters were good (I liked the casting), and it was overall fun to watch with a cool soundtrack which I still listen to to this day (I own the MK movie soundtrack on CD). Mortal Kombat Annihilation....doesn't exist in my mind...that fateful day in the theater its second weekend of 1997 never happened and I actually saved my $5 or $6 that day for the ticket.

Now, I knew of this upcoming film, but not the specifics. It looks like it'll be pretty cool and I hope that it does okay and will not only be about the gore part of the games. Character and story are a factor too. Going back to the original MK movie, with the exception of Goro, (and I did play the games at the time), I was so into the story and characters and atmosphere of the film, it didn't hit me that they didn't use a lot of gore and some of the characters didn't use their signature fatalities. My aunt pointed it out and I was like, "Hey yeah....you're right!" lol So yeah, I hope they don't make it a gore-fest just for the sake of having gore.

Having this center around an OC is a bit iffy with me and hope it doesn't come across like a fanfiction come to life. Junk like that makes me a bit nervous, especially with a video game adaptation, especially when you have a bit roster of characters to center around by this point. I guess, for me, I wouldn't want it to turn out like the Resident "Alice" series of films.

To be fair, Goro didn't have a Fatality til like... Ulitmate MK3 or something.

~~Sumac~~ · 02-18-2021, 04:14 PM

Trailer doesn't look bad, surprisingly.
I don't like that it is too serious and color corrections in sucks, but it doesn't look abysmal, so it is a step in a right direction.

Actors look nice, costumes don't look bad.

My main concerns are the story (in particular this Cole guy) and fights.

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

To be fair, Goro didn't have a Fatality til like... Ulitmate MK3 or something.

Goro didn't had Fatalities of his own until MK Deception (which is MK6).
You can did Fatalities with him in MK4 with a cheat code, but those were finishers borrowed from other characters (Reiko and someone else).

*ssjup81* · 02-18-2021, 06:38 PM

I thought that Goro had a move where he held you by his lower arms while beating your head in with the top ones in the first game? Not a fatality but I was expecting that.

*Andrew NDB* · 02-18-2021, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ssjup81

I thought that Goro had a move where he held you by his lower arms while beating your head in with the top ones in the first game? Not a fatality but I was expecting that.

Yeah, just have him do that but "carry it through." Until they're pulp.

*TigerClaw* · 02-18-2021, 07:44 PM

The new Goro looks great. The look of this one is better then the 1995 version which was an animatronic puppet.
I love the attention to details because he looks more terrifying.

*Coola Yagami* · 02-18-2021, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TigerClaw

The new Goro looks great. The look of this one is better then the 1995 version which was an animatronic puppet.
I love the attention to details because he looks more terrifying.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...692&height=681

True, but depending on the CGI and the actors, the animatronic puppet works a bit better because he's actually THERE and the actors aren't pretending to be afraid of either a guy in a mokap suit or just thin air.

~~Leo656~~ · 02-18-2021, 08:26 PM

Stop-Motion Goro was awesome.

*Powder* · 02-18-2021, 08:46 PM

Trailer looks OK. Not super into it, but seems adequate.

*Wildcat* · 02-18-2021, 10:31 PM

It looks great. If you’re into MK. I’m happy to see most people liked the trailer. I was sure it would get some kind of dumb criticism because everything does. There’s some obviously but that’s normal.

Goro’s design is definitely better. He’s scarier but also more game-proportionate. I mean it always looked more like 2 arms tacked on to a stretched torso. Both cool but this was one is better.

I feel like the trailer spoiled a lot of deaths though. I guess you could predict them once you’re watching but they showed a lot.

*TurtleTitan97* · 02-18-2021, 10:48 PM

Movie looks like it'll be cheesy fun. I'm in.

~~Sumac~~ · 02-18-2021, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Stop-Motion Goro was awesome.

He wasn't stop motion in the first movie, for the most part.

~~Leo656~~ · 02-19-2021, 12:01 AM

Well whatever the f*ck it was, I liked it.

Blew my mind when I was 12 or whatever it was.

*Coola Yagami* · 02-19-2021, 09:59 AM

Why wasn't Chun Li invited to Mortal Kombat?

*IMJ* · 02-19-2021, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Well whatever the f*ck it was, I liked it.

Blew my mind when I was 12 or whatever it was.

He was literally a live action puppet!

Stop-motion Goro! LOl lookin' like the Krakyn from Clash of the Titans with Harry Hamlin! LMAO!

*Coola Yagami* · 02-19-2021, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by IMJ

He was literally a live action puppet!

Stop-motion Goro! LOl lookin' like the Krakyn from Clash of the Titans with Harry Hamlin! LMAO!

To be fair in the actual video game, Goro was a stop-motion clay figure.

~~Sumac~~ · 02-19-2021, 08:47 PM

Goro was a costume worn by an actor, except for his upper part which were animatronic dolls controlled by other people.

In game, yeah, Goro was a clay figure. Who was filmed with a "blue screen" glued by a duct tape. Talking about DIY.

02-18-2021, 07:44 PM	#29
TigerClaw Mutant Tiger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hialeah, Florida, USA Posts: 14,165	The new Goro looks great. The look of this one is better then the 1995 version which was an animatronic puppet. I love the attention to details because he looks more terrifying. __________________ Follow me on my Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@tygerclaw305

02-18-2021, 10:31 PM	#33
Wildcat Foot Elite Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: AZ Posts: 3,516	It looks great. If you’re into MK. I’m happy to see most people liked the trailer. I was sure it would get some kind of dumb criticism because everything does. There’s some obviously but that’s normal. Goro’s design is definitely better. He’s scarier but also more game-proportionate. I mean it always looked more like 2 arms tacked on to a stretched torso. Both cool but this was one is better. I feel like the trailer spoiled a lot of deaths though. I guess you could predict them once you’re watching but they showed a lot. __________________ Nothing can survive the will to stay alive, cause if you try, you can do anything.

02-18-2021, 10:48 PM	#34
TurtleTitan97 Space Cowboy Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Speed Force Posts: 7,043	Movie looks like it'll be cheesy fun. I'm in. __________________

02-19-2021, 09:59 AM	#37
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02-18-2021, 01:26 PM	#23
ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,734	I still like the original Mortal Kombat movie. It wasn't bad for what it was and was close to the story and had elements from the first two games. Did it have issues...yep, most definitely, like "evil bad guy Scorpion" wasn't a bad guy, really and the fact that they didn't keep in Goro's actual fatality...but the bottom line is they pretty much kept to the story, the actors portraying the characters were good (I liked the casting), and it was overall fun to watch with a cool soundtrack which I still listen to to this day (I own the MK movie soundtrack on CD). Mortal Kombat Annihilation....doesn't exist in my mind...that fateful day in the theater its second weekend of 1997 never happened and I actually saved my $5 or $6 that day for the ticket. Now, I knew of this upcoming film, but not the specifics. It looks like it'll be pretty cool and I hope that it does okay and will not only be about the gore part of the games. Character and story are a factor too. Going back to the original MK movie, with the exception of Goro, (and I did play the games at the time), I was so into the story and characters and atmosphere of the film, it didn't hit me that they didn't use a lot of gore and some of the characters didn't use their signature fatalities. My aunt pointed it out and I was like, "Hey yeah....you're right!" lol So yeah, I hope they don't make it a gore-fest just for the sake of having gore. Having this center around an OC is a bit iffy with me and hope it doesn't come across like a fanfiction come to life. Junk like that makes me a bit nervous, especially with a video game adaptation, especially when you have a bit roster of characters to center around by this point. I guess, for me, I wouldn't want it to turn out like the Resident "Alice" series of films.

02-18-2021, 01:43 PM	#24
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,888	Did they straight up replace Johnny Cage with some new fanfic self-insert character named Cole? Whelp, that's it, I'm out. Johnny Cage was internal to the story of Mortal Kombat and the first tournament and if he's not there the movie is already ruined forever.

02-18-2021, 06:38 PM	#27
ssjup81 Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Central Virginia (Back in the US) Posts: 4,734	I thought that Goro had a move where he held you by his lower arms while beating your head in with the top ones in the first game? Not a fatality but I was expecting that.

02-18-2021, 08:26 PM	#31
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Stop-Motion Goro was awesome.

02-18-2021, 08:46 PM	#32
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Trailer looks OK. Not super into it, but seems adequate.

02-19-2021, 12:01 AM	#36
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Well whatever the f*ck it was, I liked it. Blew my mind when I was 12 or whatever it was.

02-19-2021, 08:47 PM	#40
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	Goro was a costume worn by an actor, except for his upper part which were animatronic dolls controlled by other people. In game, yeah, Goro was a clay figure. Who was filmed with a "blue screen" glued by a duct tape. Talking about DIY.