11-18-2016, 06:25 PM | #1 |
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Mortal Kombat reboot in the works
a reboot of Mortal Kombat is in the works at New Line Cinema, It's gonna be directed by Simon McQuoid and produced by James Wan.
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11-18-2016, 06:27 PM | #2 |
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Might be interesting if they allow this movie to be violent and use special attacks. The first Mortal Kombat movie was very toned down.
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11-18-2016, 07:48 PM | #3 |
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It was still pretty dope, though. But yeah, I agree, if it's not gonna be more brutal than the original, don't bother.
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11-18-2016, 07:51 PM | #4 |
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If Subzero doesn't pull someone's Spine out of there back and Kano doesn't pull someone's heart out not interested. make Mortal Kombat rated R
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11-18-2016, 09:17 PM | #5 |
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Love MK. Games and movies. Even Annihilation.
Oddly it hadn't really occurred to me that violence was that toned down til Nostalgia Critic reviewed it. Both movies were still very game-accurate though. Just not brutally gory. This has been somewhat on/off hasn't it? I've seen it talked about for awhile.
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11-18-2016, 09:59 PM | #6 |
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The director for this reboot did this really good PS3 Ad.
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11-19-2016, 03:00 PM | #7 |
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Color me intrigued
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11-19-2016, 05:11 PM | #8 |
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Mortal Kombat's mythology is cheesy but interesting, it doesn't need an R rating to be "good". The reboot teaser trailer fanfilm from a few years ago was terrible even if violent but the mini series it inspired was alright, some hits but also some misses.
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11-20-2016, 09:15 PM | #9 |
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i really hope they actually do the Scorpion/Sub-Zero Shirai Ryu/Lin Kuei blood feud proper justice this time!!
the treatment they both got in the first film was pretty abysmal.
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11-21-2016, 02:28 AM | #10 |
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Yeah I'm pretty sure this is going to be shelved just like all the other times they tried to reboot this franchise for film. Kinda shocked Hollywood is still looking toward videogames for future movies after Ratchet and Clank as well Warcraft didn't really do all that well.
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11-21-2016, 06:10 AM | #12 |
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Yup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_(film)
Also a Sly Cooper was being planned as well but after Ratchet and Clank bombed it might be put on the shelf.
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Annihlation, though, was a literal anniihilation, imo. They were trying to cram too much into it and following Mortal Kombat III's storyline. I saw this in theaters its second weekend...and it was nearly empty which surprised me...until I saw it. Too many characters. The biggest fail for me was Shao Khan's daddy issues. Oh and the forced storyline of him being brothers with Raiden. Also felt Shinnock (sp?) shouldn't have even been in the film. Sorry, just surprised to hear someone liked this film. What did you like? |
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11-21-2016, 08:38 AM | #15 |
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I read that the reason it bombed, is because the movie was too much like the game, it didn't explain how things are to people who never played the game before.
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Games were/are pretty over the top which fits imo. Plus its about Shao Khan trying to take over so... But ya I see a lot of people disliked it which I never understood since it was pretty true to the games.
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"Daddy daddy, did I do good? I'm about to invade the earth realm! Will that make you happy? LOVE me daddy! I need your approval!!" Shao Khan didn't come across as threatening or imposing. He just came across as rather pathetic and whiny for a final villain and like I said, I just wish they would've actually stuck to the game's story. None of the forced family stuff between Shao Khan and Raiden. It felt like they were trying to toss in as many characters and references as they possibly could. I feel the characters that suffered from this were Jade (which was really sad because she was one of my favorites from the game at the time), Nightwolf, younger Sub Zero (why did he leave instead of helping Liu go against Khan and those from Outworld?), Sheeva, Motaro, Mileena, Cyrax, Smoke, Scorpion, Baraka, Rain, Kabal and Stryker's name drop (also was disapointing for me at the time since I really liked those two in the game ^^), etc. They just didn't know how to handle those many characters. Here's how I'd advertise it. "You played Mortal Kombat. You've played Mortal Kombat 2 and the hits Ultimate MK3 and Mortal Kombat 3! You saw the great movie, Mortal Kombat, but now it's time for ANNIHILATION!!!!! Watch as we put in all the characters you love from the games...but no Johnny since this is based on MK3!!! Want to see Kintaro? Too bad! We have MOTARO AND SHEEVA! Do you hear that? Yeah, SCREAMING! We have Sindel!! She even spins around!! Get over here! That can only be Scorpion! Yeah, our favorite spear throwing yellow ninja is back and so is everyone's favorite ice ninja! Watch as they don't fight or have any explanation for actually being there! Want to see Millena bond with Kitana? Of course you do! She'll be in the movie. Love the kickass fighter Jade! She'll dress in skimpy clothes in the middle of a snow storm in a desert! How about Nightwolf! Want to see everyone's favorite Native American fighter take out Khan's warriors? *quiet voice/cough*sowouldwe*cougs* Want to see an animality! If there's a Mortal Kombat character you like, they're guaranteed to be in it! Remember, don't blink or else you'll miss them! Watch ANNIHILATION! Coming to a theater near you..." Silliness aside, I'm glad you could enjoy this movie. I wish I could've. It's like when I saw Turtles III as a kid and how disappointed I was with it, despite there being a lot of potential with its set up. Last edited by ssjup81; 11-22-2016 at 12:12 AM. |
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11-22-2016, 01:46 AM | #19 |
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@ssjup81,
I don't care either way about Shao Kahns angle. Could have done without trying to prove himself it and it would not have changed anything. He cheated by invading and tried to take over. That's all I needed to know...cause he's evil. I think Kahn and Raiden were brothers to make it seem more interesting. I guess they thought tying them together would make it more dramatic. I don't think it hurts the movie though. Sub-Zero and Nightwolf could not team up with Liu Kang because he was supposed to "find himself". The whole Animality thing. Although Sub-Zero did try to fight off Scorpion. Ya there's character's that would have been cool to see but (from what I remember, it's been awhile) they were off doing things in regards to the invasion or just weren't part of it. We only see the main side of things. Maybe they tried to put a bunch of characters in one movie but I think it worked ok. It's a basic good vs evil plot. It was an excuse to have more fighting but I don't think anyone was out of place.
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11-22-2016, 07:42 AM | #20 |
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I'd say I hope they don't bugger it up, but they probably will.
Too bad it's a reboot - they could do the Mortal Kombat X story line where everyone's old, and Mileena and Kotal Kahn are jockeying for Shao Kahn's throne. That game has so many weird and wonderful characters.
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