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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES on June 08, 2010, 08:17:39 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_MqZn7E-mk
Supposedly just done for E3 to hype the new MK game, but I would watch a full feature of this fo sho.
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Dang that shit looks dope. :o :o :o
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Looks great although it doesn't really have anything to do with the game, I'm guessing the plot is the same. My only real complaint is that it seems like they forgot about Outworld & have both Reptile & Baraka born on earth, WTF?? These guys weren't just individuals, Baraka & Reptile were from races with others being & looking like them, just like us humans & whats up with the Sub-Zero story?? Is it gonna be like MK2 were Scorpion enters the tournament just to find out Sub-Zero is actually the originals younger brother & he leaves it without killing him??
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Just saw this on the movie site, Ain't it Cool News. According to the article, this isn't exactly official. This was done by director Kevin Tancharoen as a test to show Warner Brothers to try to convince them to get behind his take on a "Mortal Kombat" movie. While I agree that without the mysticism from the video game series, this really wouldn't be "Mortal Kombat," I think I'd still enjoy this movie (if it ever gets made) much more than the first two official theatrical efforts. This was a well crafted short. It will interesting to see if anything comes of this.
**Here's the article on Ain't it Cool News, for those interested**
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45406
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Just saw this on the movie site, Ain't it Cool News. According to the article, this isn't exactly official. This was done by director Kevin Tancharoen as a test to show Warner Brothers to try to convince them to get behind his take on a "Mortal Kombat" movie. While I agree that without the mysticism from the video game series, this really wouldn't be "Mortal Kombat," I think I'd still enjoy this movie (if it ever gets made) much more than the first two official theatrical efforts. This was a well crafted short. It will interesting to see if anything comes of this.
**Here's the article on Ain't it Cool News, for those interested**
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45406
the 8min movie looked fuckin dope! i hope they actually make a movie.
i agree with the person above: baraka and reptile r suppose 2 be from outworld. but i'll take it w/e i just wanna see a full mortal kombat movie.
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Wow this was just a pitch? Looked like ALOT of money and time went into this, Warner better pick this up, LOL.
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Wow this was just a pitch? Looked like ALOT of money and time went into this, Warner better pick this up, LOL.
Yeah. It looked very professionally done. And they even got Michael Jai White to play Jacks (Jax). Also the chick who played Sonya Blade was from one of the Star Trek shows. That exterior shot with the helicopters looked pretty impressive too. They had to have put some money into this.
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Not sure I like the idea of Mortal Kombat being about Serial Killers rather than another dimension where the enemies just naturally had powers. None of this self mutilation bs. Jeri Ryan as Sonya blade, shes like 50.
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Johnny Cage just cant catch a break, killed in the trailer!! haha
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Dang that shit looks dope. :o :o :o
+1!
I really like it!
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Not sure I like the idea of Mortal Kombat being about Serial Killers rather than another dimension where the enemies just naturally had powers. None of this self mutilation bs. Jeri Ryan as Sonya blade, shes like 50.
I totally see where you're coming from. To me, it's not truely "Mortal Kombat" if they don't include some other-worldly characters. I wouldn't mind if that element is played down a bit in the first movie, as the first tournament took place on Earth. But it would be difficult for me to fully accept a "Mortal Kombat" movie that didn't have that element at all.
To be fair though, as far as the actors go, we have no guarantee that even if Warner Bros. were to pick this up as a full length movie, that they'd still cast the same actors from this "pitch" film.
While I'm not really a fan of the hyper realistic Dark Kinight-ification of the characters in here, I really like the tone of this short. If they could keep the dark tone and just incorporate a story that was more like the traditional "Mortal Kombat" story line it would be perfect, imo.
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it's about time they came back with a MK (fuck all of that Shrek shit) i'm not even gonna watch the trailer or read the reviews.
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looks fuckin dope
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Not sure I like the idea of Mortal Kombat being about Serial Killers rather than another dimension where the enemies just naturally had powers. None of this self mutilation bs. Jeri Ryan as Sonya blade, shes like 50.
I totally see where you're coming from. To me, it's not truely "Mortal Kombat" if they don't include some other-worldly characters. I wouldn't mind if that element is played down a bit in the first movie, as the first tournament took place on Earth. But it would be difficult for me to fully accept a "Mortal Kombat" movie that didn't have that element at all.
To be fair though, as far as the actors go, we have no guarantee that even if Warner Bros. were to pick this up as a full length movie, that they'd still cast the same actors from this "pitch" film.
While I'm not really a fan of the hyper realistic Dark Kinight-ification of the characters in here, I really like the tone of this short. If they could keep the dark tone and just incorporate a story that was more like the traditional "Mortal Kombat" story line it would be perfect, imo.
this kind of movie would shit all over the other two they made. Not sure how they could make a movie that stays true to the mortal kombat story without it being campy. I'd rather watch a badass movie like this than another campy trash movie that plays to the fanboys. I don't know about you but I'm amped for this if they make it. Especially Scorpion. He doesn't need to be a demon to be a badass.
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Not sure I like the idea of Mortal Kombat being about Serial Killers rather than another dimension where the enemies just naturally had powers. None of this self mutilation bs. Jeri Ryan as Sonya blade, shes like 50.
I totally see where you're coming from. To me, it's not truely "Mortal Kombat" if they don't include some other-worldly characters. I wouldn't mind if that element is played down a bit in the first movie, as the first tournament took place on Earth. But it would be difficult for me to fully accept a "Mortal Kombat" movie that didn't have that element at all.
To be fair though, as far as the actors go, we have no guarantee that even if Warner Bros. were to pick this up as a full length movie, that they'd still cast the same actors from this "pitch" film.
While I'm not really a fan of the hyper realistic Dark Kinight-ification of the characters in here, I really like the tone of this short. If they could keep the dark tone and just incorporate a story that was more like the traditional "Mortal Kombat" story line it would be perfect, imo.
this kind of movie would shit all over the other two they made. Not sure how they could make a movie that stays true to the mortal kombat story without it being campy. I'd rather watch a badass movie like this than another campy trash movie that plays to the fanboys. I don't know about you but I'm amped for this if they make it. Especially Scorpion. He doesn't need to be a demon to be a badass.
Well, I wouldn't want it to be anywhere near campy. The tone of this "pitch" film is perfect. Just introduce a supernatural element to it. Don't make it campy. Make it scary. Keeping Scorpion a demon could be bad ass. I would say just tone down some of the more video game-ish elements. Like Lui Kang's bicycle kick. That was one thing that should have never been put in a movie version of "Mortal Kombat." In fact, they should leave out most characters' special moves, and keep the fighting more reality-based. Although I don't know how they'd do Sub-Zero without his freezing power.
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well, thats what theyre doing. theyre getting rid of of the campy shit that wouldnt work in a movie of this one (read: special powers) and make it about a martial arts contest. along with getting rid of the powers you have to make it more realistic
i'll buy tickets to this movie on opening night if this thing gets made
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well, thats what theyre doing. theyre getting rid of of the campy shit that wouldnt work in a movie of this one (read: special powers) and make it about a martial arts contest. along with getting rid of the powers you have to make it more realistic
i'll buy tickets to this movie on opening night if this thing gets made
Actually, it sounds as though some of the mysticism may be left in, if this movie actually gets to be made. Here is an excerpt from an interview with the director of the "pitch movie." It's actually a pretty good read:
I had been thinking about this for awhile now. Just in passing, I’ve always had these conversations about “Mortal Kombat” because everyone was talking about rebooting the movie. I guess that’s the popular term everyone uses now. Reboot, reboot, let’s just take everything and reboot it. Of course I had my opinions on it, because of the first two movies, and because I was such an avid fan of the game. I was a quarter dispenser, and I don’t know how much I spent over at the Sherman Oaks golf course, whatever that place is called now. Right by the Galleria. And I had a lot of opinions on it. I really, really thought that something special could be made there. And it got to a point where we just kept talking about it, and I just had to do it. It took over a two-month span of time. I shot this whole thing in two days on two Red cameras that were donated to me with a group of friends who all believed in the cause. We shot it at Lacey Street Studios on Saturday and Sunday afternoon and we just kind of had fun with it. It all started at the beginning of April and it took two months to do all the post and the editing. I edited it myself and the visual effects were great people donating their time. It turned out to be pretty awesome. I was very, very happy about it. It’s one of those passion projects that lived in my head. The technology is so accessible now. There’s was no reason why I shouldn’t do it, so I did it. I’m very, very happy that people are responding well to it. I know that there’s definitely a handful of purists that have their opinions on the mysticism and the mythos of Mortal Kombat. But I do have an answer for that: this is just a prelude to what my movie version would be. And of course, when you’re working by yourself, you have a limited resource of budget. I made this thing for $7,500. I couldn’t go balls-to-the-wall on visual effects. I had to utilize what I could and make the best of it. I want the mysticism to be treated carefully and with integrity. We just kind of went for it, and did it. And everyone was available, they believed in the project. We picked up the camera, and we went, and we didn’t stop.
So it sounds to me as though some of the mystic elements may be there, albeit toned down. To me, this is exactly the way to go. After reading this interview, I'm now convinced that this guy knows what he's talking about when it comes to doing a "Mortal Kombat" movie. Hopefully he was able to convince Warner Brothers of that.
You can check out the original article here, which also includes a link to the full interview:
http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=17735
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Not sure I like the idea of Mortal Kombat being about Serial Killers rather than another dimension where the enemies just naturally had powers. None of this self mutilation bs. Jeri Ryan as Sonya blade, shes like 50.
I totally see where you're coming from. To me, it's not truely "Mortal Kombat" if they don't include some other-worldly characters. I wouldn't mind if that element is played down a bit in the first movie, as the first tournament took place on Earth. But it would be difficult for me to fully accept a "Mortal Kombat" movie that didn't have that element at all.
To be fair though, as far as the actors go, we have no guarantee that even if Warner Bros. were to pick this up as a full length movie, that they'd still cast the same actors from this "pitch" film.
While I'm not really a fan of the hyper realistic Dark Kinight-ification of the characters in here, I really like the tone of this short. If they could keep the dark tone and just incorporate a story that was more like the traditional "Mortal Kombat" story line it would be perfect, imo.
Ya they definitely have lots of room to play around. They could either do this right or screw it up really badly. I hope it works out. But to be honest I loved the first movie they did in 95.
Putting a new spin on it could be a good idea, let's just hope it doesn't turn out like the most recent Street Fighter movie. Hah!
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i've read in a few places in relation to this that the other two mortal kombat movies weren't good so room to make something decent from the series. the second movie was pretty crap, but the original mortal kombat movie was easily one of the better video game adaptions to come to the big screen! christopher lambert as raiden! making a film half as enjoyable as that would be a mean feat, i doubt they'd be able to do it.
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Yeah, as long as the fighters can have a some-what logical explanation as to how they got their powers and abilities in the real world, it will work.. Adds a more real sense to the idea of Mortal Kombat.
1 is way better than 2, and they may not be great movies, but I always loved them just because of the idea behind them is so cool.
Here is a trailer to the new Mortal Kombat game coming out via Warner Bros Interactive Ent. http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-mortal-kombat/101130
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They don't need to explain how or where these guys got their superpowers from. They didn't do it in the game, so the movies doen't need it either. MK was always about other mysterious realms (usually Outworld) competing against Earth in a tournament. Whats the fuckin point in changing that for a movie? I'd rather it not come out if MK is supposed to be a undergound tournament (big lol) & creatures from the outworld are actually just humans with sick twisted minds or born differently. Fuck that.
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They don't need to explain how or where these guys got their superpowers from. They didn't do it in the game, so the movies doen't need it either. MK was always about other mysterious realms (usually Outworld) competing against Earth in a tournament. Whats the fuckin point in changing that for a movie? I'd rather it not come out if MK is supposed to be a undergound tournament (big lol) & creatures from the outworld are actually just humans with sick twisted minds or born differently. Fuck that.
Yeah, I mean to me, if they pretty much go with the idea that these are otherwordly creatures and sorcerers using magic and super natural powers, that would be enough of an explanation for me. But from what the director said (in my above post) it sounds as though that element may still be put in the movie if he gets to make it. Basically, he said he had to tone that down for his "pitch movie" because he only had a $7,500 budget to work within, so he couldn't go balls-out with special effects. But if Warner Brothers decides to back him, he wouldn't have those constraints. He did say he wanted to do the mysticism with integrity. But if I understand his meaning, I'm with him on that. I think he just means he wants the mystic elements to come off as cool and not cheesey, which I totally agree with. Hopefully something will come out of all of this, but I definitely think it's possible that this could be turned into a very kick ass movie.
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LOL I used to love MK when I was a kid, I'll definitely check this out 8)
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Lol, I don't know how anyone can think the first Mortal Kombat movie was actually a good movie. What it had going for it was camp and entertainment. But as a quality movie it was in the "so bad its good category." I understand we all have great memories of our childhood, but seriously go back and watch the movie. It may be entertaining but its not a good movie.
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Lol, I don't know how anyone can think the first Mortal Kombat movie was actually a good movie. What it had going for it was camp and entertainment. But as a quality movie it was in the "so bad its good category." I understand we all have great memories of our childhood, but seriously go back and watch the movie. It may be entertaining but its not a good movie.
Good movies are entertaining. I watched them again both last year. You gotta have a niche for video games I guess. The second one is TMNT3 status though...
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Lol, I don't know how anyone can think the first Mortal Kombat movie was actually a good movie. What it had going for it was camp and entertainment. But as a quality movie it was in the "so bad its good category." I understand we all have great memories of our childhood, but seriously go back and watch the movie. It may be entertaining but its not a good movie.
on one level, an entertaining movie is a good movie 8)
the 'so bad its good' or films perceived like that category is just as valid as 'high art' cinema in a lot of instances. i know a little about what an actual good movie is - degree in film studies/history. just hollywood doesn't make many of those these days. they should stick to the deliberately, corny entertaining flicks a lil' more. then again, i thought the dark knight wasn't that good, a blasphemous opinion to most.
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The first MK movie was good but in some moments it was a little corny & the lack of brutality & heavy violence from the game took alot away from the movie. The 2nd one was terrible. The whole idea of Khan invading earth, connecting it with the Outworld & having the good guys on the run (a la MK3) was good but the result was just uuuggghhhh & the special effects :-X The only good things they had going on were the fights & the music. The rest was ass. Anyone notice the only actors returning from the first movie were the people playing Liu Kang & Kitana?? The others knew this would be a shitty movie so they never participated in it. I do have to admit as a kid though, I actually liked this movie.
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Well, I remember liking the first movie when it came out. Seeing it more recently, it didn't hold up too great, over time. But I remember at the time it came out, there really weren't any good video game adaptations. Back then, I probably would have counted it among the better ones. And even now, there are still some elements to it that I really like. I thought some of the actors that were cast did a really a good job as their respective characters. But since then, a few good video game adaptations have actually come out that have kind of raised the bar. Also, the CGI in "Mortal Kombat" now looks pretty dated. I realize that's not the filmmakers fault, but some of those scenes are hard to look at. The creature version of Reptile, for example.
I do agree though that the original "Mortal Kombat" movie is much better than "Annihilation." That movie was just total, over-the-top cheese. And why they thought putting "animalities" in the move would be a good idea, is beyond me.
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^lol at the animalities, even as a kid I thought that stuff was corny & you got these grown people stuffing that shit down our throats (no homo), wtf?! The special effects from the first movie for nowadays standards are plain horrible & outdated but I can get past it cause it ain't as bad as the 2nd movie & I have that conscious which tells me it were different times & allows me to accept it as it is. So yeah, I can get through it, also I think MK is the best video game adaptation. Actually I can't think of any other one that is actually "decent".
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the soundtrack of the first movie was good,MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORTAAAAAAAAL KOOOOOOOOOMBAAAAAAAAAAAT ;D 8)
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this needs to be made.The original movies were horrible,even as a kid I knew the movies were bad.Id rather have a bunch of christopher nolan clone type movies then a bunch of unrealistic,corny movies like say ghost rider,daredevil,elektra,fantastic four.Camp can be done well but its very rarely done well.The evil dead triology is amazing,as is bubba ho-tep.But most camp is really corny and unwatchable.I dont know how anyone would want that from a movie.
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this needs to be made.The original movies were horrible,even as a kid I knew the movies were bad.Id rather have a bunch of christopher nolan clone type movies then a bunch of unrealistic,corny movies like say ghost rider,daredevil,elektra,fantastic four.Camp can be done well but its very rarely done well.The evil dead triology is amazing,as is bubba ho-tep.But most camp is really corny and unwatchable.I dont know how anyone would want that from a movie.
I don't think anyone does.
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this needs to be made.The original movies were horrible,even as a kid I knew the movies were bad.Id rather have a bunch of christopher nolan clone type movies then a bunch of unrealistic,corny movies like say ghost rider,daredevil,elektra,fantastic four.Camp can be done well but its very rarely done well.The evil dead triology is amazing,as is bubba ho-tep.But most camp is really corny and unwatchable.I dont know how anyone would want that from a movie.
I don't think anyone does.
Apparently matty does.
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Lol, I don't know how anyone can think the first Mortal Kombat movie was actually a good movie. What it had going for it was camp and entertainment. But as a quality movie it was in the "so bad its good category." I understand we all have great memories of our childhood, but seriously go back and watch the movie. It may be entertaining but its not a good movie.
on one level, an entertaining movie is a good movie 8)
the 'so bad its good' or films perceived like that category is just as valid as 'high art' cinema in a lot of instances. i know a little about what an actual good movie is - degree in film studies/history. just hollywood doesn't make many of those these days. they should stick to the deliberately, corny entertaining flicks a lil' more. then again, i thought the dark knight wasn't that good, a blasphemous opinion to most.
No, there's a big difference between walking away from a movie thinking at least it was entertaining, and walking away thinking it was awesome. Like Jaydc said, 90% of flicks that try to be corny don't work, Evil Dead being one of the few exceptions. I'm not saying an MK movie should treat itself as high art cinema, but it shouldn't be going for camp, it should be going for cool.
That said, I would laugh my ass off if they made a new Mortal Kombat movie and halfway through one of the fights a guy randomly pops up and screams "toasty."
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Lol, I don't know how anyone can think the first Mortal Kombat movie was actually a good movie. What it had going for it was camp and entertainment. But as a quality movie it was in the "so bad its good category." I understand we all have great memories of our childhood, but seriously go back and watch the movie. It may be entertaining but its not a good movie.
on one level, an entertaining movie is a good movie 8)
the 'so bad its good' or films perceived like that category is just as valid as 'high art' cinema in a lot of instances. i know a little about what an actual good movie is - degree in film studies/history. just hollywood doesn't make many of those these days. they should stick to the deliberately, corny entertaining flicks a lil' more. then again, i thought the dark knight wasn't that good, a blasphemous opinion to most.
No, there's a big difference between walking away from a movie thinking at least it was entertaining, and walking away thinking it was awesome. Like Jaydc said, 90% of flicks that try to be corny don't work, Evil Dead being one of the few exceptions. I'm not saying an MK movie should treat itself as high art cinema, but it shouldn't be going for camp, it should be going for cool.
That said, I would laugh my ass off if they made a new Mortal Kombat movie and halfway through one of the fights a guy randomly pops up and screams "toasty."
I can already see the judge for the underground fights in the Rebirth movie commenting after a fatality with a "Dont give a fuck if a dude just died" attitude...... "Toasty! :laugh:"
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Especially in this era, where it is so popular to make the super hero / character as "real" as possible. I think it adds a bit more intrigue if you can watch a movie where you can question whether or not this could be the slightest bit plausible in the real world, instead of going all out and making the viewer accept that it's a fantasy. Although I think for a concept such as MK, neither would fail if done right.
I would prefer the "modern" version, because we've seen the 2 movies (altho shitty as most of u say), and the dozens of storylines in the video games. I think this trailer adds a new twist for the hardcore fans who may be getting tired of the same spiel, and gives the casual audience a stand-alone movie, who might not be into it otherwise.
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That wasn't a trailer it was a short film trying to get the attention of production companies so the director can make it into a movie and no it's not the third movie it is more likely a reboot
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