I get it. However, souless by Hollywood numbers? If that was true, wouldn't this be PG13 with no fatalities or special powers? I think it was very risky for them to satisfy the fans of the series making it R Rated including what made the series infamous over the years.
No matter how it shakes he's definitely part of the Subzero and Scorpion plot which is more or less the real plot of MK for most of the games.
That dark & gritty fan trailer from a decade ago kinda ruined Mortal Kombat adaptations. Since then they keep trying to make Mortal Kombat seem realistic and serious. I think they would be better off adopting something more outlandish and double down on the crazy, like Fury Road. The last few seconds gave me a bit of hope that the more serious tone may just be a trailer thing, but I'm just trying to be optimistic. Here's hoping the fight scenes are at least enjoyable.
It really says "streaming movie"
But with what we have as precedents this might be as well the best live action fighting game movie adaptation.
But with what we have as precedents this might be as well the best live action fighting game movie adaptation.
This looks amazing. Idk why some people are complaining about cheesy dialogue. This movie was made for the action, everything else is just there to support it.
Plus, games get away with a lot of stuff story wise that you just can't get away with on the big screen.
You're never gonna get a faithful adaptation for games like this. Mainly because trying to cramp all the story of a 10+ hour video game, spanning a franchise of like two decades into a 2 hour film with a cohesive narrative is just impossible.
Plus, games get away with a lot of stuff story wise that you just can't get away with on the big screen.
Being more faithful doesn't mean the movie will be any more or less good. Using Annihilation is also a *terrible* example.
Seriously, like, what??? The writing looks terrible but I'm in for the visuals, however, they may be trying to pack too much in?
I expected it to be terrible. It seems fine. I'll definitely check it out since it'll be on HBO Max.
Yep.The birthmark line to me seemed like something a kid being sarcastic to whoever said what's that would say.
Some of you sound a bit like this with it though.
It was a sarcastic response from a kid, nothing wrong with it.
Also who are these people still holding a candle for fucking Reptile? Reptile was cool for the period between MK1 and MK2, then he lost his mystique. He's never going to be a mainly human character ever again, fuckin' get over it already you scaly fans.
I remember watching it in theaters as a kid and loving it. Got an awesome, free cassette of the soundtrack when I went to go see it too.
But yeah...as poorly as MK aged (imo), the sequel is so much worse lol. The Annihilations soundtrack though? Still amazing.
It doesn't look that great but it looks like it could be fun.
Thought the same thing, wasn't it Reptile originally and then Ermac?
Thought the same thing, wasn't it Reptile originally and then Ermac?
Looks great. Can't wait!
Shooting for an R rating and releasing primarily a red band trailer == by the numbers and soulless??
I'm excited but I was excited from the Power Rangers trailer too and look how that turned out.
Also, I feel like they totally could have done a Mortal Kombat Cinematic Universe but a single movie is probably for the best.
Also, I feel like they totally could have done a Mortal Kombat Cinematic Universe but a single movie is probably for the best.
the birthmark dialogue will clearly be better in the film, as all kombatants will have the same mark, but his is the only one that is a birthmark. Hence the confusion. The "he was born with it" reply is still silly tho :D
The main reason I think this one looks worse is that the original at least had a sense of humor
This looks way too self serious and completely devoid of humor
Also the fighting choreography looks terrible but it's possible it's just bad trailer editing
I can't believe anyone would care about "lore." Like MK in its current iteration is just filled with bullshit and MK11 explicitly states there are infinite timelines with different things happening. The only lore you need is a tournament and Sub Zero killing Scorpion's family. Those are the only real sacred things and the past two games have ditched the tournament angle entirely.
i'm boycotting this until kano is the hot no deodorant wearing piss top muscle leather daddy from the games
Am fine with the dialogue, hope they get more cheesy with it (and with the tone as a whole) actually.
WHY did they re-arrange the theme song when the 1995 high-energy techno was already perfection?!?
WHY did they re-arrange the theme song when the 1995 high-energy techno was already perfection?!?
In the original timeline he willingly choose to get the implants, but in the new timeline it was ermac. I think the original version his real arms where still there underneath because they were called implants rather the prosthetics, but I'm not sure about that.
Not a Hot Take at all. I'm hyped for this film but I get where you're coming from.
Dunno, looks fine to me. It is however coming from his left eye, instead of his right, which was where his cyber eye was originally.
No idea what's going on with the reflection. It shows what looks like his original cyborg face, but the beam isn't coming from his face, unless that's not supposed to be his reflection. Or it is his face, but at a later point in the film after some upgrades (or just major dermal damage), and isn't tied to the first shot.
LOL. My thoughts too when I saw that.
OOOH it's coming from the left eye, that's better then.
I thought they just forgot to connect it haha
I think this looks fantastic. The original Mortal Kombat film was great for a movie based on Mortal fucking Kombat. Annihilation was so bad it should be written out existence.
This looks like damn good film made with a lot of love. Not much more you can ask for a movie based on Mortal fucking Kombat. I can't ask for much more and I'm excited to this. Pretty spoiler filled trailer though.
This looks like damn good film made with a lot of love. Not much more you can ask for a movie based on Mortal fucking Kombat. I can't ask for much more and I'm excited to this. Pretty spoiler filled trailer though.
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How is anything past MK9 gritty-realism? The only adherence the games have to "realism" is the gore, everything else is basically an avengers movie.
I mean, I guess the outfits are less flamboyant and the character models for the female characters are more based on realistic women? But the story and presentation is still over the top fantasy action.