While this isn't confirmed as being a major motion picture yet (this is just a short film), I've really got a feeling this is going to be picked up by a movie producer. At least I'd hope so, as that version alone has well over 4 million views.
I've always been a fan of the Mortal Kombat series, but the movies have been fucking god awful. This however, looks incredible.
Thoughts?
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Dude yeah I saw this... Man, it actually looks like they could do it RIGHT. If that goes through and it is as sweet as the trailer, man.... it would be soooooooooooo sweeeeetttt!!!
This guy's vision of the MK world is really cool. To think he did that with only $7500 dollars something, it's is very high quality.
Aw, fuck I must have missed that :(.
Man, SO many fanboys are raging, I really don't know how they could complain about this, it's moving away from the cheese that has been in their films and actually modernizing it.
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"One in every 10 million people can potentially have a headache from this pill." God forbid she is the 0.000000001% of having a headache.
Dunno what those 'fans' find to complain about here. Obviously the MK game cannot be the same as an MK movie.
Not that the previous movies tried to add too many combat effects either. Oh ya Goro looked like he was made of plastic and that last 'fireball' used by Liu Kang seemed to be the release of a week-long constipation, but overall acting was disappointing and the fights poorly choreographed. I'm talking of the first movie obviously. I am glad I can no longer remember the second one. Oh actually I do...there was that someone who tried a shadow kick and got his neck snapped in the first minute of the movie. Wonder who could that be...
Just lol @ Johny cage. This time he loses his head.
Oh also the guy who made the movie got a thing for Scorpion. If by chance he gets the deal, this would be such a kickass film.
No, no no no no no....This isn't Twisted Metal Black. That's exactly what this reminds me of. Where they try to give gruesome yet believable stories to the characters.
Reptile is not a serial killer, he is a ninja.
The tournament does not include serial killers either. They would just get owned by the fighters. And if they are fighters too thats fine but that doesn't really make them serial killers.
Baraka is not a crazy doctor. Thats sooooooooooo stupid and he looked so stupid.
Clearly none of you understand why a big MK fan would be upset at this because your just looking forward to a good movie and don't really care about the MK story.
Your case: Well all the other movies sucked. You can't make an MK movie based directly after the game, it's too cheesy.
Response: Well, if we can have movies like Avatar and Harrry Potter make such big successes then MK can do it to with the right direction, but not into a direction that downplays all of their skillsets.
Mortal Kombat is about warriors and ninjas meeting in the ring wherever that is and duking it out using whatever unique ability they have in a grand fight to save mankind.
It's NOT about a stupid underground tournament that picks up any old scum that just happens to walk the earth.
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No, we do understand why a big MK fan would be pissed off.
But we also realize that this is a reimagining of the series, it doesn't fuck with the cannon story, it's still the same. It only takes the pre established characters, and puts them in a much more believable setting.
That may be true, but Harry Potter and Avatar are not Mortal Kombat. It doesn't downplay all their skillsets I'd say, Baraka still has his blades, Johnny Cage still has a similar story to him, Scorpion still has his GET OVER HERE bullshit, Reptile ate heads in the game anyways, and Jax + Sonya are in relatively similar positions that they would have been in, had this been the "actual" story.
Sure, it's not exact, but it's fairly close, and I applaud him for this reimagination of the series
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"One in every 10 million people can potentially have a headache from this pill." God forbid she is the 0.000000001% of having a headache.
Only upsetting thing so far is Baraka... Other than that I agree with Zhar... I see your points though Umpa, but it wouldnt be a very good movie if it just showed the characters fighting in some random place like you said... A plot is needed, and the plot that the trailer set up is pretty sweet imo.
Am I the only one who loved the new Baraka :(?
This is going to sound like bullshit just to support my point, but Baraka was always my favorite character.
I was originally drawn to him because I played the game fairly young, and steel blades in his arms looked fucking badass to me. Been my favorite character ever since :D.
And frankly, I like the direction this dude took with him.
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"One in every 10 million people can potentially have a headache from this pill." God forbid she is the 0.000000001% of having a headache.
Hm, Baraka is my favorite character too. Just needs two things in my opinion. Number 1... BALD! Number 2... MORE EVIL! lol. He wasn't bad, just not what I was expecting I guess. At the very least... BALD PLEASE!
The tournament does not include serial killers either. They would just get owned by the fighters. And if they are fighters too that's fine but that doesn't really make them serial killers.
This is just a concept to involve as many chars in the MK world as possible. Think about it- you would have Shao Khan, Quan Chi or Shinok just randomly get a few 'bad' people to tag along with them to fight in a tournament. Oh wait...a tournament to decide the future of mankind. This was what game stories were like a few thousand years ago but now we have hopefully progressed to involve more plot lines and stronger background themes which are very lacking in the MK series. It's there to give you a mere idea what does the guy you would be controlling like for his breakfast but other than that- nothing!
For all I know this could be the plot line for the movie you 'fans' want-
Baraka is not a crazy doctor. Thats sooooooooooo stupid and he looked so stupid.
Cannot be more stupid than Tanya kissing you for one of her fatalities to cause your bones to break.
Clearly none of you understand why a big MK fan would be upset at this because your just looking forward to a good movie and don't really care about the MK story.
What story? Arcade games with stories?. Next you would tell me Tekken stories are awesome.
Your case: Well all the other movies sucked. You can't make an MK movie based directly after the game, it's too cheesy.
Response: Well, if we can have movies like Avatar and Harrry Potter make such big successes then MK can do it to with the right direction, but not into a direction that downplays all of their skillsets.
I think that you cannot make MK based on the game because there is absolutely no plot, at least not for a movie. I would remind you HP is based on book having a pretty solid story and Avatar is based on the famous story of Pocahontas . You cannot compare those to MK.
Ya I think we have the special effects to get a couple of fatalities and 'special skills' in the movie. This is unavoidable because it is MK. The guy who made the short film said it himself. I am feeling too lazy to look up the interview.
Mortal Kombat is about warriors and ninjas meeting in the ring wherever that is and duking it out using whatever unique ability they have in a grand fight to save mankind.
Yep that's the GAME.
It's NOT about a stupid underground tournament that picks up any old scum that just happens to walk the earth.
The film was like...7 minutes long. It could be the recruiting method of Shao Khan or whoever the villain in the movie is to select those to fight for them. You cannot go guessing the whole plot just from that short clip.
Only upsetting thing so far is Baraka... Other than that I agree with Zhar... I see your points though Umpa, but it wouldnt be a very good movie if it just showed the characters fighting in some random place like you said... A plot is needed, and the plot that the trailer set up is pretty sweet imo.
There is a plot to MK, the last few games had an ok plot. A little too fantasy for a movie even but they could still take a lot from them.
I just don't like the "realistic" feel of it. Scorpion is a warrior assassin of hell, Reptile is a real lizard lol.
My complaint basically summed up is MK is epic, this makes it not epic at all, it makes it average... It would be like taking WOW and making the entire universe the size of a small town.
@Nekro-If you don't like MK thats not my problem. You may not like the game plot but I do. Like I said, you don't understand the complaints of an MK fan.
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Come on now, don't be such a player hater.
You know you will always remain my favorite ninja among the dfans here, right?
Nothing can beat a reptile with ninja skills.
id rather have this modern style and backstory. if it was just warriors and ninjas fighting in a ring for 2 hours id be beyond bored. its called character development and good movies have it.
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Clearly none of you understand why a big MK fan would be upset at this because your just looking forward to a good movie and don't really care about the MK story.
I'm sorry, but are you using Mortal Kombat and story in the same sentence?
Only upsetting thing so far is Baraka... Other than that I agree with Zhar... I see your points though Umpa, but it wouldnt be a very good movie if it just showed the characters fighting in some random place like you said... A plot is needed, and the plot that the trailer set up is pretty sweet imo.
There is a plot to MK, the last few games had an ok plot. A little too fantasy for a movie even but they could still take a lot from them.
I just don't like the "realistic" feel of it. Scorpion is a warrior assassin of hell, Reptile is a real lizard lol.
Dude, it's not a matter of "realism". Noone here are against fatasy movies or something. The matter here is that a bunch of guys with special powers fightning in a arena because some crazy gods created ridicolous senseless rules about world domination via matial arts tornaments is not a plot.
Fightning games have really hard time with multimidia's because the plot of those games are usually shity and MK has major issues because it's supposed to be a adult stuff. For example, it's not hard to turn Street Fighter into a shounen anime, but anything along those lines with MK is just to cheesy.
It's a rewriting of the MK universe to more modern approach. But i share some of your opnions, this new approach could be alot better. I agree there no need to twist baraka so much. Really, why a psycho doctor fight like a professional mma ? Why didn't he pulled out his blades against cage earlier and cut him off in seconds? Why the fuck someone who chases a psychopat with infused blades choose matial arts over fire weapons ?
Imo a much better approach should make the characters members or leaders of really cruel assassin bands or other extremely violent organizations, like they did with scorpion.
But i liked this video alot, really nice work.
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Faded out her voice and soiled her name
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While this isn't confirmed as being a major motion picture yet (this is just a short film), I've really got a feeling this is going to be picked up by a movie producer. At least I'd hope so, as that version alone has well over 4 million views.
I've always been a fan of the Mortal Kombat series, but the movies have been fucking god awful. This however, looks incredible.
Thoughts?
Yes it is AWESOME!!!
This guy's vision of the MK world is really cool. To think he did that with only $7500 dollars something, it's is very high quality.
Baraka looks sweet but needs a shaved head...
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Aw, fuck I must have missed that :(.
Man, SO many fanboys are raging, I really don't know how they could complain about this, it's moving away from the cheese that has been in their films and actually modernizing it.
Dunno what those 'fans' find to complain about here. Obviously the MK game cannot be the same as an MK movie.
Not that the previous movies tried to add too many combat effects either. Oh ya Goro looked like he was made of plastic and that last 'fireball' used by Liu Kang seemed to be the release of a week-long constipation, but overall acting was disappointing and the fights poorly choreographed. I'm talking of the first movie obviously. I am glad I can no longer remember the second one. Oh actually I do...there was that someone who tried a shadow kick and got his neck snapped in the first minute of the movie. Wonder who could that be...
Just lol @ Johny cage. This time he loses his head.
Oh also the guy who made the movie got a thing for Scorpion. If by chance he gets the deal, this would be such a kickass film.
unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck, fsck, umount, sleep
Reptile is not a serial killer, he is a ninja.
The tournament does not include serial killers either. They would just get owned by the fighters. And if they are fighters too thats fine but that doesn't really make them serial killers.
Baraka is not a crazy doctor. Thats sooooooooooo stupid and he looked so stupid.
Clearly none of you understand why a big MK fan would be upset at this because your just looking forward to a good movie and don't really care about the MK story.
Your case: Well all the other movies sucked. You can't make an MK movie based directly after the game, it's too cheesy.
Response: Well, if we can have movies like Avatar and Harrry Potter make such big successes then MK can do it to with the right direction, but not into a direction that downplays all of their skillsets.
Mortal Kombat is about warriors and ninjas meeting in the ring wherever that is and duking it out using whatever unique ability they have in a grand fight to save mankind.
It's NOT about a stupid underground tournament that picks up any old scum that just happens to walk the earth.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
But we also realize that this is a reimagining of the series, it doesn't fuck with the cannon story, it's still the same. It only takes the pre established characters, and puts them in a much more believable setting.
That may be true, but Harry Potter and Avatar are not Mortal Kombat. It doesn't downplay all their skillsets I'd say, Baraka still has his blades, Johnny Cage still has a similar story to him, Scorpion still has his GET OVER HERE bullshit, Reptile ate heads in the game anyways, and Jax + Sonya are in relatively similar positions that they would have been in, had this been the "actual" story.
Sure, it's not exact, but it's fairly close, and I applaud him for this reimagination of the series
unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck, fsck, umount, sleep
This is going to sound like bullshit just to support my point, but Baraka was always my favorite character.
I was originally drawn to him because I played the game fairly young, and steel blades in his arms looked fucking badass to me. Been my favorite character ever since :D.
And frankly, I like the direction this dude took with him.
unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck, fsck, umount, sleep
You wanna get into the game story then?
You have many ninjas who can do that then-
This is just a concept to involve as many chars in the MK world as possible. Think about it- you would have Shao Khan, Quan Chi or Shinok just randomly get a few 'bad' people to tag along with them to fight in a tournament. Oh wait...a tournament to decide the future of mankind. This was what game stories were like a few thousand years ago but now we have hopefully progressed to involve more plot lines and stronger background themes which are very lacking in the MK series. It's there to give you a mere idea what does the guy you would be controlling like for his breakfast but other than that- nothing!
For all I know this could be the plot line for the movie you 'fans' want-
Cannot be more stupid than Tanya kissing you for one of her fatalities to cause your bones to break.
What story? Arcade games with stories?. Next you would tell me Tekken stories are awesome.
I think that you cannot make MK based on the game because there is absolutely no plot, at least not for a movie. I would remind you HP is based on book having a pretty solid story and Avatar is based on the famous story of Pocahontas . You cannot compare those to MK.
Ya I think we have the special effects to get a couple of fatalities and 'special skills' in the movie. This is unavoidable because it is MK. The guy who made the short film said it himself. I am feeling too lazy to look up the interview.
Yep that's the GAME.
The film was like...7 minutes long. It could be the recruiting method of Shao Khan or whoever the villain in the movie is to select those to fight for them. You cannot go guessing the whole plot just from that short clip.
unzip, strip, touch, finger, grep, mount, fsck, more, yes, fsck, fsck, fsck, umount, sleep
There is a plot to MK, the last few games had an ok plot. A little too fantasy for a movie even but they could still take a lot from them.
I just don't like the "realistic" feel of it. Scorpion is a warrior assassin of hell, Reptile is a real lizard lol.
My complaint basically summed up is MK is epic, this makes it not epic at all, it makes it average... It would be like taking WOW and making the entire universe the size of a small town.
@Nekro-If you don't like MK thats not my problem. You may not like the game plot but I do. Like I said, you don't understand the complaints of an MK fan.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Come on now, don't be such a player hater.
You know you will always remain my favorite ninja among the dfans here, right?
Nothing can beat a reptile with ninja skills.
Just don't steal my cookies.
id rather have this modern style and backstory. if it was just warriors and ninjas fighting in a ring for 2 hours id be beyond bored. its called character development and good movies have it.
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Dude, it's not a matter of "realism". Noone here are against fatasy movies or something. The matter here is that a bunch of guys with special powers fightning in a arena because some crazy gods created ridicolous senseless rules about world domination via matial arts tornaments is not a plot.
Fightning games have really hard time with multimidia's because the plot of those games are usually shity and MK has major issues because it's supposed to be a adult stuff. For example, it's not hard to turn Street Fighter into a shounen anime, but anything along those lines with MK is just to cheesy.
It's a rewriting of the MK universe to more modern approach. But i share some of your opnions, this new approach could be alot better. I agree there no need to twist baraka so much. Really, why a psycho doctor fight like a professional mma ? Why didn't he pulled out his blades against cage earlier and cut him off in seconds? Why the fuck someone who chases a psychopat with infused blades choose matial arts over fire weapons ?
Imo a much better approach should make the characters members or leaders of really cruel assassin bands or other extremely violent organizations, like they did with scorpion.
But i liked this video alot, really nice work.