http://www.latinoreview.com/news/mortal-kombat-fans-this-is-the-hard-r-mk-movie-you-ve-been-waiting-for-10164

Mortal Kombat is a movie franchise that has been missing one thing - the blood and guts that we all loved from the video games.

Now it looks as if we're going to finally get the rated 'R' reboot we fans deserve. Kotaku has the first look at the Mortal Kombat test video shot for Warner Brothers to get funding for a full blown hard 'R' MK movie. Yes, this is the direction they plan on going for the Mortal Kombat reboot. And I've got the exclusive goods on who played who.

It looks good and all but I think they kinda ruined it. I mean really? Scorpion is the main guy, Johnny Cage is dead before the movie begin, Liu Kang is no where to be seen, Baracka, Reptile, and Scorpion are citizens in the U.S. rather than being how they originally were in the story. They ruined a lot. ike I said it looks good but ...

*crosses fingers and hopes it doesn't suck.*

It looks like it's gonna suck already...

I grew up playing the MK games at the arcade, and there was none of their special moves in this clip at all, i at least expected Johnny Cage's shadow kick in his fight scene, and Baraka looks absolutely nothing like he does in the game.

Why do they even bother doing this shit? It's already been known that movies based on video games suck.

I THINK I JUST CREAMED MYSELF.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT DUDE.

I don't know how I feel about Baraka's hair situation, but God knows it's better than that dollar store mask they used in Mortal Combat 2.

THIS CLIP IS FIYAH

look people... they DID the "follow the original game plots" and then immediately dumbed it down for the PG-13 rating. This is a straight up R, just like Mortal Kombat SHOULD BE.

No aliens, no otherworld dimensions, no cyborgs... just a bunch of sick bastards that like killing people for FUN. I don't mind the "mystic" element for Scorpion. I enjoy how they're trying to make it a little more "plausible", but you need just a touch of ninja magic and some ol Chinese Alchemy for Shang Tsung.

Also, Johnny Cage was always a distraction, and by getting rid of him and putting Scorpion as the "hero," you add tension and suspense. You don't know who is really going to win! And if Scorpion wins, who REALLY wins? Jax is being portrayed as that Vic from The Shield kind of cop, and Sonya Blade is that cold ass CIA agent. THERE WILL BE MURDER PEOPLE. AND WONDERFUL MORTAL KOMBAT GORE!!!!

So belly ache all you want about "this character doesn't look like they should" or "the Older Brother Sub-Zero was actually a good guy" or "Melina was an alien" arguments. You know what... go fire up MAME and play the games again. Remember why you played: the Gore, the Violence, the Ninjas, the ACTION.

This was much better than that Street Fighter clip that was floating around...

Dauphin said:

THIS CLIP IS FIYAH

look people... they DID the "follow the original game plots" and then immediately dumbed it down for the PG-13 rating. This is a straight up R, just like Mortal Kombat SHOULD BE.

No aliens, no otherworld dimensions, no cyborgs... just a bunch of sick bastards that like killing people for FUN. I don't mind the "mystic" element for Scorpion. I enjoy how they're trying to make it a little more "plausible", but you need just a touch of ninja magic and some ol Chinese Alchemy for Shang Tsung.

Also, Johnny Cage was always a distraction, and by getting rid of him and putting Scorpion as the "hero," you add tension and suspense. You don't know who is really going to win! And if Scorpion wins, who REALLY wins? Jax is being portrayed as that Vic from The Shield kind of cop, and Sonya Blade is that cold ass CIA agent. THERE WILL BE MURDER PEOPLE. AND WONDERFUL MORTAL KOMBAT GORE!!!!

So belly ache all you want about "this character doesn't look like they should" or "the Older Brother Sub-Zero was actually a good guy" or "Melina was an alien" arguments. You know what... go fire up MAME and play the games again. Remember why you played: the Gore, the Violence, the Ninjas, the ACTION.

Touche, my friend, touche.

I'm gonna be upset if Sub Zero doesn't do his Fatality move ripping off the opponents head with their spinal cord attached lol

[Edited 6/8/10 22:38pm]

Rogue588 said:

This was much better than that Street Fighter clip that was floating around...

What Street Fighter clip?

It can be found here...

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/04/street-fighter-legacy-teaser-trailers-ansah/

This looks fucking sweet. All it's missing is Kano and Liu Kang.

FauxReal said:

Sometimes removing signature moves for the sake of the movie's sake is a good thing. I mean, watching Raul Julia flying through the air in the already terrible Street Fighter made it many times worse. Special moves done wrong of film look cheesy. See also: Ken's weak as uppercut in SF, Sonya's Leg Grab in MK, Liu Kang turning into a dragon in MK2

Oh, god. Don't talk about Lui Kang's animality in MK2.

Acrylic said:

FauxReal said:

Sometimes removing signature moves for the sake of the movie's sake is a good thing. I mean, watching Raul Julia flying through the air in the already terrible Street Fighter made it many times worse. Special moves done wrong of film look cheesy. See also: Ken's weak as uppercut in SF, Sonya's Leg Grab in MK, Liu Kang turning into a dragon in MK2

Oh, god. Don't talk about Lui Kang's animality in MK2.

That movie looks like it was made in one week.

uPtoWnNY said:

Acrylic said:

Oh, god. Don't talk about Lui Kang's animality in MK2.

That movie looks like it was made in one week.

I wouldn't doubt it.

i hope they have ermac and or rain!!

baroque said:

Sweet!

It ain't Mortal Kombat unless it has "The Immortals" MK theme! MORTAL KOMBAT!

uPtoWnNY said:

Acrylic said:

Oh, god. Don't talk about Lui Kang's animality in MK2.

That movie looks like it was made in one week.

That's the biggest problem every company has when it comes to live action adaptions. They either don't put enough money in the project and rush the production, in turn, resulting in a crappy movie or they put a crapload of money but then take away the aspects that made the franchise so popular.

I've talked about it before, but one of the worst adaptions, along with Street Fighter, is Dragonball Evolution. Fox did a bit of both problems I mentioned. The didn't put enough money in the project and rushed the production but they also removed key aspects of the franchise

They went from this

to this

It barely made $10 million here

bboy87 said:

uPtoWnNY said:

That movie looks like it was made in one week.

That's the biggest problem every company has when it comes to live action adaptions. They either don't put enough money in the project and rush the production, in turn, resulting in a crappy movie or they put a crapload of money but then take away the aspects that made the franchise so popular.

I've talked about it before, but one of the worst adaptions, along with Street Fighter, is Dragonball Evolution. Fox did a bit of both problems I mentioned. The didn't put enough money in the project and rushed the production but they also removed key aspects of the franchise

to this

It barely made $10 million here

I love the theme songs sounds better than the English version. As for that dumbass excuse for a movie, I didn't even bother with it. I knew it was going to suck. The fact that they made Goku go to school convinced me otherwise.

NastradumasKid said:

Why do they even bother doing this shit? It's already been known that movies based on video games suck.

Just give me the games.

NastradumasKid said:

bboy87 said:

That's the biggest problem every company has when it comes to live action adaptions. They either don't put enough money in the project and rush the production, in turn, resulting in a crappy movie or they put a crapload of money but then take away the aspects that made the franchise so popular.

I've talked about it before, but one of the worst adaptions, along with Street Fighter, is Dragonball Evolution. Fox did a bit of both problems I mentioned. The didn't put enough money in the project and rushed the production but they also removed key aspects of the franchise

to this

It barely made $10 million here

I love the theme songs sounds better than the English version. As for that dumbass excuse for a movie, I didn't even bother with it. I knew it was going to suck. The fact that they made Goku go to school convinced me otherwise.

It should be shown to any director who wants to make a live action adaption of an anime.

"You wanna know what NOT to do?"

pops in Dragonball Evolution DVD

They made that movie on the same budget it takes to make an episode of Power Rangers

bboy87 said:

NastradumasKid said:

I love the theme songs sounds better than the English version. As for that dumbass excuse for a movie, I didn't even bother with it. I knew it was going to suck. The fact that they made Goku go to school convinced me otherwise.

It should be shown to any director who wants to make a live action adaption of an anime.

"You wanna know what NOT to do?"

pops in Dragonball Evolution DVD

They made that movie on the same budget it takes to make an episode of Power Rangers

Cheapskates...and co-sign. BTW.

Exclusive Interview with MORTAL KOMBAT: REBIRTH Director Kevin Tancharoen; Learn How Short Film Came Together and What He Wants to do in a Feature!

http://www.collider.com/2010/06/09/kevin-tancharoen-interview-mortal-kombat-rebirth-feature-film/

i'll go see it.