Mortal Kombat
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It's been a few decades since I saw the first one. Who was the real protagonist in the original, Liu Kang?
Yeah.
Johnny Cage and Sonya were pretty much secondary protagonists though. And it's really odd that Johnny Cage is not in this one.
Johnny Cage and Sonya were pretty much secondary protagonists though. And it's really odd that Johnny Cage is not in this one.
They absolutely need Josh Wink to come back and make music for this movie!!!
Agree. I had to check the cast again.. cause I assumed Johnny Cage would be in this movie. Shock that they left him off. Also.. who is Cole!?! I bet in the first draft that was suppose to be Cage.Brian Earl Spilner said:
Yeah.
Johnny Cage and Sonya were pretty much secondary protagonists though. And it's really odd that Johnny Cage is not in this one.
Maybe he turns into cage? Like cole clearly has no idea who he is supposed to be so he becomes CAGE! Also shocked Johnny cage is not played by nick cage.
TCTTS said:
"It's a birthmark."
"What do you mean?"
"He was born with it."
Big belly laugh from me at this.
Some Airplane! type humor.
There's a problem in the cockpit!
What's is it?!
It's the little room at the front of the plane, but that's not important right now.
There's a problem in the cockpit!
What's is it?!
It's the little room at the front of the plane, but that's not important right now.
No Jonny Cage? Boooo!
I will still be watching this day 1.
I will still be watching this day 1.
We need to get these people to a hospital.
What is it doctor?
It's a big building with patients but that's not important right now.
What is it doctor?
It's a big building with patients but that's not important right now.
Checked out IMDB, looks like Kabal and Nitara are also in this one.
Hell yea. Looks great!
Looks fun.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Looks way better than the original, but that's a low bar to beat.
When Sub-Zero stabbed Scorpion with his own blood...
The '95 version was on tv over the weekend, and my wife was like "Why do the main actors in this film not even look like they work out?"
The fate of billions will depend upon you, hahahaha...sorry
Trailer breakdown:
Saw an interesting tweet talking about why we're seeing these 20+ year old properties being remade in ways that seem much more authentic, the basic idea being that people who grew up with and love these IPs are now in positions to make creative and production decisions (rather than the "we hear the youths like this thing" approach in the 90s).
Quote:
Garner didn't confirm the precise whereabouts of Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat (his name came up a few times during the interview) but his absence thus far suggests the filmmakers are trying something different.
"I feel like if I was getting to make a movie with a diverse cast, it felt weird to have a white actor, literally Johnny Cage, be the hero of the story," Garner says, adding that these discussions took place at the start of the movie's pre-production nearly seven years ago "way before Black Lives Matter" and other pushes for diversity across industries including Hollywood.
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/mortal-kombat-2021-preview-todd-garner-on-cole-young-johnny-cage
What bull*****
Read through that article you linked. There is some logical thought to having a new character completely to help tell the story, but yea that part you highlighted is a shot across the bow. Feels very out of place and unnecessary.
The original Sub-Zero was bad...Bi-Hanrhutton125 said:
Is Sub-Zero a good guy or bad?
I wiki'd the plots to these games once and holy hell... that's some weird ****.
His little brother who took over the role was a decent enough guy.
I was searching what theaters are still open so I could go see this next week... a matinee ticket is now like $10... so long are the days of cheap matinee I guess. Bright side is I live in Texas and we have movie theaters that are open and I can watch this movie next week, first movie in person in over a year!
Warner Bros. has officially released the first seven minutes...
Holding strong til Friday when I can watch on HBOMax
Going to see it Friday! First movie.... in I don't even know how long. I wanna go to the drive in, the double feAture is mortal Kombat and Godzilla vs Kong
Is that necessarily a good thing when companies do that?
It's usually not a great sign. Not necessarily in terms of quality, but more that it's probably not tracking as well as Warner Bros. hoped, box-office-wise, so they're simply attempting to hook more people into seeing it by any means necessary. That said, given the unprecedented circumstances studios are currently in, and the fact that WB themselves are releasing this to HBO Max day-and-date, conventional methods/reasoning go out the window. So in this particular instance, who knows.
I've actually been seeing some fairly enthusiastic reviews/reactions online from people I wouldn't expect to even give this the time of day, and I myself have gone from "Hell no" to "You know what? I might actually check this out." All things considered, I bet it's a decent enough flick and does respectable numbers. I thought the opening sequence was actually pretty cool, and it piqued my interest a bit more, so it's at least doing its job.
I've actually been seeing some fairly enthusiastic reviews/reactions online from people I wouldn't expect to even give this the time of day, and I myself have gone from "Hell no" to "You know what? I might actually check this out." All things considered, I bet it's a decent enough flick and does respectable numbers. I thought the opening sequence was actually pretty cool, and it piqued my interest a bit more, so it's at least doing its job.
watching the first 7 minutes have made me realize that they are redoing the animated Scorpions Revenge. I am sure they will change it up but thats my take
This morning it was floating around 60% on RT after ~15 reviews.
Cautiously optimistic! Not expecting Citizen Kane - just want blood icicle stab moves and good fight choreography.
Cautiously optimistic! Not expecting Citizen Kane - just want blood icicle stab moves and good fight choreography.
I mean we all know it will be terrible with terrible acting and story but that isn't why we were watching it in the first place. Don't know what you can expect other than ridiculous fights. This is just the kind of dumb I'm more into vs Godzilla
This looks hokey and stupid. Why is it so hard to make a cool Mortal Kombat movie? It's just people fighting. It shouldn't be that hard to make it cool. They should probably do a TV series instead of a movie so they can actually spend adequate time setting up a meaningful plot and introducing and developing characters. This **** looks awful just like the old ones.
Starts off with scorpions revenge, goes off the rails soon after. They replace Johnny cage with a rando that's not even in the game, Sonya Blade and Kano team up and are pals...they turned Kano into Johnny Cage. He's the exact same character. Just makes no sense. I just don't get why they had to change it all up. At least we had Scorpion's Revenge, the single greatest Mortal Kombat movie to have ever been made. Hopefully they make more like that.
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