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D Mac 08-05-2009 06:24 PM

Mortal Kombat is still the best video game movie ever.
 
Yep, and this is still the best theme ever.

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I mark the fuck out every time.

Too bad they dropped the ball with Annihilation.

RoXer 08-05-2009 06:31 PM

Just wait until I write, direct, and produce my Team Fortress movie.

RoXer 08-05-2009 06:32 PM

Tom Hanks with the accent from The Terminal and a fat suit as The Heavy.

Don Cheadle as The Demoman.

Kevin Dillon as The Scout.

Gunna change The Pyro to a hot chick.

Kalyx triaD 08-05-2009 06:44 PM

Agreed, MK the movie is pretty awesome to this day.

And sorry RoXer, the next big one will be my adaptation of Rival Schools. I'll add Sakura, Yun, Yang, and Sean to the classic roster - all played by white people.

OssMan 08-05-2009 07:11 PM

There are better themes.

Jeritron 08-05-2009 07:40 PM

Goes to show the state of the genre

thedamndest 08-05-2009 07:46 PM

I think Tenchu could transition into a mainstream hit fairly easily. But yes, MK is still the best.

Kalyx triaD 08-05-2009 07:50 PM

Not after Ninja Assassin drops.

Jeritron 08-05-2009 07:51 PM

lol at how awful the fighting is at :40

Sixx 08-05-2009 07:52 PM

Movie was bad-ass, although Scorpion disappointed me a little bit, not even sure why.


Oh, and Street Fighter was the most horrible video game movie ever. ( Note, I haven't seen any Uwe Bohl movies )

Kalyx triaD 08-05-2009 07:53 PM

Scorpion vs Cage negates all that. Fucking awesome.

Jeritron 08-05-2009 07:57 PM

Mortal Kombat's alright. I wouldn't call it an awful movie, nor would I call it a good one. It's mediocre.

But it's probably getting points on brand familiarity and nostalgia. I mean, honestly, can you imagine watching that movie and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on? Any movie that isn't a sequel (and technically even sequels should) have the obligation of making itself accessible to all audiences. That's a prerequisite for being a good film.

It has to have a beginning middle and end and some point of entry so you can figure out just what the fuck is going on.
Otherwise you're just committing images to screen that cater to an existing fanbase.

It's probably enjoyable because when we were 8 we used to play it on sega, so there's a built in affection for Scorpion and Sub Zero.

I think the sooner people making video games realize these things the better off it will be for everyone.

D Mac 08-05-2009 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AssMan (Post 2660664)
There are better themes.

Ok smart guy name one.

Jeritron 08-05-2009 09:03 PM

Mother 3

G 08-05-2009 09:06 PM

I saw Mortal Kombat in the theater a couple times. I even read the book on vacation. :love:

Sixx 08-05-2009 09:27 PM

There's a Mortal Kombat book? Wow.

It can't be worse than Last Action Hero book I got when I was like 10.

Jon Kano 08-05-2009 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeritron (Post 2660734)
Mortal Kombat's alright. I wouldn't call it an awful movie, nor would I call it a good one. It's mediocre.

But it's probably getting points on brand familiarity and nostalgia. I mean, honestly, can you imagine watching that movie and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on? Any movie that isn't a sequel (and technically even sequels should) have the obligation of making itself accessible to all audiences. That's a prerequisite for being a good film.

It has to have a beginning middle and end and some point of entry so you can figure out just what the fuck is going on.
Otherwise you're just committing images to screen that cater to an existing fanbase.

It's probably enjoyable because when we were 8 we used to play it on sega, so there's a built in affection for Scorpion and Sub Zero.

I think the sooner people making video games realize these things the better off it will be for everyone.

In some cases that it the only way these films can and will work, and there is NOTHING wrong with that. The film was made because of the game, it was made for the fans, there is no doubt about that.

It works on different levels too - there will be people who watch it and not like it because they were not around for the games, and who get confused, but it will also make some audiences want to find out more, watch the other film, the series, play the games, works both ways.

I personally love it.


Another thing I always loved about it was when Reptile emerged his name is actually heard on screen, I thought it was cool and stupid at the same time. Kinda like the whole film.

Also, when me and my friends got stoned once, I would impersonate Kano, 'I love punctuality in a woman, don't you, Mr. Shang Tsung?'. After that he then named 3 of his kittens; one 'Mr.', one 'Shang' and the other 'Tsung'.

D Mac 08-06-2009 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeritron (Post 2660817)
Mother 3

What is that.

G 08-06-2009 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixx (Post 2660882)
There's a Mortal Kombat book? Wow.

It can't be worse than Last Action Hero book I got when I was like 10.

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n1/n9676.jpg

G 08-06-2009 10:46 AM

:love:

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0...pion_super.jpg

Fignuts 08-06-2009 11:42 AM

Advent Children is a better videogame movie.

Tekken could end up being better given the awesome casting, but we'll see about that.

Jon Kano 08-06-2009 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 2661759)
Advent Children

Never heard of it

Fignuts 08-06-2009 11:46 AM

Final Fantasy VII

Sixx 08-06-2009 11:52 AM

I hated the computer animation in Advent Children. Also, I do not care for Final Fantasy at all.

D Mac 08-06-2009 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 2661759)
Advent Children is a better videogame movie.

nah

Jura 08-06-2009 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixx (Post 2661776)
I hated the computer animation in Advent Children. Also, I do not care for Final Fantasy at all.

I hope you're thinking of the other Final Fantasy movie because Advent Children had awesome animation.

XCaliber 08-06-2009 04:40 PM

Meh I never really cared for the movies that much but I actually liked the 2nd more between the two of em. Does anyone here actually remember the short lived TV series? Talk about Loken FTW lol.

Jura 08-06-2009 04:53 PM

I loved the series. They had a lot of celebs on it actually and hot women.

G 08-06-2009 05:05 PM

I downloaded the series, but never did get into it. It came on after Nitro. :love:

Jura 08-06-2009 05:15 PM


D Mac 08-06-2009 06:33 PM

Yeah I downloaded the series too. Still have it.

Sixx 08-07-2009 06:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RAMPAGE (Post 2662195)
I hope you're thinking of the other Final Fantasy movie because Advent Children had awesome animation.

I don't like computer animated movies at all.

Mr. Nerfect 08-07-2009 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeritron (Post 2660734)
Mortal Kombat's alright. I wouldn't call it an awful movie, nor would I call it a good one. It's mediocre.

But it's probably getting points on brand familiarity and nostalgia. I mean, honestly, can you imagine watching that movie and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on? Any movie that isn't a sequel (and technically even sequels should) have the obligation of making itself accessible to all audiences. That's a prerequisite for being a good film.

It has to have a beginning middle and end and some point of entry so you can figure out just what the fuck is going on.
Otherwise you're just committing images to screen that cater to an existing fanbase.

It's probably enjoyable because when we were 8 we used to play it on sega, so there's a built in affection for Scorpion and Sub Zero.

I think the sooner people making video games realize these things the better off it will be for everyone.

I'd call it a fun movie. Somewhere between mediocre and good. At times it can be cheesy, but it basks in its cheesiness, without become a complete parody of itself. I never knew the plot going in, but it all sort of made sense to me in time. It's a movie that you accept you need to surrender yourself to, and see it under its terms.

I mean, the characters we are meant to identify with -- Liu Kang, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade -- have no fucking clue what is going on, either. We learn as they learn, and it finally begins to click for them when shit gets real (mainly when Goro starts killing fucking everybody).

You could make a darker Mortal Kombat, a more faithful Mortal Kombat, but ultimately what we got was pretty fucking good as its own thing. Annhilation borrowed way too much cheese from the video games, and didn't really adapt it to the screen well, at all. Plus it was just horribly made, and just threw characters out there for the fucking hell of it.

A piece of shit could have directied a better Mortal Kombat II than whoever did that abortion.

Anybody Thrilla 08-07-2009 10:22 AM

Two things:

1) Annihilation was good. Even better than the first one, I'd say.

2) Street Fighter was awful, yes...but it wasn't as bad as Double Dragon or Mario Brothers.

Rammsteinmad 08-07-2009 12:08 PM

I liked Street Fighter. :o

G 08-07-2009 12:11 PM

http://bluraymedia.ign.com/bluray/im...618369-000.jpg

D Mac 08-07-2009 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anybody Thrilla (Post 2663146)
Two things:

1) Annihilation was good. Even better than the first one, I'd say.

Man, what are you smoking?

G 08-07-2009 01:51 PM

yeah, can't believe anyone would ever say that

thedamndest 08-07-2009 01:52 PM

I think you owe us all an explanation, ABT.

Fignuts 08-07-2009 02:18 PM

Think I'm gonna delete AT from facebook now.


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