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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 18, 2021 13:22:41 GMT -5
That's a good trailer. Remains to be seen if it's truly representative of the actual movie or if all the highlights are in it.
Still, Hiroyuki Sanada is Scorpion. I'll give it a chance based on that casting alone.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 18, 2021 13:38:32 GMT -5
That's a good trailer. Remains to be seen if it's truly representative of the actual movie or if all the highlights are in it. Still, Hiroyuki Sanada is Scorpion. I'll give it a chance based on that casting alone. I give his "Get Over Here!" a solid 9/10.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2021 15:28:29 GMT -5
Where the hell is Johnny Cage???
Also why does Goro look better in the 1994 version?
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 18, 2021 15:33:12 GMT -5
It looks better than Annihilation so that's a plus already
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2021 16:50:14 GMT -5
It looks better than Annihilation so that's a plus already But Annihilation has "Too bad YOU...will DIE!" sooo...I'm conflicted.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2021 16:55:11 GMT -5
It is definitely a good trailer. Cautiously optimistic for this.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 18, 2021 17:02:39 GMT -5
It looks better than Annihilation so that's a plus already But Annihilation has "Too bad YOU...will DIE!" sooo...I'm conflicted. They will literally have to chew scenery to outdo multiple scenes in Annihilation
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 18, 2021 17:43:50 GMT -5
But Annihilation has "Too bad YOU...will DIE!" sooo...I'm conflicted. They will literally have to chew scenery to outdo multiple scenes in Annihilation The guy playing Shang Tsung has a strong chance to do lots of scenery chewing.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Feb 18, 2021 17:57:14 GMT -5
Trailer was much better than I expected.
Actually looking forward to seeing this now.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 18, 2021 18:03:47 GMT -5
They will literally have to chew scenery to outdo multiple scenes in Annihilation The guy playing Shang Tsung has a strong chance to do lots of scenery chewing. I'll be honest with him coming back for Mortal Kombat 11 I kinda hope there's a scene where Shang turns into Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa to go undercover or something
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Feb 18, 2021 18:04:04 GMT -5
They will literally have to chew scenery to outdo multiple scenes in Annihilation The guy playing Shang Tsung has a strong chance to do lots of scenery chewing. Hiroyuki is the man, he going put his heart into this
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Feb 18, 2021 19:49:30 GMT -5
This is too funny not to share. A Jezebel columnist wrote up a piece asking why Chun-Li isn't in the movie . . . only to discover Chun-Li isn't part of the MK universe, something they could've googled in five seconds: link
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Post by fw91 on Feb 18, 2021 20:04:58 GMT -5
So no Johnny Cage?
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Feb 18, 2021 21:35:51 GMT -5
Feels like a balanced, good line-up with room for cameos.
Cram too many characters in, there's no time for development or growth. Just too many introductions that likely so nowhere... but to a fight! See 'Street Fighter: The Movie'.
Looks like the Earthrealm faces to be led by Raiden are Sonya, Jax, Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Kano (who can probably provide some comedy relief) and new guy Cole. The heels appear to be Shang Tsung with Mileena, Goro, Sub-Zero (Bi-Han version?) and likely others. Did I spot Reptile in the trailer?
Don't know what Scorpion will be up to.
Odd to see Mileena without Kitana.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 18, 2021 21:40:56 GMT -5
I assume Kano starts off as a good guy, but gradually shows his true colors and decides to betray the Earth fighters.
Scorpion could just be a tweener pitted against the apparent bad guy Sub-Zero.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2021 21:56:45 GMT -5
My only gripe right now after the trailer is Mileenas entire exsistence as there is no Kitana and that is not some small thing they can just gloss over.
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 18, 2021 22:30:09 GMT -5
There are theories that this new guy actually will become Johnny Cage by the end, with the last name "Cage" referencing his cage-fighting past.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Feb 18, 2021 23:50:53 GMT -5
I know the newbie is a sensitive topic, but having an unknown character as an audience/player surrogate in a video game movie makes a lot of sense.
It’s not Liu Kang’s movie or Johnny Cage’s movie. It’s a Mortal Kombat movie.
If this works, I could see it becoming more prevalent in game adaptations going forward.
The trailer got me pretty hyped.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Feb 18, 2021 23:54:31 GMT -5
I know the newbie is a sensitive topic, but having an unknown character as an audience/player surrogate in a video game movie makes a lot of sense. It’s not Liu Kang’s movie or Johnny Cage’s movie. It’s a Mortal Kombat movie. If this works, I could see it becoming more prevalent in game adaptations going forward. The trailer got me pretty hyped. Yeah, but most games have like main characters that the story revolves around. Even Mortal Kombat does. the First like 3 games Liu Kang is pretty definitively the main character. You might have more of a point with Street Fighter 2 where Ryu is generally considered the main character but really has f*** all to do with the actual story being told and just wants to punch things...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2021 0:29:51 GMT -5
I kinda get where they're coming from on it. 9 went with Johnny Cage as the viewpoint character for introducing everything and that worked fine, but I can see where some studio exec might think an arrogant asshole movie star with poorly-explained Mediterranean cult superpowers isn't really enough of an everyman.
... Though even then, they coulda just used Sonya and Jax for it.
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