Mortal Kombat

[venom892]

It is but the tournament should be used as a tool for the characters to get what they want instead of it being the main plot.

 

[Spider-Fan]

You can make the character's arcs and tournament mesh into a very cohesive and awesome story. You just have to be creative about it! This is what people who make tournament fighting movies from games don't get, you can work the tournament into the plot without trashing character arcs or doing dumb things with the story. MK in particular works because the fights all have life/death stakes potentially for the people in the tournament. That ups the stakes and forces characters to push themselves beyond their dramatic limits!

 

[Terminator]

For Liu Kang, I'd hope they'd cast a Chinese actor again. Talking about Taiwanese and Koreans for the role doesn't seem right. Like, I'm picturing Chris Tucker saying, "All ya'll look alike".

Well, initially I was excited at the prospect of a new MK film, but it really sounds like it's going to be like Rebirth where it's stupidly realistic and that's just not Mortal Kombat to me.

I think I'm just not gonna get my hopes up for another Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li style disaster and if it turns out I'm wrong I'll eat a slice of humble pie.

Dude, if they get Chris Klein in this, I'm there.

 

[tecnowraith]

It's been mentioned doing a movie/story similar to Pulp Fiction with the multiple arcs from characters POV/backstory could work. Other films have done and did well in the box office.

 

[tecnowraith]

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[jmc]

well isnt the point of mortal kombat the dam tournament?

It's not really the greatest plot device though.

 

[Nathan]

Yes, the point is the Tournament, the outcome decides earth's fate. But you'd still have someone like Scorpion with his personal goal to kill Sub-Zero. And if he doesn't encounter him in a tournament fight, you can sure as hell bet that he'll try to kill him outside the tournament.

 

[RED_Rider]

Liu Kang IS the hero. He's saved the Earth Realm for three times. I don't get the hatred towards him.

My personal reason is that I'm tired of seeing him as the hero in 2 movies.

I actually grew to like him in MK9 but he wasn't the hero in that game. MK9 turned a collection of characters into the main hero. Liu was fooled into thinking that he's the main guy but in reality, was all about Shao Kahn and Raiden.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

hopefully its gonna be good, rebirth was well shot but moronic its its uber realism approach, and the web shot though had some decent moments got old quick and had some real shoddy design aspects(baraka) i never even finished the whole series stopped after the melina ep

 

[RED_Rider]

Let's take some votes. There are two questions.

1- Should MK reboot be realistic (no-fantasy) or have more magical / fantasy elements?
2- Fantastical elements aside, which one did you like best? Rebirth short, the Legacy series or first 2 MK movies?

 

[tecnowraith]

My answer still will be be:
1. Keep the mystical elements, that's what made popular and different other fighting games, besides the blood and gore, when it was released
2. I liked Legacy for an origin story for most of the characters and I liked the first film for it was one few adaptations for video game to film that did it right at the time.

 

[Nathan]

1. It should definitely have fantasy/mystical elements to it.
2. I still like the first Movie the most. It had the right amount of fantastical elements and actors were for the most part well chosen. The story was alright as well. The only downside was that they only focused on the 3 main humans and we didn't get anything on the rivalry between Scorpion and Sub-Zero for example and the lack of violence.

 

[Still Wynning]

Let's take some votes. There are two questions.

1- Should MK reboot be realistic (no-fantasy) or have more magical / fantasy elements?
2- Fantastical elements aside, which one did you like best? Rebirth short, the Legacy series or first 2 MK movies?

Why not both?

I mean, take The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It takes place in a fantasy world containing a bunch of fantasty elements, like a mystical ring, Orcs, Ringwraiths and Wizards, yet it still managed to maintain a realistic feel because of its actors and the real locations they filmed on.

Basically, I'd like Kevin Tancharoen to take that approach with this film. Film in real locations, maybe with the occasional set piece, but still keep all of the mystical elements that make Mortal Kombat so awesome.

Also, the fighting needs to crazy. I mean, if you watch the recent Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance trailer, that's the level I want to see it at, just with more gore. Heck, he even pulled a Scorpion on one of the guys in the trailer.

 

[Nathan]

Eh, the action shouldn't get that crazy. Some of them have supernatural powers, but they should still demonstrate regular human level strength. That's one of the reasons why I don't want to see heads and limbs get ripped off, unless the character has increased strength. Like the Cyborgs, Jax and Goro.

I want the fights brutal and realistic. Just throw in some of the classic special moves.

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[RED_Rider]

1- I personally choose the realistic approach like Rebirth. Aside from some horrible dialogue choices, it was rather flawless IMO.

2- Rebirth. Legacy had some ok parts and a few decent moments but most were bad, specially Kitana / Mileena episode. Films were horrible IMO (2nd one is my second worst movie of all time choice).

Why not both?

That could work but I think Legacy was kinda trying to do that and failed. Of course I love a good fantasy story (Pan's Labyrinth) but the MK movie I want to see is a gritty, down to earth one like Rebirth.
Not a fan of Jackson's LOTR films but I'm definitely looking forward to the new Ghost Rider film (Awesome trailer). If they can get that kind of insane action in a movie with fantasy elements and STILL keep the R rating then I'd go for fantasy stuff in my #1 answer but since that requires a big budget and that almost always means PG-13, I'd say make a fully realistic R rated pic rather than another PG-13 crapfest (It will be 1995 MK film situation all over again).

 

[tecnowraith]

Well for the reason for the PG-13 rating is for broader audience.Even the video games rated M, teens still buys and rent them. So film makers wants to do the same for the film(s).

 

[Webhead2006]

Who ever said this the other day maybe the film should be interlocking stories and stick to 5 or so characters. And once we get to the tournament there stories combine.

 

[RED_Rider]

Well for the reason for the PG-13 rating is for broader audience.Even the video games rated M, teens still buys and rent them. So film makers wants to do the same for the film(s).

I know but a huge and important part of MK is about blood and gore. MK movie HAS to be R to have that along with real fatalities. That's why I'm rooting for the realistic approach because it lowers the costs and helps the chances or R rating. I'm still mourning the death of Del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness because of studio's problems with big budget R rated film, even with Camreon involved

 

[Nathan]

Hopefully they don't overdo it though. I want violence, blood and deaths, I don't really need the gore though.

 

[terry78]

It has to be R rated. That won't deter underage fans who want to get in, even if they do the infamous purchase a ticket for a different movie thing. I want to see actual fatalities done in live action in all its graphic nature, as goofy as they may be.

 

[Nathan]

Fatalities are the part were I'm in favor if realism. I don't want people ripping each other apart as if they were tissue paper. I want brutal kills, but I don't want them to be done comically.

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And speaking of kills. Are you guys being fine with some characters getting killed off right away and never returning again in the Movies? I think it would be silly to have such a brutal movie, where pretty much everyone survives to come back in a sequel.

 

[tecnowraith]

And speaking of kills. Are you guys being fine with some characters getting killed off right away and never returning again in the Movies? I think it would be silly to have such a brutal movie, where pretty much everyone survives to come back in a sequel.

Well for MK's back-story and if they keep the mysitcal elements then no one dies in MK. They do come back from dead with the help a necromancer named Quan Chi who brought back several characters.

 

[Nathan]

Anyone's death isn't worth a damn though, if they just get revived. I want deaths that happen in the Movie, to be permanent. I don't want everyone returning like Scorpion and Noob Saibot.

 

[Balthus Dire]

Man, I don't care what anyone says...the first MK movie is still ****ing awesome. It mixes the perfect amount of story, character, action, and comedic cheese that makes Mortal Kombat exactly what it is.

I hope they keep the heart of the first MK movie and retain the fantasy elements. MK1 was about as "realistic" as the franchise needs to be. It should be the Earthrealm characters that ground the story, not the actual story itself.

 

[Terminator]

Scorpion isn't Scorpion if he doesn't come back from the dead.