Mortal Kombat 9 (2010)

[Deathtank]

Heres a video of what´s to come:

http://kotaku.com/5558339/if-this-is-the-next-mortal-kombat-movie-sign-us-up

some interesting links: http://www.trmk.org/news/12627/boon_confirms_mk9s_return_to_edgy_violence.html

http://www.mortalkombatonline.com/

Ed boon's twitter: http://twitter.com/noobde

Looks like it's time to go back to the roots!

[Tex]

Get over here!

[Bleck]

I don't think I've ever actually met anybody who likes Mortal Kombat

[ambinate]

michael jai white has the best voice anyone has ever had

[Theophany]

Nothing is better than Christian Bale's bat voice.

Nothing

[Arcana]

I don't think I've ever actually met anybody who likes Mortal Kombat

I dunno, isn't the first movie was commonly cited as an example of a video game movie done right?

It wasn't exactly a masterpiece but it was something that was entertaining and campy enough to send your friends to watch.

[Bleck]

no I mean like actually playing Mortal Kombat games

[Charlie's Angel]

I still sometimes play the Genesis version of Mortal Kombat upstairs. Good times.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

I've liked the Mortal Kombat series consistently, although the last one I played was MK4(which I liked). I always wanted to get a chance to play Trilogy...

I saw this stuff on 1up earlier. I wonder what's coming if anything.

[Inimitable]

If this is a movie trailer I'm excited! If it's for another horrible game I am not.

[BardicKnowledge]

I've liked the Mortal Kombat series consistently, although the last one I played was MK4(which I liked). I always wanted to get a chance to play Trilogy...

I saw this stuff on 1up earlier. I wonder what's coming if anything.

Playing MK Trilogy is like playing Marvel 2 in a way -- everything is broken to shit and damn near everyone knows it. <3 playing as Chameleon though.

[Salluz]

michael jai white has the best voice anyone has ever had

The only reason why we watched Spawn.

[Tinus]

I used to like Trilogy and MK4, but that was before I really got into fighting games. Since I started playing more Street Fighter I haven't been able to care about Mortal Kombat.

[ambient]

Loved the trailer. Great concept. Really hope this gets made.

[zircon]

This isn't really a trailer, per se. It's a short film made to pitch a film idea, so if the pitch gets picked up, a full movie may or may not be made in this style, by the same director.

[rockmasterflex69]

I have mixed feelings. I own both of the original Mortal Kombat Movies. Yes, they're pretty awful, but I have dragged my friends to watch them cuz... the story is somewhat entertaining and they did a decent job with no budget on the effects (until the end of Mortal Kombat TA, where the fail is strong).

It was my understanding that this 'remake' won't have iconic things like Sub-Zero's costume, to represent the Mortal Kombat Universe is a more realistic, less loltastic way.

This dissapoints me greatly. Sub-Zero is just another ninja without his blue gi.

[The Dual Dragons]

no I mean like actually playing Mortal Kombat games

Yeah, no one likes Mortal Kombat, the franchise just sells millions of copies and is most of the time critically acclaimed, people hate that stuff lol.

Personally, I think Mortal Kombat is the best fighting game franchise.

[Poke'G]

The games were mediocre, but I really enjoyed the mythos.

Seeing a film concept completely ditching the supernatural aspects to be the bastard lovechild of Saw and Batman Begins is really disappointing. It's like if they made a New Gods movie, but made them all gangsters in rival cities with bare bones physical similarities for arguable recognition .

There's re-imagining, and then there's just plain stealing names for instant marketability.

[DarkeSword]

Nothing is better than Christian Bale's bat voice.

Nothing

Kevin Conroy's Batman voice.

Q.E.D.

[Schwaltzvald]

Kevin Conroy's Batman voice.

Q.E.D.

Yeah I can't imagine any one else doing Batman's voice but

...

Much like how you'd be hard pressed to ever replace Mark Hamill's Joker's voice

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

Well, it's official. We have a new Mortal Kombat game in the works.

[Soul Splint]

Game = yes

Movie Pitch = WTF

Reptile is a leper-looking Jeeper-Creeper and Baraka is a postal plastic surgeon?

Me thinks not.

The only cool things about the pitch were the cast choices for Jax and Sonya, and Scorpion's little ruse at the end. I'm all for a more serious movie than the past ones, but they are trying way too hard to base this in reality. As long as the game is less than $60 (or at least worth the $60), then it looks promising.

[Archaon]

I'm not really sure how well that trailer/pitch/whatever holds up beyond the initial novelty. I mean, I had as much of the "Yay, it's Reptile! Yay, it's Baraka! YAY, IT'S SCORPION!" reaction as I'm sure anyone who grew up with Mortal Kombat did, but once that wears off, what has it got going for it?

If they actually set up the plot like that then I can't see how it'd be anything other than 90 minutes of dudes beating the shit out of each other. Again. And that would be fine if the fight scenes were particularly impressive, but I wasn't really blown away by the one they showed.

As for the game, it's nice to see that they've come to their senses after that "Kustom Fatality" travesty, but aside from that I'm not holding my breath. Fighting system just looks like a bunch of same old, but with one fewer plane to move in. And a gimmick for the dial-a-combos. And it doesn't give me much hope that Kung Lao's fatality, as cool as it was, has just been recycled from Shaolin Monks.

[The Dual Dragons]

The Batman topic:

Agree about Hamill, he is brilliant as the Joker.

Personally though, I think Bale as Batman is pretty boring and feels like stiff acting. And his Bruce Wayne is like a Christian Bale in bad mood.

Michael Keaton though, gave a lot of emotion to Bruce Wayne, a lot of characteristics.

[The Dual Dragons]

Well, it's official. We have a new Mortal Kombat game in the works.

Does this look like a remake of Mortal Kombat 2 or what?