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Hey, What The Hell’s Going On With MORTAL KOMBAT 3?!

nooooo by MrFusion	Mar 29th, 2007 07:56:23 AM
If it's a reboot why bring back actors from the other films! Grr. It's like having Judi Dench as M, as good as it the actor may be, it's a REBOOT so they can't be involved!
chirp....chirp....chirp.... by Atticus Finch	Mar 29th, 2007 08:01:18 AM
I guess the lack of talkback shows that no one really cares what the hell is going on with Mortal Kombat 3.
Those were 500 dollar sunglasses, asshole! by chrth	Mar 29th, 2007 08:14:20 AM
If it doesn't have the original Johnny Cage, it ain't worth seeing.
TOASTY! by longevitymonk	Mar 29th, 2007 08:35:25 AM
I would love a remake without Christopher "suck ass" Lambert! They should get Donny Yen to play Scorpion, and Shia LaBeouf to play Johnny Cage, just so I can watch his nuts get smashed.
CHEESY VICTORY! by BatPsycho	Mar 29th, 2007 08:49:07 AM
this is so going to bomb at the theater.....
Good by Anna Valerious	Mar 29th, 2007 08:59:27 AM
Remar totally murdered the second film.
How about going for an "R" rating on this one? by Boondock Devil	Mar 29th, 2007 09:06:12 AM
You gotta take off the kid gloves and just go all out on this movie to make it enjoyable. I want some awesome onscreen fatalities. Plus it should automatically have a Neill Cumpston review. Pronto.
As much of a cheese fest the first film was... by rbatty024	Mar 29th, 2007 09:20:44 AM
it has a certain charm. Probably Paul W.S. Anderson's best film, which is kind of a sad statement. I wonder if he thinks about that at night.
If they really want to see the green, do MK vs. SF by zillabeast	Mar 29th, 2007 09:22:58 AM
Sub Zero v Blanka on the top of the St. Louis arch would totally rock.
Zzzz. by JackPumpkinhead	Mar 29th, 2007 09:40:45 AM
Wha...? What? Mortal Kombat? Sorry, isn't this 2007? It is? Then why did you say Mortal Kombat?
Fuck that, I wanna see... by henrydalton	Mar 29th, 2007 09:43:03 AM
'Chuck Rock': THE MOVIE. With James Gandolfini as Chuck Rock.
...Friendship! Friendship! by StarBlitzer	Mar 29th, 2007 10:03:12 AM
If you're gonna redeem this franchise (at least at the movies), please bring on the R-rating as mentioned above ... nothing helps us forget previous cheesefests like pervasive, brutal violence!
Mortal Kombat 2... by darshn22	Mar 29th, 2007 10:20:19 AM
was the worst movie I have ever seen.
Johnny Cage GOTTA EAT!!!!!! by My Ass Smells	Mar 29th, 2007 10:26:15 AM
TOO SOON!!!!!!!!!!!
Breaking rubies with your fists by Spandau Belly	Mar 29th, 2007 10:39:00 AM
No better way to spend a Saturday.
I have to admit. Mortal Kombat was a decent flick. by Datascream	Mar 29th, 2007 10:47:46 AM
As much as I loathe Paul Anderson, he pulled off a movie that was at the most a re-hash of Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" and gave a good Mortal Kombat spin to it. The only thing that was missing was a fight between Scorpion and Sub-Zero which we got in "Annihilation", however you could barely see the fight and they just went up and starting hitting each other. No commentary between the two about the deep hatred they have for one another or even explaining WHY they hated each other. Which was why it was so disappointing. Hope this new one works out better then Annhilation did.
Will this be the start of the new MK era? by TheButcher	Mar 29th, 2007 10:52:01 AM
When MK: Armageddon was released Ed Boon said the next game would feature new characters. Maybe MK: 3 will be used as a way to introduce these new fighters. Why not go the cg route it worked for the Turtles. The best MK movie in my opinion is the intro from MK: Shaolin Monks. That’s the kind of action what I want to see in the next MK movie! http://tinyurl.com/2y9f54
MK vs SF by PotSmokinAlien	Mar 29th, 2007 11:02:03 AM
that is the only way to fly here. just keep pws andersen away from it
Get John Carpenter to direct it. by TheButcher	Mar 29th, 2007 11:13:06 AM
There wouldn't be a Mortal Kombat without Big Trouble in Little China in my opinion.
Look at it this way.. by Thalya	Mar 29th, 2007 11:30:14 AM
We'll get a great soundtrack out of it, at the very least.
So this is kinda cool...I guess by Halloween68	Mar 29th, 2007 12:10:41 PM
The first film was alright other than the casting. The actors and actresses had all the charisma of a piece of wet toast (except for the Highlander). Plus, I hope they get some people who can actually fight in this one. Maybe get a choreographer who can be creative. I won't mention the second one, which was absolutely horrid in every way.
MK2 was unbelievably fucking HORRIBLE by Durendal	Mar 29th, 2007 12:56:47 PM
Honestly, that movie was a singularity of awful. They couldn't have made it any worse if they'd tried. MK1 was a half-decent, brainless movie hampered by way too much cheese. I can't say I'm excited to see another one.
MK1 and MK2 by MRJONZ72	Mar 29th, 2007 12:59:05 PM
When I first saw MK1, thought it was decent flick and again when it popped up on video...but when I saw it again 3 years ago, I didnt think it aged to well at all.. MK2 - one of the worst films I ever seen. Watched it again about 2 years ago..It's even worse. It's even a good bad film. Just straight up bad.
Thank God they're remaking this movie! by Breotan	Mar 29th, 2007 01:04:42 PM
This movie NEEDS to be made. Mink is a god among men. Only Uwe Boll could make this any better. Oh, wait... I meant the other thing... the one about this being a crime against humanity.
Seriously, does anyone care about Mortal Kombat? by Mr Incredible	Mar 29th, 2007 01:13:47 PM
Why not go ahead and do GOD OF WAR or RATCHET AND CLANK?
The last few MK games did very well by UMAGA	Mar 29th, 2007 01:27:30 PM
Yes, people care about Mortal Kombat.
They need to make this movie by JimBelushi	Mar 29th, 2007 01:30:09 PM
Just get a writer who isn't a hack/latent homsexual and it should work out fine.
This is exactly what I want by UMAGA	Mar 29th, 2007 01:30:15 PM
I've been reading about this sequel for a while now and i've been saying that they should restart the series. Follow the actual game storylines and as much as I love the soundtracks, give us Dan Forden's music. Over the top 300 level violence as well. I'm kind of worried about Midway looking over the script though as there's things in Shaolin Monks that don't match what happened in MK1 and MK2.
KORO gotta eat! by theonecalledshoe	Mar 29th, 2007 01:58:34 PM
wonders when a harry fighting Koro animation will pop up Pass me the Mk3 character of Sheeva.. 4 arms, red eyes, a mohawk, and a toned body with nice legs- a keeper.
Kano! by Davis of Texas	Mar 29th, 2007 01:59:35 PM
Liu Kang! Raiden! Johnny, Cage! Scorpion! Sub Zero! Sonya! MORTAL KOMBAT! D-din, d-din, d-din, d-din d-d-duh! I hope Raiden says "heh" some times. Did you slip some in, McWeeny?
This is where you fall DOWN. by HueyFreeman	Mar 29th, 2007 02:06:49 PM
That is all.
MK1 rocked, MK2 sucked...but why restart? by Mike_D	Mar 29th, 2007 02:10:40 PM
I want the MK theme to be put the movie dammit!
Since it's a "reboot", here's the perfect title... by HueyFreeman	Mar 29th, 2007 02:11:37 PM
"Kombat Begins". Totally appropriate.
totally agree by rdsxfan8	Mar 29th, 2007 03:54:05 PM
totally agree that there are other games that should be made into movies first. God of War anyone. wait what am I saying, NO GAMES SHOULD BE MADE INTO MOVIES!!!!! havent we had enough of these bad movies double dragon, Super Mario Bros, alone in the dark, seriuosly people. enough with the game to movie adaptations. granted the resident evil flicks are ok cuz they deviated a lil bit from the actual games storyline but for ever good one, theres BOB HOSKINS and Scott WOLFE waiting in the wing to make another shitty one.
Liu, forget about it, she's 10,000 years old! by Staldo	Mar 29th, 2007 04:32:09 PM
I don't care how ridiculous it would be, this film should have every single character from the mythos, like MK: Armageddon. Get the same actor to play multiple parts, if they need to. MK draws its strength from two things:violence, and the insane variety of its characters. Some could be just cameos sitting in a cantina or something, and some could appear on screen for five seconds only to be impaled or beheaded. Get the Wilson brothers to play lame characters like Stryker and Kobra. This should be the Ocean's 13/Rat Race of video game movies.
TONY JAA FOR LIU KANG!!!! by Johnno	Mar 29th, 2007 05:40:54 PM
KMFDM FOR SOUNDTRACK!!! HARD R!!!! FATALITY!! EXCELLENT!!! SUPERB!!! WELL DONE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! FIGHT!!! FINISH HIM!!!! YOU'LL NEVER WIN!!! GET OVER HEEEERRREEE!!! WOOOOAHHHHHHH!!!! DAMN YOU MICHAEL BAY!!!
MK1 by Alientoast	Mar 29th, 2007 05:54:44 PM
I liked MK1. It was fun cheese. My favorite part was when they slipped in Johnny Cage's friendship move ;)
the only REAL way to do a mortal kombat movie by misnomer	Mar 29th, 2007 06:13:04 PM
would be with a 150+million budget and a hard-r rating with jet li as liu kang and weta on effects. you'd use the classic characters and keep their look....but you'd ignore ALL of the "mk history"...and make up your own plot. you'd get WETA on board too. Thing is....a decent mortal kombat movie would rake it in.....300-style. a restart sounds better than that proposed sub-zero based prequel. I quite liked the first one (even though I still think it could have been WAY better) and the second one was really terrible.
i repeated myself by misnomer	Mar 29th, 2007 06:14:06 PM
x-files 2...damn why isnt that out already? one of the best tv shows ever....
NOOB SAIBOT GOTTA EAT by MaxCalifornia.	Mar 29th, 2007 06:17:00 PM
I may have just outed myself as a gaming nerd with that reference. Uhh...Shia Labouef as Baraka, anyone?
noob saibot by misnomer	Mar 29th, 2007 06:18:07 PM
on mk trilogy (ps1) theres a sequence of moves you can do that wipe out an opponent entirely without him having a chance to escape....cool bug
STEVE MARTIN AS MOTARO! by misnomer	Mar 29th, 2007 06:20:28 PM
CHEVY CHASE AS REIKO! MARTIN SHORT AS REPTILE!...THE THREE AMIGOS!
Bad Collision Detection Gotta Eat! by The Ender Smites Foes	Mar 29th, 2007 06:41:00 PM
games sucked, the movies hurt to think about.......OW FUCK
The first Mortal Kombat movie KICKED ASS..... by GibsonUSA Returns	Mar 29th, 2007 07:48:43 PM
And I'll punch whoever disagrees!
Why is Kitana hispanic and Raiden white? by GibsonUSA Returns	Mar 29th, 2007 07:50:52 PM
Isn't Raiden supposed to be some Chinese war spirit or something. And with a name like Kitana I always thought she was Japanese in MKII. And white short-haired Raiden looked retarded in the second MK movie. Get it right this time.
THIS YEAR'S LITTLE MISS "FINISH HIM!" SUNSHINE! by Pennsy	Mar 29th, 2007 10:27:24 PM
Heh.
A NEW MK MOVIE DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE AWESOME. by Delagoya	Mar 29th, 2007 11:01:53 PM
If only video games could get respect from Hollywood the way comic books SORT OF get. I hope Roger Ebert gets well and all, but he is wrong when he says that video games is not art. What about Final Fantasy VI? Shadow of the Colossus? Hell, even the Metal Gear Solid series! Oh well, I guess we're gonna have to wait about 40 years or so, when Hollywood runs out of comic book material. Then we'll be seeing interviews with producers, writers, and directors talking about how much material there is in video games and how much respect they have for it and blah blah blah. They're all so full of crap! All they care about is what makes money. Video Game movies can and will be awesome, some day.
Jack Black as Goro by T 1000 xp professional	Mar 30th, 2007 12:03:34 AM

Shanjaya Malakar should be in MK3 by AvengingFist	Mar 30th, 2007 04:34:38 AM
;p
Yeah, do it... by Playkins	Mar 30th, 2007 06:23:38 AM
...with a primarily Asian kast (k!!!-oooohhhh! ;-). Seriously, make it appropriately gritty without the kornball (K!!!) humor. And hire someone that can make a decent kostume. (!!!) If they could pull off a film that kould koncentrate (!!!-!!!) on ALL the kharakters (:-O) intead of the three krapiest(kill me), it might be pretty....(wait for it)...kool.
FREINDSHIP! by knifeandfork	Mar 30th, 2007 06:53:30 AM
First one was ok, second was one of the worst films ever. Im not as interested in the idea of a new mortal kombat movie as i was in the nineties, but if its gonna be an R rated, bloody , violent franchise restart with good fights, then im there.
Make it CG... by FUZZYWOOKIEE	Mar 30th, 2007 06:57:12 AM
It is the only way to get it completely right, unless you downplay some of the costumes. The bright colors in a live action just look cartoony. A hard R rated animated adventure is the way to do it.
This better be NC-17 by Motoko Kusanagi	Mar 30th, 2007 06:59:51 AM
or I'll not watch one more/new/restarted episode of this crap series...
So 1990's by Thomas Cromwell	Mar 30th, 2007 07:06:55 AM
This anachronism will deservedly bomb.
I wouldn't put Annihilation in that category. by captboulder	Mar 30th, 2007 08:26:30 AM
Its just a bad film and there wasn't anything remotely funny about it. I soon as put Cop and a Half, The Super, Brewster Millions, the 3rd Chucky movie in that category instead.
Flash Gordon has that prize by Lost Prophet	Mar 30th, 2007 08:51:50 AM
What other film gives you a high level thesp, A future Bond, and The Exorcist dressed in dreadful costumes screaming utter drivel as if their lives depend on it. My favourite Line is (aside from: GORDON'S ALIVE! obviously) DALE: Say something to distract me FLASH: (Tells his story about how he should have chatted her up) DALE: You're Just Saying that to distract me. Genius. I may be a bit off, but it is funny as hell, and the whole film is full of duff bits like that. MK annihalation, on the other hand, is just sheer unmitigated crap
Anakin built Cyrax! by Spandau Belly	Mar 30th, 2007 10:35:40 AM
We all know the revelation is coming!
Yep, Flash Gordon indeed easily wins that prize! by captboulder	Mar 30th, 2007 11:35:50 AM
A bad picture that I can't help but watch everytime its on TBS or TNT!
Flash Gordon is a GOOD MOVIE by Movietool	Mar 30th, 2007 11:48:47 AM
If you enjoy watching it and can enjoy watching it over and over again, then it's a GOOD MOVIE, no matter how ridiculous it is. Oh, and by the way, the best line is clearly "Oh, well, who wants to live forever? DIVE!" No other actor on Earth could have sold that line like Blessed did. Incredible.
Craziest crowd I've ever seen in a theater... by SK229	Mar 30th, 2007 12:10:02 PM
...still MK1 on opening night near the Jersey shore. I mean people were going absolutely apeshit over the logo, the flames, the music, the fights. It was a pretty fun, communal experience, I must say. Thinking back, it reminds me of one of the fun aspects of going to the movies. I don't remember people being assholes either, it was just a good time and the crowd that was there was exactly that crowd that SHOULD be there. Now? Fucking forget it... there'd be people complaining about the noise as if they're seeing Merchant Ivory film, the noisey people threatening to kick the ass of the non-noisey people, little kids screaming and watching the fatalities... it's not the movies that have changed so much, but the audiences. The downfall of western civilization, I guess...

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