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Is There Finally Progress Being Made On The Most Important Movie Of All Time?!

FIRST by gorongreeny	Feb 8th, 2008 06:27:45 AM
FIRST ROFLCOPTERS
DREW MCWEENY!!! by Fart_Master_Flex	Feb 8th, 2008 06:34:07 AM
Seriously Mori my brother, you are the only reason why I would see a movie with "Kombat" in the title.
"Magic" of the first film? by BeeDub	Feb 8th, 2008 06:42:54 AM
You mean the power to appear on the Sci-Fi channel within a year of release?
DOA Redux by Mr. Profit	Feb 8th, 2008 06:44:16 AM
Does anyone really care about a Mortal Kombat movie? The sequel and TV show shot this shit to hell. Also "Capture the magic of the first film"? What magic? The first won was wiggity wack as well. The script may be good, but I'm sure it will be turned to low budget DTV shit like DOA.
Magic....in A Paul Anderson Film???? by Crawing	Feb 8th, 2008 06:47:52 AM
Yeah, right.
Why would you do it Mori? by filmcoyote	Feb 8th, 2008 06:53:11 AM
I've lost a great deal of respect for you Mori, how could you? I know a jobs a job but surely we all have to have standards. And that "magic of the first film" quote is the funniest thing i've heard since i listened to the self-congratulatory director's commentary on DTV crap-fest I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer!
lemme get this straight... by nogimmick	Feb 8th, 2008 06:53:19 AM
there's a bit on AICN about another mortal fucking kombat movie....and yet we still have to hear anything on the site about the arrested development movie? fuck that!!!
yeah, seriously..."recapture the magic of the first film"? by RockLobster800	Feb 8th, 2008 06:56:27 AM
ahem.....what?
So we get this crap after "There Will Be Blood"? by Ashok0	Feb 8th, 2008 06:58:11 AM
What the heck?
Let`s Dance! by travis-dane	Feb 8th, 2008 07:01:57 AM

Damn by kwisatzhaderach	Feb 8th, 2008 07:07:33 AM
Thought this was a post about AVATAR.
Damn I thought it was a Sinestro Corps War movie by messi	Feb 8th, 2008 07:09:12 AM
but that's ok, we have minimum 7 movies to get to before that.
"re-envisioning" is a perfectly cromulent word by I Dunno	Feb 8th, 2008 07:29:06 AM
Hollywood suits, I'm going to need you to go ahead and stop making up words for "remake". Thanks.
FRIENDSHIP...AGAIN.. by couP	Feb 8th, 2008 07:37:28 AM
loved that shit. and the dog catching kung lao's hat.
Most important film ever... by photoboy	Feb 8th, 2008 07:38:10 AM
Damn, I thought Cameron was going to do another Aliens film for a second there. Fuckin' Mortal Wombat.
You guys enjoyed the first one and you know it. by scudd	Feb 8th, 2008 07:40:27 AM
The second Mortal Kombat was shit on every conceivable level, but the first was cheesy fun, and you know you all enjoyed it when you saw it in the theaters. It definitely doesn't need to be remade, though.
"mink" ?! The dude just lost all credibility with that name by SkinJob69	Feb 8th, 2008 07:40:33 AM
Worse than "McG", I dare say.
If you don't put blood in an MK movie... by sonnyfern	Feb 8th, 2008 07:54:53 AM
...then it's going to suck. The gameplay and stores were always lame, the only thing that made it cool was ripping off heads. If you ain't got that in the movie...then the hell with it.
capture the magic = Separate fools from money by Diagnostic	Feb 8th, 2008 07:55:43 AM
Wouldn't it be better if the lived down to expectation?
Mori by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 07:57:38 AM
it sounds like these guys are fucking around with you. You shouldn't take that shit.
Corey Haim and Feldman... by Judge Briggs	Feb 8th, 2008 07:58:56 AM
are looking for work... they would be perfect for this movie.
i think mortak kombat 1 was about as high as this could go by Mysterious Yobo	Feb 8th, 2008 08:07:07 AM
anything else your just fooling yourself.
Man I remembered the first MK movie as being one of the reatest by blindambition238	Feb 8th, 2008 08:29:34 AM
then I saw it again last year and was shocked at how abysmal it was. Turtle speed fight scenes and N64 effects... ah to be a kid in the 90s.
Good, because James Remar ruined the second one. by Anna Valerious	Feb 8th, 2008 08:29:41 AM
That, and killing off characters before they were introduced. -sigh-
should of said 'greatest' up there by blindambition238	Feb 8th, 2008 08:30:05 AM

This article has way too many funny things in it by ldm882	Feb 8th, 2008 08:31:47 AM
The dude's name is mink. "The magic of the first film." Even better: "The original Mortal Kombat game was born a child of many visual loves by the creators at midway." Christopher Lambert returning.
Toasty! by airtoast	Feb 8th, 2008 08:46:44 AM
I want to see Christopher Lambert get a Babality. Flawless Victory!
MK by jsm1978	Feb 8th, 2008 08:49:03 AM
I always thought the storyline and mythology behind the whole thing were pretty interesting. Sure, it got extremely convoluted after the third game, but it was much more thought out than the story to a lot of games, especially fighting games.
'cromulent' is a perfectly visionary word by Ray Gamma	Feb 8th, 2008 08:52:48 AM
for what movies have to live up to these days.
photoboy by Ray Gamma	Feb 8th, 2008 08:56:14 AM
when i read the misleading title 'most important movie of all time', before i actually clicked on the link, i had a few moments to imagine what this could possibly be about, and for some reason i too thought about the Aliens movies, but in my case I was sort of hoping it was Ridley Scott coming back to tidy up the mess. I'm not even a hardcore fan of the Alien movies, but there you go, for some reason that's what popped into my mind.
has nobody told you.... by Obscura	Feb 8th, 2008 09:10:47 AM
... that anything mortal combat related is utterly shit and deserves to be ignored as much as possible for the good of mankind?
I'm looking forward to this by Spandau Belly	Feb 8th, 2008 09:11:27 AM
Sounds like DTV Gold. Get Eric Roberts as old Johnny Cage and Danny Trejo as Scorpion.
I created a new account just so I could post... by Justafan_uk	Feb 8th, 2008 09:12:44 AM
How staggeringly disappointed I am to hear that fucking MORIARTY wrote a draft for a Mortal Kombat movie. Unbelievable. After all your script and movie reviews and your opinions on writing and creating new material, and lamenting studios and execs for continually making remakes instead of original ideas, you wrote a Mortal Kombat script? Sorry, but everything you say from now on will be taken with a huge pinch of salt from me. Your writing in your reviews proves you have more talent and originality in you than to churn out something based on a videogame - and not exactly a great game at that. Sigh.
Ghost Town by DannyOcean01	Feb 8th, 2008 09:15:06 AM
When I read the title to this report I assumed it would be about Harry's project....whatever happened to that anyway?????
I'm not even gonna go see that. by mish87	Feb 8th, 2008 09:28:34 AM
What a load of crap.
"Todays audience is a savvy involved group" by spidercoz	Feb 8th, 2008 09:28:45 AM
god damn, I almost pissed myself
CreepyThinMan, can you read? by raw_bean	Feb 8th, 2008 09:30:10 AM
Read what Mori wrote again, and then have your rant at him about trying to make us care. It's the readership of the site you need to preach to apparently. Although I certainly couldn't give a shit about this movie. Just as it sounds Mori can't either.
MK 2 cant be topped anyway by BMacSmith	Feb 8th, 2008 09:31:27 AM
stop motion giant monster fight? instant classic
DAMN by skimn	Feb 8th, 2008 09:31:57 AM
Thought it was something new, maybe some images, from Avatar....thanks!
Savvy? by Frankenbastard	Feb 8th, 2008 09:41:36 AM
“Today’s audience is a savvy involved group” Dude you made me spit coffee out of my nose. Ok, let’s say offspring of the idiots that watched the original back in 95 end up watching the reboot now in 2008, then your savvy audience is nil sir. Wait…I paid to see the original in a theater. (quickly eats own young)
The first one... by Frankenbastard	Feb 8th, 2008 09:43:02 AM
It was poorly cast and YOU know it.
It'll probably end up like the last Highlander flick. by BrandonGK	Feb 8th, 2008 09:56:57 AM
It'll sit on the shelf for two or three years before being unceremoniously dumped either on DVD or as a Sci-fi saturday night original.
pah, I thought it was about Avatar by Lost Jarv	Feb 8th, 2008 10:01:10 AM
Fuck that
Ed Boon as Scorpion. by spaceworlder	Feb 8th, 2008 10:37:47 AM
No one else can do that voice!
Moriarty... WINS!!! by Acappellaman	Feb 8th, 2008 10:56:14 AM
I have to admit, both my wife and I enjoyed the first movie when we saw it on the big screen. I think the reason it worked for us is that it didn't try too hard to make something out fo nothing. It was a simple plot, and the performances were 'good enough'. As long as the writing and performances dont' make you roll your eyes due to ultra-cheesiness, it'll be OK.
I love MK 1 and MK 2... by JTStarkiller	Feb 8th, 2008 11:13:14 AM
Wait, we're talking about Radiohead's new album, right?
Into the Sun director... by BoggyCreekBeast	Feb 8th, 2008 11:27:02 AM
Yeah, that certainly screams "A plus plus in every area" to me!
Barack Obama as Baraka by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 8th, 2008 11:34:19 AM
Does a fatality move on Hillary. She could be the new Sub Zero, she's that cold. Hell yeah.
Congratulations, Moriarty! by Archive	Feb 8th, 2008 11:36:46 AM
Clearly, what I see on the screen will differ from your vision in significant ways, and just as clearly, vision on a project like this comes within a certain framework... But that doesn't dim the shining fact that you're out there getting it done. Word.
"in order to capture the magic of the first film" by Trik_Ster	Feb 8th, 2008 11:54:05 AM
aaahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahaha Help me I can't breathe aaahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahaha
Because when I think of Chinese Thunder Gods by smackfu	Feb 8th, 2008 12:16:39 PM
the first thing that comes to mind is a plump middle aged white frenchman with a pseudo-scottish accent.
Mink has chosed fur coats and here's why by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 12:39:23 PM
they remind him of home
umm... by vaudeville villain	Feb 8th, 2008 12:40:24 PM
the producers do realize that this franchise hasn't been relevant since the days of the snes, right? really... anyone who might have been a fan back then has surely moved on by now. hell, even if they did include the gore which made the series popular in the first place, i can't imagine anyone who would give a rat's ass.
that was supposed to say chosen by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 12:43:58 PM
not chosed
I am the chosen one I'm by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 12:44:57 PM
I am the chosen one, I'm. Let's dance doo doo doo do doo doo doo doo do doo du do MORTAL KOMBAT
and to second smackfu by vaudeville villain	Feb 8th, 2008 12:48:09 PM
if they MUST go through with this needless concept, could they at least get a rayden who actually looks like... well, ya know, rayden?
"a handfull of people on a leaky boat are gonna save the world?" by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 12:50:40 PM
EXACTLY!
The First Mortal Kombat by Toonol	Feb 8th, 2008 01:13:11 PM
Was not a bad flick. May be one of the best videogame to movie translations. It was shallow and glossy, but so was the game. When I saw "The Most Important Movie of All Time", I felt a surge of hope that there would be news on Pixar's "John Carter of Mars". But... no. Sigh.
Tony Jaa as Liu Kang by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 01:49:22 PM
bring on the badass
Robin Shou must be Liu again!! by Axl Z	Feb 8th, 2008 01:53:03 PM
Get Jessica Simpson for Sonja, wa-wa-woo!!
I hope its as good as Into The Sun. by Tourist	Feb 8th, 2008 01:54:35 PM
Wow. There is an audience for this? I might rent it to get baked and laugh at actually. Plus I wanted to fuck Sonia when I was going through puberty. I masturbated to the Snes manual for the game. No word of a lie.
axl by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 01:54:40 PM
I think Robin is dead by now
The biggest problem with the first movie by Rufferto	Feb 8th, 2008 02:02:05 PM
was the acting. Sonya and Johnny Cage were particularly awful. I was kind of hoping Shang tsung was going to be old like he was in the original game but the actor who played him was hilariously over the top and so was Kano so it all worked out. Ha. Also Frank Welker is an awesome voice actor but playing Shao Kahn at the end with over used Malbolgia voice was lame. Shao Khan's voice was probably the best thing about the second game but he didn't sound anything like it. Ahh nostalgic.
the best thing about the first movie by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 02:03:59 PM
was the fucking sountrack, that Orbital song used to set me into the meditation mindset
Mortal Kombat Begins! by Johnno	Feb 8th, 2008 02:04:42 PM
FIGHT!!! The first film is the best game adaptation. I fucking loved it. The second was a pile of shit though, and I'm usually tolerant of movies not a lot of people like, but that one was pathetic... I tihnka remake could be an awesome idea... you got talent like Tony Jaa and a bunch of up and coming foreign fighters that can kick ass, no doubt you can find some local people too... All we need is a balls to the wall hardcore movie with a decent plot that's a step up from the first one, which isn't that hard, c'mon! Rated R, you don't have to make it a gorefest, but it can be managably bloody and violent that can please all. In the post Matrix/300 age, the most important thing will be fight cinematography. Again you don't need to make the action totally unrealistic. Keep it as grounded as you possibly can and occasionally do some unbelievable shit, but as long as that shit looks really really fucking cool money shots and eye candy, it'll work! Just cast a bunch of talented fighters and stuntmen... let's face it, we don't really need some Oscar winning acting here, it'd be nice, but let's be real m'kay? We need tough guys and occasionally the innocent people and henchmen who run away and die. Hire talented folks like Jaa if you need some high profile names for the leads, mena nd women who look like the early game characters and can fight. Make it a bit more 'epic' in scope this time, and by that I mean in set design and locations. And again, push the fight coreography, minimize the CG work and only use it when necessary for fireballs and shit. Also end all fights with the coolest fatalities. The fans will love it! Screw the Animalities that shit won't fit, but if you really really want to fan service some of that in there, like make em some kind of meditative scene where the characters are trying to find their inner chi or training or something like that, but honestly it doesn't need to be there. And lastly, bring back KMFDM, Traci lords and the great soundtrack from the first film!
To Be Clear... by TheRealMoriarty	Feb 8th, 2008 02:29:34 PM
... I have no confidence this will be anything but dreck. And to anyone upset I worked on it, this was almost seven years ago, and it was a nice way to get the ball rolling on other work. Our script was written to order based on a very thick set of requirements from Midway and Threshold, and it is what it is. I'm certainly not going to tell anyone that there is a reason they have to see MK3. Not even my flippin' parents, okay? Trust me... this is the opposite of hype. Consider it "bemused distrust" that led me to post this. I just like hearing them announce things that will never happen... over... and over... and over...
Mori by Kloipy	Feb 8th, 2008 02:33:26 PM
I actually considered seeing it because you had written it, but if they scrap your script I highly doubt I'll ever see it.
Scorpion vs. Johnny Cage by Prossor	Feb 8th, 2008 02:45:34 PM
best damn fight in the movie. the forest and then the rotting sticks and boards land. COME HERE NOW OVER TO ME!
I loved the first MORTAL KOMBAT and other confessions. by brokentusk	Feb 8th, 2008 02:48:38 PM
Seriously, it's probably the best videogame adaptation. Not saying much, I know, but I dug the music, the casting, and the attempt to remain faithful to the game (right down to Johnny Cage's hilarious "friendship" fatality when he kills Scorpion). Sonja and Kitana... both smoking hot. The second film was one of the worst things to my retinas have ever been exposed to, but I stick by the first. As for this news... the guy's name is "mink" and he directed a Seagal film? Um, something tells me this will be shit. Just a hunch.
First Mortal Kombat was good, much better by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 8th, 2008 03:01:39 PM
than Street Fighter. In hindsight paying money for Street Fighter in the theaters was not a great idea. It had a few good moments, but those were few and far between. Second Kombat blew. Nothing new to be said really.
If this movie is like the first MK, by RAVENL0RD	Feb 8th, 2008 03:06:53 PM
it will be watchable. There is a decent story lying under all the madness in the MK series, and I hope that they take the time to capitalize on it.
Kloipy.. by Axl Z	Feb 8th, 2008 04:08:50 PM
He was in DOA I think. I'm sure he's alive still, still if not, Robin Shou for Zombie Liu Kang!!
"...and most importantly the fighting scenes" by Jack Colby	Feb 8th, 2008 04:16:18 PM
That right there is why the movie will be bad. Although this is funny, too: "Todays audience is a savvy involved group so the film must be A plus plus in every area in order to capture the magic of the first film."
by TomBodet	Feb 8th, 2008 05:07:29 PM

What the-? try again here... by TomBodet	Feb 8th, 2008 05:08:02 PM
They should give Quint story credit on this as much as Drew I think, just because ya know? anyways.
Just make Johnny Cage the main character.... by Han Cholo	Feb 8th, 2008 05:23:45 PM
But FUCK, they killed him in MK2, fucking STUPID move. Well they can just bring him back anyway and have him kick ass and tell jokes, essentially MK's Jack Sparrow. That'd work.
Those criticizing the first film are fucking posers by chrth	Feb 8th, 2008 06:07:28 PM
It rocked, and you know it. And as someone said, the Cage/Scorpion fight was pure awesome. The second film was pure shit.
Cage/Scorp fight by Prossor	Feb 8th, 2008 06:25:40 PM
on the tube: http://tinyurl.com/27767g one of the greatst parts of cinematic history
I totally support a reimagining of Mortal Kombat by SoylentMean	Feb 8th, 2008 06:36:29 PM
As long as the producers and director commit and publicly proclaim to pursue a very hard "R" rating. If they are going to "reimagine" this it has to be some of the most reprhensible, violent shit ever to hit screens. Full of Fatalities! I loved the first film when I was a kid, no denying. The second film I'm not sure if ever saw it. Mortal Kombat was the game none of us youngins were supposed to play (but still did). It was the GTA of its day. Speaking of, I wonder when they're gonna get around to attempting a GTA film (no Ron Howard).
They almost did a "GTA" movie!With Eminem.... by travis-dane	Feb 8th, 2008 07:06:19 PM
as the lead actor!No joke!The deal was cancelled the last minute!Thank god!Variety has a new Videogame blog,you can read it there.
"For my greatest Fan"......... by travis-dane	Feb 8th, 2008 07:13:39 PM
Johnny Cage!
Whatever happened to Eminem? by SoylentMean	Feb 8th, 2008 08:30:11 PM

KEEP THE MORTAL KOMBAT THEME SONG!! by Mike_D	Feb 8th, 2008 08:55:53 PM
Please, for fucks sake..keep "techno syndrome" in the re-invisioning!
Finish Him!!!! by BetaRayBill07	Feb 8th, 2008 11:24:17 PM
This is ok- just stop with the Street Fighter movies please.
THE FIRST MORTAL KOMBAT = FUCKING AWESOME by Proman1984	Feb 8th, 2008 11:32:15 PM
Best videogame adaptation ever, no doubt. This will probably suck shiva's ass. And fuck yeah, we are suvvy, WE DON'T WANT NO FUCKING REIMAGININGS!
I'm not trying to be a troll by TerryMalloy	Feb 8th, 2008 11:40:43 PM
But Mortal Kombat wasn't even good when I watched it as a kid. And that Scorpion/Johnny Cage fight? Pretty stupid.
The videogame however by TerryMalloy	Feb 8th, 2008 11:41:25 PM
was much fun
MORTAL KOMBBAAAATTT!!! by thebearovingian	Feb 9th, 2008 12:41:36 AM
Liu Kang...wins.
Towards, towards, A by thebearovingian	Feb 9th, 2008 12:44:51 AM
Pretty much the move du jour for every character, right? Subzero's freezing iceball, Scorpion's harpoon, Liu Kang's flying kick, Raiden's lightning and so on and so on and so forth.
I've always said by TheBlackKnight	Feb 9th, 2008 01:39:06 AM
that I'd remake this story into an awesome film if I ever got a chance like that. I'd still do it.
I can clean that floor mate by Son of Spam	Feb 9th, 2008 01:51:36 AM
I wouldn't even mess with this one. The Mortal Kombat curse killed Trevor Goddard. Do we have to see more bloodshed?
Moriarty and Obi-Swan: FLAWLESS SCREENPLAY!! by TallBoy66	Feb 9th, 2008 01:58:41 AM
At least, that's what I hope it was. C'mon, give us some details as to what the script was all about. It was MORTAL. KOMBAT 3!! Was there that cold guy and that frog guy? Was there a half-cyborg guy? Me wantie!!
LAMBERT=Instant B-movie... by mr_sinister7381	Feb 9th, 2008 06:43:31 AM
His casting is the kiss of death...
keep the theme song " MORTAL KOMBATTT!!!!" by messi	Feb 9th, 2008 06:46:10 AM
doo do doo do doo doo doo doo doo. greatest ever.
Tony Jaa was Robin Shou's stuny double by messi	Feb 9th, 2008 06:54:28 AM
hahahaha. Tony Jaa is one of the most badass things to walk this earth. A cosmic being along with Zidane, Christian Bale, Alan Moore and Alfonso Cuaron.
The guy who made Into the Sun? by Knuckleduster	Feb 9th, 2008 07:12:24 AM
Bwa ha ha ha ha!!!
That's funny-Word Association w/ Drew: by TomBodet	Feb 9th, 2008 07:21:12 AM
We think-Mortal Kombat! HAW-and how long ago was that anyways? I think it's funny, people get branded w/ a tag and that's that. Gappa never got past the whole 'Gappa Sad' gag in the Osaka Press-poor guy, and you KNOW, no matter what David Shuster sez now on MSNBC, he's gonna be the 'Chelsea pimped out' guy. That's how it goes.
mr_sinister7381, it's a shame because by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 9th, 2008 08:08:57 AM
Highlander and Greystoke the Legend of Tarzan were both great. Unfortunately he peaked there. Also, there were no other Highlander movies. They just didn't happen.
SCREW ALL OF YOU ...I'M THERE by T 1000 xp professional	Feb 9th, 2008 10:51:12 AM
HA can't wait..I WISH I would've wrote the script to this one..Mortal Kombat has the potential of being a fun movie for the fans if handled right...Moriarty I love you, man, but chances are they are going to screw this up. It's alright though, 'cause we'll just put the blame on you.MK in Name Only + Moriarty = NeoMichael Bay ......HA i'm kidding..Man, I have to, I just haveee to, I am going to::NEXT POST::.
Damn You Drew McWeeny by T 1000 xp professional	Feb 9th, 2008 10:52:55 AM
Damn You Drew McWeeny
I'm SHIIIVVAAA! by T 1000 xp professional	Feb 9th, 2008 10:54:40 AM
::squish:::
Louisiana? by superzero	Feb 9th, 2008 11:31:39 AM
Ah what a perfect place to film story that takes place in another dimension. (slaps forehead)
Kool Cheats by lucky slevin	Feb 9th, 2008 03:11:29 PM
MK had one of the sweetest mythology's ever. this is one video game that , if they pulled off could become a cult classic . Baraka, Kabal, Motaro.. cmon these fucking characters are raw to the bone marrow.
Dont forget "Noob Saibot"guys! by travis-dane	Feb 9th, 2008 06:48:29 PM

Moriarty,I would like to read your MK3 draft..... by travis-dane	Feb 9th, 2008 06:50:27 PM
give us a link or something.
Awwww...I thought they were making "BREAKIN' 3"! by MrMysteryGuest	Feb 9th, 2008 10:00:17 PM

Did You Play DEADLY ALLIANCE? by TheRealMoriarty	Feb 10th, 2008 12:05:03 AM
Because our story essentially got repurposed into DEADLY ALLIANCE when the film didn't get made in 2001. It's very Sub-Zero-centric, with him as the lead, and with Rayden forcing him to step up and go into the Netherrealm to find Earth's missing heroes. I wish I could give you a link, but I don't own the script, so can't post it. Sorry.
J R RTolkien's "The Sillmarillion" made by.. by CeejayNightwing	Feb 10th, 2008 12:41:03 AM
Peter Jackson as a four part epic length movie; THAT would be the most important film of all time! ..Mortal Kombat was a shite film from a Shite game that looked like photgraphs cut out and poorly animated to look like they're fighting. That 2-dimensional bollocks was behind the times alongside the likes of Tekken and SoulBlade which are the ONLY two video games that truly kicked ass back then and also the only two that would make half decent movies based on their video game backstory.
Mortal Kombat was AWESOME ... but ... by Epsilon	Feb 10th, 2008 01:02:41 AM
Annihilation broke my heart. So, so, so bad. The best actors: Lambert and Ashby were so much of what made the first one. Granted, I dug Sandra Hess as Sonja in the sequel, but that's all it had going. Plus my dad died two days after I saw it. So, you know ...
I hope this movie is a flawless victory and NOT a FATALITY! by JungleJulia	Feb 10th, 2008 01:15:56 AM
Like Mortal Kombat 2 was.
I'd much rather see by Dingbatty	Feb 10th, 2008 04:01:42 AM
an adaption of the current Fraction, Brubaker, and Aja reboot of The Immortal Iron Fist.
Thanks Moriarty,I played DA and it was...... by travis-dane	Feb 10th, 2008 06:03:16 AM
good.Maybe I have to play it again to see some of "your" story.Thanks again.
Oh Sweet God My Christ... by micturatingbenjamin	Feb 11th, 2008 10:46:42 AM
So let me get this straight: They had Moriarty and another guy write a first draft, Moriarty is a name this 'savvy' audience member trusts! So they had you guys write a script, and then decided, no let's let our studio writers and the producers write it instead. Why do I get the feeling that this is going to be the same pitch from the beginning of Three Amigos that Joe Mantengna gives? "At first Raiden meets Scorpion, they fight. But then, they come together to face off with Shao Khan and respect each other." Producers' writing along with 'studio writers' = Batman and Robin. That sucks.
CJ... by micturatingbenjamin	Feb 11th, 2008 04:08:44 PM
Hey, as an old school gamer, I must have spent hundreds of hard earned dollars playing Mortal Kobmat, Street Fighter (in all its iterations) and all of the other games like World Heroes, King of Fighters and Fatal Fury...Now, that said, Tekken 1 existed alongside Super Street Fighter II and MK3...By the way, both of those games weren't the greatest achievements in gaming history. Mortal Kombat did something that fans wanted: The ability to beat a guy, then rip his goddamned heart still beating from his chest and hold it up...or just yank his head with the spinal cord attached from his body. Bloodthirsty bastards loved it. The FIRST three dimensional fighter is one of the most in-depth and fastest out there: SEGAs Virtua Fighter. Tekken came after, and wasn't nearly as good. Didn't get good until Tekken 2 and 3....Soul Calibur came out when Street Fighter vs. X-Men did, and was indeed a better game, but the old 2D fighter requires skill, whereas any spaz with palsy can get a cheap win on Tekken. I loved all the games, but MK will always hold a special place in my heart for the first time I saw the screen go dark and FINISH HIM! was followed by Kano punching into Sonya's chest and yanking out her heart...Tekken didn't have any HOLY SHIT moments like that. It did have a guy with a cougar head.
funny postscript by Kloipy	Feb 18th, 2008 12:09:42 PM
I mentioned earlier that Tony Jaa should play Liu, and it turns out he was Robyn's stunt double in MK2

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