Mortal Kombat Rebirth?

[maximaz]

Besides, the Mortal Kombat film wasn't bad. It was a lot of fighting with cheap special effects strung together by a weak plot. Compared to the other game films of its day, it was pretty damn solid.

Fucking exactly. MK (95) wasn't an amazing movie in any way but it was good for what it was - a somewhat cheesy but decent action flick for its time.

This teaser has the same vibe in terms of cheesiness (I mean listen to the way Jax talks) but they dialed up the gore and refreshed the mythos, which is definitely needed. MK series came to a point where the series should either die or reboot.

 

[Tremer]

finally a news about mortal kombat

it seem good but i dont know

haha Scorpion as the protagonist (cry sub-zero fans cry)

 

[DarkCorp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_Rebirth

Link I got from wikipedia.

 

[UncannyGarlic]

This teaser has the same vibe in terms of cheesiness (I mean listen to the way Jax talks) but they dialed up the gore and refreshed the mythos, which is definitely needed. MK series came to a point where the series should either die or reboot.

There is nothing fresh about what they've done to the mythos. The MK mythos was not dripping with originality to begin with but these changes seem to be bringing the mythos closer to gorn horror films (which is fitting in some ways for MK).

MK2 was the height of MK in gameplay and universe so if they're going to reboot the franchise, they should use that as a building point rather than completely change the franchise. Granted, the MK plot was never really in any sort of shape for movies (the first two movies did a good job adapting it to cheesy action movies) and the franchise really hasn't been important since MK3 so why they would even want to make a movie adaptation is beyond me.

 

[maximaz]

There is nothing fresh about what they've done to the mythos.

uh, what? For MK universe, this is certainly a refresh of the mythos. The characters are completely reintroduced here.

 

[Crni Vuk]

but for the better or the worse ? Both Scorpions and Zeros trademark was their suit. Not that you made "realistic" looking people out of them ...

why they would even want to make a movie adaptation is beyond me.

Cause the industry is desperately runing out of ideas ... when it comes to blockbuster titles anway.

 

[Jet1337]

They actually got Scorpion's real name right in that demo. If you look at the intro screens in MK1, the guy in the demo looks like him.

 

[maximaz]

but for the better or the worse ? Both Scorpions and Zeros trademark was their suit. Not that you made "realistic" looking people out of them ...

That's a different issue and is highly subjective. In my opinion, it's better because MK mythos has gotten stale and needed some kind of a refresh.

We also don't know if they were supposed to don their suits for the tournament. The flash of Sub-Zero suggested that he was still wearing his suit, at least the mask.

why they would even want to make a movie adaptation is beyond me.

The first MK was one of the first video game movies so it makes a lot of sense, actually.

 

[Crni Vuk]

That's a different issue and is highly subjective. In my opinion, it's better because MK mythos has gotten stale and needed some kind of a refresh.

Of course nothing wrong with Oppinions. And I agree. Every old and known franchise needs a reboot from time to time ...

 

[MKSaibot]

That movie isn't Mortal Kombat . . .

This is Mortal Kombat,

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I cannot wait for this game, there taking MK more back to it's roots and the fatalities are going to be great . Can anyone say people yelling in your ear & crying because you killed them with one combo?

Hopefully Smoke & Noobsaibot make it in

 

[maximaz]

That's a different issue and is highly subjective. In my opinion, it's better because MK mythos has gotten stale and needed some kind of a refresh.

Of course nothing wrong with Oppinions. And I agree. Every old and known franchise needs a reboot from time to time ...

Humorous but doesn't support your point. That's just an example of a bad reboot but there are good reboots too. Metroid Prime was an excellent game, so was Prince of Persia. Also, Fallout only had 2 games (decent ones), whereas MK had 8.

 

[Crni Vuk]

Hey I am just writting "my" oppinion. And what I have seen so far from the MK movie doesnt really impress me.

Just to make that clear I am not talking about the game. No clue how the game will be in end

 

[UncannyGarlic]

uh, what? For MK universe, this is certainly a refresh of the mythos. The characters are completely reintroduced here.

It's a change for the universe but there is nothing fresh about the movie, it's going down a pretty tried and true path of action gorn (and maybe a bit of not scary horror) flicks. It's new for MK, it's nothing new for movies.

Humorous but doesn't support your point. That's just an example of a bad reboot but there are good reboots too. Metroid Prime was an excellent game, so was Prince of Persia. Also, Fallout only had 2 games (decent ones), whereas MK had 8.

Not really, MK was only really big for the first three games, with the second and third games being the best but none of them being designed and balanced well enough for competitive play. I admit, MK2 and 3 are some fun to play casually but the series fell into complete mediocrity after 3. Also, you're comparing game reboots with a movie reboot, it's not really the same thing at all.

That movie isn't Mortal Kombat . . .

This is Mortal Kombat,

Looks like a return to the heart of the series, I wonder if they're going to reboot the game franchise.

 

[maximaz]

It's a change for the universe

Yes, that's what a refresh of the series' mythos means. It doesn't mean that the concept itself is fresh, as in it has never been done before. It simply means the universe in the series is changed or refreshed.

Not really, MK was only really big for the first three games, with the second and third games being the best but none of them being designed and balanced well enough for competitive play. I admit, MK2 and 3 are some fun to play casually but the series fell into complete mediocrity after 3. Also, you're comparing game reboots with a movie reboot, it's not really the same thing at all.

I'm not sure what your main point here is. Not really what?

Oh and MK has actually been big throughout. All the 3D MK games went platinum or multiplatinum. Even the shitty MK vs DC, with mild violence, sold around 2 million so the MK games are a pretty big deal. There really have been 8 (successful) games released, not counting all the spin offs such as Special Forces or Sub Zero Mythologies (or whatever).

Also, I mentioned game reboots because Crni gave an example of a game reboot. There have been good movie reboots too, such as the Batman or Bond movies.

 

[MKSaibot]

Yea the new MK game is being made by Netherrealms's which is owned by Ed Boon,

Read this and you'll know why im so excited about it

http://www.themortalkombat.com/assets/mortal_kombat_announce_press_release.pdf

 

[DarkCorp]

For grounding the story in realism, some of the stuff is still pretty cheesy. I mean eliminate Baraka and Reptile or atleast switch them to purely codenames instead of some monster of the week X-Files sclock.

I do look forward to more gruesome/brutl fatalities more inline with the original than the silly ones. Also hope the fatalies are more anatomically correct with bone bits and pieces of human fat flying out when someone gets sawed up or blown up. Some people mention #2 but even by then it was hokey. I mean come on, two skulls or two rib cages sometimes after people blow up?? Or Reptiles superhuman tongue that can rip off a human head as in seperating it from the skin and the spinal column without anything like a bone saw?

 

[UncannyGarlic]

There really have been 8 (successful) games released, not counting all the spin offs such as Special Forces or Sub Zero Mythologies (or whatever).

Sales, a good game, do not make.

Also, I mentioned game reboots because Crni gave an example of a game reboot. There have been good movie reboots too, such as the Batman or Bond movies.

Have there been any good movie reboots of games? Bond did well with the first movie but the second one was panned by critics and Batman is so fluid and been so many things that I'd hardly call the new movies a reboot, certainly not to the level of MK Rebirth at least.

I'm not saying that some liberties and changes aren't in order to translate a game into a reasonable or even good movie, the first two MK movies prove that, but using the source for little more than the basis of character designs is hardly an adaptation, it's a complete re-imagination.

For grounding the story in realism, some of the stuff is still pretty cheesy. I mean eliminate Baraka and Reptile or atleast switch them to purely codenames instead of some monster of the week X-Files sclock.

Didn't you know? The X-Files and Men in Black are real, duh.

the deepest story mode of any fighting game.

Hahahahahahah, oh god. What a claim! They'll never pull it off! Everyone knows that fighting games are known for having the deepest stories!

That joke of a claim/mission aside, it sounds promising. At least they sound like their catching up to SNK and Capcom (Tag Team)... too bad they're more than a decade late but it's good that they are making changes regardless. We'll have to see if they manage to do anything interesting with the Tag Team (the Marvel vs Capcom series has done the most with it out of the games I've played).

By "reinvented 2D fighting mechanic" I hope they mean that they have made it more balanced and all around better so that it can stand up against it's competitors (Guilty Gear and Street Fighter being the main contemporary challengers, with Marvel vs Capcom 3 probably being on the shelves around the same time). I'm also not so sure that MK has ever really had a mature presentation, unless by "mature" they mean violent, so a return to it seems a bit dubious.

All in all, it's the first time I've been this interested in a MK games since MK3. I'm still looking forward to Marvel vs Capcom 3 more though, it's been consistently great.

 

[Crni Vuk]

*how things should be*>_>

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TXPFgRsVUE[/youtube]

 

[Multidirectional]

I had shitloads of fun with that Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe game at my friend's place, I wish it was out for PC. Street Fighter 4 was just boring in comparison.

 

[maximaz]

Sales, a good game, do not make.

Well, you are the one who started talking about MK being "big" only for the first three games. It actually had nothing to do with my point that the series has produced much more content than Fallout has so comparisons are not valid.

Have there been any good movie reboots of games? Bond did well with the first movie but the second one was panned by critics and Batman is so fluid and been so many things that I'd hardly call the new movies a reboot, certainly not to the level of MK Rebirth at least.

Any good movie reboots of games? Have there been ANY movie reboots of games? Again, this is taking things off topic. Fallout 3 was brought up as an example of what happens when series are rebooted. It was not valid as there are good examples as well. And yes, both Batman and Bond series were rebooted and both reboots are quite good.

I'm not saying that some liberties and changes aren't in order to translate a game into a reasonable or even good movie, the first two MK movies prove that, but using the source for little more than the basis of character designs is hardly an adaptation, it's a complete re-imagination.

And I think that it's a good thing in this case because MK has long run out of things to do with its' mythos and has told too many stories in it that have started to seem too similar (this was the point of the whole 8 games thing). Armageddon was supposed to be the last game with that storyline and a re-imagination makes perfect sense now.

I'd much rather they freeze the older mythos for awhile in favor of something different because it's not interesting anymore. I mean really, I already lost count of all the MK siblings and rivalries and agendas and realms. It's a convoluted mess that's more silly than anything else. At least, it was somewhat mysterious before. No matter how hard they try, they simply can't put that tone back into this old mythos now. Come up with some parallel dimension bullshit and run an alternative mythos for awhile then come back to this one way down the road. I'm just really tired of the same BS every time but maybe that's just me.