Actress Explains Mysterious Mortal Kombat Clip

[Herr Wozzeck]

Well that's just it.
I loved that movie.
The new one will be nothing like that.

Goro? Will he be in it? Most likely not and if he is, he will most likely not be a Shokan but some psychotic freak..

So let me get this straight. You're pissed off about this reboot because 'you', person, don't like how they're reimagining the material, because 'you', obsessed fanboy/fangirl, think that MK and fantasy elements can't go without each other and will gripe endlessly until you get your way.

So? Just because it's changed doesn't mean it's automatically bad. Jurassic Park is a good movie, and was one of my favorites growing up. But they sort of glossed over the discussions of the repercussions of the premise that were present in the book in favor of just letting things get worse and provide a good action movie. Is the movie any worse for it? Hell no!

I do film reviews on DeviantArt as a hobby, and every time I review a remake I try to see the original film first. And then, I give the remake two scores. The second score is how it compares to the original; the first score is a measure of how good the movie is on its own two legs. Why? Ultimately, the source material can really only heal or hurt the material in comparison to the movie.

The Uwe Boll Alone in the Dark is one of the worst video game adaptations of all time, mostly because it's a bad movie by itself with its shoddy editing, tensionless action scenes, uninteresting characters, and nonsensical story; the fact that there's almost no connection to the games themselves doesn't enter the equation until you consider the 'based on' bit.

Here's a question I think moviegoers like ourselves should ask at one point when we see these kinds of situations coming up:

"If you could go back in time and erase the source material so that this project would be a completely original work of cinema, what would you think of the movie then?"

If a movie is good by itself, I find I can forgive certain transgressions on the source material. If it's not, those transgressions ultimately make it worse for all.

(Oh, wait, I just wasted time typing that out; knowing how things are going to go, you're likely to come up with a two-sentence long rebuttal that make it increasingly obvious that your unforgiving nature about this remake is personal rather than logical. Okay, then, I'll save the work for you: disregard everything I said if you still think this remake is going to suck. If it doesn't, I told you so. If it does, you told me so, albeit for all the wrong reasons.)

As for my opinion on this? I'm supporting this effort, if only because it seems so damn awesome on its own.

 

[UltimatheChosen]

This is a case of not knowing what you have and playing to the lowest common denominator.

No, this is a case of taking what's there and adapting it.

The simple fact of the matter is that video games and movies tell stories in very different ways. What works for one doesn't work for the other. That's the main reason why most video game movies suck, and also why most movie tie-in games blow.

To make a good adaption, you need to take key elements and tell them in a way that fits the new medium. Two straight hours of people bellowing about a tournament and ripping each other's heads off isn't a movie, it's a juvenile collection of gorn.

Successful comic book adaptions are very similar. Look at Batman Begins or Iron Man, and compare them to the source material. Where the comics have a lot of internal monologues, the movies instead turn those into actual discussions with other characters.

 

[Skarlette]

While I can agree that it's not Mortal Kombat as we know it, I'm not against it, I would definitely go see this if it was made into a movie.

While I love the MK world that has been build since the first games, I think the earlier movies can't really be expanded. There is very little that could be built up for a third one... it's just DONE. So I think it would be best to move on.

I am not a fan of most remakes that have been done over the years. I was against the latest Batman movies when they came out because I really thought, we've been there and done that and why are we beating a dead franchise? Then I saw what the director did with the stories, pushed the boundaries, went in directions we weren't expecting... and it worked. REALLY well.

So while this would definitely be a departure from what we know... I think it would kick a**. And it might be just what it needs. The old movies were a bit... camp. But a darker MK... yummy.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

NOOOOOOOOOOO OMG NO! AW man this is sad, i I actually though thought this was a movie. aw this ruined my day. :'(

They never said it was an impossibility, so it might still become a movie. Also, please try refraining from using acronyms and improve your grammar, it's one of mine and many other other people on this site's pet hate.

Ah! The grammar nazis! Never failing to make mistakes when correcting others.

OT: I really hope it will become a movie. The trailer looks awsome, deserves to be converted to a real movie.

 

[superbatranger]

I'm on it.

http://www.warnerbros.com/main/help/customer_service.html

Do it people.

Doing it now.

People! We want this film! let them know!

Done and done. The bigwigs over at WB better give this the green light.

 

[Playbahnosh]

WANT!!!!

The trailer started out slow, but when Sonya sat down to the table I did a double-take. When I realized that she's Jeri fuckmothering Ryan I almost shat my pants. I want this movie made, and now!

 

[Giest4life]

Actress Explains Mysterious Mortal Kombat Clip

Remember that awesome Mortal Kombat re-imagining from yesterday? It turns out that it wasn't a trailer for a new game or movie after all - but it could become one.

Yesterday, we got a glimpse at about 8 minutes of what appeared to be "reboot" of the beloved 1995 movie [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101195-Mystery-Mortal-Kombat-Trailer-Will-Blow-You-Away]? In coming a week before E3, was this something to get us hyped up for the announcement of a new, brutal Mortal Kombat game?

According to actress Jeri Ryan - perhaps best known to nerds as spandex-clad Borg hottie Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager - who appeared in the clip as agent Sonya Blade, it's neither of those things. Speaking via her Twitter account [http://twitter.com/JeriLRyan], Ryan explained that it had essentially been a movie pitch - a short clip that a director friend of hers had put together to sell Warner Bros. on his vision for the franchise reboot.

Quoth Ryan, Tweets [http://twitter.com/JeriLRyan/status/15751686472]: "Okay, so... Mortal Kombat. It's not a game trailer. Actually was made for the director to sell WB on his vision for a reimagined MK film. More MK FAQs: I did it as a favor to a friend. No idea yet what WB's reaction to it was. And I'm not sure how you can contact WB [...] to push them to make it. But you guys are resourceful...! ;-)"

A Tweet from Wu-Tang Clan's Kevin Tancharoen [http://twitter.com/rzawu].

You heard the lady, everybody. If you want to see this become a reality, pick up the phone and get Warner Bros. on the line right now.

(Via Destructoid [http://www.destructoid.com/jeri-ryan-explains-the-mortal-kombat-clip-175871.phtml])

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Then I'll gladly call them up and scream, "STOP THIS SHIT RIGHT NOW! THIS IS NOT MORTAL KOMBAT!"

This is the Mario Bros. movie all over again. Damnit, isn't anyone seeing this!? They're taking a setting and characters that have already been established, and crapping all over them. The second I saw this, I was thinking "Thrill Kill", or "Manhunt", not "Mortal Kombat." What the hell is wrong with these people?

Don't do this, Warner Bros. Yes, you own Midway's franchise, but I will scream on every forum I know as well as in Gamestop until you cut this crap out and kill this thing. I love Mortal Kombat, and THIS is NOT Mortal Kombat.

This is a case of not knowing what you have and playing to the lowest common denominator.

Point taken. But I love the MK series to death, and this in fact, looks pretty damn awesome.

 

[Brad Shepard]

No... I... HERG!!! *Head blows up*

 

[rsvp42]

Then I'll gladly call them up and scream, "STOP THIS SHIT RIGHT NOW! THIS IS NOT MORTAL KOMBAT!"

This is the Mario Bros. movie all over again. Damnit, isn't anyone seeing this!? They're taking a setting and characters that have already been established, and crapping all over them. The second I saw this, I was thinking "Thrill Kill", or "Manhunt", not "Mortal Kombat." What the hell is wrong with these people?

Don't do this, Warner Bros. Yes, you own Midway's franchise, but I will scream on every forum I know as well as in Gamestop until you cut this crap out and kill this thing. I love Mortal Kombat, and THIS is NOT Mortal Kombat.

This is a case of not knowing what you have and playing to the lowest common denominator.

I guess I don't really understand this mentality. It's not like they're making it into a romantic comedy or anything. They're just doing a gritty, more realistic take on the idea. It's an adaptation. I mean, we have to be used to this by now. I personally think it looks awesome, but that's beside the point.

If every fan ever had your mentality, we'd never have gotten the new Battlestar Galactica.

 

[The Rascal King]

This Kevin Tancharoen has barely any credit to his name other than a Dancer in You Got Served and for directing a reality show. Then he busts out THIS shit? Wow, that's what I call climbing your way to the top .

 

[K4RN4GE911]

All I gotta say is, if it's a movie, I'll watch it, if it's a game, I'll play it. It has an interesting concept, the storyline sounds promising, and the best part? The characters are actually just real people. Even though the games and movies had the mystical story behind it, I like the fact that the short film portrays the setting and characters as almost realistic.

 

[waterblender]

i was little apprehensive about them taking out the whole fantasy elements. but i instead look at this as being the final piece in the puzzle. the first MK movie got the fantasy, setting and characters right, but none of the gore and action that we loved in the game. This movie gives us the other half.
Remember one of the rule of movies is the movie should be able to stand on it's own two feet and not what it could have or should have been.

(yes i didn't comment on MK2, that is a memory i wish to suppress)

 

[Horben]

Emailed the WB. Told them if this was made, I would buy a ticket, and the dvd too.

 

[ultimateownage]

NOOOOOOOOOOO OMG NO! AW man this is sad, i I actually though thought this was a movie. aw this ruined my day. :'(

They never said it was an impossibility, so it might still become a movie. Also, please try refraining from using acronyms and improve your grammar, it's one of mine and many other other people on this site's pet hate.

Ah! The grammar nazis! Never failing to make mistakes when correcting others.

OT: I really hope it will become a movie. The trailer looks awsome, deserves to be converted to a real movie.

Uh,what did you correct? You crossed out other and replaced it with other.

 

[Racthoh]

I'd definitely see it for sure whether it was called Mortal Kombat or not. If MK fans don't want to acknowledge any ties it makes with the series, then fine, I do the same thing when I think of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

 

[The Youth Counselor]

Although I enjoyed that clip, I probably won't be willing to sit through an entire movie revolving around it.

Honestly if we just heard over the wire that they're rebooting the Kombat movies, and it's a gritty urban re-imagining we would think it sounds terrible. The Kombat movies never had much going for it. They completely lacked depth or intelligence. They would be changing dumb movies in a fantasy setting to dumb movies in a familiar setting.

However I would LOVE a new Kombat game, set in an alternate reality with that pitch in mind.

 

[Schreck157]

I just told everyone i know on facebook to tell WB to make this thing into a movie.
Crossing fingers now x0.ox

 

[Dommyboy]

I totally posted this first.