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[cj_iwakura]

Only on three conditions would I accept this.

1. Reptile is in it.

2. He has to be fighting to this music.

3. Shao Kahn (the announcer) has to say "Reptile" out of nowhere.

Pound for pound, I think it remains the best game adaptation committed to film. The offbeat comedy, the music, the atmosphere... it nailed so much of it.

Only Resident Evil and Silent Hill come close, and the latter's studio meddling brought it down a lot.

 

[SkylineRKR]

First MK was a guilty pleasure. Loved it as a teenager.

Lambert was great in it. As was Cary.

Didn't Robin Shou sign for 3 movies back in the day? I know the second one ruined it all but it would be lol if such a contract would still stand.

 

[Spikematic]

Mortal Kombat was just so damn awesome. Loved everything about it. In fact I still pop in the bluray here and there and enjoy the awesomeness. It really is the best video game adaptation. I pretend the sequel doesn't even exist though. A third movie with the original cast and some fun newcomers would be amazing.

Also, everyone should read this, especially fans of the movie:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mortal-kombat-movie-oral-history-815287

Amazing read!

 

[friskykillface]

I remember the second one had those hamster ball transportation pods which made me go wtf but the beginning was pretty cool , all the new characters X Cage dying

Thought it'd be a great movie after that

But I still love the first one

 

[Mortimer Brewster]

We don't talk about Highlander 2
It was just a bad dream, it never happened

Lets just not talk about any Highlander film that isn't the first. They actually get worse as they go on except the anime one.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Ha ha ha ha ha. I don't think so.

 

[Bold One]

Awesome gif of sub-zero making ice pls

 

[Hubbl3]

I stopped caring about Mortal Kombat when MK4 dropped, but I don't remember time travel being a "thing". Was it in the later games?

 

[Slayven]

No one asked for this

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Sounds promising.





HADOUKENNN if old

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/44092/a-third-mortal-kombat-movie-is-coming

 

[El Topo]

The first movie has the GOAT opening.

No one asked for this

Speak for yourself. The first one is the best video game movie. Sure, the second one was utter shit, but still. I want this, I asked for this, I need this.

 

[Sanjuro]

No one asked for this

Jurassic World was a mistake.

 

[RS4-]

Jurassic World was a mistake.

I'd take another Mk over JW

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

In 2016 I've rewatched Mortal Kombat as well as Highlander / Highlander 2.

I'm genuinely shocked that Lambert ever got work to begin with.

 

[RK9039]

Okay


<neck snap>

"Hello baby, did you miss me?"

Speak for yourself. The first one is the best video game movie. Sure, the second one was utter shit, but still. I want this, I asked for this, I need this.

Agreed, I've been waiting for ages. Heck, even my Dad asked for this.

Every man is responsible for his own destiny, Mortal Kombat Annhihilation killed this franchise.

 

[Sanjuro]

I'd take another Mk over JW

Chris Pratt as Johnny Cage.

 

[Slayven]

The first movie has the GOAT opening.



Speak for yourself. The first one is the best video game movie. Sure, the second one was utter shit, but still. I want this, I asked for this, I need this.

talk about a backhanded complement

In 2016 I've rewatched Mortal Kombat / MKA as well as Highlander / Highlander 2.

I'm genuinely shocked that Lambert ever got work to begin with.

THANK YOU.....dude started off bad and actively got worse. He was a big bad on NCIS a few years ago and he sounded like he was just reading a book report.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I'm in.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

"Hello baby, did you miss me?"

The best part of the MK movie Kano is that he was suppose to be Japanese-American, but fucked up the accent so much (despite being British) they retconned the character into being Australian

 

[RK9039]

The best part of the MK movie Kano is that he was suppose to be Japanese-American, but fucked up the accent so much (despite being British) they retconned the character into being Australian

Yeah he always seemed a bit off in the film, luckily he gets killed off very easily..

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

THANK YOU.....dude started off bad and actively got worse. He was a big bad on NCIS a few years ago and he sounded like he was just reading a book report.

Highlander is a guilty pleasure of mine but fuck he's bad in it. Movie is saved by the Queen soundtrack, Clancy Brown having the time of his life chewing scenery and Sean Connery trying to maintain his composure while he informs the French man doing a bad Scottish accent that he is in fact an Ancient Egyptian come Spanish metallurgist.

His delivery during the police interrogation scene and when he says "hey, it's a kind of magic!" to the little girl are soooooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaad.

 

[Replicant]

Before I forgot, this song must be in it:

https://youtu.be/JHIfHL5UgFs?t=55s

 

[SkylineRKR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObHbkrh8qZM

Annihilation was so fucking terrible. Like, probably the worst movie I have ever seen. Its up there with Wild Wild West and some other stinkers.

But I had the hots for Sindel.

 

[El Topo]

I'm genuinely shocked that Lambert ever got work to begin with.

It's because Lambert is awesome. Not a great actor by any means, but very charismatic. Love the guy.

 

[Sephzilla]

Nope.

Why would you believe anything Boon posts on Twitter?

 

[Slayven]

Highlander is a guilty pleasure of mine but fuck he's bad in it. Movie is saved by the Queen soundtrack, Clancy Brown having the time of his life chewing scenery and Sean Connery trying to maintain his composure while he informs the French man doing a bad Scottish accent that he is in fact an Ancient Egyptian come Spanish metallurgist.

His delivery during the police interrogation scene and when he says "hey, it's a kind of magic!" to the little girl are soooooooooooo baaaaaaaaaaad.

Is Highlander 2 the jumbled mess I remember it to be?

 

[Denzar]

Is Highlander 2 the jumbled mess I remember it to be?

Dude, it's so much worse.

Talk about a movie franchise that deserves a big budget, Hard R rated REBOOT with a great action film director and fight choreographer attached, along with a good special effects team with a script that explores the actual lore and history of the characters, universe, and the tournament itself.

Or am I asking for too much?

You seem to be asking for a logical thing.

 

[El Topo]

There is no Highlander 2. There is no sequel to Highlander where they explain that they're all from an alien planet Zeist where they were rebelling against General Katana and that MacLeod and Ramirez had an alien wedding thing there. No movie where MacLeod built a shield to save mankind from the sun, no movie where he is an old man that walks around and kills two... alien assassins? That never happened.

 

[Slayven]

Highlander the series was the best thing to happen to the franchise. Well until the end and the movie.

And good god at the Highlander cartoon

 

[Dash_Riprock]

What's next, a Double Dragon sequel with Robert Patrick reprising his role?

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Is Highlander 2 the jumbled mess I remember it to be?

I watched the like super special director's edition that edited out all references to outer space and the planet Zeiss.

It still fuckin sucked.

I want to track down a copy of the theatrical cut to see how much more of a clusterfuck it is.

 

[RS4-]

I think I've seen less than 5 mins of Highlander.

Do I go for the theatrical or uhh, apparently there's a DC cut?

 

[Sanjuro]

I think I've seen less than 5 mins of Highlander.

Do I go for the theatrical or uhh, apparently there's a DC cut?

Whichever version comes with a 40oz.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

I think I've seen less than 5 mins of Highlander.

Do I go for the theatrical or uhh, apparently there's a DC cut?

The Director's cut has a shot of Clancy Brown licking a priest's hand, so that's the version you want.

 

[Bishop89]

Original cast or gtfo

 

[7DollarHagane]

wonder how much money they are going to lose on this project.

Mortal Kombat is still very popular in the states - I would say it's one of the top tier game franchises alongside mario, pokemon, halo, etc.

If you were going to make a videogame movie based on name recognition and cool martial arts it's a better pick than street fighter. The supernatural/horror element has more of a hook than the anime style.

 

[adj_noun]

I still remember before the first movie came out, I was so excited that I was going to see Sub-Zero and Scorpion fight each other.

So.

Excited.

 

[Diablos]

Why though?

Why do a sequel to a series 20 years later, when that series only had two movies, one of which was absolute garbage?

Why not just do a full reboot? And make it R-rated this time, and more violently faithful to the games.

This. Too much time has passed. We can't cash in on nostalgia so much to the point where we can try to pretend it's still the 90's and get away with it.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Why though?

Why do a sequel to a series 20 years later, when that series only had two movies, one of which was absolute garbage?

Why not just do a full reboot? And make it R-rated this time, and more violently faithful to the games.

It could be a "soft reboot" sequel like Superman Returns, Star Trek XI, Mad Max: Fury Road, Jurassic World, etc.

 

[skyfinch]

The dragon battle at the end of mk2 was sick!! Those mother fuckers were scratching the shit out of each other.

 

[VolticArchangel]

While it's tingling our fanboy/fangirl senses, there's no way in the netherrealm that WB would greenlight a movie or license the IP out to a reputed production. At best, we'd be lucky to get another season of the webseries or a Netflix original, and a subsequent DVD/Blu-Ray release of whichever that happens.

Don't see the guilty pleasure game adaptation market being significant enough for a theatrical release, in 2016 and beyond. Would be really surprised if anything regarding this gets further development.

 

[afternoon delight]

Independence Day, Pokémon, and now a Mortal Kombat movie.

Fuck is going on guys?

Our generation's got expendable outcome and those younger than us don't have jobs yet!

 

[HStallion]

Hire the director of the Raid and Raid 2, give him a decent budget and the freedom do as he pleases and let him use the fight choreographers he wants to and give it a pumping soundtrack.

 

[bobbychalkers]

Lambert was also very candid about why he didn't show up for the first sequel, saying he didn't think the script was very good.

You were in The Hunted, you have no say.....

Spoiler

I love The Hunted

 

[Cardon]

Despite the current popularity of the MK brand, which is strong in the video game and merchandising space, it's odd that WB has yet to actually get a new movie of any kind off the ground.

First there was supposed to be a new MK movie helmed by Kevin Tancharoen, the guy who did the MK: Legacy web series, but then he dropped out. Now James Wan is "attached" to produce but here we are with nothing. Hell, even the new MK web series is MIA and that was literally filmed in early 2015 to coindiced with MKX and WB hasn't said a single peep about it, perhaps because the quality is either terrible or they're having other issues.

So yeah, as much as a new MK movie of any kind, even direct-to-DVD/digital, would work I just don't see it happening at this point.

 

[KevinCow]

It could be a "soft reboot" sequel like Superman Returns, Star Trek XI, Mad Max: Fury Road, Jurassic World, etc.

I again ask the question: Why though?

Those were all long running series with a lot of history behind them.

Mortal Kombat had two movies, one of which was a decent martial arts movie at best, and the other of which was terrible even by video game movie standards.

Absolutely nothing would be gained by keeping the continuity of the old movies. All it would do is make the original MK characters - the ones people actually care about - hard to use because they're all 20 years older now, not to mention also dead in a lot of cases, and probably won't even have the original actors come back.

It would be a better idea to distance the new movie from Annihilation so people don't say, "Hey, a new Mortal Kombat movie is coming out! I should go watch the first two movies first!" and then get turned off by how awful Annihilation is, like how Batman Beyond distanced itself from Forever and & Robin.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Is Highlander 2 the jumbled mess I remember it to be?

Yes.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

I again ask the question: Why though?

Those were all long running series with a lot of history behind them.

Mortal Kombat had two movies, one of which was a decent martial arts movie at best, and the other of which was terrible even by video game movie standards.

Absolutely nothing would be gained by keeping the continuity of the old movies. All it would do is make the original MK characters - the ones people actually care about - hard to use because they're all 20 years older now, not to mention also dead in a lot of cases, and probably won't even have the original actors come back.

It would be a better idea to distance the new movie from Annihilation so people don't say, "Hey, a new Mortal Kombat movie is coming out! I should go watch the first two movies first!" and then get turned off by how awful Annihilation is, like how Batman Beyond distanced itself from Forever and & Robin.

Well it's a time travel film, who knows what that involves. They could have the old cast returning and other actors in younger versions of the characters, who would be the ones used in sequels.

Or maybe the concept is simply really bad and that's precisely why the film has seemingly been in development hell...

 

[Lutherian]

Is Highlander 2 the jumbled mess I remember it to be?

I have only one word : Zeist !

 

[sn00zer]

I feel like this just wont work with 2010s sheen, needs that 90s cheese.