Mortal Kombat Video Turns Out To Be Fully Unofficial

Dude what? Professional actors, killer props, good cinematography, great camera work, a friggin helicopter, good FX, and a god damn choreographed fight scene that was pretty god damn amazing? Why would anyone put this much effort into a pitch? Make it 100 minutes long and put it in the cinema is what I say

I'm kinda disappointed now.  For the first time in about 15 years I was actually excited about Mortal Kombat.  Hopefully something good will come out of this trailer.

wish that trailer was the actual movie because that looked awesome

I wasn't fooled.  It had all the hallmarks of a fan-made spoof:  excellent but overbearing production values, cheesy faux-insightful screenwriting and acting, and really dark cinematography.  Though, it did look a hell lot better than any of the MK films.

DUDE. 
COCK TEASE! 
T___T

Bummer. I hope Ed Boon is taking note, because for the first time in what seems like forever, the entire internet was STOKED about something MK-related. And it wasn't even one of the games. Oh, the irony.

I was excited...why do they do this to me?

It did seem a little unofficial. The part about the babies being born with their eyes inside-out is an actual video on youtube. I saw it a long time age. Don't know if it's a real video, but I definitely saw that clip awhile ago.
 
Sucks. They need to keep that one guy's design for Sub-zero, though. And if they were thinking about re-booting the franchise, now seems like the best time to do it. Please... no more damn Konquest mode.

It's not odd for movies to start off as a mini concept piece like this that is very similar to the end movie, though it is odd that the public would see it.    I think Ed Boon had something to do with it's leaking, I think he realized the hype it would generate.

First Portal 2 now this! Fuck.

All I can say is
 
 
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW COME ON!

I was interested when I thought it was the lead up to a big E3 announcement.
 
Now that it's a primer for a hopeful movie? Pass.

" I wasn't fooled.  It had all the hallmarks of a fan-made spoof:  excellent but overbearing production values, cheesy faux-insightful screenwriting and acting, and really dark cinematography.  Though, it did look a hell lot better than any of the MK films. "

I sure hope they do at least something cool with it. I don't really see how it'd make that good of a game, though.

Saddest news all month.  Does it have to be Warner because of rights?  That teaser seemed like a perfect fit for whatever company made Resident Evil, Ninja Assassin or Saw.

This is what I expected, you guys are all insane. That turning into a movie is the best thing that could happen. I don't want that to be Mortal Kombat the game, cmon. Give me digitized actors and a blend between MK2/3, thank you.

aw man; what a bummer

MAKE IT REAL!

After reading that the teaser trailer wasn't real I had to see what all the noise was about. Hell even Twitter was exploding over this. And I must say that I'm highly impressed. Personally I stopped playing the Mortal Kombat series after MK II, however, I thought the first movie adaptation was done really well and true to it's source, with the exception of Annihilation. If another MK movie was in the works with a dark, moody, atmosphere shown in the trailer - I'd watch it. In fact I'm bummed that a movie like this isn't being made with how well produced the trailer was.

" @Siphillis said:

" I wasn't fooled.  It had all the hallmarks of a fan-made spoof:  excellent but overbearing production values, cheesy faux-insightful screenwriting and acting, and really dark cinematography.  Though, it did look a hell lot better than any of the MK films. "

But it wasn't a fan made spoof. It was made by the director to pitch to the movie studio in hopes of getting the full movie made. I'd say that qualifies much more than fan made. "

Hopefully this pitch turns into a real movie and they go forward with it. Otherwise it seems like it was a waste of a video story that seems to have some potential.

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This cheers me somewhat, because it's been getting a pretty damn big reaction, so maybe Warner will actually go ahead with it "District 9"-style. 
@jakob187:  
You, sir, are a LIAR! (regarding Sub-Zero)

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Wow, that really is a bummer =(  I was getting all excited for some new MK action and now I have a limp noodle in my pants T_T

I hadn't been TRULY excited about Mortal Kombat since MK3. Now I am hugely disappointed.

What a big fat bummer this all turned out to be. Hopefully Warner or somebody actually picks it up though. It's got potential. 
 
*goes back to watching the Mortal Kombat: Conquest television series.*

Scorpion is Kid Rock!

did WB Interactive  release their E3 games list?  
Aside from Batamn AA2 and F3AR

SWEET!!!
 
That's exactly what I wanted that to be, 
If they make THAT into a movie without watering it down to get a PG-13 rating,
that will be the best MK movie EVER.

I hope it does get made into a movie.
 
Then I hope they do capture in classic MK style and make Mortal Kombat Rebirth: The Movie: The Game.

So are we having a video game based on the movie?

I'm a lot more interested in a new MK movie than another game.

Fuck that. They better make that movie. It's so fucking awesome.

What a shame,It looked like it could have been good.

Does nobody else wonder why a fan-made Mortal Kombat Rebirth trailer would release almost exactly a week before E3? 
 
I'm sorry Jeri Ryan, but I call bullshit. Even if this doesn't have to do with a new Mortal Kombat game, the timing is too perfect to not have something else planned out for E3.

I'm SO glad that this isn't the new direction for the game. I have a special love for the current MK mythology, Quan Chi and all. I know it might be an unpopular opinion, but I stand by it.

unnoficial mk vid - better than the mk movies 
unnoficial street fighter vid - better than the sf movies 
 
noticing a patern here...

To be honest, the trailer was a little too Saw inspired for my tastes, although it was definitely an unexpected direction. I guess all this proves is that video game culture continues to be a bit odd!

Ryan Davis couldn't have been more wrong.

That was a fan project? I am very impressed.

Huh; that's incredibly weird and unorthodox that "real" actors would pitch in to create something unofficial. I guess they really love MK.

Hopefully they'll make it happen. I don't want to see them eliminate the supernatural side of MK, though, but they could certainly minimize it. I really loved the concept they had with Reptile.