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Mortal Kombat Gets Real?

Is this a teaser for the next Mortal Kombat game? Or movie? Or something?

Jun. 8 2010

Posted by: Jeff

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Eagerly waiting for the GB follow up video discussing what this is all about.

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Haha 
Wow the PR for video games lately seems to be "Make web shows with a high quality amount of film making" 
If it is a movie this is the weirdest thing i've seen to start hype for a movie, but i suppose its possible. I find it more likely its to start hype for the game, and fuck is it doing it for me. The insane amount of puns in that alone, as well as all the little details in the background was rediculous! 
I forget who bought the mortal Kombat franchise from Midway, but whoever did I am sure wants to resurrect (since now seems to be the time for that) and honestly all it needs is a fresh new fighting system that isnt cumbersome and I suspect it would do well. Fighting games in general were never about story, but MK always did have the neatest imo. I dont mind them messing with it, altho the reptile thing being a genetic defect from birth is... weird but it makes more sense then him being a green version of scorpion and sub zero or some half lizard half human dude.  
It kinda sucks their doing this real world "take" on it though, as I kinda liked the alternate universe thing they talked about in deception (with Chaos, Justice, and earth being the three worlds or whatever) but this is definitely more back to the roots of the game (as originally I dont remember it being anything other then this absurd competition but it was on earth... all be it with really odd characters) and I like this take on it. 
Interested to find out what this is about and where this goes. I wouldnt mind seeing a resurgence of Mortal Kombat.  
Loved that game as a kid. 
I call BS on that though, Sub Zeros Brother? My Ass, haha
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That's Jeri Ryan as Sonja and I believe Jacks is played by Michael Jai White (he was in Dark Knight).   Their IMDB pages haven't been updated to show this so I'm not sure what to think.

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well...................that was weird...............

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So, no Outworld? I would have liked to hear the explanation for Sub-Zero. Also, Jax better get cyborg arms at some point.

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@ztiworoh said:
" The whole Reptile angle of having Harlequin Ichthyosis is creepy if you've ever seen people with the actual condition - I'd resist google image searching if if at all possible. "
Seriously man, I had gone a few years without thinking about Harlequin babies. Thanks MK!! :( 
 
The highlight of this video for me was Cpt Briggs' tie. That was pretty sick. The rest was lame.
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@CornBREDX said:
 I call BS on that though, Sub Zeros Brother? My Ass, haha "

Yeah, he's called Noob Saibot. Know your MK before you call BS.
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This....looks...FREAKIN AWESOME!!!! this was AWESOME. I've never been so hyped by a (potential) Mortal Kombat product!!! please please PLEASE MAKE THIS

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He was a movie star so we had him working for us undercover.
What?
 
Also, harlequin babies are the saddest and sickest thing - don't show me those video.

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awesome!  did you see who they had playing sonya blade?  she sure looked like jeri ryan.

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Edited By 234r2we232

Pure cheese. You can decorate it with fancy modern indy film tricks, but you can't take out the retarded silliness from Mortal Kombat.
 
Also, those helicopters looked like CGI.

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@sofakingcool said:
" What the fuck is this? It's not fake, no one would pay   Michael Jai White and Jeri Ryan just for a goof. But that just deepens the mystery. I really, really hope they aren't making a new movie and this is just some high quality story FMV. "
I'd much rather have this be a movie than the game. If there is "high quality story fmv" in a Mortal Kombat game, they're going in the wrong direction already. As a movie though, this would be epic.
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That was pretty amazing. I'm actually hoping that its a game with FMV cutscenes like this. That would explain hiring these actors and the high quality production.

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Wow.....that was alot better then I was expecting it to be, I'd watch this if it was a movie
 
And some pretty disgusting stuff in that video

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Im looking forward to this
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Poor Johnny cage, they always kill his ass. 

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Please let this be a movie and not another boring-ass MK game.

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I have no clue what the fuck this is, either movie, game, or something else, but it's awesome

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Movie openings for games are great if done well, and this one was.. Not sure if I'm gonna like this new subzero look though.

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all it's missing is
 
MORTALL KOMBAAATTT!!!!!!!!!!!

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That was pretty cool. whether its a game or a movie, I'll check it out. either way I would like a little more MK

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@ricetopher:
The video said he killed Sub Zero and didn't know it was actually his brother. That was what I was referring to. I know he had a brother. =P Sorry I was vague about it, it was not intended to be serious in any way, it didnt reflect my interest in this new turn on MK haha 
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This is the best thing MK has put out in the past 15 years

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Oh my...

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Holy shit! This teaser is pretty sick.

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Everything accept the horrible retarded fight scene was pretty great.  Liked the design, costumes and style direction they are trying to achieve.  A surreal tournament reset inside a gritty true crime laced world.  That really breaths some humanity into their long time stale character profiles.  Hope its not a movie.  Since it would just be a ton of ridiculous Bourne inspired craptastic fighting.  All show and nothing real.  Like the Bourne movies or all the Bruce Lee crap.  
 
Man that fight was retarded.  Its like watching the X-men movies and just waiting for wolverine to use his claws.  Fight shouldn't have lasted more then a few seconds.  Fitting that they fake killed Johnny Cage.  I always hated him.  Then his soul escaped at the last second.  Damn...  Bastard nut puncher will never die!
 
The chick who plays Sonya looked familiar. She has never done anything worth a damn, but I remember her from something.  She is looking really old and weathered.  That forehead was like watching Mel Gibson smile.  Bad choose of actor.  Should have gotten someone sexy and with a decent knowledge of how to deliver a line.  Without mouth breathing all over it.
 
The guy playing "Jacks" was badass.  Would like to see more of that guy.   Acting wise, he is definitely a strong lead role. 
 
It seems like a game that will have live action cut scenes.  Keeping true to the MK style of using real life images.  Not a fan of fighting games, but I would take a look at this.  A little story can really go far. 

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So Seven of Nine was Sonya Blade all along...
 
I KNEW IT

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This, actually, looks, cool

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Damn I think I just became interested in MK again, this is weird.

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Baraka's fighting style seems to be derived from capoeira.
 
Clues are 3:30, 3:43, and 4:04.

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has to be a movie   but either one i cant wait! 

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looks great 

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@SoothsayerGB said:

"  Everything accept the horrible retarded fight scene was pretty great.  Liked the design, costumes and style direction they are trying to achieve.  A surreal tournament reset inside a gritty true crime laced world.  That really breaths some humanity into their long time stale character profiles.  Hope its not a movie.  Since it would just be a ton of ridiculous Bourne inspired craptastic fighting.  All show and nothing real.  Like the Bourne movies or all the Bruce Lee crap.    Man that fight was retarded.  Its like watching the X-men movies and just waiting for wolverine to use his claws.  Fight shouldn't have lasted more then a few seconds.  Fitting that they fake killed Johnny Cage.  I always hated him.  Then his soul escaped at the last second.  Damn...  Bastard nut puncher will never die!  The chick who plays Sonya looked familiar. She has never done anything worth a damn, but I remember her from something.  She is looking really old and weathered.  That forehead was like watching Mel Gibson smile.  Bad choose of actor.  Should have gotten someone sexy and with a decent knowledge of how to deliver a line.  Without mouth breathing all over it.  The guy playing "Jacks" was badass.  Would like to see more of that guy.   Acting wise, he is definitely a strong lead role.   It seems like a game that will have live action cut scenes.  Keeping true to the MK style of using real life images.  Not a fan of fighting games, but I would take a look at this.  A little story can really go far.  "

Ya Sonya in this trailer is the chick from Star Trek Voyager.
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This looks like a movie, not a video game. Then again, it's lookin pretty good, so hopefully it will be out by end of the year.

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There is no way this is footage from a modern movie. When was the last time there was a fight seen as deliberate as that in a movie?   

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Oh man, I hope this is a reboot and not another movie.

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As someone who doesn't care much for Mortal Kombat, I was still genuinely excited by that whatever it was.

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That is Black Dynamite playing Jax
 
 
Yes

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That Sub-Zero looks deranged, I'm excited to hear more about this at E3.

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Oh my GOD! Talk about unexpected epic surprise of the day! That was amazing!!!
 
So well produced, and I actually thought the fight scene was badass, very inventive and not at all what I expected from anything with Mortal Kombat plastered all over it.
 
Chick who played Seven Of Nine (name escapes me) in anything is always good news.
 
Either way, anything but a new game and this will be awesome news!

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Calling it now! These guys as HD digitized sprites!
 
But yeah, I haven't been this interested in Mortal Kombat anything in ever.

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Movie or Game I don't care it looks awesome!!!

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Boon = Genius
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Wow, that was very surprisingly awesome. Really liking the super dark, gritty theme of it all, it sort of reminds me of the Condemned series in atmosphere.

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ewwwwwwwwwwww

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Okay, I tend to not swear but after watching this.... 
 
 
FUCKING WANT! WANT THIS NOW!

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This has to be a movie.  It does everything that screams "Movie", it has changed all the lore and modified it... and its got some cast members who are actual known actors.  Looks cool though, even if its not to the lore. 
 
- Marc

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it IS for a movie.
imdb pretty much confirms it with its news posts.
 
wow that trailer was f**king kick ass!
awesome!
 
i think the previous mk movies were horrible and many parts are barely watchable, but that 7 minute trailer alone made up for all of it.
 
im pumped

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ok so it's a ideea of a movie directed towards WB to make it they went to great lenght xD. read jeri ryan's tweets http://twitter.com/JeriLRyan