Mortal Kombat 2021.

[CapeCodRPGer]

Red Band trailer.

In theaters and on HBO max April 16.

[Thomas Seitz]

I have a friend with something to say

[Andostre]

I heard about this when "Mileena" was trending on Twitter because people were upset that she's portrayed as less, um, Mileena.

Looks like they're going for the origin stories, which is ambitious for the number of characters they have. It looks good, but even if it turns out to be bad, I'll probably still watch it. I'm not into MK movies for the story.

[Orville Redenbacher]

Any word on the Eternal champions movie?

[Mark Hoover 330]

Saw the same trailer on YouTube reaction channels. I don't know, there's no heavy electronic beats with sound bytes from the video games mixed in as the fight music so I might not be into it.

Now, if Van Damme were reprising his role in a reboot of Street Fighter, then we'd have a hit!

[Thomas Seitz]

Well I mean we can't just bring back Raul Julia now can we, Mark?

[Andostre]

The only thing I actively disliked from previous MK movies is Liu Kang's bicycle kick. Everything else I embraced with open arms. But it looks like Liu Kang can do his fire stuff in this movie, and the normal jump kick doesn't look ridiculous, so maybe I'll be spared that this time.

And I don't know why you'd bring up the Street Fighter movie. That was a low blow. Like, 'Johnny Cage vs. Goro' low blow.

[Rysky]

Raul Julia died carrying that movie.

[CapeCodRPGer]

How come Chun-Li isn't in the Mortal Kombat trailer?

Speaking of street fighter. There are not enough face palms for this.

[Thomas Seitz]

Yeah well...some people get their fighting games mixed up.

Also, Rysky *slow clap* well played.

[Mark Hoover 330]

*Pours some out for Senor Julia* Honestly it feels like blasphemy to think of rebooting the Street Fighter franchise.

The one thing I'll say about the new Mortal Kombat movie is: since I'm not obsessed with the games or lore like I was a teenager, I don't know if they ever explained how Jax got his arms replaced officially so this is a cool way to tie that in.

[Orville Redenbacher]

I saw it, was ok. Kano got me through the laggin middle. Great opening and ending tho. I missed the cheesy electronic soundtrack.

spoiler:

I think the problem is they had two movies here. A sub-Zero and Scorpion origin story and an MK reboot. I think they should have gone with the origin story with set up for an MK reboot.

[Thomas Seitz]

I'm with Orville on this.

[Andostre]

I finally saw it, and I also don't disagree with Orville. If you like the franchise, you'll probably be entertained. The film was mostly predictable throughout, but towards the end they threw in some twists that I liked.

The villains are definitely more charismatic than the heroes, which is problematic.