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The Mortal Kombat II Movie is Going For It
I did not care for the first modern Mortal Kombat movie. It was a dark, grungy mess that made a lot of weird story and lore choices. I’m a big MK lore nerd, and it all bugged me. But…yeah…I’m probably gonna go see Mortal Kombat II in the theaters. Why not?
I find it hilarious that this trailer could just as easily fit a first movie in the franchise. After the utter failure that was Cole Young as a protagonist in the first movie, this sequel is just going to start over again and bring in Johnny Cage as the neophyte who has to be introduced to the world of Mortal Kombat. Madness and hilarity.
At least my favorite character from the first film is coming back. Hopefully that leads to some entertainment value.
Also, sadly, no Smoke…at least from the look so far. Though considering how afraid these movies seem to be to put their ninjas in actual color-coded costume, any masked dude could be Smoke…
Mortal Kombat II comes to theaters on May 8.
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Will this darn week ever end? Maybe with some trailers
Man, this week. I’ve had a busy year and summer already, but this week takes the cake! But I’ve mostly made it through, and finally have something to post and share! Trailers! Movie and TV show trailers! I love trailers, I love having new things to watch, and I love sharing them with you lovely people who read this blog still.
First up is the first look at Mortal Kombat II, the sequel to that mostly bland Mortal Kombat movie from a few years ago.
All I can mostly say is…they seem to be leaning into the Mortal Kombat of it all just like the original Mortal Kombat sequel, Annihilation. That would be pretty wild. Mostly, I’m excited that they’ve brought back actor Josh Lawson as Kano. He was the only good character from the first film, and it was a damn travesty that they killed him off. Let us hope he has a big role in this sequel.
Mortal Kombat II comes to theaters on Oct. 24.
Next up is Tron: Ares, a movie I don’t care about, but looks very good.
I’ve never cared about the Tron franchise, and I don’t have any particular interest or anticipation for Tron: Ares. But some people might, so I’m sharing. And, honestly, that trailer looks fascinating. I love the visuals. I love the computery Tron stuff placed up against a real world city. So I might actually watch this in theaters.
Tron: Ares comes to theaters on Oct. 10.
How about Hoppers, the next Pixar film.
I haven’t seen Elio, but I probably will when it comes to Disney+. Pixar just isn’t the same. And, while Hoppers doesn’t strike any particular chord, I did like the idea of a human confronting the starkness of the animal kingdom. So that’s neat, at least.
Hoppers comes to theaters on March 6.
Lastly, a TV show trailer for Alien: Earth.
I’ve never been a big fan of the Alien franchise. I just don’t care for horror. But I’ll watch a prestige TV show when it’s good. And hopefully Alien: Earth will be good! I’ve got high hopes and can make room in my schedule.
Alien: Earth comes to FX and Hulu on Aug. 12, which is pretty darn soon.
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Mortal Kombat 1 is Here!
The latest in the Mortal Kombat series has arrived on all our video game consoles and it looks to be a fun one. All of these games are usually super fun to play. And as a guy who’s really into the story and lore of Mortal Kombat, this one looks especially cool with its universe reset and reshaping.
We’ve got one final launch trailer to share, introducing a couple of the less interesting playable characters.
Reiko and Nitara. Neat. Anyway, this all looks great. I probably won’t play the game for a while. I’m still deep into Baldur’s Gate 3 and so I’m not about to buy a $60 game just for kicks. I’ll wait for a sale, and maybe scoop up all the DLC at once. We’ll see. I’m most interested in Smoke’s new storyline, so hopefully that won’t be spoiled anywhere along the way.
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More Mortal Kombat 1 Characters!
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m a huge fan of Mortal Kombat lore. All the ninjas, the crazy characters, the worlds, the battles; it’s all great stuff. So I am loving Mortal Kombat 1’s approach to introducing it’s playable characters: these one-off little videos that introduce some lore and pop out a few characters. Here’s one for Sindel and Shao Kahn!
Looks great! I’m loving this whole concept. It’s almost like Ultimate Universe Mortal Kombat. Take all the characters, all the histories, all the everything, and remodel it all into a new and similar universe. They did this once before with Mortal Kombat 9, but that was more of a simple cleaner retelling, with some big story changes. This looks like a whole new alternate universe with the same characters, just told a different way.
Now I really want to play this game for the story alone! Mortal Kombat 1 comes out Sept. 19.
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Reptile To Get Actual Character Development!
Look, I’m a huge fan of all the ninjas in Mortal Kombat. I was the exact right age and exact right level of nerd to just get deep into MK lore when those games came out. I used to own a guide book for Mortal Kombat Trilogy because I wanted all the character bios. I didn’t even own the game! So I’m really enjoying all these character-focused trailers for the upcoming Mortal Kombat 1.
And the latest trailer gives us an actual deep look at Reptile, with actual character development. Has the green ninja ever gotten this much development?!
The trailer also features Ashrah and Havik, but who cares about them? I’ll grant you, Havik’s fighting style looks pretty awesome. But Reptile is the real champion here! Character development! Shifting back and forth between human and reptile! Death roll attack! And it looks like he’s on a good guy team through most of the story? How neat!
Man, I’m probably going to buy this game just for the story and the reimagined characters!
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