OT: “Mortal Kombat” Trailer Released
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:32 PM ^
I rented the first one from the tiny movie rental place across from pizza house, next to ricks....lol, bet not many remember that place. But I had it so long, they’d call and leave messages on my answering machine to return. Funny ones like, c’mon man, you’ve watched it enough, or, you have to have the lines memorized by now so you don’t need it any more....
While I did love it, I lent it to my buddy to watch and never saw it again. I didn’t purposely keep it.
But that trailer looks unbelievable!! Count me in too!!
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:57 PM ^
I think it was simply called Church st video. It was next Amer’s and the print place. I owe them maybe $20 in late fees that I never paid before they went out of business
February 24th, 2021 at 1:20 AM ^
We rented there fairly frequently. One time they informed us we had a late fee. We were surprised. “Robin Hood was returned late.” This seemed odd because we didn’t recall renting or watching Robin Hood. So we protested. “Robin Hood: Men in Tights?” he responded.
Oh no. We had totally forgotten it and once again felt the shame of our mistake in selecting such a waste of celluloid in the first place. Now laid bare for all of Church St. Video and its clientelle to witness. And even worse that because of the late return we were now paying extra for it.
That was a sad moment.
February 24th, 2021 at 5:16 AM ^
Okay, now we know why they went out of business: Lost revenue and no videos to rent.
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:33 PM ^
Didn't this come out a few days ago?
Plot looks like hot garbage, but that action... damn. Worth a watch just for that.
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:34 PM ^
It's going to be one of the worst movies ever made and I'm going to love every shitty moment of it.
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:55 PM ^
Like the 1st, at least my vague memories of it. Even as an 11 year old I knew it was a shitty movie, but... OH MY GOD SCORPION SAID GET OVER HERE!
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:41 PM ^
If you have HBOMAX you get it free the day it hits theaters...with Kong vs Godzilla & Matrix 4 right around the corner... same deal.
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:46 PM ^
HBOMAX is the best deal in streaming. Great movies, classic cult shows (I just finished Sopranos for the first time) and picking up new great shows (Search Party, funny comedy).
Can't wait for Mortal Kombat but I am going to have to fly to Arizona or Nevada because I need to see it in a theatre or IMAX. One of my top 2 favorite childhood movies along with Starship Troopers.
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:02 PM ^
You know. Starship Troopers doesn’t get enough love. I think the fact that it had all the standard violence and blood-letting of a Paul Verhoevan film, people took the film too literally. It was meant to be an allegory to WW2 propaganda movies. If you look at through that lens, it’s a pretty good movie IMO.
With that, the writer of the Starship Trooper book was totally embarrassed by the movie.
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:08 PM ^
I completely read that as super troopers and was like what the fuck are you talking about.
February 24th, 2021 at 2:52 PM ^
Shenanigans? We talking about Shenanigans?
February 24th, 2021 at 1:30 AM ^
Should have been embarrassed to be the writer of Stranger in a Strange Land. Starship Troopers movie couldn't have been any worst than that.
February 24th, 2021 at 7:55 AM ^
"With that, the writer of the Starship Trooper book was totally embarrassed by the movie."
How in hell can somebody who's dead be embarrassed by a movie?
Robert Heinlein wrote "Starship Troopers" and died in 1988. The movie version by Paul Verhoeven was released in 1997.
That said, it's a certainty that Heinlein would have hated the movie had he seen it.
February 24th, 2021 at 10:22 AM ^
I stand corrected, it was his wife and his die hard fans that were critical of the movie since it totally missed the intent of the book.
February 24th, 2021 at 11:57 AM ^
February 24th, 2021 at 5:38 PM ^
Yep. I agree.
I was a bit of cinema-ophile up until about 2003. I've been to Sundance several times etc. But I always admired Paul Verhoeven's film style. He was so right-on in the late 80's to mid 90s. I gave him a pass for Showgirls, but I lost it after Hollowman.
February 24th, 2021 at 8:47 AM ^
I came home from work one day and my GF was sleeping on the couch with Starship Troopers playing early on. She woke up, I chided her for having that on, and then held her on the couch for the duration of the movie in a forced watch. She (now wife) gets angry when I say she loves that movie...
She doesn't like many good movies because she has no taste. Starship Troopers, Spaceballs, History of the World, Mars Attacks, Blazing Saddles, etc...
February 24th, 2021 at 11:54 AM ^
I'm confused. Are you saying those movies are no good?
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:30 PM ^
I feel old having spent hundreds in the arcade playing MK when it first game out (and hearing the media lambast the violence in it).
I also remember being invited in off the street while on vacation in Florida with some friends to screen an unknown movie and give feedback before it's release. We got free snickers bars and a free screening of The Matrix. One of my favorite memories with my friends ever.
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:50 PM ^
Don't forget the Sopranos prequel. The Many Saints of Newark is due out in September.
Can. Not. Wait.
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:47 PM ^
No thanks. Teeny bopper bullshit.
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:59 PM ^
Teeny bopper
...You don't know what that means do you? It's ok champ, you tried, you tried your darndest to act superior, so good for you for trying.
February 24th, 2021 at 7:09 AM ^
Alas, how will I go on?
February 24th, 2021 at 10:57 AM ^
Probably by continuing to shit all over everything, you seem to enjoy that.
February 24th, 2021 at 12:25 PM ^
Not so much enjoyment, but duty to dookie. This movie will suck. Hard.
February 24th, 2021 at 2:44 PM ^
Of course it will! That's the point genius! It's not about how "good" it is, it's about being so over-the-top & not taking itself seriously so as to still be entertaining.
February 24th, 2021 at 3:16 PM ^
Yes, of course, the intentional sucky movie. Brilliant! This isn’t Sausage Party. It seems to take itself serious enough.
February 23rd, 2021 at 7:59 PM ^
Well gee Chuck, thanks for letting us know.
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:13 PM ^
Wut chu talkin' 'bout Willis?
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:03 PM ^
The guy that plays Scorpion is such an awesome actor (Last Samurai, Rush Hour 3).
The two older ones are such a guilty pleasure; however, I hope they make this totally different and don't get too campy with it.
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:26 PM ^
I added "OT" and embedded responsively.
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:48 PM ^
I'm just glad they're doing it right this time around. Don't get me wrong, I love me some campy, cheesy, mid-90s takes on Mortal Kombat, the kind of scripts that make your skin crawl when you hear the characters talk, but to do anything less than rated R is a complete disservice to the Mortal Kombat franchise.
Honestly, I would be happy with 90-120 minutes of nothing but fatalities. I'm not expecting a great script. I just want to see guys get their skulls crushed in, appendages ripped off, spines ripped out, and at least one truly great TOASTY moment from Scorpion.
February 23rd, 2021 at 11:31 PM ^
Well, a toasty would technically be one of the game producers making an odd cameo from the botton corner of the screen!
February 23rd, 2021 at 8:56 PM ^
Looks bad. Just like the old movies.
February 23rd, 2021 at 9:06 PM ^
You can say it looks bad, that's fine.
But it looks absolutely nothing like the old MK movies whatsoever.
February 23rd, 2021 at 9:08 PM ^
When this trailer came out (last week), I watched it like 7 times straight! ?
It may or may not be a "good" movie, but I'm gonna love watching it! I'm probably gonna watch it a few times. Lol
February 23rd, 2021 at 9:43 PM ^
Bloodsport was on tv on New Years Eve. Had nothing better to do so we watched it. Oh, the memories.
February 23rd, 2021 at 9:54 PM ^
1988-1994, in junior high and high school, I fed enough quarters into Mortal Combat at the old pink-house Pinball Pete’s that I could likely have bought a car instead.
February 23rd, 2021 at 10:16 PM ^
well you definitely didn't feed any quarters into Mortal Kombat before 1992, because the game wasn't even released into arcades until 92
February 23rd, 2021 at 10:09 PM ^
Utah Saints!
February 23rd, 2021 at 11:03 PM ^
WOTS no Johnny Cage in this one :( I needed another Goro cup check in my life.
February 23rd, 2021 at 11:32 PM ^
Didn't know that's how Jax lost his arms. Hmm.
Also...a tiny Maleena appearance....YES!
February 24th, 2021 at 12:16 AM ^
I saw the original Mortal Kombat in the theater on opening night in 1995. This updated version can only be better.
February 24th, 2021 at 8:20 AM ^
Would have loved this, when I was 12.
February 24th, 2021 at 8:41 AM ^
I'm 35- I'm sure I'll enjoy it.
You know, it's OK to like things that don't require high amounts of concentration. I love Interstellar and Inception, but I also enjoy movies like this.
No one will judge you any differently if you told them you liked MK.
February 24th, 2021 at 12:07 PM ^
I'm 55 and I eat this stuff up!
F4t4L1ty!
February 24th, 2021 at 9:02 AM ^
TEST YOUR MIGHT!
February 24th, 2021 at 10:37 AM ^
I'm a huge Mortal Kombat fan, but I wasn't really excited for the new movie until I saw the trailer. It may or may not be considered a good movie but I think it will be fun. The big mystery is the new character Cole Young who I think is actually Kuai Liang aka the second Sub-Zero. However that may be getting too deep into MK lore for this forum.
February 24th, 2021 at 2:19 PM ^
I watched the original on the evening before we beat OSU in 1997. This one looks sweet and I’ll definitely watch it. I’m superstitious af, so I’ll watch it the night before we play OSU in football.