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by **sdsichero** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:21 pm

New Line Cinema is bringing back Mortal Kombat, setting up a live-action reboot of the martial arts-heavy franchise that will be written by Oren Uziel and directed by Kevin Tancharoen. The director wouldn’t be the first guy one would think of for a chopsocky action film given a resume that includes Fame and, most recently, Glee: The Documentary, the 3D concert movie that didn’t do much business this summer. But both of those guys have earned the work, since it was their unauthorized viral short that breathed life into a dormant franchise.

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by **e_galston** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:09 pm

well they've been doing the Mortal Kombat Legacy on Youtube. and its authorized on there..

by **sdsichero** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:20 pm

e_galston wrote:well they've been doing the Mortal Kombat Legacy on Youtube. and its authorized on there..

Yeah the youtube stuff led to this.

by **misac** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:33 pm

e_galston wrote:well they've been doing the Mortal Kombat Legacy on Youtube. and its authorized on there..

It was pretty good.

by **Doc Jon** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:12 am

So who would you guys cast and what would be the general premise of your story.

by **fieldy snuts** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:14 am

Interesting. I'm curious to see what he'll be able to do with an actual big budget behind him.

by **eltopo** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:15 am

ugh
more reboots

by **e_galston** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:37 am

eltopo wrote:ugh
more reboots

well seeing as how the stuff they have done has been the best interpretation of MK, i'm all for a reboot. In all honesty i hope they take the cast they already have in MK: Legacy and just take it to the big screen

by **Greg** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:45 am

I was hoping the youtube episodes would be close to that original pilot idea they had, removing the mystical stuff, etc. But I believe producers got on them and started making them include all that. But I will say, the Scorpion vs Sub Zero episodes were top notch and I loved the Raiden episode.

by **Chesscub** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:00 pm

Will they sing after doing a fatality?

by **Strict31** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:53 pm

Greg wrote:I was hoping the youtube episodes would be close to that original pilot idea they had, removing the mystical stuff, etc. But I believe producers got on them and started making them include all that. But I will say, the Scorpion vs Sub Zero episodes were top notch and I loved the Raiden episode.

Without the mystical stuff, it ain't Mortal Kombat.

by **Greg** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:53 pm

Strict31 wrote:
Without the mystical stuff, it ain't Mortal Kombat.

Yes and no. And I won't get into it.

by **Strict31** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:38 pm

Greg wrote:
Yes and no. And I won't get into it.

You don't have to.

But Shao Khan and Goro and Scorpion ain't just some dudes from around the block who are a little too eccentric, maybe. And Raiden ain't just a guy with a god complex and a fetish for funny hats. And I've never seen anybody do kung-fu so hard that they shoot fire and transform into a dragon.

Mortal Kombat is firmly rooted in the mystical. If you divorce it from that, you may as well call it something else that doesn't rely upon the conspicuous absence of the letter "C".

by **Greg** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:45 pm

Strict31 wrote:
You don't have to.

But Shao Khan and Goro and Scorpion ain't just some dudes from around the block who are a little too eccentric, maybe. And Raiden ain't just a guy with a god complex and a fetish for funny hats. And I've never seen anybody do kung-fu so hard that they shoot fire and transform into a dragon.

Mortal Kombat is firmly rooted in the mystical. If you divorce it from that, you may as well call it something else that doesn't rely upon the conspicuous absence of the letter "C".

Understandable, but that pilot they had showed a direction where the mysticism wasn't necessary for the vision they had. I'm all for the magic realm, etc, but I was very interested in seeing that direction they were heading. I was looking forward to Baraka they had but was disappointed when they went to the video game version of Baraka when the Mileena/Kitana episode came about.