RedSumac speaks the truth again.

Folks, Hollywood is a money game. Case in point, the new movie "Escape Plan" starring Schwarzenegger and Stallone. It's considered a flop. Why? Because nobody cares about Stallone and Schwarzenegger anymore. They were two huge names in the 1990s and seeing them together in a movie was once considered a dream. But Hollywood didn't capitalize on that opportunity, eventually everybody stopped giving a shit. Now that it has happened a lot of people didn't give a shit. It was a great movie and definitely reflected the action from the 1990s but without the audience flare it doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being a success.

I would love to see Mortal Kombat as another movie or TV series. But as it's been said, even with the release of current martial arts movies clamoring to the MMA trend (Here Comes the Boom and Warrior) fan reception hasn't been very well-received.

I also recall video game to movie adaptations have also dwindled. We're now getting word Warcraft is being made into a film - that's been rumored since its release when video game to movie adaptations were in their heyday. And I'm pretty sure both Resident Evil and Silent Hill movies haven't been much of a win to film studios.

Except for Scott Pilgrim (huge bomb but awesome movie), comic book adaptations of superheroes and literary work adaptations are back and seem poised to stay.

THAT is the problem..? Really?

From point of view of the writers, yes, it is a problem. It's hard to pick up what you want to have in the movie and what not.

I'm happy about this as well. KTanch wasn't the right guy for the job. I thank him for getting the ball rolling again or at least getting our hopes up. But what do you people expect? His first take on MK with a more realistic tone was Loved by some but hated by many due to it not sticking to the real storyline. It gets him in the door to directing the web series and he wants to appeal to hardcore fans but fails to realize that the MK storyline is so fucked and filled with so many holes and retcons that MK should never see the big screen ever again. And if it ever does it will have Major changes to the storyline and people will still bitch.

Erm...I am sorry, but this is entirely not true.
MKL was new approach to the MK mythos, which was quite opposed from some fans. And MK general story is not filled with plotholes. There are few things here and there, that need some additional explanation, but there are no mind-blowing plotholes or retcons.
MK9 being soft reboot is entirely different beast.

A soft reboot that was a still a POS. And yeah, no shit no cares about Sly and Arnie anymore, combined they're about 150 years old. Kids today don't wanna see movies about old dudes doing whatever dumb shit.

LOL!!!

If Legacy Season 2 was any indication of how the movie was gonna be then this is terrific news. As for the movie being up in the air, that's fine. I'd rather have nothing than a complete shit movie churned out just to have something.

I have to agree as well. I think we saw this demonstrated in MK Annihilation, where they tried to throw in every character they possibly could, and sacrificed just about everything else. They had no idea what they were doing with anyone in that film.

MK has a FANTASTIC and huge cast of characters, and a wonderful mythos already developed. They just keep screwing it all up when it comes to the big screen (or little screen in the case of tv shows, though Konquest was pretty decent). They just seem intent on adding things that don't really need to be there, or trying to reinvent the wheel when the wheel that has already been invented works perfectly fine.

That's Hollywood for you, always thinking they know better.

Better than who exactly, in this case?
Creators of the game series, who don't involved in the movies that much? Fans, who more often then then not have unrealistic expectations and weird headcanons? Who?

It was in regards to Annihilation, which was a steaming pile of Motaro excrement.

Sadly, MK continues to be a one-hit wonder in terms of non-game related broadcast media, and now Threshold no longer shares all of the blame for that.

First off I am not any type of person. Second the proof is in the numbers and everyone has a a voice that they can use with youtube. The numbers of likes to dislikes was insanely different and to say that it failed without having any proof to prove different but having proof to say that 31,000 + to 800+ is failing again...just insanity..

Now as for the series itself.. Honestly nothing KT or any other director did or can do will make everyone happy. It simply isn't going to happen. When it comes to making any medium in the media if it be comic books, movies, tv shows no one voice has direct influence on it because of the structure of hot it is made. A kick start could start tomorrow to produce a mortal Kombat Movie with James Cameron as the director and still someone some place on some forum would complain about it. Hell most of you would still say it failed which is fine.. this place has been known to me more negative with feed back when it comes to other mediums then positive anyway..

Personally what I think people should walk away from this with is that a new direction is in the air. Everyone here who thinks they can do better should TRY.. BE VOCAL...and make it clear what we want..

cause really at this point if your not vocal they aren't going to notice... but personally I enjoyed the series.. I look forward to seeing more of it... no matter who is directing it.. Mortal Kombat has always held a very special place in my heart and I love seeing others who enjoy it make something great come from it... even the not so great stuff still shows to me what an awesome series it is...

I would love to see Paul Anderson return as the director, the first MK movie is still the best adaptation as far as I'm concerned, most of the original '95' movies cast looked and acted just like the MK characters from the games, whatever the case I hope the next director uses Stryker and gives him the screen time he deserves.

Holy shit dude, you don't read do you?



ATTENTION everyone! If you don't take the time to thumb down a video that means you liked it! Who cares about your youtube comment that was bashing the video. We're only going to pay attention to the voting feature.

If person didn't take time to thumb down video than it does mean, that that person don't hate it. Kind of simple, eh?

I don't thumb down videos I hated. I just close the fucking tab. I know I'm not the only one out there who does this.

Great logic you all have here. I'd hate to have you as an employee, let alone in a leadership position. Your moronic assumptions that you consider intellectual conclusions would bring nothing but failure.

Of course, you are the one!! The shining beacon of truth in the darkness of ignorance and foolishness!!
I just hope you, poor human, will not implode from your own sense of righteousness. Though maybe I should hope for something different, like you will become smarter. Eh, not likely.

Yeah, I don't bother with, thumbs up or down. If I do not like it, I just move on and watch something else.

I am not saying you specifically liked it..I am saying that blank number of people DID take the time to say they liked it..and blank Number of people are saying they didn't... it has nothing to do with you but it does come as a FACT that the numbers are shown

Thank the lord, MK legacy was total garbage. I don't believe for a moment that Ktanc really cared about Mortal Kombat in general. I believe he was just using the brand as a career pusher. I think he only got anywhere near Warner Bros. was because of his sister's connections. Being an MK fan aside, I know a lot about film, there was absolutely NO reason for MK legacy looking the way it did. The cinematography, wardrobe, the editing... this guy had no idea what he was doing.

And MK Rebirth was also done for that?

Rebirth's posting preceded a ton of hype, two web series and took Kevin from unknown to nearly directing a feature film for Warner. Kev's ideas may suck harder than Dirt Devil, but he's not stupid. Rebirth was far too calculating to be a pure fan work.

In any event, so far as I'm concerned, nothing of value has been lost.

I couldn't have said it any better myself!