This week's video was pointed out by none other than <b>Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/noobde/status/1663310302">via Twitter.</a> In it, <a href="http://www.giantbomb.com">Giant Bomb's</a> Ryan Davis discusses the first Mortal Kombat movie in <a href="http://www.giantbomb.com/tang-mortal-kombat/17-502/">the latest installment</a> of <b>This Ain't No Game (TANG)</b>. In TANG, Ryan dissects video game to movie translations and point out the good, bad and ugly side of each of them. For Mortal Kombat the movie, Ryan discusses how the movie still surprisingly stands up fifteen years later, despite it's shortcomings and cheesiness.
Check the video review out below:
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I personally think Mortal Kombat is one of the better video game to movie translations, and agree completely with Ryan's views. I'm actually still waiting for the movie to be released on the Blu-ray HD format, hopefully with some well deserved bonus materials. But I wont hold my breath.
There is also constant talk of a third movie, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Annihilation#Sequel">Mortal Kombat: Devastation</a> which will ignore the previous movies and "reboot the series." I don't hold out a lot of hope for that, but would love to be surprised. Lucky for us fans, the series would LIKELY be distributed by New Line Cinema again which is owned by Warner Bros. which has a great track record of allowing film makers to stick to the source material.
Come back next <b>Mortal Movie Monday</b> for another great video. We're always looking for great clips to showcase, so don't forget to <a href="http://www.trmk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12437">suggest us a future video</a> to be featured.
Check the video review out below:
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I personally think Mortal Kombat is one of the better video game to movie translations, and agree completely with Ryan's views. I'm actually still waiting for the movie to be released on the Blu-ray HD format, hopefully with some well deserved bonus materials. But I wont hold my breath.
There is also constant talk of a third movie, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat:_Annihilation#Sequel">Mortal Kombat: Devastation</a> which will ignore the previous movies and "reboot the series." I don't hold out a lot of hope for that, but would love to be surprised. Lucky for us fans, the series would LIKELY be distributed by New Line Cinema again which is owned by Warner Bros. which has a great track record of allowing film makers to stick to the source material.
Come back next <b>Mortal Movie Monday</b> for another great video. We're always looking for great clips to showcase, so don't forget to <a href="http://www.trmk.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12437">suggest us a future video</a> to be featured.
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