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‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

The Ringer-Verse

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Tv & Film

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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It has begun! Ben brings back OG cohost Jessica Clemons for a flawless game adaptation discussion. First they react to Nintendo’s announcement of a ‘Star Fox 64’ remake for Switch 2 and the internet’s notes on the game’s character redesigns. Then they talk ‘MKII’: their disagreement about the 2021 reboot, their overall impressions of the sequel, their takes on what worked well and what didn’t, their review of Karl Urban’s portrayal of Johnny Cage, and more, plus a spoiler section with thoughts on specific plot points, their expectations for the next movie, which ‘MK’ characters they’d still like to see on-screen, and the box office battle between ‘Mortal Kombat’ and the upcoming ‘Street Fighter’ film.(00:00) Intro(1:52) ‘Star Fox 64’ remake for Switch 2 announcement(8:00) ‘Mortal Kombat II’ reactions(24:55) Karl Urban as Johnny Cage(46:12) Spoiler section!(55:47) ‘MK’ characters we'd like to see on-screen(58:02) ‘Mortal Kombat’ vs. ‘Street Fighter’ at the box office(1:02:38 OutroHost: Ben LindberghGuest: Jessica ClemonsProducers: Devon Baroldi and Chris SuttonAdditional Production Supervision: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, it's Amy Poehler, and I'm launching a new podcast called Good Hang.

0:05.0

In preparation for that, I asked some of my friends to send in some videos and give me some advice.

0:11.0

Just be yourself and the guests will come.

0:13.0

Don't be the celebrity that this is their like sixth thing they're doing.

0:16.0

I love two crime and cooking podcasts. Is there any way you could combine the two? Well,

0:22.4

everyone has an opinion and a podcast.

0:24.8

So, join me for good hang.

0:27.0

It's rough out there. We're just trying

0:28.7

to lighten it up a little. Hello and welcome into the Ringerverse, your nexus feed for all things fandom.

0:50.0

I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor for The Ringer and Noob SciBot of Button Mashed, joined by my original co-host, Jessica Scorpion Clemens. Hi, Jess. Get over here. Always wonderful. That was a good one. That was pretty good. Thank you. Get over here. I can only do it a couple of times. I think I'm not supposed to go that low in my register. Don't wear out your voice. We have a lot of talking to do. Come here.

1:12.6

Always wonderful to have you back here. My OG co-hosts, friendship, friendship.

1:19.0

We're here to talk about Mortal Kombat 2 in theaters now, and this time actually featuring a

1:24.9

Mortal Kombat tournament. How about that? Will we pronounce a flawless

1:28.5

victory or will we like Shaqan declare it's official? You suck. Or is it, you know, somewhere in

1:34.6

between perfect and terrible? We will fill you in. And if you care about spoilers for a Mortal

1:39.2

combat movie, don't worry, we will save them for the end and give you a warning. Briefly, before we get to this, Jess, you saw the Super Mario Galaxy movie, right?

1:48.1

Yes, I did. And you are familiar with motion picture star Fox McLeod? I am. Motion picture star, Fox McLeod, 100%. Yeah, star of screen. And guess what? He's also a video game character. Did you know that? He's not just a blockbuster animated movie character, but he's been in some video games and he's about to be in a new one. And that is the talk of the video game internet this week because there was a surprise dropped Nintendo Direct, which is rare on Wednesday,

2:20.6

where we learned, really confirmed because it uncharacteristically had already leaked that there

2:25.6

was going to be a Fox McLeod game. And we saw it. We saw it in action and we know what it is.

2:31.0

It is a remake of Star Fox 64. What did you think of the announcement and the internet?

2:37.2

I'm not, I'm not the biggest Fox MacLeod. I didn't play Star Fox that much, but I know of Star Fox. The most I play of all the characters is just in Smash mainly. Of course. But I mean, the characters are cool as hell. I'm not going to say they're not.

2:52.5

The story, I think, is also really fun.

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