Mortal Kombat
Hey, Do You Remember...?
Christopher Schrader
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2015
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
The fact that Mortal Kombat isn't a very good movie is probably not tremendously surprising. What IS a little crazy is that it's still one of the better live-action adaptations of a video game.
Chris was always impressed by the level of respect the filmmakers clearly had for the source material, Carlos had a few issues with some of the changes they made, and Donna had never seen it and thought this was a Jean Claude Van-Damme movie.
Topics include: the origins of the video game franchise and the controversy it created, which actress almost played Sonya Blade, which actor the rest of the internet wants you to believe almost played Johnny Cage (and why Chris thinks it's impossible), Shang Tsung's questionable motivation for manipulating our heroes to enter the tournament, why a Japanese deity is being played by Christopher Lambert, the decision to make Reptile an actual reptile, the character they created just to kill off, the awesome soundtrack, the terrible sequel, and so much more!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, do you remember Mortal Kombat? |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome, Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose-tinted glasses to see how it holds up. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Chris. |
| 0:32.3 | I'm Donna. |
| 0:33.2 | And I'm Carlos. |
| 0:34.6 | And today we're revisiting Mortal Kombat. |
| 0:53.2 | Thank you. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting Mortal Kombat. Once every generation, there is an interdimensional martial arts tournament known as Mortal Kombat. |
| 0:58.8 | The realm of Outworld has had nine straight victories. |
| 1:01.4 | If they win one more, its emperor, Shao Khan, will finally be able to invade and conquer Earth. |
| 1:07.5 | With the fate of our planet hanging in the balance, Raden, the god of thunder and this |
| 1:11.6 | realm's defender, handpicks three warriors to compete in the tournament on Earth's behalf. |
| 1:16.7 | When Mortal Kombat hit theaters in August of 95, the property was just about to hit the tipping |
| 1:21.5 | point of its popularity. The first two games in the franchise were enjoying continued success |
| 1:26.2 | across numerous platforms, |
| 1:27.5 | and the third had just hit arcades a few months prior. In addition to the obvious tie-ins, |
| 1:32.5 | like comic books and action figures, there was also an animated prequel to the film, another |
| 1:37.1 | cartoon series on deck, several soundtrack albums, and even a live tour scheduled to kick off |
| 1:42.4 | that fall. The most surprising aspect of Mortal Kombat success is not how much was extrapolated from a fairly |
| 1:48.8 | thin premise, but how quickly this meteoric rise happened. |
| 1:52.7 | In 1991, Midway Games gave Ed Boone and John Tobias 10 months to come up with a combat game |
| 1:58.1 | that would be able to compete with the wildly successful Street Fighter 2. |
| 2:02.1 | Initially, the duo was interested in developing a title that centered around action movie icon, |
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