The next Mortal Kombat is going to be... interesting!

[Swamperon]

http://kotaku.com/5558339/if-this-is...vie-sign-us-up

So there's no indication whether it's a movie or game but it looks damn interesting either way. It seems they're going for a 'Batman Begins' style reboot, i.e. giving a realistic background/explanation to the characters and their powers.

[The Shawn]

Looks Brutal. It may surprise us.

[StoneAgeGamer]

Honestly I actually somewhat enjoyed the first movie (the 2nd was terrible), but it was still very cheesy. This reboot looks decent.

[Kitsune Sniper]

... Was that Seven of Nine as Sonya Blade? o_O

[Swamperon]

... Was that Seven of Nine as Sonya Blade? o_O

Yeah it was! Makes this an instant win my book! I enjoyed the first movie. It was good in a so-bad-it's-good kind of way. Second one was just pure awfulness.

[TonyTheTiger]

This...isn't Mortal Kombat.

I'm all for re-imaginings and Elsewords and shit but not everything needs to be "realistic."

[rik1138]

I'm pretty sure this is a trailer for the new game. I bet this will be revealed at E3 next week. I've seen some footage and animation from the game, and they are definitely going all out in the M-rated category. It's pretty disgusting (i.e., awesome!).

[todesengel]

Looks pretty interesting and all but the whole fantasy aspect of the the serious is what I enjoyed. Still going to give this new game/movie a shot though.

[Oobgarm]

Very interested. That was really well done.

[IronBuddha]

meh.

The movie looks to be straight to dvd quality, the decapitation picture of Johnny Cage looks like something I can do better with photoshop! Micheal Jai white and Jeri Ryan are not the kind of actors I would spend money on to go see in theaters.

I'm thinking maybe an opening to a new game, which even that idea I don't like. I don't like the idea everybody are psychopaths here on earth meaning no Outworld. But I won't hate on that so much considering this will be a new spin on the game which might not be that bad of an idea.

We'll just have to wait and see.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I don't like the idea everybody are psychopaths here on earth meaning no Outworld.

We're not even sure of that yet.

Why are there so many psychopaths in this world? What could possibly be influencing these people to go crazy?

I feel that perhaps Outworld isn't as left out as you might think.

[TonyTheTiger]

I don't know. I guess I'm one of the few who think this looks pretty terrible. Swap the names out and you could call this CSI: Insert Subtitle and nobody would even think of Mortal Kombat.

[Ed Oscuro]

Dayumn, Jeri Ryan as Sonia.

I know this is right in line with Voyager (NERDFAPS) and Dracula 2000 (lol) but still, hope this gives her a (deserved) chance to shine. I don't know anything about Michael Jai, though.

Edit: OK, having watched some of the actual trailer this time (ahem), that's pretty odd. Why did they have to beat up on poor Harlequin Babies anyway?

The sound effects are really shit in this too (hope they're better in the final...) but I could see who they were projecting the tournament fighter to be from pretty early on.

I wonder what role Sonya and Jackson could have since they're projecting the winner.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I don't know anything about Michael Jai, though.

He played Spawn in the live-action movie and played a mob leader in The Dark Knight. Aaaaaaaaand that's about all the recognizable stuff you'll find him in.

Given his performance in this movie, I think he can be a decent actor just as he can play a proper asskicker.

[Lanzo]

Looks cool but... where's Liu Kang?

[Emuaust]

This is from Ed Glazer's facebook..
"Okay, here's the deal. That Mortal Kombat video is a proof of concept -- basically a movie pitch -- from the mind of Larnell Stovall. Stovall is a fight choreographer and was part of the stunt team for "Black Dynamite", which probably explains the Michael Jai White connection. Bam."

[Voliko]

This looks really nice, but there are so many oppurtunities to go wrong.

[The 1 2 P]

I just watched it on Gamepro(couldn't load the Kotaku page) and it looks pretty good. Not sure if it's for an upcoming movie or game but it didn't look cheesy like most video game live action stuff. And Michael Jai White is a legit martial artist so they are once again looking to make the fights as real as possible for a fighting game movie. That fight between Cage and Baraka was also well done.

[heybtbm]

This...isn't Mortal Kombat.

I'm all for re-imaginings and Elsewords and shit but not everything needs to be "realistic."

Whatever you say.

[Streetball 21]

It was cool...but unless I missed something, since when did Baraka have long hair?