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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RUUETWIlfY I've loved this movie since I was a kid and still feel it holds up. But I always got the impression Sonya's actress wasn't very good at fake fighting or something. I still like this scene, though. I guess there's a virtue in knowing how to use what you're given. How is the new Sonya?
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boop the snoot posted:Other than some lovely CGI (Reptile and Shao Khan, mostly) then MK95 holds up really well. Even the lovely shrinking effect when Goro paid the price for breaking $500 sunglasses rear end in a top hat. I was 6 or 7 when this movie came out so naturally I had already played the M rated video game and was super excited for the movie. My grandmother didn't want me seeing it though because she naturally heard all about the EXTREME VIOLENCE of Mortal Kombat. Then the movie wasn't that violent at all and most relevantly to your post, she loved that scene and line from Johnny. We both ended up really liking the movie. Also I just wanna say, when commenting on Mk's infamous legacy of gore and violence, I've seen some folks in here saying "I haven't played MK in years, maybe I'll check out one of the new games now." The fatalities in the reboot franchise are hosed up and not enjoyable at all to me. Mortal Kombat was always cartoony - violent and offensive in the comedic style of something from the 90s. New Mortal Kombat is literally giving the fatality researchers nightmares. NikkolasKing fucked around with this message at 16:44 on May 3, 2021 |
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Neo Rasa posted:It's unfortunately not but should be. "I'm a pretty big shot myself. Ya know, back home..." How lucky for THEM..."back home." I can quote entirely too much of this movie from memory. But I agree totally with your point. Does anybody else remember some weird martial arts TV show from the 90s that the first guy Liu Kang fought was also in? I remember I knew him immediately upon seeing him in the movie but the show itself is a dim memory at this point.
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Dog_Meat posted:Slightly off topic, but I totally agree with this. I'm in my 40s, so "my" Mortal Kombat was 1-3. My friend's 11 year old son somehow got hold of one of the newer ones as we assumed it would be the same cartoony violence we grew up with. I'll always remember the most insightful thing Yahtzee ever said was his discussion of Manhunt. He said this is not a game any child should be playing and yet it's clearly made for children. He said something like "talking about all the awesome ways you can kill people is a good way to make friends in school, it's a good way to LOSE them at work." I've always remembered this observation because it's a fascinating little paradox. So many 'adult" things are actually for children or teenagers who long to be adults. I think New MK is very similar to Manhunt in this regard and you're right on the money But I am also old now so what do know.
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Dog_Meat posted:This is absolutely true. I have no interest in the SAW or Final Destination sequels as they literally became "hosed up death showcase part X", but as a kid I loved the Nightmare on Elm Street films and would be listening to the cool kids who saw them first describe the latest Freddy kills in great (and usually embellished) detail. I cringe when I think back to trying to fit in by telling my younger cousin all about the films I'd seen when in reality I was a 9 year old describing 10 year old's description of a film he probably saw on a terrible bootleg vhs. Saw and Final Destination would be the holy grail to me as a kid and NOBODY would believe me. For Robocop it was the guy who got covered in like toxic waste that always scared little me. He was just flailing around in agony forever. And your last point is very pertinent to me. I think it was a couple MK games ago now but the usual suspects were complaining about the new MK girls outfits. I haven't played an MK game since Armageddon and so I YouTubed to see what they were talking about. Shitlords are gonna be shitlords and it is inevitable that literally everything created nowadays will have somebody complaining about how the SJWs ruined it. But as you said, it really does reek of hypocrisy that "ridiculous exaggerated sexualization of women is bad, ridiculous exaggerated murder of women is good." It's all just performative, of course. But a company being performative to avoid controversy is in response to culture as you noted. The culture has to be hosed up and be okay with extreme violence but not extreme sex to produce something like MK. NikkolasKing fucked around with this message at 16:42 on May 4, 2021 |
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Neo Rasa posted:Weirdly I feel like the Samurai Shodown games hold up incredibly well out of all of them (except KOF of course KOF is eternally fuckin' awesome I've always been very impressed with SNK's storytelling through backgrounds and music. They just had exceptional art and direction in general. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-js616r9XY I grew up on MK which is such low tier trash compared to this.
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). 2 and 3 in particular are like aesthetic masterpieces, like 2 has some of the most "this background and music is ABSOLUTELY what this character's personality and story are all about on multiple levels you could build an entire game just about this one character and area" amount of focus ever.
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The United States posted:Animatronic Goro is great because in no way could they do the sort of knock-em sock-em destroy-the-garage fight the 2021 CG Goro does, so instead they get creative and have Johnny Cage punch him in the balls and then kick him off a cliff in a really wide shot. It's not really much of a fight but the Animatronic Goro and the brilliant puppeteers do such a great job selling the ball punch that's what people remember. And let's not forget Rayden hitting that random goon while laughing and then saying "sorry" Like I said earlier with Sonya vs. Kano, they really knew how to make the best use out of very little. I think that's a great virtue in an artist.
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