How to Make MKA Better?
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posted06/06/2005 05:21 PM (UTC)by
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TommyLee03
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03/25/2003 02:01 AM (UTC)
Okay I hear people all the time saying how much MKA sucked so how would you make it better without replacing the cast. I say that because most likely the cast members wouldn't return for a sequal to begin with.

My Idea:

1. Lose Shinnok!!
This movie was supposed to be about MK3 and Shinnok is there? Why? It was seriously pointless to have him there and if anything messed up the story, it was him.

2. Rethink Kahn Personality
Kahn was made in this movie to not look like the tyrant from the games, in stead he looked like a big "daddy's boy" and a wimp. My idea would be have Kahn bring back Shang Tsung (With new look and attire so if the original doesnt sign on have someone else, wouldn't look that bad and pays tribute to games) and have Kahn play the rols Shinnok played as Shang plays Kahn role as man in charge.

3. Sindel.
Why the hell did Kahn choose Sindel as a general after killing Rain? If Rain was the general he should of killed Ermac and threaten Rian afterwards, thus beginning or progressing the process of Rain's betrayal to Kahn. Plus why would you choose a woman who needs a shokan as her guardian to be a general, it should be someone who can carry their own weight not put it onto the next person.

4. Longer fight scenes.
Now I know alot of people hated the 30 second fights they did. Here's my idea, when it appears Milenna was about to die she should of gotten out, and did her rolling tackle move and run away. Then do what retile did and sneak attack every so often. That in my perspective would make her more lethal looking and finishing in a finale against Sonya at the end. Because there was no reason why Ermac and Sonya fight other than the fact no other fighter was available. It should of had a deeper meaning like Sindel and Kitana.

5. Cage.
No that was a let down, Cage beats Goro and Scorpian but gets killed by Kahn after two or three moves (None of which from Cage that hit). In my opinion, Cage should of went with Sonya to get Jax and afterwards or during he gets badly wounded and slowly dies, since in the MK storyline he gets killed by extermination squads this would also pay tribute to the movie. Not to mention be more dramatic for Sonya and to progress Jax's obvious friendship with Sonya.

6. The animality.
What was the point of that? To see Godzilla face a hydra? Look this may of been cool if Kahn killed someone that way and later Kang did his to him, that would be a cool end to Kahn. But peronally it was just a waste of film and good CGI. Definately not necessary, and neither was Nightwolf. He should of helped Kang a little and as Kang was alseep show him and Jade get into a fight where Jade wins, maybe pull off a fatality with the staff. But that in my opinion is all unnesscesary. It should have been cut out.

7. The ending.
WTF was that? Kitana kisses Kang, this wasn't a good ending. It should have been this: Kitana offers Kang a seat on the Edenian (sp?) throne but he decides not too saying he has to ready for the next Mortal Kombat. Now that's an ending, making Kang look like more of a devoted warrior. Afterwards Raiden escorts Kitana to Edenia, NOT turn into that smoky thing. Afterwards it could go into narration by Kitana about Mortal Kombat as the camera shows the Neather Realm and does something hinting at Shinnok and Quan Chi coming for the sequal. Now that's good ending material.

I'm sure there's more but right now I'm gonna take five and think up more. Feel free to pitch in your thoughts.
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It really is funnier after some1 gets hurt

08/15/2004 08:26 PM (UTC)
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u have a lot of good ideas. the fights should really be longer, kahn was too much of a wimp and daddy's boy, and the ending did suck. shinnok shouldn't be back in MK3, instead they could have quan chi show up and reptile turn into the dragon king ( since he's the icon for the series he should really show up). besides that i guess the good guys shouldn't always go up against the badass ones and win. it's annoing having liu kang beat the strongest guys right? it's like watching DBZ and having goku win every fight. too predictable. they need a new hero ( if they'll still have the good guys win - and they should kill liu kang like in mk:da ). so basicly they could use all your ideas, then kill liu kang, bring forth quan chi and through out the movie have reptile turn into and the dragon king, then have the bad guys win, then a second part comes out in like 6 months ( better be worth the wait - i hate waiting 2), then have a new hero like sub zero or scorpion or cage, and have a couple more good guys die and a small slaughter with some extermination troups. if they want to use animalities, they should only use those for fatalities. and the soundtrack really shouldn't be techno based.it worked in 92, but not it wouldn't work now. that's about all i had to say.
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TommyLee03
08/16/2004 09:38 PM (UTC)
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Yes I agree with that but right now lets stick to how to make MKA better and not that. No offense.
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It really is funnier after some1 gets hurt

08/17/2004 06:09 AM (UTC)
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none taken. i still watch both MK movies over and over, so just cause i name what's wrong with em doesn't mean i don;t like the movies. lol. especially conquests - i watched the series without breathing.
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slickmkfan
08/17/2004 07:51 AM (UTC)
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So true. A single episode of MK Conquest was by far, much much better than MKA.
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Kamionero
08/18/2004 06:15 AM (UTC)
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MK conquest?!??! I thought that was too much like Xena or that Robin Hood series they played......
I like MKA to have a couple of laughs and because Shao Khan's Fireball looked coo and Im not affraid to say it!!! So what if sheeva looked like a car thief with a mullet? Or that they used the footage of Rain diying twice?? U love it and U kno it!
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TommyLee03
08/18/2004 10:44 PM (UTC)
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hey i agree that mka had a few mistakes in footage but i think the worst aspect of it all was the director.

no offense to anderson and i dont want any stupid "paul anderson sucks posts" from this...i'm just saying he wasn't the man for the job

for instance:

1. The two Rain dying footage being re-used

Now that was just half-assed, honestly this was seriously looking like a low budget movie due to that. What they should of done is show Kang and Kitana leaving while sounds of Baraka screaming in pain were heard.

2. Killing off Sheeva

Another issue in the same damn scene (Very sad), killing off sheeva could of been a real good idea if it had actually had been by one of Kahn's own men. It was obvious Motaro hated Sheeva and Rain semed like a rebellious character in relation to Kahn which could make Sheeva a target for him. She was obviously underused and I believe her death could have been more of a benefit then eye candy.

3. the background effect

In the beginning I was seriously disappionted because the camerawork (Mostly the lighting) look absolutely NOTHING like it did in the original. The whole cloudy sky thing looked like it was made out of CGI and bluescreen. Very sad.

4. Kahn and Raiden

Now this gradually went from cool to a disaster through the whole movie. First off they fought, I thought "YES! Kahn vs Raiden, this can't go wrong". Then they started showing lightning bolts in the background for no reason and using sound effects that were OBVIOUSLY straight out of the video game. Then Kahn threatens to kill sonya...then after i slight change Cage. Raiden threatens Kahn's generals in a way that ISN'T THROUGH HIS CHARACTER'S POWERS!! Then Raiden LETS CAGE DIE!! After many scenes of stuff I'd call major mistakes (ex. Raiden's change of look) the story line gets even worse by having Raiden and Kahn brothers and Shinnok their father. I mean I'm ok with Kahn and Raiden brothers, but Shinnok being there was stupid. I mean that means all the final enemies in mortal kombats 2-4 are related to Raiden. Now that's just wrong.

So anyway what I am saying is is that MKA had much more potential...it was just in the wrong hands.

In fact hey, you give me the screenplay to MKA and I guarantee I can make it better. My e-mail is on the bottom of the post.

t2kbug03@hotmail.com
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Pretender
08/19/2004 03:21 AM (UTC)
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No... i don't think PAul anderson was the one who directed MKA.... don't blame him...
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08/19/2004 09:05 AM (UTC)
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pretender Wrote:
No... i don't think PAul anderson was the one who directed MKA.... don't blame him...


No, Anderson directed the 1st movie, John Leonetti directed the Annhiliation.


Heres what I think:

1. Better acting.

Robin Shou was a very good actor in the 1st movie and in the 2nd movie it was a very lackluster performance. In some of the scenes in Annhiliation his speech didn't even match his lips. Very stupid. Still should be in movie but with more re-takes.

Jade Actress, shouldn't have been chosen, not by a long shot. Jade's acting in this movie was very ametuer.(sp?)

Brain Thomas or something, not good, shouldn't have been given the role of Shao Kahn, probably Jerrery Meek would have been more ideal.

James Ramar in my opinion is a very good actor, but not as Raiden, Christopher Lambert is the only person who could portray Raiden. Stick to 2 Fast 2 Furious.

Shinnok, this was digusting. This guy doesn't even look like Shinnok and Shinnok isn't even in the MK3 storyline. Just get Shinnok out of this movie all together.

Sandra Hess, Sandra Hess looks like she would be a very good Sonya, but didn't do to well acting in this movie, I think she could have done better, like Robin Shou, more retakes.

Chris Conrad, Horrible, its obvious that he was breathing after he was killed by Shao Kahn, like Raiden only one person can play Johnny Cage, Linden Ashby.

Motaro guy, lackluster performance, but had a great Motaro look with a few tips he could have done ALOT better.


Storyline

Okay the storyline was bloody awful, not only was a majority of it having nothing to do with the games but it completley skipped Mortal Kombat 2. Raiden and Shao Kahn brothers? Good God. Kabal and Stryker have their names mentioned but it doesnt even show them being killed, would that have hurt the movie that much? The annimalities were just...HORRID, why oh why did they put those there, I'd rather see friendships in the movie, well animalities wouldnt have been bad if they put some fucking effort in it. And Scorpion has 2 spears??? WTF.


My suggestion is: Use the mk2 storyline, dont skip games it makes you look like a moron. And they didn't explain how Scorpion returned.


Costumes:

Sub-Zero and Scorpion's costumes were stupid. 1st off, Younger Sub didn't have a mask in mk3 and Scorpions was just awful, they were both awful. Raiden looked like he just went on a talk show and got some kind of make over. Jax, sonya, liu kang, shao kahns, and everyone elses were okay.


Character Development:

Basically what they did was throw a bunch of characters from MK Games into a movie and explained shit about them. Cyrax...Smoke...Rain...Ermac... WTF 2 Barakas? Mileena comes in for a 2 minute mud brawl with Sonya? waste of good characters.


Stick to the games storyline, and I cant stress it enough, do not skip games, I really hope the next MK Movie will be about MK2, but thats a 1% probability it'll most likely be about DA.
I think MKA is best left forgotton
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It really is funnier after some1 gets hurt

08/21/2004 02:52 AM (UTC)
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i still to watch it over and over. even if it's not excellent, it's still a badass movie based on the bloodies video game series. they have a good reputation. at least when it comes to games. i don;t think the movies were that bad, actually i;m trying to buy them both now and whatever i can find out of conquests, but if people never played the games they'll give MK movies a .....not so good rating.
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08/21/2004 03:49 AM (UTC)
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Yeah, even though the movie sucked, I still do watch it *until the Sonya vs. Mileena scene, then I cut it off.*...
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LoganMK
08/29/2004 08:51 PM (UTC)
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Solution: Let it sit in hell for a while until it decides to straighten up


lol you know it kind of makes me wonder how the actors/actresses felt about doing this movie? Surely at least ONE of them could of seen how bad it was becoming.
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scorpionrox
08/29/2004 09:35 PM (UTC)
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Solution(s):

Better acting
Better CGI
Take that ridiculous animality scene
Better fights
Longer fights
Less computer generated moves.


This movie was so horrible I feel insulted as a MK fan. It's really an embarrasment. People say "wow and people actually like these series" after seeing this horrible movie. First one was great though.
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tornadoboy
09/15/2004 05:35 PM (UTC)
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most of you cats have very excellent points. mka was horrible and I've been wanting answers for who thought of the idea. could you explain to me who put john leonetti who was director of photography in mk, direct mka? I still watch mka over and over to try and understand the flaws of this movie. ever since I saw mka four years ago for the first time I was clearly dissapointed here's why:

1. Christopher lambert wasnt rayden
2. Linden ashby wasnt johnny cage
3. brigette neilsen wasnt sonya
4. Paul anderson wastn the director

they brought in "actors" who "knew" the franchise and it wasnt true, you just dont do that in a movie. Mk devastation is coming soon and I was glad that chris lambert and linden are returning, I, as many mk fans out there dont want this to be the laughing stock of hollywood. I'm sure you can agree with me.
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01/02/2005 04:06 AM (UTC)
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Yup, I sure do. And if they continue to change the actors, characters and stories, I think they should restart the whole series. It would be pretty damn cool if we saw the first and second MK movies with better CGI. Just picture Goro...not as a puppet. Then, picture Ermac unleashing Noob Saibot without the lame liquifying scene. Maybe... like something we saw in the first movie, when Sub-Zero got pissed and then the ice started as steam from his belt. Something like that for the "unleashing Noob" scene. Maybe a more "Harry Potter 3's werewolf transformation" approach for Reptile! Now, I am aware that if they restarted the series of movies, they would have to hire completely different actors and actresses, but hey, isn't that a risk some of us can take? Who's with me? (Probably not many of you, but hey, bear with me)
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shankdaddy
01/03/2005 02:46 PM (UTC)
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MKA looked like it was written by the same 10 year old that designed the costumes for it. Everything about that movie was horrible. I can't believe the cheesy lines and crap costumes they used. Nothing was good about this movie.. yet as an MK fan I still purchased the damn DVD.

**runs to the bathroom to cry in the shower**
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01/03/2005 06:15 PM (UTC)
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MKA was the most horrible excuse for a movie ever. First of all nightwolf said he was going to put Liu Kang through 3 tests, halfway through that aspect was forgotten. Rain and Ermac were never refered to by name. Their were 3 Barakas and 3 reptiles with no explanation as to who they are and what they are doing there. How bout when the dragon tattoo comes off of the fallen warriors and Raiden explains it as their temporary portal passes fadeing away. If thats true then why did the same thing hapen to Khan with his bloodline pass? And the worst part of all, anticlimatic deaths to some great charecters. Rain, Jade, Sheeva, Millena just to name a few.

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Zentile
01/03/2005 10:52 PM (UTC)
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Quite frankly, I can't watch MKA anymore. Once I reach the nightwolf scene, I just can't bring myself to watch anymore. I do laugh alot up to that point, though.
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05/17/2005 05:37 AM (UTC)
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tommylee03 Wrote:
Okay I hear people all the time saying how much MKA sucked so how would you make it better without replacing the cast. I say that because most likely the cast members wouldn't return for a sequal to begin with.

My Idea:

1. Lose Shinnok!!
This movie was supposed to be about MK3


I thought it's about MKT rather rather than MK3. (Of course, this movie was just messed-up.)
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UltimateKombatter
05/28/2005 05:28 PM (UTC)
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Hello; this is my first post, so everybody be brief.

When I see Shinnok in an MK3 related movie, I'd swear, I'll go in the studio unaided but willing to fight, grab his neck, taunt him "Yo, Shin Boy... you only make your appearnce in Mortal Kombat [i]4,[/i] and if you [i]ever[/i] pop up in a MK3 movie, then I swear, I'm going to send you back to your lair. Got it?!", and kick him out of the movie. A recommended way on how to set this movie right. Sorry, bad news for Shinnok fans. confused

And another one: Make Kahn have the personality of a maniacal warlord bent on destroying the world, boot out Mileena cuz' she's a MK2 Character,
remove [i]all[/i] the computer generated moves and instead make it a [i]Real Kombat[/i], make [i]EXTREMELY LONG FIGHTS THAT WILL AMAZE YOU TILL YOU BORE TO DIE[/i], and - best part of all - Add better fatalities, you know, like you grab someone's upper body and rip it with great fore, kick the opponent to the spikes, and more of these pure attax.
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ALLmasked
05/29/2005 06:06 PM (UTC)
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for about anything that sucked the worst was ....a shit ending what a shit love story! do you think MK fans want to see that ? we're violent people were not paying these seats to see a love story and where's the blood and fatalities . that would make a great movie . aand how about making a fully animated film actors are hard to find
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05/30/2005 01:39 PM (UTC)
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How to make MKA better?

You can't.
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UltimateKombatter
05/30/2005 06:17 PM (UTC)
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Your momma!furious
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Frikandel
05/30/2005 06:47 PM (UTC)
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Well...in my opinion, they could have made a great improvement by losing the whole shao kahn-raiden brothers thing.

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