MK:A on Entertainment Tonight
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posted03/25/2012 11:37 PM (UTC)by
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Goro Still Lives
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09/17/2008 03:10 AM (UTC)
Does anybody have a copy of it? It aired sometime between October 6-10 in 1997, I have found very few sites that talk about it.
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Hattoris
03/18/2012 07:40 PM (UTC)
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I don't want to get your hopes up, but I *MAY* be able to track this down. I recorded this myself back in 1997 (ah, the days when the prospect of Annihilation being a good movie still existed), so it may still be lurking about at my parents' place... in "the archives". Wish me luck!

UPDATE! I FOUND IT! That was a little too easy... well, not entirely, I had to get into my parents' garage, which looks like an episode of Hoarders, and try to find a bin of VHS tapes. After looking hard enough, I found a tape that said "MK2 Movie Preview", and confirmed that it was the ET preview!

I can't upload it quite yet, but hopefully by tomorrow. In the meantime, I can at least tell you what's on it:

-A decent amount of behind the scenes clips from the Liu Kang/Kitana/Sub-Zero VS Smoke fight, as well as a bit of the Raiden vs raptors fight (clearly showing Ray Park doubling for James Remar)

-Quickie interviews with Robin Shou, Keith Cooke Hirabayashi, Talisa Soto, Lynn Williams, and Irina Pantaeva

-And a good deal of shots from the theatrical trailer as the ET host talks about the film.

It's pretty complete overall, it just slightly cuts off near the end when the Mary Hart-wannabe is about to say when the film comes out... but we all know it was fall 1997 grin

Also, as a bonus, I found a tape I recorded later that year with TV spots for MKA. I can upload those as well if you'd like!

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Goro Still Lives
03/19/2012 03:01 PM (UTC)
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Yes, please upload everything. Is there a way you can send me a VHS copy of this? How about anything from the first MK movie, like the TBS premiere, do you have anything like that? E-mail me at webmaster@wskel.com for more details on this and what you have.
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Hattoris
03/19/2012 06:29 PM (UTC)
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Wow, I haven't done a VHS to VHS copy in quite a while tongue I probably wouldn't be able to do that for a while, as I only have one VCR in each location I manage to migrate to (one in my house, one at my parents'). I'll at least be able to digitize the VHS tapes tonight if all goes well.

I don't have the TBS premiere of the first film though, sorry sad

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Goro Still Lives
03/19/2012 10:25 PM (UTC)
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cool, I could even do it for you and send the tape back if all doesn't go well tonight. UPDATE: Do you have any more VHS copies to anything? WCW World War 3 from 1997? Recording of the Live Tour? Network premieres for MKA? Thanks.
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Hattoris
03/20/2012 05:45 AM (UTC)
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Here it be, the Entertainment Tonight special:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTu4j5TBJh4

Need to get some sleep, but I'll upload the 4 TV spots tomorrow grin
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Goro Still Lives
03/20/2012 12:06 PM (UTC)
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Can you send me an AVI or an MPG of that file or use a service like 2shared.com? Thanks.
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Hattoris
03/20/2012 05:17 PM (UTC)
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Ended up having to make an MPEG2 since AVIs were too big for 2shared:

http://www.2shared.com/video/WW7f30Nn/MKAonET.html
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Goro Still Lives
03/20/2012 11:47 PM (UTC)
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Thank you so much, looking forward to the TV spots!
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titan
03/23/2012 02:36 PM (UTC)
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Did you guys noticed Liu Kang and Sub Zero fighting?
What's that?
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Hattoris
03/23/2012 05:27 PM (UTC)
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Sorry for the delay, had some project and house bouncing around tongue Here are the spots via YouTube (I'll try to upload AVI files later):

Spot 1: http://youtu.be/VK_r03oajro
Spot 2: http://youtu.be/Lq-fwS0pWeg
Spot 3: http://youtu.be/n_FS2GV9Q2k
Spot 4: http://youtu.be/lfg3QQnWOFo

Also, sorry the quality of the spots isn't as high as the ET segment. Since I planned to record ET, I recorded in SP, but the commercials were "happy accidents" while recording TV shows in SLP/EP mode in Nov '97.
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titan
03/24/2012 12:32 AM (UTC)
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Awesome!!
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sonicherosfan1
03/25/2012 10:26 PM (UTC)
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You know, I know MK:A sucks. But, after watching the behind the scenes thing on ET and the 4 tv spots. I kinda wanna watch it again now lol. Watching the spots and hearing, STARTS FRIDAY, really brought back memories for me, back in 1997.

I wonder if anyone has the other TV spots, that start out like, IN 7 DAYS. And the very next day, it would start like, IN 6 DAYS.
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Goro Still Lives
03/25/2012 11:05 PM (UTC)
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Yes, check my Youtube account. Just look for Mortal Kombat Annihilation on ET and start browsing for the other videos. I have a lot more MKA trailers and stuff.
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Zentile
03/25/2012 11:19 PM (UTC)
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Irina Panteiva's contribution was ground breaking.
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Hattoris
03/25/2012 11:37 PM (UTC)
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sonicherosfan1 Wrote:
You know, I know MK:A sucks. But, after watching the behind the scenes thing on ET and the 4 tv spots. I kinda wanna watch it again now lol. Watching the spots and hearing, STARTS FRIDAY, really brought back memories for me, back in 1997.


Same here... as I captured these files, I was thinking "what the hell is going on... why do I suddenly want to watch this? THIS?!" tongue
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