After seeing so many threads hating on MKA everywhere, with people trashing the movie for no good reason, always saying the same bullshit over and over again (probably just to feel better about themselves), I started focusing my mind completely on the good things, MK related, that the Threshold has brought to us. Namely, Mortal Kombat Conquest.
I picked up my MKC DVDs the other day and decided to watch a few episodes, to remember how hot the show was. I remember I loved it... but I didn't quite remember why.
Jeff Meek, Paolo Montalban, Daniel Bernhardt, Kristanna Loken, Bruce Locke and Jonathan Sloate quickly reminded me why I loved this show so much. Yes, alot of times there was some pretty bad acting. But for most of the time, I think, the starring cast put on acting scenes no shorter than oscar deserving, namely Jeff Meek in his double role as both Shao Kahn and Rayden; Completely opposite characters, but played perfectly by the same one actor. Meek played the evil and ruthless Shao Kahn quite well... but also displayed a more sadistic, humorous side of the emperor when necessary, while equally perfect.
The same for Rayden, who, for most of the show, is a sarcastic Thunder god who albeit funny, always brought a ton of drama when the scene requested, namely at the end of Immortal Kombat (his best performance, IMO) and at the final two episodes, contained in the MKC Final Battle DVD.
Paolo seemed like he was just being himself playing Kung Lao... almost every dialogue scene he was in seemed like he was just being himself; there was no character there. Just a real person. Sure, Paolo couldn't play an evil guy if his life depended on it (as episode Quan Chi proved), but still, he wasn't playing an evil guy for most of the show so that's just fine with me.
Daniel Bernhardt was, IMO, the most surprising of the actors as he was pretty damn good for most of the show, and he could teach JC Van Damme how to act and fight anyday.
Kristanna Loken, even though she played the ''american sarcastic girl'' role, which can be a bit anti-climatic at times, she played it just... perfectly.
The fight scenes, dispite using alot of re-used footage, were IMO fantastic for the most part, with very original moves, dramatic camera angles and powerful sound effects, not to mention the music, Soundtrack completely made by one Jonathan Sloate. Sure, it was composed electronically by just one man, but if it was instrumental it would be 100% perfect for a mortal kombat movie. For a tv show, it was awesome.
Well, that's it for now... if anyone else feels like showing some love for MKC or the first Mortal Kombat movie, by all means do.
