The premise of Mortal Kombat is a fighting tournament held between participants from various realms of existence. The Emperor of Outworld seeks to conquer Earth realm. To break this kind of law Outworld must win 10 consecutive Mortal Kombat tournaments and they've won 9. The best fighters from various realms then compete to defend or conquer Earth realm.
The story change is one part of the reboot. An exclusive, high quality web series was also launched, which is the main focus of this post. The series retells the story as well, starting by introducing us to some of the main characters, each in 1 or 2 of 9 episode shorts with a number of recognisable actors (including Seven of Nine, Jeri Ryan, from Star Trek Voyager playing Sonya Blade! As well as Tahmoh penikett and more). The series is of such a good quality that it could have worked nicely as a standard 40min TV show in my opinion. I'm guessing the stigma of previous bad films and series may have ruined the chances of this...
It consists of 9 episodes and has been revealed to be the '1st season' and more episodes are on the way. From what we've seen it could span around 3 seasons. The cool thing about it is the human factor. Obviously in the games certain characters have magical abilities or belong to demonic clans. To a certain extent this remains true but a lot of details have been changed (in a positive way!) so that the story isn't too esoteric. An example of this (taken from season 1 and a leaked possible season 2 SPOILER) is the idea of demonic beings; Scorpion wielding a traditional kunai weapon on a rope rather than the monsters that shoot out of his hands in the film, Reptile instead being a human with a helth condition, Baraka being a mad doctor who implanted blades in his arms etc. Episode 6 in particular is an awesome example but I don't want to spoil it! All this adds to the overall realness and dark element to what's shaping up to be a very exciting cult series.
They are soon to be released on DVD as a whole but they're only 10 minutes or so long individually on YouTube, so if you have a free moment then check out the first episode right here below. I promise it won't dissapoint and then once you're hooked, the links to all 9 are also below. Enjoy and post your reactions, comments and predictions about the series' future.
TEZ's final rating (1-10):
Mortal Kombat Legacy: season 1 - ♞♞♞♞♞♞♞♞ (kinda looks like the MK dragon...?)
Might have given it 10/10 if not for the length of the episodes/series, I want more I tell you!
Episode 2 - Jax, Sonya and Kano (part 2)
Episode 3 - Jonny Cage
Episode 4 - Kitanna and Mileena (part 1)
Episode 5 - Kitanna and Mileena (part 2)
Episode 6 - Raiden
Episode 7 - Scorpion and Sub Zero (part 1)
Episode 8 - Scorpion and Sub Zero (part 2)
Episode 9 - Cyrax and Sektor
I was a nut from the beginning of Mortal Kombat, and I remember the first wave of a series - Mortal Kombat, and two follow-up of the original story - especially in its depth and nuance of the game, and the legacy of cruel death.
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