I've had a hypothesis for a while that video game movies turn out so weird because they weren't what the producers initially wanted to do. Like the Mario Bros movie's directors wanted to make a cyberpunk Blade Runner movie, but instead got handed an adaptation.
Mortal Kombat was probably different, which is why it's closer to the source material.
. Like the Mario Bros movie’s directors wanted to make a cyberpunk Blade Runner movie, but instead got handed an adaptation.
But that adaptation turned out to be amazing.
They somehow made a cyberpunk alternate reality dinosaur movie but managed to incorporate so many elements from the games that it's silly, from bombombs to mushrooms to those Super Nintendo light guns.
I've had a hypothesis for a while that video game movies turn out so weird because they weren't what the producers initially wanted to do. Like the Mario Bros movie's directors wanted to make a cyberpunk Blade Runner movie, but instead got handed an adaptation.
Mortal Kombat was probably different, which is why it's closer to the source material.
Then there's whatever Uwe Boll was doing.
deleted by creator
But that adaptation turned out to be amazing.
They somehow made a cyberpunk alternate reality dinosaur movie but managed to incorporate so many elements from the games that it's silly, from bombombs to mushrooms to those Super Nintendo light guns.
Oh yeah, they actually made an interesting movie, but it probably wasn't what they wanted to make in their hearts.
An elaborate scheme to get his boxing career going by making bad movies, then highly publicizing an event where he challenges his critics to boxing.
Some weird tax evasion/money laundering thing involving German laws on arts funding IIRC.
Yeah, they wanted to make something like Brazil, but they add to add a dash of :AyyyyyOC: