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This is true, and they also spend a lot of time killing one another as well. Or at least trying to kill one another. Shao Khan kills Rain Sheeva tries to kill Motaro Sub-Zero and Scorpion fight One thing I noticed is that a lot of characters are introduced and then get beaten and die and you NEVER KNOW THEIR NAMES. I mean, people who played the games know, but the following characters just show up, fight, and at no point does anyone introduce them nor do they introduce themselves: - Scorpion - Ermac (I think) - Mileena - Cyrax - Noob Saibot - Baraka(s) - Smoke (I think) So bad.

The best part of the episode was how well done the CGI dog was. Even through my headphones those 1s and 0s sounded so crisp.

Bumping this because now that they've watched the first Mortal Kombat the sequel MUST BE DONE. I have a fondness for the first movie. It isn't by any standards good, but it was one of the first game-to-film translations that wasn't the worst thing ever. Goofy, and badly scripted, but fun with some engaging fight scenes. Plus I thought for the time the effects and costumes were pretty decent. The sequel (which I watched again this past week) is so fucking insane that it's hard to understand HOW it managed to be what it was following the first movie. Not only did it have a BIGGER budget, but it was riding the success of its predecessor which means that it should have been at least on par with the first movie. IN ANY WAY. BUT IT ISN'T. It has some of the worst CGI I've seen in a feature film, especially when you consider the fact that it was released in the same year as movies such as The Fifth Element, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Men in Black, and fucking TITANIC. To make a character appear to do a flip the film uses no less than 4 camera angles to pull off the visual trickery, the costumes look like shitty plastic knockoffs found in stores that are only open during the two months preceding Halloween, and the dialogue is worse than early-90s fansub anime. There is no redeeming quality in this movie save for that it is so bad it is nearly unbelievable. Even the most devoted Mortal Kombat fanatic hates this film. If you want a treat, read the Goofs portion of IMDB regarding Mortal Kombat Annihilation. When a movie's goofs feature more than three instances of "visible wires" you know it is bad.

And the coolest feature of the toy was a pair of orange breakaway handcuffs that you could wear. It is where my BDSM fetish originated. Thanks, American Greetings.

Bumping this up, because I watched Final Destination last night for the first time since...well, probably since it was released, and it is ridiculous. The entire concept makes zero sense, and it feels like every single actor and actress was 100% not the first choice for their respective roles -- Ali Larter's character seems to have been written for Shannen Doherty. I never thought having to look at Devon Sawa's face could be so painful. But the logic of the movie is just stupid and the dialogue/blocking is godawful.

All I remember of this movie is that the reasoning of how he gets the money is ridiculous. Like...there are some sort of sleazy guys who are primed to go into this bank under the alias "Mr. Cool" or something stupid, and that is code to the bank manager to give them the cash? And the kid just HAPPENS to use that same pseudonym for NO APPARENT REASON and the manager thinks he is the one who was sent in to take the cash? I may be remembering it wrong. But even as a kid I was like, "wait. What? That's a bit too convenient and coincidental."

I can't get over the fact that he is meant to be the hero of this movie when his character is an asshole for 80% of the running time. If he isn't losing his temper and yelling at his kids he is beating the shit out of Matthew Lillard in a giant glass house. I don't think I could work up enough interest in his plight to feel any sort of empathy regarding his family situation due to his extreme fits of rage/condescension/self-loathing. This was a rare movie where I legitimately did not care if every character died. If it had turned out to be one of those movies where it's a giant disaster in the final minutes and everyone bites it I would be 100% okay with it. Especially the kid.

I sat down and watched the original three TMNT films and I still sort of chuckled throughout #2. While the first movie seemed to try to invest some time in actual character development, #2 is just a straight-up vehicle for product endorsements and one-liners but some I still find a bit funny ("...a little too Raph"). #3 is the one I cannot sit through. It's boring but good god the animatronics took a massive nose-dive from the first two movies, and it has these moments of weird sexual shit. I guess I still sort of like #2, if just for the production value and nostalgia (the animatronics and costumes were pretty legit).