It’s a character turns evil movie/episode/game

“<oldname> is DEAD! I am <newname>!!”-character that turned evil

When one character turns bad and has a showdown with the protagonist there’s a good chance that this will be said.  The most recent example I can think of off the top of my head is Smoke saying it in MKX.  There were a number of good characters turned evil in the storyline but I think he was the only one who had a new name.  Guess he didn’t think Dark Smoke was a cool enough name, even though it’s as good as any shadow/dark(insert name here).  Can you imagine if each turned character had their own alternate names?  The frustration of a hero character warning a former ally against fighting only to have them say “Whoa, whoa, whoa, get with it and use my new name, loser.”  Then once a bad character is defeated the process has to be repeated for each one while trying to keep their names straight.

 

Weather report says there might be a storm

Hopefully no rain though, cause there’s enough ice on the roads as it is.

 

 

 

gifs from Big Trouble in Little China(1986), which along with Enter the Dragon(1973) formed a large chunk of what Mortal Kombat was inspired by.

 

Quote of the day

“Those were 500 dollar sunglasses, asshole.” – Johnny Cage

From Mortal Kombat(1995)

The first boss fight sure ended abruptly compared to the one with Scorpion.

As far as video game movies go, MK was better than most.  The CGI doesn’t hold up, and the story changes are a mixed bag, but the choreography was nice and the movie was memorable.  While the 2nd game was excellent, the movie sequel was horribly terrible for the most part.  Some parts of the recent Legacy series are good, but it gets inconsistent and meandering at parts.  The trouble with making a movie about a game with so many characters and different outcomes is that everyone has their favorites.  On the other hand, if comic book movies can be made as good as The Avengers(2012), maybe video game movies will get their due.