DJariya

By djariya at 2011-04-11

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DJariya

Just finished this and I actually liked this better than Johnny Cage last week.

I liked that it combined Anime (although kind of cheap looking) and a very mythological story to tell the origin of Kitana and Mileena.

at Baraka. It looked like a guy wearing a Pig mask.

BTW, the Kitana and Mileena story will continue in episode 5 next week.

Thank goodness this was TV-MA. Noticed that it was quite violent.

yourlocalcinema

It's weird that they went with the cloning and the supernatural stuff. I'd been enjoying the way the series was grounded in reality (sort of) up until this point, but this was basically just a stylized retelling of the exact origin story from the game, wasn't it?

pinata242

Is this one censored until Friday like the Cage one?

DJariya

No it's TV-MA. This is the only version. Last week was an anomaly.

devilshalo

So far we're introduced to:

Jax, Sonya Blade, Stryker, Kano, Cyrax, Johnny Cage, Shang Tsung, Shao Khan, Sindel, Kitana, Mileena, Baraka... is that right?

DJariya

Yup that sounds right.

devilshalo

Do you know how many episodes there are supposed to be? I like these introductions, but seems like at the pace it's going, I'm not sure where they are headed. Obviously to the tournament, or maybe not?

DJariya

I believe it's either 9 or 10 episodes.

pinata242

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DJariya

Okay thanks for the game plug Ed Boon.

Eric D.

All these episodes look dirt cheap. Baraka was also hilarious looking. In a way this cheesy series kind of kills any chance of a more legit big screen version. Granted, there will always be a cheese factor with MK, but it has more potential than what this series has done.

TGM

I miss the Se7enesque grittiness of that original short.

RocShemp

Someone posted an interview with the director in the first thread. Apparently, some episodes are before the first tournament and others are after it. I don't think anything takes place during the tournament itself. Oh and Liu Kang and Kung Lao are season 2 characters.

Thank Ed Boon for that being ditched altogether. A happy medium should've been found.

RocShemp

This episode was poor. It was rather boring and the animated sequences were piss poor. And Baraka looked like an Orc reject.

CPA-ESQ.

I don't get all the hate on this episode - it was a good story and nice use of anime (if they would have tried to do live action - that would have came off cheesy)

I like these back stories - hope they tie everything together for 2 or so episodes.

RocShemp

Except that it still looked cheesy with the animated sequences.

Fist of Doom

I don't either. The anime was kind of cheap-looking, but otherwise I thought it looked great for a web series. I've enjoyed all the stories so far.