Ny film baseret på Mortal Kombat?

Film og spil følger gerne hinanden. Især når en storfilm udkommer, så er spillet sjældent længere væk end blot rundt om hjørnet. Andre gange går det den anden vej med filmatiseringer af populære spil, hvor kvaliteten svinger fra acceptabel til horribel og da til Uwe Boll. Disse film er sjældent en succes!

Kevin Tancharoen, der blandt andet har lavet Fame og Mortal Kombat: Legacy, rygtes nu at være i færd med at lave en ny film baseret på Mortal Kombat. I følge rygterne beskrives filmen således: "The live-action reboot will follow a lowly unlucky supermarket employee who discovers that he has out of this world powers and must decide between good and evil, even though the evil side has helped him discover his true potential and who he really is." Jeg har set Mortal Kombat: Legacy, og jeg må indrømme, at det ikke var en helt ringe oplevelse! Jeg er ret spændt på at se, hvordan en supermarkedsansat kan måle sig med Sub-Zero, Scorpion og Kitana, så jeg vil såmænd følge med i udviklingen af denne film, men jeg håber, at instruktøren vil bevare stilen og stemningen fra Legacy. Vi har ikke brug for endnu en Annihilation!


English version:

Films and games tend to get along just fine. Especially when a blockbuster film hits the cinemas the game is usually not far behind. It also goes the other way around when games are turned into films where the quality swings from acceptable, to horrible and then to Uwe Boll. These films are rarely any good!

Kevin Tancharoen, who is known for Fame and Mortal Kombat: Legacy, is now said to be making a new film based on Mortal Kombat. According to rumors the description of the film goes something like this: "The live-action reboot will follow a lowly unlucky supermarket employee who discovers that he has out of this world powers and must decide between good and evil, even though the evil side has helped him discover his true potential and who he really is." I have seen Mortal Kombat: Legacy and I must admit that it wasn't too shabby! I'm quite interested to see how a supermarket employee will fare against the likes of Sub-Zero, Scorpion and Kitana so I'll be following the development of this film, but I sincerely hope that the director will keep the style and setting from Legacy. We do not need another Annihilation!

Tekken: Rise of the Tournament

De fleste af os har forhåbentligt glemt at have set filmen, Tekken, fra 2010, instrueret af Dwight H. Little, som blandt andet er kendt for Free Willy 2 og Anacondas. Filmen er rædselsvækkende og har lidt til ingen respekt for kildematerialet. Tekken er ikke en serie, der vil være nem at konvertere til det store lærred, og det fandt de skam hastigt ud af, da filmen blev modtaget af folk og fans med hævede øjenbryn og åbne munde i chok over denne behandling af Tekken.

Nuvel, det skal siges, at Tekken ikke ligefrem er kendt for at have de mest inspirerede historier, jamen, oftest er de jo helt til grin. Det er en del af charmen. Vi spiller ikke Tekken for at få en Emmy-nomineret historie: Vi spiller for at banke vores modstandere i et orgie af mayhem! Men, men, men. Nu lyder det sig, at man vil prøve med endnu en film baseret på Tekken. Produktionsselskabet, Crystal Sky, har nu tænkt sig at lave en hel serie af Tekken-film, hvor den første skal fungere som en prequel til 2010-filmen. Den kommer såmænd til at hedde Tekken: Rise of the Tournament, og jeg har på fornemmelsen, at den vil blive modtaget på samme måde som den fra 2010, men tiden vil vise, hvad de har fundet på. Jeg håber blot, at de har mere respekt for universet end den første film!


English version:

Hopefully none can remember watching the movie, Tekken, released in 2010, which was directed by Dwight H. Little, who is also known for Free Willy 2 and Anacondas. The movie was a horror show and had little to no respect for the source material. Tekken is certainly not a franchise easily converted to the big screen, which they found out the hard way when the movie was received with eyebrows raised and mouths opened by the many fans who found themselves amazed by this treatment of their favourite fighting game.

But it must be said that Tekken isn't known for its inspired storytelling. Well, the stories in Tekken are usually ridiculous! It's part of the charm, however, and we don't play Tekken for its Emmy nominated storyline: we play it to beat the living "#¤! out of our opponents in an orgy of destruction! But now it seems that someone will give another Tekken movie a go. The production company, Crystal Sky, has said that they plan on making a new movie based on the franchise and that it will be a prequel to the first movie. It will be called Tekken: Rise of the Tournament, but I suspect it will be received in the same way as the other, but time will tell what they have in mind with the movie. It might be good! I just hope that they have more respect for the material than the first one!