Mortal Kombat (2021) Pitch Meeting

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Mortal Kombat was one of the very first video games to get adapted into a Hollywood movie back in 1995 and along with movies like Super Mario Bros, Double Dragon and Street Fighter, set the tone for video game movies being… not so great. Now, 26 years later, Hollywood is ready to breathe new life into the franchise and take a shot at the popular game franchise.
2021’s Mortal Kombat definitely raises some questions. Like why are we following this made-up Cole Young guy when there are about a hundred existing characters to choose from? How deep does this dragon-mark champion concept go exactly? Why did Cole go back to his family after he specifically left them to keep them safe? How exactly is Lord Raiden allowed to intervene? If death is just another portal and all these characters can come back, did any of this even matter?
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Mortal Kombat! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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[@dgbrenn]

“So he becomes Scorpion?” “No he gets a cool little outfit made entirely of plot armor.” DEAD

[@sarssars-hm2ox]

That's what I was asking my brother who the hell is that guy the new scorpion 🦂 . He had no clue. But the scorpion learning a few english words. Lol 😂😆 😅🙃👍 unless the new guy new japanese and it just automatically translated for us 🤔 or he new that word cause he fights japanese fighters in mma . That sounds much better I'll stick with that 👍

[@romanusdolor5783]

@@sarssars-hm2ox For some reason cole doesn’t even though he’s from Japan he thinks he’s from the Detroit yet scorpion speaks only Japanese to him and he understands it. Also the only English she knows is Mortal Kombat catchphrases

[@paul6925]

😂😂😂 this guy comes up with the best lines

[@glint1224]

The literal plot armor kinda kills any tension. When you can just tank a beating from Goro and not even get a bruise, you KNOW no one is ever gonna be able to pose a threat.

[@WarmBreadBearBuddy]

Now he’s cole with a cooler sweater

[@OrCarmi]

The way you took the "tight" running gag, acknowledged it, meta-flippped it and STILL landed it, is nothing short of brilliant comedic writing

[@markuhler2664]

Landed it but did he snap its neck & save the day? Sorry. I tried resisting.

[@al.extreme]

oh, saying tight is tight is tight

[@scottbiggs8894]

And it was *still* inappropriate! I laughed so hard I choked.

[@kymanilorainey8675]

@@scottbiggs8894 choking is tight😏

[@M_k-zi3tn]

Right!

[@brotherjew1]

The 95 year old UP man accidentally being put in this tournament sounds like... a fantastic movie idea.

[@kongmengyang1098]

Yeah, you see when he dropped his house at Paradise Falls his house accidentally squashed a bird with the dragon tattoo. Oh wow, wow, wow, wow. Wow.

[@SuperMegaGaelourde]

Instead of FATALITY, it would show up as YOU'VE FALLEN... AND YOU CAN'T GET UP

[@3liteGamer4Life]

for a second I thought maybe you were trying to type "95 year old ip man", and honestly, I think that would be pretty awesome to watch.

[@timsmith7858]

And he wins it

[@timsmith7858]

Gets I car and runs a guy over *fatality*

[@markrude9489]

"So Raiden teleports them to exotic locations on other planes of existence?" "He sends them to a trailer park and a gym." "... Okay!"

[@Theee_BAMF5]

“Did he take English lessons in hell?” “He took some very specific english lessons in hell” Bruh I’m dead, I didn’t even think about that😂😂💀💀

[@djeio]

im having monday literature sessions, wanna join?😂

[@capt.gigglepants1538]

Honestly, i think it woulda been more badass if he did scream "Get over here" in japanese.

[@britneyisallyouneedtoknow2406]

Very specific English lessons are tight!

[@Profess84]

Hahahaha.

[@jdzspace33]

@@capt.gigglepants1538 not as bad ass as you would think

[@mr.stuffdoer8483]

Saying it all goes downhill from the opening scene is painfully accurate.

[@culturecanvas777]

As someone said, this is a great movie, too bad it's only 7 minutes long.

[@GopherCakeStuff]

All scenes without that Cole character were nice

[@WhitneyHaverstock]

I felt like a child who's lollypop just got smacked to the ground. While the person doing it told me I was the reason my parents were getting divorced.

[@markusphilippus1787]

@@GopherCakeStuff I don't know why I couldn't care about his character one bit.

[@GopherCakeStuff]

@@markusphilippus1787 his acting was flat and we already loved all of the other characters more. He gave us nothing to root for. He could barely fight, he knowingly put his family in danger, he constantly needed pep talks

[@BeardVsTheWorldUK1]

“That may as well happen” has quickly advanced to one of my favorite lines in this series.

[@KeithLdemonsinseattle]

"So if an 95 year old grandpa runs over a champion he will have to fight for the earth realm?" "Yes" "Can we make that movie instead?" LOL

[@omartaj7010]

Can we appreciate how tight the "tight" joke was in this episode.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Tight jokes about the tight jokes are TIGHT!

[@exkingjohn]

Probably my favourite

[@Meowdab]

oh, making a joke about your own silly catchphrase is TIGHT!

[@schattentaenzerin]

Felt like Tightception

[@soniqstateofficial4490]

Best tight joke yet 😂😂

[@katlegotk123]

"He gets a cool suit made entirely of plot armor" ... The accuracy...

[@b-ikecali5655]

For real 🤣

[@aztn19]

Sure, that may as well happen 🤷🏾‍♂️🙃

[@kingeshiebor5444]

That part completely sent me... Which isn't really good as I'm watching this video at the office 😂

[@peterkrug4124]

I spent the whole time I watched this film for the first time thinking, "Who's this Cole guy? Was he a character from the game? Why not just make him Johnny Cage?"

[@turrican4d599]

Half way in, I realised, that the cute teengirl was supposed to be his daughter and not his girlfriend.

[@thephilosopher7173]

@@turrican4d599 Which was so weird considering how young he is and how old she is. Its like he had her when he was 16 or something lol.

[@rayfielding8912]

That's funny cause that's what they did with the recent animated movie and guess what, it was a tonne better than the film adaptation. Hell, it even had the same opening.

[@alchemystudiosink1894]

From what I've heard, they specifically avoided having Johnny Cage, cause having a new OC to replace the primary character of the series makes things "better" according to certain people who want to shove their OCs in various franchises. Which of course kinda makes the whole things bleh, especially since if I recall, Mortal Kombat wouldn't have happened without Johnny Cage, since the game was originally suppose to be a Jean-Claude Van Damme game with Johnny Cage originally suppose to be Jean-Claude Van Damme. But when the rights for that fell through, the repurposed things.

[@fernandositorus1384]

"While Cole is assaulting his frozen family in the background" "What?" THAT'S IT MATE, 'AM DEAD

[@beewell1600]

assaulting your frozen family in the background is TIGHT

[@pisscvre69]

No its his family whos dead not you

[@wizkaleeb662]

Lmao that slow mo clip of him just hacking away 6:51

[@hunterkiller1440]

Adding your own original character into a movie filled with many existing characters is tight.

[@hermitcard4494]

You know whats more tight? Removing one original beloved character, and debuff the main character from the game story (Liu Kang) and the yellow ninja gamers were so eager to see fight, so the new guy has to save him.

[@nont18411]

If only Johnny Cage was the protagonist of this film

[@freakymoejoe2]

@@nont18411 or was at least in it. Couldnt have that though, might look like a 'white saviour'

[@nont18411]

@@freakymoejoe2 Adding a whole new protagonist that nobody cares about is tight!

[@joshuatyler4657]

Forcing in a new character is TIGHT

[@darrell5703]

When cole beat goro in the movie I literally said, “Wow, that was super easy, barely an inconvenience” and my wife was like, “yeah it was”. But she didn’t get my reference :(

[@Mactownization]

Its time to get a divorce

[@bluhvea82]

DIVORCE!

[@neverdavenever]

Don't comment. We cannot interfere.

[@ahedjehad8514]

@@neverdavenever we must consult the elder gods!

[@Realn00bGamer]

You should shout "Get over here"...

[@relationshipthinkersold5139]

"getting your soul sucked is-" "don't say it"

[@amerpdx]

Loved the "tight" exchange. Just brilliant! No wonder this guy is capable of carrying an entire channel on his own.

[@emremokoko]

Being capable of carrying an entire channel on yout own is tight. Sorry, I had to do it. 🤣

[@aaronwalcott513]

"On his own?" But, there's two of him :D

[@spongebobsquarepants2981]

Ok

[@billc.2627]

A 95-year-old senile grandfather runs over a Mortal Kombat champ and now has to fight in Mortal Kombat? So true. That would be an awesome movie. I think Dick Van Dyke would be PERFECT in it.

[@Perurikun]

omg Dick Van Dyke would take this movie to a another level! 🤣🤣🤣

[@BlasphometicHermetic]

Buzz Aldrin, dude. That guy can throw fists!

[@billc.2627]

@@Perurikun True. After he kills someone he can turn to the camera and say "Diagnosis Murder!

[@ivanakum61]

Dick Van Dyke as old Shujinko would be funny

[@Perurikun]

@@billc.2627 don't forget his time with Disney! 🤣

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

Ryan vs. This Movie *Ryan wins* *FATALITY*

[@denimchicken104]

FLAWLESS VICTORY

[@thebadbandito]

BEASTIALITY... wait... That's something else...

[@MyVin1234]

*BRUTALITY

[@subman23]

@@thebadbandito Beastiality is tig--- WAIT, NOO

[@LucianDevine]

@@subman23 Beastiality is super ea...WAIT STILL NOO!

[@dregrant8262]

Honestly, the best character throughout the whole movie was Kano. That man's comedic responses and interjections were priceless 🤣🤣🤣

[@stormtempterf8058]

Kabal wasn't a slouch either in the sassmouth department, lol.

[@andrewmoore4510]

We need a Kano and Kabal spinoff

[@racegod69]

Cole with a cooler sweater… I’m dying! 😂😂😂

[@jasonhernandez9023]

I laughed and laughed upon realizing Cole’s Arcana is plot armor. He literally sprouts plot armor. XD

[@dougdynamo8990]

Wow very original

[@301.allday]

**Wee-Bey meme**

[@Atlas059]

I feel like it played to his fight style. Throughout the movie Cole showed that he can taking a beating. Alot. Like the whole movie. But he always gets back up so it makes sense that his arkana is a defensive power. Especially since the whole goal is protecting him and his family.

[@weirdcarpetthing97]

@@Atlas059 :l

[@mattdunkley130]

I did too

[@shastamenon1946]

Sub zero:(in Chinese) I ended your bloodline. Scorpion: (in Japanese) I like your funny words magic man

[@arhabersham]

@bocoy noiu [Zordon Approves]*

[@DashBolt]

@@arhabersham Rita: [confused screaming]

[@rcdotson4433]

@Aniruddha Chatterjee that was established in universal cannon of the series though

[@gwenminor9244]

Sub Zero : Speaks chinese nonsense Scorpion in japanese : ....So anyway I started blasting

[@fikrizainal7375]

And then for no reason speak in English " For the Lin Kuei "

[@Ananamitron]

"Let me ask you something, can we make that movie instead?" Freakin' dead. I thought that sounded more interesting too.

[@JadedJassy21]

"Did he take English lessons in hell?" I'm dead!

[@TM-nv]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed Cole's power was literally plot armor

[@G360LIVE]

That, and I'm also glad I'm not the only who noticed that Goro was done dirty in this movie. One fight, and he's done. Yikes. In fact, I think Goro only had two scenes: the one in which he was introduced and the one in which he fought. The CGI budget for Goro must've been tight. lol

[@dylangriffin4230]

@@G360LIVE Im just acting like that wasn't really goro and just some other 4 arm dude from his species

[@G360LIVE]

@@dylangriffin4230 It was semi-Goro, quasi-Goro, the margarine of Goro, the Diet Coke of Goro. Just one calorie, not Goro enough.

[@trajic9204]

@@G360LIVE he wasn't evil enough.

[@G360LIVE]

@@trajic9204 Haha! :)

[@gregoryfloriolli9031]

It’s a good thing that after Cole Young got his magic jersey none of the fighters hit him below the belt or in the face where he was still vulnerable. Very considerate.

[@hendrong]

See, part of the armor's power is to magnetically attract fists and feet.

[@aaronseidl5941]

@@hendrong wow wow wow wow wow wow

[@chishalakabwe6231]

Honorable vibes 😂

[@Kentrc11]

Magic Jersey... I'm dead & I love you for it

[@Pranaynaynay]

Tbf in the fight with scorpion, he does try to stab Cole's face

[@boristhethoughtdodger3162]

"Do they get English lessons in hell?" That's how I felt when I just had immigrated many years ago.

[@viniciusmarinho5998]

Lol dude same

[@pablocastaner1933]

From hell?

[@franklinturtleton6525]

@@pablocastaner1933 No, to Hell. Or as we call it, West Virginia.

[@celestialprime8851]

“Ahhh getting your soul sucked is ti...” I literally cried laughing 😂

[@dacresni]

I don't get it, is it because they don't say " your soul is mine"?

[@celestialprime8851]

@@dacresni ummm, i don’t want to be an ass, BUT, it sounds like you’ve never had your soul sucked 😂 😂😂😂😂 poor guy

[@clickbait7276]

@@celestialprime8851 you just had to ruin a completely good guy

[@Theendman42]

Getting your soul sucked is TIGHT!

[@Danjor369]

I heard the emphasis on the “TI”at the end of when he said that 😂 like you can hear the ending vowel 😂

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Bad guys love leaving before making sure their enemy is really dead" Why is this so accurate?

[@Oakship166]

Because lazy writers exist, anyway wanna see someone get like.... exploded?

[@benray527]

plot armor

[@Ceares]

HISHE villain pub villains make it clear that it's part of the villain code so they have no choice. Sure, why would villains stick to a code you might ask? They're villains, not animals.

[@Tfaonc]

"so the movie can happen"

[@Virtualangello]

This guy is on every comment section that I check XD

[@FlashpointGold]

Having literal plot armor was my thought exactly when Cole got his powers.. Whoever came up with that has a sick sense of humor because they had to know what they were doing.

[@chrism6075]

Mortal Kombat is by definition sick sense of humor...

[@ajamusic7322]

And its funny because it absorbed Gorro's blows, but then it seemed to stop working after that

[@hedrocs]

"they had to know what they were doing" no they didn't this movie is very incompetent!

[@JustanOlGuy]

" Can we make that movie instead?"...Fit driven laughter follows...

[@username172]

5:03 i cant stop replaying that XD

[@brian7731]

a wise man once said "i'm japanese, i have no idea what your talking about, but lets fight"

[@kbo572]

"Let them fight"

[@nahor88]

It would've been nice if they explained why the hell Subzero even has ice powers to begin with...

[@ErebosGR]

*"I'm Japanese, I have no idea what you're talking about, but GET OVER HERE!!"

[@Miguel-xu6uw]

" *Me Just Watching* O-O "

[@TheMerts14]

Shoulda casted someone from the warrior show , for Liu

[@elijahsantana8366]

“Raiden sounds like a chill guy “ “He’s not” Extremely accurate

[@sushigimme]

2021 Raiden and Shang Tsung were just awful in this movie. Shang Tsung looks like a little b*tch trying to act tough and Raiden looked like he was walking around with hemorrhoids, he looked THAT stiff and awkward. As cheesy as the 1995 movie was, you gotta admit that the characters had more heart and charisma.

[@ChangedMyNameFinally69]

@@sushigimme I kinda wished this Shang Tsung looked MORE weaselly, his actor played weaselly well in The Dark Knight. I was so hyped to just see he was a nothing burger

[@richardtheconquerer]

@@sushigimme 1995 movie Shang Tsung was so awesome that they brought him in to do the most recent game

[@aroyals339]

Sub Zero sounds like a chill guy

[@callmefleet]

@@aroyals339 hehehehehehehehehe ice puns

[@joshuakern1274]

"Magic gave him robot arms." Oh my god, that line killed me... lol

[@jamesfromthecomputer]

"They're gonna take screen time away from the characters fans came to see?" lmaooo also the opening sequence is truly so much better than the rest of the movie you would guess they were made by completely separate studios

[@blipmachine]

I’ve never seen a film dip in quality this hard after the first 10 minutes.

[@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT]

Listen sir, I'm going to need you to get aaaaaaall the way off my back about that!

[@JacobFury]

X-Men Origins Wolverine

[@MrMajani]

And it's almost like they knew cause they released the first ten minutes free on KZbin as a promo

[@tjsogmc]

This pitch meeting has only been posted for a few hours and already it has more views than the Oscars.

[@kingRukus39]

more views than the movie too...

[@aguyfromnothere]

Low bar

[@allflying3]

Who even watch Oscarr?

[@joyfulnoize6958]

For The Brotherhood!!!

[@rentstoohigh1587]

Ouch

[@geofflegg7942]

I want to see the Movie of the 95 year old who accidentally hits a chosen one. Call Clint Eastwood.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

*glaring* "Go ahead... make my tattoo..." "Do ya feel lucky? Well, do ya, Goro?"

[@irvinalexanderflores]

Thats exactly what I was thinking lmao

[@thebestnavigator7766]

U punk

[@jacknapier8201]

He either plays Erran Black or an aged Stryker.

[@irvinalexanderflores]

@@jacknapier8201 yeah Erron without slow aging or a retired 90 year old Stryker..

[@novelmartinez6154]

"a cool little outfit made entirely of plot armor" LOL this guy is too much

[@sabrinalastname9719]

OMG that cracked me up

[@pft1600]

I like how Sonya Blade didn't know who Cole was when he showed up, he had to reveal his tattoo thing, yet she had his picture plastered all over her exposition wall.

[@halcyonvking3229]

Lol really?

[@shinzero0271]

It did kinda come off as Sonya being the protagonist of an entirely different MK movie that the inclusion of Cole made them skip. She actually made two rivals over the course of the film, and actually earned her power. That Cole ended up being the one to fight Mileena despite the film taking the time to set her up as a rival for Sonya, made it really weird.

[@Reclusive247]

Nice spot. Maybe it's her memento wall and she has a really poor short term memory

[@artofmartialcinemaamc5334]

@@shinzero0271 Explain how she earned her power, by killing Kano? I agree she earned her mark but how fast she got them and even knew what it was and how to use it unlike literally everyone else is lame asf. This movie was enjoyable to me but has many flaws in it, including Sonya Blade.

[@Cuzjudd]

@@Reclusive247 LMAO

[@TrippyGSR]

"I'm Japanese, i have no idea what you're talking about but let's fight." 🤣🤣🤣

[@mattkorn7774]

Sub zero: I ended your blood line Scorpion: that was kind of rude

[@Kijinn]

Cole: "Hey, guys, do you remember how we fought the evil guys, in *one on one* fights and got defeated, just a few moments ago?" Others: "Yeah?" Cole: "I have a great tactical idea that will change everything greatly into our favor!" Others: "How?" Cole: "Raiden! Teleport each one of us with one bad guy to an isolated location, so that we can fight them *one on one* ."

[@billc.2627]

"Sonya Blade has a whole wall of exposition to show him." True. Exposition is TIGHT!

[@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev]

Seriously? Do we need this dumbed down exposition? MK11 already showed movie studios how to make a movie version of the game. Ugh. At this rate, these movie studios will never get a clue how to film a movie based on a game.

[@Kentrc11]

@@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev Nah they needed Sonya to be a MK fangirl until the movie gets close to the end.

[@shinzero0271]

@@XENOS_Indie_Game_Dev Honestly, they could've had Sonya be the main character and showed her actually gain the information and capture Kano instead of all the Cole stupidity.

[@cornelius8617]

@@shinzero0271 yes because I really need another feminist woke female led bs movie

[@risottopose9970]

@@cornelius8617 Shut the hell up, movies with female Leads have existed for years before all these “Woke” directors started ruining the film industry

[@hunterkiller1440]

Can we spend the entire movie in 1600s Japan? Because that plot line seem much more interesting. No because that's not what the script says. Fair enough.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

" I did absolutely no research beyond 1600's small Japanese villages for this movie so you are going to have to get all the way off my back about that."

[@hoaithunguyen4473]

@@SophiaAphrodite alright let me get off of that thing

[@ChrisCoelho]

Man what a waste to bring hiroyuki sanada who is a well established actor and make this amazing opening sequence and then have him in the background until the end of the movie....you sidelined your best actor and the best character in scorpion ..... like what O.o

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

@@ChrisCoelho Right? Dude's awesome. I'd much rather watch a movie where he kicks arse in a historical setting.

[@arieslaiman]

Exactly!!!!! The first 10 mins of the movie vs the rest of the movie difference is like day and night.

[@KodeLiMe]

"Plot armor." It was at that very moment that I died from laughter.

[@NoCureForMe]

The meta joke about "tight" is one of the best things in any pitch meeting. Made me laugh. A lot.

[@risingrobinprodutions]

“Wait, so if Sub-Zero killed Scorpion in 1675 then shouldn’t Sub-Zero have claimed Scorpion’s tattoo? Why would Cole have it?” “Look I’m gonna need you to get all the way off my back about how I’m violating this very specific magic system I made up for this movie.”

[@chinwenduizenwata6763]

Great point

[@curiousworld7912]

Well-done. :)

[@Kolt461]

Maybe Sub-Zero also already had a tattoo back then, so he can't take the tattoo from Scorpion.

[@LordMoonshadowGaGa]

“Ooooh I better get off your back about that.”

[@midnightangel9818]

First thought: Oh, good point. Moment after that: To be fair, Sub-Zero got his arcana already...so...

[@Doctor4077]

“This way the audience has someone to identify with, someone who is learning the rules at the same time as they are.” Johnny Cage: am I joke to you?

[@heatseekerx51]

Yes.

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

thats like a quarter of the MK cast.

[@angriestjoker]

God Takeda could have filled this role so much better 😂

[@silverblade357]

Liu Kang and Johnny both filled that role in the first movie. Johnny was the foreigner that didn't know what he was getting into while Liu was finally seeing proof of all the insane crap he had been raised to believe.

[@faisalalk5796]

Johnny cage is going to be in the sequel

[@jordanvanderkeyl642]

"So then they're going to have this really cool fight while Cole just assaults his frozen family in the background." "what.."

[@mrkenisme6413]

After two weeks of waiting patiently, I finally watched the movie and this pitch meeting is worth it

[@bellemy5390]

The grandpa running over a champion and fighting for earth is tight.

[@seby826]

Hollywood producers Please stop sacrificing babies and Make That A Thing

[@somegood_user8930]

Having a mark is tight.

[@Fuhrerjehova]

A now old former boxer and Vietnam war veteran played by Sylvester Stallone

[@agb8764]

Those damn kids!

[@CommanderViviax]

It'd be potentially awesome. If they made him like 60, and a war veteran, black ops operative. A ex boxer maybe. And he fights really dirty.

[@pgplaysvidya]

''Why does Sub-Zero want to exterminate Hanzo's clan and end his bloodline?'' ''Unclear!'' "Why is Sub Zero still alive 600 years later?" "Okay I'm going to need you to get right off my back"

[@Sukh_Thind]

He might be the best champion who gets long age as a winner of the tournament. The only thing bothering me is the weird use of raiden’s transportation ability.

[@JReds-bw9kg]

In the movie, Sub-Zero does mention a Shirai Ryu/Lin Kuei rivalry, but it's said so quick that one could forget about it

[@mnomadvfx]

I got the impression that MK champions are essentially ageless and gather power over time. Hence Bi Han got an upgrade to Sub Zero with much stronger ice powers and Scorpion has the hellfire thing which basically seems like they ripped it off Ghost Rider.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@Sukh_Thind Except the problem is that he's never a champion because Shang Tsung has him cheating all the time so there is never a tournament.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@JReds-bw9kg It's not even mentioned that other Lin Kuei exist, for all n00bs know it could be a religious sect that Hanzo pissed off with an assassination.

[@camillereid988]

So accurate! Everything goes downhill from that point ... almost as if it were diff movies (writers, producer, etc) entirely. This was definitely my fav pitch meeting ... I wish I could like this video at several points.

[@Haldricsfury]

“...while cole just ASSAULTS his family in the background.....” I died ☠️, I was like wtf when this happened in the film.

[@thenomad4123]

Me too lol he wasn't acting like he was trying to break the ice just continuous punching. With no effect too.

[@sebastiaankrul2403]

"So if an 95 year old grandpa runs over a champion he will have to fight for the earth realm?" "Yes" "Can we make that movie instead?" Lmfao

[@magnifiedspace2557]

what is his special power? Toxic gas coming from his ass? LMAO

[@hokagedlo6133]

@@magnifiedspace2557 that was a terrible joke go home kid

[@magnifiedspace2557]

@@hokagedlo6133 your mom is a lovely lady.

[@hokagedlo6133]

@@magnifiedspace2557 no she isn't....

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

That movie sounds great

[@rzg4648]

"Sub-zero's gonna show up and kill scorpion's family" "Oh extremely rude very impolite" I'm dead 😂💀

[@GOldenPROdigy115]

How is that rude though? Lmao

[@linken0879]

Not as dead as they are

[@helpyourselfimbusy5747]

You must be a part of scorpions family. 🪦 rip

[@lucyread]

@@GOldenPROdigy115 I mean murder us generally considered impolite.

[@fuzzybunnies6665]

I love these videos so much. You make it look so easy...like not very hard or something idk

[@creepydwarf8714]

In fairness, if Scorpion didn’t say “GET OVER HERE” we all would have rioted

[@thenation1575]

'Cole has a new sweater made of plot armour' 🤣🤣🤣 Literally why Cole lived

[@reallynow692]

Being the Chosen One for Screen Rant is Super Easy, Barely an Inconvenience for Ryan George.

[@MartyBrawls]

E

[@drewtheceo9024]

Yeah yeah yeah yeah. Being the chosen one is TIGHT!

[@yoboyrob201]

I would have went with, “Being the chosen one is tight.”

[@cooldude8437]

Oh really?

[@thea.i.2895]

Wow wow wow wow

[@brendanike800]

"I just ended your bloodline" Heihachi Mishima: Cool Story bro.

[@911Truther69]

I'm so happy that Ryan addressed the fact that the main character IS NOT A GAME CHARACTER. because that drives me NUCKIN' FUTS, how the writers think that forcing us to focus on a character UNRELATED TO THE VIDEO GAME THAT FILM IS BASED ON is a smart thing to do (I'm also looking at YOU, 'Resident Evil' & 'Monster Hunter'!). Kiss my @$$.🤨 Awesome stuff as usual, Ryan! 😊🏆

[@jameslyninger1280]

Pure writers ego, they think they are smarter and can do better than any one of the countless other writers out there

[@elitistnoob9564]

"They're gonna have a really cool fight while Cole just assaults his frozen family in the background" "Wut?" My reaction exactly 🤣

[@colindsouza979]

I swear....got me right there

[@AnthonyPino]

Like. It made sense watching it because he's trying to break the ice to free them, but in the pitch meeting I really had to think about why he was doing it

[@merry_christmas]

@@AnthonyPino I figured the ice would probably melt once sub-zero was dead so I was completely confused on him not helping kill the bad guy.

[@AnthonyPino]

@@merry_christmas well, after Sub Zero died the ice didn't melt. I get what you're saying cuz I thought the same tho

[@oniakuma2392]

My "Wut?" Moment was Liu Kang's intro. Kano tells him to not come any closer, Liu Kang shoots him in the face with a fireball and IMMEDIATELY says "I'm not your enemy"

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

Ryan just took on every damn fighter in this movie at once and completely obliterated them.

[@sirorcaplays]

Don't you mean...

[@sirorcaplays]

...finish them?

[@Skiguru990]

FATALITY!

[@narcissus79]

Flawless Victory

[@noaht3087]

Ryan definitely has the Dragon Mark now! 🐲

[@cantonlowlifemedia]

The worse the movie is the better your videos are! I go back and watch your old videos when I'm having a bad day and need to laugh hard! Thanks brother! 🤗❤️

[@TheIzzoAndTheAJ]

This was awesome and hysterical. I had a lot of the same questions you brought up after watching the movie. I'd love to see what you could do with that movie "Bright". Also, I think it would be really funny to see what you could do with "Ted".

[@Hailstormful]

Ryan: "This way the audience has someone to identify with, who's learning the rules of the world at the same time as they are..." Me: "Soooo, not Johnny Cage?"

[@Hailstormful]

@The Void That was the whole first 1/3rd of MK9... Johnny fumbling about learning what the hell was going on, while Liu Kang whoops all of the ass

[@danterann]

He's white, so they can't use him. If they did Twitter would yell "white saviour"

[@Hailstormful]

@@danterann And THAT'S why we can't have good things anymore...

[@RydaliaAstora]

@The Void Sounds like Tropic Thunder

[@plutocrasy2115]

Legit nothing would have been different if they just made Cole young Johnny except having better powers instead the bog standard Fanfic OC gear.

[@gammawolf3]

I'm a simple person, I hear the words "So, you have a movie for me?" and my day instantly gets ten times better

[@cir0plus]

So, you have a movie for me?

[@corin418]

So, you have a movie for me?

[@glassofwater281]

So, you have a movie for me?

[@Player-kg1ds]

So, you have a movie for me?

[@PhoenixPhire54]

Same

[@celticsuave]

"Cole with a cooler sweater" lmao I'm dying.

[@Zestara]

Everytime I start watching a pitch meeting I wonder how he wil put in his famous "barely an inconvenience" gag this time - and everytime it makes me laugh. This guy may not cure my depression but he is very damn close to it. Keep going! xoxo

[@MasterTSayge]

"We're going to take screen time away from characters fans came to see?" My thoughts exactly 🤣

[@NickCorvello]

Lol I'm surprised they didn't throw in a line about Johnny Cage not appearing at all because he was completely replaced by Cole Young 😆

[@dominiclacroix9489]

@@NickCorvello Cole who get beaten throughout the whole movie, by everything and everyone. Even his powersuit acknowledge it, he gotta get beaten on to unleash a good blow. What a effing loser lol

[@lukep5792]

omg the setup for the TIGHT catchphrase is just brilliant!

[@ravenouslucifer1087]

That Robot chicken arm really got me😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@maxgemstone7257]

''Why does Sub-Zero want to exterminate Hanzo's clan and end his bloodline?'' ''Unclear!''

[@Cuzjudd]

He should use unclear a lot more, it highlights the absurdity even more and kills me each time

[@FurbyParade226]

"For the Lin Kuei" That's it. Lol.

[@hamchurger4566]

Its not unclear. Its because he's evil

[@calix0414]

They should have gone in to more detail specially for people that don’t know the video game history.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

@@hamchurger4566 Why is he evil? Unclear!

[@ceilinh6004]

"Well, let me ask you something. Can we make that movie instead?" A question we can all relate to.

[@michaelplowman8674]

I want the movie about the 95 year old man. And his name should be Lo Pan.

[@ObscureRP]

"Oh, so that's like this guy's whole thing!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Thecatspajames]

“Can we make that movie instead?” “But I worked hard on this one!”

[@nenshoufox]

Poor Writer Guy, he tried but you can never stop Producer Guy’s tightness.

[@LucianDevine]

@J. C. There is a lot of tightness going on.

[@beansdad70]

Tightness is super easy...

[@LucianDevine]

@@beansdad70 Some would even say it's barely an inconvenience.

[@benjaminlewis2910]

@J. C. Producer Guy's tightness being tight is TIGHT!

[@jtgd]

“Hes about to get his soul sucked” is the best line of the movie imo

[@chrislewis4606]

"Oh, getting it out later when you're gone is TIGHT!" Holy christ on a cracker😅

[@xavierramirez1911]

"so we start off the movie in present day with cole young" "oh whats his deal?" "hes not johnny cage" "why couldn't you just have johnny cage in the movie?" "i dont know" "fair enough"

[@Cuzjudd]

I like when he says "unclear" instead of "I don't know"

[@yogieyo9935]

i see some image/screenshot on the internet that says "no johnny cage, because it would be weird to have a white man as a lead in a diverse movie" lmao.

[@FirstnameLastname-gs3ow]

@@yogieyo9935 but Cole Young was a white man as the protagonist

[@tonuahmed4227]

He's technically 35%/45% japanese with other asian American mix(since he is scorpions descendant)...sooo

[@neverforget6642]

@@yogieyo9935 i hate this diversity shits that every movie have to push it in everyone's ass. People don't know when its not enough and when its too much.

[@saylosrelyks8645]

Cole's role is literally for Johnny Cage, Johnny is supposed to be us, a normal person thrust into this crazy world.

[@holly_ween]

Even if they wanted to avoid having a white male protagonist, either Sonya or Jax could (or both) could have been the audience POV.

[@MVahag]

@@holly_ween If they needed Asian protagonists, Liu Kang and Kung Lao were right there. Could have increased the screentime of those.

[@tomwansleeben2458]

Johnny Cage is 'normal'. Yeah, sure, lol.

[@MegaKnight2012]

Sonya felt like she should have been this film's protagonist

[@neverforget6642]

@@tomwansleeben2458 yes

[@klausalaribe6219]

I don't know if anyone has told you this SCREENRANT but You are a GENIUS! 💯 I hope you'll have your own successful movie company someday.

[@sabbasarishvili6677]

First scene did us dirty, I was HYPED as hell 😢😂

[@rrg.r2456]

If Johnny Cage was in this movie, Kano could've had someone to carry this movie with him.

[@arisaelacts]

Truth!

[@JohnDoe-dj3lw]

Kano is literally the only thing that kinda works in this movie, I agree.

[@philelliott9595]

Johnny Cage is coming with the sequel considering all the teasers towards him at the end :P

[@wellhiyadude1]

Honestly I loved Kung Lao too

[@bmerritt2433]

I like how everyone agrees with this.

[@darkzak47]

"Did he take English lessons in hell?" "He took some very specific English lessons in hell" How to make people die laughing

[@ispoilers9535]

Oh middle school.

[@darkzak47]

@@ispoilers9535 what?

[@magnifiedspace2557]

Well everyone knows that hell is filled with English speaking humans so why not? LMAO

[@zikrim1227]

I bet he learn it from a the guy who tried to find another passage to india, and accidently pull genocide and slavery

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@darkzak47 Middle school is often compared to Hell, and also has english lessons

[@FinnishCraig3]

"He gets a cool little outfit made entirely out of plot armor." One of Ryan's best lines

[@kukuthefarmer2215]

I just binge watched a bunch of your videos and now I am stuck with your voice replacing the voice I think with in my mind. Thanks.

[@Guilherme-qo9ye]

Sonya blade and Johnny cage would be perfect choices to be the character learning about the world alongside the audience

[@shawncleary3450]

But that would make sense and give us exactly what we want from a mortal kombat movie. Why would we want that?

[@magnifiedspace2557]

Pretty sure they did that to the 90's version with Johnny Cage. . .

[@StickWithTrigger]

Sonya and Jax spent all that time learning about mortal kombat.....just to tell it to the new character....

[@Xexen7]

yes i agree Sonya looking for kano would have been the best way to start this film lol this random Kole wanker was a waste of time o0 PLOT ARMOR

[@CDRW24]

I think they wanted to have an Asian protagonist and the pre-existing Asian characters wouldn't work as an avatar for the audience.

[@arandomcommenter8395]

Writer: "Wait how did you even get this job?" Producer:"By arguing about egg rolls"

[@LucianDevine]

I thought he got the job by running over a champion with his car?

[@primus840]

Ooo arguing about egg rolls is tight

[@Detective_L]

That’s how everyone gets jobs these days

[@cugelchannel4733]

"And after that first intense scene that's in the trailer, we're going to stop trying, and things are going to go downhill from there." Perfectly sums up the movie!

[@gabrielbaker7250]

“but what if we did get crazy tho” 😂

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

Imagine if Bi-Han approached Cole in normal clothes and unloaded 15 bullets on him at point-blank range instead of being all dramatic about his powers.

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

dude imagine youve got super ice powers, dunno about you but id be looking for literally every excuse to use them even when things could be done more easily in another way, pragmatism has its place and all but showmanship can always be appreciated

[@louie97ation]

@@AverageAwesomeDude I feel like after you’ve been alive for like five hundred years you’d stop being impressed with yourself

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

@@louie97ation honestly old age would probably make me more likely to take things less seriously, things get boring after a couple centuries you gotta keep yourself entertained. And ice is versatile I think Sub-zero still had some ways of killing people he still wanted to try after 500 years

[@geraldjohnson7435]

Ice ninja the contradiction

[@teddaw2419]

He probably couldn't afford the ammo.. haha

[@bee-zeesoul1018]

Every video game pitch meeting ever: “So you know how this game has a perfectly gift-wrapped outline for a story that could be critically acclaimed, get fans hyped, and make us a butt ton of money?” “Yeah.” “Well what if we just... you know... didn’t do that?”

[@almalone3282]

Hollywood kinda sees the video game industry as a joke so there not gonna take them seriously and would much rather do there own thing

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

@@almalone3282 funny because many see Hollywood as a joke. Too bad most entertainment industries are absolute jokes

[@VinceValentine]

@@almalone3282 To be fair, video game protagonists don't need to be well developed since you are playing them and experiencing the adventure yourself. Movie audiences can only watch passively, so the character needs to be interesting, that's where video game movies often fail.

[@theparodychannel7842]

"Ohh...can you explain why we wont do that?" "....get off my back!"

[@diegoxavier9107]

@@VinceValentine Before Dawn, Oninaki, visual novels like G Senjou and Meteor World Actor, Detroit: Become Human...

[@SDXStudio]

I've always known of Pitch Meeting, but would only casually watch them sometimes when they came up. But for the last week or so, I've become entirely addicted. I cannot stop watching these. I'm going to leave this comment on every one I watch to leave a trail of sorts.

[@butthole9843]

My girlfriend always get annoyed when I watch these back-to-back. Lmfao!

[@Master1Morrison]

Lmao I loved the part where he says if he can teleport the bad guys in different locations and have them all gang up on one Makes sense for them to do that lol

[@Dheifa]

0:28 "Ohh extremely rude, very impolite" I feel like that can be a new catchphrase

[@shadowproductions969]

he has so many at this point, a few more and he won't have time for the actual meetings in the videos

[@petertapola8097]

He has used it many times already, changing it a bit to suit the situation.

[@schattentaenzerin]

I heard this is the natural Canadian response to having your family killed by crazy magic fighter guys

[@commandercaptain4664]

"Lemme ask you something: Can we make that movie instead?" feels like the new winner.

[@ivanb.3735]

"Someone that the audience can identify with, you know someone who's learning the rules of the world" you know like JOHNNY CAGE instead we got cole young 😒

[@phousefilms]

Then we'd have two snarkers instead of 1. Kano was enough for this movie. Besides, they only said Hanzo's bloodline would UNITE the fighters. Doesn't say Cole couldn't die after they're united(or his daughter could take over, lol.) Explaining what birthmarks are is TIGHT!

[@unhingedninja8565]

@@phousefilms nah cole young isnt even that likeable and why use a new character when there's a fan favourite jhonny cage lol

[@roryhayes3676]

I feel like they may kill him off like they did with Kung luw to inspire the other fights like cage

[@bigmanda3244]

Yea bring in devora vs cole 😆 make me feel better.

[@unanimousarts]

Or.. they could’ve developed a better Lui Kang.