Annihilation felt like a porn parody of MK but with fight scenes instead of sex.

The dude that's Baraka in Annihilation is married to the lady that cuts my hair

Scorpion screaming “Suckers!!” was the most unintentionally hilarious moment of the entire movie.

Linden Ashby after reading the script: “Page 62 Johnny Cage dies. Is someone high?”

Scorpion's "SUCKERS" was to the fans who loved the 1st movie

The fact that most of the MK footage is just characters jump kicking people to death is very endearing to me.

This movie had a BIGGER budget than the first? You're joking.

My dad took me to see Annihilation when it came out, which was shortly after my 10th birthday. Before that fateful night, I had no concept of what a bad movie was. Annihilation popped my cherry. Also, my mind is blown by the revelation that all along Hurricane Katrina was God's way of saving us from a 3rd one.

Paul W.S. "I married my own OC" Anderson. I died.

I love that the actor for Johnny Cage gave the most Johnny Cage critiques of the movie "You can't do that the fans will go that's not them. The movie was stupid" I can see Cage saying that kinda stuff.

15:04 scorpion yelling "SUCKERS!" is the best line in the movie lol.

Actually the "SUCKEEEEEERS" line is probably my favorite thing in the movie not just because it's so random but because in my mind, this is what the studio was telling to the entire movie cast as well as to the fans

Johnny Cage had all the best lines in the first movie: " I'm going to go to my trailer, I'm gonna get a gun and Im going to shoot myself for being in your movie." " Thank God I didn't ask him to park the car" "Those are 500 dollar sunglasses, asshole" "I'm in a hostile environment. I'm totally unprepared. And I'm surrounded by a bunch of guys who probably want to kick my ass...its like being back in high school"

I only just realized the tagline for this film is "Destroy All Expectations" *Yikes*

That litigation thing is absolutely insane. "Yeah we didn't create the characters but we kind of made up stuff for our movies so we should own them now and also we should get 40 billion dollars for the IP that we didn't create".

Hey, Warner Bros replaced Batman constantly and it still worked. Batman and Robin: 1997 Mortal Kombat Annihilation: 1997 Ha................

Well Larry did do everything that he promised. We did get a movie, a TV show, a animated TV show and a stage show.

Larry Kasanoff...WE ARE STARTING THIS WITH THE GUY WHO MADE FOODFIGHT?!?! Oh God nooooooo...

I died when dude said “my name is Shang tsung”

I found it funny that there was a different actress playing Mileena, looking nothing like Kitana, which makes the line "Kitana?" "You Wish!" completely pointless and stupid.

It's a crime they killed off Johnny Cage. Linden Ashby was one of the best parts of that original movie. I remember watching Annihilation in theaters and as soon as they killed off Cage, 10 year old me was like "Well, I'm out. They killed the best character."

3:11 Jesus, Shang tsung has seen better days he looks less like "your soul is mine" and more like "The gameshow prize is mine"

Katana: Mother, you're alive! Sindel: Too bad you will die! That dialogue right there is what killed the movie for me!

I can't believe goddamn MOTARO of all characters is one of the least-awful-looking effects in this movie.

I think James Rolf was accurate when he said “It’s shit, but it’s amazing.”

ok now that you've mentioned foodfight we NEED a wha happen on it

Say what you will about Larry Kasanoff, it is commendable that he saw this series and immediately was very interested in doing something with it. The first movie IS still well regarded and was a success. He did NOT stick the landing AT ALL, but he was clearly on to something.

"Hey you" Yes... "What do you do?!?" I'm the janitor "Get over here. You've been promoted to camera man" 🤷🏾‍♂️😐

I really think Matt should do a Wha Happun? On Epic Mickey 2, it made Disney shut down an entire game studio.

When you read that lawsuit, my jaw just about dropped into my lap. Holy mother of Raiden, the brass balls on that Kasanof guy to claim essentially the entirety of the Mortal Kombat universe wouldn't have been what it was without his shitbag movie.

Another big hurt was how many really talented martial artists were involved in the first movie. From Francois Petit, Chris Cassamassa, Kieth Cooke, Hakim Alston, and more. The movie was studded with people who at least knew how to fight/move.

@6:09 "...basically dodging a bullet but then stepping right into the path of a harpoon" Can't say any better myself.

"everyone wants to see their favorite characters fight" *mixes up Smoke and Sektor*

When Black Lightning first started airing and I noticed James Remar was playing the hero's gadget dude, I almost yelled "Oh shit, that's Raiden! I mean, the second Raiden!" I'm happy at least someone from the film continued to get work after it.

17:01 how did the lady playing Sindel feel after that scene? I kinda feel sorry for her, every time bad video game movies are referenced, this is the scene that comes up😔 (she's low-key kinda hot though)

To be fair, Larry claiming he made serious changes and expanded the Mortal Kombat universe isn't exactly wrong. Particularly with regards to Kano, whose movie incarnation was so popular that the games rewrote the entire character to match.

A big problem was Lawrence Kassanoff co-wrote this, you should read up on his animated feature Food Fight that was a huuuuge disaster and proved he was out of his goddamn mind.

Me: “Wait, Larry Kasanoff? Why does that name sound familiar...” F O O D F I G H T Me: “OH NOOOOOOOO”

The way MK ended. It set up Annihilation so damn good. It should have been as good or better then the original. But we all know what happend 💩

The acting gives new meaning to "porn dialogue". In fact.... this whole thing looks like a porn parody without the sex thingy...

Man late 90's was one hell of of a time for MK

"...and hey, Warner Bros replaced Batman constantly and it still works" **Looks at Val Kilmer** Umm... **Looks at George Clooney** ...are you *_sure_* about that?

"And hey, Warner Bros. replaced batman constantly and it still works!" Imagine being this out of touch.

fun fact the poster for this movie had the tagline: "annihilating your expectations"

[Sindel:TOO BAD YOU WILL have to wait for my DLC trailer.]

I think the answer to the next What Happened is in this episode, Wing Commander. A movie actually directed by the game's creator. What could go wrong?

"This is like Star Wars meets Enter the Dragon." - No one. Absolutely no one. Except ol' Larry, apparently.

I will admit, as a prank, I sometimes ask my friends if they want to come over and play Mortal Kombat, but I switch out the game for my DVD copy of Annihilation (I got both movies in the same collection)

When you're done with the first Mortal Kombat, skip this abomination and watch Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, its more of a Mortal Kombat movie than that garbage sequel. Trust me, you wont be disappointed.

I'd love to see Wha Happun? Devil May Cry 2

Han Solo was eventually played by someone else, and look 'wha happun' - Solo failed at the box office. Linden Ashby was right!

Now that you mentioned it, Food Fight would make a pretty spicy What Happened in my opinion, especially considering a lot of the extremely weird shit that went on behind the scenes, including someone who stole a copy of the film and the fact that Larry said he apparently wanted to make the "Citizen Kane" of animation with this.

The only positive thing I have to say about this movie was that Sonya’s actress was pretty hot.

You may as well do one for Wing Commander now. I'd like to see how you get Freddie Prinze Jr. and Matthew Lillard to think a script/movie is bad.

The first movie has the most badass theme song that has ever theme songed

Nice video, very informative, now I feel worse knowing Ashby (Cage) actually wanted to come back and the reason he didn't have a prominent role in the sequel was money issues, when they had a much a larger budget than the first one. Makes you feel great. What a colossal screw up this was.

The main thing I remember from this movie was a close-up of Jax saying "YEAH! NOW WHAT?!" after he knocked Cyrax through a plate glass window in their fight scene.

Anybody else notice that Sub Zero's actor was the top henchmen for the Russian mob in the first John Wick?

5:12 The Super Mario ‘Mushroom’ sound is TAKING ME OUT 😂😭🍄

Larry Kasanoff: I foresee Mortal Kombat as a multimedia sensation, with movies, tv shows, stage shows, a music album, and more! I want to make this happen and have complete creative control! Also Larry Kasanoff: The second movie failed because MK4 was rushing the sequel into production, while the TV series and other media were demanding that the movie come out quickly. It was all way too much, and it was really just down to business and money. Well, if the next Mortal Kombat movie doesn't work out, I'm sure Larry could get a job with Gamefreak.

Mortal Kombat: Conquest was Okay. I didn't complain, nor did I find it amazing. It filled in my time of doing nothing.

Midway: i made this Threshold: you made this? ... ... i made this

Linden Ashby went on to star in Melrose Place not soon after not being in the sequel, which if anyone had an mom or older sister in the 90's would remember was kinda a big thing.

I actually loved this movie growing up. I watched it more than the first. Now as an adult, I can say I love the first one much more. But, still love Annihilation.

Mortal Kombat dilation The plot is basically just kombat time, kombat time

That ending was like being told you've won the lottery, then heading to the door with your money before you see 4 guys in ski masks and machine guns walk in.

McMuscles is KILLING IT with the recent uploads. This channel keeps getting better, seriously

I just watched both back to back for the first time, while I wasn’t that big a fan of the first one my appreciation for it grew immensely once the sequel was about 5 mins in.

Mortal Kombat: A Nihilism

I would love to see an episode on Batman: Dark Tomorrow. A game that bad just had to have one hell of a juicy story behind it...

man I'm binging on your channel because I've zoned out so much on things you made videos for and don't recall any memory of social life worthy to remember other than those... Clover Studio, MK Annihilation and Special Forces, Tristar's Godzilla, other media works which debacle I think no one could give a crap because well, some of those were my fond memories that others couldn't discuss because somehow I happened to be drawn to them by myself. No reviews to read, no peers to talk with, I was just a kid in SE Asia country whose foreign media consumption amount taught more than I could have conversation with friends, specially in early 2000. thank you for the well-researched stuffs, it was weird to know that I did like things of poor taste rather unconsciously for so long, but I still do kinda like them somehow.

I saw Annihilation when I was in 3rd grade and absolutely loved it. To this day, it’s still a guilty pleasure of mine and enjoy its awfulness as I do Street Fighter: The Movie. I played a lot of MK: Trilogy back in the day and I was just happy to see my favorite characters in the movie. Also say what you want about the film itself, but that soundtrack is GODLIKE. lol What’s funny about the wall of text at 18:30 is in SOME WAYS, they’re sorta right. NRS is even honoring the legacy of the movies (or at least the first one) even now with Cary Tagawa reprising his role as Shang Tsung in MK11, Chris Lambert referencing him playing Raiden in a recent French ad for MK11 and even Kano still being from Australia in the games up til now.

When you mentioned that Double Dragon movie I went "I've barely noticed anyone talk about that film lately". Maybe you should talk about that movie for this series sometime. PS: Do you mind if you put some sources in the description on the next ones?

Great timing! They just announced the casting for Jax, Mileena, and Raiden for the new movie.

loved this! looking forward to more videos like this

Hey man......I appreciate your videos.

Uwe Boll retrospective!

This just continues to confirm the fact that no matter what huge disaster you had under your belt, you'll eventually fail upwards. (Because I did so many MK videos, I've seen this movie more time than I care to say.)

The moment Johnny Caged was killed I already checked out immediately.

Dude great job subscribed!

Movie: anything by uwe boll. Game: Shadowrun FPS.

Linden ashby got robbed this should have been a solid franchise with a meta-narrative around johnny's antics culminating with him finally maturing in the final one.

I’m here after the new Mortal Kombat film. It’s not perfect but it’s a fun video game film.

MK: Annihilation is, hands down, my favorite awesomely bad movie. 🤘

"special" effects. Good Job larry. I'm going to put this RIGHT on the refrigerator

Now I really want to see What Happened to Dragonball Evolution.

12:56 "I remember there was a scene that I don't believe is even in the movie anymore" The scene is in the movie. The writer didn't know what scenes ended up in the movie.

Mortal Kombat Annihilation holds a special place in my heart as the first film I ever switched off before the ending. I was 12

I've got one if you are interested in doing a TV show, WMAC Masters. I have always wanted to know Wha Happun to it. Alot of episodes are on KZfaq and it still sorta holds up at least as far as what the show was supposed to be.

The best thing I can say about Crazy Larry was the great faith and confidence he had in MK as an IP, which was pretty wild when you consider the era. Too bad the guy has some very terrible decision making skills on his side. Hopefully he's only gotten his role on the new movie as a courtesy and is expected to keep quiet throughout production...

I'm very eager to revisit it now that I've seen this because as a kid I actually loved this film as well as the first. I remember thinking the Cyrax fight with Sonya doing her Kiss of Death move was like the coolest thing ever.

"My name is Shang Sung" says Nightwolf

Can we get an episode of RE6 please? I really want to know wha happun with Capcom’s thought process when making that game.

Mortal Kombat Annihilation. The only good thing was the soundtrack. Seriously, listen to it. "IT IS GLORIOUS!!!"

Myself and two friends (Who were 13 at the time) were looking so forward to this! There was a kid around 10 in front of us, with his parents we were talking to about the first film and guessing what would happen in this film!.... Never did ask the kid at the end what he thought. But the rest of us... Yeah, oh my

Watching this after three years of it coming out...and maybe I'm insane here, but...this is actually one of my favorite childhood movies! Like, I knew the cgi and acting in this kind of movie was bad? It's like...hmm...one of the best movies to watch on a bad movie night, you know? I loved it!! 👏🏽🔥

I’ve been an MK fanatic since the beginning. I closely followed the lore from the games, comics, etc. I lost my mind at the first MK. Sure, some changes bothered me because of it being different from the games, but I still loved it. I was at Annihilation on opening day and couldn’t wait to see it. Man… imagine my disappointment and frustration watching that dumpster fire. I left angry and in disbelief. To this day, I still can’t believe how bad it is.

That reveal at the end that Larry made Foodfight is like an MCU post credit scene. You have got to do a Wha Happun on that film.

I love the way you read quotes! LOL

My name is Shang Tsung and I am an alcoholic.