Rob Lamb

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind · Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Mortal Kombat (1995), Part 2 · 25 Sep 2026 podcast

And this is an important point, though, because in the games, and I think even by this point, certainly by two and three, this is well established. voice-verified

Scorpion and Sub-Zero have a very intense dynamic, right? voice-verified

where Scorpion is a vengeful revenant and Sub-Zero, or at least there are different people who get the name Sub-Zero, but the original Sub-Zero is the person who killed Scorpion's family. voice-verified

And so it's actually pretty well established in the lore again by this point, but this movie just makes them be the miscellaneous demon bodyguards or demon soldiers of Shang voice-verified

Yeah, and these are the two characters that are often, especially in Scorpion's case, are generally on the box art for the game. voice-verified

Maybe that kind of more developed with later games. voice-verified

But yeah, these two are really the stars of the franchise. voice-verified

And I think that I haven't seen the latest Mortal Kombat film, but it's my understanding that that is very much reflected in the picture and the way that they cast these roles and the way they present it. voice-verified

yes that's that's exactly right especially in these early games you know they're doing motion capture uh it's more than just motion capture though because they were i don't remember the exact uh video game production terminology but they're like filming actors in actual costumes yeah but then they can change they can swap the colors out and that way you only have to have one actor in there to do voice-verified

all of the ninjas. voice-verified

You may get some alternate takes for different moves or different sort of stances and certainly fatalities, but less work. voice-verified

You don't have to completely start from scratch on your next character. voice-verified

So it is kind of interesting that some of the most iconic, most developed, and fan-favorite characters in the game are the interchangeable ninjas, be it these male ninjas or the female warriors we get in MK2 and beyond, like Katana and, of course, Mileena. voice-verified

Yeah, this is definitely worth pointing out. voice-verified

Scorpion in the games is generally depicted as having a traditional ninja weapon, a kunai rope dart weapon. voice-verified

and then often a ninja sword. voice-verified

And I remember really digging the way they embellished the weapon in this film back when it came out. voice-verified

Not a ninja weapon, but a weird snake creature that shoots out of Scorpion's palm and climbs out of the slit in his palm. voice-verified

I loved it, and I was often disappointed that they didn't incorporate that into the games and make it canon. voice-verified

but man upon revisiting this film i have to say these cgi effects uh do not hold up no it's a fun concept and i still enjoy all these scenes with scorpion in them he has he has one of the best fights if not the best fight in the the picture coming up but who does this cgi did not age well voice-verified

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