Is TV The Right Arena For Mortal Kombat?

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Everyone already knows the stigma associated with video game movies, and the negative fan reactions are very well-earned. However, what if a game that has historically been poorly adapted to the big screen, could find a much better home on the small screen?

Mortal Kombat has been adapted to live-action films three times, and while each of the movies has its merits, none are anything close to great. The 1995 original is a ton of fun but misses large elements of the aesthetic and lore. The 1997 sequel is a complete mess that manages to avoid fan outrage by being hilarious. The most recent film is fairly solid, but overambitiously pursued an MCU-like franchise that overstuffed its simple narrative.

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To the outsider, Mortal Kombat is about a fighting tournament between heroes of Earth and a hostile alternate realm for the fate of all mankind. Dedicated fans, however, know that the tournament barely encompasses the A-plot. The tale of Mortal Kombat begins at the dawn of time when an all-powerful entity known only as The One Being creates the Elder Gods. The Elder Gods destroy their creator, carving them into countless tiny pieces, each of which forms a realm capable of sustaining life.

Over time, the denizens of those realms will, as if by providence, gravitate towards conquering their extradimensional neighbors. The Elder Gods sought to prevent this, so they created the Mortal Kombat tournament. A realm's representative must defeat its opponent in Mortal Kombat 10 times before they may take over another realm. The main plot concerns Shao Kahn, the ruler of a grim realm known as Outworld, as he seeks to dominate all others. Earthrealm is his latest target, and the