About this episode

The episode discusses the 2021 reboot of Mortal Kombat and its connection to video games, featuring hosts Alex and Tim along with guest Gordon Jones.

Welcome to another episode of Death Don’t Do Fiction, the AIPT Movies podcast! The podcast about the enduring legacy of our favorite movies! It’s June, so that means it’s time for our “Junesis” series! Where we cover movies based on/revolving around video games! In this week’s episode, Alex, Tim, and guest Gordon Jones discuss the reboot that most people watched simply because they couldn’t leave the house, 2021’s Mortal Kombat! Kano! Kabal! Australian sand pits! Lethal headgear! Fatal freezings! A human hoverboard! Cyber monks! Silly little cybernetic arms! Questionable birthmarks! Poor assassination follow-through! Chekhov's garden gnome! Forced explanations for special powers! A charmingly handmade graphic novel! Arm violence! A sudden, unexplained rivalry! Cool costumes despite a lack of whimsy! A cast that includes Lewis Tan as a brand new character no one really likes, Jessica McNamee, Nathan Jones, Ludi Lin, Josh Lawson stealing the show, and action movie icons Joe Taslim and Hiroyuki Sanada! An adaptation that at the very least finally brings fatalities to the big screen, while being mostly respectful to the source material and throwing in some easter eggs for the fans…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex, Tim

Guest: Gordon Jones

Topics covered

• Mortal Kombat
• video game adaptations
• film reviews
• comedy
• pop culture references

Keywords

• Mortal Kombat
• video games
• film review
• comedy podcast
• pop culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mortal Kombat, Animal Farm, They Will Kill You, The Punisher, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Thor, The Furious, Disclosure Day, Squ

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