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ParanoidObsessive posted...

The only one he was involved with was generally considered for years to be one of the very few video game movies ever made that was actually worthwhile. Take a look at this list, and try and see how many films you can find that were actually better:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games

Even excluding SF (which was good because of camp, so I'm fine with overlooking it... and, honestly, I always enjoyed the Double Dragon movie even though it was pretty bad), it's a pretty fucking long list. Granted, most of the better ones came AFTER it (although not much came out before it), so there's a little leeway there.

A lot of the other stuff that came later worked as a normal film, not just as a cash-in on a game.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

You may not like the original movie NOW, but it was extremely popular at the time.

It really wasn't, or at least not on its own merits. And I'm trying to think of one MK fan I knew who wasn't let down by it. I didn't think it terrible at the time, but it was massively disappointing on almost every level.


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