#Bridgette Lin

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Bridgette Lin Ching Hsia

1993’s “The Bride With White Hair”

(Directed by Ronny Yu)

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[primacuey]

hi guyys i made voice claims for like most of the characters in reborn, i might put this in a video and delete this post at some point but here !!! this took me Hours.

(all voices are eng dub)

MCs:

Vero - kageyama eng dub from haikyuu

Kuro - otacon from mgs/kenshi from mortal kombat

Alice - ava from warrior nun

Lucia - dani rojas from fc6

Ari - dreamer isioma

Decibel - dan heng from hsr

RIVALS:

Victoria - charlotte from bojack/asami from tlok

Cain - d'angelo wallace

Fern - noah from total drama island

GYM LEADERS:

Julia - courtney from total drama island/kofuku from noragami

Florinia - 2B from nier

Shelly - ai from wonder egg priority

Shade - jinzaemon from sekiro/rooster from this one HLM fandub by DON productions

Aya - bridgette from total drama island

Serra - faye from cowboy bebop

Noel - charlie brown specifically from the peanuts movie/deku from mha

Radomus - trevor white's phoenix wright from ace attorney

Luna - elena from elena of avalor

Samson - michael from gta v/aiden pearce from watchdogs

Charlotte - rika from wonder egg priority

Terra - yukari takeba from persona

Ciel - ai mizuno from zombieland saga

Adrienn - camilla luddington's lara croft from tomb raider

Titania - cece from new girl

Amaria - para-medic from mgs

Hardy - elliot smith

Saphira - revy from black lagoon

METEOR:

Aster - hinata from haikyuu

Eclipse - sasha waybright from amphibia

Blake - OJ from inanimate insanity 2

Zero - jessie from tlou2

Taka - edric from toh/ash fox from fantastic mr fox

Ace - james from pokemon/yato from noragami

Sirius - doujun from sekiro

Solaris - armored warrior from sekiro

Lin (young) - ellie from tlou (show)

Lin (old) - parasoul from skullgirls

E4:

Heather - rainbow dash from mlp

Laura - jess from new girl

Bennett - mike from total drama island

El - felkin the outcast from dark souls 2

Anna - sayaka maizono from danganronpa this ones hard

MISC.:

Corey - gundham tanaka from danganronpa

Kiki - pink diamond from SU

Cal - kyo from fruits basket/soul from soul eater

[madmanwonder]

Prompt

Eva gets jealous at Cody flirting with Bridgette and Lindsay. He kisses her body while flirting with her some more. If she tries to deflect by telling him to go to his blonde bimbos, he will use his charms to make her see that he still craves her. Cody knows how turn her into putty for him.

Jealousy, Flirting

Sequel

Eva saw Cody flirting with Bridgette and Lindsay causing her to slowly descend into a primal, volcanic level of rage and jealousy…

…until Cody kiss her strong, muscular but feminine hourglass frame.

Cody: *Flirtatious* No need to feel rage and envy, My Amazon Queen. You are my girl as Lin and Bridg as they are.

Eva: *Blushing* G-Go back to your two bimbo….

Cody: I rather spend my time with my muscular goddess right now~ *Wink*

Her harsh-featured but attractive face was fully red and her heart was rapidly beating with excitement.

[pinklemonslices]

Hello yes were you the person who mentioned a TDI x NPMD au??? with Leshawna as Steph, Harold as Pete, Beth as Ruth, etc etc etc?

Because you are a genius. this concept has me by the throat omg. my two favourite things combined

Like. Okay if Duncan is Max would that mean Geoff and DJ are Kyle and Jason? (And if Geoff is Kyle then Bridgette would be Brenda, i guess. And then, idk, Lindsay can be Stacey. Similar vibes.) So would Sanders be Shapiro? And then would MacArthur be the other cop, the one with Bad-Cop-Lego-movie vibes?

Oh my god this is so good. Courtney doing the “bully the bully” spins. Beth yelling WE’RE GONNA CUT OFF HIS NIPS. Harold asking Cody if he looks like a ghost or Lin Manuel Miranda. Duncan as a vengeful ghost. Duncan saying “skele’en”. Beth singing Just For Once (oh god im not okay). Leshawna and Harold singing If I Loved You. Courtney going on a murder spree at the end (slay ig). CODY SINGING THE IM NOT A LOSER RIFF RIGHT IN THE FACE OF MURDER GHOST DUNCAN. AAAAAAAA

“HAROLD’S TALKING TO LESHAWNA OLONGOLA!”

“NANI?!?!”

YEAHHHHH THAT WAS ME

thank you so much omg this ask is so sweet 😭 I LOVE THE IDEAS FOR THE OTHER CHARACTERS!!!!!!!!! YOURE SO CORRECT!!!!!

the idea has been poking my brain for a while so it’s very nice to see someone else as into it as i am

[grandma-battle]

hello and welcome to the grandma battle! here your favorite grandmas will battle it out to see who’s the ultimate grandma! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و

here are all of our competitors!

nana (luigi’s mansion) VS granny ethel (tumblr)

battle granny gertrude (tumblr) VS mamie (coline et colas)

abigail puckett (hoodwinked) VS toph (the legend of korra)

granny (once upon a time) VS suzi q joestar (jojo's bizarre adventure)

luisa castillo-flores (elena of avalor) VS bridgette mcguire (once and future)

granny (celeste game) VS abuela claudia (in the heights)

erina pendleton joestar (jojo's bizarre adventure) VS grandmama addams (the addams family)

ida manson (danny phantom) VS queen clarisse marie grimaldi renaldi (the princess diaries)

agathe/agatha (phantom spirits) VS seer (hollow knight)

 fairy godmother (shrek) VS gramma tala (moana)

tsubone (hunter x hunter) VS katara (the legend of korra)

daisy suchot (arthur and the invisibles) VS josefina ortiz/old woman josie (welcome to night vale)

gwendolyn clawthorne (the owl house) VS nana (madagascar)

evelyn (stardew valley) VS grandmother (the witches)

gran (the trouble with gran) VS granny (ice age)

sophie hatter (howl’s moving castle) VS pinako rockbell (fullmetal alchemist)

karin’s grandma (magia record) VS klara (saga)

grandma dowel (a long way from chicago) VS grandma (grandma got run over by a reindeer)

granny (loony toons) VS elvira duck (disney ducks)

yan lin (w.i.t.c.h) VS morri (critical role)

the polls will last one day, & i'll be posting two polls a day for now. a visual will be added soon, & i wish every granny the best of luck!

the first two polls will be posted at 8:00 tonight, EST

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Assistir Filme Combate Mortal Online fácil

Assistir Filme Combate Mortal Online Fácil é só aqui: https://filmesonlinefacil.com/filme/combate-mortal-2/

Combate Mortal - Filmes Online Fácil

Três guerreiros mortais são atraídos a uma ilha misteriosa, onde enfrentam inimigos terríveis, como o espectro Scorpion (Chris Casamassa) e o lin-kuei Sub-Zero (François Petit) em um combate decisivo. São eles: Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson), agente da força especial americana; Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby), um vaidoso ator; e Liu Kang (Robin Shou), um legítimo monge Shaolin. Eles foram os escolhidos para defender o destino da humanidade em um milenar torneio, o Mortal Kombat. Com a proteção do poderoso deus do trovão Raiden (Christopher Lambert), eles terão de superar seus medos e inseguranças para derrotar o campeão do torneio, o gigante de quatro braços Goro, e o maligno feiticeiro Shang Tsung (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa).

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Film Review - The Police Story Trilogy (Eureka Classics)

Film Review – The Police Story Trilogy (Eureka Classics)

Jackie Chan became an icon of Chinese cinema in the mid 80’s and there was nothing that cemented his status as their top action star like Police Story. In Police Story, Chan took the director’s chair and also starred as Chan Ka-Kui, a cop faced with many dangerous situations when forced to bring down a notorious crime lord. Jackie Chan himself has said that Police Story is the best film he ever…

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Mortal Kombat 2021 v Mortal Kombat 1995

Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee / Bridgette Wilson)  Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada / Chris Casamassa) Raiden (Tadanobu Asano / Christopher Lambert) Shang Tsung (Chin Han / Cary Hiroyuki Tanagawa) Liu Kang (Ludi Lin / Robin Shou)

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Cdrama: The Autumn Ballad (2022)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama “The Autumn Ballad”

ENG SUB 【The Autumn Ballad 嫣语赋】 EP01 | Starring: Qiao Xin, Xu Zhengxi

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bo0RNeCpMY

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Starkid Bring It On: The Musical

The second cheerleader-themed musical I’ve done on this blog (and the one with less murder) it’s Bring It On: The Musical! My sister performed “I Got You” in her choir right around when Lin Manuel Miranda’s other musical was getting big, so that’s how I discovered it. This is another show where you have to pretend a little with the dancing (and gymnastic) ability, but I made an effort to push the better dancers in more leading parts.

1. Mariah Rose Faith as Campbell 2. Britney Coleman as Danielle 3. Jaime Lyn Beatty as Bridgett 4. Alex Paul as Eva 5. Robert Manion as Randall 6. Jae Hughes as La Cienega 7. Bryce Charles as Nautica 8. Denise Donovan as Skylar 9. Lauren Lopez as Kylar 10. Jon Matteson as Twig 11. Joey Richter as Steven 12. Brian Rosenthal as Cameron 13. Nico Ager as Ensemble 14. Tyler Brunsman as Ensemble 15. Brant Cox as Ensemble 16. Corey Dorris as Ensemble 17. Angela Giarratana as Ensemble 18. Brian Holden as Ensemble 19. Janaya Mahealani Jones as Ensemble 20. Curt Mega as Ensemble 21. Alle Faye Monka as Burger Pagoda Girl/Ensemble 22. Rachael Soglin as Ensemble 23. Meredith Stepien as Ensemble 24. James Tolbert as Ensemble 25. Kim Whalen as Burger Pagoda Girl/Ensemble 26. Tiffany Williams as Ensemble

Standby: Ali Gordon (Campbell, Eva)

Swings: Julia Albain, Clark Baxtresser, Richard Campbell, Arielle Goldman, Nick Lang, Sango Tajima

Understudies: Nico Ager (La Cienega, Twig, Cameron), Clark Baxtresser (Cameron), Bryce Charles (Danielle), Janaya Mahealani Jones (Danielle, Nautica), Curt Mega (Randall, Steven), Alle Faye Monka (Campbell, Eva, Skylar), Joey Richter (Randall), Rachael Soglin (Bridgett, Kylar, Skylar), James Tolbert (La Cienega, Twig, Steven), Tiffany Williams (Bridgett, Nautica, Kylar)

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.  

[baddawg94]

1985’s Police Story 👮 🔫 [ging chaat goo si]

Jackie Chan (Star/Director)- Chen Ka Kui

Bridgette Lin Ching Hsia- Selena Fong

Maggie Cheung Man Yuk- May

Chor Yuen- Chu Tao

Charlie Cho- John

Bill Tung- Uncle

Fung Hark On- Danny Chu, Chu Tao’s nephew

Lam Kwok Hung- Raymond Li

Mars- Kim

Kent Tong- Tom

[ryukang1995]

Just some simple collages of my non-canon Mortal Kombat OTP, Liu Kang x Sonya Blade, as they appeared throughout the films based on the franchise (both live-action and animated).

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Mortal Kombat (2021) vs. Mortal Kombat (1995): Which is Better?

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This article contains Mortal Kombat (2021) spoilers.

“Test your might.” These are the words of a minigame in the original Mortal Kombat arcade fighter from 1992. They were meant to signal an interlude between the simple pleasures of digitized sprites spilling buckets of blood. Yet they’ve also become synonymous with a franchise that’s arguably the most popular video game fighter of all-time. The phrase is also a pretty apt description for the various filmmakers who’ve attempted the challenge of taming this crazy dragon on screen.

More than any other video game series, Mortal Kombat has seen a plethora of live-action adaptations, from Hollywood movies to syndicated television. This weekend marks another milestone in that history, too, with Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s hotly anticipated Mortal Kombat reboot opening in theaters and premiering on HBO Max. It’s the third Mortal Kombat movie released under the New Line banner, but let’s just call it the second serious attempt at putting this universe on screen after the 1995 cult classic directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.

That ’95 movie holds the dubious honor of being generally considered the best video game movie adaptation of all-time, thanks to a tongue-in-cheek tone perfect for its mid-‘90s moment and maybe the greatest use of techno music in film. Genuinely, how many other pictures have the soundtrack scream the title of the movie over and over again, and it seems like a good idea?

The new movie took a different approach to the material, and certainly a bloodier one. While both adaptations share the same basic premise of chosen “Earthrealm” guardians protecting our dimension from an invading force via martial arts fights, the executions diverge radically. Here’s how.

The Story

The starkly different approach to storytelling in director Simon McQuoid’s 2021 Mortal Kombat is evident during the film’s opening scene. Beginning in 1600s Japan with a gnarly, brutal fight sequence between Sub-Zero (Joe Taslim) and Scorpion (Hiroyuki Sanada), this version of Mortal Kombat relies heavily on lore and world-building. If you know the video game backstory of Sub-Zero/Bi-Han, and how he was kidnapped as a child by the Lin Kuei cult so they could brainwash him into the magical ninja we now see slaughtering Scorpion’s family, the scene has a sense of fateful tragedy.

If you don’t, well Taslim and Sanada are such gifted martial artists that it still looks really cool. By contrast, Mortal Kombat of the ’95 vintage is pretty straightforward and to the point. This is basically an interdimensional version of the Bruce Lee classic, Enter the Dragon (1973), only with magical powers and the fate of the world at stake.

We’re introduced to three fighters in ‘95, Liu Kang (Robin Shou), Johnny Cage (Linden Ashby), and Sonya Blade (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), who all get on a boat to the tournament for different reasons. And while Liu Kang was raised by his Shaolin monk upbringing to know what this tournament is, the other two act as our eyes and ears into this strange world of mysticism and Outworld menace. By the time they reach the island, they understand they need to compete with superpowered foes to save Earth in a structured tournament.

Conversely, Mortal Kombat (2021) is curiously both more secretive and open about its bizarre universe. For a much larger chunk of its running time, the new movie’s point-of-view character Cole Young (Lewis Tan) is completely mystified by the superpowered horrors happening around him while the viewer is keyed in early by scenes set in the evil dimension of Outworld. There we see the dastardly sorcerer Shang Tsung (Chin Han) scheme from a throne about killing Cole in order to prevent a prophecy vaguely connected with the movie’s prologue scene in the 1600s. So he sends Sub-Zero to kill Cole in his day-to-day life as an MMA fighter, slaughtering him before he understands he’s been chosen to participate in the sacred Mortal Kombat tournament, which is held in secret every generation.

In fact, there is no actual tournament in the new film. Rather the plot eventually becomes Shang Tsung’s chosen band of evil warriors attempting to cheat ahead of the conflict by attacking Earthrealm’s depleted champions before they even discover they have superpowers (or “arcanas”) and know what Mortal Kombat is. The film thus becomes a quest movie with Cole joining forces with other “chosen ones” (or chosen one-aspirants) to find the Temple of Raiden, a lightning god (played by Tadanobu Asano) who represents the interests of Earthrealm in the tournaments. From there the heroes must learn their powers and evade preemptive, cheating attacks from Outworld’s thuggish baddies.

Side by side, the approaches appear to be the differences between a traditional (if derivative) martial arts flick and a modern studio blockbuster that is trying to cram as much fan service and world-building lore into a two-hour movie as possible in the hopes of making fanboys happy. I hesitate to say the 2021 film is fully following the Marvel Studios template given its copious amounts of blood and (seeming) lack of interest in building a shared universe of interconnected franchises. However, the 2021 film was certainly released in a post-Marvel world where the focus in studio committee rooms is less on telling a single story and more on building a whole convoluted mythology filled with fan favorite characters who are begging to be explored endlessly by future movies. It’s less story-driven than it is content-driven.

As a result, it leaves the narrative lacking. Viewers know long before Cole or 2021’s Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) what’s going on, and all the anticipation for a tournament that never materializes feels anti-climactic. With its simple structure, the Anderson-directed movie in the ‘90s plays out much more satisfyingly with three heroes (plus poor dead meat like “Art Lean”) entering a tournament by choice or trickery and then trying to survive it while learning vanilla, if tangible, life lessons. Liu Kang needs to accept his destiny; Johnny Cage must look before he leaps; and Sonya has to accept she’ll be the film’s damsel in distress even though she kicks ass. It’s an Enter the Dragon knockoff but it still has more kick than fan service.

Round One goes to 1995.

The Tone

The tone and aesthetics are also jarringly different between the two movies. Released in 1995, the same year Pierce Brosnan became James Bond, and two years before Arnold Schwarzenegger chilled out as Mr. Freeze, Mortal Kombat (1995) is an unmistakably campy movie and it leans into that fact.

Working with a low budget for a Hollywood spectacle even before New Line Cinema cut his funds by another $2 million right before cameras rolled, Anderson directed a B-movie that accepted its limitations and had fun with it. Apparently stars Ashby and Christopher Lambert, who played Lord Raiden in the ’95 movie, improvised dialogue throughout the shoot and rewrote entire scenes. As a consequence, Lambert’s lightning god was more of a jovial trickster in temperament, reminiscent of Loki instead of Odin. Johnny Cage, meanwhile, was essentially the film’s Han Solo: a cocksure wiseacre next to the stoic hero (Liu Kang) and a no-nonsense woman who doesn’t like to be called princess (Sonya).

As again signaled by the almost funereal opening sequence of Mortal Kombat (2021), where Sub-Zero murders Scorpion’s young family, the 2021 film is going for a differing sensibility. There is actually quite a bit of humor still present, with the real reason the Johnny Cage character got cut becoming apparent the moment we meet Kano (Josh Lawson), a loudmouth smartass who takes on the comic relief role but with an added slice of thuggery. Hence his dialogue has a lot more F-bombs than it does cracks about $500 sunglasses.

Other than moments where Kano is allowed to steal scenes, however, Mortal Kombat (2021) plays it pretty straight. Asano’s Raiden is imperious and his fighters stoic. However, it’s also worth noting Raiden is played by a Japanese actor, as opposed to a white American-born Frenchman who was raised in Switzerland (Lambert has quite the international background). Indeed, one of the more admirable qualities of the 2021 film is the focus on a diverse cast that includes more roles for Asian actors and people of color, whereas the 1995 film whitewashed Raiden and left out the Black American character Jax for little more than a cameo.

The 2021 film also upped the gore quotient considerably. While the martial arts of the 1995 film were decidedly PG-13, the tone of the movie was only a few steps removed from Power Rangers in some respects, including its introduction of a horrible CGI creation known as Reptile. The Reptile in the 2021 film appears more convincingly, like the latest monstrosity out of a Jurassic World lab, and the violence he commits is visually gruesome (more on that later).

Honestly, preferences over the aesthetic differences between the two films comes down to a matter of taste. I prefer the tongue-in-cheek eye rolls of the 1995 film given how nonsensical this universe is, and how at the end of the day its target audience remains children. Yet I imagine many adult fans of the video games will prefer the blood-soaked earnestness found in 2021.

Round Two is a draw.

Chosen Players

Anyone who’s picked up a fighting game will tell you it’s all about finding a character or two you like and then training up with them. In 1995, Anderson had the advantage of primarily adapting the original 1992 arcade game with its limited collection of playable characters. Ergo, his film’s lineup easily focused on the three aforementioned heroes of Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya Blade, plus the ambiguous Princess Kitana (Talisa Soto), and Lord Raiden. Meanwhile he divided his villain screen time between the sorcerer Shang Tsung (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) and Shang Tsung’s minions, who were essentially glorified Bond henchmen with individual gimmicks.

Fan favorites Sub-Zero and Scorpion are present in the ’95 movie—with much more colorful, game-accurate costumes—yet they’re relatively low-hanging fruit in the tournament’s brackets. Their rivalry is given lip-service but they are dispatched by heroes Liu Kang and Johnny Cage relatively easily. Meanwhile Trevor Goddard’s Kano is more a hapless comic relief baddie who Wilson-Sampras’ Sonya kills with a great laugh line. “Give me a break,” Kano pleads with his head pinned between her thighs. “Okay,” she shoots back before snapping his neck.

Still, the movie largely belongs to Tagawa who makes a meal out of the scenery as the big bad. The guttural pleasure he has in so naturally turning all the over-the-top commands in the video game into his dialogue—“Finish Him!;” “Fatality;” “Test Your Might”—is infectious.

The 2021 film relies on a much larger cast of characters and, unlike the 1995 movie, attempts to give them each a moment to shine in the way Kitana and the original Kano could only dream. This surprisingly begins with the introduction of a totally new character in Cole Young as our point-of-view protagonist. While fan favorite Liu Kang was the hero in ’95, the character is now a supporting player played by Ludi Lin in 2021. And he’s not alone. The new Liu Kang’s cousin, Kung Lao (Max Huang), also gets enough screen time to show off his character’s beloved razor-rimmed hat, which he dispatches one of the movie’s villains with.

There is also the new Sonya, who may have the most complete arc as she strives to be accepted as a champion for Earthrealm, and Jax (Mechad Brooks), who is Sonya’s partner with the chosen one birthmark and who gets a new nasty origin story for his metal arms. And then the new Kano spends as much time working with the good guys as he does becoming a villain in an entirely rushed and unconvincing third act plot twist.

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There are even more villains, most of whom amount to glorified cameos, including Mileena (Sisi Stringer), Nitara (Mel Jarnson), and Kabal (Daniel Nelson). However, they’re all even more perfunctory than Sub-Zero and Scorpion were in 1995. At least the ‘90s ninjas each got a few minutes to show off before being dispatched. Even the ostensible main villain of 2021, the new Shang Tsung, is fairly underserved, left to state banal dialogue from a throne without a throne room, and he’s never allowed to dominate scenes the way Tagawa did so gleefully back in the day.

Unfortunately, this is because the 2021 film has so many characters that it lacks any sense of narrative focus or cohesion. Tan’s arc of wanting to learn his power/arcana to defend his family is as broad and serviceable a hook as Shou’s 1995 Liu Kang wanting to avenge the murder of his brother. But Tan’s Cole Young gets lost in the shuffle after the first act and until the movie’s ending. Character turns like Kano betraying the other heroes similarly feels hackneyed because there is too much noise on screen to really care about who’s making it. Even Kang Lao’s death falls flat. It’s admirable that it’s a good guy fans theoretically should care about (unlike 1995’s token Black character created by the filmmakers to die), but the 2021 movie fails to make the uninitiated be concerned.

Of course there are exceptions. Namely Sub-Zero and Scorpion. Even though Scorpion ill-advisedly disappears for nearly all of the movie’s running time after the film’s terrific opening 10 minutes, Sanada has such presence, and such strong chemistry with Taslim’s Sub-Zero, that their opening salvo leaves you waiting the rest of the movie for Scorpion’s revenge. Taslim is also able to give Sub-Zero some surprisingly tangible, if only hinted at, pathos even after he kills a kid in his first scene and is then forced to act behind a mask thereafter. He’s the real villain of the piece you want to see go down, and his death scene is incredibly satisfying as a result.

It’s probably enough for fans of the games to favor this kitchen sink approach. But overall, less is more.

Round Three goes to 1995.

Fight Scenes

If there is one realm where the 2021 movie truly excels in over the previous film, this is it. And yes, a big part of that is the gore quotient. Whereas the 1995 flick was produced with a PG-13 rating in mind (my elementary school thanks New Line for that), the 2021 movie was able to embrace the gross out charm that made the original game stand out at the arcade all those decades ago. Street Fighter might’ve been first, but only Mortal Kombat let you pull the other player’s spine out.

While that effect doesn’t quite happen in the 2021 movie, almost everything else does. Nitara goes face first into a Kung Lao’s buzzsaw hat, which cuts her cleanly in half; Sub-Zero freezing Jax’s arms and then shattering them in a stomach-churning effect; and instead of going off a cliff, Prince Goro is disemboweled by Cole Young—which almost makes up for the fact that Goro is reduced to a mindless mute this time.

It’s like a highlight reel of fatalities from the video game. But the reason why this film’s fight scenes really stand above the 1995 film isn’t the bloodletting; it’s the action leading up to it. With brutal fight choreography, the new Mortal Kombat shines whenever it lets actors who can actually do the stunts take the arena. That includes Lewis Tan, whose Cole Young mostly fights other MMA types or CG monsters. But it’s especially true for Joe Taslim of The Raid fame. As the villainous Sub-Zero, his moves are lightning quick, even if his powers leave opponents frozen stiff. So when he shares the screen with Tan or Sanada, the action reveals an auhentic flair.

In comparison, the 1995 film suffers a bit from the sin Johnny Cage is trying to dodge within the story: it relies on stunt doubles and tight editing to make the fights exciting. It’s a shame too since Shou is an excellent martial artist, and the one scene he got to choreograph���Liu Kang versus Reptile—has an edge. But much of the time, Shou’s constrained by the direction and editing. Ashby and Wilson-Sampras, conversely, are not actual martial artists, though credit must be given to Wilson-Sampras for doing all her own stunts when getting the role of Sonya at the last minute.

Still, the fights stand taller in 2021. It’s a bit of a shame though that the movie is so heavily edited that it too often hides this fact. Unlike the 1995 ensemble, most of the cast has the moves in 2021, but the editing still feels stuck in the past with its reliance on confounding quick cuts and coverage. During our current era of John Wick and Atomic Blonde this is both a bizarre and disappointing choice. Nevertheless, this is an easy call.

Round Four goes to 2021.

Ending

The final fight was relatively satisfying in 1995. Tagawa is a preening villain, and when the Immortals’ techno “Mortal Kombat” theme plays, it’s a pleasure to watch Liu Kang wipe that smug smile off Shang Tsung’s face. However, the ending keeps going with a Star Wars-esque sendoff to Liu Kang’s force ghost brother, and then the movie undermines its catharsis by immediately setting up a sequel.

In the picture’s final moments, our three heroes, plus Kitana, return to the real-life Thai temple that’s supposed to be Liu Kang’s home. Lord Raiden waits for them there, getting some final sideways cracks in before Outworld’s evil emperor Shao Khan appears like a giant specter in the clouds. He immediately threatens an Earthrealm invasion, despite losing the tournament.

I can attest that in 1995, this was a stunning cliffhanger for eight-year-olds everywhere. But then… Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), one of the worst films of the late ‘90s, happened.

Meanwhile in the 2021 film, we have a much more satisfying death for its villain when Scorpion returns from hell to send Sub-Zero to the hot place. Their fight is much more technically satisfying, and the cliffhanger setup is a lot more subtle. After defeating Shang Tsung’s warriors, if not Shang Tsung himself, the heroes of Earthrealm saved us all without an actual tournament ever occurring. And instead of Outworld cheating in this moment by invading anyway, they retreat. It’s an odd choice since they’ve been cheating the whole film, so why start playing by the rules now?

Even so, it leaves a destination for a second movie to actually head toward. And to tease that fact further, it’s implied Cole Young will now travel to Hollywood to recruit movie star Johnny Cage for a sequel. It’s pure fan service, but the kind that leaves the possibility open for better things to come. Considering we know where the 1995 movie’s cliffhanger leads—to pits of cinematic hell worse than any faced by Scorpion in the last 400 years—this is a victory for 2021 by default.

Round Five goes to 2021.

Final Victor

Ultimately, neither of these films are high art nor do they aspire to be. In some ways, it’s a case of picking your poison between schlock or schlock. Each has advantages over the other, as laid out above, and each is a long way from a flawless victory. Nonetheless, due simply to narrative and tonal cohesiveness, and just more memorable lead characters, I’ll go with the one that actually gets to the tournament this whole damn thing’s designed around.

Game over.

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19th Annual Bryan Awards - Acting Nominees

Writing and Directing, plus Technical Prizes can be found on @thebryanandsilvergarbage Page.

Lead Actress in a Drama Series: GAME OF THRONES (HBO) - Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen HOUSE OF CARDS (Netflix) - Robin Wright as President Claire Underwood KILLING EVE (BBC America) - Jodie Comer as Villanelle KILLING EVE (BBC America) - Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri OZARK (Netflix) - Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde THIS IS US (NBC) - Mandy Moore as Rebecca Pearson

Lead Actor in a Drama Series: BETTER CALL SAUL - Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill (AMC) GAME OF THRONES - Kit Harington as Jon Snow (HBO) OZARK - Jason Bateman as Marty Byrde (Netflix) POSE - Billy Porter as Pray Tell (F/X) THIS IS US - Sterling K. Brown as Randall Pearson (NBC) THIS IS US - Milo Ventimiglia as Jack Pearson (NBC) Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: THE AFFAIR - Maura Tierney as Helen Solloway (Showtime) BETTER CALL SAUL - Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler (AMC) GAME OF THRONES - Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth (HBO) GAME OF THRONES - Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister (HBO) THIS IS US - Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson (NBC) THIS IS US - Chrissy Metz as Kate Pearson (NBC) Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: BETTER CALL SAUL - Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut (AMC) GAME OF THRONES - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jamie Lannister (HBO) GAME OF THRONES - Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister (HBO) HOMECOMING - Bobby Cannavale as Colin Belfast (Amazon Prime) HOUSE OF CARDS - Michael Kelly as Doug Stamper (Netflix)  SUCCESSION - Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy (HBO) THIS IS US - Justin Hartley as Kevin Pearson (NBC) THIS IS US - Chris Sullivan as Toby Damon (NBC) Younger Actress in a Drama Series or Limited Series: THE ACT - Joey King as Gypsy Rose Blanchard (Hulu) THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA - Kiernan Shipka as Sabrina Spellman (Netflix) GAME OF THRONES - Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark (HBO) GAME OF THRONES - Maisie Williams as Arya Stark (HBO) OZARK - Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore (Netflix) SHARP OBJECTS - Eliza Scanlan as Amma Crellin (HBO) Younger Actor in a Drama Series or Limited Series: THE CHI - Alex Hibbert as Kevin Williams (Showtime) THE CHI - Jacob Latimore as Emmett Washington (Showtime) GOTHAM - David Mazouz as Young Bruce Wayne (Fox) WHEN THEY SEE US - Asante Black as Young Kevin Richardson (Netflix) WHEN THEY SEE US - Caleel Harris as Young Anton McCray (Netflix) WHEN THEY SEE US - Jharrell Jerome as Korey Wise (Netflix)

Guest Actress in a Drama Series: AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE - Connie Britton as Vivien Harmon (F/X) AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE - Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon (F/X) GAME OF THRONES - Carice Van Houten as Melisandre (HBO) THE HANDMAID’S TALE - Cherry Jones as Holly (Hulu) HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER - Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Harkness (ABC) THIS IS US - Phylicia Rashad  as Carol Clarke (NBC) Guest Actor in a Drama Series: AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE - Dylan McDermott as Ben Harmon (F/X) BETTER CALL SAUL - Michael McKean as Chuck McGill (AMC) THE HANDMAID’S TALE - Bradley Whitford as Commander Joseph Lawrence (Hulu) HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER - Glynn Turman as Nate Lahey Sr. (ABC) POSE - Christopher Meloni as Dick Ford (F/X) THIS IS US - Michael Angarano as Nick Pearson (NBC) THIS IS US - Ron Cephas Jones as William (NBC)

Performance by a Cast in a Drama Series: Better Call Saul (AMC) Game of Thrones (HBO) Ozark (Netflix) Pose (F/X) Succession (HBO) This is Us (NBC) Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: BLACK-ISH - Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Rainbow Johnson (ABC) THE GOOD PLACE - Kristen Bell as Veronica Van Der Hooven (NBC) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam Maisel (Amazon) MOM - Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett (CBS) RUSSIAN DOLL - Natasha Lyonne as Nadia (Amazon) VEEP - Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer (HBO) Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: BARRY - Bill Hader as Barry (HBO) THE BIG BANG THEORY - Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper (CBS) BLACK-ISH - Anthony Anderson as Dre Johnson (ABC) BLACK MONDAY - Don Cheadle as Mo Monroe (Showtime) THE GOOD PLACE - Ted Danson as Michael (NBC) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky (Netflix) Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: FLEABAG - Olivia Colman as Godmother (Amazon Prime) GLOW - Betty Gilpin as Debbie Eagan (Netflix) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Marin Hinkle as Rose Weissman (Amazon Prime) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Alex Borstein as Susie (Amazon Prime) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Kate McKinnon as Various Characters (NBC) VEEP - Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer (HBO) Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: BARRY - Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches (HBO) BARRY - Henry Winkler as Gene Cousineau (HBO) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Tony Shalhoub as Abe Weissman (Amazon) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Kenan Thompson as Various Characters (NBC) UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT - Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon (Netflix) VEEP - Tony Hale as Gary Walsh (HBO) VEEP - Nathan Simons as Jonah Ryan (HBO) Younger Actress in a Comedy Series: ATYPICAL - Jenna Boyd as Paige Hardaway (Netflix) ATYPICAL - Bridgette Lundy-Paine as Casey Gardner (Netflix) BLACK-ISH - Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson (ABC) CASUAL - Tara Lynne Barr as Laura Meyers (Hulu) MODERN FAMILY - Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily Tucker-Pritchett (ABC) MODERN FAMILY - Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy (ABC) Younger Actor in a Comedy Series: ATYPICAL - Keir Gilchrist as Sam Gardner (Netflix) BLACK-ISH - Marcus Scribner as Andre Johnson Jr. (ABC) MODERN FAMILY - Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado (ABC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Pete Davidson as Various Characters (NBC) SHAMELESS - Cameron Monaghan as Ian Gallagher (Showtime) YOUNG SHELDON - Iain Armitage as Sheldon Cooper (CBS) Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: THE BIG BANG THEORY - Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter (CBS) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Ann-Margret as Diane (Netflix) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Jane Lynch as Sophie Lennon (Amazon Prime) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Rachel Brosnahan as Host/Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Sandra Oh as Host/Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Emma Thompson as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: BROOKLYN NINE-NINE - Lin-Manuel Miranda as David Santiago (NBC) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Danny DeVito as Dr. Wexler (Netflix) THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL - Luke Kirby as Lenny Bruce (Netflix) MOM - Bradley Whitford as Mitch (CBS) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Matt Damon as Host/Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Robert DeNiro as Robert Mueller (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Adam Sandler as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

Performance by a Cast in a Comedy Series: Barry (HBO) The Big Bang Theory (CBS) black-ish (ABC) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Veep (HBO)  

Lead Actress in a Limited Series/Movie: DEADWOOD THE MOVIE - Paula Malcomson as Trixie (HBO) DIRTY JOHN - Connie Britton as Debra Newell (Bravo) ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA - Patricia Arquette as Joyce “Tilly” Mitchell (Showtime) FOSSE/VERDON - Michelle Williams as Gwen Verdon (F/X) MANIAC - Emma Stone as Annie Landsberg (Netflix) SHARP OBJECTS - Amy Adams as Camille Preaker (HBO) Lead Actor in a Limited Series/Movie: CHERNOBYL - Jared Harris as Valery Legasov (HBO) DEADWOOD THE MOVIE - Ian McShane as Al Swearengen (HBO) ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA - Benicio Del Toro as Richard Matt (Showtime) FOSSE/VERDON - Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse (F/X) TRUE DETECTIVE - Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays (HBO) A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL - Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe (BBC) Supporting Actress in a Limited Series/Movie: THE ACT - Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard (Hulu) CHERNOBYL - Emily Watson as Ulana Khomyuk (HBO) FOSSE/VERDON - Margaret Qualley as Ann Reinking (F/X) KING LEAR - Emma Thompson as Goneril (Amazon Prime) MANIAC - Sally Field as Dr. Greta Mantleray (Netflix) SHARP OBJECTS - Patricia Clarkson as Adora Crellin (HBO) TRUE DETECTIVE - Carmen Egojo as Amelia Reardon (HBO) WHEN THEY SEE US - Vera Farmiga as Elizabeth Lederer (Netflix) Supporting Actor in a Limited Series/Movie: CATCH-22 - Kyle Chandler as Cathcart (Hulu) CATCH-22 - George Clooney as Scheisskopf (Hulu) ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA - Paul Dano as David Sweat (Showtime) ESCAPE FROM DANNEMORA - Eric Lange as Lyle Mitchell (Showtime) FOSSE/VERDON - Norbert Leo Butz as Paddy Chayefsky (F/X) A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL - Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott (BBC)

 Performance by a Cast in a Limited Series/Movie/Special: Deadwood the Movie (HBO) Escape from Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (F/X) Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and The Jeffersons (ABC) Maniac (Netflix) Sharp Objects (HBO) When They See Us (Netflix) Lead Actress in Daytime: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - Jacqueline McInnes-Wood as Steffy Forrester-Spencer (CBS) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Kassie DePaiva as Eve Donovan (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Marci Miller as Abigail Deveraux (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Maura West as Ava Jerome (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Laura Wright as Carly Corinthos (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott (CBS) Lead Actor in Daytime: DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Tyler Christopher as Stefan DiMera (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Billy Flynn as Chad DiMera (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Drake Hogestyn as John Black (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Jon Lindstrom as Dr. Kevin Collins & Ryan Chamberlain (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott (CBS) Supporting Actress in Daytime: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - Annika Noelle as Hope Logan (CBS) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Martha Madison as Belle Black (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Tamara Braun as Dr. Kim Nero (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Vernee Watson as Stella Henry (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Beth Maitland as Traci Abbott (CBS) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Mishael Morgan as Hilary Curtis (CBS) Supporting Actor in Daytime: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL - Wayne Brady as Dr. Reese Buckingham (CBS) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Eric Martsolf as Brady Black (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Greg Rikaart as Leo Stark (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Greg Vaughan as Eric Brady (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Max Gail as Mike Corbin (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Bryton James as Devon Hamilton (CBS) Younger Actress in Daytime: DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Olivia Rose Keegan as Claire Brady (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Victoria Konefal as Ciara Brady (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Hayley Erin as Kiki Jerome (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Chloe Lanier as Nelle Benson (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Eden McCoy as Josslyn Jacks (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Hunter King as Summer Newman (CBS) Younger Actor in Daytime: DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Lucas Adams as Tripp Dalton (NBC) DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Casey Moss as J.J. Deveraux (NBC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - William Lipton as Cameron Webber (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Garren Stitt as Oscar Nero-Quartermaine (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Zach Tinker as Fenmore Baldwin (CBS)

Guest Performer in Daytime: GENERAL HOSPITAL - Patricia Bethune as Nurse Mary Pat (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - James Read as Gregory Chase (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Chandra Wilson as Dr. Linda Massey and Sydney Val Jean (ABC) GENERAL HOSPITAL - Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri (ABC) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Thad Luckinbill as J.T. Hellstrom (CBS) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS - Shemar Moore as Malcolm Winters (CBS)

Performance By A Cast in a Daytime Soap: The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) Days of Our Lives (NBC) General Hospital (ABC) The Young and the Restless (CBS)

Lead Actress in a New Series: BLACK MONDAY - Regina Hall as Dawn Towner (Showtime) GENTLEMAN JACK - Suranne Jones as Anne Lister (HBO) HOMECOMING - Julia Roberts as Heidi Bergman (Amazon) RUSSIAN DOLL - Natasha Lyonne as Nadia (Netflix) SALLY4EVER - Julia Davis as Emma (HBO) SALLY4EVER - Catherine Wheeler as Sally (HBO) Lead Actor in a New Series: BLACK MONDAY - Don Cheadle as Mo Monroe (Showtime) KIDDING - Jim Carrey as Jeff Pickles (Showtime) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Michael Douglas as Sandy Kominsky (Netflix) POSE - Billy Porter as Pray Tell (F/X) SUCCESSION - Brian Cox as Logan Roy (HBO) SUCCESSION - Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy (HBO) Supporting Actress in a New Series: GENTLEMAN JACK - Gemma Jones as Aunt Anne Lister (HBO) HOMECOMING - Sissy Spacek as Ellen Bergman (Amazon) KIDDING - Judy Greer as Jill (Showtime) KIDDING - Catherine Keener as Deirdre (Showtime) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Susan Sullivan as Eileen (Netflix) POSE - Kate Mara as Patty Bowes (F/X)    Supporting Actor in a New Series: BLACK MONDAY - Andrew Rannells as Blair Pfaff (Showtime) GENTLEMAN JACK - Timothy West as Jeremy Lister (HBO) HOMECOMING - Bobby Cannavale as Colin Belfast (Amazon) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Alan Arkin as Norman Newlander (Netflix) A MILLION LITTLE THINGS - Romany Malco as Rome Howard (ABC) SUCCESSION - Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy (HBO) Guest Performer in a New Series: THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Danny DeVito as Dr. Wexler (Netflix) THE KOMINSKY METHOD - Ann-Margret as Diane (Netflix) POSE - Sandra Bernhard as Judy Kubrak (F/X) POSE - Clark Jackson as Mr. Richards (F/X) POSE - Christopher Meloni as Dick Ford (F/X) RUSSIAN DOLL - Chloe Sevigny as Lenora Vulkovov (Netflix) Performance By a Cast in a New Series: The Cast of Black Monday (Showtime) The Cast of Gentleman Jack (HBO) The Cast of Kidding (Showtime) The Cast of A Million Little Things (ABC) The Cast of Pose (F/X) The Cast of Succession (Showtime)