Mortal Kombat: Conquest

This is probably the best of the video game to TV adaptation that I've seen. Threshold did an excellent job in the way that they mixed the gaming element: characters such as Kung Lao, Rayden, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, Shang Tsung, and even the legendary Noob Saibot... with the movie elements, bringing new characters such as Taja, Vorpax, and Siro just to name a few. Perhaps one of the greatest aspects is the true fighting skill the actors, actresses, and in some cases, stunt doubles, display. This isn't the old "Biff" "Pow" type episode. It is very well-done martial arts being displayed, and quite energizing to watch! Congrats on a job well done!

Sure, the stories are tired out, juvenile, morality plays. Sure, they attach a 90's value system to people supposedly from times centuries past. Nevertheless, this thing has some of the coolest fight scenes ever shot. Besides, all the women look and dress like they just jumped out of an adolescent's daydream. Baywatch is nothing compared to these babes.

Despite the disappointing beginnings, this series really picks up speed for a thrilling finale which certainly left me a bit stunned.

At the start of the series it seemed this was just another lame TV program which would be cancelled after five shows; the fight scenes and Taja were the only things which kept your interest while the stories tailed off half way through. However the more episodes you saw, more characters were added and as the acting improved, so did the plots.

By the end Conquest had made up for both the early episodes and the awful Annihilation. The only questions that remain are as to whether there will be another series and just why Taja was hardly ever involved in the fights after an impressive first bout.

As good as could be expected.

I started watching this show, cause I thought it was late night trash. Something to watch cause there was nothing else on. This all changed about 6-7 episodes into the series though. MKC started to introduce story arcs ( the characters memories arn't wiped after 45 mins for a new episode ). Things happen in this show, relationships and politics that you don't really expect.

At the end of every episode, I was left saying to myself " that was the best episode yet...". The final episode totally confirms this, seeing as the show was not revived for a 2nd series, this is probably the most refreshing finale I have ever seen.

Mortal Kombat always has a great story behind all the fighting. Mortal Kombat: Conquest takes you back where it all began.

MK Conquest has been misunderstood by many people when the series aired on TV. Most people who have seen the movies (and don't know much about Mortal Kombat) will wonder how it can be that the bad guys in the movies can be still alive in the series if the story in the series are like 1500 years ago ("Mortal" (remember?) Kombat). Others will wonder why the heroes in the movies are not in the series (they where not born yet). There are much more hesitations that people had with Mortal Kombat Conquest. What these people forget, is that the story of Mortal Kombat is big and complex. The fundemental and most important thing that made Mortal Kombat legendary is the fighting and story within it.

MK Conquest is in fact the best TV-serie ever made. The fighting techniques used in the series are extremely good. There was no single Mortal Kombat Conquest serie that was boring. Each serie was great and full of action.

The story, Taja (a thief), Siro (an ex-guard) and a Monk called Kung Lao are the good guys. Every bad guy in the movie wants Kung Lao dead because he won Mortal Kombat the last time and now they are afraid he will win again. The evil empiror Shao Kahn and the sorcerer Shang Tsung keep on trying to kill Kung Lao. This with a lot of things in the serie, make famous Mortal Kombat characters fight in the series. Sub-Zero, Scrorpion, Smoke, Reptile, Rayden, Chuan Chi, General Reiko are one of those famous MK characters you will see in the TV series.

If you are a MK fan, this will be a must. Others will enjoy it as well.