Mortal Kombat

Slate's Spoiler Specials

Slate Podcasts

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Slate staff writer Karen Han is joined by Slate Brow Beat's nights and weekends editor, Matthew Dessem, to spoil Mortal Kombat, the new action/fantasy movie based on the 1990’s video game. Hunted by the fearsome warrior Sub-Zero, MMA fighter Cole Young finds sanctuary at the temple of Lord Raiden. Training with experienced fighters Liu Kang, Kung Lao and the rogue mercenary Kano, Cole prepares to stand with Earth's greatest champions to take on the enemies from Outworld in a high-stakes battle for the universe. You can read Karen’s review here. You can read Matt’s review here. Podcast production by Morgan Flannery. Note: As the title indicates, this podcast contains spoilers galore. Email us at [email protected]. Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and access to exclusive shows like Dana Stevens’ classic movies podcast Flashback. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Hosts Karen Han is a Slate staff writer. Matthew Dessem is Slate Brow Beat's nights and weekends editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.5	Silent free these people! No. I see death. Shiland freed is people.
0:40.4	No, I am the father of all.
0:48.3	What's in the box?
0:51.8	You get it! You blew it up! Damn you all the hell!
0:59.5	Hello and welcome to Slate's spoiler specials. I'm Karen Hahn, staff writer at Slate, and I'm joined by Matt Dessam, Brow Beats Nights, and Weekends Editor. Welcome, Matt.
1:08.7	Hello, thank you so much for having me.
1:12.6	Now that I've said, I almost feel like I should have had more of like a fighter intro. I haven't played any of the Mortal Kombat
1:17.2	games, but I know like whenever you select a fighter on screen, it's like Matt Dessum or something.
1:23.7	Yeah, there are a lot of gongs and, you know, companies. We're here to spoil the new Mortal Kombat movie directed by Simon McCoyd, and it's on HBO Max right now, so you can go watch it.
1:35.0	You can also see it in theaters if you can manage to do that safely, and you are comfortable with going to a theater currently.
1:41.1	I guess before we jump into it, are you a big Mortal Kombat head? I've just said
1:45.2	I've never played anything game, so I'm obviously not. I am not. If you asked me like, you know,
1:51.0	25 years ago, well, longer than that now, but the original game, like the arcade console,
1:56.2	the first one I was obsessed with in high school, specifically the one at Sir Goonies, golfing Games in
2:01.9	Farragut, Tennessee. There's still, you know, half of my college tuition in that thing.
2:06.7	Since then, no, I haven't played any console versions. So there's a lot of, a lot of characters
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