Mortal Kombat Recap: Everything to Know Before MK II

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Mortal Kombat IIis only the secondMortal Kombat movie in the current film franchise (duh), but this is a surprisingly convoluted franchise for an IP built on dudes freezing and stabbing and bludgeoning each other over and over. There after 30+ years of kombat, there are nowmultiple game continuities,multiple movies made inthe 1990s, plus animated features, and more.

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If you feel a little groggy on your feet just thinking about all this stuff, ScreenCrush is here to help. Our latest video will recap everything you need to know aboutMortal Kombat ahead ofMortal Kombat II.Who is Cole Young? What Mortal Kombat games was he in? (Spoiler alert: None of them!)What the heck is Outworld and why are they fighting Earthrealm? (Also: Earthrealm?) What do the old movies have to do with the new ones? What are the rules ofMortal Kombat?Arethere rules of Mortal Kombat? Why is it Kombat with a ‘k’? (Sorry, no one can explain that one.)

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Perhaps one of the most famous examples of a beloved classic that almost ended right after it began was M*A*S*H, the medical sitcom set inside a U.S. Army mobile surgical hospital during the Korean War. Nowadays, it’s considered one of the best TV shows ever made, an entertaining weekly comedy that found ways to smartly comment on current affairs, but the outlook wasn’t always so rosy. The ratings for the first season were so bad, many cast members at the wrap party assumed they were all saying goodbye. But re-runs proved that M*A*S*H had an audience, and fans showed up in droves after CBS greenlit a second season. The rest is history.

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