Ed Boon: The inspiration for the first game was every movie we’d seen growing up. If you really look at every character we have they were kind of inspired by someone. Johnny Cage is inspired by John Claude Van Dam, Liu Kang is inspired by Bruce Lee, Raiden is from Big Trouble in Little China, Kano is a hybrid of the Terminator with a little Mad Max. We really were kind of drawing from all these movies experiences with a lot of clichés and just trying to represent those characters in a video game.
It's also funny that both films helped to father rising Martial Artist stars - Jackie Chan was a stuntman in ETD and Tony Jaa was part of the stunt crew for MK
Holy hell thats correct. Also to note yes Mortal Kombat Johnny Cage’s character was suppose to be The main character at the time and then well good old JLVD did not want to be a part of it so then in turn they kept most of his move set then switch the main character to Liu Kane which was an carbon copy of Tommy Le including his finisher from Best of the Best 2 and beyond; and besides that also use the Enter the dragon Storyline as you do stated from before as well just an older version of his brother
MK wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Street Fighter getting so popular and the rise of pop culture and action hero’s. Bruce was the inspiration for one character, not the entire game. Every major character takes inspiration from a real person, Johnny and Jax certainly aren’t Bruce Lee
@@thatboymeak LOL shows what u know about Bruce Lee, the movie Enter the Dragon, and Mortal Kombat. The entire mortal kombat tournament style set up was directly based off Enter the Dragon which is a movie about a martial arts tournament on an island, doesn't that ring any bells in your head, even Ed Boon has said its based off Bruce Lee. Johnny Cage is based on the character Roper from Enter the Dragon, Jax is like the character Williams, Bolo is Goro, Shang-Tsung is Han, Sonya Blade is Tania, and Liu-Kung is Bruce Lee but he's not the only character based off a character from Enter the Dragon, you're just simply wrong.
@@thatboymeak Johnny suppose to be van Dan but he turn down the roll but they still took Inspiration from yeah so yeah u right anyone disagree with u stupid
I thought this was the whole point when they put together Mortal Kombat? It's why it was one of the few video game movies to succeed back then, because it was a classic kung fu tale rather than some half-assed attempt to turn a crazy three paragraph storyline into a whole movie.
Toby Martin Let's see about your logic you are saying that a movie from 1973 copied Mortal Kombat which is a movie from the early 2000's?, i could use the argument of a time machine or something. But the Mk movie is so bad that it makes the fan-gamers embarrased.
I know, and I am truly sorry for my error. When I look back at now it seems obvious that ETD was released just after the era where colour television was becoming mainstream and that MK was something I played on an arcade machines at High School. I should have put the two together before I spoke yet I didn't and for that I am sorry. I was just so angry at the blatant bad plagiarism of what I thought was Enter The Dragon ripping of such a classic and Iconic movie like Mortal Kombat and I spoke out of Turn.
J. Matthew Turner You do. A LOT. Your voice was very familiar as I watched and then i read this guy's comment and POW...You are forever to be known as UA-cam Jessie Eisenberg.
+Micah Houghton Well, TIL. I just saw American Ultra, too. Funny thing is, I probably do talk more like him in real life -- just in terms of cadence and speech patterns. Anyway, thanks for letting me know! :D
Both are great movies & I know Enter the Dragon was part of the inspiration for Mortal Kombat (the video games) along with movies like Big Trouble in Little China (which has the inspiration for Raiden & a little more inspiration for Shang Tsung & his most important element yet) & Bloodsport (which has the inspiration for Johnny Cage). Watch all 3 of those movies & you'll see the inspiration for Mortal Kombat within them.
you forgot O'Hara as Kano w the scar on his eye (Kano mask) also is 1 of main villains lead henchmen just like Mk I love both movies and noticed that too haha same exact story even pre island stories and all.sweet video tho
showtime1285 Ha! Didn't think of that. O'Hara's kind of a wildcard: he shares the facial scar with Kano, but is also Lee's personal nemesis, having killed Lee's sister, which is a role Shang Tsung carries in MK. So, yeah. Didn't quite know what to do with him.
You need to do a video about how The Magnificent Seven, Battle Beyond the Stars, The Three Amigos, A Bugs Life and Galaxy Quest are all the same story as Seven Samurai, albeit some of them being comedic and using the idea that the heroes initially don't know the threat is real. As far as I know The Magnificent Seven was the only one open about it, saying in the credits that it is based on the Kurosawa movie. Seven Samurai must be the story Hollywood remakes the most often.
I was just watching ETD again and I realised how similar the set-up is with the three protagonists and the island and even Bolo, but I didn't realise that it is SO CLOSE to the Mortal Kombat movie (or better the other way round)
Today I randomly had the idea to start a page called "It's the Same Movie." I do a quick search as far as the concept, and OF COURSE I'm atleast a decade too late. That said, THANK YOU for doing this better than I could've ever dreamed! LOL INSTANTLY subscribed!
I think this happens more often than people realize where an amazing movie gets literally remade a decade or two later. Personally this doesn't make me love mortal kombat or enter the dragon any less.
Enter the dragon has a way better story especially in the way of lessons in karma especially after mister Williams beats up those 2 crooked cops in the beginning of the film then the German Shepherd dog 🐕 joined in on giving the dirty cops a taste of their own medicine. I also liked it when mister roper gave those soldiers of fortune that were trying to attack roper and mister roper gave them a taste of their own medicine
I swear I thought of this comparison between these two movies/franchises before the year 2000, being a huge fan of Bruce Lee and video games such as Mortal Kombat. It's so cool to see how other people picked up on the exact same thing and same details!
Can you do "Bloodsport and The Quest are really the same movie"? .. It's kind of more sad because it was like JCVD just needed some more money, so he redid he most famous movie.
Alu Card It is, if you play the first game. The stage where you're fighting in front of the monks is inspired by the opening scene where Bruce Lee fights Sammo Hung.
+Alu Card Ed Boon: The inspiration for the first game was every movie we’d seen growing up. If you really look at every character we have they were kind of inspired by someone. Johnny Cage is inspired by John Claude Van Dam, Liu Kang is inspired by Bruce Lee, Raiden is from Big Trouble in Little China, Kano is a hybrid of the Terminator with a little Mad Max.We really were kind of drawing from all these movies experiences with a lot of clichés and just trying to represent those characters in a video game.
+victorrain Ed Boon: The inspiration for the first game was every movie we’d seen growing up. If you really look at every character we have they were kind of inspired by someone. Johnny Cage is inspired by John Claude Van Dam, Liu Kang is inspired by Bruce Lee, Raiden is from Big Trouble in Little China, Kano is a hybrid of the Terminator with a little Mad Max.We really were kind of drawing from all these movies experiences with a lot of clichés and just trying to represent those characters in a video game.
Also Johnny Cage name similar to John Saxon.. but i think Sonya not replicate Jim Kelly.. there should be 1 guy which is Johnny Cage friend killed by Goro and soul taken by Shang Tsung.. this guy looks more to Jim Kelly character. Also Kano have 1 eye represent Ohara which have scar on face
Holy fucking shit! Ok there has to be more of this stuff out there yet to be discovered, new sub here and after watching the Karate Kid & now this video I must see more!
Wow I never noticed all the similarities. The MK game is loosely based on Enter the Dragon so many of these similarities were intentionally done when they created the game as an homage to the film. But I didnt realize when they made the movie they basically remade Enter the Dragon into a much less interesting and much more shitty movie.
What this title should say is 'Mortal Kombat ripped off Enter the Dragon, that is why it is one of only a very few video game movies to have any succession in cinema form'
Both films were likely produced using the same studios. Also : it's not a coincidence why the ex Vietnam War soldier mercenaries who try to beat up roper are the same who play the tournament officials within the karate kid movies
Now let’s review the specific characters: Liu Kang/Bruce Lee (Shaolin Monk) Shang Tsung/Han (Middle-aged Asian man and host of tournament) Goro/Bolo (Defending champion whose name is a pattern of consonant-O-consonant-O) Johnny Cage/Roper (Rich playboy) Sonya Blade/Williams (Non-Asian, token diversity character) Kano/Parsons (Australian/New Zealander competitor)
And Star Wars episode 4, The Last Starfighter, The Matrix, Toy Story, The Lord of the Rings, Thor, Django Unchained, and the whole trilogy of Kung Fu Panda.
+darkservantofheaven Ed Boon: The inspiration for the first game was every movie we’d seen growing up. If you really look at every character we have they were kind of inspired by someone. Johnny Cage is inspired by John Claude Van Dam, Liu Kang is inspired by Bruce Lee, Raiden is from Big Trouble in Little China, Kano is a hybrid of the Terminator with a little Mad Max.We really were kind of drawing from all these movies experiences with a lot of clichés and just trying to represent those characters in a video game.
+daz h The first game was originally going to be a game based on either Bloodsport or Universal Soldier, can't remember exactly, with a digitized Van Damme to star in it.
+Digital Intent: Mortal Kombat was originally intended to be a celebrity-endorsed fighting game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. For reasons I don't know, the deal fell through. However, Van Damme's video game counterpart obviously became Johnny Cage.
I came to this same realization a couple of years ago when a friend of mine was watching Enter the Dragon for the first time. I didn't notice as many parallels though.
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ClassicTophatGaming Have you even seen Battle Royale? They're not even close. Making a classroom full of spoiled school children fight each other to the death != a class-warfare program used to keep large groups of people beholden to a ruling class. You'd have better luck making the argument that Battle Royale is an intentional Lord of the Flies...
+ClassicTophatGaming battle royal even tho is more gruesome have more character development then the hunger game last 2 movies but u should check it out if u have netflix tho
+ClassicTophatGaming Is that a lame attempt at sarcasm? Those 2 movies have literally nothing in common other than children killing each other... are you really this dense?
William Mueller & That was a lame attempt at tagging me, I could literally ask you the same thing since everyone else I know who have seen the films agree with me. Run Along now please.
Billy Lo* He needs to do a video that everyone isn't a Bruce Lee rip off, but a Billy Lo rip off. Billy Lo being the character partly played by Bruce Lee in Game of Death, but also played by two other actors in the film. The fact that the Billy Lo's yellow jumpsuit is Lee's most famous costume helps the idea that everyone is dressing like Billy Lo and not Lee. Also, Bruce Lee stood for martial arts being experienced by a broader audience, so I think he'd agree that Billy Lo is an embodiment of this idea (sort of like when multiple people take the mantle of something). Lastly, Bruce Lee was a Cha-cha Dance Champion and holds no martial arts awards.
IKMNification What in God's name are you on about? Billy Lo was never even apart of Bruce Lee's Game of Death. That was the name given to the main character of that shameless money-grabbing shitshow that was put together after he died. Bruce Lee and *ONLY* Bruce Lee played Hai Tien, the character of Lee's Game of Death, that made the yellow suit famous. You're wrong. How about you research your shit. The fact you responded with this to someone claiming Liu Kang is a Bruce Lee rip-off provides more evidence of your daftness, seeing as how Liu Kang's most common outfit closer resembles Lee's character from Enter the Dragon, *HIS MOST ICONIC MOVIE*. Nobody's going to make a video about your idiotic idea because in doing so they would make a complete ass of themselves. Also, I would say the respect and admiration from some of the top martial artists at the time, who regarded him as one of the best (e.g. Jim Kelly), is a martial arts award in and of itself.
In an alternate timeline, Bruce didn’t die and got his own fighting video game franchise. The thirtieth installment, Bruce Lee 2020, has just been released to rave reviews.
Sonja didn't fight shang and the younger sibling from enter the dragon killed herself, but I get the similarity. Other than those 2, this seriously creeps me out.
Except that Enter the Dragon came out what, like 20-30yrs before Mortal Combat? I remember being a teen fan of the Mortal Combat franchise and then seeing ETD for the first time. My reaction was "Holy Crap. MC totally ripped this off!" And that's exactly what they did.
You are right! But that is because the Mortal Kombat video game series was based on Enter The Dragon and Big Trouble In Little China. Then a movie was made based on the games which as you know were based on the ETD Movie.
I honestly thought everyone knew this. Mortal Kombat the movie was created to clone Enter the Dragon as homage to Bruce Lee. The creators stated during the movies production.
While the Mortal Kombat movie is more like Enter the Dragon than the actual first MK Game's story, this is no coincidence. I remember reading that Enter the Dragon was a main inspiration of the first Mortal Kombat game.
How about doing POINT BREAK and FAST AND THE FURIOUS ARE THE SAME MOVIE. Undercover cop infiltrates good gang to arrest the other bad gang, befriends good gang leader only to realize his gang is actually the bad gang, and not that other gang, while Cop falls in love with leader's closest gal pal, then goes after the now-bad gang causing death and destruction, only to let the now-bad gang leader best friend get away at the end....
I'm amazed you found the similarities in those 2. jeez what do you do? watch 2 movies at the same time with a note pad? I love it. :3 binge watching your video.
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Ed Boon: The inspiration for the first game was every movie we’d seen growing up. If you really look at every character we have they were kind of inspired by someone. Johnny Cage is inspired by John Claude Van Dam, Liu Kang is inspired by Bruce Lee, Raiden is from Big Trouble in Little China, Kano is a hybrid of the Terminator with a little Mad Max.
We really were kind of drawing from all these movies experiences with a lot of clichés and just trying to represent those characters in a video game.
Sonya Blade was inspired by Cynthia Rothrock. Shang Tsung was pretty much Lol Pan from Big Trouble in Little China.
Man, you come right out of a comic book.
It's also funny that both films helped to father rising Martial Artist stars - Jackie Chan was a stuntman in ETD and Tony Jaa was part of the stunt crew for MK
Johnny Holy hell! I didn't even know!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jaa#Stunt_work
J. Matthew Turner Please make more!!
Holy hell thats correct. Also to note yes Mortal Kombat Johnny Cage’s character was suppose to be The main character at the time and then well good old JLVD did not want to be a part of it so then in turn they kept most of his move set then switch the main character to Liu Kane which was an carbon copy of Tommy Le including his finisher from Best of the Best 2 and beyond; and besides that also use the Enter the dragon Storyline as you do stated from before as well just an older version of his brother
Beside Jackie Chan, Samo Hung also appears as a cameo in the movie's beginning
Another off similarity: Both Shaolin monks have a full head of hair.
Mortal Kombat wouldn't exist without Bruce Lee
MK wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Street Fighter getting so popular and the rise of pop culture and action hero’s.
Bruce was the inspiration for one character, not the entire game.
Every major character takes inspiration from a real person, Johnny and Jax certainly aren’t Bruce Lee
@@thatboymeak LOL shows what u know about Bruce Lee, the movie Enter the Dragon, and Mortal Kombat. The entire mortal kombat tournament style set up was directly based off Enter the Dragon which is a movie about a martial arts tournament on an island, doesn't that ring any bells in your head, even Ed Boon has said its based off Bruce Lee. Johnny Cage is based on the character Roper from Enter the Dragon, Jax is like the character Williams, Bolo is Goro, Shang-Tsung is Han, Sonya Blade is Tania, and Liu-Kung is Bruce Lee but he's not the only character based off a character from Enter the Dragon, you're just simply wrong.
@@thatboymeak Johnny suppose to be van Dan but he turn down the roll but they still took Inspiration from yeah so yeah u right anyone disagree with u stupid
@@neochrist33 do you know how many movies have that same plot no u don’t enter the dragon was just more popular get ur facts right
And that's why we should remember why Bruce Lee was one of the greatest martial artist of his time👍😏😇
"he also meets a non-asian, non-white, male fighter" I nearly spat my drink.
+phishydpak non-white male fighter and non-white-male fighter are two different things.
+Gabriel L. All the politically correct BS is starting to become tiresome.
LordMalice6d9 i know and i really don't give a shit about ''politically correct''
then make sure you vote!!
@@LordMalice6d9 _Literally states a fact_
_"Politically correct BS"_
What do you even want???
I thought this was the whole point when they put together Mortal Kombat? It's why it was one of the few video game movies to succeed back then, because it was a classic kung fu tale rather than some half-assed attempt to turn a crazy three paragraph storyline into a whole movie.
@Mister Problematic damm bro, you need some help
What is real now? You don't just drop this on someone and not expect them to go back to normal life. I feel like I just took the red pill.
Enter the Dragon to Mortal Kombat: "You have offended my family.... and you have offended the Shaolin temple."
I love your comment !!!
Her comment was OK at best.
+drzerogi yeah I actually don't even remember writing this comment and even I thought it was pretty lame
Bre Fujimoto ...Also Lu Kang's bicycle Kick is the Equivalent to Bruce Lee's Iconic Flip Kick.
Liu Kang actually says this line to Shang Tsung in the Mortal Kombat cartoon. Yes, there was a cartoon.
And every hardcore MK fan was collectively going "No shit, Sherlock"
Not really. Purist can be rather defensive about this comparison.
This explains why MK is one of the few GOOD movies based off a video game!
I can't believe Enter the Dragon copied so much of Mortal Kombat and got away with it. Shame on you Robert Clouse.
Wow..Don't I feel like an idiot now.
Toby you're such an dumbass! Enter the dragon was produced in 1973!
Toby Martin Let's see about your logic you are saying that a movie from 1973 copied Mortal Kombat which is a movie from the early 2000's?, i could use the argument of a time machine or something. But the Mk movie is so bad that it makes the fan-gamers embarrased.
I know, and I am truly sorry for my error. When I look back at now it seems obvious that ETD was released just after the era where colour television was becoming mainstream and that MK was something I played on an arcade machines at High School. I should have put the two together before I spoke yet I didn't and for that I am sorry. I was just so angry at the blatant bad plagiarism of what I thought was Enter The Dragon ripping of such a classic and Iconic movie like Mortal Kombat and I spoke out of Turn.
+Toby Martin The sad part is that no one understands your joke lol
dude this is even more eye opening then the karate kid one! good shit sir! im subscribing now hope to see more soon!
+Chad Brennan Thanks! More coming soon.
+J. Matthew Turner Wow! Good eye.
you lied :C
Completely lost it at "Token diversity character defeats an Australian competitor" :)
kano was british
Yep...
@@jezmorgan5440 Cockney and Australian are the same language
@@redjoker365 WTF? you mean they both English?
But Sonya was definitely not a "Token diversity character". She's a big breasted blonde white girl, what's so "Diverse" about that?
Imagine Jesse Eisenberg's face when listing to this guy's voice
+looneyshadow1 Ok, I really don't get it. I feel like I read that script the least-Eisenberg way possible. Do you really think I sound like him?
J. Matthew Turner You do. A LOT. Your voice was very familiar as I watched and then i read this guy's comment and POW...You are forever to be known as UA-cam Jessie Eisenberg.
+Micah Houghton Well, TIL. I just saw American Ultra, too. Funny thing is, I probably do talk more like him in real life -- just in terms of cadence and speech patterns. Anyway, thanks for letting me know! :D
looneyshadow1 You should make a video about it: "Jessie Eisenberg and J. Matthew Turner are the same person".
looneyshadow1 I will not because then I would hate him.
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Both are great movies & I know Enter the Dragon was part of the inspiration for Mortal Kombat (the video games) along with movies like Big Trouble in Little China (which has the inspiration for Raiden & a little more inspiration for Shang Tsung & his most important element yet) & Bloodsport (which has the inspiration for Johnny Cage).
Watch all 3 of those movies & you'll see the inspiration for Mortal Kombat within them.
you forgot O'Hara as Kano w the scar on his eye (Kano mask) also is 1 of main villains lead henchmen just like Mk I love both movies and noticed that too haha same exact story even pre island stories and all.sweet video tho
showtime1285 Ha! Didn't think of that. O'Hara's kind of a wildcard: he shares the facial scar with Kano, but is also Lee's personal nemesis, having killed Lee's sister, which is a role Shang Tsung carries in MK. So, yeah. Didn't quite know what to do with him.
I recognize that final scene! "Catchin' bullets with his teeth?!? Nigga please." So many great one-liners in that one. I love that movie.
I'd choose Enter The Dragon over MK any day lol
+Brandon Phonethong anybody who didn't hasn't seen either movie. And if I'm wrong, then the said person needs to be locked up in an insane asylum!
Brandon Phonethong Your wrong. The cinematic quality is way better in mortal kombat, the choreography too.
+JerkyFraser "settle down"? He's just giving his opinion.
Ok, but thats not the point of the video.
but his opinion is irrelevant since its objectively wrong since it stems from some form of insanity. lol.
You need to do a video about how The Magnificent Seven, Battle Beyond the Stars, The Three Amigos, A Bugs Life and Galaxy Quest are all the same story as Seven Samurai, albeit some of them being comedic and using the idea that the heroes initially don't know the threat is real. As far as I know The Magnificent Seven was the only one open about it, saying in the credits that it is based on the Kurosawa movie. Seven Samurai must be the story Hollywood remakes the most often.
Enter the Dragon has been used as a formula for martial arts films for a while now, JCVD being in two of them himself
Welp, time to go watch Enter The Dragon.
I was just watching ETD again and I realised how similar the set-up is with the three protagonists and the island and even Bolo, but I didn't realise that it is SO CLOSE to the Mortal Kombat movie (or better the other way round)
Today I randomly had the idea to start a page called "It's the Same Movie." I do a quick search as far as the concept, and OF COURSE I'm atleast a decade too late.
That said, THANK YOU for doing this better than I could've ever dreamed! LOL
INSTANTLY subscribed!
Last Dragon at the end, nice touch!
hiredmercenary Greatest movie of all time! Also, thank you! :D
J. Matthew Turner The Bluray will be here soon!
J. Matthew Turner Sho-nuff! Greatest movie of all time indeed! Will you please analyze that film for us also?
+vanderley3 Been thinking about it, actually. There are several others in the queue before it, but I definitely want to. Thanks for the suggestion!
I think this happens more often than people realize where an amazing movie gets literally remade a decade or two later. Personally this doesn't make me love mortal kombat or enter the dragon any less.
Enter the dragon has a way better story especially in the way of lessons in karma especially after mister Williams beats up those 2 crooked cops in the beginning of the film then the German Shepherd dog 🐕 joined in on giving the dirty cops a taste of their own medicine.
I also liked it when mister roper gave those soldiers of fortune that were trying to attack roper and mister roper gave them a taste of their own medicine
There are a handful of plots that get recycled over and over again....
Nice Last Dragon bit at the end.
I swear I thought of this comparison between these two movies/franchises before the year 2000, being a huge fan of Bruce Lee and video games such as Mortal Kombat.
It's so cool to see how other people picked up on the exact same thing and same details!
You sir, deserve a standing ovation for your insight!
I kinda thought everyone knew this already.
Listening Point .........................................
+1969ChargerRTSE *cough* raiden *cough*
I didn’t know. When and how did y’all first realize this was so??
When they saw both movies evony.
Woah. Figured MK drew a lot of inspiration from classic kung fu movies, but not this much!
Was MK made first? 😞
I wasn't ready for this much of a mind explosion!
Also MK has a dragon logo and ETD has dragon in the title, yet they both have nothing to do with dragons.
Goro is part dragon
Aaron Moses And part steroid.
TheFDC500 Goro = part dragon / Enter the dragon = operation dragon = Who is the dragon = Bruce Lee
TheFDC500 The Elder gods in the games can take on the form of the dragons similar to the logo
Bruce Lee and Liu Kang both embody the spirit of the dragon.
Can you do "Bloodsport and The Quest are really the same movie"?
.. It's kind of more sad because it was like JCVD just needed some more money, so he redid he most famous movie.
Only the Quest was cheesy.
Most of Van Damme's film career was just remaking Bloodsport. Lionheart was one of the best of these.
I already knew this as soon as I watched the film back in 1995.
Holy crap!!!! I’m speechless and would have never thought of that!!!
Can I just say I've seen 2 VIDEOS and I already adore your channel
Yeah...Im pretty sure EVERYONE who has ever seen this movie made that connection all the way back in 1995.
I'm ok with this
Dude holy crap this and the Karate Kid one are great.
Keep up the great work! And don't feel the need to rush or anything.
Wow Bolo Yeung stayed identical for 15 years after ETD to do it all again in Blood Sport!
loool this comparison was brilliant
I think MK was inspired by Enter the Dragon
Alu Card It is, if you play the first game. The stage where you're fighting in front of the monks is inspired by the opening scene where Bruce Lee fights Sammo Hung.
+Alu Card Ed Boon: The inspiration for the first game was every movie we’d seen growing up. If you really look at every character we have they were kind of inspired by someone. Johnny Cage is inspired by John Claude Van Dam, Liu Kang is inspired by Bruce Lee, Raiden is from Big Trouble in Little China, Kano is a hybrid of the Terminator with a little Mad Max.We really were kind of drawing from all these movies experiences with a lot of clichés and just trying to represent those characters in a video game.
+victorrain Ed Boon: The inspiration for the first game was every movie we’d seen growing up. If you really look at every character we have they were kind of inspired by someone. Johnny Cage is inspired by John Claude Van Dam, Liu Kang is inspired by Bruce Lee, Raiden is from Big Trouble in Little China, Kano is a hybrid of the Terminator with a little Mad Max.We really were kind of drawing from all these movies experiences with a lot of clichés and just trying to represent those characters in a video game.
+daz h cynthia rothrock was sonya blade
Also Johnny Cage name similar to John Saxon.. but i think Sonya not replicate Jim Kelly.. there should be 1 guy which is Johnny Cage friend killed by Goro and soul taken by Shang Tsung.. this guy looks more to Jim Kelly character. Also Kano have 1 eye represent Ohara which have scar on face
Ya know. I would have never even thought to compare the two.
I must say, getting hooked on this channel. Upload more and I will surely be here, watching and liking.
+Zarek Stirneman On it. :D
Holy fucking shit!
Ok there has to be more of this stuff out there yet to be discovered, new sub here and after watching the Karate Kid & now this video I must see more!
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Damn I knew that Mortal kombat must of been inspired by it but I never knew how much
Amazing Bruh. You nailed it. I love both movies and never noticed. Please do more. The Karate Kid definitely brought me here.
Wow I never noticed all the similarities. The MK game is loosely based on Enter the Dragon so many of these similarities were intentionally done when they created the game as an homage to the film. But I didnt realize when they made the movie they basically remade Enter the Dragon into a much less interesting and much more shitty movie.
Nah, MK1 rocks.
I actually much prefer the MK1 movie. There's not a single boring moment in it, unlike the EtD.
What this title should say is 'Mortal Kombat ripped off Enter the Dragon, that is why it is one of only a very few video game movies to have any succession in cinema form'
Yes! It was very successive in cinematic form!
Both films were likely produced using the same studios. Also : it's not a coincidence why the ex Vietnam War soldier mercenaries who try to beat up roper are the same who play the tournament officials within the karate kid movies
I don't know of I would say very successful.
Now let’s review the specific characters:
Liu Kang/Bruce Lee (Shaolin Monk)
Shang Tsung/Han (Middle-aged Asian man and host of tournament)
Goro/Bolo (Defending champion whose name is a pattern of consonant-O-consonant-O)
Johnny Cage/Roper (Rich playboy)
Sonya Blade/Williams (Non-Asian, token diversity character)
Kano/Parsons (Australian/New Zealander competitor)
I saw Enter the Dragon on Tv when I was a kid, and didn't notice it back then...
Now my mind is blown !
Enter the Dragon was a way better version though
Draydareptil se despide, cambio y fuera :v
"a non-asian, non-white-male fighter"
im dying
+secondaryresponse THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING HYPHENS. Now please explain to everyone else. :D
Not to forget that both movies kept the main protagonist from fighting the champion.
Avatar and Pocahontas are the same movie as well.
+Steven Vachon They are also the same as Dances with Wolves and Fern Gully
And Star Wars episode 4, The Last Starfighter, The Matrix, Toy Story, The Lord of the Rings, Thor, Django Unchained, and the whole trilogy of Kung Fu Panda.
considering that Mortal kombat the video game is Blood Sport and Enter The Dragon, hes not that far off
+darkservantofheaven Ed Boon: The inspiration for the first game was every movie we’d seen growing up. If you really look at every character we have they were kind of inspired by someone. Johnny Cage is inspired by John Claude Van Dam, Liu Kang is inspired by Bruce Lee, Raiden is from Big Trouble in Little China, Kano is a hybrid of the Terminator with a little Mad Max.We really were kind of drawing from all these movies experiences with a lot of clichés and just trying to represent those characters in a video game.
+daz h The first game was originally going to be a game based on either Bloodsport or Universal Soldier, can't remember exactly, with a digitized Van Damme to star in it.
+Digital Intent: Mortal Kombat was originally intended to be a celebrity-endorsed fighting game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. For reasons I don't know, the deal fell through. However, Van Damme's video game counterpart obviously became Johnny Cage.
Loader2K1 wow I didn't know that
+Loader2K1 The deal fell through because Van Damme found out he wasn't going to be able to avenge his brother....
I came to this same realization a couple of years ago when a friend of mine was watching Enter the Dragon for the first time. I didn't notice as many parallels though.
Mind = Blown. Your insight is unparalleled, sir.
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some how the ending with the spike was also the final nail in my coffin.
OMG! Can’t believe I never saw this despite watching the movies dozens of times!🙈🤣
I'm not sure if this just ruined Enter the Dragon for me or made the Mortal Kombat movie bette
El Burrito They ruined in both aspect no matter if it's is a remake or Based movie
Enter the Dragon copied MK somehow
+Johanna Zevenbergen You must be joking.
It's obvious that Bruce Lee just copied off of Liu Kang and JCVD stole from Johnny Cage.
I love how you ended this with a clip from The Last Dragon. The introduction of Bruce Leroy. Oh yeah, and Sho'Nuff, The Shogun of Harlem.
Knew this back in the 90s. A lot of video games were homages to movies back in the day.
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What ever happened to Bruce Lee? Did he give up acting?
Waki Siffredi he died.
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Great job bro. Keep it up.
Damn ruined my whole childhood in under 1 minute lol
Why? I think it's fantastic that they did it this way. I always loved Mortal Kombat, but it made it even better when I noticed this.
I got an easy one for you. The Hunger Games & Battle Royale are the same movie.
ClassicTophatGaming Have you even seen Battle Royale? They're not even close. Making a classroom full of spoiled school children fight each other to the death != a class-warfare program used to keep large groups of people beholden to a ruling class. You'd have better luck making the argument that Battle Royale is an intentional Lord of the Flies...
William Mueller No i've never seen it....thats why i mentioned two films nearly the same.....
+ClassicTophatGaming battle royal even tho is more gruesome have more character development then the hunger game last 2 movies but u should check it out if u have netflix tho
+ClassicTophatGaming Is that a lame attempt at sarcasm? Those 2 movies have literally nothing in common other than children killing each other... are you really this dense?
William Mueller & That was a lame attempt at tagging me, I could literally ask you the same thing since everyone else I know who have seen the films agree with me. Run Along now please.
Also, Liu Kang is a Bruce Lee rip off.
I think everyone realized that
Billy Lo*
He needs to do a video that everyone isn't a Bruce Lee rip off, but a Billy Lo rip off.
Billy Lo being the character partly played by Bruce Lee in Game of Death, but also played by two other actors in the film. The fact that the Billy Lo's yellow jumpsuit is Lee's most famous costume helps the idea that everyone is dressing like Billy Lo and not Lee. Also, Bruce Lee stood for martial arts being experienced by a broader audience, so I think he'd agree that Billy Lo is an embodiment of this idea (sort of like when multiple people take the mantle of something).
Lastly, Bruce Lee was a Cha-cha Dance Champion and holds no martial arts awards.
You don't tend to win awards for unsanctioned fights in the streets or on rooftops.
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What in God's name are you on about? Billy Lo was never even apart of Bruce Lee's Game of Death. That was the name given to the main character of that shameless money-grabbing shitshow that was put together after he died. Bruce Lee and *ONLY* Bruce Lee played Hai Tien, the character of Lee's Game of Death, that made the yellow suit famous. You're wrong. How about you research your shit.
The fact you responded with this to someone claiming Liu Kang is a Bruce Lee rip-off provides more evidence of your daftness, seeing as how Liu Kang's most common outfit closer resembles Lee's character from Enter the Dragon, *HIS MOST ICONIC MOVIE*. Nobody's going to make a video about your idiotic idea because in doing so they would make a complete ass of themselves.
Also, I would say the respect and admiration from some of the top martial artists at the time, who regarded him as one of the best (e.g. Jim Kelly), is a martial arts award in and of itself.
noodle knight hahaha, you're damn right
"Man, you come right out of a comic book" > Mortal Kombat
i admit: the parallels are uncanny but undeniable.
In an alternate timeline, Bruce didn’t die and got his own fighting video game franchise. The thirtieth installment, Bruce Lee 2020, has just been released to rave reviews.
Sonja didn't fight shang and the younger sibling from enter the dragon killed herself, but I get the similarity. Other than those 2, this seriously creeps me out.
yes yes yes yes yes finally someone made a video of this I always had this in thought
Enter the Dragon is a classic paving way for many movies and games. Awesome movie! I loved the comparison vid!
Glory Hallelujah! Someome besides me gets it. Amen Brother. Preach it!
I see you have a relatively new channel. I like it. More videos like this. Also the Karate kid one was good. You have a earned a subscriber today.
Except that Enter the Dragon came out what, like 20-30yrs before Mortal Combat? I remember being a teen fan of the Mortal Combat franchise and then seeing ETD for the first time. My reaction was "Holy Crap. MC totally ripped this off!" And that's exactly what they did.
As a huge mortal kombat fan, I thank you for this video!
This is hilarious. You need to do more!
You are right! But that is because the Mortal Kombat video game series was based on Enter The Dragon and Big Trouble In Little China. Then a movie was made based on the games which as you know were based on the ETD Movie.
the guy in Enter the Dragon was from New Zealand, not Australia. Roper says it to Williams when he first boards the boat.
I honestly thought everyone knew this. Mortal Kombat the movie was created to clone Enter the Dragon as homage to Bruce Lee. The creators stated during the movies production.
This is a legit mindblown.
this is great, subscribed... looking forward to your next videos :)
+João Augusto C. Moutinho Thanks!
While the Mortal Kombat movie is more like Enter the Dragon than the actual first MK Game's story, this is no coincidence.
I remember reading that Enter the Dragon was a main inspiration of the first Mortal Kombat game.
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And that's excactely why Mortal Kombat is one of the best videogame movies. It took inspiration on the same sources that inspired the game.
How about doing POINT BREAK and FAST AND THE FURIOUS ARE THE SAME MOVIE.
Undercover cop infiltrates good gang to arrest the other bad gang, befriends good gang leader only to realize his gang is actually the bad gang, and not that other gang, while Cop falls in love with leader's closest gal pal, then goes after the now-bad gang causing death and destruction, only to let the now-bad gang leader best friend get away at the end....
great video, cant wait to see more
I'm amazed you found the similarities in those 2. jeez what do you do? watch 2 movies at the same time with a note pad? I love it. :3 binge watching your video.