Goro finishing Art Lean is like the movie version of when you accidentally do a normal strike while trying to do the fatality and it just ends the fight
Fun fact: Kano was originally not going to have his metal faceplate in the movie. The reason he has it in the movie is because the creators had children review the designs of the characters. When they saw Kano’s original design without the metal faceplate, they started saying over and over again that Kano has a metal faceplate in the games. So now Kano has a metal faceplate thanks to them.
To be fair without the metal plate he just looks like a normal dude generic dude (like most of the non Kano and Kabal Black dragon goons), although I imagine it wasn’t that pleasant to wear for the actor since half his vision was probably obscured
4:53 Hearing James yell "FUCK YEAH LETS HEAR THAT AGAIN *WITH A TITTLE CARD* " to him recreating the theme song and repeating it again is the best thing 😂 "Yeah that's hot"
I feel like James’s personality is one of his strongest attributes. Not only is his content really great, but he’s such a nice guy that his fan base is happy to rewatch videos like this
Honestly I wouldn't mind more Mortal Kombat content from this channel. I love hearing about the lores,character designs,and fatalities from the game series. They always fascinated me.
This movie holds a special place in my heart. I was in 2nd grade in 1995, when it came out and got the flu, so my grandma rented the movie for me and I laid in bed and watched it numerous times.
James: "Yeah, the original video got copyright claimed, had to go through and re-edit it -" Viewers, sitting back to watch the video again: "Say no more, gotchu fam."
I agree with James about movie Raiden in terms of characterisation, but highly disagree about the voice. I’m not the first person to say I love it cause it literally sounds like electricity crackles through his veins. That’s why it was awesome they had him return as an alternate skin in MK11, the dialogue is better and his voice has aged in a way that makes the lightning effect even more pronounced.
Raiden is a god, so he can take on any human appearance or form. I see no problem with him being played by a European actor. Now Sub-Zero and Scorpion, on the other hand. Still, at least they knew how to fight, so that's good.
James: **recreates the soundtrack on saxophone to avoid copyright claim** Also James: **has to cut the sax parts to avoid copyright claim** Edit: I really wanna eat that cheese at 12:32
I loved Christopher Lambert's performance in this movie.. he was just perfect, imho. His laugh sounded kinda sinister, which echoes the struggle of the video game character of being a good or a bad guy. You know.. the whole evil Raiden thing, red eyes, etc. Hell, even the whole cast was damn good. They were like made for this. Too bad that the sequel wasnt as good as this one. :
Yeah, the sequel was absolute garbage. I don't know how Anderson screwed up so bad having made a faithful adaptation as the first film. Even worse, this trend of changing the source material continued in his Resident Evil movie series, yikes.
LETS GO SAXOPHONE JAMES!!!!! Edit: Also seriously. Most youtubers would’ve just reuploaded with random muted points so the effort you put into this makes it worth another watch.
Mortal Kombat was my all time favorite movie as a kid and still holds a special spot in my heart. Also really dig all the WWE references. This kill count really brought me back to my childhood
Ya know, I’ve been screaming to the universe, “Release the Sax cut!!” And my wishes were granted! Don’t worry my guy, I’ve got work to do today, so I’ll just have it muted on repeated, and watch the ads!
I knew I'd seen and liked this video before... Had it only been a dream? Had it been an alcohol induced illusion? I didn't know. I saw the thumbnail and it said: "uploaded 2 hours ago". I feared for my mental health as I could SWEAR I'd watched and liked this video before. In terror, I ignored it, I watched other videos in vain and tried to forget that time-stamp, but it never left my mind... Had I watched it? Had I actually experienced a Mortal Kombat (1995) Kill Count? I see it over, and over in my recommended videos; it calls to me. While I watch a completely unrelated video, there it lies: "2 days ago". Did I travel through time and space and watch it two weeks ahead of its release? Has time just followed me, as I have followed it throughout my life? Oh... Ohhhhhhhhh... Nah, it's just copyright stuff... Existensial dread averted :D
Can't believe they just killed off my guy Art Lean without any fanfare. Dude didn't even get mentioned in the sequel. RIP Art Lean. Right up there with legends like John Esponga.
ive rewatched just about every kill count there is lol, cant get enough of these videos, sometimes ill watch them on theyre own, sometimes i will have them on my second monitor while im playing games, and sometimes ill listen to them when i go to bed
Looking at James' face and body language just goes to show UA-cam was the real Shang Tsung all along. Straight up took James' soul. But I'ma watch this again anyways cause we all love Dead Meat's work. :]
@@JsteveIsMe yeah agreed :( it does to a certain extent, but they need to watch a certain amount of the video and also it stops counting after a certain amount (idk the specifics)
Honestly, to me, this one of the most perfect movies. No I'm not joking. I am a very big fan of the MK series. MK2 is one of my favorite games of all time due to the commonly known fact that the AI is broken, therefore the game is super easy & yet will beat you down at random (in my experience). It's 90's corny but I'm a 90's kid so it fits. The story, though not entirely kept up with the game, EVERYBODY can watch & understand what's going on. I didn't watch Highlander until literally decades later so Chris, in my opinion was AWESOME as Raidon & is rasp was/is what made him unique & therefore I really liked him. Art's presents wasn't strong enough to "distract" the audience to the point where someone who's not familiar with MK almost won't ask how he's involved in the game. The music worked. The acting & jokes worked. When I hear the Reptile sound bite I lose my sh**. I loved who they cast. And as was said in this YT vid, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is & will FOREVER be the best Shang Tsung. Everybody is a fan, rightfully so, of, "your soul is mine." Mine is when he says, "Fatality." That single word could've gone horribly wrong in so many ways (to the point of too corny even for the 90's) but Cary-Hiroyuki pulled it off as best as ANYONE could. Look, even after I just kissed this movies butt, I completely understand why people have thier complaints & criticisms. I really do. However the way this was executed, even minus the extreme violence, I personally think this works. Especially for a game-movie. It's almost it's own thing (maybe a spiritual successor in some odd ways due to entertainment medium) but I just love it. I love how they keep Shao a sort of mystery till the end. I love how EVERY character, especially Chan & Art DON'T overstay their welcome. Can you imagine if this movie was written poorly. An example is, Chan would've been trained by Liu Kang to become champion & Art could've just been Jax but just by simple name change. I could see that happening today & that kind of stuff would've pissed me right off as a fan, but it didn't. It did what it did with what it could & I think it's an overall fun & charming blast from the 90's. Great count Dead Meat. I'll see you on the next adventure.
Loved this movie as a 10 year old in 1995. Though I found it quite different from the game the characters really grew on me. Even Christopher Lambert as Raiden.
The Kung Lao that he’s referring to isn’t his brother, but rather the “Great Kung Lao,” who competed against Goro and died in the very first of the ten tournaments. So, even though that lineage is never explored in the film, it is explicitly stated in the opening text for the original arcade MK.
@@dustinray1694 Technically, I wouldn’t say he died (unless you played the Kung Lao Ending against Kronika in MK11) So I would say he died, and he didnt
@@dustixo Canonically I’m sure he’ll always be the one to perish in the battle against goro, only because the modern Kung Lao wouldn’t have his motivation to be in the tournament otherwise. Though I’m always open to those “what if” storylines :)
My Uncle worked on the CGI in this movie and apparently one of his coworkers had to spend painful amounts of hours adjusting Goro’s abs in the new movie. Just a quick fact nobody asked for.
@@bxsy6969 if that’s sarcasm then is it really that unrealistic to assume that visual effects, a normal job that lots of people have, was one of the 452 people that did the CGI on this ONE movie?
Lol 3 stars from Meltzer. Would have been 6 if it was in the Tokyo dome. Lol that's why I love re-watching kill counts. Great stuff James. Thank you for all you and your staff do.
I love this movie so much, knowing full well it's terrible. XD It's still one of the two best, most fun and loving movie adaptations I've ever seen, alongside the equally wtf Street Fighter film. (You know the one. It's got Jean Claude Van Damme and friggin' Mulan herself beating up on the Magnificent Raul Julia in his most mad-as-a-hatter wide-eyed role.) I know this isn't anywhere near a horror movie, but thank you for going over it. It's a true gem. Also, I got taught martial arts by one of those guys Shang Tsung summons to fight Liu Kang! The stunt performer for the ghost samurai is Fumio Demura, a Shito-Ryu martial artist and sensei who runs the dojo across from the community college where I took martial arts classes for a few years. The instructor was actually one of his students, and he only came in a few times a year to encourage and be ridiculous with us (guy has a great sense of humor). I'm Mortal Kombat-adjacent! :D
Oh holy sweet god, the dead eyed frustration and resignation on James’s eyes when playing the sax alone makes this entire video worth two play throughs. Well get you back those two million views man. Love all of the hard work you put in :)
The Sax Cover makes this the definitive edition
Don’t you mean the DEATHinitive edition
@@stockstrut They’re right
I agree
Agreed!
WE WANT THE JANISSE CUT! AND WE WANT IT IN BLACK AND WHITE TOO!
Never knew James was good with the saxophone
I'm surprised people STILL play the saxophone.
yo i thought u were only related to anime videos
i saw u in nerds explain and cinema summary
I found you again
@Miguel Messina He was in marching band. He pointed this a couple of times.
YT pulled a Shang Tsung; “Your ad revenue is mine!”
HOW IS THIS NOT PINNED OR HEART'D?!
Bahahahah!
Lmao
Bet everyone read this in the original actor SHANG TSUNG voice too. LET HIM PLAY HIM AGAIN! *69th like* B) _NICE_
Underrated comment rh
Goro finishing Art Lean is like the movie version of when you accidentally do a normal strike while trying to do the fatality and it just ends the fight
Hahaha
LMAO 🤣
@@DeadMeat
H
@@JazzStation95 Or she’s just upset at seeing one of their fighters getting killed.
GRRRRRR!!! I used to HATE that shit!!
The dead look in James’ eyes as he plays the saxophone is hilarious
I would pay $1,000 to hear James cover the whole MK song with a saxophone.
Better pay up boy.
@@BriFarleyVO oh hell yeah.
It's on his Instagram
Or you can watch it on his Instagram for free 🤣😂
Same here xd
Don’t worry James I’ll always rewatch for you!
Re re watch all his vids anyway lol
What are you doing here? Godzilla 1954 kill count confirmed?
HI! HI! HI COUGAR! HI!
HEY I LIKE YOUR VIDS
Cougar! Yessssssssss I watch you tooo
Fun fact: Kano was originally not going to have his metal faceplate in the movie.
The reason he has it in the movie is because the creators had children review the designs of the characters.
When they saw Kano’s original design without the metal faceplate, they started saying over and over again that Kano has a metal faceplate in the games.
So now Kano has a metal faceplate thanks to them.
what a way to go, being Gaslit by children
Tbh metal faceplate is pretty iconic.
When actual children understand the character design of Kano better than the 2021 movie
To be fair without the metal plate he just looks like a normal dude generic dude (like most of the non Kano and Kabal Black dragon goons), although I imagine it wasn’t that pleasant to wear for the actor since half his vision was probably obscured
Too bad the creators of the latest Mortal Kombat film didn't had those kids too!
4:53
Hearing James yell
"FUCK YEAH LETS HEAR THAT AGAIN *WITH A TITTLE CARD* "
to him recreating the theme song and repeating it again is the best thing 😂
"Yeah that's hot"
THE BEST
I love it
I thought it was Toasty
tittle card lmao
*title
Can you just bust out the saxophone with every video from now on? 🎷
As a saxophone player, I'm ok with this
As someone who isn't a saxophone player, I'm okay with this.
Right!? My thoughts exactly! 🎷🎷
as a saxophone im okay with this
Please!
I love how Scorpion's voice is so loud to where he's like "GET OVER HERE!", "COME HERE!", and "WELCOME."
“GET DOWN HERE”
“Listen, buddy, we don’t pay you to talk, ok?” 😂💀
Fun fact Scorpion is voiced by Ed Boom the creator of Mortal Kombat games. With the signature line of GET OVER HERE and COME HERE.
@@Twilight17Petkoton James pointed that out
@@Delta21OnYT Oh ok.
Fun fact Scorpion actually won that match, that's the reason we see the skull, he is doing his fatality.
17:21 idk why but this was so funny to me how he yells “welcome!” 😂
The push in on James’ depressed face while he’s playing Mortal Kombat is somehow the funniest thing in this video.
Kombat*
Imagine spelling words with a C. Kringe.
mortal combat?
It's Kombat, ffs
Fine I’ll fix it.
I feel like James’s personality is one of his strongest attributes. Not only is his content really great, but he’s such a nice guy that his fan base is happy to rewatch videos like this
I rewatch these videos fairly often actually. I actually did a complete marathon of all of his Kill Counts a few months ago. Definitely worth it. 😊
@@Amateur.Nail.Art.1 yoo same! it has got me a lot more interested into the horror genre
The fanbase is also nice and I love it here
@@ehe4880Some toxic members appear to have joined us this week, but mostly people here are good, somewhat pure of heart, and pretty funny
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The Sax Cut is the superior kill count and we didn’t even have to start a hashtag for it
Yeah!
🤣
Kill Count Timestamp
5:17 Chan
8:09 Kano's Gunman
12:07 Super Buff Fighter Guy
15:05 Fighting Monk
16:33 Kano
18:15 Scorpion
20:20 Sub-Zero
21:49 Art Lean
22:50 Goro
24:20 Reptile
26:24 Shang Tsung
NOTABLE MENTIONS
Golden Chainsaw: Scorpion
Dull Machete: Art Lean
27:00 This guy.
GOAT
still waiting for kitana
Christopher Lambert is terrific in Mortal Kombat and a big reason why the movie works.
Let's give the Golden Chainsaw award to James A. Janisse at 0:18 because he looked so dead inside.
Just like when his axe broke
@@nonameno5717 that moment was devastated 🤣🤣
Let’s give the full machete to copyright claims
Because they just suck
@Miguel Messina or Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Or ThanksKilling.
I’m more surprised he knows how to play the sax 🎷
Fun Fact: Johnny Cage is STILL salty about Goro breaking those $500 sunglasses. Comes up in his intro banters with Goro in MKX and Sheeva in MK11.
You never mess with the sunglasses
Fun fact goro has a weird long pony tail like a dam pony
And is referenced with Erron Black's bounty intro against Cage.
Goro: “JOHNNY CAGE”
Cage: “Don’t you owe me some sunglasses?”
Goro: “HERE IS WHAT YOU ARE OWED
He also gloats about punching him in the balls... so I guess it's even???
I CANNOT believe the sax solo also had to be cut out. Fuck UA-cam's copyright claims.
Exactly! Thank you!
all these blockers are doing is ruining videos, throttling the views back and erasing themselves from history
Ikr
@@RagDoesGacha yes
I agree
Honestly I wouldn't mind more Mortal Kombat content from this channel. I love hearing about the lores,character designs,and fatalities from the game series. They always fascinated me.
I hate that the original video got a strike, but the resulting footage of James VERY begrudgingly playing the saxophone is hilarious
And THAT got claimed as well 😩
@@GreenCorgiQueen WHAT...
Bullshit
@@sceptile6375 Yup, apparently if you even hum a copyright song you get copyright striked.
@@GreenCorgiQueen like give this guy a break already!
@@GreenCorgiQueen God damn!
No one gonna talk about how good James is on the saxophone
I will join you in talking about it. He is very good! I don't know why but it just makes me smile 😁
Yeah. The reupload is much better honestly
@James P Tobin check twitter for a longer take of James playing the theme on sax
People are good at instruments 😂
@Miguel Messina this is answered in the 2021 Q&A video
I vote to have James voice over any horror movie song for his counts lmaoooo
Seconded
Thirded
Forthed and FUCK YEAH
I agree
fifthed
This movie holds a special place in my heart. I was in 2nd grade in 1995, when it came out and got the flu, so my grandma rented the movie for me and I laid in bed and watched it numerous times.
4:54 Just a time stamp for anyone that wants to watch pure beauty repeatedly
thx
James: "Yeah, the original video got copyright claimed, had to go through and re-edit it -"
Viewers, sitting back to watch the video again: "Say no more, gotchu fam."
13:16 you’re welcome 😎 I actually wanna hear a full version of this song now
I think it's on either James instagram or twitter
Edit: it's on the Dead Meat instagram
@@alexwashere1601 and it's Twitter account
Is anyone else having this on repeat?
Because I am 😎
A bit of it is cut off :/
21:00 "Both an animatronic and a suit."
Oh no...
Springlocks
Hopefully they don’t take down the video again bc of the saxophone... 😅
fortnite
@@stockstrut nah
Agreed
They might with the excuse of jax sax of mk 11
oh lord saxophone and its doing the mortal kombat music
"you gonna watch a 30 minutes video just for a saxophone cover?"
me: "yes"
That's okay, James.
Jax plays a mean saxophone too.
And we love you, so we'll be more than happy to watch this again.
Don't you mean a Jaxophone?
@@sebchambers6055 take my like and leave
@@Zoinkin89 I will
I'm gonna be honest, I kinda love Christopher Lambert as Raiden. His voice sounds like crackling electricity, like he's just a being of pure lightning
I love him as raiden to me :) whenever I read raiden or do raiden’s voice, it’s always based on Christopher’s’s lambert
Warner Bros: "Nooooo you can't just re-upload the video we claimed and remix the music!"
James: "Haha Saxophone go *Honk*"
0:18
James) plays saxophone while sarcastically looking dead in our soul.
Me) laughs hysterically.
James) yours soul is miene
James: I now have to include me playing the theme on a saxophone
me: i see this as an absolute win
I agree with James about movie Raiden in terms of characterisation, but highly disagree about the voice. I’m not the first person to say I love it cause it literally sounds like electricity crackles through his veins. That’s why it was awesome they had him return as an alternate skin in MK11, the dialogue is better and his voice has aged in a way that makes the lightning effect even more pronounced.
Raiden is a god, so he can take on any human appearance or form. I see no problem with him being played by a European actor. Now Sub-Zero and Scorpion, on the other hand. Still, at least they knew how to fight, so that's good.
James: **recreates the soundtrack on saxophone to avoid copyright claim**
Also James: **has to cut the sax parts to avoid copyright claim**
Edit: I really wanna eat that cheese at 12:32
How is a cover copyrighted???
@@gabroy3371 ask ymfah one of his vids was claimed by a remix he didn't even use
@@kumkhorne5813 Damn, Wtf? I hope that bs claim was resolved
@@gabroy3371 yeah check out his other stuff too, ymfah is a true man of culture
@@speeedwagonnn6959 May I ask who this ymfah is? I’m interested now :o
Cant believe they got you for liking their song so much to include it into your video.
I just now noticed that 'Count' is spelled with a K here.
Same
Ye because it’s MORTAL KOMBAT
Oh my god, I literally just noticed that
Haha it’s their favorite thing to do… spell ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING WITH A K!
Yes In the way of Ed boon
I loved Christopher Lambert's performance in this movie.. he was just perfect, imho. His laugh sounded kinda sinister, which echoes the struggle of the video game character of being a good or a bad guy. You know.. the whole evil Raiden thing, red eyes, etc.
Hell, even the whole cast was damn good. They were like made for this.
Too bad that the sequel wasnt as good as this one. :
Yeah, the sequel was absolute garbage. I don't know how Anderson screwed up so bad having made a faithful adaptation as the first film. Even worse, this trend of changing the source material continued in his Resident Evil movie series, yikes.
@@coolmuzt I don't think he was involved with that movie at all.
He felt mysterious like a god should feel around mortals. Not to mention Raiden could take many forms as he is basically formless since being a god
James with a saxophone is the greatest thing ever
Gotta give a clap for James.
He spent hard work on that saxophone cover.
Even though the cover did get copyrighted too.
That sucks even more, the saxophone cover was really good
Really???
Wait for real?
Did you read the description?-
@@dandeliondays5663 Oof. That's f'd.
LETS GO SAXOPHONE JAMES!!!!!
Edit: Also seriously. Most youtubers would’ve just reuploaded with random muted points so the effort you put into this makes it worth another watch.
Mortal Kombat was my all time favorite movie as a kid and still holds a special spot in my heart. Also really dig all the WWE references. This kill count really brought me back to my childhood
It’s a bit odd seeing him sad in the beginning and then “Welcome back” super happy.
engaging af to compensate
W H A T
Agreed.
MORTAL KOMBAT! tutu tu tutu turututu tutu tuturuto
Ya know, I’ve been screaming to the universe, “Release the Sax cut!!” And my wishes were granted!
Don’t worry my guy, I’ve got work to do today, so I’ll just have it muted on repeated, and watch the ads!
I just hope you doesn’t type sex instead of sax
I realized, after my mom told me hundreds of time, the Talisa Soto aka Kitana is my aunt. Thats freaking awsome!
That’s awesome!
I knew I'd seen and liked this video before... Had it only been a dream? Had it been an alcohol induced illusion? I didn't know. I saw the thumbnail and it said: "uploaded 2 hours ago". I feared for my mental health as I could SWEAR I'd watched and liked this video before. In terror, I ignored it, I watched other videos in vain and tried to forget that time-stamp, but it never left my mind... Had I watched it? Had I actually experienced a Mortal Kombat (1995) Kill Count? I see it over, and over in my recommended videos; it calls to me. While I watch a completely unrelated video, there it lies: "2 days ago". Did I travel through time and space and watch it two weeks ahead of its release? Has time just followed me, as I have followed it throughout my life? Oh... Ohhhhhhhhh... Nah, it's just copyright stuff... Existensial dread averted :D
Lol loved reading this, thank you
2.5 Million people thought the same, one man dared to act upon his initial thoughts.
@Max isnt our lives a dream?
@@DeadMeat Thats not a horror movie
@@melvinthendra2254 who cares
I will rewatch this without a problem. Thanks youtube. I have no problem supporting James and Chelsea.
Facts. I just left it playing while doing hw
Can't believe they just killed off my guy Art Lean without any fanfare. Dude didn't even get mentioned in the sequel.
RIP Art Lean. Right up there with legends like John Esponga.
I haven't followed the game since MK3, but was Art ever in a video game after this?
11:59 “and he’s got muscles you’ve never even seen before, gahdDAYUM!”
*Mortal Kombat theme gets replaced with James playing the saxophone*
Me: I see this as an absolute win!
Du Da du du
I’d say a tie because both versions of the songs are so beautiful that they bring tears to everyone’s eyes
flawless victory!
Who else is rewatching this to support the man? Just wanna say I love your content
I’m also watching for the saxophone
Changing the "C" in "Kill Count" to "Kill Kount" is honestly a great touch.
the way i didn’t even notice💀💀
Yeah I pointed that out in the comments of the original video before it got taken down
Hahaha, I didn’t even see that
ive rewatched just about every kill count there is lol, cant get enough of these videos, sometimes ill watch them on theyre own, sometimes i will have them on my second monitor while im playing games, and sometimes ill listen to them when i go to bed
Looking at James' face and body language just goes to show UA-cam was the real Shang Tsung all along.
Straight up took James' soul. But I'ma watch this again anyways cause we all love Dead Meat's work. :]
Creater: *makes large video*
Video: *has like 5 seconds of song*
Song makers: Well if I can't the money then no one can have it-
*youtube gets it.
Can't the money
Watching on mute on my spare monitor to give you that sweet watch time broski
Already seen it but gotta help a brother out
Oh God, one of my favorite warhammer channels watches this. The Emperor truly does hear our prayers
A surprise to be sure but a welcomed one
Ya got 2 monitors ?
ayy
eyyyyy same here friend
22:25 Those were $500 sunglasses, (bung)hole.
Best line in the movie.
i’m glad you mentioned that about lambert. even if you didn’t like his performance as raiden, he seems like a genuinely good person.
It’s funny to imagine that James learned how to play the saxophone specifically for this video
Did he though?
@@R3D_Lantern No, he's been playing for years.
The goal is 3M views in a week boys.
Let’s support the shit out our fav sax man
Everyone press refresh at least ten times
Let’s get it
@@JsteveIsMe Doesn't work like that sadly
@@frozencaterpiller1263 Darn it used to. Since UA-cam bullshitted James, it would've been nice to bullshit them
@@JsteveIsMe yeah agreed :( it does to a certain extent, but they need to watch a certain amount of the video and also it stops counting after a certain amount (idk the specifics)
Honestly, to me, this one of the most perfect movies. No I'm not joking. I am a very big fan of the MK series. MK2 is one of my favorite games of all time due to the commonly known fact that the AI is broken, therefore the game is super easy & yet will beat you down at random (in my experience). It's 90's corny but I'm a 90's kid so it fits. The story, though not entirely kept up with the game, EVERYBODY can watch & understand what's going on. I didn't watch Highlander until literally decades later so Chris, in my opinion was AWESOME as Raidon & is rasp was/is what made him unique & therefore I really liked him. Art's presents wasn't strong enough to "distract" the audience to the point where someone who's not familiar with MK almost won't ask how he's involved in the game. The music worked. The acting & jokes worked. When I hear the Reptile sound bite I lose my sh**. I loved who they cast. And as was said in this YT vid, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is & will FOREVER be the best Shang Tsung. Everybody is a fan, rightfully so, of, "your soul is mine." Mine is when he says, "Fatality." That single word could've gone horribly wrong in so many ways (to the point of too corny even for the 90's) but Cary-Hiroyuki pulled it off as best as ANYONE could. Look, even after I just kissed this movies butt, I completely understand why people have thier complaints & criticisms. I really do. However the way this was executed, even minus the extreme violence, I personally think this works. Especially for a game-movie. It's almost it's own thing (maybe a spiritual successor in some odd ways due to entertainment medium) but I just love it. I love how they keep Shao a sort of mystery till the end. I love how EVERY character, especially Chan & Art DON'T overstay their welcome. Can you imagine if this movie was written poorly. An example is, Chan would've been trained by Liu Kang to become champion & Art could've just been Jax but just by simple name change. I could see that happening today & that kind of stuff would've pissed me right off as a fan, but it didn't. It did what it did with what it could & I think it's an overall fun & charming blast from the 90's.
Great count Dead Meat. I'll see you on the next adventure.
Plot twist: The original video didn't get a copyright strike, it was just James wanting to reference Jax's Friendship in MK11
120 IQ joke
“Your civil rights end where me fists begin” is the greatest sentence ever said
Absolutely 😂 that line had me rolling
69 Likes
And your accidental misspelling of my makes it even better. Makes it sound like she's either a pirate or an angry Scottsman.
@@alexandraluster284 omg I reread it after reading your comments and nearly fell off the couch imagining both alternatives
@@emival3335 Or combine them! An angry Scottish pirate!
James' face when he plays the sax is like the most amazing thing I've ever seen.
Loved this movie as a 10 year old in 1995. Though I found it quite different from the game the characters really grew on me. Even Christopher Lambert as Raiden.
UA-cam really blows sometimes...leave James alone YT
Also...I think I speak for everyone, when I say we are definitely feeling the saxophone rendition
youtube is so fucking stupid but at least we get to hear james skills with the sax like goddamn he lowkey good at it
We don't even get that anymore. He's gotta cut it out now.
You can't have a smart scene without Art Lean!!
Indeed
Also hi Wutaii!
ART LEAN FOR SMASH
You have exceeded the verified channel single comment limit. Also, can you just go away for once?
YOU WERE THE OH MY DARLING CLEMENTINE GUY WHO COMMENTED ON JACKS VIDEO
Alright, as a Thai person myself, you did good job pronouncing the names
That saxophone scenes was epic ngl, anyways, youtube is stupid sometimes so don’t feel bad. We all feel bad for you
Well if that is what it took to give us that saxophone then so be it
James:Makes a Mortal Kombat kill Kount to hype up the new movie
UA-cam:No
James:Reuploads with a saxophone
If you look at the title and the thumbnail for the video, it's not a kill Count. :)
@@theaway9052 huh?
@@fabuloussecretstandopawaaa9340 he's right
@@theaway9052 You got me there thanks for letting me correct it
“I am Liu Kang, Descendant of Kung Lao!”
*Wait, that’s illegal.*
The Kung Lao that he’s referring to isn’t his brother, but rather the “Great Kung Lao,” who competed against Goro and died in the very first of the ten tournaments. So, even though that lineage is never explored in the film, it is explicitly stated in the opening text for the original arcade MK.
@@dustinray1694 right, I forgot about the great Kung Lao
@@dustixo also I just realized you and I share names :o 💕
@@dustinray1694 Technically, I wouldn’t say he died (unless you played the Kung Lao Ending against Kronika in MK11) So I would say he died, and he didnt
@@dustixo Canonically I’m sure he’ll always be the one to perish in the battle against goro, only because the modern Kung Lao wouldn’t have his motivation to be in the tournament otherwise. Though I’m always open to those “what if” storylines :)
I loved the Beverly Hills ninja reference you made, I was waiting for it and it was perfect
Mr. Lean literally aiming his last punches at Goro's palms was truly a work of Art.
Can’t have a smart scene without Art Lean!
I see what you did there
I would give my left lung to hear James play the entire Mortal Kombat song on the sax
I would too since it's the smaller of the two lol
I would give your lung too.
He did on his Instagram
^ Yeah it's on the Kill Count's Instagram
....welp I'm going to Instagram thank you!
My Uncle worked on the CGI in this movie and apparently one of his coworkers had to spend painful amounts of hours adjusting Goro’s abs in the new movie.
Just a quick fact nobody asked for.
Totally
@@bxsy6969 if that’s sarcasm then is it really that unrealistic to assume that visual effects, a normal job that lots of people have, was one of the 452 people that did the CGI on this ONE movie?
lmao cool
We appreciate your uncles dedication 💯 Goro will always be one of my fav character in the game 👊🏽
Dang, dude! That’s epic! Give him our collective thanks for creating these effects 🥰
I kinda like this Raiden’s voice. It sounds like it’s sparking with electricity which I think makes for a pretty cool aesthetic.
Mortal kombat on the sax?! Iconic 😁
0:34
James: “So, hope you’re ready for more of this”
*plays 2 notes with a death look in 1 second
Me: G-R-E-A-T-!
I love just how you can see all the anger and bitterness in his eyes
Lmao the edit sounds like a goofy dm notification sound 😂
Actually my favourite part of the video.
The anger and annoyance in that second is great
Can we all just say how great James is at the saxophone
Lol 3 stars from Meltzer. Would have been 6 if it was in the Tokyo dome. Lol that's why I love re-watching kill counts. Great stuff James. Thank you for all you and your staff do.
I still love how James refers to the protagonists as "Art and the gang" so often
Are you saying that you don’t?
One good thing came out of this. I now want James to do a full saxophone cover of the MK theme song.
Check his Twitter
Can we just change all music on the channel to James playing his saxophone, that was fucking awesome
I love this movie so much, knowing full well it's terrible. XD It's still one of the two best, most fun and loving movie adaptations I've ever seen, alongside the equally wtf Street Fighter film. (You know the one. It's got Jean Claude Van Damme and friggin' Mulan herself beating up on the Magnificent Raul Julia in his most mad-as-a-hatter wide-eyed role.) I know this isn't anywhere near a horror movie, but thank you for going over it. It's a true gem.
Also, I got taught martial arts by one of those guys Shang Tsung summons to fight Liu Kang! The stunt performer for the ghost samurai is Fumio Demura, a Shito-Ryu martial artist and sensei who runs the dojo across from the community college where I took martial arts classes for a few years. The instructor was actually one of his students, and he only came in a few times a year to encourage and be ridiculous with us (guy has a great sense of humor). I'm Mortal Kombat-adjacent! :D
Oh holy sweet god, the dead eyed frustration and resignation on James’s eyes when playing the sax alone makes this entire video worth two play throughs. Well get you back those two million views man. Love all of the hard work you put in :)
James reuploads, I watch, like and comment again
James' own sax version of the MK theme: Yeah that's hot
The shots of zoom ins on James playing on the saxophone with the look on his face saying "I'm annoyed" made me crack up so hard!!!
"So, hope your ready for more of this."
*A singular, resounding doot*
Yeah, UA-cam decided to copyright strike the sax
@@ark9542 That’s fucken dumb
@@Major_Ursa Are you calling me dumb or UA-cam?
@@ark9542 UA-cam obviously
Honestly James playing the song on the saxophone is the best thing ever
@Miguel Messina cause he's a GOAT
@Miguel Messina Yes
Watching this multiple times because the Dead Meat team deserve the ad revenue
4:53
"The movie begins with a Mortal Kombat!" *Saxophone Noises*
Company: Screw the movie scenes no one likes those,
We are gonna claim what people loved: MOORRRTAALLL KOOMMBAAATTT!!!
Do do do do du do do do
Noooooo
At 13:23, he could edited and talk about why UA-cam is stupid while he was performing😄
0:17 I want a whole video of James playing mortal kombat on the saxophone
Deadmeat clips
I think there’s a video of it on his Instagram too
Like Jax's Friendship.
The one man MK theme is undeniably the best video on this channel
Pausing at 0:00 gives a face from James I haven't seen since "I'll always know what you did last summer"