Why is it that grim n gritty was over in comics by the 2000s, but whenever comics are adapted to film, the films adapt the grim n gritty make-it-darker style almost always?
I think what I love about this new MK direction is how it is so aggressively bland and boring compared to the original. It goes from "fantasy realm where mystical fighters compete across the cosmos" to "ALL THE VILLAINS ARE CRIMINALS AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE COPS."
This was charming when it was what I imagined a bunch of drunk guys would make up if they had access to Ed Boon, a keg, some weed and a bin of random kung fu/ninja movies.