People are really starting to get into the idea of superhero movies putting butts on seats. Here's a little trailer...



but there's lots (LOTS!) more in an extended trailer if you follow this link.

I like the look of this and think it could turn into a cinema-watchable movie! =)

Now, I like games where I feel like a real, full blooded superhero and I'm beginning to think that, much like the movie industry, the games industry is starting to get on board. Superman games pretty much reek of badness at every turn but Hulk, Spiderman and Batman have all had successful outings as video games. Sure, they've also had their ups and downs but it was getting to the point where I don't wince every time a new Superhero game gets announced.

And then somebody decided that pitting Batman against Sub-zero was a good idea.

WHY?!

I mean, everyone loves Batman! I remember a few years ago when 1Up ran competitions to find out if there was anything in the universe he couldn't beat (he'd already notched up The Phoenix and THE SUN - that's the ball of flaming gas that we revolve around rather than the newspaper with the Page 3 girls). Now, not only are they releasing a Mortal Kombat game that features the heroes of our youth being pitted against crappy video game stereotypes (and taking out the Fatalities - the only real reason to play MK games in the first place) but they're also expecting us to accept things like Batman getting beaten!



This does not stand well with me. I've never been a big fan of MK but all sorts of crazy match-ups come to mind. Hell, Superman is going to be in this game. What're they going to do; limit his powers so that he's not really Superman any more.

I consider this whole concept to be full of error and fail. Do you agree?