I actually got a lot to talk about. I been keeping a close eye on anything Ghostface relating to Mortal Kombat 1. Such as his identity let me rephase that identities. Ghostface is three characters possibly a fourth through mirror match. They really went the full distance giving us movie Ghostface. We got the voice over responsible for the iconic Ghostface voice.
They went for Scream movie franchise copy rights. They also went for the costume's copy rights. For those that doesn't know even Scream franchise had to make a similar arrangement with the costume company. This also allows more Ghostface costumes into the game. Very similar to Dead by Daylight with their own Ghostface character.
Now we gotta talk about whose Ghostface in this game. Two Mortal Kombat characters you wouldn't expect are two of the Ghostface characters. Kobra and Kira are both members of Black Dragon clan. You know the same clan led by Kano. Two professional assassins dressed up as Ghostface, I never even considered.
The big surprise is the third and fourth Ghostface's identities. The main Ghostface is surprisingly the original movie Ghostface himself, Billy. In mirror matches, he's replaced by the second Ghostface Stu. We know this because of a particular intro of these mirror matches. Sadly it's kinda a huge major missed opportunity.
I wanna clarify I'm not criticizing them choosing Billy over Stu. Let's be honest, it's like a coin toss with those two. There's no real wrong answer here. What does matter is Stu would've brought a lot more funny jokes to the game. Then again I'm still surprised Call of Duty pulled off Ghostface as well as they did.
I already see Ghostface's ending, it kinda works. It also directly references one of his fatalities with Johnny Cage cameo. I felt his main finishers are all well selected for this game. It's actually done better than Freddy in MK9. Who also got a reference by Ghostface in an intro as well. Considering Wes Craven created both slasher villains, it's no secret.
I also liked they indirectly reference a few things in his ending. Live streaming his murders, Scream 4 anyone? Cage playing an Stab game could be seen as a reference to either Call of Duty or Dead by Daylight. In both games, Ghostface is played in first person. But in Call of Duty, the same voice actor reprised the role.
This is already better than Chucky getting into Dead by Daylight. I remembered when people didn't think so highly of Ghostface years ago. All of a sudden, people really can't get enough of the character. I am curious what changed over the years? Maybe I should be thanking Deadpool movies for that.
Obviously they wanna tie into Scream 7. Which mostly been mixed from what's revealed about it. I would only be surprise it doesn't suck. There's no question, they absolutely nailed the character perfectly here. I honestly couldn't be any happier with this. I am truly impressed they done the character justice.
Scary Movie 6
There's one unrelated thing I wanna add since Ghostface got referenced in the upcoming Scary Movie 6. The Wayan brothers got the franchise back. Personally, I felt they could've easily made more movies they already owned or create a new franchise altogether. Regardless, they plan to parody Scream series again.
I actually was a huge fan of the original Scary Movie myself. I probably sound like a broken record over this. I always considered it as an Scream movie for many reasons. Therefore, it's among my favorite Ghostface movies ever!!! I do think they got a shot at making it better than Scary Movie 4 & 5.
I do think parodying Scream 5 to 7 could work in their favor. People are a little mixed on those Scream movies. They aren't flat out terrible by any means. At the same time, they got plenty to work with. They even could make Scary Movie 6 more entertaining than those Scream movies. I felt this is a good direction for a proper return of the franchise.
Scary Movie series loves to parody movies. Scary Movie 2 surprisingly worked with so many movies getting parodied. I think ratio is going to be key here. You want a good variety of horror movies getting parodied. You just don't want one too many movies thrown in to screw it all up. Scary Movie 6 does have more of a fighting chance than a lot of people thinks.
If I could request a short kill scene in that movie. I really wanna see Ghostface kill Fisherman. I already made it clear I heavily disliked that huge Ghostface fight request for Death Battle. Scary Movie 1 compositive the two slasher villains together. Which actually worked better than The Simpsons doing Fisherman and an werewolf.
Scary Movie 6 should not get rush or it's doomed to fail. I hope they realize that from Scary Movie 2. Then again a lot of people just doesn't understand how parodies should to work. Let's take an game UnMetal for an example. UnMetal parodies a lot of 80s stuff as well as classic Metal Gear games. It is simply done just right for people to keep laughing as they're playing the game.
It's kinda sad doing parody games more effective to people than parody movies. Especially most of the world's population watching movies more often. I also think they can make this more of their own than ever before. They really can get creative with this movie. Not only that, Scary Movie 6 could jump start a new rise of parodies around the world too.
You just never know until it's out for the world to see. Scary Movie 6 should be more focus than the later Scary Movie entries. They need to get as much of the original cast back. Even if that isn't possible, they always could bring in new people. Sometimes a few newer faces could heavily impact things both ways.
Let's hope it notably boosts the movie's popularity up. The best part is they fully own the franchise again. They have more experience from making a lot of movies since Scary Movie franchise. It's safe to say they aren't going to hold back with the jokes. A great comedian can really go below the belt making an entire room laugh hard.
Scary Movie 6 is going to be given the care missing in the last few entries. They are going to go ridiculous, which they really need to here. I am kinda hoping for multiple endings. I personally liked how Scary Movie 2 went about that. I actually think parodying an interactive movie game could work wonders here too.
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