History WebVideo / MortalKombatRebirth

* AdaptationNameChange: Baraka's true name is Alan Zane.

* DoingInTheWizard: The original games were set in a FantasyKitchenSink multiverse with magic, mythical creatures, and alternate dimensions. This idea for the series? Not so much. Even the nickname "Jax" is too unrealistic for this series.

* InNameOnly: Several changes are in effect, and not just [[DoingInTheWizard replacing fantasy and magic with science and technology]]. The most blatant of these are Reptile being portrayed as a human SerialKiller with [[BodyHorror harlequin ichthyosis]] who [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes people's heads]], and the [[BaldOfEvil bald]] [[HumansAreWhite light-skinned]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Outworld Tarkatan]] [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Baraka]] reimagined as "[[AdaptationNameChange Alan Zane]]," a [[AmbiguouslyBrown dark-skinned]], [[DreadlockWarrior dreadlocked]], [[AdaptationalAttractiveness formerly handsome]] failed plastic surgeon who killed [[MyGreatestFailure one patient by accident]] and [[SanitySlippage two dozen on purpose]], [[SavagePiercings pierced his face]], and [[EmpoweredBadassNormal implanted telescopic blades into his forearms]].

Originally a short film intended to generate interest in a version of ''Mortal Kombat'' not unlike ''Film/BatmanBegins'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', Rebirth was greenlit to become a ten episode web series. The original short/trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_gMRjL_6l8 here.]]

* MyGreatestFailure: Baraka is a former plastic surgeon who accidentally killed a patient. The next two dozen were not accidents.

A more realistic take on ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. In Deacon City, crime is running rampant, forcing Police Captain Jackson Briggs to reach out to [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] Hanzo Hasashi. Briggs informs Hasashi of the presence of two [[SerialKiller madmen]], codenamed Reptile and Baraka, as well as the man believed to be employing them both, [[BigBad Shang Tsung.]] The plan to deal with these men is simple; Tsung is holding an underground fighting tournament where it is believed that they and other undesirables will gather. Hasashi is to enter the tournament and eliminate everyone involved. Initially, the assassin is uninterested in this plan, until Sonya Blade (Creator/JeriRyan) reveals to him that a man named [[ArchEnemy Sub-Zero]] will be there as well. His curiosity piqued, as he believed Sub-Zero to be dead and buried, Hasashi agrees before [[ThatManIsDead dropping his old name]] in favor of a new one - Scorpion.

%%* AlternateUniverse

** "Get over here!"

* InNameOnly: Several changes are in effect, and not just [[DoingInTheWizard replacing fantasy and magic with science and technology]]. The most blatant of these are [[TheReptilians Reptile]] being portrayed as a human SerialKiller with [[BodyHorror harlequin ichthyosis]] who [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes people's heads]], and the [[BaldOfEvil bald]] [[HumansAreWhite light-skinned]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Outworld Tarkatan]] [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Baraka]] reimagined as "[[AdaptationNameChange Alan Zane]]," a [[AmbiguouslyBrown dark-skinned]], [[DreadlockWarrior dreadlocked]], [[AdaptationalAttractiveness formerly handsome]] failed plastic surgeon who killed [[MyGreatestFailure one patient by accident]] and [[SanitySlippage two dozen on purpose]], [[SavagePiercings pierced his face]], and [[EmpoweredBadassNormal implanted telescopic blades into his forearms]].

A more realistic take on ''Franchise/MortalKombat''. In Deacon City, crime is running rampant, forcing Police Captain Jackson Briggs to reach out to [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] Hanzo Hasashi. Briggs informs Hasashi of the presence of two [[SerialKiller madmen]], codenamed Reptile and Baraka, as well as the man believed to be employing them both, [[BigBad Shang Tsung.]] The plan to deal with these men is simple; Tsung is holding an underground fighting tournament where it is believed that they and other undesirables will gather. Hasashi is to enter the tournament and eliminate everyone involved. Initially, the assassin is uninterested in this plan, until Sonya Blade reveals to him that a man named [[ArchEnemy Sub-Zero]] will be there as well. His curiosity piqued, as he believed Sub-Zero to be dead and buried, Hasashi agrees before [[ThatManIsDead dropping his old name]] in favor of a new one - Scorpion.

A planned new take on ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', taking the series to a more realistic setting. In Deacon City, crime is running rampant, forcing Police Captain Jackson Briggs to reach out to [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] Hanzo Hasashi. Briggs informs Hasashi of the presence of two [[SerialKiller madmen]], codenamed Reptile and Baraka, as well as the man believed to be employing them both, [[BigBad Shang Tsung.]] The plan to deal with these men is simple; Tsung is holding an underground fighting tournament where it is believed that they and other undesirables will gather. Hasashi is to enter the tournament and eliminate everyone involved. Initially, the assassin is uninterested in this plan, until Sonya Blade reveals to him that a man named [[ArchEnemy Sub-Zero]] will be there as well. His curiosity piqued, as he believed Sub-Zero to be dead and buried, Hasashi agrees before [[ThatManIsDead dropping his old name]] in favor of a new one - Scorpion.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Johnny Cage]], in ''Rebirth'', [[spoiler:via decapitation]].

* AlternateUniverse

** "GET OVER HERE!"

->"''If this tournament exists, Shang Tsung will find you. And if this tournament exists, it's [[GodzillaThreshold our one shot]] to take out Baraka, Reptile and the other maniacs who've turned this city into a [[WretchedHive killing field]]. We want you to join the tournament, and we want you to [[EvilVersusEvil win it]]. We want you to do what you do best: [[KillEmAll kill them all]].''"

* BodyHorror: Reptile has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin-type_ichthyosis harlequin ichthyosis]], a [[RealityIsUnrealistic real-life birth defect]] that causes, amongst other things, [[BodyHorror diamond-like 'scales' to appear on his skin]] and [[EyeScream his eyelids to be formed inside out.]] He's noted to be thirty years old despite most babies with the condition (a photo of one is shown) dying in days or weeks.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Baraka still has them, but this time they're telescopic, making them a little more realistic. Still not clear how he extends them, though.
* DoingInTheWizard: The original games were set in a FantasyKitchenSink multiverse with magic, mythical creatures, and alternate dimensions. This idea for the series? Not so much.
** Even the nickname "Jax" is too unrealistic for this series.

* InNameOnly

* RedRightHand: Reptile has a birth defect that causes, amongst other things, diamond-like 'scales' to appear on his skin and [[EyeScream his eyelids to be formed inside out.]]
** Most people were [[RealityIsUnrealistic unaware that this is a real condition]]. As mentioned, few live with the condition live more than a few days, so people can be excused for not knowing about it.

* WolverineClaws: Baraka still has them, only now they're surgically implanted in his forearms. How he pops them out has yet to be revealed.

->"''If this tournament exists, Shang Tsung will find you. And if this tournament exists, it's our one shot to take out Baraka, Reptile and the other maniacs who've turned this city into a killing field. We want you to join the tournament, and we want you to win it. We want you to do what you do best: kill them all.''"

-->-- Detective Jackson Briggs