Posted by Gunther Gloop on 08/29/06 11:45

Gunther Gloop wrote:
> Not Me wrote:
>> CheggersPop wrote:
>>>>>> I watched this on Sky last night, not a bad film, but not great.
>>>>>> Just wondered if anyone here knows what the fighting game is that
>>>>>> they are playing in the guys house about half way through?
>>
>>> They are playing Mortal Kombat: Deception. However, they are using
>>> Nintendo 64 controllers, despite the game only being available on
>>> the PS2, GameCube & Xbox. The Console is actually an Xbox.
>>
>> I'm sure this happens an awful lot though I can't remember anything
>> specifically... but why??
>
> It does happen a lot -usually it's someone playing one game with
> sounds from a totally different one (pacman death-noise is almost
> always used). Possibly it's something to do with various copyrights,
> but mostly I would say it's to more do with how a director or stylist
> or whoever wants a scene to look/sound like.
> eg. "Now I need you guys to fiddle with some controllers... no I
> don't want these ones... I want ones that look more like... ah yes,
> here are the ones I want."
> -ie. the actions and props of the actors are a seperate choice to what
> someone else has decided is being played on the tv screen.
>
> I *guess*. :)
>

Also, in this case, the scene may have been filmed using Mortal Kombat 64
(or whatever it was called), but then somoene realised there was a
better-looking, bloodier version available, then cut that in later-on.

-Kevin.

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