I-Kortal Kombat 1 kungenzeka ukuthi usanda kukhishwa kodwa usevele ungumdali we Mortal Kombat futhi Ukungabi nabulungisa, u-Ed Boon wenza izinhlelo ze-DLC ethokozisayo. Kwenye yama-Tweets akamuva ka-Boon, unikeze ukugcona okukhulu okwakungeyona into ecashile ngokwemvelo. Kodwa, ikhomba isithonjana esikhulu esesabekayo esiza kuso I-Kortal Kombat 1.

I-Boon's Tweet yayiyisithombe esimnyama nokumhlophe sazo zonke izithonjana ezinkulu ezithusayo. Isithonjana ngasinye size namamaki okuhlola phezu kwezithonjana ezingezwe ngaphambilini kanye namamaki emibuzo phezu kwalezo ebezingakafakwa.

Lokhu kushiya u-Pinhead, u-Chucky, u-Michael Myers, u-Billy, no-Ghostface bonke benamamaki emibuzo. Zonke lezi zinhlamvu zingaba izinhlelo ezinhle zesihloko sakamuva. Ikakhulukazi umuntu onjengoPinhead.

Ngasekuqaleni konyaka ukuchitheka kwedatha kukhomba ku-Ghostface evela esihlokweni esizayo. Kubukeka sengathi leso sihloko esizayo kungenzeka ukuthi bekuyiso I-Kortal Kombat 1. Kuzodingeka silinde sibone ukuze sithole isiqiniseko. Kepha, kufaka phakathi i-Ghostface ekwazi ukwenza konke ukubulala okuvela ku-franchise egcwele kungaba kuhle. Sengivele ngibone ngeso lengqondo ukubulawa kwesicabha sasegaraji.

Ubani ongathanda ukumbona kugeyimu yakamuva? Uma ubungakhetha eyodwa kuphela, ubungacabanga ukuthi bekungubani?

Ngakho konke okuqukethwe kwangempela kokuzingela izipoki okutholakala ku-Discovery+, i-Hulu ikhulisa uhlobo ngokuthatha kwayo okubizwa ngokuthi. Ukuphilela Abafileyo lapho ithimba labaphenyi abayizigebengu abahlanu behambela izindawo ezahlukene ukuze bavuse imimoya yabaphilayo nabafileyo.

Lo mbukiso uqale ubonakala uyinqubo yokuzingela izipoki, kodwa okuguquguqukayo wukuthi laba bacwaningi baphinde basize abaphilayo ukuthi babhekane nezinkinga zabo. Lolo hlobo lwamathrekhi njengoba lo mdlalo uvela kubakhiqizi abafanayo nabakwaNetflix I-Queer Eye, elinye iqiniso libonisa lapho ababungazi besiza khona abantu bathole ukuthula nokwamukelwa.

Kodwa lo mbukiso unalokho I-Queer Eye akulona uhlu luka-“A” lomdidiyeli wosaziwayo. UKristen Stewart udlala umdidiyeli lapha, futhi uthi lo mqondo ekuqaleni wawuhloselwe njenge-gag.

“Kumnandi kakhulu futhi kuyavuselela ukuthi mina nomngane wami omkhulu u-CJ Romero sibe nalo mbono ohlekisayo futhi manje sekuwuhlelo,” kusho uStewart esitatimendeni sabezindaba. “Kwaqala njengephupho elingasho lutho futhi manje ngiyaziqhenya ngokwelusa into eshukumisayo nenenjongo njengoba kuyisikhathi esidala sezitabane. Abalingisi bethu bangenza ngihleke futhi ngikhale futhi babe nesibindi nenhliziyo yokusiyisa ezindaweni engangingeke ngizihambe ngedwa. Futhi wuhambo oluhle kakhulu lwentombazane engiluqale nozakwethu uDylan Meyer noMaggie McLean. Lesi kumane kuyisiqalo sethu kanye 'sokuphilela Abafileyo.' Sifuna ukuthi ngelinye ilanga sihambe sinqamula lonke izwe lezimbongolo eziyispoki. Mhlawumbe umhlaba!”

Ukuphilela Abafileyo,” idokhumenti yoqobo ye-Huluween, iqala ngqa zonke iziqephu eziyisishiyagalombili ku-Hulu ULwesithathu, Okthoba 18. 

Lezi zilinganiso zishintsha kaningi, kodwa njengoba zinjalo manje Wabona u-X uthole amaphuzu aphezulu kakhulu e-Rotten Tomatoes emlandweni we-franchise. Isitolimende se-10, manje esisetiyetha, sithole isilinganiso “esisha” esingamaphesenti angama-84, esithola impendulo eyakhayo evela kubagxeki nasezithamelini ngokufanayo.

The Saw uchungechunge, olwaziwa ngezicupho zalo eziyinkimbinkimbi kanye nokwesabeka kwengqondo, lubone ukwamukelwa okubucayi okuhlukahlukene phakathi neminyaka. Ifilimu yokuqala yango-2004, eyabeka inkundla ye-franchise, phambilini yayibambe irekhodi ngesilinganiso esisha esingamaphesenti angama-50. Le filimu yokuqala, evame ukudunyiswa njengephayona elivusa amadlingozi, yaba neqhaza elikhulu ekuthuthukiseni abantu abavelele njengomqondisi. James Wan kanye nombhali-kanye uLeigh Whannell.

Nokho, akuwona wonke amafilimu kulolu chungechunge abe nenhlanhla. Saw: Isahluko Sokugcina, eyakhishwa ngo-2010, yancipha phansi ngesilinganiso esingamaphesenti angu-9 kuphela. Ngisho nenkanyezi Spiral: Okuvela Encwadini Saw, ehlanganisa osondonzima baseHollywood uChris Rock noSamuel L. Jackson, yaphatha amaphesenti angu-37 kuphela.

Yini ebekayo Wabona u-X ngokuhlukana? Abaningi bathi impumelelo yayo incike ekubuyeleni kwayo ezimpandeni ze-franchise ngenkathi inikeza umbono omusha. Ifilimu isebenza njenge-prequel, igcwalisa igebe lokulandisa phakathi kwama-movie amabili okuqala. U-Tobin Bell, ophinde wadlala indima yakhe njengeJigsaw (noma uJohn Kramer), unconywe ngokusebenza kwakhe. Abagxeki bakuqaphelile ukuthi ukuvezwa kukaBell ku Wabona u-X iyahlekisa ikakhulukazi, nge The Hollywood Reporter edumisa owakhe "izwi eli-raspy ne-gravitas esabekayo".

Umqondisi uKevin Greutert, owake wasebenza Wabona VI futhi Ubone i-3D, kubukeka sengathi ushaye into ecokeme ezithamelini kulokhu. The Independent ugcizelele ukuqonda kukaGreutert ngesisekelo sabalandeli be-franchise, ethi uyaletha "yikho kanye abakufunayo".

Okunye ukubuyekezwa kube kuhle ngokulinganayo:

• Igazi elizondayo: "Wabona u-X iletha i-franchise ephezulu, futhi lokho akuyona into encane ngezitolimende eziyishumi ezijulile. Kunomqondo onethezekile wokuqwashisa kanye namahlaya atholakala kuchungechunge olusebenzisa ubulula balo obungemuva ukukhombisa abalingisi kanye nenyakanyaka.”
• I-DigitalSpy: Wabona u-X ilethe ngempumelelo kakhulu Saw landelana manje... Wabona u-X usengaletha umnyakazo ongawulindela ku- Saw ukuphuma, nokho ukuzama ukwenza into entsha hhayi nje endala efanayo, kungenzeka ijove uchungechunge ngegazi elisha.”
• IndieWire: “Abantu kufanele bayeke ukujola noJohn Kramer. … Ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi njengokukhululwa kwaminyaka yonke kwe-Halloween okumatasatasa kakhulu ku-aughts, Saw ekugcineni ubuyile ngo-Okthoba ukutshela u-Taylor Swift ukuthi akuyena yedwa owenza i-vigilante shit. Siyakuhalalisela, Tobin. Ukufanele lokhu. … Okubuhlungu kakhulu, okusolisayo Saw qhubeka futhi."

Wabona u-X usethe ibhentshimakhi entsha yezitolimende zesikhathi esizayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungumlandeli wokuqina noma usanda kungena ochungechungeni, le filimu ithembisa ukugibela okujabulisayo.