Even the actors themselves bear this out. The sweeping shots of the city, the well-lit sets, the more robust fight choreography, the more ambitious camera work - it all contributes to a more professional-looking product. And again, the increased budget is immediately apparent. The season starts off strongly enough, with the first two episodes set in Macau and focusing on Liu Kang (Brian Tee) and his "brother," Kung Lao (Mark Dacascos). But in other instances, Legacy seems to be aiming more for the much-despised sequel, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation instead. In its best moments, Legacy already feels very much like a proper reboot of 1995's Mortal Kombat, widely considered to be one of the only decent film adaptations of a video game. The increased budget is immediately apparent from the very first shot in Legacy Season 2. With Microsoft throwing no less than $10 million into making Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn last year, the bar for video game-inspired web series has risen very high indeed. The second is that Tancharoen has a much bigger budget to work with this time. The first is that, where Legacy Season 1 delivered a set of loosely connected origin vignettes set before the fateful Mortal Kombat tournament, Season 2 offers a somewhat more cohesive storyline that covers the tournament itself. Two key elements have changed this time around. But before the reboot becomes a reality, WB also green-lit a second season of Legacy, all 10 episodes of which were released simultaneously this week.
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