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I think MK11 made the decisions it made because having most of your cast stuck as undead revenants was really lame.
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MK1 website says there's "New and returning" kharakters But the only one that could be maybe considered new is Liu Kang Have to imagine there's maybe one or two secrets they're still holding onto
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Sockser posted:MK1 website says there's "New and returning" kharakters Maybe WB forced them to add Cole Young.
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Aug 31, 2023 07:38
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Liu kang has actually been in every MK game I think.
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He wasn't playable in Deadly Alliance and only appeared in the intro getting his neck snapped and soul eaten by Shang Tsung. Although he did appear in Kano's ending, of all people, when Kano is killed by Quan Chi and a Liu Kang's soul from the soulnado shoots into his body.
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Aug 31, 2023 08:40
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DeadButDelicious posted:He wasn't playable in Deadly Alliance and only appeared in the intro getting his neck snapped and soul eaten by Shang Tsung. Honestly, it was a huge missed opportunity to not do a story about Kano possessed by Liu Kang. Like, just imagine him trying to convince Sonya that he's actually Liu Kang and not just Kano trying to mess with her.
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Aug 31, 2023 11:56
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Rhonne posted:Honestly, it was a huge missed opportunity to not do a story about Kano possessed by Liu Kang. Like, just imagine him trying to convince Sonya that he's actually Liu Kang and not just Kano trying to mess with her. Face (Torn) Off.
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Aug 31, 2023 12:08
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Liu kang has actually been in every MK game I think. Sub-Zero is the only kharakter to be in every game There's a fun fact to keep in your pocket
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Aug 31, 2023 12:21
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You're right we need a mythology game that isn't Subzero
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Regrettable posted:Maybe WB forced them to add Cole Young. Art Lean or no buys. 
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On one hand, I really like Cassie Cage and Cool Dad Johnny Cage, so it's a bummer to see that stuff go. On the other hand, I do love me some cocky young Johnny, and I've really liked the characterization we've seen so far from the character intros and story clips. And if he does end up paired with another girl in this timeline, that could be a fun story to explore, too. Hopefully, they find a way to work Cassie back in too eventually. Can't believe Ronda Rousey was so bad that she got Sonya kicked off the main roster.
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Aug 31, 2023 12:55
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PostNouveau posted:They didn't have much choice but to reboot after the last one. I guess they coulda got cosmic with it or something? They could've gone back into the past to the era of the original Kung Lao, like they suggested they would in that one ending - still a reboot, but more of a let's-try-this-again from an as-yet-undepicted point in time, rather than Liu Kang trying to reshape the universe. MK has so many super-old/practically immortal characters that they could've kept a ton of the classic characters, even.
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Regrettable posted:Maybe WB forced them to add Cole Young. I am genuinely surprised that we didn't get Cole Young to be honest. .. gently caress, maybe that's why Hanzo isn't around
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Aug 31, 2023 15:55
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ImpAtom posted:I am genuinely surprised that we didn't get Cole Young to be honest. It's almost as if everybody involved wanted to disown the new movie or something. There was no tie-in marketing for it in MK11 either, was there?
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Mr. Neutron posted:It's almost as if everybody involved wanted to disown the new movie or something. There was no tie-in marketing for it in MK11 either, was there? They were too busy doing tie-ins with the original MK movie.
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Mr. Neutron posted:It's almost as if everybody involved wanted to disown the new movie or something. There was no tie-in marketing for it in MK11 either, was there? I think there were some Kollectables or tie-in events with Kyrpt mode for the new MK movie. But really it was the sort of thing you could easily have missed.
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Aug 31, 2023 16:42
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Missed opportunities are an NRS staple at this stage.
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I remember seeing it outright mentioned online from someone at NetherRealm that Cole Young would absolutely not be in MK1.
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It was really funny seeing all the theory-crafting about him in the lead up to the movie about who he actually was in canon and then it turned out no he really was just a lovely OC whose power is he puts on a sweater.
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Aug 31, 2023 20:30
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his power is that he stole all the wicker off your grandma's favorite chair
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Do you think Cole Young got Boon to re-think Hsu Hao
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widespread posted:Do you think Cole Young got Boon to re-think Hsu Hao I don't see hao he would have.
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The central design principle of the 3D era was trying to remake Kano in a half dozen different ways that were altogether less satisfying than just having Kano.
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If you put them all together like Voltron they assemble to create one enormous Black Dragonzord named Omega Kano.
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Kano also being the best part of the recent MK movie.
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There ain't no recent mk movie and there never was
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Kwanzaa Quickie posted:Kano also being the best part of the recent MK movie. Nah that movie was mostly mid but they made the best Sub-Zero of any adaptation, he was terrifying and dope as hell
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Rhonne posted:They were too busy doing tie-ins with the original MK movie. I have this weird theory that they were going to somehow remake the original MK movie as DLC for MK11. You had Cary Togawa back to chew the scenery in the Aftermath DLC, but the random drops for Raiden/Cage/Sonya actor skins made me think something more could have been planned, especially since Christopher Lambert isn't getting any younger (and sounded rough in the DLC). Out of the main kast, you really only needed Liu Kang and Kitana to have all the speaking characters; the ninjas didn't speak, Goro was CG/animatronic and Kano's actor is dead. It sounds insane but those skins were such an out of nowhere drop I still feel like something bigger was planned but fell apart; could be w/o Liu Kang/Kitana no point in going on.
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Speaking of tie-ins, I'm working on an article about obscure MK trivia and I was looking into MKX: Generations. It was supposed to be the third season of MK Legacy that would have promoted the characters from MKX. It was mainly remembered because there was a leaked casting call that gave us early ideas of who would be in the game, like D'Vorah, Kung Jin, and Erron Black (originally named Salazar). Then complete radio silence. Turns out that they filmed the whole thing and did the special effects and everything, but for whatever reason, it was never released. Which is kind of bizarre considering how ridiculous the cast was: - Casper Van Dien as Johnny Cage - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung - Ray Park as Erron Black - Lewis Tan as Kung Jin - Booboo Stewart as Takeda - Eric Roberts as Bo' Rai Cho There's a leaked 8 minutes of raw footage out there that also includes live-action Ferra/Torr. It's wild that this was put together and then shoved into a vault.
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ERIC ROBERTS AS BO RAI CHO???
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Gavok posted:Speaking of tie-ins, I'm working on an article about obscure MK trivia and I was looking into MKX: Generations. It was supposed to be the third season of MK Legacy that would have promoted the characters from MKX. It was mainly remembered because there was a leaked casting call that gave us early ideas of who would be in the game, like D'Vorah, Kung Jin, and Erron Black (originally named Salazar). Then complete radio silence. What the gently caress, that sounds awesome.
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Mover posted:ERIC ROBERTS AS BO RAI CHO??? I desperately need someone to leak footage of this performance specifically Crowetron fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Sep 1, 2023 |
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Gavok, why did you let me know this amazing thing exists and I will never get to see it?
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Here you go. https://vimeo.com/528304577
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Eric Roberts will not change his hair style for any role, it's amazing.
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DC Murderverse posted:Nah that movie was mostly mid but they made the best Sub-Zero of any adaptation, he was terrifying and dope as hell True, they did a great job with Sub-Zero. I think the guy playing Kano was having a blast though.
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I really enjoyed the newer MK movie but I was also drunk when I watched it, that helped. It was fun and I think they’re making a sequel which is awesome.
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I thought it got more hate than it deserved, but it was very dumb for them to have a Mortal Kombat movie that did not feature a fighting tournament.
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PostNouveau posted:I thought it got more hate than it deserved, but it was very dumb for them to have a Mortal Kombat movie that did not feature a fighting tournament. We've had what, two MK games about a fighting tournament?
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C. Everett Koop posted:We've had what, two MK games about a fighting tournament? Yeah, but the whole movie was about gathering fighters for the tournament, and then it ended before it started.
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