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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#351: Apr 29th 2021 at 12:52:50 PM

Oh for fucks sake just kill him off next movie it’s not that hard.

That’s exactly what GI Joe Retaliation did with Channing Tatum’s character to promote Dwayne Johnson’s character.

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JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#352: Apr 29th 2021 at 1:05:49 PM

In case they do sequels, I hope Kotal Khan shows up.

In the original canon (Or reboot canon?), he only appeared after the 20-year time skip, but in the movies he might feature earlier.

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Apr 29th 2021 at 1:06:18 AM

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#353: Apr 29th 2021 at 1:08:17 PM

They had Nitara in this movie despite her not appearing in the games this one loosely adapts so anything is possible.

GrandmasterKiramidHead Since: Oct, 2010
#354: Apr 29th 2021 at 1:22:45 PM

I'd like to see Smoke or Stryker. They were two of my mains in MK9.

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#355: Apr 29th 2021 at 5:36:20 PM

Stuffed In The Fridge is defined a lot more generously on this very wiki, and killing Cole to give his wife superpowers would fit that definition that we have all apparently agreed on. - unless she just flat out doesn't grieve over his loss.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#357: Apr 30th 2021 at 1:06:33 AM

I mean, killing cole to give her wife a revenge arc often enter into friging because is give someone a sad backstory.

Killing cole will just make the entire previous movie a waste and it would reek of desperation that we see in comic books or the star wars movie "the last thing you dont like is false, now everything it how it should be".

replacing with kuaig liang just give us more weirdness: Bi han is hanzo enemy from 1600 and something and aparantly have live hundred of years with tsung magic or something, so suddenly his brother show up.....or they going to make him a decendent as well?.

Because if that is the case they just stole kung lao and goro storyline from MK 4 too.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#358: Apr 30th 2021 at 1:13:42 AM

Here's the thing, I tuned the fuck out when they did it in GI Joe 2.

You see, I *HATE* Channing Tatum as an actor.

But DUKE was my favorite.

So I was out of it 5 minutes in.

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Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#359: Apr 30th 2021 at 1:30:29 AM

Make Original the Character's death the Act 2 swerve. Firmly establish that anyone can die and Mortal Kombat is serious business. Have Shao Khan do it since Kung Lao isnt around to get his neck snapped.

Then either have him revive as a new Scorpion, or do something new like having the Lin Kuei bring him back as Cyber-Scorpion.

Or just keep him dead.

Edited by Zeromaeus on Apr 30th 2021 at 4:33:37 AM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#360: Apr 30th 2021 at 1:33:25 AM

Okay we're joking of involving Cole's wife in the story to any degree more than necessary right?

Like just get rid of them entirely, nothing of value would be lost anyway.

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Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#361: Apr 30th 2021 at 3:20:37 AM

[up]If you must keep Cole, I say kill the entire family, and make him part of Scorpion. No wife. No kid. Involving the wife or kid would make it worse.

Edited by Beatman1 on Apr 30th 2021 at 6:21:03 AM

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#362: Apr 30th 2021 at 3:41:22 AM

[up]oh god that sounds dodgy out of context!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
HBarnill Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
#363: Apr 30th 2021 at 3:46:51 AM

Scorpion will never be treated right in these live action movies, huh? In the original, he's a minion. Here, he's a MacGuffin.

lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#364: Apr 30th 2021 at 4:42:01 AM

[up]Except here he gets to have the epic climactic fight, so it's a bit better.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#365: Apr 30th 2021 at 1:43:28 PM

[up][up]Think is, in the MK 1 he WAS a minion, people often complain byt hanzo never really have a big and deep storyline for a LONG time, he does whatever bad guy does for first four games, try to hunt quan chi for others and only got something of a proper storyline.

Hanzo was never proper protagonist material and scorpion revenge and this movie just try to force where it dosent belong, people seen have a issue with it really.

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#366: Apr 30th 2021 at 1:45:49 PM

Scorpion just was in it to kill Sub-Zero, once that's done, he'd generally go fuck off somewhere else, even if it's back to Netherrealm. Pretty bit player compared to, say, Liu Kang that actually wants to win the thing to save the world.

Wake me up at your own risk.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#367: Apr 30th 2021 at 1:47:00 PM

Liu Kang was the Hero MK 11 even, the grand finale of the modern saga.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#368: Apr 30th 2021 at 3:34:42 PM

Liu kang used to have pretty much the same issue as cole in some sense: he was dull and boring, mostly because he didnt have any conflict or issue and being there just to save the world, while being the one who defeat the bad guy, by the time MKDA(deadly aliance) was out, he die and them mantle of protagonist kinda rotate: it was sort of kitana and kung lao in MKDA, Shujinko in MKD, Taven in MKA, Raiden in MK 9, cassie Cage and her team MKX and a mix between raiden and Liu kang in MK 11.

And hell even liu kang status is weird since plenty of time was till given to Cassie cage team and the cage family, showing that in a sense, MK have pretty much stop being the story of a single protagonist.

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#369: Apr 30th 2021 at 6:26:02 PM

Are Sonya's energy blasts supposed to be sonics?

Edited by windleopard on Apr 30th 2021 at 6:26:16 AM

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#370: Apr 30th 2021 at 6:55:50 PM

[up]They are energy rings, ot were supused to, now they are weapons, sonya have become pretty much a sort of badass normal, even her kiss fatality is seen more as dust than anything else.

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lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#371: Apr 30th 2021 at 8:50:02 PM

[up]x6 Scorpion and Ryu both fall into the camp of "mascots that don't actually have much to do with the overall plot".

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#372: Apr 30th 2021 at 9:44:08 PM

It's a staple of classic fighting games, tbh - or at least some of them. You can say the same thing about Mitsurugi. And you could make the case that while Kyo and Iori were involved in the earlier plots of KOF, they were less involved than a fair amount of other characters until very specific moments (not unlike Ryu in SF Alpha).

In a lot of older series, the "face" characters and the ones who most avidly engaged the plot were not always the same character.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Apr 30th 2021 at 9:46:55 AM

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#373: Apr 30th 2021 at 10:04:54 PM

Well, in KoF, the protagonist role shifts occasionally. Kyo was just the first protagonist. K' and Ash each had that role. Now Shun'ei is the protag.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#374: Apr 30th 2021 at 10:12:36 PM

[up][up] Though they have been promoting Scorpion more.

He is the main character of the animated film.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#375: Apr 30th 2021 at 10:12:36 PM

Eh... like I said, Kyo wasn't so much the protagonist of most of the games of his era as much as a very visible character who did important things on rare occasions - while he did have more plot involvement than guys like Ryu, he was still very much cut from the same cloth. There were other characters who were more affected by the story during that time, like Leona.

KOF didn't start investing in a plot where the most visible face character of the games was also a proactive and clear central protagonist of those games' arcs until Ash, who even given that his era is over is still something of a relatively recent addition.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Apr 30th 2021 at 10:15:59 AM


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