Board Thread:Mortal Kombat Media/@comment-25561256-20180808043011/@comment-422853-20180815073755

The whole bee women arc could've gone without, tho funny how we now have D'Vorah.

How did you like Master Cho? Easily one of my favorite characters on the show, and since Conquest happened before the 3D era, he was pretty speculated to be a prototype Bo Rai Cho. Regardless, I liked the idea that he had trained Shang Tsung who was once on the side of good/earthrealm, which could've made for some interesting parallels to Great Kung Lao, but y'know... And of course, with the kind of writers the show had, couldn't keep Cho around.

That was the one major gripe with Conquest, was every time it seemed like they were leading up to Kung Lao and the team getting a new ally for the cause of earthrealm, the character in question either dies, or they just part ways because reasons. Sub-Zero eventually joining them as a result of him burning bridges with the Lin Kuei had so much potential. Well there was the little cliffhanger with Smoke, but because the show got cancelled earlier than planned, we didn't get to see the follow-up with Smoke and Sub-Zero.

Other than that, Conquest I felt handled the whole Shang Tsung and Quan Chi rivalry much better than John Vogel did with them in the actual canon, sad to say. ... My opinion anyway.

The leader Reptile I liked as well, and as left field as those two women being Saurians were, was still good to see Zaterra or what was left of it set up in a live action setting such as that.

And pretty much agree on the final episode, much as it scarred me at first back then. Didn't like how overpowered the Shadow Priests were though and would've preferred the end-game they had originally planned with Goro vs the Great Kung Lao, tho I guess that would've also meant we'd have to see Siro and some people age and die. Whelp... But as far as the ending we got, I agree as far as the whole Raiden and Shao Kahn thing. Not only did they have pretty much THE best fight in the entire show, but Kahn outsmarted Raiden by stalling him with their chat while I guess his forces were secretly invading earthrealm.

I read in an interview that the writers had planned to use Omegis in season 2 as a means of reviving most of the cast that were killed by the Shadow Priests, then the Elder Gods would finally take action, put Shao Kahn in his time-out chair, and ban him from being part of Mortal Kombat tournments, which led to Shang Tsung hosting them afterward, and eventually meeting Goro, yadayada.

But as far as the ending we got for the show, I can still understanding liking it for what it is. Kahn's gloating victory speech was kinda amsuing, looking back now. Between Kahn's victory there though and him winning Armageddon, which did you like better?

Was kinda weird that Conquest Shao Kahn used a sword, but after seeing how well a hammer worked for Raiden (when Raiden Thor'd it up briefly in their fight), I can only guess he became the hammer user we know him as afterward.

Oh, and yeah, the show initially aired on TNT, which is why you had the WCW wrestlers at times, which I didn't mind since I was kinda into wresting back then too.