Board Thread:Mortal Kombat Media/@comment-25561256-20180808043011/@comment-25561256-20180816005245

Yeah, the Kreeyans were pretty "meh", especially learning that Vorpax was one of them. Although I did think it was perhaps not important, but at least entertaining to push the idea of alternate realms and the primary species that inhabit them. Coincidentally, even though I'm aware most people despise D'Vorah, I actually thought she was the best new character from MKX.

I thought Master Cho was clearly a foreshadowing of Bo' Rai Cho, yes. As far as what I thought about him though, I'm not too sure. I mean, he served his purpose, but he didn't specifically stand out to me. He probably should've gotten more screen time. Him training Shang prior to his heel turn was a cool little tidbit, for sure.

I definitely agree with the sentiment about random heroes being killed off before being able to join forces with Kung Lao and the crew. Especially considering THAT WAS THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL PLOT POINT. Kung Lao is supposed to be going out to find and train new Earthrealm warriors for the next tournament, but they never gain any allies that actually live. Lol. I also wanna point out too that I kinda hated the fact that they made Kung Lao seem very underpowered. I mean, Average Joe #3 would be keeping up with him in a fight scene for a good while before he'd get the upper hand. He's supposed to be the best fighter on Earth... He should be destroying people. And yes, it was a bummer not getting to see what they were gonna do with Smoke at all.

I feel that in the canonical story, Shang and Quan don't really have much of a rivalry. They both have bigger rivalries with other characters more so than with each other, I mean. However, Conquest highlighted how jealous they were of each other very well, I thought. They both believe themselves to be the greatest sorcerer in all the realms and when one of them finds success and the other learns of it, the envy is obvious.

Speaking of Reptile and Saurians in general, I'd like to see how they'd be portrayed with the type of CGI we have nowadays, because I felt like they always looked goofy as hell when not in human form in all the media they were seen in. I personally didn't really like that Reptile was the actual leader of Zaterra, though. He's such a passive character in the canon that I can't imagine he'd ever be that high up in the hierarchy. Their greatest warrior/spy though, sure.

I didn't mind the overpowered nature of the Shadow Priests so much, but rather it was the execution of it all. To me, Shadow Priests should be some of the top tier magic users in the series, but they should also be less than average fighters. And when we see them taking out everyone one by one with physical force, well... I'd rather have seen them casting spells on people vs just mauling them, but yeah. And I'm not sure how they would've executed Goro. I was constantly noticing the piss poor CGI on the little lead-in sections right after where a commercial would've been. ie: Showing Zhu Zin before seeing the heroes, showing Saurians before seeing Reptile, showing Outworld with SHITTY Shokan models before seeing Kahn or the Cobalt Mine scenes, and showing the outside of Quan's fortress (I guess?) before seeing him. I'm sure Goro wouldn't have looked near as bad, but I don't think he would've looked too awesome either...

I wonder how much they actually had planned out, because the obvious next step is moving past the other heroes and eventually getting to Goro defeating Kung Lao. Inevitably, the story wouldn't really end on a high note. Lol. Omegis was gonna resurrect all the dead cast members? I hate that shit. That's probably my single biggest complaint on MK in general, being that death means absolutely nothing.

I hands down enjoyed Kahn getting the better of Raiden here much more so than him "winning" Armageddon, especially considering the situation Kahn was in during the big Pyramid of Argus battle, what with him being carried off into the air by Onaga.

Yeah, it was a little strange seeing Kahn with a sword; his hammer is so iconic. Raiden has his thunder mallet from MK4. Lol. I prefer Raiden without any weapons at all and Shao with his hammer, definitely.

Seeing the wrestlers on the show was just ridiculous, but it was entertaining. When Emery Hale drops the atomic leg drop on Kung Lao and he just gets right back up, I'm like, "nah, bro. That's the infamous Hogan Leg Drop. You don't get up from that." Haha.