Board Thread:Mortal Kombat (Alternate Timeline)/@comment-5503721-20190518202650/@comment-25561256-20190827062721

@ Ridley Prime "Well to be fair, Kano was not Australian before the first MK movie, and Scorpion and Sub-Zero were both Shang's bitches so to speak. "Deadliest of enemies, but slaves under my power."

What I find interesting though is Jax is being played by the guy who plays Jimmy Olsen in the Supergirl show. Would've preferred Michael Jae White or someone, but I can make due with him. I feel ya on Mileena and the others though. I remember the thing about an OC protagonist awhile back but it was a deconfirmed rumor. Are we sure that's still the case? Because I hadn't heard anything about it."

I do think Kano should always be Australian moving forward from Goddard's portrayal of the character in the first MK movie, however it wouldn't bother me all that much if they went with Tobias' original idea of his nationality. I think if anything, Scorpion and Sub-Zero were "bitches" of Quan Chi, not Shang Tsung. But then the question becomes from what perspective are you looking at the canon from exactly, right, because if you're looking at it from pre-MK4, then Quan Chi hasn't been created yet, so they literally can't be Quan's lackeys. However, if that is the case, then Scorpion had no affiliation with Shang at all and he was only fighting on the evil side because he was a pissed off wraith who was butthurt that Bi-Han killed him. He switches sides in the invasion when he realizes Kuai Liang fights for the good guys. Bi-Han, meanwhile, becomes Noob Saibot (which has nothing to do with Shang) and Kuai is always fighting for the side of good, whether it be to avenge his brother (against Scorpion), to fight for Earthrealm in general, or to oppose the Cyber Initiative. None of which have anything to do with Shang.

If we're looking at it from post-MK4 perspective then you'd need to integrate in Quan Chi because he is a huge part of Scorpion's story arc and therefore ties in to Bi-Han and Kuai's as well. And Elder Gods forbid we look at it from the perspective of the new timeline because if so, that's guaranteed to be absolute dogshit.

Anyway, moving on to the actors being chosen... I read an article a few days back where it mentions MK is getting some "real heavy hitters" for the new movie and I'm over here thinkin', "okay, so where the hell are they?" "Heavy hitters" doesn't mean actors/actresses that no one's ever heard of to me. Heavy hitters would be Michae Jai White as Jax, Ryan Reynolds as Johnny Cage, Jason Statham as Kano, Keanu Reeves as Kenshi, etc. We aren't getting anything even remotely close to this and the icing on the cake is a black Mileena. It just makes no sense. I'm sure the actress is great. They want her to be a part of the project? Okay, so make her Jade. But now you have black Mileena who is technically a "twin" of Kitana. So does that mean Kitana is gonna be black too? Alright then, let's go ahead and make Liu Kang gay with Kung Lao and have Sonya be transgendered.

The social justice warrior shit needs to stop. It isn't that people are prejudice against these types of people. Straight white males will watch a movie about a trans black woman and enjoy it if it's good, but you take away the possibility of it being good when you drastically change the audience's favorite characters into something they aren't.

And finally, as far as I know, the original character for the movie as the main protagonist is still a thing. They've said that they don't want to JUST make a MK movie; that they want the movie to stand on it's own merits, not be just fan service for fanbase. They want to be able to draw other viewers in who have never even played MK by creating an all new character. At least that's still the word I've heard and read.