>the first movie spent its entire runtime building him up as the prophesied bloodline of Scorpion>Sequel swiftly kills him off and replaces him with Johnny Cage without carrying his narrative weightWHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!
the first one came out during peak muh nonwhites matter/stop asian hate
>>220897632Doesn't stop the fact that Ed Boon is a massive cuck and can't possibly kill women but has no problem killing men.
>>220897590Kano was the most popular character so they brought him back and made him a good guy. MK1 was trash. MK2 is decent.
>>220897590I haven't watched it but he was super fucking boring.Out of all the UFC personalities you can copy to make an OG character you make the blandest one possible.
>>220897590Johnny cage is cucked by Kitana anyway
What percent of the movie is karate?
>>220897725>Johnny Cage billed as the big star>It's secretly just a katana girl power movie
>armor absorbs any type of damage>doesn't cover the facelmaoanyways aren't they gonna rez them all in the next one?
>>220897940>Next oneThe film bombed lmao
>>220897590The movie brought everyone who died in the first back to life and ended with a teaser that they're bringing them all back to life a second time, killing someone off means nothing.
>>220898988Irrelevant since there won't be a third movie anyway.
>>220899126It got a second even though the first flopped even harder.
>>220897590>WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!Something like>let's make the fans happy and get a lot of moneyThey even got Bi-Han and oldman Scorpion back and their fight was fantastic. That's how you make a good sequel, you list to your fans. Also, Cole fight was fun, he died well.
This movie was meh
>>220899168Covid cope. The 3rd movie is not even greenlit yet>>220899172>making kitana the chosen one and kill liu kang
>>220899750>In October 2025, during New York Comic Con, it was reported that a third film was in development, with Jeremy Slater returning as screenwriter.[10] Ed Boon revealed the logo for the film on April 26, 2026.[11]
>>220897692Kano should be the wildcard, siding with whoever serves his interests at the time.
>>220900223Not Greenlit, retard
>>220899750>seething over liu kang dying and a woman taking the leadOh shut the fuck up, Liu Kang is the literal fire god and is unconcerned with this bullshit mortality. He literally ascends to a higher plane of existence. Kitana killing Shao Kahn makes perfect sense in the greater lore, let alone for the film. Did you miss Johnny Cage having a classic hero's journey you stupid fuck? I'm sorry you haven't felt the touch of a woman in god knows how long, if at all, but quit being a whiny little cunt.
>>220897666
why did they have to invent a nuLiu Kang when we already have Liu Kang
>>220897590should have just made him the second sub zero.
>>220897590What would you rather have? Cole come back as the new Scorpion or Kenshi?
>>220902251He should've been Kenshi from the start.
>>220902486I agree, but it can be retconned for sure.
>>220897759Same shit they pulled with Jared Leto and the new Tron flick. But fuck Leto, so whatever.
