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Make this movie flawless


- Recast Liu Kang, Raiden, and Shang Tsun
- Don't make Raiden and Shang Tsun walk around like mannequins; give them something to do
- Get rid of Cole; no need to invent characters
- Make Liu Kang cool again
- Use Reptile more; so much potential (and they just killed it off)
- Make the story revolve around the core characters from the first game (similar to the 1995 version)
- Use the 'classic' MK score from the '95 movie more; we got a variation of it, and even that one was barely used
- Tell the backstories of every major character in length and release them online (like the 7-minute intro with Scorpion and Sub-Zero)
- Deliver a better Goro fight; they wasted him in a boring fight
- Don't touch the CGI, it was pretty impressive (except some distant shots)

Thoughts?

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I agree completely, on all counts.

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- Recast Liu Kang, Raiden, and Shang Tsun

I think Liu Kang's actor was fine, just the characterization was off, agree on Raiden that guy was awful, agree on Tsung but that one is biased because I liked the 95 film version infinitely better.

- Don't make Raiden and Shang Tsun walk around like mannequins; give them something to do

Agreed, both portrayals were bad

- Get rid of Cole; no need to invent characters

Agreed, useless addition to the mythos. Just a boring character with a stupid "arcana". Hope he loses early in the tournament and fades into obscurity.

- Make Liu Kang cool again

Agreed. He didn't seem like the "Chosen One" at all in this movie

- Use Reptile more; so much potential (and they just killed it off)

Agreed, he's been around since the first game, treat him better

- Make the story revolve around the core characters from the first game (similar to the 1995 version)

Agreed

- Use the 'classic' MK score from the '95 movie more; we got a variation of it, and even that one was barely used

As much as I love that classic, I'm kind of indifferent to this

- Tell the backstories of every major character in length and release them online (like the 7-minute intro with Scorpion and Sub-Zero)

Interesting, but not sure how this would be best delivered

- Deliver a better Goro fight; they wasted him in a boring fight

Agreed, he's one of the most recognized villains in gaming. Like Reptile, give him a bigger role

- Don't touch the CGI, it was pretty impressive (except some distant shots)

Agreed, special effects were good enough for me.

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>> - Tell the backstories of every major character in length and release them online (like the 7-minute intro with Scorpion and Sub-Zero)
> Interesting, but not sure how this would be best delivered

I said that because I watched the first 7 minutes of the movie they published, it was kind of Scorpion's backstory, very well made. It made me want to watch the whole movie. Do the same for every other character and you get a huge audience waiting for the movie to come out (kind of like what the MCU did with their origin stories leading up to the Avengers movie).

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Yeah, that would be cool. What they should have done was make this a limited series on HBO or Netflix.

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That was the point of releasing intro 7 min stuff. They fucking knew the rest of the movie was dumpster fire, so they used the best part to incite people to watch it.

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This movie was just too overproduced, I watched the movie again and the music score and sound effects were so over the top, like a MCU/DC movie, I mean you don't have to put orchestal epic music in every fricken scene is distracting and this is mortal kombat for god's sake, then you have too much comedy on it (again like a superhero movie) and you can't appreciate the fighting scenes with that awful camera work.

I liked the storyline I must say, and some of the characters were portrayed good, I wish they get rid of Cole and his family as well, hopefully the sequel will be superior.

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I disagree with the comedy, good comedy adds a lot to any movie.

Making Kano and Kabal serious would've been a huge mistake, especially Kano's lines and the way he delivered them were some of the best parts of the movie.

"Laser beam! It's better than fireballs, you pussy."

"Is that the only move you know, mate? .. Fuck."

TBH I don't understand why people don't like comedy in superhero movies. Take the Hulk vs Loki scene out of the Avengers, I mean I've never experienced a movie where everybody in the cinema laughed their ass off. Even today, I still laugh whenever I watch that scene.

Or the Aquaman sitting on the Lasso scene from JL, take that out, put singing Icelandic girls in it and you get a boring 4 hour Snyder Cut.

edit: a word

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I'm not saying there shouldn't be any comedy, I'm just saying it was too much.

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Get the same director as the one who did the opening scene do the whole movie - lol

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Even then, you can tell how old and slow Scorpion actor is compared to Subzero actor (from the fighting scenes). They even had to make Joe Taslim move SLOWER so they'd match the speed.
If you've ever watch THE WARRIOR or THE RAID you'd know what I'm talking about.

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Maybe him moving slow was required in that scene? Isn't that nitpicking?

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you just described the old MK and they hated that shit..

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You mean the producers? I doubt it, they wouldn't have gone with the original score, among other things.

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