Hey man youre probably right. keep an eye out for other stuff from the movie.

There is a lot of things that do not make sense in MK movies or have bad continuity but it still doesn't make a bad movie

...or maybe they just thought having the giant dragon fly off Kahn would look cool and forgot about their little rule.

Wow! I never even noticed... Wow! I think you're right about the clone... This could potentially also prove that Shao Kahn's clone has the same strength as the original, which has bothered me since the introduction of Deadly Alliance... Some people believe it wouldn't since the clone died so easily. But the film hardly matches the game, so who knows... All will be revealed in the future! Wow! Hey, some useful information for a change...

Isn't that ironic?

#1- The movies have zero affect on the games' storyline and virtually vice versa.
b) MKA is going to be scraped off the MK movies' official timeline anyway
Δ - Who gives a shit, anyway.

your right but i bet you that Shau Kahn from the movies was adopted because he studdered when he was talking face to face with Raiden.

I hope that was a joke.

You do realized that the tattoo took almost all of his body not just itself with it. So that could happen if a god that transversed from that is not his own realm So I believe that was the real Shao Kahn.

Goroliath Wrote:
"But the film hardly matches the game, so who knows..."

Zentile Wrote:
"#1- The movies have zero affect on the games' storyline and virtually vice versa."

I know! Read the entire post first!

But, if you recall, Lui Kang & the others went to Outworld to face Khan. Which means that they were in Khan's domain when Kang defeated the decoy. Now we know that your suggestion isn't the case.

This is just a very retarded theory altogether. If that Kahn was a decoy, how come when he got killed everything went back to normal? Why wouldn't the real Shao Kahn show up afterwards?
But really who gives a shit?

The greatet trick the devil ever played was decieving the world that he didn't exist. Think about it

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look, whatever. It doesn't matter. There aren't any plans to follow up MKA, and it has zero impact on the games.

I know it has zero effect on the games.

I appreciate the theory about Kahn being a decoy, but I really don't think the brainchild behind MKA thought of it that far, guys. I mean, MKA massacred so many of the rules that the first movie and MK:TJB had set.
For starters, Kahn was made out to be the Big Bad in a very cool scene in the first MK film, but then he turns out to be a wuss who's afraid of his dad in MKA.
Also, Kahn taught Shang Tsung all Shang knew, but Kahn didn't steal souls!
There are literally dozens of others, but I'll close it out by saying that, while pointing out the theory is cool, this lousily-made film just isn't done carefully enough to warrant such a discussion. The producers were just pulling the storyline and the special effects out fo their @$$.

Your probably right. Still, it would be a good plot twist in MKDevastation. Plus it would fit almost perfectly in the story line.

I agree with you there. It WOULD be a usable plot twist to make a third film and bring in Shao Kahn, and say that the wuss in MKA was a fake. I've always said that I have no problem with deaths being undone so cool characters can come back, as long as the storyline that they're brought back into is well-written.
For instance, when I first heard that MKA was greenlighted, back in October 1995, it was rumored that Shao Kahn would resurrect Shang Tsung, thus we'd see Cary Tagawa back. I was very excited to see that. I didn't care that Shang's death in the first film would be undone, since I wanted to see Tagawa again. Hell, if it was up to me, I'd gladly bring both Shang and Goro from the first movie back and have a rematch against the Earth warriors. Then again, it's not up to me. Which is why we had MKA :)

I converted a skeptic! YES!!!!!! They said it couldn't be done! IN YOUR FACE DR. SPOTTSENBURGER!!!!!!!!! lol, just kidding. Anyway, I would like to see Tagawa back, too. It would be cool if they did use my theory in MKDevastation.

I guess it was rumored Kahn was gonna resurrect Shang Tsung b/c in the games Kahn did resurrect him. Yeah it would've been nice to see Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung work together on screen. I wanted to see how Kahn would've punished Tsung for failure. Remember MKA was a rushed peice of crap, this is one reason why they didn't bring back characters that were killed (except for Scorpion) in MK1.

A) Kahn never ressurected Shang in the games, only in DOTR. He granted Shang "youth" in MKII and "more power than ever" in MK3, but this was all done without having to bring him back to life.

B) Uh.. here's how I took the tattoo thing. Shinnok is banished as an Elder God, his blood line no longer counts. Therefore, neither does Kahn's. Raiden's still does, as he is the new Elder God. Now, the tattoo/pass/bloodline thing starts from him, and doesn't extend to his father or brother.

It doesn't mean Kahn's a phony or not his brother or anything like that, just now Raiden is considered the originator for the tattoo things.

I guess it's all open to interpretation, but my way makes the most sense :P

I beg to differ! That doesn't make sense at all!

Actually I think it makes plenty of sense. The fact that Kahn was a decoy is more than doubtful. And to who ever was trying piece the Deadly Alliance with this, I do not know where that is coming from.

Plus I'd assume that Kahn gave the DA a run for their money before he died. Maybe Boon didn't want to show how Kahn dies. Whatever the reason may be I also doubt that Kahn was defeated easily.