lastfighter89 Wrote:
I strongly disagree.
People forget that this is Mortal Kombat, not Mavel's Avengers.
"Mortal" from latin = Deadly.
Although Ed Boon and John Tobias were great fans of the 80's and they loved the movies, the music and the cartoons of that age, Mk is not a super-heroic franchise, even thoguh in the latest days they tried to give a super hero gimmicky feel to the storyline and character developement, but they failed.
Unless you were referring to Defenders of the Realm (HA!), Mortal Kombat never had that much focus on the 'superheroic' aspects of their characters. Yet, the characters were on OUR side, thus making them ultimately good, But they failed sometimes. Sonya gets captured, Johnny dies, they all (except Sonya) fall for Tanya's betayal.
Yes, this IS Mortal Kombat where anyone could die, but if you want to run an actual plot that people care about, killing off characters that people are interested in but don't even get a chance to develop will make viewers angry.
This is why shows like Heroes went down the tubes. All it relied on were shock deaths and the "Who is going to die next?" card. Basically telling us that we shouldn't hold value to any character what-so-ever, and wait for them to die.
If that's the case, they need to stop making movies, cause I can get that enjoyment from horror movies.
The heroes died only twice, in MK Deadly Alliance and MK 2011. So, I assume it's not an obsession of John Vogel or something like that.
That's kind of the point. Vogel has been given credit for writing four game stories:
Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance (where Liu Kang dies)
Mortal Kombat Deception (where Sonya, Jax, Johnny, Kitana, and Kung Lao died)
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
Mortal Kombat 2011 (I don't think I need to list them)
Three out of four of the games had him killing off heroes, two out of four of them had the heroes losing (2011, somewhat). Now again, there's nothing wrong with killing off characters. In my eyes, it was done well for Deception. Not to mention, those who died (save for maybe Kitana) didn't really have a major plot going aside from getting over Liu Kang. Hell, Liu Kang's death made sense. Liu Kang no longer had connections with Kitana, and saved the world four times. His story didn't have much else to go.
I don't think Vogel has a thing for having the heroes lose, but he clearly has no issue killing one of them. Again, which is FINE, but make sure you actually DO something with them.
And in MK(2011) alot of bad guys died too.
Sindel, she died in a cool way. Shang Tsung died too, in a shameful way, but that's the way he deserved to be killed, considering how viper-ish, devilish and backstabber he really is. Shao Kahn is supposed to be dead. Noob died after a great fight against Nightwolf.
Sindel's death was bad ass, and I have very few complaints with her death. Sure, it would have been nice for her to take over Edenia, but there wasn't that much need to evolve her story. Nor do I have complaints over Noob being dead, though I doubt that killed him. And Shao Kahn dying was to be expected.
Shang Tsung, however, was a far greater villain than people give him credit for. He was the driven force and major villain of the first Mortal Kombat, and even in MK2 and MK3, he was a major threat. Hell, when he and Quan Chi betrayed each other in Deadly Alliance, SHANG won! Shang is stronger than Quan, and just as evil.
Sure, he deserved to die at the hands of Shao Kahn, cause he was ultimately going to betray him, but still, they took a major villain of the series, and killed him off like it was nothing.
Unfortunately according to Ed Boon "in Mortal Kombat nobody really dies".
It's pretty sad, IMO. One of the aspects that made MK glorious are its bad guys. They might be defeated, but the heroes really took a higher stake than anticipated in order to do so.
I agree. Why kill off characters if you're going to bring them back anyway? The deaths hold no bearing or meaning.
The villains of this series ARE awesome, but hardly any of them died. Majority will be back the next game.
Stryker died. yeah, he is cool in MK Armageddon and 2011, but really some of you gave a shit about him few months ago? So they killed him.
..........A part of me wants to fight my bias, but I can't.
I've always seen Stryker this way. Since I was ten years old, playing UMK3 when it first came out. I've always been a Stryker fan, and I admit I am a part of a small population. But I've always seen Stryker as being the fearless normal guy more than willing to fight against ridiculous odds, purely because he feels needed there.
The only difference between now and MK3 is that Stryker has a better design, a new connection with Kabal, and a voice. And the biggest change is the voice, something that a lot of characters didn't have either.
So now that Stryker has a more vocal method of communicating with the player and getting more spotlight to speak, he's gotten more fans because more people have paid attention to him. He's actually gotten a chance. People have suddenly turned around and said, "Wait a minute! Stryker is actually pretty bad ass!"
But now, I have to bite the bullet. I have to give up. I have to stop wishing that Stryker could take part in other Mortal Kombat adventures and be a reoccurring character, or have friendships with other characters in the cast, or communicate with other characters in the cast. Or have anything in general.
Everyone was just too late to realize that Stryker was a great character because everyone didn't spend the past 15 years being his fan, until the last minute, where they showed how awesome he really was to those who didn't see it before....and then kill him.
I'm sorry. No. I WILL be angry about Stryker's death.
Kabal: a guy whose alignement was never clear. He had no interest in killing both Onaga and Havik, he allied himself with the heroes in MK3, and then he becomes a bad guy. We have no clues on how his story will go on and which direction may take. A great and complex character, but he needs a rest.
A rest? What did he do? What has he accomplished? You just said we don't know his plans! For the first time, we've learned a new story about Kabal, and we've learned why he takes the side he takes..... and he needs a rest!?! I don't see how that's a valid reason at all.
Sindel: nothing interesting if not the whole "I made the invasion possible, I am the former Queen and now bad wife of Shao Kahn". Lame.
Stop throwing your opinion of the character into the reason as to why the character should stay dead. You may not like her, but a large fanbase does. Sindel had far more interesting influence in Mortal Kombat Deception.
However, I don't think you like her to begin with, so why bother explain.
Kitana: the female protagounist of the series, but she lack the charisma of Sonya Blade and the complexity of Mileena, IMO. She's just the Princess of a lot of fairy tales, there's no room in Mortal Kombat for her.
1. Mortal Kombat 2011 did a terrible job with Kitana. Her portrayal was terrible, and personality poorly done. In the past, she wasn't just 'some princess', she was an assassin. And she didn't know about her true father's identity, she betrayed Shao Kahn through her own beliefs (and not that of Liu Kang). She was her own independent character, as she fought to save her mother and take over an entire country.
2. Mileena has never been complex in the game storyline. Never. In the comics? Absolutely. She had a jealous edge against Kitana, and yearned for her father's love. However, the comics were never canon. Instead, Mileena is a vicious monster who feeds and betrays everyone she doesn't hold dear (namely Shao Kahn). I love Mileena. I hope Mileena gets into the next game and develops into something more... But as of now (ESPECIALLY NOW), she is far from...'complex'.
Smoke: ok, he never was a real character in MK2. They gave him a slight spotlight in Mk3 with his cyber transition. In MK deception his story was crap ad Noob Saibot ass-licker. His hairstyle is lame.
Again. Personal opinion. Thinking someone is lame doesn't validate that people shouldn't care about him.
Jade: best friend of Kitana, she follows Kitana everywhere she goes. She have no interest in fighting for Earthrealm. Lame.
Kung Lao: a great fan favourite with inferiority complex towards his ancestor and Liu Kang. A razor-sharped hat and few cool fatalities. Not Impressed.
His inferiority complex only took place in MK: Shaolin Monks, which was a conflicted and mostly hated story to begin with. Kung Lao really considers Liu Kang to pretty much be his brother. The two are very good friends, and upon Liu Kang's death in DA, Kung Lao was emotionally crushed by the loss of his best friend. No inferiority complex. Just a friend who always stood beside the aid of another.
Sub-Zero: they gave a ninja (a chinese ninja, btw, next time I ask for an african viking), an unamsked ninja in his youth, an elderly unmasked ninja, a ninja with an armor and then a cyber ninja. All of these option out of a single character. He really needs a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG pause. But, unluckly, he is a fan favourite and a Icon to MK.
He became unmasked when he left his clan, and became old once he took the Dragon Medallion (which forced him to age rapidly). Also, I fail to see how he dresses to be him 'going through too many changes'. And the cyborg thing.....I've never cared about it, and Sub-Zero has always been my second favorite character in the series.
Sure, he deserves a break cause he's had too much focus, but so has Scorpion. And do you honestly think Ed Boon is going to let his darling baby, Scorpion, out of the spotlight for a major game?
Jax: Never impressed by him. After all he needs two metallic condoms on his arms to be a decent character. I storyline was never great. He is overshadowed by Sonya. he can go.
Again personal opinion.
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