Agreed. I feel like as soon as they reached Raiden’s temple the entire movie went downhill. The dinner scene was amusing, but I think people are overhyping Kung Lao.It was decent until they ran into Liu Kang. Then it turned out to the levels of MK Annihilation for me. I thought the best Characters portrayed were Sub-Zero and Scorpion hands down. Really wish they went towards a movie story line based on them like the first 7 mins. I thought the 1995 film was better made.
"You either come home a winner, dad, or DON'T COME HOME AT ALL!"I really didnt care for the movie but the one thing that really irritated me was Cole's daughter begging him not to tap in the intro, like that's "giving up"
Hasashi bloodline is hax: the movie.Man I just saw someone bring up a wild point. Cole being a hero is whatever, and him beating a guy bigger than him is a trope, but whatever. But Cole Young, the man who can't even beat other humans, kills the Grand Champion of 9 straight Mortal Kombat tournaments Goro. Thats fucking insane, I didn't even think of that until now. Goro beat the Great Kung Lao, a man who spent his entire life training to defeat Goro. But Cole "Crucifixed" Young whooped his ass in their first encounter lmao
That's because Hanzo wasn't a sub-par MMA fighter.Even that doesn't make sense because even Hasashi got his ass beat in the beginning lmao
To be fair, Hanzo didn't have powers yetEven that doesn't make sense because even Hasashi got his ass beat in the beginning lmao
And after killing a 9 time MK tournament champion he couldn't brake Sub Zero ice in which his daughter and wife was dying. Gives you a perspective how consisent is the writing on top of its level...Man I just saw someone bring up a wild point. Cole being a hero is whatever, and him beating a guy bigger than him is a trope, but whatever. But Cole Young, the man who can't even beat other humans, kills the Grand Champion of 9 straight Mortal Kombat tournaments Goro. Thats fucking insane, I didn't even think of that until now. Goro beat the Great Kung Lao, a man who spent his entire life training to defeat Goro. But Cole "Crucifixed" Young whooped his ass in their first encounter lmao
Why is that specific thing such a bad writing? "9 time tournament champion" wasn't brought up enough to make Goro look like a great threat. He was made a jobber, everyone in the movie could beat him and that's fine because it was clear that Sub was the main villain of the movie and that just made him look even stronger which was the whole point.And after killing a 9 time MK tournament champion he couldn't brake Sub Zero ice in which his daughter and wife was dying. Gives you a perspective how consisent is the writing on top of its level...
No matter how badly someone trashes the movie, if they watched it, they supported it.
I still think he was a Taven ripoff lol..I assume Cole was added because they wanted an audience surrogate character, someone to try and walk the audience into and through the MK universe. Especially if they're thinking this is going to be the start of a franchise as opposed to just a stand alone movie. That seems to be the current model right now for studios.
Its an understandable strategy, but its completely pointless when you consider how many protagonists MK has had over the years. Liu, Johnny, Sonya, Jax, Scorpion. Any one of them could have replaced Cole. I've had so many people ask me who Cole is in the games and I have to tell them he's brand new.I assume Cole was added because they wanted an audience surrogate character, someone to try and walk the audience into and through the MK universe. Especially if they're thinking this is going to be the start of a franchise as opposed to just a stand alone movie. That seems to be the current model right now for studios.
Thing is, it wasn't their goal to have a character to walk the viewer through, they wanted to create a ground floor story for THEIR MK movie. An origin that that they could build off of for future movies.Its an understandable strategy, but its completely pointless when you consider how many protagonists MK has had over the years. Liu, Johnny, Sonya, Jax, Scorpion. Any one of them could have replaced Cole. I've had so many people ask me who Cole is in the games and I have to tell them he's brand new.
You don't make an Avengers movie and have it star Piranha Commando
This is just treating the audience like idiots, which is an automatic fail for any movie imo.I assume Cole was added because they wanted an audience surrogate character, someone to try and walk the audience into and through the MK universe. Especially if they're thinking this is going to be the start of a franchise as opposed to just a stand alone movie. That seems to be the current model right now for studios.
It's called Mortal Kombat, not, errr, Submission Kombat. And yeah, I know it's stupid. Daddy, don't tap, who cares if you get a compound fracture on your arm, still lose, and have to take 12 months to heal with no way to pay the bills.I really didnt care for the movie but the one thing that really irritated me was Cole's daughter begging him not to tap in the intro, like that's "giving up"
I don't think it's meant to treat the audience like idiots. It's a fairly common type of character. Think Luke Skywalker from Star Wars New Hope, Neo from The Matrix, Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, Paul Walker's character from the Fast and The Furious, Harry Potter from Harry Potter. Having an audience surrogate swept from one world into another is a commonly used technique, particularly in fantasy and Science Fiction.This is just treating the audience like idiots, which is an automatic fail for any movie imo.
All of which were originally written for their original stories, not shoe horned into established lore and fandom. The reasoning behind Cole is exactly because they think the audience needed it.I don't think it's meant to treat the audience like idiots. It's a fairly common type of character. Think Luke Skywalker from Star Wars New Hope, Neo from The Matrix, Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, Paul Walker's character from the Fast and The Furious, Harry Potter from Harry Potter. Having an audience surrogate swept from one world into another is a commonly used technique, particularly in fantasy and Science Fiction.