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#MortalMay #MortalKombat2021 #ColeYoung

[@MazeDaGr8]

One of the writers Greg russo did say in a interview that, That Cole Young storyline was not their idea nor intention, that was a studio decision. he even said he knew fans weren't gonna take well to that

[@alexandergapour1253]

Who even gave producers their jobs anyway?

[@Guyinadifferentroom]

Producers seem to ruin far more movies than they actually help. Just shut up and let the actually creative people create.

[@Alex04blue868]

That makes sense

[@Death-jl1cv]

Someone needs to burn down the studio executives houses

[@MazeDaGr8]

@@Guyinadifferentroom I agree, here the quotes from that interview "It was something the studio wanted. The new protagonist was an idea loaded in prior to my involvement, I inherited a script in 2016, and that had the new protagonist in it. But it had no tie to the mythology of Mortal Kombat. I thought, if we're going to do it, I want to make sure we do it right and that this character fits into the mythology in an organic way." He also said "“I’ve seen the film franchise where they bring in a new character and that character is the poster child of the film, and I was that wrong. Even though we’re bringing in a new character, which Mortal Combat does with every game . ” All the characters you like are going to do their moments. They are going to play their mast and nobody feels that they are not doing anything in a corner. This was important to me" So basically he knew the Cole young stuff was gonna causes a Stir among fans but it was out of his control & they just had to do what they could with it

[@TrueUnderDawgGaming]

The fact that you can find solutions so quickly is incredible!

[@jcjc592]

Truly, isn't it just groundbreaking and mind-blowing?!😱

[@michaeltheodore5149]

Why in the hell isn't this man in charge of lore for MK is still a enigma.

[@TheJadedJames]

I don't get why it was so hard to find one person who at least sort of cares about the franchise to write the damn movie adaptation

[@JahlisMan]

@@TheJadedJames the writer kinda cares, he tried to make this movie happen for years. yet it's still his first project, so he lacks experience AND he can't say "no" to a studio mandate 'cause he's essentially nobody. the result was kinda predictable, even though no one really expected it to be THIS bad

[@EndoScorpion]

@@JahlisMan There were 3 writers. One with no previous credits. One who worked on MK Rebirth / Legacy. And one who worked on WW84 and the Doom movie. Not exactly a good track record between any of them and the one who has previous ties to the franchise has proven he doesn't care for the source material.

[@JahlisMan]

@@EndoScorpion the Doom movie? oh my god, I didn't know. but it all makes a lot more sense now. as for Legacy, I don't think it was terrible, but it wasn't especially good either.

[@EndoScorpion]

@@JahlisMan I never thought Rebirth or Legacy was amazing, but I was willing to give it a chance and accept it as it's own thing. The turning point, however - the one thing that made me despise that series and realise that they genuinely don't care - was when Quan Chi Shang Tsung'd into Bi Han to kill and instantly resurrect Scorpion. The fact that the games and the animated movie take inspiration from that really boils my blood. I could rant for hours about how damaging that was to the lore and to all characters mentioned above. Not to mention pissing all over the most iconic rivalry in gaming.

[@undead923]

Johnny Cage is the key to all of this. The fictional actor ironically has more charm than most of the cast in the 2021 film. Shocker, ain’t it

[@abandonedaccount3864]

Leaving him out seriously has to be one of the dumbest choices I've ever seen.

[@f_mili_r]

Correct. And if he isn't played by Ryan Reynolds in the inevitable sequel, I'm setting my house on fire. Jokes aside, I don't have many expectations, but Johnny Cage is one of the only (if not *THE* only) character who wasn't completely fucked by NRS, and if the sequel SOMEHOW finds a way to fuck him up, hoo boy.

[@lucascoval828]

But he's a white male!

[@raghavsharma1762]

@@lucascoval828 they changed mileena's race TWICE! You know what, if him being white is that big of deal, I was surprised Hollywood didn't just...you know..turn him asian for that! It's not like Hollywood shys away from changing charachters race all the time...

[@lucascoval828]

@@raghavsharma1762 Or......they could have made Liu Kang the protagonist.

[@lilduder]

Can we agree the worst part is that Cole young never wins a fight on his own? He loses her match at the start, kano helps him beat reptile. His wife helps him beat goro, scorpion helps him beat Bi-ban, Sonya helps him beat milleena, etc.

[@bw4348]

Cole represents a person that sucks at fighting games and has to get help from family and friends to advance. He's the little brother who thinks he's playing when the controller is unplugged.

[@annihilator5494]

@@bw4348 Damn bro that whole sentence was a brutality.

[@JunKazamaFan]

I agree. Not exactly how you sell an OC to your audience.

[@MysticEle]

Like...if they had him lose at the start, but slowly progress towards being better, that's the ideal. Fight at the beginning: He gets curbstomped and loses to some specific move like a high kick. Fight at the end: He holds his own, and whatever enemy he's fighting unknowingly performs the same kick...only for Cole to recognize it and counter, both he and the audience recognizing his growth. This is hero 101, how do you bugger it up?

[@EndoScorpion]

@@MysticEle "how do you bugger it up?" Hire the writers who worked on the Doom movie and WW84, MK Rebirth / Legacy, and a director who has only ever worked on commercials. You should see the average commercials in Australia.... they're horrendously bad. Cringeworthy.

[@thesilentsociety3252]

I'll never understand why they didn't choose to adapt The Great Kung Lao's story & MK: Mythologies. As HBOmax series to establish the history of the MK Tournament, Outworld, NetherRealm & canonical events in the lore

[@redacted2275]

I think this will be MK12's storyline.

[@SakurakoLover]

Because WB rather spend shit to DCEU than anything else which is pretty sad

[@nabilahmed579]

@@redacted2275 they better not fuck that up

[@travisgray8376]

Closest thing we got i To that idea is mortal Kombat conquest lol

[@jasperswarp]

“Mortal Kombat, The4thSnake cut”, I want to see that movie.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

I’d pay shit ton of money if there was a The4thSnake Cut of the 2021 Mortal Kombat film.

[@upsetpringle8353]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr I'd pay a shit ton of money to see the4thsnake usurp ed boon and actually put out some good mk

[@SonicHaXD]

You forgot to make Johnny do an uppercut smh XD

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Yes

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Да

[@jcjc592]

Make that 3 uppercuts

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Si

[@JahlisMan]

"dad, punch him in the balls!"

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

Always will prefer the first live action Mortal Kombat movie.

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Fax

[@ultra_magikarp3880]

we all do

[@teaser7892]

Period

[@JunKazamaFan]

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shang Tsung is an impossible act to beat.

[@joseurbina3835]

It can be good to go back Watch for some Nostalgia, but Fight Choreography were way too Corny.

[@Jreed280]

What pissed me off was that Liu Kang wasn’t even mad at Shang Tsung and that’s supposed to be his nemesis. They have been downplaying Liu kang so hard in these last few MK adaptations.

[@keynu4965]

I laughed when Liu Kang said "Fatality, for Kung Lao". Mileena could've just been the one to kill Kung Lao, and Liu Kang vs Mileena happening. Which would've then made for an interesting dynamic between Liu and Kitana in the next movie, Liu thinking it's Mileena resurrected, and then falling for the bff killer lookalike. Sonya help defeat Kabal cause his ties with Kano.

[@vcsa681]

The weirdest part?Kabal wasn't even part of kung laos death

[@kichiroumitsurugi4363]

@@vcsa681 Well, tbf, he did prevent Liu Kang from trying to interfere, but that's about it

[@mjshades05]

Personally, I think that the best choice for replacement of Cole Young is either Kenshi or Takeda. Both of them already have close ties to scorpion, but this time we can just make it familial. If we choose Kenshi, we can say that the sword that he uses is of the Shirai Ryu and his tie to scorpion. Though personally, I think takeda is the better option as he is a direct disciple of scorpion. We could say that Kenshi abandoned Takeda to keep him safe, just like in the game. Thus setting him up for a sequel

[@shadowclaw7210]

Yeah and they could’ve eaten their cake with wanting asian main lead

[@q.h.s5051]

I’ve noticed with many modern Movies, Games, and Shows. The fans always do better than the actual writers and creators, except the ass kissers

[@MellowDarkflower]

That's because the fans know the material and are passionate about their favorite fictions. Hollywooders just skims through wiki pages and and takes out 80% of the boring (by which I mean important) aspects of the source.

[@ScoutTrooperMan]

@@MellowDarkflower that and because they have their own think tanks while fans use the internet and can talk to eachother and debate which idea is better or not as well what you said know the material and are passionate, but theres a problem in that, of which letting fans influence your work granted yes they give you what you need to keep up but fans are not the artist whos making the art(using artist as a metaphor for an example) so there has to be a balance of letting fans influence your work and not letting the fans control the artist, the best way i can see of that was the case of movie sonic's look being changed due to the fans

[@InsidiousOne]

Well, fans are good at making "it should've been like that! " kind of videos, but filmmaking is a pretty complex process, so there is no way to be sure that these ideas will translate well through the film production.

[@comicbookreviewer4856]

It kinda like looking at the simpsons episode idea where Bart and Lisa write their idea for a Itchy and Scratchy episode which shows fans like myself know what could work

[@ScoutTrooperMan]

@AT Productions true it always happened way before nowaday, but i feel that here it got more attention to that or something idk

[@EnderBuilder]

Another episode of : Someone i randomly talked to on the streets was able to make a better video game adaptation in 5 minutos than the creator of the movie did in f*cking 2+ years.

[@dams6829]

Last time I was this early Raiden wasn't protector of Earthrealm.

[@Nitro_Zeus0]

One time my friend asked "what's Cole's powers?" and my other friend answered "its plot armor".

[@greenorb29]

To be more specific he's a mediocre version of Colossus with organic mystical bronze instead of steel.

[@JahlisMan]

never forget that in the 90s we got 2 movies with a Chinese actor in the lead role because... the main character of the game was Chinese. no other reasons. no race quotas, no tokenism (aside from the portrayal of Jax in Annihilation, but no one's saying the movie's good anyway). oh, and we also got a TV show about the Great Kung Lao.

[@lollipoppeii4707]

I like 4thSnake's story a lot more. But race aside, I think Johnny will be the character which replaces Kano. I think they're just baiting us with the sequel, which sucks because the Cole's story is way too generic, adding Johnny in first is better.

[@5ifth]

It was a different time…

[@JahlisMan]

@@5ifth and I wish we could go back to it.

[@vcsa681]

Wait,tv show?

[@Ars-Nova258]

Thank you for pointing out the issue of sidelining an Asian lead for a half white actor because a potential deuteragonist is white.

[@akilcharles3473]

I'm surprised he didn't touch on Mileena being race swap in this movie, the last time that happened was MK Annihilation where there was an asian actress playing Jade and we all know how that turn out.

[@sebastianfeuerstein9306]

@@akilcharles3473 wait, what happened when Jade was being played by an Asian actor in MK Annihilation? I don't think I was around by that time, I'm rly curious to know

[@akilcharles3473]

@@sebastianfeuerstein9306 "Asian actress" and back in the 90's, the sequel movie MK Annihilation there was a female Asian actress(I can't actually remember her real name) who played Jade in that movie. Where in recent games up until now she was black. I brought it up because in the new MK movie, a black actress Sissy Stringer was playing Mileena in that movie whereas in the game Mileena is a clone of Kitana and who is asian.

[@mr.awesome6011]

@@akilcharles3473 They did exactly that with Kitana in MK11. She always looked more Greek, Egyptian or Hispanic (like Talisa Soto). This game she's pretty much Mulan cosplaying Kitana. And it makes even less sense as Sindel and Jerrod look nothing like Asians.

[@akilcharles3473]

@@mr.awesome6011 Not only that, I just now realizing some similarities from this film that ties to MK Annihilation that raises some red flags. 1. Being of course race swapping with both Mileena and Jade, 2. The whole dragon marking in that movie is basically the same as a dragon tattoo in the other one, 3. Johnny Cage not barely being in the movie. And 4. No tournament. MK legacy weirdly enough does a better story and lore wise but still not all that great.

[@nono9543]

It always bothers me that movie makers already have a ton of source material and blueprints on what to do. They just refuse to do it. Who the heck was asking for a mortal kombat movie that doesn’t focus on the tournament? Who the hell was asking for a new original character to be the protagonist instead of Liu Kang? And who in the fuck was saying this was made for the fans?

[@EndoScorpion]

The director said in multiple interviews that they were remaining faithful to the lore and honouring the characters. Taking one look at the trailers proves that was a lie. Didn't even need to see the film. Heck, the fact Cole was set to be the main protagonist was evident enough to call BS.

[@kyokuslaps2411]

When he passed by the cage poster at the end there was an audible sigh heard inside my house

[@AllardRT]

Nice idea. Another route they could've taken, with even less changes: Replace Kano with Jonny Cage as the movie's comedic relief guy if you need to have Cole, have him, but have him capable and with a personality. Pragmatic to the point of being ruthless in combat, but with a compassionate side too. Have Bi-Han act as his personal slasher movie villain while Scorpion keeps getting in Sub-Zero's way. And in the end when Cole's powers awaken, it turns out that he's a cryomancer. And that Cole Young is actually Kuai Liang. He and Bi-Han were separated when they were kids. Their mother ran away with Kuai Liang, while Bi-Han stayed with their father, a Lin Kuei assassin. Honestly, I actually thought that was the route they were going to take with Cole because they couldn't POSSIBLY be so stupid as to introduce an OC as the protagonist of a movie based on the franchise with tons of iconic and beloved characters, right? Ugh.

[@nicodiangelo831]

Damn this is good

[@a1rg3ar31]

Netherrealm Stans are the Snyder Bros of fighting games.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

That's actually a really good comparison

[@MellowDarkflower]

Last time I was this early, Goro still owed Johnny a new pair of sunglasses.

[@jcjc592]

500$ 🕶️

[@blyat8832]

Goro never got the glasses so technically he still owes the glasses

[@nosfonader8792]

Director: I didn’t want a white guy as the lead MK fans with smarts: So what not give the Cole role to Liu Kang? The actual Asian character? Liu Kang is the lead and Kung Lao is his partner (Rush Hour style). Raiden tells the two about the Mortal Kombat tournament and let’s the two enter and are assailed by Outworld assassins. They are Kintaro, Baraka, and Mileena. The two are outmatched but Liu uses his fire powers for the first and wins, killing Kintaro. Baraka and Mileena retreat and inform Shang Tsung about their loss and Liu Kang’a power. The generic heroes gets invited to the island for a tournament happens. Liu Kang and Kung Lao have rivalry with Baraka and Mileena. The other Earthrealmera do their thing. Mileena defeats (not kills cause he escapes via hat teleport) Kung Lao. Liu Kang kills Baraka with a fire fatality making Shang Tsung more interested in stealing Liu’s soul. Liu Kang would fight Shang Tsung and almost gets his soul ripped out but his fire powers again kicks in and wins the day. He’ll shape the fire into a dragon and beats Shang. Liu doesn’t kill him because his honor doesn’t allow it. Shang Tsung retreats with his warriors to Outworld and reports to Shao Kahn setting up the sequel. How easy could this have been?!

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Actually the producer is the one who said the whole White guy thing. Still stupid but figured I'd clarify.

[@nosfonader8792]

@@thefanwithoutaface8105 Thanks

[@haolekoa737]

Much better, I would've enjoyed this a lot more.

[@nosfonader8792]

@@haolekoa737 It's also funny that the guy who plays Cole Young is half Asian so moot point about anti white lead

[@suddenllybah]

I laughed at the big change you would make is the tourny happening. Poor Snake.

[@kaetoc]

"Ok, we're making a new Mortal Kombat movie, who should the lead be?" "Well, a fish out of water character is good, how about Johnny Cage?" "No, we can't have a white guy star in our martial arts movie." "Well, there's Liu Kang, the OG hero of the story." "Woah, he's way too Asian, plus the Chinese government might get weird about it." "Hmm, well what if we went half and half?" "Perfect!"

[@EndoScorpion]

Half Chinese - half American.... So one of the Sub Zero brothers?

[@perapapic3683]

This is grate

[@JunKazamaFan]

Pitch Meeting deleted extra.

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

@@EndoScorpion you know I originally thought Cole would end up being the younger Sub Zero who wasn't taken to the Lin Kuei in this universe. Would've been a lot better than the shit they went with.

[@EndoScorpion]

@@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets I agree it would've been far better. I refused to believe the rumours he was Scorpion's decendant because I didn't want to believe it, and honestly didn't think they would be THAT stupid. But hey, one of the writers was responsible for that Quan Chi scene in Legacy so I should've known better.

[@coadpop886]

Made this video quicker then Dominic changes his mind on MK lore.

[@H2Zv1]

Leave it to 4th Snake to come up with a better plot for an MK Movie than the average writer from Hollywood.

[@jeangentry6656]

I like your take :-) As for the Johnny love saga, I think what could happen is this- Johnny and Sonya met because he was making a movie, as you expressed. Instead of getting married and then divorced however, they had a whirlwind romance that didn't work out, and Cassie is the result. Johnny gets Cassie because he can provide a better life and Sonya, being a young career solider at this time, isn't interested in being a mom. Johnny moved on and married Cindy, but was never really happy w/ her, because he's still in love w/ Sonya. Sonya contacts him about the MK tournament because they were once family, and while she won't admit it, she still loves Johnny and is beginning to regret letting him and Cassie go. Johnny is tempted to rekindle their romance, but is still very angry over how their relationship ended and feels that Sonya abandoned him and Cassie. Plus, he wants to be a good husband to his current wife and father to Cassie. The wife and Sonya bicker because they love Johnny and want him to choose her. Meanwhile, Sonya, Johnny and Cassie begin to repair their broken relationships w/each other. Cas wants dad to be happy, but she also wants her parents to reunite (she doesn't hate her stepmom, she just wants her birth parents to get back together). In time, Sonya and Cindy develop a begrudging respect for each other and their place in Johnny and Cassie's life. Cindy is killed at some point and Johnny was unable to save her (maybe Kano or Kabal kill her, IDK). He loses his confidence, feeling that if he can't protect his wife, he certainly can't help protect Earth. They bury his wife and Johnny, heartbroken and despondent, walks away from Sonya and Cas. Sonya tells him that he's running away. This sparks an argument and Sonya confesses that she never stopped loving Johnny and Cas. She admits she used her career as a way to run from her problems (being young and unprepared for motherhood and a serious relationship) and she pleads w/ Johnny to not make the mistake she did in turning his back on his family. Cas comes in and tells him that he's needed by everyone, but especially her. Johnny comes back. At some point he faces the man who killed Cindy and kills him. This victory gives him what he needs to grieve and restores his confidence. He, Cas, and Sonya fight w/ the Heroes and win. Afterwards, Sonya, Johnny and Cassie go out to eat and catch up. Cassie takes a pic of them and gives it a "heart" frame and posts it to social media, telling the world that America's Hottest Action Star just reunited w/ his first leading lady, hopefully this time for good. :-) The End. The Very Cheesy End. :-)

[@rcblazer]

The 1995 Mortal Kombat film is still the best one, even by default because they managed to not screw up. Do the other movies and media have something against the idea of Liu Kang defeating Goro (and/or Shang Tsung) and becoming the Mortal Kombat champion?

[@herbalyzoltan409]

When I saw the thumbnail I just said "oh no.." knowing how much the movie did not impress. I also heard about the reason why Johnny couldn't be in the movie and thought "well, if they really want to appeal to the chinese viewers, then why didn't they make the main character Liu Kang, Kung Lao or Kenshi?" I'm glad I wasn't the only one lol

[@jsb6975.ah.crapbaskets]

Honestly, they'd probably dislike a mixed race lead just as much.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Well Kenshi is probably because he's Japanese and well China isn't exactly known for liking Japan much either.

[@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario]

@@thefanwithoutaface8105I mean, Jax is in the movie and black panther was released in china

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario Jax wasn't a major character or the main character so they probably didn't care and Black Panther they censored the poster so it indicates China does have a racism problem.

[@GG-lk4xf]

THANK YOU, i really wanted the main character to atleast be someone we knew, cole is just a straight up oc, and plus johnny would have had more personality than this brick wall of a character whose only motivation is only family and being the great great grandson of scorpion.

[@fun-epersonnproductions4002]

Im a simple man. I see "The4ThSnake" and "Mortal Kombat" so I click.

[@TheColeminator]

The 4thsnake and MK remind me of Anakin Skywalker and obi-wan kenobi

[@NPM_15]

I think they could introduce baraka, not kill him in a stupid way, and kill random tarkatans instead of nitara or other characters, they also say that Reiko is a general but leaves without a troop wtf XD

[@ItsButterBean1020]

Alternately They should have made it Kintaro instead of Goro Maybe take more notes from gorilla with his posture and take notes from big cats and such

[@vcsa681]

Reiko,the general of nothing

[@JunKazamaFan]

Even the live-action Tekken movie showcased the King of Iron Fist Tournament, though it wound up getting butchered in the end.

[@Nirrini]

True. Don’t remind me of that movie, but true.

[@vyperii]

This was perfect, and your analysis at the end was spot on too...

[@getchaxxx6762]

I'm worried for the sequels

[@EndoScorpion]

I'm worried the rebooted game timeline will include Cole, arcanas and other bullcrap from this movie. Bad enough they introduced some of the Legacy crap into the last reboot. NRS writers are so fickle.

[@NPM_15]

The prophecyshit only says that kole will Meet up the champions, not win the tournament, so maybe in the sequel liu kang is the hero and kole become into a secundary character :D

[@bll1]

@@EndoScorpion what legacy crap

[@EndoScorpion]

@@bll1 Quan Chi being super master manipulator who can do all the things and has all the powers. Quan Chi being the one to kill Scorpion instead of Bi Han. Quan Chi being the one to resurrect Scorpion instead of him being reborn as a spirit of vengeance from his own willpower.

[@cnr9940]

@@EndoScorpion Good god, I hated that too. Takes everything that was originally cool about Scorpion and makes it all "Quan Chi did it" and turns Scorpion into little more than a mindless, easily manipulated puppet. I hate Quan Chi. Lol

[@funfanofeverything8854]

I'm worried for Sindel if she's gonna be in any of the sequels.

[@joeman99983]

They are gonna ruin her... I can tell.

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

@@joeman99983 she'll be black

[@hardfocus7332]

I really hope they don't make her evil cause that already destroyed her well developed story arc.

[@MAZZLE.MCFAZZLE]

@@jasonblundelldobebussing so what

[@bbw283]

@@jasonblundelldobebussing she won't be anyways if ur that worried🥴. I square people get pressed about the smallest of things.

[@generalcheese6783]

I always thought Kung Lao was more of Goro's rival

[@thelastcrow5660]

He technically is

[@jackdaone6469]

I say keep Sonya as Cassie’s mother from a prior marriage/relationship with Johnny and have her Mortal Kombat obsession(maybe setting up her dad or brother as having been slain by Goro or Shang Tsung for some personal stakes) be what drove them apart and led to Sonya losing custody of Cassie to Johnny. I always thought the catalyst for Johnny’s involvement in the tournament in the 95 film being Shang Tsung posing as his sensei was pretty cool, so we use that as the template for the story getting him involved, but he’s ambushed by Sub-Zero and Jax and Sonya save his bacon. So his previous skepticism over Mortal Kombat’s existence that destroyed his relationship with Sonya is addressed, maybe have some of the subsequent scenes with the two have them trading quips and jokes to show their old chemistry, and we get the audience in his shoes with the reveal of the truth. And yeah, have his current wife die to Hydro or some other minor villain that gets some fleshing out(Rain was notably cut from the film, so maybe he could be used in Goro’s place for an established face instead of a minor comic character), thus allowing Johnny and Sonya to reconnect as well as Cassie reuniting with her mother. The idea of Sonya instead being Cassie’s stepmother or “cool aunt” doesn’t gel with me because part of Cassie’s character is that she strongly resembles Sonya but takes more after Johnny but her character growth leads to her embodying both of her parents as time goes on. Sure, it would be a bit of a contrived coincidence that Johnny’s ex-wife just so happened to save his ass in this new version, but worse things have happened. And it would be trivial to setup Sonya’s conspiracy theorist credentials in early scenes of Johnny spending time with Cassie and his current wife with him snarking about her being crazy and hoping Cassie doesn’t turn out like her mother or something before the wool’s pulled off of his eyes.

[@vinhpham1809]

Apparently, the studio demanded that the movie should include cole young, but that still doesn't excuse the writing

[@misterausom]

Absolutely agree with you on majority of this. My only 2 changes would be: Change Hyrdo to Reptile. This way you can have Johnny struggle with him in the first fight at Sonya's base- forcing Kano to still "kill" Reptile by pulling out his heart. You can then have Shang Tsung save Reptile's soul and put it into a more humanoid ninja body for fan-service. Then later on for the Goro-replaced fight at Johnny's, Reptile kills Johnny's wife and forces him to unlock his green power and finally defeat Reptile on his own. My other change would be to change Mileena into Scarlett. The only memorable line that Mileena says in the movie is "This is not the blood of a champion. You're death has no meaning." I can see Scarlett saying this instead. Instead of teleporting through portals, she could just disappear in blood like the game. Then she can fight Sonya at the temple and later Johnny in the final battle. Maybe Johnny underestimates her for being a woman, so she gets the upperhand- prompting Sonya to help him take her down. This would also not ruin the Miileena/Kitana dynamic and that can be saved for when they eventually go to their realm. Just my two cents. Great video though!

[@TheAuthorStudios]

Goro in the OT was an honourable warrior I'd like to see him fighting Johnny, be on the winning edge, but after seeing him fighting even with no chance regognize his potential, and spare him so he can get stronger for the actual torunament.

[@jrthehunter4309]

Funny how Johnny did the "Suddenly grow Plot Armor to save your family" thing even before Cole did it lol. Like Damn, it was a bad idea in 2015 and they somehow copied it and did it WORSE in 2021

[@kartavyasharma8540]

It Would Have Been Cool To See Johnny's Past Explored Like How He Got His Powers And Stuff & The Arcana Stuff Is Stupid. 😅😅

[@nabilahmed579]

I feel like they should have gone for his mk9 ending

[@insanemakaioshin]

I still think that the first movie should’ve been either Mythologies or special forces, so we actually know some of the characters by the time that the tournament starts!

[@EndoScorpion]

I don't think a Special Forces film would be necessary. I get that Sonya and Kano might have history, but I don't feel like it needs exploring so in-depth to warrant it's own arc/film. An adaption of Mythologies would be great though. Setting up the Lin Kuei, it's many characters, their relationships and even explore the early stages of cyberization. This might be an opportunity to include Kano and maybe Sonya too. For example: Lin Kuei and Black Dragon are making a deal regarding cyber tech, and Sonya leads/commands a squad to stop it. I think it would be great to establish Scorpion more here though. Set him up as someone struggling to balance his honour and doing the right thing, over his loyalty to his clan and taking actions which eventually lead him to be reborn in the Netherrealm. Show how much he cares for his friends and family to really sell the imact it has on him when he later learns of their slaughter. And also set up how he later tries to redeem himself by protecting / allying with Kuai Liang. The fight between Bi Han and Scorpion would obviously be the climax, and I personally would show Scorpion's soul being dragged down to the Netherrealm and him being driven into a blind rage with his burning hatred and thirst for revenge, turning him into the spectre of vengeance. Post credits scenes could be a large, straw hat wearing figuring hiring the Lin Kuei to assassinate a sorcerer, and Scorpion being met with a large lightning bolt while slaying demons in the Netherrealm. I feel like the character arcs for Scorpion and the Lin Kuei members are already in full swing by the time of the MK1 tournament. And it would allow more focus to be put on them if set up separately like this. Then the MK1 tournament movie could focus more on the usual lot (Raiden, Kang, Cage, Blade, Tsung, Goro, and even setting up Kung Lao a bit here). While, I'd make most changes to adapting Mythologies, to shift the focus away from Quan Chi / Shinnok - I'd stick far more closely to the story for MK1 through Deception. And here we have an outline for 7 films.

[@insanemakaioshin]

@@EndoScorpion I honestly think that Shinnok should be the mastermind behind everything! From making Onaga the first Kahn, to convincing Shao, guardian of outworld, to overthrow him, leading up to Shinnok taking power for himself and Raiden defeating him. He then has Quan chi pit the ninja against each other, so that they both serve the netherworld!

[@EndoScorpion]

@@insanemakaioshin It baffles me that Shinnok, Onaga, and Shao Kahn all had the same goal - to conquer all the realms - yet always worked against each other, rather than WITH each other. Might've achieved it a long time ago had they worked together. But the question is: why? If uniting the realms restores the One Being and destroys reality, where only the One Being and the Elder Gods exist. Why would Onaga and Shao Kahn want that?

[@alexandrefrauches132]

@@insanemakaioshin 100%. In fact, I think that, in a MK adaptation, Shinnok should be Thanos of the MK universe, the big final boss with all the movies building up to his conflict against Raiden and his champions.

[@insanemakaioshin]

@@alexandrefrauches132 Thanos had an army of *loyal* followers! Shinnok should be more of a Loki. A character that manipulates events from the shadows until he is ready to reveal himself, always 5 steps ahead of his enemies and backstabbing 2nd in command!

[@symphonyuvnyte]

Wow this would have been an amazing version

[@deepbluesea7623]

I was gonna comment that I would’ve dropped the whole having a family/daughter plot line for Johnny to solely have him be a failed actor, but I guess if you did wanted to build up Cassie for future movies I guess It would be alright. Also If that would’ve been the case then you could add in a throw away line about Jax being married who has a daughter to set up Jackie

[@Patrick-pc3vq]

Exactly what i thought, i also wondered why they didn't just have Johnny as the main character instead of this dumbass OC as him being the main character doesn't change a lot to the story. Johnny could have gone to the MMA due to his acting career slowly dying and since he did his own stunts he thought he would do good in the ring which is constantly proven false by him losing every fight, Jax comes to him Sub-Zero attacks them but instead of Jax having to convince Johnny to back off and let him fight Sub-Zero on his own Johnny is much more cowardly and he simply drives off. Rest of the movie is pretty much the same except instead of him going back to his family from Outworld he instead pussies out and runs away until Goro personally comes to his apartment to kill him, Johnny recieves an ass whooping and almost dies until his powers activate out of survival instincsts and the fight becomes more evenly matched, he still struggles against the Mortal Kombat champion but due to his training in Outworld he actually proves himself a competent fighter and manages to defeat Goro, before he manages to finish him Raiden zaps him back to help them and in the future he and Goro could have that rivalry they are known for.

[@theothesir]

Seriously chief, You wouldkill it making your own story. Great video.

[@bamdaddonyavi8490]

Im hyped for this episode

[@TheDigitalApple]

Bout to get Kronika’s hourglass to wipe Cole Young from existence.

[@akilcharles3473]

That would have been a better story version for this movie, I would instead rather have Takeada than Johnny Cage since he has much more of a connection to Scorpion but hey either way this would have been a lot better than what we got.

[@houston6220]

They should have just titled this movie “Anihalation 2” woke to broke edition.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

It’s hilarious how truthful your comment really is to the 2021 film that 2021 film really is just annihilation 2 woke to broke edition.

[@SeroSaber]

Yah when I saw cole young killed goro, i was like ”you kidding me?” Like a little bit of me went like, “that was not supposed to go like that.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

0:17 cause he was a white guy and the producer didn't think it was right to have a white guy be one of the lead heroes in this movie. Ignoring that they could've just made Liu Kang the lead and made Johnny Cage the comic relief/audience surrogate. But nah, let's just add this boring asian guy who has never been in any of the 11 plus Mortal Kombat games.

[@_Devil_Hunter_]

You're absolutely right. I wish you were in charge of story telling in MK media.

[@SourRobo8364]

Oh look Snake is upset. What a shocker.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Also wow, this new version isn't even 1 minute long yet and already it sounds a thousand times better than the shit we got.

[@saloz9483]

wow look how with just a little tweaking they could've fixed this part of the movie. Also I still dont get why they thought Johnny would be the main lead when Liu was always the lead.

[@maximogallardo1841]

That's shockingly great, i mean the story is perfect in this version and i also love how this rewrite doesn't fall into the video game curse by actually trying to be an interesting movie rather than copy pasting stuff from the games

[@kingbash6466]

Daily reminder that Goro was literally beaten by plot armor.

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

Liu Kang destroying the sands in time in Aftermath is another example of plot armor in Mortal Kombat from WB Studios, so yes they seem to write their series with either the most plot armor or Deus Ex Machinas.

[@nabilahmed579]

@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr fuck, are we just forget how the Edenian women(sindel, kitana, jade) in this game were literally running on plot armor as well not to mention fucking Cassie cage in mkx

[@nickcoltz1526]

So you have : A. Make Johnny Cage in the movie B. Write him better without changing the plot of the movie C. Make Hydro actually sounds interesting instead of just becoming a forgotten character. Alone, where the writers has a team. Man, i wanted to be a writer and i need your guidence

[@Nemesis_T-Type]

Even if they didnt want Liu to be the main character but still wanted a POC as the protagonist, they could've simply used Takeda, Kai, Jin or Kenshi. Hell even Shujinko would be better than Cole

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

Your comment is more truthful to the lore of the games and would make the film better than what we got in the shitty 2021 film.

[@nabilahmed579]

Takeda and jin would defo not work considering they were born way after the tournament

[@Nemesis_T-Type]

@@nabilahmed579 Considering the amount of shit they changed from the lore for no reason, why would that stop them now?

[@nabilahmed579]

@@Nemesis_T-Type true but it is confusing.

[@anbuookami13]

Thank you dude...you seriously took all my thoughts made a video. They honestly need better writers if they wanna do a sequel

[@rwchitown5570]

I think you can do a wasted potential on Liu's role entirely in this film

[@BuuWho]

the movie was a fatality in general (it was bull sh*t)

[@jcjc592]

I haven't even watched the movie yet, and I already know it's bad. What the hell.

[@mastersharingan98]

having sonya as cassie's stepmother would feel weird, especially if future movies adapt the mother-daughter issues they had, but having johnny as the main character of the "before tournament" movie is a good idea, also i like the idea of giving a minor character like hydro a chance to shine, that would make him more popular to casual fans, and it is better than the whole caveman reiko and mute jobber nitara, good video PS: can i suggest a parallel plot that i had in mind??? i dont know if it could work for a video and it is kinda silly but still

[@lux_max.]

What I'd change about your version is I'd make Jonny be a fighter first then a actor whose fame is fading

[@ninjahedgehog5]

Stupid excuses for bad decisions? "Women no longer in swimsuits" and "sindel looks evil" come to mind

[@nabilahmed579]

And also “both kahns are stupid romantics now “

[@aviatordanz]

God, that Hydro and Subzero Tag team match against Johnny and Scorpion sounds next level awesome. How has the MK team not hired you yet? (Outside of hating you for you calling them out on their terrible story telling)

[@drivanradosivic1357]

Hydro is the notMK1/2/3 part of the cast right?

[@theblade41___56]

@@drivanradosivic1357 as far as i'm aware, he's not been part of any of the games themselves. just expanded material

[@redacted2275]

@@drivanradosivic1357 He appears in the "MK: Blood and Thunder" comics during the events of MK1 game. In MK11 his power appears as Konsumable in the Towers of Time.

[@arealhumanbean3058]

My only problem with it is that if they decided to introduce Rain later on it could confuse some people because both are ninjas and use water as their main way of attack If they used Tremor instead it could tie in with the Kano/Kabal storyline and avoid confusion with the audience

[@vcsa681]

Hydro would be an interesting pick,since he hasn't appeared in almost nothing until this day,at the point I tough he was fan made when I've head about him

[@bamboozla9977]

We couldn't have had Johnny because his already established abilities didn't involve 'Plot Armor'. That phrase was the first note made when creating the character. The rest was box ticking.

[@delycan4912]

Damn dude. I was making a video that was literally this. There's literally no reason Cole couldn't have been Johnny, and the washed up actor doing MMA is exactly what I was gonna do. Also having Cassie already be around. I was gonna go the "They're divorced" trope tho lmao. Instead of armoring up, he's just get the green glow. And that red fist uppercut Cole does to Goro reminds me of Johnny's red energy stuff. Using Hydro was a GREAT idea. Characters like Hydro and the Rock ninja need more love xD Maybe Cole fakes being a stunt man or something to get close to Johnny. Maybe he's Mocap.

[@gedeonnunes5626]

They came up with this new Cole guy and didn't even have the decency to spell it with a K

[@kaylinrajah3595]

I'd pay twice to watch this movie over what actually came out

[@arthuralexander1449]

i think the idea of Cassie not being Sonya's biological daughter is such a interesring idea that honestly i wish it was used in canon, it could be a better way to create drama between Cassie and past Sonya in 11 and it would be unique in that it would break the cliche of the step mom always being a asshole

[@edwardperez3535]

Goro is already dead and the Tournament hasn’t even started... they made some terrible choices

[@samcortez420]

The fact that Cole Young is the main Kharacter and not Siro really left me sad faced.

[@jcjc592]

Who?

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

THE GRRRRREATEST MORTAL KOMBAT KHARACTER!!!!!!

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

@@jcjc592 Siro was one of the 3 focal kharacters in the 90's TV show Mortal Kombat Conquest it was a prequel series about The Great Kung Lao and Siro was one of his companions alongside a thief girl named Taja

[@jcjc592]

@@KeyBladeMaster-Dan Oh thanks for telling me

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

@@jcjc592 No problem ^__^

[@batbugz]

This is pretty damn good. I would prefer this. Honestly my idea was if they wanna do the marvel thing then do a 3 pre movies setting up the tournament. Shaolin monks setting up Liu Kang, Kung lao, Raiden and maybe kitana. Special forces with Jax Sonya and Kano and then fire and ice which is the scorpion and bi han story. The mortal Kombat is the avengers moment where all these characters come together and we introduce Johnny as the psuedo main character but really it's mostly a team up film.

[@alexandrefrauches132]

I like your idea for Johnny Cage arc but I have suggestion: Instead of killing his wife in the middle of the story, I think the film should start with Cindy already passed away and Johnny having to take care of Cassie on his own, while still trying to save his caree as an actor. This would make the moment in which he awakens his power much more symbolic, with Johnny choosen to do the responsible thing and protect his daughter.

[@LordEmpyreal]

Alternatively, imagine if Cole was Kenshi, before he was blinded. Considering Kenshi's powers actually revolve around his dead ancestors. Having him be retconned as a descendant of Scorpion would actually legitimize Scorpion being able to return to fight Sub-Zero. And replacing the daughter with a young Takeda would serve as a nod to Takeda and Scorpion's relationship in the NetherRealm games, since Scorpion became something of a surrogate father to Takeda. Also I'm fairly cool with the idea of Arcana and the brand. But do something with it. Sonya not having the brand should lead to her using technology to fight, her arc should be about proving to the others she can hold her own without it. And Jax's Arcana shouldn't be his metal arms, that's just dumb. Instead it should be the ability to create shockwaves when he hits something really hard, like the ground, or clapping his hands together on a head. And Kano shouldn't die, Sonya should still stab him in the eye, which disables him from using his Arcana permanently, but spare him because she's ultimately a good person. In the sequel that's what prompts him to get a metal eye that shoots lasers, and go after her for revenge.

[@greyworld6242]

I watched scorpion’s revenge recently and honestly it was better then this. Now this would’ve been better for the movie instead! Good on you snake!

[@nabilahmed579]

Fuck if anything, we need this for the entire plot of aftermath

[@greyworld6242]

@@nabilahmed579 yep!

[@nabilahmed579]

@@greyworld6242 also love how they decided to retcon the fact that Kronika erased everything from mk11 and before that with the crown literally on top of her fucking head just to get another sstupid story mode so NW, ST and fujin would have never been able to go back to the past at all. Don’t even get me started on how they changed to Shao into some stupid romantic and Kotal Kahn ... my god, no retcon needed and they ruined both Kahns

[@greyworld6242]

@@nabilahmed579 yeah.

[@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158]

Only issue I have with your version is that Kabal is still bad guy who works for Shang Tsung even though he should be on the side of heroes. I can imagine him appearing as a normal human, joining heroes alongside Kano, but, unlike him, he refuses to betray Earthrealm. After that, Shang burns him with his fire, but Raiden manages to save his life and heal him to some degree. Then, at the end, they could show him getting his mask and equipment from Special Forces, but he doesn't join them and he wanders of instead. He could get his super speed in sequel through some magic shenanigans that's typical in MK universe.

[@Sunotox]

"Well you have to remember... the mortal kombat movies have always been cheesy and nothing spectacular with unorganized story." yeah because of people who use that as a way to let bad quality slide.

[@jdizzy5044]

Give the leading role to lui kang

[@narutorasbat]

The only thing I would change (to your draft, if I were to change the movie myself I would also start from scratch) would be to swap Kano and Kabal, like you said in your other video, maybe Kabal is this Sonia's partner which Kano "kills" by burning him to death to raise the stakes, basically the equivalent of Kung Lao death, and then after Sonia and Johnny kill Kano it is revealed Kabal survived and is being convinced by other Black Dragon members, maybe a cameo from Jarek, that he was left to die and should join back with the bad guys.

[@Dtrust123]

Omg I love this idea

[@TopKnight77]

Bro just fixed and made the movie better lmao

[@xscythe67]

Can we eventually talk about the Wasted Potential of Kasumire (P5 Royal)?

[@thaboiinblue]

Half white with a (mostly white) family to boot. Cole couldn’t get an Asian or otherwise ethnic wife or a more ethnic daughter? Wait, what am I even saying? It should have been Liu Kang period.

[@heiligmann]

I love how every review (or in this case a wasted plotential) includes the pun about Cole getting Plot Armor hahahaha

[@TheJadedJames]

You really could have had the exact same plot with Johnny Cage as the lead character and it would have been better for no other reason than someone at least halfway trying to portray Cage would HAVE to give a better performance and have more entertaining dialogue than Cole Young, who is just boring as hell. Alternately, what I thought the movie was setting up the whole time was that Cole would just turn out to be reincarnated Scorpion instead of a true OC ... sigh ...

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

The4thSnake is kinda sus. Is he imposter? When the The4thSnakeUS is S.U.S: S - Mortal Kombat (2021) U - Sucks S - Жопа

[@defectdude1927]

Первый раз вижу русский комментарий на этом канале

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

@@defectdude1927, да не, ты чё. Тут только наши, русские! ☝️😩

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

@@defectdude1927, РУССКИЕ ВПЕРЁД! РУССКИЕ ВПЕРЁД!

[@InvinciDon]

This would’ve been better as an animated show

[@lucascoval828]

Yes. People are sick of the excuses.

[@yoloboloyolo888]

You know what I hate is that the commercial for the movie tricked us into thinking it was a tournament like showing all the different locations and fatalities also shang stung saying FINISH THEM as if it was like the game but it lies and nothing is achieved besides that kung Lao will not be in the next movie. I was promised mortal kombat not before mortal kombat. Also do we need an explanation for how they get there powers. Jax-just cybernetic Sonia- technology Cole-remove him Kano-cyborge lu kang and kung Lao and every character that are either from or knows any one from outworld can just be magic like it's been for years

[@InitialPC]

something to point out, liu and kung lao were trained by boraicho, an outworlder, so i think thats why they know magic in the games

[@yoloboloyolo888]

@@InitialPC thanks

[@redbigun]

So, Johnny Cage was yeeted because they were afraid of a white savior trope that didn't need to exist in the first place if they'd just stuck with Liu Kang from the start.

[@seantaylor424]

Dang it...I was fine with the movie the way it was, but now you've made me want your version! WHY DO ADAPTATIONS ALWAYS SUCK ANYMORE!?

[@callmehanson9466]

I'm convinced Johnny Cage wasn't in the movie because his style of humor would not fly in today's culture.

[@ripamoramee14]

I honestly always thought it was hilarious the Cole wasn’t “Ken” who could later be revealed to be the movie series version of Kenshi. Lewis Tan has phenomenal sword training. That way with only slight character tweaking you could’ve kept the bloodline plot for Scorpion. Have Ken be a widowed father that while not having powers, is an amazing fighter. Then we could’ve gotten proper set up of establishing the cast. Hell replace Kano with Johnny and there’s our trio of heroes plus Jax who let’s say has the arcana of super strength this way the arms are still just replacements and he already has an established special ability. And Liu and Kung are the two top dogs of earth’s team like they should be. Then after the training part of the film they go to Shang’s island for the actual tournament and just have Ken decide to compete without powers because either way earthrealm is doomed if they don’t win, so he’ll just fight with his skills and the sento katana which could just be his family heirloom. He can unlock the telekinesis powers in the tournament when he fights against Subby. Then the final fight could’ve been Kung vs Goro, he wins avenging his ancestor, Shang kills him by surprise cause he’s a petty bitch, he escapes to outworld and this sets up the rivalry between him and Liu while also setting up the stories for MK2 and 3 where Liu can take over as the main protagonist.

[@allwedoisgame1522]

This is wayyyyyyyy better than the 2021 movie but I still enjoyed that movie and I like Cole Young not as a character or his powers I just enjoyed the movie and seeing Mortal Kombat and the characters within including Cole Young.