The backstories of every major Mortal Kombat character:
Liu Kang: I'm asian and I do kung fu because I have to protect earthrealm.
Johnny Cage: I'm White and I do movies and kung fu but now I fight for real because I have to protect earthrealm.
Sonya: I'm girl and I do kung fu because I'm Special Forces which are military but also cops i guess, and I have to protect earthrealm.
Jax: I'm big black guy who is also in special forces and has robot arms. I punch to defend earthrealm.
Raiden: I'm an east-asian god of thunder who is white and I do kung fu because I have to protect earthrealm. I was portrayed by Christopher Lambert in the original mortal kombat movie, and also played the Highlander. My appearance in the Epstein flight-logs makes it difficult for GnastyGnuts to enjoy these performances like he used to.
Shang Tsung: I'm Wizard and I do kung fu to take over earthrealm for my master Shao Khan, but also I sometimes do Starscream type shit and try to usurp him, or maybe that was just in the old TNT show Konquest.
Shao Khan: I'm a big ol' butthole, and I do hammer because it hit with hammer. Fuck you.
Sub-Zero: I'm a cryomancer or some shit, and I use it to do ice kung fu to help earthrealm or shao-khan depending on which sub-zero we're talking about, because there's two.
Scorpion: I'm undead ninja and I say get over here because sub-zero killed my family by being cooler than me.
Baraka: I look all fucked up and have blade hands. I do this shit because what else would I be doing?
Goro: I'm the cool boss character that always seems to be underwhelming whenever they're available to the player. I have four arms, and I'm a "proud warrior race" guy, which is my whole motivation.
Kitana: I'm a princess from another realm and I use blade fans to help my adoptive father/ captor Shao Khan. I mostly exist as a love interest for Liu Kang.
Raiden: I’m an east-asian god of thunder who is white and I do kung fu because I have to protect earthrealm. I was portrayed by Christopher Lambert in the original mortal kombat movie, and also played the Highlander. My appearance in the Epstein flight-logs makes it difficult for GnastyGnuts to enjoy these performances like he used to.
Jax: I’m big black guy who is also in special forces and has robot arms. I punch to defend earthrealm.
Jax in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation was just a roll up of every 90's Black catchphrase into one 'character'. You'd hope that Hollywood has at least evolved since then, but considering that Ray Fisher scrapped with Joss Whedon over adding the line 'Booyah' to the JL script, I'm assuming there won't be much progress on that front.
Googled it and Fisher had a couple good points. After the Whedon rewrites, Cyborg was pretty much the only black character in the movie. This was one of many disagreements he had about black representation in the movie, not an isolated incident.
Nah I agree with him, I think the booyah line itself isn't worth defending either was just bringing it up since it's sort of part of the character so that alone isn't enough to be annoyed at the team.
But obviously there's way more issues than just that.
Shao Khan: I’m a big ol’ butthole, and I do hammer because it hit with hammer. Fuck you.
What if Final Boss but literally nobody cares? Hands down the least interesting character in a game that's mostly just color-swapped versions of three base characters.
The backstories of every major Mortal Kombat character:
Liu Kang: I'm asian and I do kung fu because I have to protect earthrealm.
Johnny Cage: I'm White and I do movies and kung fu but now I fight for real because I have to protect earthrealm.
Sonya: I'm girl and I do kung fu because I'm Special Forces which are military but also cops i guess, and I have to protect earthrealm.
Jax: I'm big black guy who is also in special forces and has robot arms. I punch to defend earthrealm.
Raiden: I'm an east-asian god of thunder who is white and I do kung fu because I have to protect earthrealm. I was portrayed by Christopher Lambert in the original mortal kombat movie, and also played the Highlander. My appearance in the Epstein flight-logs makes it difficult for GnastyGnuts to enjoy these performances like he used to.
Shang Tsung: I'm Wizard and I do kung fu to take over earthrealm for my master Shao Khan, but also I sometimes do Starscream type shit and try to usurp him, or maybe that was just in the old TNT show Konquest.
Shao Khan: I'm a big ol' butthole, and I do hammer because it hit with hammer. Fuck you.
Sub-Zero: I'm a cryomancer or some shit, and I use it to do ice kung fu to help earthrealm or shao-khan depending on which sub-zero we're talking about, because there's two.
Scorpion: I'm undead ninja and I say get over here because sub-zero killed my family by being cooler than me.
Baraka: I look all fucked up and have blade hands. I do this shit because what else would I be doing?
Goro: I'm the cool boss character that always seems to be underwhelming whenever they're available to the player. I have four arms, and I'm a "proud warrior race" guy, which is my whole motivation.
Kitana: I'm a princess from another realm and I use blade fans to help my adoptive father/ captor Shao Khan. I mostly exist as a love interest for Liu Kang.
damn it really do be like that :deeper-sadness:
Jax in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation was just a roll up of every 90's Black catchphrase into one 'character'. You'd hope that Hollywood has at least evolved since then, but considering that Ray Fisher scrapped with Joss Whedon over adding the line 'Booyah' to the JL script, I'm assuming there won't be much progress on that front.
Not to defend Joss Whedon, but Booyah is literally the character's catchphrase In the comics/every animated version of him lol
Googled it and Fisher had a couple good points. After the Whedon rewrites, Cyborg was pretty much the only black character in the movie. This was one of many disagreements he had about black representation in the movie, not an isolated incident.
Nah I agree with him, I think the booyah line itself isn't worth defending either was just bringing it up since it's sort of part of the character so that alone isn't enough to be annoyed at the team.
But obviously there's way more issues than just that.
I'll admit that I was not aware of that, and it does add additional context to the heat between the two over the line.
I remember every last one of these characters and their story, even though I last played a Mortal Kombat game when I was a kid like 20 years ago
What if Final Boss but literally nobody cares? Hands down the least interesting character in a game that's mostly just color-swapped versions of three base characters.