No Tagawa as Shang Tsung? R.I.P. Seemed doubtful after seeing who else had been cast. Also, Mileena is darker skinned now? Should've just had the one they cast play Jade then.
Was about to edit in my last post but ran out of time (stupid that's still even a thing), but at least they got someone actually Japanese to play Scorpion, though of course they don't care for the other characters' nationalities as much.
I feel like Cage serves the role of a kind of... He's the stand-in for the audience in a way. He's surrounded by Shaolin Monks with mystical powers, super-powered ninjas, special forces veterans and lord knows what else, and Cage is just a guy that's really, really, really good at karate.
Obviously he has powers of his own, but he's the most likely character to call attention to the most ludicrous shit going on.
I won’t say “ if Johnny Cage in this movie I won’t bother watching it”, but, I will be disappointed. He was such a big part of the first movie and really rounded out the ensemble.
I never even really played him in the arcades, but he became a favorite after watching the movie.
Not only that, but Johnny Cage for the most part, has always been one of the only characters with a personality, while the rest were just archetypes.
What was good about Goro in the original movie was that he was a giant puppet, who kinda marked the end of the practical effects era of the 90's before everything started going full CG. Won't complain about seeing a CGI Goro now obviously, but still.
Agree with everything you said, although the Goro puppet had the distracting problem of one set of arms attaching through the stomach, didn't seem right at all.
It's a little thing, but you see it, and just instinctively know something isn't quite right.
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Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
That Scorpion fight was so metal, I could hear Kill Them All playing.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
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