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ididgettomeetyou · 4 months

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Can't belive i saw a post claiming its cheesy how Aang said I'm gonna save the world with my friends as if that isn't the whole series plot.

and we got canon lines like

Bumi: You'll need your friends ...and you'll need momo too.

Sokka: You don't have to this alone we got your back.

aang:if we knew eachother back then do you think we could be freinds too?

Atla was that show about the POWER of friendship.. that even extends to befriending the villian Zuko.. and im not sure who decided the power of friendship is too sappy cause its not.. friendship is super important in life. and honestly way underrated in fandom shipping culture.. for my taste.

the core of the show is Katara , Aang and Sokka being besties which is basically what i saw in the trailer..

now lets compare that to Disney who decides that men are now sexist for helping women, or have to be dumbed down, and anyone watching animated stuff is dumb and a kid.. compared with the team that has nothing but praises for the original and i have more confidence in atla netflix than the animated movies from bryke because LOK/the comis were big blahs.. id be happy for a reset but i doubt it will happen

and the CGI animals while not amazing still better than what TLM did to Flounder ...

man disney really is the reason most of us are sketpical of live action though isn't it? im glad nick isn't involved either, otherwise it would def suck.

but ..anyway.. i think its gonna be fine.. people were worried that it wouldnt be fun but then we got the kids laughing and sokka making quips. so i think its gonna be a fun romp.

#atla #atla netflix #tho im no hardcore fan i joined in what 2021...#before i was just with my sib rping in like i dunno 2008.. so yeah not hardcore #but i was never that wy with dis either i was just sore caue they called the princesses weak and were trashing em #this is different ive seen respect for the original so im fine with it

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elffees · 2 years

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thoughts on the MK 2021 movie, MK9, and MKX

so after watching the movie, i dived into the actual games a little bit. ive read that its best for newcomers to start with 9 and work their way from there, so thats what i did.

ill start off by saying that the story really surprised me, especially in MK9. i know im setting myself up for failure by being invested in the lore of a fighting game, but it was actually pretty interesting. i mean, it was nothing revolutionary of course, but i still liked it.

MK9

i really liked the story of MK9, especially the writing behind Raiden and Liu Kang. original!Raiden only sent MK9!Raiden an extremely vague warning and he just had to make do. but there was tons of nuance to it because whenever he tried to do smthg differently, things always ended up the same or worse. Scorpion still killed Sub-Zero because of Quan Chi’s meddling, some of the characters still turned into cyborgs, and then by the end almost all of the good guys were dead.

i also liked the nuance of Liu Kang not necessarily being an antagonist, but just growing disillusioned with Raiden. Raiden kept talking about ~these visions~ that were guiding him, but things still kept turning out fucked. we, the audience, know hes not wrong, but Liu Kang doesnt know that, so him thinking Raiden has just lost it makes total sense. especially with his “we have to let the supervillain win” logic in the end. i genuinely think the only thing Raiden did wrong was accidentally kill Liu Kang in their fight. like it sucks that most of the previous good guys were dead, doomed to work as Quan Chi’s minions for all time, but at least Earthrealm was saved... right?

MK10

while i think MK9 had the most interesting story, i liked MK10 just as much for different reasons. the plot was everyone dealing with the aftermath of MK9, so i was glad for the continuity. the tension between Earthrealm and the new leader of Outworld Kotal Kahn; new kids on the street Cassie and her team wanting to join the fight; Scorpion/Hanzo and Kuai Liang making amends and Hanzo finally learning the truth about Quan Chi; Jax overcoming his trauma of being an ex-revenant; current revenant Liu Kang not necessarily liking his fate, but still holding a grudge against Raiden for killing him; etc. the plot of MKX overall felt like a well fleshed out premise. its really hard for such a short game to fit in so many moving pieces, but it did and it worked well. in my opinion anyway.

i think the one criticism i’d have would be the way Cassie Cage was handled. i know power scaling is virtually impossible in this series since characters defeat others based on what the plot needs rather than on actual power, but Cassie defeating superpowered Shinnock was just a little much, especially since we saw Sub-Zero sock the shit out of her only, what? days before?? maybe it wouldve been better if the New Kids™️ all worked together to take down superpowered Shinnock, now that i could see. but for rookie Cassie to do it all on her own... idk. like i was proud of her, just kinda confused lol.

but one other thing i really liked about MKX is the development of Dark Raiden. it makes complete sense that after the bs Earthrealm has had to deal with just in these two games alone, he’d be sick and tired. him not giving anymore fucks is very interesting and im curious to see what theyre going to do with it when i go into MK11.

tieing back to the movie

when i first watched the 2021 movie, i thought it was a decent turn-your-brain-off action flick. the graphics were well done, the acting was good, and i love Lewis Tan. i read that a lot of hardcore MK fans didnt like the character of Cole Young. “why did they introduce a new character??” i thought who cares? its a new medium so it made sense that strangers to the series (like me) would need a fill in. besides i had heard rumors that new characters got released practically every MK game so that complaint felt almost hypocritical if anything.

now that ive gotten into two of the games tho, while i still dont think creating a new character was a bad call, i do understand the criticism a little more. Cole is a descendant of Hanzo, but Hanzo’s entire schtick is that his whole family was killed by Quan Chi. like thats his main motivation for wanting revenge. thats his whole plot. by the movie pulling a “hidden baby in the floorboard” it feels a little... fanfiction-esque in terms of an origin story. i still liked Lewis’ performance tho and think they shouldve just went with making him an already established character (maybe Kenshi? idk), or still a new character but just not attached to the one guy who’s entire backstory is being the last of his line.

i do still think the movie was pretty good tho, especially for an adaptation. they changed some things, like i believe the human characters in the game just had supernatural powers from birth (im assuming??) meanwhile in the movie, they get them from the tattoo/scar a champion gets. thats a fine change imo.

conclusion

all in all, the series is better than i expected. i liked the story of MK9 and X, and i have yet to start 11. ppl said MK9 was a quick skim of all the previous games, and i think it did relatively well at not feeling rushed. everything made sense. the only time i was confused was trying to figure out which Sub-Zero was which between Bi Han and Kuai Liang, who became Noob and who became Cyber, and who the hell got resurrected in X (i know now it was Kuai. RIP Bi Han, i knew you for 5 seconds and you were a dick the entire time). my favorite characters lore wise probably have to be Kitana, Takeda, and Kung Jin, while my faves gameplay wise probably have to be Sonya in 9/Cassie in X, Nightwolf, and D’Vorah.

#lexi watches mortal kombat #long text post //#mortal kombat #no one really cares but whatever! maybe we just like to hear ourselves talk sometimes #babbles

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