Look, anyone expecting this movie to be bad or some kind of letdown are probably just hung up on the fact that:
A) it took really long for this movie finally to be released - i.e. high expectations
B) didn't get anything until January / February in terms of footage - NRS marketing PTSD
C) Johnny Cage is not in it and some characters look bad - fear of inaccuracy
D) the Annihilation PTSD - self explanatory
E) the nostalgia of 95 movie - flawless victory, or was it?
F) Cole Young - new character
It's probably a combination of these and while I get it, none of this should stop you from enjoying the movie. Given the budget, it looks pretty damn good. It focuses on Scorpion and Sub-Zero, so no need to even compare it too much to the 95 movie. No Johnny but Young, oh no what are we going to do? We got Art Lean in the original and Liu Kang fought a random dude. From the trailer it looks like all fights will be MK characters so what is really the issue? That we didn't get a character who's a Hollywood reject actor with green magic, boohoo...there's plenty of comedic relief and they have big plans for him in the 2nd movie so..
Mileena doesn't really look Tarkatan, Reiko looks dumb, Goro looks like a ninja turtle and Reptile like a 90s ninja turtle movie reject. Does this bother me, of course it does, but what about Goro in the original, Scorpion and Sub-Zero with the lame ass costumes, Kitana just a woman with nothing to really characterize her as such. Or a white actor cast as Raiden? Sure we all love it now, but had it been released in this day and age, we would've raised hell over that. The original was not without its flaws either and where it might fail in character's accurate portrayal, it more than makes up for it in other areas. Look at the action scenes, the blood, the fire dragon etc.
All the trailers look hype AF and I'm sure even non-MK fans are agreeing. Now reviews have come out that it's going to be good so there's literally zero reasons to go into this with any negativity. Skepticism is good, think it's bad and be pleasantly surprised, but to feel before you've seen it you won't like it because some characters look off or it doesn't have Johnny is just silly. I am worried a lot of villains will just be fodder, even Goro who they've claimed has an important part in the story, and easily killed. I am also worried it won't have the right feel to it with the lack of magical, non-earth like environments and that the lore takes a backseat to the fighting and gore. Still, at least it looks good, it is different and it's here!
