Art Lean
Kombatant
Ok, so for the longest time, Larry Kasanoff's Mortal Kombat televised franchise existed in its own world. The only time it truly seemed to be a unison of vision was when Quan Chi debuted in Defenders of the Realm a year before MK Mythologies and 2 years before MK4 (I'm actually kind of curious as to the background of all of this? Did Tobias insist they put him in the show as a preview, or was he created by the TV show and put into the games? I find the latter VERY hard to believe). Especially since I understand a lawsuit took place with old Larry trying to claim ownership of the whole actual intellectual property away from the games; claiming his films, cartoons and TV show developed the franchise beyond the "limits" of the game and that he was responsible for making Mortal Kombat the success it became:
There were a few hints in the last few games eluding to crossovers, such as "don't you owe me a pair of sunglasses?", but MK11 feels like the first time the game series really fully embraced Threshold's "extended universe" as one and the same. We got Cary back as Shang for the third time (after MK 95 and Legacy) including his actual costume from the film as a skin, we have Kano at Goro's dining table in the krypt, Scorpion's movie living spear as a Kollector trade, the MK11 trailer at last featuring the classic "Techno Syndrome" MK theme widely used in the movie (though pre-dated it), the movie Reptile's statue, the officially released French TV ad that had Christopher Lambert advertising MK11:
...And although Larry's Threshold kingdom has seemingly collapsed, it's finally entered beloved nostalgia rather than "that's the TV stuff THAT guy made, vs THIS is REAL MK".
So if you could have 10 things, be it gear, characters or skins, directly from the Threshold Entertainment world of televised Mortal Kombat (MK The Movie, The Journey Begins, Annihilation, Defenders of the Realm, Conquest and Federation of Martial Arts) as future DLC, bearing in mind they seemingly created Johnny and Sonya being a couple, gave us Cary's Shang Tsung which is clearly so beloved it's transcended three different MK universes, Liu and Kitana being a couple, potentially influenced the Kytinn with the Kreyans, I'd say influenced MK11 Jade with Qali, possibly influenced Master Bo Rai Cho with Master Cho, the Black Dragon Fight Club looking like a clear tribute to the opening scene with Sonya... is there anything you'd like directly put into the game from the Threshold universe?
For me -
1) Scorpion's living spear complete with its screams. It was kind of stupid in the movie but after 2 movies and tv series and actually seeing a screen grab of it as the Kollector trade, I'd actually love it in the game for the "memberberries".
2) Sub Zero's 95 mask.
3) Scorpion's 95 mask (admittedly the Conquest version is a cheap and nasty replica, but will consider them the same mask)
4) A Conquest skin for Shao Kahn, still to this day think it was his best look and persona - that skull plate strapped to his face looked amazing.
5) The plain leather costumes for the Ninjas from the MK95 movie and Conquest. Simple yet wonderfully perfect.
6) Kitana's black leather outfit and hairstyle from the two movies.
7) Kano's Raptor Knife from the movie; they officially released that as a collectable, let us use it in the game! https://blademag.com/tv-and-movie-knives/mortal-kombat-knife
8) Johnny Cage in his "smart casual" dark teal shirt and suit pants from MK95 and MKA. He doesn't need to be full army, tournament or out for a Hollywood premier night, please give us just his smart casual look.
9) A long grey-haired Raiden as we saw in the movies and Conquest. Give us a break from the hat!
10) An intro for Kitana and Sindel that actually says "mother, you're alive?" - "Too bad... YOU... will die!" Well they actually named a variant for Sindel that, so why didn't they actually use the (awful) dialogue, it'd be gloriously hilarious haha!
There were a few hints in the last few games eluding to crossovers, such as "don't you owe me a pair of sunglasses?", but MK11 feels like the first time the game series really fully embraced Threshold's "extended universe" as one and the same. We got Cary back as Shang for the third time (after MK 95 and Legacy) including his actual costume from the film as a skin, we have Kano at Goro's dining table in the krypt, Scorpion's movie living spear as a Kollector trade, the MK11 trailer at last featuring the classic "Techno Syndrome" MK theme widely used in the movie (though pre-dated it), the movie Reptile's statue, the officially released French TV ad that had Christopher Lambert advertising MK11:
So if you could have 10 things, be it gear, characters or skins, directly from the Threshold Entertainment world of televised Mortal Kombat (MK The Movie, The Journey Begins, Annihilation, Defenders of the Realm, Conquest and Federation of Martial Arts) as future DLC, bearing in mind they seemingly created Johnny and Sonya being a couple, gave us Cary's Shang Tsung which is clearly so beloved it's transcended three different MK universes, Liu and Kitana being a couple, potentially influenced the Kytinn with the Kreyans, I'd say influenced MK11 Jade with Qali, possibly influenced Master Bo Rai Cho with Master Cho, the Black Dragon Fight Club looking like a clear tribute to the opening scene with Sonya... is there anything you'd like directly put into the game from the Threshold universe?
For me -
1) Scorpion's living spear complete with its screams. It was kind of stupid in the movie but after 2 movies and tv series and actually seeing a screen grab of it as the Kollector trade, I'd actually love it in the game for the "memberberries".
2) Sub Zero's 95 mask.
3) Scorpion's 95 mask (admittedly the Conquest version is a cheap and nasty replica, but will consider them the same mask)
4) A Conquest skin for Shao Kahn, still to this day think it was his best look and persona - that skull plate strapped to his face looked amazing.
5) The plain leather costumes for the Ninjas from the MK95 movie and Conquest. Simple yet wonderfully perfect.
6) Kitana's black leather outfit and hairstyle from the two movies.
7) Kano's Raptor Knife from the movie; they officially released that as a collectable, let us use it in the game! https://blademag.com/tv-and-movie-knives/mortal-kombat-knife
8) Johnny Cage in his "smart casual" dark teal shirt and suit pants from MK95 and MKA. He doesn't need to be full army, tournament or out for a Hollywood premier night, please give us just his smart casual look.
9) A long grey-haired Raiden as we saw in the movies and Conquest. Give us a break from the hat!
10) An intro for Kitana and Sindel that actually says "mother, you're alive?" - "Too bad... YOU... will die!" Well they actually named a variant for Sindel that, so why didn't they actually use the (awful) dialogue, it'd be gloriously hilarious haha!
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