Mortal Kombat... Remember that??? Who was your favorite...

[Ice fyre]

That sounds fun Lucien. Umm as to Scorpion in the original arcade game I'm sure it was GET OVER HERE. The TV series was indeed a live action affair which i think got canned in the first season.

 

[CharleneHaines]

That sounds fun Lucien. Umm as to Scorpion in the original arcade game I'm sure it was GET OVER HERE. The TV series was indeed a live action affair which i think got canned in the first season.

Hahahahahahahaha, I am sorry to have missed the oppurtunity to watch it.

All I can say is... at least they tried.

 

[CharleneHaines]

How about this for a laugh.

Gametrailers.com - Mortal Kombat VS. DC Universe - Midway Gamers' Day 08: Announcement Trailer

Mortal Kombat Vs DC

No fatalities because you can't be seen to kill Batman etc.

Hahahahaha, for real! That's a nice concept... but...

 

[devilsgrin]

the TV series had its moments, and certainly had potential... it was basically all about Kung Lao and Shang Tsung. With appearances from MANY of the favourites. Raiden was in it a lot as Kung Lao's guide/mentor. Kitana, Mileena, of course Shao Khan, Reptile, Sub-Zero and Scorpion (who was in the show already Shang Tsung's slave) all makes appearances. Kristanna Loken - the Terminatrix - started out in this series.
There was also an animated series... it lasted a season or two... was acceptable for a Saturday morning cartoon.

Mortal Kombat remains my absolute favourite fighting game series - i have owned or do own every game released for the major consoles... MK all the way through to MK 7 (Armageddon).
Favourite character from the original - Raiden.
But from MK2 onwards its been Mileena all the way. all because of her MK2 fatality where she sucks the foe in through her freaky mouth, then spits them out as chunks. - oh and of course being a super-fast fighter with easy to pull-off special moves that are difficult for opponents to block effectively.
Honourable mentions to Kitana, Sub-Zero, Scorpion, MK4 Reptile (he's out of the ninja-clone uniform in this one) Sindel (in 3/trilogy where she could fly at least), Rain and Tanya ( i love treacherous characters like her) - Winning MK 4 with Tanya was by far the coolest (***SPOILER - she tricks Liu Kang into attacking the god Shinnok - who blasts him into pieces. "Don't You Get it Liu Kang, this is a trap.... mwahahaha" ***).

From a story perspective i really like the Sonya/Kano thing. And the rumoured geneologies of several of the characters... the rumour that Kitana is Raiden's mother, that Mileena really was Kitana's twin sister in spite of what we're told about Mileena's origins - and then ending up Queen of the Mutants alongside Baraka.

 

[Quokka]

Just on Scorpion's catch cry, you're right in MK it is Get Over Here but it just didn't sound right to me so I had a look on youtube and it's MK2 when it becomes Come Here (at least in some versions?). I'd forgotten how much I had played that one, Lui Kang's new bicycle kick was fun but I think Reptile and Baraka were my favourites.

 

[CharleneHaines]

From a story perspective i really like the Sonya/Kano thing. And the rumoured geneologies of several of the characters... the rumour that Kitana is Raiden's mother, that Mileena really was Kitana's twin sister in spite of what we're told about Mileena's origins - and then ending up Queen of the Mutants alongside Baraka.

Ha... I thought Mileena was a mutant creature that was "built" to imitate Kitana's twin sister... wow...

(It's just like X-MEN where Mystique was Nightcrawler's mother...)
Had to think a little on that one, haha!

 

[devilsgrin]

mystique and nightcrawler always made sense to me... it was Magneto and Polaris that wierded me out the most... first she wasn't Mag's daughter, then now she is? WTF?

Yeah Mileena was always a character whose origin interested me alot. And yep, initially we were told that she was created from the body of a mutant (tarkatan) woman to resemble Kitana and was implanted as her sister in Kitana's memories and other's by Shang Tsung and the Shadow Priests.
However, later tales have had this creation information exposed, and Kitana reveals that Mileena really is her sister - though they're much estranged since Mileena is thoroughly evil, and Kitana is a nice almost anti-hero good guy. i believe its in Deception or Armageddon where the 'truth' is revealled... can't recall exactly.
A character who i also liked, story-wise, was Quan Chi - i love that he's more powerful than Shang Tsung, that they absolutely hate eachother, and have this eons old enmity. And that Scorpion, Kung Lao and Sub-Zero (the original - not the brother/son) all feature strongly.