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[RustyNails]

Here's the fight in question

I never got over the unfair treatment Sub-Zero received in MK. Liu Kang is a cheater, and unfairly took Rayden and Kitana's help to defeat Sub Zero. The bucket you see there on the ground was strategically placed by master cheater Rayden prior to the fight. But since Liu Kang is a dumbshit and couldn't figure out why it's there, Kitana has to show up and magically whisper in his head what to use. This is why the fight is just a minute long, and not 10 minutes of awesome like Johnny Cage vs Scorpion. Good guys my ass.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Bakes good pies tho

 

[Yagharek]

He didn't have fireballs yet. Legit tactics.

 

[FeenixRising]

Bakes good pies tho

I thought he frequents Starbucks

 

[Subpar Spatula]

To be fair you have to cheat to beat some of these guys. Johnny Cage punches Gordo in the balls and tosses him off a ledge, not much martial arts there.

What do you do against a person who freezes you on contact? There's really nothing you can do. They tried to ground these fighters so naturally some are more broken than others. Do you think Kano had any realistic chance of winning?

 

[jmood88]

God, that fight was awful.

 

[Salsa]

not really cause it means sub-zero can't be defeated without cheating which is okay in my book cause sub zero rulezzz

 

[Shaanyboi]

He only used the element which brings life... Totally legit.

Stage Fatalities are totally by the rules.

 

[Replicant]

Mortal Kombat Konfessions:

I always like Johnny Cage more than Liu Kang as far male protagonist is concerned.

 

[Reset]

Sub-Zero was using his Ice powers. He was the cheater, Liu Kang didn't have any special powers at that time!

Mortal Kombat Konfessions:

I always like Johnny Cage more than Liu Kang as far male protagonist is concerned.

Everyone likes Johnny Cage more than Liu Kang.

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

Legendary.

Mortal Kombat Movie hinting at stage interactables in MKX 20 years ago

#GAMECHANGER

 

[Parallax]

rather than die by a dude with ridiculous ice powers? he made the right call. and wasnt he remembering what she had told him?

 

[DrSlek]

God, that fight was awful.

It's no Reptile v. Liu Kang.

 

[- J - D -]

Sub Zero probably should've learned to charge his ice attack during the fall from a jump. #chargecharactermistakes

 

[Sanjuro]

Johnny Cage was the only likable character in this film.

...outside Raiden of course. HEEEEEheeeheeeeeee

 

[aly]

But I mean Sub-zero has ice powers. What else could he do?

Mortal Kombat Konfessions:

I always like Johnny Cage more than Liu Kang as far male protagonist is concerned.

Doesn't everyone like Johnny Cage more?

 

[Shaanyboi]

Legendary.

Mortal Kombat Movie hinting at stage interactables in MKX 20 years ago

#GAMECHANGER

Mortal Kombat had stage interactables long before MKX. YOUR POST AMOUNTS TO NOTHING!

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Eh. Regular man vs guy who shoots ice from his hands. You gotta even the odds.

 

[MHWilliams]

Mortal Kombat Konfessions:

I always like Johnny Cage more than Liu Kang as far male protagonist is concerned.

Look man, Sub-Zero was cheesing with his damn turtling special move, Liu Kang just used the stage attacks against him.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Who gives a shit about someone cheating in a life or death fight?!

 

[Sanjuro]

Liu Kang let his brother die, because he was a pathetic loser.

 

[Christopher]

Sub zero is cheating to begin with.

He got his ass handed to him hand to hand and when he failed he tried to cheat and Liu outsmarteded him how do you find this cheating?

finish this thread.

 

[Salsa]

liu king is absolute shit in the movie tho, yeah

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

I think what Raiden and Kitana were trying to stress to Liu Kang and Cage was that Mortal Kombat is ECW rules. So yeah, maybe your opponent can transform into anyone, but hey, you can beat him to death with a baseball bat or powerbomb him through a table if you can get your hands on one. It's all very spiritual.

 

[MisterHero]

Water isn't a weapon though. It is the element which BRINGS life.

SEE?

 

[cdyhybrid]

No foul.

Sub Zero just needs to hold that L.

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

Mortal Kombat had stage interactables long before MKX. YOUR POST AMOUNTS TO NOTHING!

Do shoddy random floating warhammers and transistions count as stage interactables?

Spoiler

They probably do

 

[Order]

Mortal Kombat Konfessions:

I always like Johnny Cage more than Liu Kang as far male protagonist is concerned.

Johny Cage is the coolest, yeah.

 

[Siyou]

Well, if Sub-Zero was a better janitor and didn't leave the dirty mop bucket laying around he wouldn't have been iced from his job.

 

[IndoAssassin]

Sub Zero and Scorpion got lame treatment in the movie. I thought they were enemies, how are they fighting together?

The reptile vs liu kang fight was dope though.

 

[Shining Sunshine]

What a cheater.

 

[TomcatTheLion]

Who fights "fair" in a battle of life or death to begin with?

Also Liu was still a regular guy at this point and already handed Sub-Zero's ass to him in hand-to-hand combat. If anything Sub-Zero was a dumbass for standing there and watching the water come at him.

 

[>:)]

Liu had a bucket of water, and Sub had a goddamn Ice Force Field. Fair

 

[Werewolf Jones]

When he swings the pale around knocking it over there's like no water left to begin with yet there was enough to make a huge icicle to impale Sub-Zero. What?

 

[MisterHero]

Sub Zero and Scorpion got lame treatment in the movie. I thought they were enemies, how are they fighting together?

The reptile vs liu kang fight was dope though.

Shang Tsung was controlling them

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Sub Zero and Scorpion got lame treatment in the movie. I thought they were enemies, how are they fighting together?

The reptile vs liu kang fight was dope though.

It's the worst.

And it was explained in the movie that they are enemies, but enslaved by Shang Tsung's power.

 

[Henchmen21]

It's no Reptile v. Liu Kang.

Don't remind me. Reptile is one of my favs and he got shafted.

 

[Manu]

Not at all. What bothered me is that suddenly Sub-Zero takes a minute to charge his ice attack when he could do it almost instantly up to that point.

 

[MathUser]

Shang Tsung lets them fight cheap. He even let Kano bring his knife to a fist fight.

 

[Caribou]

Nope, I haven't lost sleep over it.

 

[adj_noun]

I was more annoyed by Sub-Zero/Scorpion.

Still stings after all these years.

 

[flaxknuckles]

To be fair you have to cheat to beat some of these guys. Johnny Cage punches Gordo in the balls and tosses him off a ledge, not much martial arts there.

What do you do against a person who freezes you on contact? There's really nothing you can do. They tried to ground these fighters so naturally some are more broken than others. Do you think Kano had any realistic chance of winning?

the fuck

 

[MisterHero]

Hey guys remember Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins? Look how far 3D rendering has come!

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

OP I feel like people like you are the reason this shit is so prevalent in anime/manga

Not at all. What bothered me is that suddenly Sub-Zero takes a minute to charge his ice attack when he could do it almost instantly up to that point.

He got too caught up in the hype BGM

 

[MHWilliams]

OP I feel like people like you are the reason this shit is so prevalent in anime/manga

Yes it is.

Overkill is the best kill.

 

[dark_chris]

Hey guys remember Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins? Look how far 3D rendering has come!

When I was a kid, i didn't care how this looked. It was awesome! =)

 

[Professor Beef]

Liu just threw a bucket of water at him. Not his fault that it turned to ice. *shrug*

 

[BreezyLimbo]

raiden did NOTHING wrong

 

[Aske]

Shang Tsung lets them fight cheap. He even let Kano bring his knife to a fist fight.

'ALLO BAIBY. OI'VE STUDIED AWL YOR MOOVES.

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

I was more annoyed that Scorpion and Sub Zero were reduced to random mooks that Shang Tsung controlled.