Marvel's Shang-Chi Film in Development

*Prowler* · 12-12-2018, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Didn't we get to meet him in the Mortal Kombat comic from like 25 years ago?

No idea. I haven't read any MK comics in my life. Are those canon, though?

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Originally Posted by Sumac

Neither is protagonist though.
Scorp and Sub are like Ryu and Ken - they usually have very little to do with main story, but they are faces of their series.

His real name and real face have been revealed in his ending in MK1.
In MK comic he was already ninja specter and didn't play important role.

Ryu is definitely the protagonist of SF, though. And Ken is his best friend. Chun-Li would be the female protagonist.
An interesting case is that, Guile, is like the 3rd most iconic male fighter in the series but his role is not very big. Not to mention he skipped several games of the franchise. And he's only there because Charlie Nash went missing and someone had to go search for him. But who cares about SF's "story", anyway? It's hardly consistent and the main focus of the game is the gameplay.

And even if Scorpion and Sub-Zero aren't the protagonists of MK, they're definitely the faces and the most recognisable characters, so they might as well be protagonists.

One thing people forget is that Johnny Cage is technically the closest character to being a protagonist after Liu Kang.

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Originally Posted by Leo656

I don't think any of the comics are canon, anyway. Same with Street Fighter. There's been too many and they all contradict each other, and the games, to a serious degree.

The best was the original Street Fighter II comic, which was so bad Capcom pulled the plug after like three issues, and issued a statement within the pages of the book itself, essentially saying "Sorry this was crappy."

I wanna say it was by Malibu, but I could be wrong.

The only Street Fighter related thing I've truly enjoyed that wasn't video game related was the Street Fighter II animated movie. That movie is great, seriously. I know you've watched it as did other people here, but I can't stress it enough.