Mortal Kombat Trailer Finally Explains Why Scorpion Hates Sub-Zero

[Greg Tito]

Mortal Kombat Trailer Finally Explains Why Scorpion Hates Sub-Zero

The most recent trailer for the reboot of Mortal Kombat explains why Scorpion hates Sub-Zero's guts, but it's pretty standard revenge stuff.

You might think that there is some huge reveal to the recent trailer from NetherRealm Studios about their upcoming Mortal Kombat. I mean, the game is a retelling of the first three MK games after the thunder-god Raiden sends a message back to his former self. We will finally understand why Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Lizard all look similarly and why the undead Scorpion has it out for his blue counterpart. But really, it's just because Sub-Zero killed Scorpion and his family. Sorry, that's all the writers could come up with for this one. Dead family, revenge - ho-hum.


Perhaps I'm being wrongfully hard on the designers, but I think that I'm bound to be underwhelmed after seeing the awesome fan-made Mortal Kombat trailer [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101195-Mystery-Mortal-Kombat-Trailer-Will-Blow-You-Away]. If the remnants of Midway haven't hired the guys who made that short film to write and create the cinematics for the new game, then the powers-that-be are doing the gaming world a great disservice.

Then again, maybe the filmmakers behind that film are working on a Mortal Kombat movie that doesn't suck. That would be OK, too, I guess.

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[Kapol]

I thought that the fact Sub-Zero killed Scorpion family was already known? Wasn't it mentioned in one of the movies, or am I mistaken? In any case, revenge is always a good enough reason to do that kind of thing to someone in my book. Though I wonder why Sub-Zero killed them all...

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

That isn't a reveal. The Revenge angle has been in place since the 90's

 

[kibayasu]

It always was a standard revenge story.


Also, my MK is incredibly rusty, but isn't it Reptile? Or is there a character named Lizard?

 

[WrongSprite]

I swear my SNES game told me that...

 

[God Worm]

Yeah...Scorpion's backstory isn't anything new, it just might not have been presented too well. I haven't played the multitude of old MK games, but most of the important story business can be skimmed off of Wikipedia.

 

[UberMore]

There is a lot more detail to this well-known revenge story, but you have to read a lot to find it out...Wiki helps!

 

[Dr_Pie]

I thought that the fact Sub-Zero killed Scorpion family was already known? Wasn't it mentioned in one of the movies, or am I mistaken? In any case, revenge is always a good enough reason to do that kind of thing to someone in my book. Though I wonder why Sub-Zero killed them all...

I assume Sub-Zero is of a rival clan, and went to kill all those who were a part of Scorpion's clan.

 

[Dogstile]

What I don't understand is why Scorpion is always made out to be superior. They're equal, if not Sub-Zero always seems to have a better move set.

 

[Mister Benoit]

I thought that the fact Sub-Zero killed Scorpion family was already known? Wasn't it mentioned in one of the movies, or am I mistaken? In any case, revenge is always a good enough reason to do that kind of thing to someone in my book. Though I wonder why Sub-Zero killed them all...

I assume Sub-Zero is of a rival clan, and went to kill all those who were a part of Scorpion's clan.

They didn't agree on shirt color. One clan had to go.

 

[camazotz]

Although I loved the fan-made MK "What If" movie trailer, it really wasn't Mortal Kombat....just something that borrowed some loose themes from the real thing. That guy would definitely make a good MK movie though....but if it was missing the weird Outworld mysticism and supernatural stuff it wouldn't feel right.

And yeah, I've known about Scorpion/Su-Zeroe's back stories for ages, no big reveal here....

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Old news...

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

I thought that the fact Sub-Zero killed Scorpion family was already known? Wasn't it mentioned in one of the movies, or am I mistaken?

I would swear sideways that it was actually shown in the first arcade game. They had little pop-up biographies of each character that would show up between the sample fights.

Unless I'm confusing it with a different game, of course. That's entirely possible. They all blend toegher after a while.

 

[comadorcrack]

Also Bruce Willis is a ghost!

 

[Kimarous]

In other news, Darth Vader is Luke's father, Snape kills Dumbledore, and Rosebud was a sled.

 

[Kapol]

I thought that the fact Sub-Zero killed Scorpion family was already known? Wasn't it mentioned in one of the movies, or am I mistaken? In any case, revenge is always a good enough reason to do that kind of thing to someone in my book. Though I wonder why Sub-Zero killed them all...

I assume Sub-Zero is of a rival clan, and went to kill all those who were a part of Scorpion's clan.

Well, here's my problem with that, if Sub-Zero could kill an entire clan by himself, then wouldn't his clan have defeated Scorpion's clan a long time ago? I mean, I know Sub-Zero is powerful, but taking down an entire clan isn't easy... maybe I'm just overthinking it, but it just seems a bit too awkward to me.

 

[The Great JT]

Anyone who paid attention to Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (I know, it's hard to pay attention to that conjumbled mess) would know this.

 

[Mcface]

Mortal Kombat Trailer Finally Explains Why Scorpion Hates Sub-Zero

The most recent trailer for the reboot of Mortal Kombat explains why Scorpion hates Sub-Zero's guts, but it's pretty standard revenge stuff.

You might think that there is some huge reveal to the recent trailer from NetherRealm Studios about their upcoming Mortal Kombat. I mean, the game is a retelling of the first three MK games after the thunder-god Raiden sends a message back to his former self. We will finally understand why Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Lizard all look similarly and why the undead Scorpion has it out for his blue counterpart. But really, it's just because Sub-Zero killed Scorpion and his family. Sorry, that's all the writers could come up with for this one. Dead family, revenge - ho-hum.


Perhaps I'm being wrongfully hard on the designers, but I think that I'm bound to be underwhelmed after seeing the awesome fan-made Mortal Kombat trailer [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101195-Mystery-Mortal-Kombat-Trailer-Will-Blow-You-Away]. If the remnants of Midway haven't hired the guys who made that short film to write and create the cinematics for the new game, then the powers-that-be are doing the gaming world a great disservice.

Then again, maybe the filmmakers behind that film are working on a Mortal Kombat movie that doesn't suck. That would be OK, too, I guess.

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Uh.. this has been known since the 90s

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

...That's it?

It almost looks like an intentionally bad youtube video using gameplay footage and the creator's own voice.