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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 12, 2022 7:52:53 GMT -5
Plus if Karin is coming back for SF6 I want another rekka based character to counteract her. I like Karin’s lore, but I always lose to her and I suck playing with her.
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Post by Malcolm on May 12, 2022 10:01:33 GMT -5
I thought something about the whole thing smelled fishing.
Still, I was willing to respect their choice if it was true, regardless.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 12, 2022 11:51:26 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm more annoyed about the guy basically losing a gig because bad faith reporters tried to act like he was the source of something and they asked Namco Bandai about it. Yeah, especially if he was truly blacklisted... since other companies could look at that and decide to talk to someone else.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on May 12, 2022 14:19:38 GMT -5
Liu Kang's become distinct enough where I don't think it will become an issue. I mean, even if this wasn’t bs who could complain that your relative is being compared to the God of Fire and Thunder? It’s not like the character still is the Lord of the Netherworld. Besides, is every vaguely Asian martial artist character supposed to be a rip off of Lee? It’s not like Lee didn’t play a bunch of archetypal characters. That was a character trope long before he had a career. It’s merely the settings and the particular brand of violence that was different.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 12, 2022 14:23:47 GMT -5
Sorry to the OP, but this needed to be edited for accuracy.
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Post by Spider2024 on May 12, 2022 14:32:54 GMT -5
Damn, Daniel.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 12, 2022 14:42:51 GMT -5
Liu Kang's become distinct enough where I don't think it will become an issue. I mean, even if this wasn’t bs who could complain that your relative is being compared to the God of Fire and Thunder? It’s not like the character still is the Lord of the Netherworld. Besides, is every vaguely Asian martial artist character supposed to be a rip off of Lee? It’s not like Lee didn’t play a bunch of archetypal characters. That was a character trope long before he had a career. It’s merely the settings and the particular brand of violence that was different. Liu Kang was absolutely meant to be a rip off of Bruce Lee in the original game... look at his original design... black pants the kinda bowl cut... and most importantly all the loud calls with his punches is like ripped right out of Bruce's movies... Tobias doesn't even deny it. (Originally he was going to be a bald buddhist monk but they changed him to be more Bruce Lee further on) also Bruce being the Dragon and all that stuff... and Liu Kang literally turning into dragons...
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Post by CMWaters on May 12, 2022 16:50:39 GMT -5
also Bruce being the Dragon and all that stuff... and Liu Kang literally turning into dragons... Though I don't think Bruce ever bit anyone in half after turning into a giant dragon. Then again, I haven't seen all his work.
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Post by cosmo on May 12, 2022 18:17:56 GMT -5
also Bruce being the Dragon and all that stuff... and Liu Kang literally turning into dragons... Though I don't think Bruce ever bit anyone in half after turning into a giant dragon. Then again, I haven't seen all his work.
He could've in one of those "Bruceploitation" movies that came out after he died. I don't know for sure, I haven't seen them all.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on May 13, 2022 0:07:13 GMT -5
I should have known now seeing NintendoLife as the source. Modern yellow journalism at work.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 17:50:37 GMT -5
I mean, even if this wasn’t bs who could complain that your relative is being compared to the God of Fire and Thunder? It’s not like the character still is the Lord of the Netherworld. Besides, is every vaguely Asian martial artist character supposed to be a rip off of Lee? It’s not like Lee didn’t play a bunch of archetypal characters. That was a character trope long before he had a career. It’s merely the settings and the particular brand of violence that was different. Liu Kang was absolutely meant to be a rip off of Bruce Lee in the original game... look at his original design... black pants the kinda bowl cut... and most importantly all the loud calls with his punches is like ripped right out of Bruce's movies... Tobias doesn't even deny it. (Originally he was going to be a bald buddhist monk but they changed him to be more Bruce Lee further on) also Bruce being the Dragon and all that stuff... and Liu Kang literally turning into dragons... Almost everyone in the original mortal kombat is a rip off of something. Liu Kang is Bruce Lee, Johnny Cage is Jean Claude Van Damme, Raiden and Shang Tsung are based on characters from Big Trouble In Little China. Also Nintendo life is shit site as well.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 13, 2022 18:20:32 GMT -5
Liu Kang was absolutely meant to be a rip off of Bruce Lee in the original game... look at his original design... black pants the kinda bowl cut... and most importantly all the loud calls with his punches is like ripped right out of Bruce's movies... Tobias doesn't even deny it. (Originally he was going to be a bald buddhist monk but they changed him to be more Bruce Lee further on) also Bruce being the Dragon and all that stuff... and Liu Kang literally turning into dragons... Almost everyone in the original mortal kombat is a rip off of something. Liu Kang is Bruce Lee, Johnny Cage is Jean Claude Van Damme, Raiden and Shang Tsung are based on characters from Big Trouble In Little China. Also Nintendo life is shit site as well. Sonya is cynthia rothrock
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Post by Mozenrath on May 13, 2022 18:26:24 GMT -5
Jax is basically Billy Blanks, isn't he? He was going to be in the first game before they decided to use Sonya instead. I do know Dee Jay from Street Fighter 2 is based specifically on Blanks, despite not looking much at all like him.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 18:34:17 GMT -5
Jax is basically Billy Blanks, isn't he? He was going to be in the first game before they decided to use Sonya instead. I do know Dee Jay from Street Fighter 2 is based specifically on Blanks, despite not looking much at all like him. Jax is based on Steve James. Mortal kombat borrow alot from the martial arts movies of the 80s.
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Post by Hypnosis on May 14, 2022 21:48:08 GMT -5
I should have known now seeing NintendoLife as the source. Modern yellow journalism at work. NintendoGetALife.
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