HBO MaxMortal Kombat: Legacy (2011–2013)
Bias Rating
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Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.6
Overview
The first season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy is a prequel to the original game, explaining the background stories of several characters from the series and demonstrating their reasons for participating in the upcoming tenth...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Prime Video
Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
FemPower: Yes
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
The first season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy is a prequel to the original game, explaining the background stories of several characters from the series and demonstrating their reasons for participating in the upcoming tenth...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HBO MaxPrime VideoApple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Left
Primary
The series is primarily an apolitical action-fantasy narrative centered on good versus evil, individual character origins, and martial arts, without promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies.
The movie features a visibly diverse cast that largely aligns with the established characters from its source material, without explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative primarily focuses on action and character development, and does not critically portray traditional identities or center around explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The show features Skarlet, who uses her martial arts and blood-enhanced blades to defeat the male swordsman Kenshi in direct physical combat, demonstrating superior combat prowess.
The series features multiple race swaps. Scorpion, canonically Japanese, is portrayed by a White actor. Raiden, typically depicted as East Asian-coded in human form, is also played by a White actor. Kenshi, canonically Japanese, is also portrayed by a White actor.
The web series "Mortal Kombat: Legacy" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses exclusively on the origin stories and combat encounters of its diverse cast of fighters within the established Mortal Kombat universe, without incorporating queer identities or storylines.
The show adapts characters from the Mortal Kombat video game series. All major characters, such as Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya Blade, and Johnny Cage, retain their established genders from the source material. No instances of gender swapping were identified.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.3
6.9
Critic Ratings
8.6
N/A
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