[En Sabah Nerd]

Man, Goro doesn't get any respect in either movie. This four armed dragon guy was the ultimate quarter draining, pain-in-the-ass boss in '92 but both movies do him dirty. The '95 version did a decent job hyping him up as the long-running champion who is really proficient at throwing people down on the rock floor and entering fights with big wrestler energy but then he doesn't actually do anything. Even when he beats Johnny's pal he mostly just stands there and kind of flails his arms when he needs to punch. I know, technological limitations of the time and what not, that the suit was very limiting but to then just be like "okay Johnny punches him in the groin once and then he slips off a cliff and dies, the end" doesn't give off boss fight vibes. Then in 2021 he is no longer the champion-to-beat but is instead just another of the evil henchman, evidently Sub-Zero totally outranks this guy in Shang-Tsung's posse. They keep the part where he's still royalty among his people but that seems to be where his special qualities ends. At least now, with decent modern CG, Goro actually gets to move and fight in a more dynamic manner. Oh wait, never mind, he was just the bad guy needed to make the hero character earn his power-up and activate literal plot-armor so he could suddenly kill Goro with ease. At least he looks pretty good in both movies.