this is how they should do it.

johnny cage
kano
kitana
rayden
liu kang
chow kang / liu kang's brother
reptile
scorpion
sub-zero
sonya
jax
goro
shang tsung

this is from the mortal kombat's first movie.

1. Goro
2. Jackson Briggs
3. Johnny Cage
4. Kano
5. Liu Kang
6. Rayden
7. Reptile
8. Scorpion
9. Shang Tsung
10. Sonya Blade
11. Sub Zero
12. Rokuro
13. Curtis Stryker (Jax)
14. Michael Grimm (Cage)
15. Minamoto Yoshi-tsune (L Kang)
16. Red Sonya / Ruby (palette / test)
17. Tundra (s zero)
18. Ermac
19. Jean Claude

Here’s 19 characters based on existing ideas at MK’s conception. What do I mean?

Jax, as Curtis, was supposed to be in MK1.
Michael, Minamoto, Tundra were renamed Johnny, Liu and Sub Zero.
Rokuro was a barbarian who was cut due to memory space.
Aside from the ninjas, Sonya’ red and green outfits were they only other palette swaps.
Ruby was the last level in Test Your Might.
Ermac inserted himself into the game.
MK was originally the Van Damme project.
Shang Tsung was supposed to use his sword to decapitate fallen foes.

With an MK reboot, the development of these characters should be a new direction

Why would Liu's brother be in it? He is dead according to the biography from the first MK1 booklet.

No.

Yes. A MK reboot is entirely needed. It's the direction I am praying they go.

I hate Liu Kang, why the fuck should I want another turkey ?I mean wtf ?2 liu kangs ?You suck dude.