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There were things that didn't make any sense in the Kung Fu Panda 2

posted 8 years ago by Leasebergfladstad
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*It does not make any sense why Shen was evil, it show first he would make weapons with fireworks gunpower because he wanted to conqure China. But how can he become evil by being interested to make weapons with fireworks gunpowder and why he wanted to conqure China that had nothing to do with him and not only his own kingdom Gongmen City. Shen would at least get his will to rule over Gongmen City since he was at least a prince and the only heir after his parents to rule over Gongmen City, usually princes and princesses are power hungry because of jealousy if they have an older siblings who are the heirs to the thrones and will only rule over their own kingdom instead of entire country or world that have nothing to with them.

*Why would Shen make an end of kung fu when it had nothing to do with his backstory? Shen's main objective was to conqured China and he was even a kung fu warrior.

*Shen created a cannon that would make an end of kung fu, but it's not only kung fu it should make an end of if there is anything else that are as powerful or more powerful than kung fu. Are not kung fu warriors smarter, too quick and has high strength to destroy the cannons? Tai Lung would likely be capable of handling attacks from Shen, Tai Lung was shown to be cunning and swift enough to avoid firing weapons and was able to defeat the Anvil of Heaven, the Furious Five and Shifu on his own. Shen must at least have kung fu skills and learn his wolf army kung fu to defeat kung fu warriors and could study and develope a dark and stronger kung fu style to make an and of other kung fu styles. Kai and Taotie could make an end of kung fu, Kai easily defeat kung fu warriors by taking their chi on his own and once Taotie created a machin that easily defeat Po, Shifu and Furiouse Five (without Tigress).

*Why did Po and the Furiouse Five only tried to destroy Shen's cannon first, didn't they know Shen had more than one cannon and could create multiple cannons quickly that they should rather stop him from doing instead?

*Wasn't most important to stop Shen from conqured China than to stop him to make a end of kung fu.

*In Kung Fu Panda 2 Shifu mentioned Po found inner peace at such a young, in Kung Fu Panda 3 Mr. Ping mentioned he raised Po for 20 years before Mr. Ping told him he was adopted and behind-the-scenes of Kung Fu Panda 3 it's mentioned that he is in his 20s and in Secrets of the Scroll Po was a teenager 10 years ago. But Shen waited 30 years to rule over Gongmen City alongside his cannon probably waited ever since then he started to use fireworks as an weapon and it's not even mentioned or shown that Shen began to use fireworks as a weapon years before or it was 20 years ago he attacked the panda village where Po lived when he was an baby and how how could Shen's parents be concerned for a long 10 years before they had to know Soothsayer's prophecy?

*Why did Thundering Rhino let himself get hit by cannon instead of reversing aside?

[–] FullColor 8 years ago

*It does not make any sense why Shen was evil, it show first he would make weapons with fireworks gunpower because he wanted to conqure China. But how can he become evil by being interested to make weapons with fireworks gunpowder and why he wanted to conqure China that had nothing to do with him and not only his own kingdom Gongmen City. Shen would at least get his will to rule over Gongmen City since he was at least a prince and the only heir after his parents to rule over Gongmen City, usually princes and princesses are power hungry because of jealousy if they have an older siblings who are the heirs to the thrones and will only rule over their own kingdom instead of entire country or world that have nothing to with them.

Okay I'm going to go for a list on this;

1. You are asking why someone would want to become the richest, most powerful, and most respected person in (what they consider to be) the entire world. It's really not hard to see why someone would want that position.

2. People want more than they have all the time. People with decent amounts of disposable income still want to be millionaires, people in large houses still want mansions, small time political figures still want to go up the ladder.

3. Your "But they already had this" logic can easily be applied to princes and princesses jealous of their siblings (which you seem to consider a valid storyline). Why be angry you're not going to rule? You're already incredibly wealthy and command more power and respect than almost everyone in your kingdom/city/whatever.

*Why would Shen make an end of kung fu when it had nothing to do with his backstory? Shen's main objective was to conqured China and he was even a kung fu warrior.

Shen doesn't like people opposing him. The people who oppose him use kung fu. Therefore kung fu must stop, in his mind.

And while he seems to know kung fu (I think. Does it count if you use weapons?), the fact that he's repeatedly shown to ditch kung fu fights in favor of his cannons indicates he knows it less out of some like for it more because he goes for whatever is most likely to help him win. At one point that was kung fu. Now it's the cannon.

*Shen created a cannon that would make an end of kung fu, but it's not only kung fu it should make an end of if there is anything else that are as powerful or more powerful than kung fu. Are not kung fu warriors smarter, too quick and has high strength to destroy the cannons? Tai Lung would likely be capable of handling attacks from Shen, Tai Lung was shown to be cunning and swift enough to avoid firing weapons and was able to defeat the Anvil of Heaven, the Furious Five and Shifu on his own. Shen must at least have kung fu skills and learn his wolf army kung fu to defeat kung fu warriors and could study and develope a dark and stronger kung fu style to make an and of other kung fu styles. Kai and Taotie could make an end of kung fu, Kai easily defeat kung fu warriors by taking their chi on his own and once Taotie created a machin that easily defeat Po, Shifu and Furiouse Five (without Tigress).

You're thinking unilaterally with the cannons. He defeats Ox and Croc with them without actually shooting them, instead threatening to shoot something important to them. He almost kills the Furious Five and Po by destroying the building they're in, a non-moving target he definitely would not have been able to take down without the cannon.

*Why did Po and the Furiouse Five only tried to destroy Shen's cannon first, didn't they know Shen had more than one cannon and could create multiple cannons quickly that they should rather stop him from doing instead?

No, why would they think he had more than one cannon? Even setting around the fact that they nothing to clue them in on this, from their perspective if you have a weapon powerful enough to take down Thundering Rhino with ease you probably only need one.

*Wasn't most important to stop Shen from conqured China than to stop him to make a end of kung fu.

I don't remember them establishing a priority hierarchy at any point.

If they did, think of it this way; if Shen is beaten down but destroys kung fu, then he can rise again unhindered. If he takes over China but kung fu is still around and in practice, he can be dethroned.

*In Kung Fu Panda 2 Shifu mentioned Po found inner peace at such a young, in Kung Fu Panda 3 Mr. Ping mentioned he raised Po for 20 years before Mr. Ping told him he was adopted and behind-the-scenes of Kung Fu Panda 3 it's mentioned that he is in his 20s and in Secrets of the Scroll Po was a teenager 10 years ago. But Shen waited 30 years to rule over Gongmen City alongside his cannon probably waited ever since then he started to use fireworks as an weapon and it's not even mentioned or shown that Shen began to use fireworks as a weapon years before or it was 20 years ago he attacked the panda village where Po lived when he was an baby and how how could Shen's parents be concerned for a long 10 years before they had to know Soothsayer's prophecy?

Continuity error, not excusable.

That said, if you're really looking for a way to reconcile it, just presume Ping rounded down (his point's still there whether he's specific about the number of years or not) and Shen rounded up (he likes to over exaggerate his own suffering).

*Why did Thundering Rhino let himself get hit by cannon instead of reversing aside?

Because dealing with them head on is how he normally handles projectiles and, since he didn't actually know what the cannon was, he tried to handle it that way, too. That's why they had that moment beforehand where he deflected Shen's knives instead of dodging them.

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

You're looking for sense in a movie that has a snake who's a martial arts expert?