My problem so far with Mulan is that she was SO AWESOME in the Disney movie, and I felt like she was kind of flat so far in the premiere. She didn’t really have a personality except that her and Aurora had friction, she may or may not be hitting one someone else’s prince, and that she’s good at fighting. On the one hand, they didn’t have too much time to expound, and there was a lot of plot-movement and exposition going on to fill the audience in on what the heck was going on (and where the heck were they and is it the Enchanted forest or isn’t it?), but on the other hand I think they could have done a bit better with the time they did have.
However, I definitely agree that her backstory will fill a lot of things in. So far I haven’t been disappointed with any of the characters, once we get to know them more. I have faith in the writers. There’s probably a good reason for her being so cold and clipped. I hope. xD I hope she’s awesome soon, seriously. And yes, a Captain Shang would also not go amiss.