Sam Raimi Set to Direct Warcraft Movie
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I am conflicted: Given the cinematics that Blizzard has produced in the past (and not just for Warcraft related stuff), I think it's going to have the highest production values... which is good.
That said, it's a huge, huge risk. Not handled correctly, it's going to be a very polished mess of confusion.
It could be great, it could be total shit. Is the possibility of the former strong enough to outweigh the fear of the latter?
That said, it's a huge, huge risk. Not handled correctly, it's going to be a very polished mess of confusion.
It could be great, it could be total shit. Is the possibility of the former strong enough to outweigh the fear of the latter?
if it where anyone other than Sam i would have no hope for this film, but with Sam Raime at the helm, i have a little hope.
Just a little.
Just a little.
You should know something about sugar coating.CaptainCrunch said:
But...... As long it's not gonna be ordered:
Ok-ish start
Great middle
Ok-ish 3rd with a side of razors.
I just hope 4 will be good.
Warcraft lore hasn't been cool since Warcraft 2 and it's expansion, when the orcs were magnificently awesome and Doomhammer a fabulous bastard. Then they went ahead and contradicted themselves to no end in WC3 and then beyond ridicule in WoW, which reads like kiddie friendly fluff, filled with comic relief and pop culture references akin to some barbaric mix of the Star Wars prequels and a much much worse Monkey Island.Amnestic said:
They also went ahead and did whatever they wanted to the lore in the name if gameplay design, even if it was in wild contradiction to earlier well established lore, such as 1) Fitting all the races neatly into two factions, because having more factions wouldn't be feasible in a MMO due to population numbers, 2) Giving all the unique classes to both factions and multiple races per faction to balance gameplay and 3) Generally contradicting themselves as to race design (night elves suddenly gaining female druids and male warriors, Orcs casting aside their demonic allegiances yet openly have warlocks in their ranks, alliance gaining shamanism from space faring squid men that drop out from another dimension while horde gains paladins by mining the light from giant benevolent starmen - both ridiculous happenings occuring simultaneously in a poof purely due to 14 year olds complaining about paladins/shamans on Blizzard forums). Even the main selling point of the series and the very game itself, being the 'epic struggle between the alliance and the horde' has been diluted down to some unrecognizable 'we live together in harmony and we strive towards the exact same goals, but we don't really like each other' relationship.
Again, if you want truly awesome Warcraft lore, go play Warcraft 2. Everything is one hundred times more badass, I suspect mostly due to it still having echoes of the Warhammer lore design (Warcraft: Humans and Orcs was originally going to be a Warhammer licensed game, but the licensing fell through and they had to alter it).
WoW lore is absolutely a product of it's immense iconic popularity, wanting to make a family friendly game for everyone so parents won't keep their kids away from it. And a lot of us just don't find that very interesting. And frankly you telling us they didn't screw up the lore for us in that regard is preposterous.
Blizzard have said, at numerous times, very loudly, that this is most certainly the case. Awesome Director, Awesome Scripter (Metzen), Awesome Canon and Canon-police... Gentlemen, this might actually fly. It's supposedly set before WoW, before the full formation of the horde, and will be a battle movie, not a quest movie. Less Frodo, more Uruk-Hai battles and explosions and undead. Awesome.ElArabDeMagnifico said:
Now only one question remains: How can we get Vin Diesel to play Garrosh?
I Am positive I read this as well. How it fits reains to be seen but I'm sure there will be enough lore jiggling to make it work.Ultrajoe said:
On another note, the local Australian version of MSN news site headlined this same news item "Nerds rejoice."
Thank you mainstream media. Thank you very much.
Well, thats good. Completely killed any hope that this movie might actually be good. Might as well hand it over to Ewe Boll, you'd pretty much get the same result.
I wonder where Sam Raimi is going to throw in the obligatory-yet-awkward Bruce Campbell cameo? Or the redundant and stupid cameo of Sam Raimi's shitty first car?
I wonder where Sam Raimi is going to throw in the obligatory-yet-awkward Bruce Campbell cameo? Or the redundant and stupid cameo of Sam Raimi's shitty first car?
That'd get in the way of their blind dislike though.CantFaketheFunk said:Yeah, maybe you should play the game first before scripting itDeadlyGlitch said:
Yes, because every film needs more Dragonball Z/Naruto rip offs coupled with a Star Wars esque training montage.
Definitely.
I hated Tales of the Past. Thought it was absolutely terrible.
If it's set before WoW, then the Dark Portal isn't open which means Garrosh is still emoing in Nagrand. So probably not ;O
Yes, and then it got shut. The Dark Portal was opened again on the Burning Crusade launch, which is obviously after WoW started. This was when Thrall travelled to Nagrand, found his Grandmother [http://www.wowwiki.com/Geyah] and Grom Hellscream's son, Garrosh.Glefistus said:
As memory serves, 'Vanilla' WoW is set 4 years after the Battle of Mount Hyjal and about 3 years after the events of The Frozen Throne, with the Burning Crusade being set about a year following that (in total, 5 years after Mount Hyjal, 4 years after the Frozen Throne and 1 year after 'Vanilla' WoW).
Thus, if the Warcraft movie is indeed being set between RoC/TFT and WoW, then the Dark Portal is still tightly shut and Garrosh is still stuck emoing around in Nagrand like the useless orc that he is