Sam Raimi Set to Direct Warcraft Movie
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this movie should be good, i think Sam will do it some justice
I know a whole bunch of WoW nerds will leave their basements to check this out... and I might be among them... but is a Warcraft movie really necessary? Yes, there's a ton of decent lore and quite a few deep & memorable characters, but don't we get most of their stories told through the game? I'm just afraid of this being another botched video game movie.
Then again, it IS Raimi...
Then again, it IS Raimi...
What? I meant up until as in stopping with warcraft 3, and not using any of the mutilated story from WOW.shaltir said:
Exactly what I thought. I like Sam Raimi's stuff but I just get the feeling it will either be a mess of references to a game I've never played and thus feel left out. Or another generic fantasy film. It's just such an odd license for a story.Casual Shinji said:
Ha! and me thinking hollywood cared about plot and well rounded characters. (I'm sure they'll be well rounded physically)
If this ends up being something tied to WoW and totally skipping out on the 3 games(not counting expansions) that came before then I will start burning down every movie theater I see that's playing it.
Okay. I can live with that.
I really would like to see what Uwe Boll would have done with it, strictly for teh lulz, but this'll do.
I really would like to see what Uwe Boll would have done with it, strictly for teh lulz, but this'll do.
The blood elves joined the horde, as did the Undead, they killed Illidan and took away the massive battle in place of some capture the flag matches. The night elves for some reason joined the industrialist humans and Dwarves, who seem bent on destroying nature, which doesn't seem to bother the night elves anymore. Also, there are Gnome Death Knights, GNOME DEATH KNIGHTS. You tell me the lore isn't mutilated.Amnestic said:
Ehh I hate to be a downer, but warcraft lore is too far seeded into nerdem to make anything better than a children's quality movie at best. I've played through the entire warcraft series, and played WoW for 2 years, but I'm pretty sure even I would be embarrassed to admit to people that I was going to see this movie. The names of the characters alone are embarrssing to pronounce. But who knows, maybe this will be the next LOTR.
Well, atleast they tied a high-profile director to a game-to-movie adeptation.Lono Shrugged said:
It'd be great if it was like, World of Evil Dead Warcraft.
Bored Tomatoe said:
Don't forget about the Dranei. I mean... holy shit wtf happened there? It was like a sci-fi convention suddenly took over WoW for an expansion. I know that the orcs were originally aliens, but at least they were able to tie that into a fantasy plot with magic and portals and whatnot, no crystal powered spaceships flying around.
Necessity. It was either that or have a Lordaeron-Alliance style dealy containing only the Forsaken and Blood Elves. On a continent which is primarily filled with the Alliance (The numbers of Stormwind alone outnumber the entirety of the Horde) - Without Thrall to keep Varian off the Undercity, Sylvanas would quickly lose her one and only real stronghold.
They killed Uther in Warcraft 3. Is that murdering the lore too?
Gameplay =/= Lore. The sooner you realise that the better.
Mostly due to the Alliance during the Battle at Mount Hyjal more than anything else and once again, necessity. The Night Elves are outnumbered and outgunned by the Orcs, Taurens and Trolls. Alone, they wouldn't really have a great chance.
Go do some Night Elf/Draenei quests in Forest Song, Ashenvale. Also, the entire premise of Warsong Gulch is protecting the forest and nature.
Third Generation Death Knights. It's...really quite simple. If you go make yourself a new fresh Death Knight and watch Instructor Razuvious operate at the very start you see the logic behind the choices.
They're just incredibly strong warriors (not the class, but rather they're proficient in combat) who have the personality and corruptability to fight for the Lich King. I'm not exactly seeing the problem with Gnome Death Knights. Generally people pick the "holy/hippie" races like Draenei, Night Elf or Tauren when they complain, but feel free to mention those if you want, the answer is still the same.
With the exception of a) the case of super Deus Ex Machina which is the Naaru being implimented and b) the Sargeras retcon, then no. The Lore is not mutilated.
well i play wow and iv seen many video game movies so i know this can go of 2...no wait 3 ways 1. its a great movie and the turn out will be huge 2. its a great big ball of sh** and it will be a uber fail or 3. it gets stoped in production and wow people are sad but consideing this guy is directiong i know its going to be the first one 
Holy crap, I just read that.RebelRising said:
What a fantastically reasonable statement made by Mr. Boll.Uwe Boll said:
I must change my piracy right this minute and pay for every one of his films in support of this statement.
That is hilariously insulting to any fans he did have that where gamers, I'm sure he'll be hearing from both of them very soon.