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Oh yes, Warcraft will be saved by its writing. I wonder if someone will become corrupted by power and betray the other characters.
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This movie is for if you like Warcraft and no one else will like it at all. If I've saved you money with this info then go 'head and donate the ticket price to the good old SomethingAwful Forums Cloud Storage Fund
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Nov 4, 2015 09:40
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Snowman_McK posted:I just realised something. Is this the first game based movie to be based on a PC only series? (aside from one of the Warcraft games briefly popping up on playstation) all the others have been console mainstays. zVxTeflon posted:Wing Commander Terrorist Fistbump posted:The later Wing Commander games were ported to the Playstation and one got a 3DO release.  They both originated on PC though. Terrorist Fistbump posted:No, Postal (Uwe Boll, 2007) was based on games that never got console releases.
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Nov 4, 2015 09:45
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something about the perspective on that shot is freaking me out, like it's loving lopsided or something someone draw some lines tia
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Nov 4, 2015 09:47
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Immortan posted:Oh no, the shadows! Will thy not hold out for the script, thou virile goon? Really? The script? These are the images they want to use to get people excited, and they're images where the guys holding the lights couldn't decide where to loving stand, and nobody noticed and you think the script is going to redeem it? The script will be "There are some Orcs/Orks/Oruks, let's go fight them" and that's fine. The good bit will be how good it looks when that happens, and not knowing how lights work does not bode well. In story telling, that's called foreshadowing. But yeah, I should wait for the script. "I mean, there was that one scene in the forest where John appeared to be under water but Bill, right next to him, was a cell phone, but the dialogue in that bit just sparkled."
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Nov 4, 2015 10:14
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Just for comparison, this is a cutscene from World of Warcraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLzhlsEFcVQ The writing and voice acting is pretty terrible, but I'm pretty sure I'd rather watch a movie that looks like that than a movie that looks like the Warcraft trailer. Of course that would probably be like 300 million dollars more expensive to make.
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Nov 4, 2015 10:17
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Lurdiak posted:Just for comparison, this is a cutscene from World of Warcraft. Making a movie look good is not nearly as hard the trailer made it seem.
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Nov 4, 2015 10:19
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Immortan posted:The writing could've saved the Hobbit. And did.
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Nov 4, 2015 13:33
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Lurdiak posted:The writing and voice acting is pretty terrible, but I'm pretty sure I'd rather watch a movie that looks like that than a movie that looks like the Warcraft trailer. Yeah there's been some pretty great cinematic game trailers in recent years, these ones were good fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuHWWC9xxmk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdgmH9Vv2-I
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Nov 4, 2015 14:41
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I think this movie should be straight to DVD and you get it with your pre-purchase of the next expansion.
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Nov 4, 2015 14:58
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The actors said they finished filming like 2 years ago.
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Nov 4, 2015 16:34
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MisterBibs posted:I feel like I'm being shitposterty, but I wish I could see what mind boggling terrible thing(s) you guys are seeing. The movie ain't going to be good, but those shots look fine to me. The real problem with those shots is that they're compositionally bland and communicate nothing other than "a thing happened". There's no reason to make your fantasy movie look like it was shot by a newspaper photographer covering a real event.
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Nov 4, 2015 16:39
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Lurdiak posted:Oh yes, Warcraft will be saved by its writing. That actually does happen this early in the series, with Doomhammer betraying Blackhand. (I don't think 20-year-old games need spoiler tags).
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Nov 4, 2015 17:15
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The joke is that every character does that.
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Nov 4, 2015 18:09
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It's pretty remarkable how Warcraft lore really doesn't suit the 2015 fantasy landscape at all. I guess that's one of the problems with being in production for 9 years. Post-Hobbit audiences are probably still at least a little soured on goofball fantasy.
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Nov 4, 2015 18:13
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Can someone clear up for me whether that crowd shot is all CGI or actual humans with some weirdass greenscreening going on? I just assumed it was all CGI.
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Nov 4, 2015 18:52
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Jean Eric Burn posted:It's pretty remarkable how Warcraft lore really doesn't suit the 2015 fantasy landscape at all. I guess that's one of the problems with being in production for 9 years. Hobbit audiences loved those movies.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:00
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If Blizzard offers a mount for just seeing the movie with concrete proof - thats close to 6 million butts in seats.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:00
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Vintersorg posted:If Blizzard offers a mount for just seeing the movie with concrete proof - thats close to 6 million butts in seats. For a total of of 1/2 the movies marketing budget.
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Jean Eric Burn posted:It's pretty remarkable how Warcraft lore really doesn't suit the 2015 fantasy landscape at all. I guess that's one of the problems with being in production for 9 years. People wrote off the Variety rumors from a few months ago about execs sweating bullets over this movie, but this trailer of a trailer certainly made me understand why they might feel that way
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Jean Eric Burn posted:It's pretty remarkable how Warcraft lore really doesn't suit the 2015 fantasy landscape at all. I guess that's one of the problems with being in production for 9 years. Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? I played WoW back in the day but I don't keep up with any current fantasy books/shows/movies so I have no clue why WoW doesn't suit the current fantasy landscape.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:47
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Is this still based on Warcraft 1 or did that plan change somewhere in development? My hopes have always been that this one gets made and does well enough that we get a movie based on Warcraft 2 with pirate orcs and zeppelins and poo poo. WC1 is kinda generic fantasy but WC2 is where the Warcraft flavor was really born.
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ufarn posted:Can someone clear up for me whether that crowd shot is all CGI or actual humans with some weirdass greenscreening going on? I just assumed it was all CGI. There are plenty of humans in that shot.
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Nov 4, 2015 20:07
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Vintersorg posted:If Blizzard offers a mount for just seeing the movie with concrete proof - thats close to 6 million butts in seats. Clearly you don't know anything about video games. You get to choose from 5 mounts, with one of them being a limited edition that can only be claimed with a midnight opening ticket. Each proof of theater viewing gets you another choice from the mounts. If you see the movie in all 50 states you get a special mount. If you see it on 6 continents you get a different skinned version of the 50 state mount. Secret unique mounts are available for those who view it in Antarctica. If you get all the mounts you also get a limited edition pet and a title.
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Nov 4, 2015 20:16
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If the movie is good, I will continue to praise David Bowie as father of wonderful. if the movie is not good, I will blame the troubled, lengthy production, Sam Raimi, studio meddling and Chris Metzen. Then I will continue to praise David Bowie as father of wonderful directors.
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Kvlt! posted:Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? I played WoW back in the day but I don't keep up with any current fantasy books/shows/movies so I have no clue why WoW doesn't suit the current fantasy landscape. These are just my personal observations, I probably take in less fantasy media than most goons, but as I see it here are some big trends that shifted around since they seemed to have started production in 2006. 1. Young Adult fantasy, which is basically the entire publishing industry's bread and butter at this point, continues to grow every year way way more than other genres. More adult readers than teens. Clashes with Warcraft on a lot of basic levels, lack of a ~just like me~ teenager protagonist is probably the biggest one. Also not much romance in the Warcraft universe. 2. George RR Martin/Game of Thrones: Obviously the big pop culture fantasy trend of the moment. Dark and morally ambiguous. Basically the huge clash here is how both series view/reward morality, in the Warcraft universe, morality is always the path to victory. In GoT, those who don't limit themselves with morality are usually the winners. This is probably the biggest trend in fantasy at the moment, no real heroes on any side. Now clearly the story is going to have good guy orcs and good guy humans and some morality bits, but it would be surprising if there were any *serious* moral choices made by either side that didn't all work out in the end. 3. "No elves" Anti-Tolkien. Certainly not a trend born of hatred for LOTR or anything like that, but lately it just seems like if you want to be taken seriously at all these last few years, your best bet is to keep elves out of it (or do it perfectly). Also on a more general note, the space exploration genre is obviously blasting off and we're probably going to get a ton more space movies than any traditional fantasy in the next few years.
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Immortan posted:Oh no, the shadows! Will thy not hold out for the script, thou virile goon? We're talking about the hookers and blow Chris Metzen here...
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ASOIF has two different types of Elves though even if the Wood Elves are a bit extinct. That's a lot of Elves.
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Jean Eric Burn posted:Also on a more general note, the space exploration genre is obviously blasting off and we're probably going to get a ton more space movies than any traditional fantasy in the next few years. Good news, Warcraft isn't just about monsters and magic, but also about space ships and extra dimensional conflict!
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Chieves posted:The joke is that every character does that. Yeah it's literally the only plot that Blizzard ever does.
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Nov 4, 2015 23:28
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Lurdiak posted:Yeah it's literally the only plot that Blizzard ever does. "I was good, but now I am bad. Maybe one day I will be good again"
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Nov 4, 2015 23:32
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Jim Raynor never went bad. This is Jimmy
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Nov 4, 2015 23:55
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Mu Zeta posted:Jim Raynor never went bad. But his not-girlfriend does.
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Corek posted:That actually does happen this early in the series, with Doomhammer betraying Blackhand. (I don't think 20-year-old games need spoiler tags). This is a bit Trap Sprung but I just noticed you got it backwards.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:04
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Nov 5, 2015 00:10
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I don't expect this to be any good, but at least it looks like a really interesting mess. I'm just impressed by how accurate it actually seems to the series' style, so I also expect huge off-putting tonal shifts and incredibly hamfisted race metaphors. It's just so surreal that it's actually happening, like I thought this was gonna be like that Asteroids movie in that it would just be stuck in concept hell forever and you'd hear a vague news story about a new writer was attached to it about once every year.
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FreudianSlippers posted:ASOIF has two different types of Elves though even if the Wood Elves are a bit extinct. That's a lot of Elves. And Warcraft 1 doesn't have elves.
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Will it have THE NARRATOR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpEXhNjEeHY
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