Warcraft Movie [June 10, 2016]

[Azuma Denton]

Originally Posted by GDB

They do realize people enjoy PLAYING games and not WATCHING them, right?

You forget the "sentimental" or "reminiscence" value.
Just like how Hollywood keep remaking the old title, this could be counted remake but in other format.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by HasuMasu

This...is actually very not true...

I, and it seems a lot of people, enjoy watching games on Youtube and I guess Twitch or something for the hardcore guys.

A lot of the games...very close to all the games I watch on Youtube I wouldn't really want to play myself.

Man are they fun to watch though.

EDIT: Consider that PewDiePie is the biggest of the big...though he's not one of th ones I watch but still...

Most don't watch them for the games, you watch them for the commentary. Remove the commentary and you'd likely turn it off pretty quickly.

[Solace]

Originally Posted by GDB

They do realize people enjoy PLAYING games and not WATCHING them, right?

Ironic, considering how "cinematic" AAA video gaming has become. The gaming industry has long been the graveyard of careers and businesses that wanted to be in or be the next Hollywood. A large number of customers are perfectly willing to accommodate that, because they love the idea of interactive stories more than raw game play.

[HasuMasu]

Originally Posted by GDB

Most don't watch them for the games, you watch them for the commentary. Remove the commentary and you'd likely turn it off pretty quickly.

Not always. ^ ^;

I tried to play Arkham Assylum but the combat wasn't very exciting and I just kept getting lost, so for the other Arkham games I didn't even watch Let's Plays but movies...basically the cutscenes with relevant gameplay without the HUD and stuff...it was great...

[Kuroageha]

Originally Posted by GDB

They do realize people enjoy PLAYING games and not WATCHING them, right?

Cinematics were pretty much what made Blizzard's games damn popular.

Diablo II's still give me the chills.

[risingstar3110]

Unfortunately, the movie looked too PG13, probably to pandering to the young general audiences of the Blizzard franchise...

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

^ I dunno, the themes present seem pretty dark. Like Gul'dan sacrificing a thousand Draenei to open the Dark Portal is shown pretty explicitly. Sure it might not have blood flowing left and right, but it won't be sunshine and rainbows (and it wouldn't surprise me if the trailers have been sanitised somewhat).

[GDB]

They did say the trailer is purposely misleading to appeal to a broader audience.

Doesn't fix the fact that I'm getting very real Green Lantern vibes from it.

[AnimeFan188]

New ‘Warcraft’ Trailer Gives Peek At This Summer’s
3-D Epic Battle:

"Worlds collide — at least a couple of them — in this new Warcraft trailer,
just released from Legendary Pictures. The 30-second spot gives a
glimpse at this coming summer’s 3-D adventure based on Blizzard
Entertainment’s fantasy universe. The film, directed by Duncan Jones
(Moon, Source Code) and written by Jones and Charles Leavitt, arrives
June 10."

See:

https://deadline.com/2016/01/warcraf...es-1201689517/

[MrTerrorist]

YouTube

https://youtu.be/6qEXq0cH3x0

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[MrTerrorist]

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

That trailer was a bit better quality than the first. Also, amg a dwarf at 42 seconds in!

[MrTerrorist]

Good trailer. Bad music.

[Marcus H.]

Also bad and generic dialogue. It implies that the story of the movie is about "humans save the world against the orcs", but the actual story is about uniting for a greater cause than racial supremacy.

[Roger Rambo]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

Also bad and generic dialogue. It implies that the story of the movie is about "humans save the world against the orcs", but the actual story is about uniting for a greater cause than racial supremacy.

They released a short clip from the Orc POV that kind of makes me wonder if it's going to be the human actors who are going to be sticking out as the weak link in the film in terms of characters and dialogue.

YouTube

https://youtu.be/JFgAnfjnCj4

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Nothing extraordinary, but it's kind of interesting that the conversation between the quarter ton cartoon pork rinds has caught my attention more than all the scenes with the humans talking to eachother.

[Kyero Fox]

^ IT's WoW

Horde >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alliance
in Blizzards favoritism.

[Brother Coa]

Originally Posted by GDB

Most don't watch them for the games, you watch them for the commentary. Remove the commentary and you'd likely turn it off pretty quickly.

Actually, I know a lot of people who watch games simply because they are too lazy to play them, or don't have powerful enough PC's to run them, but are still very interested in storyline.

I have done this quite the few times myself, and the number of them today who do this is very, very high. They are after all the primary income of so many 'Let's play' YouTubers.

[zeross87]

I watched the movie today and was very pleasantly surprised , it was good ! I never really followed Warcraft universe apart form playing war3 and tft but it came perfectly understandable. The special effects were top notch, perhaps a little too much but I enjoyed it.
That murloc and that polymorph lads me laugh

[aohige]

It's quite interesting. The movie is getting a ton of hate from the critics, and receiving overwhelming Rotten as its review.
But the gaming fans who got to see the movie, the core audience the movie is aimed for, are generally praising the film.

It seems to be the case of non-video game enthusiasts just simply not "getting" it.
To be fair, I think one of the goal for cinema adaptation is to make it palatable for the general audience, especially if they intend to broaden the interest and draw people into their franchise. For that purpose, this movie may have failed.

I myself am a long time Warcraft fan & player, so I have no doubt I'll enjoy this film.
Unfortunately due to invested interest, I doubt I can make an objective criticism for it.

[HasuMasu]

Despite the obvious sequel-hook at the end, I'd much rather have Diablo or Starcraft.