[Movie] Warcraft (June 2016)

[Romano]

Warcraft 3 came out before the Star Wars prequels, though.

But Vader was already known as a "fallen noble knight" character from the Originals.

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But Vader was already known as a "fallen noble knight" character from the Originals.

Sure, but there were basically no other details known about him. The entire first paragraph of Zoaric's comment was revealed during the prequels, so Warcraft couldn't have drawn from any of those.

[Zoaric]

Warcraft 3 came out before Star Wars episode 3, and only 3 months after episode 2 (meaning it couldn't have drawn inspiration from it.).

Oh I know. But the similarities are numerous and well known. So despite the time,
his story very much looks like a rip off of one of the most successful franchises of
all time. (Similarly to how people are looking at random things DC does in live-action
and calling them Marvel rip offs, despite often coming first in the comics.)

[Tornwar]

After seeing the German review thing... it makes me scared. I know he is probably bs, but if this dude says THUMBS UP for Alice, and Alice was horrible apparently, then... how horrible could Warcraft be?

I mean just imagine if it turns out bad... those early screenings could all just be... people without taste, heck would I know?
I guess all I can do is be excited to watch it myself and then I can judge it myself. Then I wouldn't care what reviewers said.

I really do hope for at least an 7,5/10!

[tangocash]

If he gave Alice a thumbs up he's probably a terrible reviewer.

[Zoaric]

Wish Blizzard could do more for this movie's marketing. They're still great at creating
hype... the action figures below are around 18 feet tall.

While there is no physical or legal possibility to "play" with the giant figures, you can play as 21 different heroes in Overwatch, releasing on the 24th of May, 12:00 GMT, on major consoles and PC. CHOKING HAZARD: It is impossible to choke on the figures due to their large size. However, choking during an actual Overwatch match is possible and may result in last-minute defeats, shame, embarrassment and public ridicule, courtesy of your peers. Prices and participation will not vary. The figures are priceless, and participation is not possible.

These are in Hollywood and Paris; Pharah is gonna be unveiled in Busan.

[Tornwar]

Woo we got 2 more people on board!



Right in front of me and my friends?! HOW DARE THEY! They better not be tall >:I

[Zulkhan]

It's more of a ripoff of Darth Vader's story than anything else.

It's also a sort of reversed story of King Artur. The name is blatantly similar.

He's also quite similar to Elric from Moorcock's novel, another ruler wielding a rune sword (Stormbringer), betrayer of his own land and cursed by said blade.

On the end of the day, there's no thing like "rip-offs" but numerous influential sources that people condense into their own shit. This was pretty much the entire pattern of fiction's history, Blizzard just do it a bit more than others even though they do well enough in create something that looks almost original.

[Zoaric]

Blizzard just do it a bit more than others even though they do well enough in create that something that looks almost original.

Yup.

"That was cool. Let's do that but with more comic book and heavy metal inspiration."

[ryanmahaffe]

https://youtu.be/ftdPg6XjyTc

This guy=better than the whole Warcraft movie marketing team

[Draedarr]

Yes, I know that although the undead horde was already a trope in fantasy by that time.
Plus the "blue eyes" thing also had something to do with folklore and the soul I think.

I would guess, Tirion could be a reference ( it is also a real name of course), Blizzard had actually refereced the title of the series in the Undead mission " A symphony of frost and flame" > "a song of ice and fire"

Tirion from GoT may be from The Silmarillion i think, G.R.R Martin is a declared fan of Tolkien, perhaps Tirion from Warcraft is also from Silmarillion.
There is a city in Valinor with this name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirion

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Someone posted a still of Ironforge on reddit and I noticed something I hadn't noticed before, there's an orc standing on the cliff.



Maybe I was the only one that hadn't noticed that before though

[Harbour]

This list turned out great



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8npZ1IkWFRc

I will be soooo happy if Warcraft gets a very high score... I don't want my hopes to be up in the air just yet, but based on all those positive reactions, Duncan must have done something right

Video dated 5th May. Kristian didn't watch the movie at that moment yet. I hope he'd put WCM higher in his list after screening.

[Aurabolt]

Doubt it. Looks more like a mountaineer actually.

[Harbour]

https://twitter.com/ThinkHero/status/733819581903605760

Both of them watched press screening too so i wonder were these smiles fake or they genuinely happy to talk with the director of the good movie they liked. Dennis always was skeptical towards WCM.

Also really cool impression stuff from TradeChat starting from 41 min. Info on few characters, famous trolls attacking SW scene, tone of the movie and so on.
https://www.twitch.tv/wowhead/v/67612056

[Soulwind]

Also really cool impression stuff from TradeChat starting from 41 min. Info on few characters, famous trolls attacking SW scene, tone of the movie and so on.
https://www.twitch.tv/wowhead/v/67612056

So they did create trolls, but they didn't make the final cut.

Well, at least they have some basic models to work with if they want to introduce them in the future.

[tangocash]

It's a shame they didn't include them in the final cut. It would add some substance to the trio of Lothar, Medivh, Llane and would be a great opening sequence for the humans.

[The Hero of Legend]

Doubt it. Looks more like a mountaineer actually.

A mountaineer with green skin?

[Soulwind]

A mountaineer with green skin?

Ironforge mountaineers wear green cloaks. Since dwarves and orcs have similar body proportions, such a blurry shot could be either.

It's the white part that makes me think that's a green coat with a white fur collar.

[Deleted]

It's a shame they didn't include them in the final cut. It would add some substance to the trio of Lothar, Medivh, Llane and would be a great opening sequence for the humans.

On the other hand, gives us a reason to buy the three and a half hour long extended edition with all the scenes returned, remastered music and six types of commentaries....

Or has LotR spoiled me on that department?