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    Dat Durotan costume looks sick, wondered why they didn't use that in the movie instead of this lame CGI that looks worse than the Scorpion King :-?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skorpionss View Post
    Dat Durotan costume looks sick, wondered why they didn't use that in the movie instead of this lame CGI that looks worse than the Scorpion King :-?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Romano View Post
    WHat' bad about Taretha ?
    Christie Golden's writing. By and large the core story of "Lord of the Clans", including the abuse of Taretha and her family, is pretty good, but IMO it's poorly written.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skorpionss View Post
    Dat Durotan costume looks sick, wondered why they didn't use that in the movie instead of this lame CGI that looks worse than the Scorpion King :-?
    I otha spank you for saying that.

    I gave this film one star to counteract the moronic fanboys who haven't seen the film and are rating it 10 stars in the hopes that the film will be successful.
    God it makes me wanna punch the screen when a person wants to be an asshat just to counteract overly enthusiastic people. I mean, sure people shouldn't overhype it if it wasn't good or just to make it a success, but the other extreme isn't any better either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Waynhim View Post
    Christie Golden's writing. By and large the core story of "Lord of the Clans", including the abuse of Taretha and her family, is pretty good, but IMO it's poorly written.
    I have to disagree with that. It's written in a rather simple style so kids can also get it (Which I, as a snotty kid, welcomed at the time). Sure, a story of enslavement and methodical rape ending in a decapitation isn't what you usually get in children's books, but that's more to say about the media's efforts to coddle the youth than anything else. :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zulkhan View Post
    Pretty much. I have no doubt Jones added depth and nuances, but on the end of the day Warcraft is a very clichés-filled franchise. Despite the important deaths and political schemes, the general atmosphere will always be closer to a gaudy version of LOTR than GoTs.
    Weren't you adamant few pages ago that the game and movie are different entities XD
    If the movie is cliche it's no excuse that the source material is too.

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    Damn, almost every time I se a Vegas82 post it's a senseless complain about something/someone and every time it creates fights in the thread.

    Anyway, I think (for what I've seen so far from the movie) that the only human actor whose performance seems a bit bland is Dominic Cooper. Travis Fimmel seems to be great in his acting in Warcraft, being it too Ragnar or not, I don't care, but he is so expressive in every shot. Paula Patton seems to be very inspired in her role, so maybe the problem with her is just the look.

    Everyone praise the orcs performances, but IMO it's easier to give the feeling of a good performance when you are a motion-captured orc. Every expression of an orc is much more stylized and exaggerated than a classic human and, let's be honest, as much as the motion-capture captured the performance, it's not as reliable as a real human performance. It is very reliable, but not 100% reliable.

    Just look at how different feelings Toby Kebbel and Durotan portray in the same scene, the second one oozing a much more emotional look IMO:




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    Quote Originally Posted by deloctyte View Post
    I have to disagree with that. It's written in a rather simple style so kids can also get it (Which I, as a snotty kid, welcomed at the time). Sure, a story of enslavement and methodical rape ending in a decapitation isn't what you usually get in children's books, but that's more to say about the media's efforts to coddle the youth than anything else. :P
    Taretha was actually raped in books ?
    I kenw she was supposed to be betrothed to Blackmoore but nothing more.

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    Guys, please help me.
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    I wonder if the first four reviews here are actually legit. Well, the 2nd and 3rd are the only ones that are actual reviews. The 3rd guy, the non-Warcraft fan, thought Paula Patton and Travis Fimmel were the best after Ben Foster. That's interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wikiy View Post
    I wonder if the first four reviews here are actually legit. Well, the 2nd and 3rd are the only ones that are actual reviews. The 3rd guy, the non-Warcraft fan, thought Paula Patton and Travis Fimmel were the best after Ben Foster. That's interesting.
    the 1 star review is as salty as it goes.

    "The plot for this film is supposed to be based in Warcraft, but they've changed much of the story to fit what they'd prefer to do(or make things look cooler). That's usually mistake #1 in these processes, but I'll go ahead and blame those thought Warcraft should be made into a film in the first place."

    AS if adapations have to be 100% similar to source material.

    ". The lore itself was always extremely hack and essentially stolen from other sources(with a few twists so they didn't get sued)."
    Yeah, the usual ignorant rant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romano View Post
    the 1 star review is as salty as it goes.

    "The plot for this film is supposed to be based in Warcraft, but they've changed much of the story to fit what they'd prefer to do(or make things look cooler). That's usually mistake #1 in these processes, but I'll go ahead and blame those thought Warcraft should be made into a film in the first place."

    AS if adapations have to be 100% similar to source material.

    ". The lore itself was always extremely hack and essentially stolen from other sources(with a few twists so they didn't get sued)."
    Yeah, the usual ignorant rant.
    Funny cause Blizzard is always doing the sueing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wickys View Post
    Funny cause Blizzard is always doing the sueing.

    Skeleton King removed for pressing ceremonial reasons. come back D:
    I havent heard of Blizzard suing others for merely making high fantasy games though.
    That sounds like another company that even fans chastise for business policies.

    As for the second, I had to google it.
    You really think there was anything like that ?
    I doubt it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donmater View Post
    Weren't you adamant few pages ago that the game and movie are different entities XD
    If the movie is cliche it's no excuse that the source material is too.
    I feel you're comparing apples with oranges.

    The game and movie are different entities because they're different medias. If your statement is about that little matter in regards of the music (of which I remember you fervently disagreed with) then yeah, they're very different entities that must be treated likewise differently when it comes to aspects like these.

    Doesn't change the fact that Warcraft has a certain atmosphere and a certain storytelling approach. You're not supposed to turn a clichès-filled franchise into a mass of edgy-grimdark and overly-complex political schemes, at the core it's still a light-hearted, "epic" fantasy with occasional shades of "dark". From what we read so far, Duncan hit all these spots.

    Quote Originally Posted by Anduin94 View Post
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    I'm Angus94 but looks like I can't enter the profile somehow.
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    I also tried to ask for a new password but the problem still doesn't fix
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    Quote Originally Posted by Romano View Post
    the 1 star review is as salty as it goes.

    "The plot for this film is supposed to be based in Warcraft, but they've changed much of the story to fit what they'd prefer to do(or make things look cooler). That's usually mistake #1 in these processes, but I'll go ahead and blame those thought Warcraft should be made into a film in the first place."

    AS if adapations have to be 100% similar to source material.

    ". The lore itself was always extremely hack and essentially stolen from other sources(with a few twists so they didn't get sued)."
    Yeah, the usual ignorant rant.
    Yeah, the "Notcraft" crowd. The smartest people in the world, really.

    It's sad how they're apparently not intelligent enough to realize how goddamn stupid is saying "the lore was changed so it's inherently bad" without offering any other argument to explain why is bad.

    Changes should be judged for how these affects the story, either positively or negatively. Saying changes are bad by principle is moronic as you could get.

    And yeah, in the end it just degraded into another mindless rant against Blizzard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zulkhan View Post
    I feel you're comparing apples with oranges.

    The game and movie are different entities because they're different medias. If your statement is about that little matter in regards of the music (of which I remember you fervently disagreed with) then yeah, they're very different entities that must be treated likewise differently when it comes to aspects like these.

    Doesn't change the fact that Warcraft has a certain atmosphere and a certain storytelling approach. You're not supposed to turn a clichès-filled franchise into a mass of edgy-grimdark and overly-complex political schemes, at the core it's still a light-hearted, "epic" fantasy with occasional shades of "dark". From what we read so far, Duncan hit all these spots.



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    Yeah, the "Notcraft" crowd. The smartest people in the world, really.

    It's sad how they're apparently not intelligent enough to realize how goddamn stupid is saying "the lore was changed so it's inherently bad" without offering any other argument to explain why is bad.

    Changes should be judged for how these affects the story, either positively or negatively. Saying changes are bad by principle is moronic as you could get.

    And yeah, in the end it just degraded into another mindless rant against Blizzard.
    The funny thing is, in one second they complain about the lore being changed and right afterthey say the lore was stolen from other games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wikiy View Post
    I wonder if the first four reviews here are actually legit. Well, the 2nd and 3rd are the only ones that are actual reviews. The 3rd guy, the non-Warcraft fan, thought Paula Patton and Travis Fimmel were the best after Ben Foster. That's interesting.

    That's a fake review. He clearly believes Blizzard made this movie or Blizzard can "afford" to make a movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romano View Post
    Taretha was actually raped in books ?
    I kenw she was supposed to be betrothed to Blackmoore but nothing more.
    Yeah, I read the book and there's no signs that Blackmoore did any raping. He knew that Taretha was connected to Thrall, but he kept quite about it and waiting for her next move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romano View Post
    The funny thing is, in one second they complain about the lore being changed and right afterthey say the lore was stolen from other games.
    Indeed.

    "The lore sucks but what sucks more is that it got changed!"

    He's also salty as fuck and says he gave a 1 to counter the "moronic fanboys" who didn't see the movie (yeah, like as he actually saw it himself). I mean, I don't like to take sides when it comes to fanboys and haters, but between overly-enthusiastic fanboys and salty haters acting like Blizzard killed their moms, I instinctively find the second way more pathetic, by a decent margin even.

    Fun fact: he also the only one who tagged his "review" as one containing potential spoilers when there's literally none of them, just to pump some artificial credibility to his agenda. I mean, he's stupid enough to believe that Blizzard "made" the movie and hate the movie just in the same way he surely hates WoW.
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    It's a general rule though that if you play horde you are a bad person irl. It's just a scientific fact.
    Quote Originally Posted by Heladys View Post
    The game didn't give me any good reason to hate the horde. Forums did that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jshadowhunter View Post
    Yeah, I read the book and there's no signs that Blackmoore did any raping. He knew that Taretha was connected to Thrall, but he kept quite about it and waiting for her next move.
    1.) Blackmoore makes it no secret that the Foxton family, especially after the loss of Thrall, are only in his good graces because Taretha is in his bed. She can't say "no" to him due to the threat to her family.

    2.) There are literal bruises on Taretha. Now, I'm not the one who's going to judge anyone on any BDSM activities they might partake in, but I think it's safe to assume that she was not physically pummeled because she enjoyed reading 50 shades and wanted to give it a whirl.

    3.) Blackmoore makes it clear that Taretha's opinion on the matter does not count. To him, she's the whore to bed, and not to wed, which is also mentioned in the book. (In reference to being "betrothed".)

    In short, Blackmoore gets Taretha when he wants her, how he wants her because of the looming threat to her family and her well being.

    Oh, and Blackmoore doesn't figure out her support of Thrall till after he already had her, quite probably on multiple occasions.

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