Originally Posted by
ElAmigo
It seems people aren't getting that even with the underlying theme and message of the trailer, the comedic parts were still cheese. I have no problems with the Panda in the trailer, I have no problems with the way the Human and Orc fought or the fact that they banded together for a short while, the problem inherently lies in the presentation of the shift of tone that happened in the middle of the video.
The way the Human gave his weapon to the Orc and the expressions they wore while it happened wasn't Blizzard (cinematic wise) and neither was the way the hammer-like object was placed back by Chen. While both of these scenes (or maybe one of them) brought a slight chuckle out of me, it was still out of character. Overall, the cinematic quality of the video was astonishing and I still find the video to be great but with Blizzard trying to assure us at Blizzcon that this wasn't any sort of Kung Fu panda cop out (tonally), I don't think this cinematic helped sway the non-believers.
P.S. I still think MoP will be good and don't think, story wise, that the game is going to shift that way. I'm specifically commenting on the video.