I'll leave it open for discussion and stuff. I just chose off-topic because this is a StarCraft-centric site, and this is WarCraft, despite both being made by same company and such.
On comment, I can't say much, I think it's OK, since I'm not that a big fan of WC (Except for RoC/TFT, which's got a good story). My only apparent gripe is the story, which, as I recall, should've been demon-possessed Orcs invading Azeroth and then, MUCH later, getting detoxed of demon magic (As WCIII story from the manual told) and thus start fighting the Burning Legion. Or maybe like 'The Coming of the Horde', that campaign Jayborino is playing, which I think it fit well with the old story, while adding new elements.
Regarding the "story differences", please keep in mind that the Orc side is probably shown through the eyes of Durotan.
While I have no clue about the pre-Warcraft III lore myself, judging by Jayborino's playthrough of "The Coming of the Horde", Durotan and his clan were the only ones to realize that their world is dying, and that they need a new place to keep on living/redeeming themselves.
It's only everyone else (on the Orc side) that is with the demons, probably blinded by their actions and whatnot. Considering that way back, the player controlled the demon-controlled Orcs, it's not even a retcon - it's just one side of the story we never saw up until Warcraft III at the earliest. (which is not to say that Blizzard has never changed the background story before, but at least in this case it's ok and understandable where they came from).
So yes, this movie goes straight for the deeper background story and whatnot. But honestly, a movie with just fighting wouldn't have sufficed imo. And Blizzard is no fan of doing one-sided stories, as players always played both the good and the bad side, be it Warcraft I-III or Starcraft I.
So story-wise I don't mind it and will just see how it unfolds. But what REALLY makes me uncomfortable is the clash of CGI and real-life human characters. Like, most of the trailer looked like one of Blizzard's cinematics, and only the human close-ups were real-life footage.
Movies like Avatar were doing it pretty well by keeping the CGI and real-life footage mix to a minimum, giving us either full CGI or full real-life. The few times when we saw a Na'vi and a human together were few and weren't combat scenes, thus the uncanny valley was mostly intact.
But the trailer shows a pretty liberal mix of this. Or rather, if the humans in armor were actually real-life, then I didn't notice that. But maybe the trailer doesn't really give is a good-enough impression of that issue here.
I guess only time will tell. Either way I'm stocked!
If this movie is successfull, will it bring world's attention to blizzard products, and will it then increase the amount of people playing our arcade maps?
Somehow I see all blizzard news through this prism.
I'll leave it open for discussion and stuff. I just chose off-topic because this is a StarCraft-centric site, and this is WarCraft, despite both being made by same company and such.
On comment, I can't say much, I think it's OK, since I'm not that a big fan of WC (Except for RoC/TFT, which's got a good story). My only apparent gripe is the story, which, as I recall, should've been demon-possessed Orcs invading Azeroth and then, MUCH later, getting detoxed of demon magic (As WCIII story from the manual told) and thus start fighting the Burning Legion. Or maybe like 'The Coming of the Horde', that campaign Jayborino is playing, which I think it fit well with the old story, while adding new elements.
Regarding the "story differences", please keep in mind that the Orc side is probably shown through the eyes of Durotan.
While I have no clue about the pre-Warcraft III lore myself, judging by Jayborino's playthrough of "The Coming of the Horde", Durotan and his clan were the only ones to realize that their world is dying, and that they need a new place to keep on living/redeeming themselves.
It's only everyone else (on the Orc side) that is with the demons, probably blinded by their actions and whatnot. Considering that way back, the player controlled the demon-controlled Orcs, it's not even a retcon - it's just one side of the story we never saw up until Warcraft III at the earliest. (which is not to say that Blizzard has never changed the background story before, but at least in this case it's ok and understandable where they came from).
So yes, this movie goes straight for the deeper background story and whatnot. But honestly, a movie with just fighting wouldn't have sufficed imo. And Blizzard is no fan of doing one-sided stories, as players always played both the good and the bad side, be it Warcraft I-III or Starcraft I.
So story-wise I don't mind it and will just see how it unfolds. But what REALLY makes me uncomfortable is the clash of CGI and real-life human characters. Like, most of the trailer looked like one of Blizzard's cinematics, and only the human close-ups were real-life footage.
Movies like Avatar were doing it pretty well by keeping the CGI and real-life footage mix to a minimum, giving us either full CGI or full real-life. The few times when we saw a Na'vi and a human together were few and weren't combat scenes, thus the uncanny valley was mostly intact.
But the trailer shows a pretty liberal mix of this. Or rather, if the humans in armor were actually real-life, then I didn't notice that. But maybe the trailer doesn't really give is a good-enough impression of that issue here.
I guess only time will tell. Either way I'm stocked!
If this movie is successfull, will it bring world's attention to blizzard products, and will it then increase the amount of people playing our arcade maps?
Somehow I see all blizzard news through this prism.
Well, I guess this video makes it official - BlizzCon 2015 ruled the year.
I'm only crying a bit because this one MANAGED to overcome the intro for LotV, and I loved that one so much, but this one is even more incredible.
GODDAMMIT, STOP IT, BLIZZARD! I WANNA KEEP MY HEART INTACT FOR NOV. 10TH!!!