I foresee nothing but bad things for this if you’re a WOW player.

1) No matter if you’re Horde or Alliance, you’ll feel “your” side wasn’t represented well.

2) I can’t imagine for a second that anyone will get all the voices/slogans/sayings of each race down right, which I know would piss me off. If I hear an Orc say goodbye and he doesn’t say “Strength and Honor” or something to that affect, I’ma gonna hurt someone.

3) What story are they going to tell? The original battle before The Lich King (which leaves out The Forsaken?) The first wave of The Lich King & Arthas’ assault (not enough Horde/Alliance interaction)? The joining of the Horde & Alliance to defeat The Lich King (would there be enough backstory for that to even make sense to people?) I’d take the third option and give it a real “New Hope” kind of open, but I don’t see that happening.

4) From whose POV are we going to hear the story? If it’s all Alliance or all Horde, half the theater will be pissed. I’d use an Alliance leader (who leads the Humans again?) and a Horde leader (Thrall of the Orcs makes the most sense) *and* throw in some of The Lich King’s perspective. That would be the only way I could see this holding up.

5) Now that you put up the Hellboy pictures, all I can think is WHY ISN’T DEL TORO DOING THIS??? He’s a MUCH better candidate to get this universe right, and I can’t believe they wouldn’t hold the project to try and get him.

I could keep going, but you get my point. I don’t see this working. I’m AFRAID of this. I think I’m probably going to be very angry at this. Hoo boy.

*goes off to check out the Orgrimmar Auction House again for a new wand*

Do it like Evil Dead II!

Donna, I heard about this a while ago. It’s set about two years before WoW begins, so it’s after the rise of the Lich King. It focuses on a Night Elf and I don’t think it’s supposed to be an epic movie full of massive battles and large-scale faction politics.

This’ll probably be the funnest movie to see in the theater. I can hear the cries now…

“Debuff that whore!”
“Ganker!”
“LFG!”
“Hax!”
“Did he drop any phat lewt?”

And so on.

As I’ve always said, no matter what else they do, but if they manage to work in a Night Elf in her underwear dancing at a mailbox, it will still be awesome.

4) From whose POV are we going to hear the story? If it’s all Alliance or all Horde, half the theater will be pissed. I’d use an Alliance leader (who leads the Humans again?) and a Horde leader (Thrall of the Orcs makes the most sense)

That’s canon, actually. The story of Jaina and Thrall is pretty much that, and is a good example of both sides displaying their heroic traits and bastardly traits.

You know, I heard that this was the result of having 450 in Film Making and collecting 20 Pristine Spider Webs

You know, I heard that this was the result of having 450 in Film Making and collecting 20 Pristine Spider Webs

*snort* LOL… that’s classic right there.

Donna, I heard about this a while ago. It’s set about two years before WoW begins, so it’s after the rise of the Lich King. It focuses on a Night Elf and I don’t think it’s supposed to be an epic movie full of massive battles and large-scale faction politics.

Ummm… that sounds awfully boring given what’s going on around that Night Elf. If you’re going to do WOW… do WOW. Don’t half-ass it on a small story within the world. I want to SEE that world. And I’m already pissed because it’s a Night Elf meaning the Horde is going to be demonized… and that’s my side.

See? Doesn’t work. But you’re right about what’s going to happen in the theater. Betcha most of the people who go in the opening week or so go in some kind of WOW garb. I want to wear my “FOR THE HORDE” shirt, paint my face like my Undead Warlock and carry a wand… except I think Jim might kill me for that. ;D