Duncan Jones' Warcraft - Part 2

[DarthSkywalker]

You know what comes out the week after Warcraft? Finding Dory. The sequel to one of the biggest animated films of all time.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Now, knowing Draenei race and other iconic characters are in the film, I'll be extremely sad if this universe doesn't grow into anything... Fantasy creatures looks fantastic and alive.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

IGN Special Effects and Preview:

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Some shots I hadn't seen at the end. The shots of the female Orc crawling or whatever she is doing are bad. Kind of funny they keep going back to that same shot of Durotan.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Some shots I hadn't seen at the end. The shots of the female Orc crawling or whatever she is doing are bad.

Are you going to watch the film in a theater?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Are you going to watch the film in a theater?

Depends on my brother and the reviews. If he wants to go, I'll go. But he will have to pay or at least buy me popcorn.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Depends on my brother and the reviews. If he wants to go, I'll go. But he will have to pay or at least buy me popcorn.

Fair enough.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Fair enough.

I was a Warcraft fan, played a bit of WoW with my brother and a few of our friends. But he was a big WoW fan, and spent a good amount of time with it, before the big change. He was down with the movie, until I showed him the clips. He really liked the one with the Orcs. I also finally got him to watch Vikings, so Fimmel excites him.

 

[Marvolo]

I wasnt going to, but **** it, Ill watch it and in 3D too. I want more hard fantasy films in theaters and bad as this film might be I cant bring myself to strangle the baby in the crib. If supporting this possible dud encourages studios to invest in other hard fantasy films then thats a win for me.

 

[Drz]

Marvolo truly is the hero we need and deserve, a watchful protector, a silent guardian.

a Dark Film Enthusiasts.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I wasnt going to, but **** it, Ill watch it and in 3D too. I want more hard fantasy films in theaters and bad as this film might be I cant bring myself to strangle the baby in the crib. If supporting this possible dud encourages studios to invest in other hard fantasy films then thats a win for me.

I never want to give the impression that I support crap. If it isn't good, I am only going if the kid brother drags me. I'll probably own him one after dragging him to Alice.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I was a Warcraft fan, played a bit of WoW with my brother and a few of our friends. But he was a big WoW fan, and spent a good amount of time with it, before the big change. He was down with the movie, until I showed him the clips. He really liked the one with the Orcs. I also finally got him to watch Vikings, so Fimmel excites him.

Looks like he's interested to watch the film. I kinda feel every gamer should watch it, at least. I mean, people can say anything about it - poorly advertised or doesn't look good enough by modern blockbuster standards, but I it respects it's core auditory, it's source, and is made with passion and heart. How likeable it is to GA - remains to be seen.

I was a Blizzard fan during late 90s - early 00s. Maybe right till WoW arrived. WC-WCII-D-SC-WC3-DII. Played WoW for some time as a Draenei, when Burning Crusade hit. But then I had to drop it, since the game required more and more time to progress or achieve something. I didn't have nor that much time, nor enthusiasm. But seeing these old characters in a live action film - Grom, Medivh, Khadgar, Lothar and so on... Not to mention expanded lore of WC3 and WoW.

 

[Marvolo]

I never want to give the impression that I support crap. If it isn't good, I am only going if the kid brother drags me. I'll probably own him one after dragging him to Alice.

Eh we all support crap every once in a while. Guilty pleasures and the like. At least this would be for a good cause.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Looks like he's interested to watch the film. I kinda feel every gamer should watch it, at least. I mean, people can say anything about it - poorly advertised or doesn't look good enough by modern blockbuster standards, but I it respects it's core auditory, it's source, and is made with passion and heart. How likeable it is to GA - remains to be seen.

I was a Blizzard fan during late 90s - early 00s. Maybe right till WoW arrived. WC-WCII-D-SC-WC3-DII. Played WoW for some time as a Draenei, when Burning Crusade hit. But then I had to drop it, since the game required more and more time to progress or achieve something. I didn't have nor that much time, nor enthusiasm. But seeing these old characters in a live action film - Grom, Medivh, Khadgar, Lothar and so on... Not to mention expanded lore of WC3 and WoW.

Why does someone playing games have to do with seeing this movie? And do we know this movie is made with passion and heart? You can't really know that until seeing it. I don't begrudge anyone being excited, but I don't like how it seems people are giving this a bit of a bye because it is a "video game" movie.

I agree with you on what will make or break this movie. If people thing WoW fans are going to take this to victory, they are crazy. The casual movie goers are what you need.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Eh we all support crap every once in a while. Guilty pleasures and the like. At least this would be for a good cause.

I only support crap for pretty women and stuff I had footy pajamas for.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Why does someone playing games have to do with seeing this movie? And do we know this movie is made with passion and heart? You can't really know that until seeing it. I don't begrudge anyone being excited, but I don't like how it seems people are giving this a bit of a bye because it is a "video game" movie.

Well, I can see they didn't drop the license to anyone willing to buy it, they tried to make the film for many years, they kicked Raimi off the project for trying to do the story, that wasn't representing the source. All that and more points towards them trying to do the best. Duncan is a capable filmmaker, who's a gamer and WoW fan himself. And so on... Well, even the footage points towards that.

I agree with you on what will make or break this movie. If people thing WoW fans are going to take this to victory, they are crazy. The casual movie goers are what you need.

At the same time it all looks like an experiment. Looks like the company decided - let's try to carry the film on gamers shoulders... I don't know what they were thinking, but the rumor, that the company doesn't know how to advertise the film ended up being true. I mean, clearly they have no idea. Unless the film is a total catastrophe (and I don't believe that), I can't really explain the trailers they were putting out. Recent clips show much more soul and quality to the film, than those cheap attempts at presenting the film as a Transformers rival...

 

[Sithborg]

Ahh, the old "it's good because it honors the source material".

 

[redhawk23]

Basically this might end up being Jones's John Carter. I have little doubt that he made exactly the movie he wanted to make. If it is fan service, it is only because he himself is a huge fan. Whether that lends itself to massive success is...another matter.

I actually still think this film has a chance of being pretty great. I expect it will do much better abroad than here in the states though.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Jones John Carter means that you are predicting the film to be a massive bomb.

 

[redhawk23]

I don't know how this film will do financially but to explain the John Carter scenario, for Andrew Stanton John Carter was an absolute dream project and I think he way over estimated the wide appeal of the whole thing and ended up making a film that is true to the source material to the point of being overly dense in its devotion to the whole setting and different groups with nonsense names. Sometimes when mega-fans adapt things, they don't pay attention to making anyone else really care about the thing.

Which yeah, like with Stantons film will likely result in a huge bomb.

I hope for a better film overall than John Carter. I hope for the movie to simply be good. A financial bomb might negate the chance for sequels but I care about that less than I do the effect it might have on Jones' career as so far he's made things I tend to really enjoy. White dude directors get nearly infinite lives in the Hollywood game though so he'll probably come out alright in the end.

 

[Octoberist]

But saves Jones is:

a.) Warcraft is not as expensive as John Carter, which has double the budget.

b.) Unlike Carter, Warcraft DOES have a modern and fairly big fan base.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Ahh, the old "it's good because it honors the source material".

I never said it's good because it honors the source material. I said people should give it a chance, especially gamers. Because it's rare in game to movie adaptations.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

But saves Jones is:

a.) Warcraft is not as expensive as John Carter, which has double the budget.

b.) Unlike Carter, Warcraft DOES have a modern and fairly big fan base.

Yeah I think those are the huge differences between Carter and Warcraft.

 

[Mr.T]

It might just be the trailers but the CGI looks really bad. I'm still going to see it....

 

[Tim_Riggins]

CGI looks absolutely incredible in those latest featurettes, even with the crappy Youtube quality.

Budget is only 100 M, this is going to make some serious bank overseas.

 

[Silvermoon]

Featurette "A Look Inside"

https://youtu.be/WxL3ryE23lo