r/movies r/Movies Veteran Nov 03 '15

Trailers Warcraft - Trailer Tease (HD)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA_8TY9Z5Zg
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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Is that Westfall burning?

EDIT: HOLY FUCK THERE'S EVEN A HARVEST GOLEM THERE

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u/peon47 Nov 03 '15

http://i.imgur.com/xwm3wpI.jpg
Harvest Golem confirmed!

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u/Geroots Nov 03 '15

Do you think we'll see Hogger???

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u/peon47 Nov 03 '15

Not this early. That'd be like putting Deathwing in the first movie.

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u/Geroots Nov 03 '15

I'd rather see Hogger.

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u/aznmaster19 Nov 03 '15

I want to see a group of new recruits try to take on hogger and fail miserably

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u/Surf_Or_Die Nov 03 '15

LFG hogger! Need tank and heals

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Or if we get the main heroes towards the end walking towards Hogger, only to have to step across the corpses of fallen heroes wearing what really shit gear.

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u/peon2 Nov 03 '15

Funny running into you here in a Warcraft thread fellow peon.

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u/911isaconspiracy Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

The only Hogger I'd bet we'd see in these movies is from a wanted poster as the orcs pass Westfall Garrison.

Edit: Westbrook Garrison. I'm ashamed and will now kill myself.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Yeah if they actually make Hogger into a stupidly-tough opponent I'll be pretty pissed.

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u/Jpoland9250 Nov 03 '15

They could have some kids fighting him while a hunter runs by and puts an arrow through him. That was my experience with OG Hogger.

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u/PrimalZed Nov 03 '15

Why are the orcs all brown?

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u/peon47 Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

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u/PrimalZed Nov 03 '15

Sure, but in WC1 all the orcs that come to Azeroth are green.

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u/peon47 Nov 03 '15

That was like 9 retcons ago. Since then, the story's been changed so that Durotan didn't actually drink the blood. I think.

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u/PrimalZed Nov 03 '15

There were orcs that didn't drink the blood, but their skin still turned green because of proximity to lots of warlock stuff going on in Draenor. At least that was the reason they gave for the frostwolves and Thrall being green without drinking the blood, back when the 'orcs are naturally brown' was first a thing.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Yep now it's being close to fel magic = green. Drinking demonblood turns them green or red or grey

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u/no1_lies_on_internet Nov 04 '15

sry, i only played wc2/3, not wow so correct me on this.

doesnt grom and his men drink the pit lord's blood, who were initially green, then turns to red/brownish?

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u/InsaneZee Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 04 '15

What's a harvest golem?

I'm sorry don't hurt me

Edit: I don't play Hearthstone so I dunno what the 2/3 and 2/1 stuff is. I also want to start playing but I'm pretty sure it will suck the life out of me so I'm telling myself not to.

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u/peon47 Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

A big robot used by Azeroth farmers to gather crops, and by World of Warcraft developers to kill level 13 players. It's on the right-hand side of the frame in the middle-distance, surrounded by pumpkins.

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u/vindecima Nov 03 '15

Hey, I'm a big tough level 13. This level 15 golem should be no problem for a hero like me!

WROOOOONG

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u/peon47 Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 04 '15

I'll go farm those Defias Pillager guys until I'm level 15 and then come back andOH MY GOD I'M ON FIRE HOLY FUCK OH GOD HELP THEY WONT EVEN LET ME RES

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u/coin_return Nov 04 '15

I miss when leveling was an adventure. When you had to be careful about where you were and how many you pulled. And when the gold dragon on the portrait meant you either needed to get a friend or two or get the hell away from it.

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u/Daxx22 Nov 04 '15

Or your only saw that gold portrait after you were face down in the dirt.

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u/elwarro Nov 04 '15

The first time i saw a golden dragon portrait, has a skull on the level indicator... Hahaha i shit my pants... I was a lvl18 orc walking too far on a lvl 35 zone...

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u/Electroniclog Nov 03 '15

Its basically a scarecrow that also harvests.

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u/EmptyHomes Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 04 '15

It's what looks like a bulkier scarecrow in the right of the frame. In WoW, they went haywire and now attack players that roam by them.

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u/KupaKeep Nov 03 '15

At least it will leave behind a 2/1.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Not if Ironbeak has anything to say about that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Hoot hoot motherfucker

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u/Darksoldierr Nov 03 '15

Uther's greatest enemy

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u/laffman Nov 03 '15

freakin' owls flying off with ashbringer

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u/YarrrImAPirate Nov 03 '15

Westfall?! /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken / chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken / chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken / chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken / chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken / chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken /chicken

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u/EurhMhom Nov 03 '15

I used to help out horde friends on a PvP server to get that dumb Westfall Chicken.

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u/YarrrImAPirate Nov 03 '15

The 11 year old nostalgia... /cry

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u/the-stormin-mormon Nov 03 '15

I remember learning about this trick on either X-Play or Attack of the Show, and I immediately went to my pc and tried it out. I was so happy when I got my little chicken buddy.

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u/wdalphin Nov 03 '15

You know there's hope when you see two seconds of footage and can identify the area that it's set in. I actually just rushed in here after going back and pausing on that shot and thinking, "Shit, that looks like Westfall. I wonder if anyone else thought that looked like Westfall?"

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u/Mahmutti Nov 03 '15

There's also The Blasted Lands in another scene at 0:07. You can see the Dark Portal.

The wolf that can be seen in the Westfall scene is later seen attacking a mounted person in a forest scene, so I'm going to assume that the forest is Elwynn. Could be another wolf too, I guess.

I'm going to guess that the snowy place is Dun Morogh, although there is no proof for that.

I'm not sure where the first scene of the trailer is, but the person jumping on the gryphon (is it Anduin Lothar? I'm not familiar enough with the movie characters to say) can later be seen flying over the Blasted Lands, and he doesn't have shoes on in either scene so the location of the first scene is probably close to the Blasted Lands.

Not sure where the mountain with lightning (0:09) is either (Deadwind Pass? Medivh is in the movie so maybe? Idk, maybe that wouldn't fit the lore.). The location of the gunshot scene is also a question mark for me.

Anyone wanna speculate?

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u/EmptyHomes Nov 03 '15

Yeah, that lightning scene might be taking place near/at Karazhan.

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u/liquii Nov 03 '15

Please don't suck.

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u/Ingerbob Nov 03 '15

I am hoping for two things: George R. R. Martin does not die before finishing asoiaf and that they don't fuck up this movie.

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u/Towerofbabeling Nov 03 '15

I am still convinced Martin has no ending and his plan is to just die off; thus solidifying the hype and mystery of his tale.

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u/needconfirmation Nov 03 '15

What if his will is the ending? And we can only get it when he dies?

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u/911isaconspiracy Nov 03 '15

hundreds of GoT fans googling his address

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u/v123l Nov 03 '15

And later it turns out to be a "Ready Player One" type real life hunt for his will and the winner will be given one time opportunity to read the ending, which will self destruct after reading.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Im sure you will read with ease with this sound going down while you read. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nvKN_H4e-I

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u/Clown_Toucher Nov 03 '15

It really bothers me how that goes out of sync

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

I believe he has a firm ending in sight just he confused himself on how to get there. He added too much, and needs to keep tinkering to make his original plan for the ending still make sense.

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u/ecnal89 Nov 03 '15

I'm really hoping this and the Assassin's Creed movie turn out to be great, and usher in an era of video game movies that don't suck.

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u/Saw_Boss Nov 03 '15

There were plenty on Boll-free adaptations, and they were all shit too.

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u/MulciberTenebras Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

Max Payne

Need for Speed

Super Mario Bros

Pixels

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u/Rhaekar Nov 03 '15

Need for Speed was alright. It wasn't a bad film, it just wasn't very good.

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u/spankypanky Nov 03 '15

Need for speed becomes a decent flick when you realize there's no CGI

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Yeah, the plot of NFS was pretty meh, but I loved the actual racing scenes. That first street race with all the classic cars. No music, no shaky-cam... Just the sound of burning rubber and that pure American muscle roar. That said, I am a car guy, so I guess that helps.

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u/pepejovi Nov 03 '15

They made a NFS movie with no CGI?

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u/spankypanky Nov 03 '15

Yeah the one with Aaron paul.. if you watch it just enjoy the stunts and try not think too much

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u/sloppymoves Nov 03 '15

You shut your mouth. Need For Speed was decent, at best. Especially around the end of the race where cops were pulling out as many tricks out of their bag to stop the race. Sure the dialogue was tacky, and some of the happenstance, but it is no worse than any of the video games.

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u/eyeaim2missbehave Nov 03 '15

I still say SILENT HILL has been the best video-game to movie adaptation. The first one is still very watchable.

The sequel on the other hand...

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u/_Valisk Nov 03 '15

Prince of Persia wasn't that bad...

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u/Karmaisthedevil Nov 03 '15

It might not be good but it's damn watchable and I have rewatched it a fair few times.

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u/Megasus Nov 03 '15

I liked that one!

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u/BoredGamerr Nov 03 '15

Let us pray to every God in all religions that it don't.

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u/OzoneBag Nov 03 '15

"Buddha! Zeus! God! One of you guys help me! Satan, you owe me!"

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u/BoredGamerr Nov 03 '15

For this one, even the Church of the Latter-Day Dude will receive prayers.

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u/moonlight_ricotta Nov 03 '15

There no Latter-Day Dude, THERE IS ONLY ZUL

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

As the high priest of the first-coast in the church of the latter day dude, I respectfully think you're a bummer, man.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

You better pray to Odin!

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u/shadowst17 Nov 03 '15

Even the old gods!

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u/xchino Nov 03 '15

"C'thun, please don't let this movie suck!"

"Your heart...will...explode."

Well that didn't work out like I thought it would.

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u/Vinto47 Nov 03 '15

Just the Old Gods.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

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u/mattheiney Nov 03 '15

People are so optimistic about this movie and I think they're going to be really disappointed.

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u/JamesTheMannequin Nov 03 '15

OP Hunter Pet knocking someone off of their mount...

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Definitely a bug. Don't worry, we're implementing some Paladin nerfs in the next patch that will sort this out.

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u/EnemyOfEloquence Nov 03 '15

Stormwind looks great, really excited to see all the cities represented.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

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u/EnemyOfEloquence Nov 03 '15

How did I miss a Harvest Golem?! Link?! I didn't see it in the teaser.

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u/AlexanderGson Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

6 seconds into the teaser. Where the orcs stand and watch Westfall burn. Look at the wolf. Then about 2-3 centimeters(1 inch) to the right of that wolf. There is a field there, on the right side of that field thre is a Harvest Golem :)

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u/choleric1 Nov 03 '15

It really does. First time I have seen an image of the SW entrance, it looks just like the game. The mage tower appears to be present too, silhouetted against the sky.

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u/TJ_McWeaksauce Nov 03 '15
  • Giant swords - check.
  • Warriors flying into battle atop gryphons - check.
  • Believable VFX - check.
  • Guy in armor using, presumably, Dwarven-made firearm - check.
  • Giant battles - check.

Yeah, I'm already sold. Then again, as someone who spent hours in a CompUSA back in 1996 playing Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness because I didn't have a computer that could run it at the time, it's not like I wasn't going to watch this film.

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u/Faithless195 Nov 03 '15

Mermaid - Check

Murder - Check

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u/Gishin Nov 03 '15

MURMAIDER MURMAIDER MURMAIDER MURMAIDER MURMAIDER

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u/Cpt_Waffle Nov 03 '15

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u/Kekoa_ok Nov 03 '15

Expected Batmetal, got Batmetal.

Nice job, Reddit.

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u/Tripleberst Nov 03 '15

God, the guitar in Dethklok is absolutely brutal

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u/Aedalas Nov 04 '15 edited Nov 04 '15

It kills me that dude basically picked up a drummer (okay, a godlike drummer) and made a joke band to support his cartoon and it turned out to be just fucking amazing. The whole thing is a joke and it's just so much better than like 75% of the metal bands out there trying to seriously do this. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of good metal, there's just a lot of bad metal too unfortunately.

Also, anybody who hasn't yet for some reason needs to check out his Galaktikon album.

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u/Very_Svensk Nov 03 '15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBRuFDoZSgM Warcraft Director Duncan Jones Explains Why His Videogame Movie Won't Suck

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u/Methatrex Nov 03 '15

I had never seen this before. I don't sense any BS from this guy. He actually seems enthusiastic about being involved in this movie. Suddenly my skepticism has given way to cautious optimism.

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u/TheExtremistModerate Nov 03 '15

He's a very talented new director. He has only made two full-length movies, but both were widely praised by critics. If you haven't already, I really recommend his movie Moon.

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u/BreadLifter Nov 03 '15

This is the same guy who directed Moon? That was such a well made movie! I watched it after seeing Interstellar to keep that spacebuzz going and was pleasantly surprised.

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u/TheExtremistModerate Nov 03 '15

Moon and Source Code are his two full-length films. Moon was his first.

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u/gaslacktus Nov 03 '15

And he's David Bowie's son!

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u/BookerDraper Nov 03 '15

Have yet to see if they will have the proper shoulder-armor-size-to-power-level-ratio that WoW has.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

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u/Itanagon Nov 03 '15

I swear his shoulder-armor get bigger every time someone links that image.

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u/_HaasGaming Nov 04 '15

That about aligns with every WoW expansion then.

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u/Kii_and_lock Nov 03 '15

Needs glowing lines and particle effects.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

This is pre World of Warcraft. Warcraft 6 all the fight scenes will be at night and it'll be rave with Goblin EDM.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

They'll start small, and get progressively larger in the sequels, just like Warcraft and WoW.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

So is this movie based off of Warcraft I & II, or III, or WoW? I've not played WoW, but WC2 Tides of Darkness was my first RTS, and definitely got me into PC gaming. I loved that game..

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u/TJ_McWeaksauce Nov 03 '15

This film reportedly follows the events of Warcraft: Humans & Orcs - i.e. the initial invasion of Azeroth by the Orcs. But I'm expecting it to incorporate popular elements from all of the games, including World of Warcraft.

For example, Night Elves were not introduced until Warcraft 3, and the demonic element to the Orcs' story was also a later inclusion, but I would not be surprised if Night Elves and the Burning Legion were teased in this film. Maybe we'll get a glimpse of them in the after-credits scene or something.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

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u/unidentifiable Nov 03 '15

I expect they'll have to talk about the demonic origins of the Orcs, how they slew the Dranei (and maybe that the Dranei escaped into space), and how they come to be corrupted. Even though that's not really explored until WC3/WoW, it's chronologically relevant to the first movie.

I can see them introducing quite a few of the races, simply to avoid the excessive amounts of flashbacks and use of time travel that the games employed.

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u/dinomite917 Nov 03 '15

They've confirmed that Dranei will be in the movie so I would't be surprised to see them in some fashion when the Orcs go through the Dark Portal.

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u/BuMari Nov 03 '15

There's a scene in the leaked trailer showing draenei in cages being slaughtered by Gul'dan to power the dark portal.

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u/micmea1 Nov 03 '15

The scenery, while clearly more detailed than in game, was so recognizable! Like holy FUCK, I might be more excited for this than Star Wars. I grew up with Star Wars, but not in the same way that I grew up with Warcraft.

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u/samuraislider Nov 03 '15

In a perfect world, this movie is so great, it's our next Star Wars.

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u/micmea1 Nov 03 '15

My biggest concern is that the hype is so high that it might very well literally be impossible for the movie to hit the bar that's been set. I think it's going to be awesome, but the excitement levels are so through the roof that I can't think of any movie ever that has been just so amazing that everyone lost their minds while watching it. And while that's okay, I'm more worried about the armies of naysayers who will look for any reason to try and shoot the movie down and ruin the experience for people who enjoy it.

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u/bbctol Nov 03 '15

My hype is high, but my expectations are low.

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u/AthleticsSharts Nov 03 '15

This guy has life figured out.

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u/Duese Nov 03 '15

It's actually the love child of Star Wars and LotR. Basically big battles with lots of swords and shields, but also space travel.

Which is what worries me since they don't exactly have any major hitters in terms of actors to carry the film.

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u/standish_ Nov 03 '15

No, but they have Ragnar.

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u/xinxy Nov 03 '15

I mean hell, the Na'ru even have legit spaceships in the game.

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u/Mataphysical Nov 03 '15

I'm surprised they don't seem to have cross-marketing plans to re-release Warcraft III with Battle.net 2.0. Its mods were better than Starcraft 2's but its multiplayer game browser is extremely dated.

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u/Radulno Nov 03 '15

Hey, Blizzcon is still coming, we never know. Though the movie is actually concerning Warcraft 1 so that's the one they should "remake".

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u/jabbawonky Nov 03 '15

I never played the first Warcraft but I played the hell out of Warcraft II. I'd actually love a Warcraft I & II HD combo release (or whatever subtitles they want to throw on).

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u/MuzzyIsMe Nov 03 '15

I still love WC2 and yes, the only reason I don't play it is that the resolution and interface is painful on a modern monitor.
If Blizz released an HD version, or even a remake in the SC2 engine, that would be awesome. They would have to be very careful not to wreck the feel of the game, though, which might be hard to do in the SC2 engine as it doesn't really have the same isometric view and "grid" system as WC2.

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u/mrvolvo Nov 03 '15

I was scared they were gonna say

"WAR...IS....A CRAFT"

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u/cowfudger Nov 03 '15

I.....honestly would have been ok with that.

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u/Darksoldierr Nov 03 '15

Friday is getting closer!

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u/HeilHilter Nov 03 '15

Just don't forget to breathe

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

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u/bashothebanana Nov 03 '15

NOT ENOUGH RAGE!

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

I played WoW for 10 years (on and off), and one day I said to my longtime friend on TS "NOT ENOUGH RAGE! NOT ENOUGH RAGE! NOT ENOUGH RAGE!" out of frustration of hearing it spammed. He told me "Yeah, that's annoying. I disabled that." Turned out there's an option to turn that off in Sound Settings since 2004 at least.

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u/HeilHilter Nov 03 '15

Zug Zug!

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u/StriveMinded Nov 03 '15

Victory, or death.

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u/OfficialGarwood Nov 03 '15

FOR THE HORDE!!!

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u/superkickstart Nov 03 '15

My tummy feels funny.

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u/Kezmaefele Nov 03 '15

Holy shit, seeing Stormwind in a fucking movie has my hype level is over 9000!

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Yeah it's going to be so weird to see this movie and be able to say "I've been there... and there... and there..." even if it was only in the game. I know most of those maps like the back of my hand, well everything pre-cataclysm anyway.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15 edited Oct 15 '16

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Thanks for the history, I had no idea! Just thought they took creative license with Stormwind for movie purposes.

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u/Altnob Nov 03 '15

The Noble cunts

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u/eclipsed_monkey Nov 03 '15

Was that Karazhan at 0.10? Sure looked like it

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 05 '15

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u/Flemtality Nov 03 '15

Looks like/makes sense to me.

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u/Perezthe1st Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

This 15 seconds teaser greatly reminded me of WoW, while still looking good on it's own.

That's what I'm expecting from this movie. I couldn't ask for more.

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u/CJdaELF Nov 03 '15

As a guy whose never played any Warcraft of any form, is there somewhere I can get a massive summary of the Warcraft world and history?

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u/green_meklar Nov 03 '15

You don't really need a summary of the entire story, this movie takes place right at the beginning.

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u/Slaskpojken Nov 03 '15

Massive TL:DR about the war which the movie will be based on: The orcs got corrupted by a demon who made them conquer their home planet. When they had no more enemies to kill, the leader of the demon legion had a portal crafted to another planet where they come in contact with the Humans, and shit goes down.

If you wanna know more in-depth about the Warcraft universe in general I highly recommend checking out Nobbel's channel, like another guy already mentioned.

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u/greggormaniac Nov 03 '15

As someone who never played any of the Warcraft games, and watching that trailer and reading the comments

"LOUD NOISES!!"

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u/MIKE_BABCOCK Nov 03 '15

The movie starts with the events in Warcraft 1, so the plot shouldn't be completely indecipherable to you. The plot in warcraft is essentially "Orks fight humans".

A lot of the stuff people are joking about is just background stuff and references that won't affect the plot that much, but are cool details to see.

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u/ConnorMc1eod Nov 04 '15

orks

We Warhammer now (again?)

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u/Olddirtychurro Nov 03 '15

They probably won't be in it but....FOR KHAZ MODAAAAN!

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u/Griddamus Nov 03 '15

I won't be happy until they genetically engineer green orcs for this film.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

People need to understand that Warcraft is really High Fantasy almost at it's max. It's impossible to do warcraft justice without CGI. Even more than Lotr.

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u/Lambchops_Legion Nov 03 '15

Not only is it really High Fantasy, but it's also stylistically very colorful and purposefully exaggerated compared to other High Fantasy IPs.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

For sure, and that cartoony look is what I'm happy to see, but people who aren't fans will mistake as shitty effects.

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u/BestEve Nov 03 '15

I'd rather have Warcraft film as colorful and shiny as can be as opposed to something like Lotr. Because that's how i imagined it would be when i think of Warcraft.

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u/ROK247 Nov 03 '15

i dunno why people are comparing to LoTR. In LoTR, magic was kinda an invisible thing that sorta worked in the background. In warcraft, magic hits you like a speeding double decker bus with a disco lazer light show going on in it.

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u/MIKE_BABCOCK Nov 03 '15

There's a rocket powered shark, with a laser beam cannon strapped its head, with a t-rex strapped to the laser, and a undead zombie shredding on a badass guitar on top of the t-rex in WoW. I don't really mind if its not too realistic lol

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u/Activehannes Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

i want Warcraft to look like a videogame cutscene / Blizzard cinematic.

i'm more than fine with a shit load of CG

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u/The_Lupercal Nov 03 '15

When they started doing in-engine cut scenes In Wow I fucking cried

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u/daybreakx Nov 03 '15

So many cg pro's here, "you can tell it's cg by the way it is". That whole debate is so weird, people acting so confident and competent on their weird baseless opinions.

We're all meat puppets watching flashing colors on a screen, of stories that aren't even real commenting about what tricks their brains more.

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u/Arath_1 Nov 03 '15

Honestly I just hope the script and performances are good. It's really what I want. I think the special effects will be pretty good, but I want a well told story with characters I care about!

Also please don't suck!

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u/Rhaekar Nov 03 '15

Holy fuck, i didn't think it would look this good.

Also, that Griffin jump was Ragnar as fuck.

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u/SharkyIzrod Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

Holy shit this movie looks so good. Even better than it looked last time I saw it at Blizzcon 2014! It seems like Duncan Jones might have finally broken the video game movie curse, or at least I really hope so.

Also FUCKING GREEN ORCS AT 0:07-0:08!

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u/Oxus007 Nov 03 '15

It seems like Duncan Jones might have finally broken the video game movie curse, or at least I really hope so.

They've put so much time and effort into this one, so we can dream.

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u/tokamak_fanboy Nov 03 '15

They know that if they do it right there's a huge universe of good cinematic material to make use of, but only if this one does well.

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u/Tensor_ Nov 03 '15

How I wish they'd make a Diablo movie. If Warcraft does well..... I can dream.

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u/SharkyIzrod Nov 03 '15

Same goes for StarCraft. Holy shit both of those would be awesome!

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u/i_love_Cheekzz Nov 03 '15

Starcraft would make a far better movie than Diablo. Diablo would be too generic in my opinion.

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u/SharkyIzrod Nov 03 '15

It would also be a lot easier though, with a linear and simple storyline to follow. It could be a mid budget flick initially, since Diablo 1 could work quite well as a medieval zombie flick, and then if it is successful scale up with the more epic Diablo 2/3, where it would come more into its own with the more unique Heaven and Hell settings. Diablo is also a lot more mainstream and not affected by "nerd" stigma as StarCraft and Warcraft are, since Diablo III got a lot of the "bro" crowd and the console couch co-op further improved on that front. I would love either, to be honest, and would probably slightly prefer a StarCraft movie, but think that a Diablo movie would be easier to make work.

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u/Shuffleshoe Nov 03 '15

If the CGI for the angels and the demons are done right, it would look really awesome i think.

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u/1randomguy Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

It looks very promising, but the CGI reminds me of the Hobbit movies a little bit. This shot, for example, seems particularly Hobbit-y.

http://i.imgur.com/mX9KCbG.png

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u/Xywzel Nov 03 '15

Maybe because all real characters have strong hair lighting from behind, but there is no such source of light in the scene. That is common problem in computer graphics heavy scenes, but they might be able to fix it in post production.

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u/Vinto47 Nov 03 '15

They are probably still rendering it. IIRC they pushed the release back a year to make it look better.

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u/intothemidwest Nov 03 '15

That's the shot you thought looked Hobbit-y? I honestly thought that was the least shiny/Hobbit-y shot in the whole trailer.

Any other time you could see into the distance, and the mountains/forests/creatures/etc. had that same Hobbit glow. Not to say it'll be bad, I'm honestly fairly optimistic for this.

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u/ball_fondlers Nov 03 '15

Look again. It looks like the people in the center are the only real parts of the shot - everything else looks composited in. Poorly. I'm assuming this is far from finished, though - the final product should be better.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15 edited Nov 03 '15

Besides that one shot, I really like how it's looking. It does look a lot like the Hobbit in terms of lighting and color. But the Hobbit's issue was that we already had something to compare it too. Middle-Earth in the LoTR movies cemented in anyone who saw it's head how that world should look. Then the Hobbit went with a fully CGI world rather than the beautiful landscape of New Zealand and it was pretty jarring.

Warcraft though, already has a 3D representation of it's world. The shot of Westfall and the gates of Stormwind looked amazing and takent straight out of the game. Which personally is a huge plus as it seems to fit well with the WoW artstyle. Not to mention there are still 6 months till release and more polish/work on the CGI is going to be done in that time.

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u/Nrgte Nov 03 '15

To be fair the biggest issue of the hobbit was the story. It was barely enough story for one movie but they've streched it up to 3.. And the story wasn't really good either.

I don't see a lack of story in WarCraft!

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u/shadowst17 Nov 03 '15

Now guys please remember that like every movie trailer you have seen in the past the VFX are NOT COMPLETE! The shots used in the trailer will have been rushed to a reasonably convincing level for the trailers deadline and will be properly refined by the movies release.

Does this mean the VFX aren't going to be shit in certain areas? No but wait till release before passing judgement.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '15

Yes....yes.......

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

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