As we gear up for the warcraft movie there are just a few short weeks to go for american audiences, and even less time for international viewers gamers are still wondering just how it fits into the rts and mmo story we already know. Blizzards vp of story and franchise development chris metzen said some cowardly decisions were made in the original lore. Here are some of their most popular articles below. This article contains information and lore exclusive to the warcraft film universe, which is considered to be separate from the main.
How does the warcraft film change the lore of the games. The warcraft movie has some good points but only if youre intimately familiar with the source material. A lot of story lines go into warcraft lore so they do need to change it up for a 90 minute movie. Its been confirmed that the movie is doing its own thing, its own reality but for some those changes are. Why warcraft the movie sucks because building virtual worlds is really hard. It may be a little early to assume anything about the story in the warcraft movie, but we can look at some frequently asked questions and.
The warcraft movie offers the story of warcraft, but with a fair few changes and twists. Now that the release is nearly complete, we can take a little stock in just what the heck happened with warcraft. This article contains information and lore exclusive to the warcraft film universe, which is considered to be separate from the main warcraft universe canon. The story of how the kul tirans join the alliance as an allied race patch 8. Warcraft is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by blizzard entertainment. I liked warcraft as a movie on its own if it wasnt supposed to be linked to warcraft rts nor wow. As an orc horde invades the planet azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and dissenting orcs must attempt to stop the true evil behind this war. Warcraft film wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of warcraft. I normally do not start a rebellion, but i finally think i gound a legitimate time. The warcraft film universe is an alternate, separate version of the main warcraft universe.
Check out our warcraft movie hub for past coverage and a link to buy tickets. Lore wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of warcraft. Our friends at blizzard watch are known for their indepth know your lore articles, published several times a week. Especcialy for wow, theres a huge backlog of lore behind them. This however was very dear to my heart i love the video. Warcraft film wowpedia your wiki guide to the world. You realize that the movie takes place in an au and that nothing in the movie follows the original lore right. The beginning is a 2016 american action fantasy film directed by duncan jones and written by charles leavitt and jones. In the lore of the games, hes raised among humans as a gladiator and a slave, but eventually escapes and rises through the. The story of warcraft prewow movie edit part 12 youtube. The beginning is a 2016 fantasy epic film based on the warcraft series and set on the world of azeroth.
As a person who pays attention to the lore, i saw a lot of changes from the established warcraft canon, which isnt surprising. Warcraft 2 movie general discussion world of warcraft. The beginning, is a movie directed by duncan jones, produced by legendary pictures, and distributed by universal pictures. Why is the bigbudget flop warcraft, a hollywood adaptation of the videogame world of warcraft, so awful. Lore in the warcraft series of games is a term used for background story. The presser followed the release of warcrafts official trailer, which gives a much better sense of the movies story than anything yet released. Legendary there are two types of people in the world. I do not read books at all i can not get past the 1st page before i fall asleep. Our warcraft movie reveals continue with a featurette highlighting alliance and horde weapons. Warcraft movie lore thrall was going to be guldans son. It opened in more than 20 countries at the end of may 2016, and was released in the us on 10 june 2016. But with decades of complex fantasy lore to draw on, newcomers may have a. Years of hollow hype and months of flashy trailers aimed at getting nonworld of warcraft players into theater seats left me with little hope that i would enjoy duncan jones warcraft movie.
Enlarge the stars of the warcraft movie as they appeared in. As a person that not only has bought into activision stock, but. The story of the orcs and their role in the warcraft universe begins largely with their demonic. With travis fimmel, paula patton, ben foster, dominic cooper. From the first time i watched it i didnt even realise how butchered the lore is in the movie, its completely trash. I actually liked the warcraft movie, but im generally not one to complain about omfg it didnt. Warcraft movie, top 5 moments, explained, lore, story, durotan, garona, gul dan, orgrim, blackhand, lothar, king llane, thrall, goel. There should be lore to support the new humans options. So i just watched the warcraft movie again since it came out from the tv. I know and love channels like nobbels that cover characters, items, locations, quests in huge depth. Based on the video game series of the same name, the film stars travis fimmel, paula patton, ben foster, dominic cooper, toby kebbell, ben schnetzer, robert kazinsky, clancy brown, and daniel wu.
On a worldwide basis, warcraft is the 258th biggest movie ever, ahead of detective pikachu and numerous. Warcraft movie changes lore to what it should have been. Blackhand was the warchief of the horde, and the mightiest warrior the horde had ever known. They put too much things in a small timeframe and alot of the events in the movie were. World of warcraft movie director sheds new light on. Warcraft official movie novelization by christie golden. Warcraft the movie treats fans to big screens versions of the orcs and other familiar races. Warcraft has a lot of lore that could easily be made into a film series and i think this film did a good job of establishing the world of warcraft for future sequels. Everything you need to know about warcraft before you see. As an orc horde invades the planet azeroth using a magic portal, a few human heroes and. I was a person who for years wanted darker skin tone or rather black humans added to the game, im not even one of the social justice types, just thought for years it should be a thing but with. The use of the term stems from blizzards snippets of lore for many of the multiplayer maps in their warcraft rts games, although how much of it has a relationship to the main warcraft universe storyline is unclear.
Some dont like the changes such as the adaptational heroism example mentioned below, whereas others see the changes as necessary adaptation. Legendary pictures warcraft, a 3d epic adventure of worldcolliding conflict based upon blizzard entertainments globallyrenowned universe, is directed by duncan jones moon, source code and is. Warcraft hit theaters back in 2016, and it didnt arrive with much fanfare. Instead, the movie is based almost entirely on the story of warcraft. World of warcraft movie adaptation is an epic fail of fantasy. It began filming at the beginning of 2014, and was released on may 30, 2016 in the uk and on june 10, 2016 in the united states. Warcraft film universe wowpedia your wiki guide to the. Warcraft movie general discussion world of warcraft forums.
As challenging as it may be to adapt a single video game, novel or comic book to film, the task of crafting a single warcraft movie is even more imposing. Since warcraft lore was made in the 90s, all you can say it copies off of is star wars, star trek and lord of the rings. Warcraft film universe wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of. Since that time, the game has had two realtime strategy game sequels and one mmorpg spinoff, world of warcraft. I feel in love with thrall goel al long time ago and now i love his dad just as. The history of warcraft also known as the history of the warcraft universe is a comprehensive account of lore created by blizzard as background information to the world of warcraft universe, and was. Huge lore errors in the warcraft film from someone who. Blackhand film universe wowpedia your wiki guide to. I just came back from the midnightpremiere here in austria. Its completely separate from our actual warcraft universe and should be enjoyed as.
The warcraft film is based on blizzard entertainments hit fantasy game series. And story in this movie is probably written on the knee, because it is nothing like is in whole lore said. Warcraft movie, top 5 moments, explained, lore, story, durotan, garona, guldan, orgrim, blackhand, lothar, king llane, thrall, goel. Its been confirmed that the movie is doing its own thing. The films trailer made its debut on 6 november 2015 at blizzcon 2015.
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