Hmph. Rather then trying to cram all of warcraft lore into a 2 hour movie they are sticking with what is essentially the story of Warcraft 3. Fair enough, it is a decent story.

Should of been about The First War (Warcraft 1) instead.

Warcraft fans watch out. You will have evil... and a dance scene in your movie.

PS. Fuck you Sam Raimi.

Star Craft's Kerrigan and Arthas's story is sorta made from the same template right? When I played WC3 after SC, there was a strong sense of deja-vu, due to the parts where the main hero changed to become the villain.

The downward spiral of Arthas is probably what will be the main focus then. I wonder if they show the cleansing of Stratholme (a-f**king-gain).

I just want to see how his story ends really, I sure as hell won't be investing all my free time raiding to see that stupid ending (where Arthas falls), wait, turns out I know it already! ... grumble ...

Warcraft has an incredibly deep and rich story to it. You can't deny that. Unfortunately most people skip the quest text as they level and the whole effect is lost.

Regardless, the downfall of Arthas (which was the entire storyline of Warcraft 3) was fantastic, and I'm glad to see it maybe the topic of the new film. He'll sadly be long dead in WoW terms when the film is out, but I can't see any other related storyline in WoW that is as epic. Illidan of course was an awesome character, so I'm hoping he returns as well.

I'll wait for the fansub.

Jordan: "then I could care less"...?
You *could* care less? So if Raimi's movie *is* going to be standard epic fantasy battles with massive set pieces, you'll still be reasonably interested?
Just checking, unintended positives instead of negatives can be so confusing. I don't know nothing.

First, do we actually know for sure that this film's direction has been shifted to be about the Lich King? From what I can see, all of this speculation is based on changes on an IMDB page and we all know how accurate IMDB are about films so early into production. From what Blizzard has said prior to this, the film will be centered around an non-major (possibly original) character in the Warcraft universe and not the story of a main figure like Thrall or Arthas.

That being said, I admit that my interest in this movie dropped severely when it was revealed that Raimi was attached to direct this film because his previous work in fantasy, even if it is only as a producer/creator role and not director, has established that he sees fantasy as a the type of campy romp you see in Hercules/Xena/Army of Darkness. I would love that he brings into Warcraft more of the darkness in Darkman or the darker sections of Spider-man but I just can't help but think of the fantasy elements that Raimi has already contributed to and wonder if he was hired to bring that to Warcraft.

As I recall from the orignal press release, WORLD of Warcraft was never mentioned... It was annonced as a WARCRAFT movie directed by Sam Rami. It appears that everyone just latched onto the Warcraft name and instantly made it part of Blizzards WoW franchise.

All I know is that every time I open the fridge and see Gulden's mustard, I think of Guldan, and of that goofy orc narrator from Warcraft 2. And ballistas. There had better be goddamn ballistas.

The movie should be about the Pandaren, no joke. Only interesting lore :P. Also, if there are no Giant Penguins I am going to be PISSED.