World of Warcraft: The Movie?

[Sexy Beast]

The long rumored adaption seem to getting some legs today. A director has selected for the project: Sam Raimi.

For those who aren't familiar with Raimi; he directed the Spiderman series and the Evil Dead series. His most recent release was the under-appreciated Drag Me to Hell.

Now...for me it doesn't matter who is directing this film. Overall the project just seem like a really bad idea.

Sources:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/168840/world_of_samraimicraft_spiderman_director_nabs_wow_film.html/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/movies/22raimi.html

 

[2 F 4 B P]

Good. Hopefully this will ruin the game for millions of people and maybe they'll stop playing and seek lives.

 

[Psychosoldier9]

You can't be serious. Yeah I agree with you, this looks like a bad idea. :facewall: The only group that this movie would appeal to is the people who play WoW non-stop

 

[Mustachio]

I agree that this sounds like a terrible idea....

But since it is Sam Raimi... my opinion may be swayed if perhaps the movie was retitled....

Bruce Campbell vs the World of Warcraft

Ide pay to see that!

 

[i feel a psalm comin on]

my complaint about this is the same for turning warcraft into an mmo
the warcraft story is simple and boring compared to diablo and starcraft

 

[Bane]

yeah just like the halo movie.....highly doubt they will make one

 

[Sexy Beast]

yeah just like the halo movie.....highly doubt they will make one

I think this one is getting made. The Halo movie died mostly due to Microsoft demanding to much creative control and a massive budget. The remenance of the project went to the movie District 9.

 

[Carmine]

Make a warhammer 40k movie, then we will talk.

 

[Cut Chem!st]

This will just make the WoW players get ridiculed more, it started when the southpark episode was released and everyone knew about it because it went public.

Seriously, they should just film the movie in-game. Just repetetive grinding gold, or some raiding over and over!

Should just name it Warcraft, not World of Warcraft.. thats sounds gimmicky. I can't even see a warcraft movie that isnt animation or all CGI. Real people playing orcs dosen't sound right.

 

[Winston]

LOl, this is going to be ridiculous.

 

[xosniper]

How is any WoW fan suppose to go see this movie and run the same mind numbing raids they have been running for the past 5 years?!?!?!?

 

[Mr Grip]

I can't wait to see this bomb is the most epic of fashions, almost any other mmo would make a better movie. Also Sam Raimi is known to take what could be a great franchise and completely twist it around and bury it. I lived off of spidey when I was a kid... Topher Grace as Eddy Brock was a joke that should never have happened.

What I actually would pay to see would be a good adaptation of half-life.

 

[Allster]

Hopefully the moral of the movie will be to unsubscribe to WoW

 

[Liliana]

Make a warhammer 40k movie, then we will talk.

BAD BAD BAD
Just don't call it Warhammer 40,000, then they won't make anymore.
They have to base it off of a very popular series of W40k books...
Eisenhorn? Horus Heresy? Ultramarines? Who cares which?

On a side note(I mean topic), this was confirmed a very long time ago, not rumored. It has something to do with Thrall.

And yes, if Half-Life was done right, it could make a good movie.

 

[Carmine]

BAD BAD BAD
Just don't call it Warhammer 40,000, then they won't make anymore.
They have to base it off of a very popular series of W40k books...
Eisenhorn? Horus Heresy? Ultramarines? Who cares which?

On a side note(I mean topic), this was confirmed a very long time ago, not rumored. It has something to do with Thrall.

And yes, if Half-Life was done right, it could make a good movie.

The Last Chancers, definitely.

 

[Liliana]

The Last Chancers, definitely.

I'll have to read that.

 

[SoldierX77]

WoW the movie would be awesome! O_O

 

[Cut Chem!st]

Some general things to go buy.

Any game made off a movie = Bad (there is some exceptions. IE. Star Wars Games)

Any movie made off a game = Bad.. I honestly haven't seen an exception I mean how can you take this seriously with movies like Mortal Kombat.

So, i dont see this doing to well.

 

[Nightmare -]

Guys.... Do note this is not a film about the World of Warcraft universe but BEFORE that... From the RTS and the BOOKS..

The idea for this film existed BEFORE World of Warcraft, yes, that's right... They just never had the time/money/resources for it.

Aka just another clich? fantasy film about "Lol good wins over evil, etc. etc. etc."

But IF the Orcs get a major role (Which they should looking at the Warcraft books....) It might be a new type of Fantasy film that FINALLY doesn't have a clich? plot... Or just has a more awesome main protagonist....

Any game made off a movie = Bad (there is some exceptions. IE. Star Wars Games)

Any movie made off a game = Bad.. I honestly haven't seen an exception I mean how can you take this seriously with movies like Mortal Kombat.

*COUGH* Max Payne EPIC MOVIE *COUGH*

 

[Sharpe]

Warcraft is an amazing game. World of Warcraft...Good. But not as good as Warcraft. And if they did a live action movie of this, I'd NEVER see it. CGI ONLY!