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** This isn't the first time Clancy Brown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gslAG2OEO1c worked]] on the Warcraft franchise, only this time there are cancellations.
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* TaintedByThePreview: One thing that is almost universally agreed upon at the moment is that Universal's marketing department has ''not'' been doing this movie any favors trying to get people hyped to see the movie, and perhaps serves as a reminder that no one knows how to sell a game adaptation just yet. The first trailer was thought to be nothing special, but by the time of the second trailer, they chose to add what is described as some out-of-place "dubstep" type of music that even the movie director, [[https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/722449206024085504 Duncan Jones]], thought it didn't represent the movie well.

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* TaintedByThePreview: One thing that is almost universally agreed upon at the moment is that Universal's marketing department has ''not'' been doing this movie any favors trying to get people hyped to see the movie, and perhaps serves as a reminder that no one knows how to sell a game adaptation just yet. The first trailer was thought to be nothing special, but by the time of the second trailer, they chose to add what is described as some out-of-place "dubstep" type of music [[note]]It's a vocal-less version of "The Day is My Enemy" by Music/TheProdigy[[/note]] that even the movie director, [[https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/722449206024085504 Duncan Jones]], thought it didn't represent the movie well.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/{{Universal}} once had its' own video game division, mainly known for ''CrashBandicoot'' and ''SpyroTheDragon''. Eventually, thanks to a series of buyouts and spinoffs, what had been renamed by that point Vivendi Games (including the remnants of Creator/{{Sierra}}) was absorbed into Activision in 2009. Come 2015, and Universal is distributing a movie based off Activision Blizzard's biggest franchise.
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* TaintedByThePreview: One thing that is almost universally agreed upon at the moment is that Universal's marketing department has ''not'' been doing this movie any favors trying to get people hyped to see the movie, and perhaps serves as a reminder that no one knows how to sell a game adaptation just yet. The first trailer was thought to be nothing special, but by the time of the second trailer, they chose to add what is described as some out-of-place "dubstep" type of music that even the movie director, [[https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/722449206024085504 Duncan Jones]] thought it didn't represent the movie well.

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* TaintedByThePreview: One thing that is almost universally agreed upon at the moment is that Universal's marketing department has ''not'' been doing this movie any favors trying to get people hyped to see the movie, and perhaps serves as a reminder that no one knows how to sell a game adaptation just yet. The first trailer was thought to be nothing special, but by the time of the second trailer, they chose to add what is described as some out-of-place "dubstep" type of music that even the movie director, [[https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/722449206024085504 Duncan Jones]] Jones]], thought it didn't represent the movie well.
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* TaintedByThePreview: One thing that is almost universally agreed upon at the moment is that Universal's marketing department has ''not'' been doing this movie any favors trying to get people hyped to see the movie, and perhaps serves as a reminder that no one knows how to sell a game adaptation just yet. The first trailer was thought to be nothing special, but by the time of the second trailer, they chose to add what is described as some out-of-place "dubstep" type of music that even the movie director, [[https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/722449206024085504 Duncan Jones]] thought it didn't represent the movie well.
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* FandomBerserkButton: Saying that this movie is based on World of Warcraft will trigger a bad reaction from some fans since it's supposed to be based on the first RTS game.
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* SignatureScene: A human jumping off a cliff onto the back of a Gryphon as it flies by. The trailers enjoy capping the videos off with the shot.

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* SignatureScene: A human Anduin Lothar jumping off a cliff onto the back of a Gryphon as it flies by. The trailers enjoy capping the videos off with the shot.
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* SignatureScene: A human jumping onto a Gryphon as it flies by. The trailers enjoy capping the videos off with the shot.

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*** For some fans, they were hoping for practical effects to make the universe seem real and gritty.

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*** For some fans, they were hoping for practical effects to make the universe seem real and gritty. Some even question why the whole movie wasn't done in CGI as it causes the scenes done with actual humans to come off feeling out-of-place.

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This is a reaction, and since the movie hasn't come out yet, people can't "react" to the film's overall quality.


** The movie's treatment of the Warcraft lore.

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** The movie's treatment of the Warcraft ''Warcraft'' lore.



*** Others don't care or think it's good that the orcs are getting depth that isn't just savage orcs. Not to mention, the savage orcs are still technically there. There's just going to be orcs amongst them that have the ability to listen to reason. Durotan was ALWAYS against the Orc-Draenei and later Orc-Human wars. In fact, in the game timeline (which the movie may or may not deviate from), Durotan and his entire clan (the Frostwolves) were exiled for refusing to drink the demon blood and continue the war. And even in exile, the Frostwolves avoided conflict unless they were attacked and had to defend themselves. The difference isn't in Durotan's beliefs, just that in the original Horde he didn't have any authority except over his own clan, and it seems like he may have more here.
* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Possible (see BrokenBase). It could also end up [[DefiedTrope breaking the curse]], but only time will tell.

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*** Others don't care or think it's good that the orcs are getting depth that isn't just savage orcs. Not to mention, the savage orcs are still technically there. There's just going to be orcs amongst them that have the ability to listen to reason. Durotan was ALWAYS '''always''' against the Orc-Draenei and later Orc-Human wars. In fact, in the game timeline (which the movie may or may not deviate from), Durotan and his entire clan (the Frostwolves) were exiled for refusing to drink the demon blood and continue the war. And even in exile, the Frostwolves avoided conflict unless they were attacked and had to defend themselves. The difference isn't in Durotan's beliefs, just that in the original Horde he didn't have any authority except over his own clan, and it seems like he may have more here.
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*** Others don't care or think it's good that the orcs are getting depth that isn't just savage orcs. Not to mention, the savage orcs are still technically there. There's just going to be orcs amongst them that have the ability to listen to reason.
*** Durotan was ALWAYS against the Orc-Draenei and later Orc-Human wars. In fact, in the game timeline (which the movie may or may not deviate from), Durotan and his entire clan (the Frostwolves) were exiled for refusing to drink the demon blood and continue the war. And even in exile, the Frostwolves avoided conflict unless they were attacked and had to defend themselves. The difference isn't in Durotan's beliefs, just that in the original Horde he didn't have any authority except over his own clan, and it seems like he may have more here.

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*** Others don't care or think it's good that the orcs are getting depth that isn't just savage orcs. Not to mention, the savage orcs are still technically there. There's just going to be orcs amongst them that have the ability to listen to reason.
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reason. Durotan was ALWAYS against the Orc-Draenei and later Orc-Human wars. In fact, in the game timeline (which the movie may or may not deviate from), Durotan and his entire clan (the Frostwolves) were exiled for refusing to drink the demon blood and continue the war. And even in exile, the Frostwolves avoided conflict unless they were attacked and had to defend themselves. The difference isn't in Durotan's beliefs, just that in the original Horde he didn't have any authority except over his own clan, and it seems like he may have more here.
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* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Possible (see BrokenBase). It could also end up [[DefiedTrope breaking the curse]], but only time will tell.
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*** Durotan was ALWAYS against the Orc-Draenei and later Orc-Human wars. In fact, in the game timeline (which the movie may or may not deviate from), Durotan and his entire clan (the Frostwolves) were exiled for refusing to drink the demon blood and continue the war. And even in exile, the Frostwolves avoided conflict unless they were attacked and had to defend themselves. The difference isn't in Durotan's beliefs, just that in the original Horde he didn't have much of a voice, and it seems like he may have more of a voice here.

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*** Durotan was ALWAYS against the Orc-Draenei and later Orc-Human wars. In fact, in the game timeline (which the movie may or may not deviate from), Durotan and his entire clan (the Frostwolves) were exiled for refusing to drink the demon blood and continue the war. And even in exile, the Frostwolves avoided conflict unless they were attacked and had to defend themselves. The difference isn't in Durotan's beliefs, just that in the original Horde he didn't have much of a voice, any authority except over his own clan, and it seems like he may have more of a voice here.
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*** Durotan was ALWAYS against the Orc-Draenei and later Orc-Human wars. In fact, in the game timeline (which the movie may or may not deviate from), Durotan and his entire clan (the Frostwolves) were exiled for refusing to drink the demon blood and continue the war. And even in exile, the Frostwolves avoided conflict unless they were attacked and had to defend themselves. The difference isn't in Durotan's beliefs, just that in the original Horde he didn't have much of a voice, and it seems like he may have more of a voice here.
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*** Others defend it as SceneryPorn that match the style of the game universe.

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*** Others defend it as SceneryPorn that match matches the style of the game universe.

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*** Others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome that match the style of the game universe.

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*** Others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome SceneryPorn that match the style of the game universe.



* VisualEffectsOfAwesome:
** The actors and actresses playing Orcs hardly look recognizable under CGI - and in a very good way. [[http://static.srcdn.com/slir/w786-h981-q90-c786:981/wp-content/uploads/warcraft-2016-ogrim-robert-kazinsky.jpg This image in particular]] look like something you could see in the real world.
** In general the entire first trailer is absolutely breathtaking.
** It's only seen for a brief moment, but [[https://i.imgur.com/Fe2fK6V.jpg Stormwind]] looks incredible.

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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The actors and actresses playing Orcs hardly look recognizable under CGI - and in a very good way. [[http://static.srcdn.com/slir/w786-h981-q90-c786:981/wp-content/uploads/warcraft-2016-ogrim-robert-kazinsky.jpg This image in particular]] look like something you could see in the real world.

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The actors and actresses playing Orcs hardly look recognizable under CGI - and in a very good way. [[http://static.srcdn.com/slir/w786-h981-q90-c786:981/wp-content/uploads/warcraft-2016-ogrim-robert-kazinsky.jpg This image in particular]] look like something you could see in the real world.


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** It's only seen for a brief moment, but [[https://i.imgur.com/Fe2fK6V.jpg Stormwind]] looks incredible.
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*** Others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome that matches the style of the game universe.

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*** Others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome that matches match the style of the game universe.
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*** For some fans, they were hoping for practical effects.

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*** For some fans, they were hoping for practical effects.effects to make the universe seem real and gritty.
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** Predictably, the movie's treatment of the Warcraft lore is this.

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** Predictably, the The movie's treatment of the Warcraft lore is this.lore.



** The fact that the orcs are getting AdaptationalHeroism is a sore spot for some fans.
*** Many older players were annoyed since the Orcs were the ones who attacked and started the war, killing innocent people without reason. This feeling was made worse by the fact that Durotan is being promoted as a protagonist when he was a fairly normal orc in the games.

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** The fact that the orcs are getting Orcs being given AdaptationalHeroism is a sore spot for some fans.the First War.
*** Many For detractors, it's a sore spot amongst older players were annoyed fans since the Orcs were the ones who attacked and started the war, killing innocent people without reason. This feeling was made worse by the fact that Durotan is being promoted as a protagonist when he was a fairly normal orc in the games.
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*** Others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome that match the style of the game universe.

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*** Others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome.

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*** Others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome.VisualEffectsOfAwesome that match the style of the game universe.

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* BrokenBase: Predictably, there are some who don't like the changes that the movie has made to the lore, while other see them as necessary for an adaptation.

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* BrokenBase: Considering it's a movie adaptation of a really popular game franchise, there are sure to be many splits amongst the fandom.
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** The film's use of CGI. It's a point of contention for fans who were hoping for practical effects while others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome.
** The fact that the orcs are getting AdaptationalHeroism is a sore spot for fans. Many older players were annoyed since the Orcs were the ones who attacked and started the war, killing innocent people without reason. This feeling was made worse by the fact that Durotan is being promoted as a protagonist when he was a fairly normal orc in the games. Others don't care or think it's good that the orcs are getting depth that isn't just savage orcs.

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** The film's use of CGI. It's a point of contention for fans who
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** The fact that the orcs are getting AdaptationalHeroism is a sore spot for fans. some fans.
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Many older players were annoyed since the Orcs were the ones who attacked and started the war, killing innocent people without reason. This feeling was made worse by the fact that Durotan is being promoted as a protagonist when he was a fairly normal orc in the games.
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Others don't care or think it's good that the orcs are getting depth that isn't just savage orcs. Not to mention, the savage orcs are still technically there. There's just going to be orcs amongst them that have the ability to listen to reason.
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** In general the entire first trailer is absolutely breathtaking.
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** The fact that the orcs are getting AdaptationalHeroism is a sore spot for fans. Many older players were annoyed since the Orcs were the ones who attacked and started the war, killing innocent people without reason. This feeling was made worse by the fact that Durotan is being promoted as a protagonist when he was a fairly normal orc in the games. Others don't care or think it's good that the orcs are getting depth that isn't just savage orcs.
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** The film's use of CGI. It's a point of contention for fans who were hoping for piratical effects while others defend it as VisualEffectsOfAwesome.

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* BrokenBase: Predictably, there are some who don't like the changes that the movie has made to the lore, while other see them as necessary for an adaptation.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The actors and actresses playing Orcs hardly look recognizable under CGI - and in a very good way. [[http://static.srcdn.com/slir/w786-h981-q90-c786:981/wp-content/uploads/warcraft-2016-ogrim-robert-kazinsky.jpg This image in particular]] look like something you could see in the real world.
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