Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:53 pm
by DrumsofWar
Krazy wrote:
DrumsofWar wrote:
Desler wrote:
It's nice, but not going to be on the edge of my seat waiting for it. Hopefully they make a change to the typical fantasy movie formula a bit. It would be nice to see something different on the screen.
I have a bad feeling it's going to be something different like the DungeonSiege movie which will again star Ray Liotta as Kel'Thuzad.
Sam Raimi != Uwe Boll.
Oh really?
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:09 am
by Marco
Sorry, Uwe Boll has no equal. And I don't mean that in a good way.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:36 am
by Hercanic
They've got the money, they've got the potential audience, and fantasy has been in for a number of years now thanks to Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. When a film is done well, you can see the difference in returns (the new Batman movies, for instance). I think they have every motivation to get this movie right, and the assets to make it happen. I look forward to seeing the trailers, before making any further judgments.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:26 pm
by DrumsofWar
Hercanic wrote:
They've got the money, they've got the potential audience, and fantasy has been in for a number of years now thanks to Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. When a film is done well, you can see the difference in returns (the new Batman movies, for instance). I think they have every motivation to get this movie right, and the assets to make it happen. I look forward to seeing the trailers, before making any further judgments.
I think it depends heavily on them getting the writers of the books (not the comic books) or the original creators of a lot of the lore onboard directly on the project (and not just as consultants). Otherwise, it's going to be a lifting of the cinematics with little relation to the Warcraft universe which might not be a bad thing however, just not something WCIII or WoW fans will relate to.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:49 pm
by Maglok
Dude Metzen is Executive Producing, I think that qualifies
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:07 pm
by AA7Dragoon
Maglok is correct. The Director may have the power, but the Executive Producer has the final say in everything.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:15 pm
by Lavarinth
Yes, but what directing experience does Metzen have that he would have a final say in directing?
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:55 pm
by thebrowncloud
With Metzen, we are guaranteed that the story will be good, but the director will determine how such a story will be portrayed. Though Metzen is involved, we're guaranteed nothing.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:35 am
by AA7Dragoon
Lavarinth wrote:
Yes, but what directing experience does Metzen have that he would have a final say in directing?
If the director wants to do something that Metzen disapproves of, Metzen can say "no" and that's final.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:56 am
by Lavarinth
AA7Dragoon wrote:
Lavarinth wrote:
Yes, but what directing experience does Metzen have that he would have a final say in directing?
If the director wants to do something that Metzen disapproves of, Metzen can say "no" and that's final.
But if Metzen wants to portray a scene in a specific way and is very adamant about without the experience of directing, if the director says it's a fail scene, he can still go on with the scene.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:44 pm
by DrumsofWar
I'm still old school and think it really hinges on the screenplay. You can give a shit script to a great director and the movie will still turn out mediocre at best but you give a shit director the best script and the movie will turn out mediocre at least.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:42 pm
by The Oracle
Drums of War you are not mistaken. So long as the screenplay has two elements (good dialogue and good story), it is very difficult for even a layman first time wet behind the ears director to muck it up.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:28 pm
by RazorclawX
The Oracle wrote:
Drums of War you are not mistaken. So long as the screenplay has two elements (good dialogue and good story), it is very difficult for even a layman first time wet behind the ears director to muck it up.
Both of which Metzen is known to fuck up.
How many retard bad guys in WoW call their boss "the Master" now? I mean, seriously... the dialogue in WoW just gets worse the further it gets from Warcraft 3.
Re: BIG NEWS: Blizzard chooses WarCraft movie Director
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:42 pm
by Maglok
You do realise Metzen is not a writer on WoW, he's like a creative director. He designs the general storyline, what they exactly say is not something he does on WoW. If you want to know though, he wrote an e-book.
