TalonBot
10-03-2008, 09:23 AM
Filed under: Machinima (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/machinima/), WoW Moviewatch (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/wow-moviewatch/)
Today's pick is a trailer for Trollbane 2 (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=90669) by DTB Productions (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/viewauthor.php?id=16271) who, of course, brought us Trollbane (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/07/28/moviewatch-smackdown-trollbane). The filmmaker is asking for feedback on his Warcraft Movies profile (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/viewauthor.php?id=16271), so if you'd like to have an impact on his film, I'm sure he'd appreciate your thoughts. My first thought is: fix the grammar, dude! The tenses are so tortured in the setup titles that it's hard to tell if this isn't a time-travel movie -- or will it might have been?
My second comment is that the machinima looks incredibly slick. This is going to be a very high quality, well-produced movie when it's finished. However, shiny polish does not necessarily equal a good film. My main concern with this trailer is that I have no idea what this movie is going to be about. From the titles toward the end -- new outfits, places, and powers (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/Wrath-of-the-Lich-King/) -- it sounds like this is a trailer for a new video game, not a movie. I can tell that there's going to be action and gore and female Troll (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/11/breakfast-topic-if-you-could-choose-your-racials/) behinds (or was that a Blood Elf?) but other than that? No clue. I don't even know who the heroes and villains are. A trailer is supposed to make me want to see a film. (Sometimes with Hollywood films, the trailer is actually better than the full length film. Wanted (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/), I'm looking at you!) However, slick production values by themselves aren't enough to draw me into a movie if I don't know why else I'm watching it.
[Via Warcraftmovies.com (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=90669)]
If you have any suggestions for WoW Moviewatch, you can mail them to us at machinima AT wowinsider DOT com.
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Today's pick is a trailer for Trollbane 2 (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=90669) by DTB Productions (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/viewauthor.php?id=16271) who, of course, brought us Trollbane (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/07/28/moviewatch-smackdown-trollbane). The filmmaker is asking for feedback on his Warcraft Movies profile (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/viewauthor.php?id=16271), so if you'd like to have an impact on his film, I'm sure he'd appreciate your thoughts. My first thought is: fix the grammar, dude! The tenses are so tortured in the setup titles that it's hard to tell if this isn't a time-travel movie -- or will it might have been?
My second comment is that the machinima looks incredibly slick. This is going to be a very high quality, well-produced movie when it's finished. However, shiny polish does not necessarily equal a good film. My main concern with this trailer is that I have no idea what this movie is going to be about. From the titles toward the end -- new outfits, places, and powers (http://www.wowinsider.com/tag/Wrath-of-the-Lich-King/) -- it sounds like this is a trailer for a new video game, not a movie. I can tell that there's going to be action and gore and female Troll (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/09/11/breakfast-topic-if-you-could-choose-your-racials/) behinds (or was that a Blood Elf?) but other than that? No clue. I don't even know who the heroes and villains are. A trailer is supposed to make me want to see a film. (Sometimes with Hollywood films, the trailer is actually better than the full length film. Wanted (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/), I'm looking at you!) However, slick production values by themselves aren't enough to draw me into a movie if I don't know why else I'm watching it.
[Via Warcraftmovies.com (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=90669)]
If you have any suggestions for WoW Moviewatch, you can mail them to us at machinima AT wowinsider DOT com.
Previously on Moviewatch ... (http://www.wowinsider.com/category/wow-moviewatch/)
Read (http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=90669) | Permalink (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/03/wow-moviewatch-trollbane-2-trailer/) | Email this (http://www.wowinsider.com/forward/1331738/) | Comments (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/10/03/wow-moviewatch-trollbane-2-trailer/#comments)
More... (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WowInsider/~3/410375422/)