I Live Tweeted the World of Warcraft Movie
I went to the World of Warcraft movie with my old guildmates today, and the fact that I planned to tweet during the entire film should tell you how much I was looking forward to it.
Having a pint and some wings with my old tank, off-healer, and a couple of DPS guys was a blast. The movie was decidedly "meh." But the trailers had me so convinced that it was going to be a disaster, I considered it an achievement that it managed to be ok. You can see all my thoughts on this triumph of mediocrity, stream-of-consciousness style, by checking out my tweets below.
Alright. It's time to live tweet the #Warcraft movie. If I go silent, that means the movie is way more interesting than expected.
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
#WarcraftMovie starts with a preview for the Assassins Creed movie. They know their audience. #gaming
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
#WarcraftMovie has a new #SuicideSquad trailer I haven't seen before. Looks good, which is nice. DC needs a win in the cinema.
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
Holy cow! the BFG! I loved that book! Most exciting trailer yet!
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
Ok. Big melodramatic drums. #WarcraftMovie is starting.
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
Appropriately enough, first fight even in #WarcraftMovie involves moving straight forward and spamming attack.
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
Dem pauldrons. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
Waterbirthing has nothing on demon-portal space-time continuum birthing. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
Ok, everyone's talking about how the orcs in #WarcraftMovie look awesome, but man, the Dwarves are the best looking I've ever seen.
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
Murlock cameo! Muurgleguurgle! #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
You know Lothar is badass, because he's leveled enough to earn a flying mount. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
1/2 of the characters I recognize form the lore have debuted shirtless. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
"I don't always wear shirts, but when I do, I have pauldrons the size of my head." - Medivh #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 11, 2016
Wilhelm scream confirmed. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
Watching Orcs fight footmen, and all I can think of is some dude in the sky furiously right clicking. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
I thought half-orcs were just a #DnD thing, but not if Lothar keeps making eyes at that low-CGI Orc lady. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
Seen Elves and (awesome looking) Dwarves. Where my Gnomes at? #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
The king's helmet makes him look like a straight-up dork. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
Why don't wizards ever trim their fingernails? #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
Gul'dan snacks on human souls like I snack on popcorn. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
"Oh, that's who that is." - Me, every 5 minutes in the #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
Polymorph spell confirmed. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
Thrall = Orc Moses. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
Gul'dan is hopped up on ecto-cooler again. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
The climax of the #WarcraftMovie is basically the old WoW login screen.
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
Blizzard color coding. Blue good. Green bad. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
RIGHT IN THE ORC JIBBLIES! #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
That was basically a 2 hour into for the game. #WarcraftMovie
— J. Zachary Pike (@jzacharypike) June 12, 2016
...And of course, I end on a typo.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie to a degree. There are certainly worse ways to spend your time. (Like grinding rep for an obscure faction so you can get a new set of pauldrons.)