WarCraft movie is getting slaughtered by critics

[Zoraptor]

Obviously the next blockbuster epic fantasy has to be The Witcher. Given the huge amount of source material and enthusiastic fan base it would be a slam dunk in quality and success.

[Malcador]

Apparently there is a Tetris movie in the works so anything is possible.

[Gromnir]

aside: is no surprise to us that the chinese like the warcraft movie.  the chinese have been retelling slight variations of the romance of the three kingdoms since the 14th century.  epic story o' kings and generals and battles for control of middle earth... sorry, the middle kingdom.  there is no western equivalent for the romance of the three kingdoms. as popular as been any shakespeare plays or homer, you will not see multiple yearly tv and movie projects for romeo and juliet or iliad. explain the chinese devotion to the most popular o' their four great classic novels?  attribute to unique sense o' chinese respect for tradition.  maybe if you is less generous you will suggest that such is an example o' lack o' creativity.  doesn't matter.  the point is that the chinese has been retelling the same story with minor variations for centuries.  

 

regardless o' what they tell themselves, sales figures show that the chinese is hungry for new epic fantasy. sure, the chinese tries 'new' three kingdom knockoffs all the time, but production values is typical questionable... and they is knockoffs. the hobbit: the battle of the five armies were not a great film, but it had a big release in china and it were the most akin o' the hobbit films to romance of the three kingdoms with its massive (and chaotic) battle scenes. the last hobbit film set all kinda records in china. warcraft, from all accounts, is even less coherent than the battle of five armies, but it is setting all kinda new records.

 

the chinese clear want new epic fantasy with hollywood production values.  doesn't need be particularly good neither.  the chinese has been fed vanilla ice cream (yes, am knowing that dairy ain't popular in china, but just go with it for a minute) since the fourteenth century.  they has had cheap vanilla and vanilla that is produced from special god cows that produce only a gallon of milk per year.  they has had vanilla with every possible topping-- sprinkles, whip cream, chocolate syrup, strawberries, banana,  pineapple... probably pinenuts.  they has had vanilla deep fried and likely as part o' an enema treatment.  regardless, is almost always vanilla. it is disrespectful not to be vanilla. westerners can make their rocky road and pecan-praline and capannari and sweet potato with torched marshmallows and stracciatella and... whatever. the chinese will all public admit that such decadent choices is nowhere near as good as a perfect chinese vanilla, but they will nevertheless consume such alternatives by the freighter load. 

 

the chinese do like the romance of the three kingdoms--  is a cultural duty to like, but is also seeming genuine.  nevertheless, western epic fantasy that has similar elements, different stories and far more impressive production values is gonna go over like led zeppelin or the beatles or elvis for folks who has only been exposed to the neil diamond catalog for four centuries.

 

is just a theory... not the least bit tongue-in-cheek neither.

 

HA! Good Fun!

[Serrano]

 

 

Next up will be a Starcraft movie.

 

I'm down. Either that or Warhammer 40k, I just want me some space marines in power armor.

 

 

Because that turned out so well last time.

 

 

I like the Ultramarines movie, it's not the best thing ever but it's pretty good for what it is. The Dead Space movie, the 2d anime one was pretty cool as well.