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thundara · 3650 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pubski: February 25, 2015

<grumbles/> I have little hope for any video-game-based movies. How many years now have the bioshock / WoW films been in the making? Past the stalled pipelines, most games just don't seem like they would translate well into a movie setting. I have trouble imagining rail-shooting being nearly as entertaining when I'm not the one in control.

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kleinbl00 · 3650 days ago · link ·

Friends are mixing WoW as we speak. They are enthusiastic.

They are rarely enthusiastic. I think the last film they endorsed was skyfall.

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thundara · 3650 days ago · link ·

I slept through a majority of skyfall, but I got my start in programming doing stuff related to WoW machinima. I shall remain curious but with low expectations...

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kleinbl00 · 3650 days ago · link ·

Skyfall would have been an awesome movie if it weren't about James Bond.

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OftenBen · 3650 days ago · link ·

Friends are mixing WoW as we speak.

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user-inactivated · 3650 days ago · link ·

I have the same concerns, but at the very least this is CGI and not live action like other video-game based movies. Plus R&C had humor going for it. And Rainmaker isn't too bad, plus the original game creators have a hand in it.

But yeah, I'm probably gonna preempt myself and give it 70% before I even see it.