Why they shouldn’t bother making a Warcraft movie

Hislasttwopointsareprobablymoresolid,though-hesaysthatunlikeLordoftheRings,whichtheWarcraftmovieisoftencomparedto,mostpeople(evenplayersofthegameswhoskipcutscenes)wouldwalkinhavingnoideawhatthestorywasabout,whichmeansthestorywouldhavetobedumbeddownorjustbeaconfusingmess.Andfinally,wecan'treallyarguewiththelastpoint:sincethatfirstpieceofconceptart,wehaven'theardapeepoutofLegendaryorBlizzardaboutwhat'shappening,somaybetheflick'snotgettingmadeanyway.

Andbytheendofthepiece,we'vegottoagreewithKevin:evenifabig-budgetworldwidemoviereleasedidn'tgetmade,we'dmuchratherhaveahigh-qualityDVDofBlizzard'scinematicsanyway(ormaybeevenafeature-lengthputtogetherbythesamedepartment-theydoawesomework).Theoddsareagainstalive-actionWarcraftmoviealready,itseems-maybeitwouldbeabetterideaforBlizzardtojustreleasesomethingthemselves.OurgoodfriendKevinKelly(whowritesforJoystiq)hasapparentlyturnedtraitor-overattheSpoutblog,he'swrittenupfourreasonswhytheyshouldn'tbothermakingaWarcraftmovieatall.Hisargumentsgofromshakytosolid-hefirstclaimsthatmoviesmadefromvideogamesjustdon'tworkanyway,Inresponse,I'dsubmittoyouDoom,and-ohwait.Nevermind.Hissecondreasonisthattheyjustwouldn'tmakeenoughmoney,evenifeveryWarcraftplayerboughtaticket,butIdon'tknowifI'dworryaboutthat:Transformersmademoney,andthatmoviewasahigh-budgetpileofjunk.