Zany references, I couldn't take a serious World of Warcraft seriously.

I wouldn't probably get the references, so serious business would be cool.

I would have to agree with angelkanarias, I wouldnt get a mojority of the references so I would probably only enjoy it if it was a "serious and respectful" interpretation.

To answer my own question, if they were gonna do a good topic, i.e. the fall of Arthas, I'd wanna see it done seriously. But if they were gonna do the usual player-type characters slog, then by all means, liven up the mediocrity with Leeroy Jenkins and some guy shouting MORE DOTS.

I think it should be serious and respect the material. I honestly don't think the Giant Bomb staff knows Warcraft all that well. When playing through the campaign they aren't fucking around, it's an actual story. In World of Warcraft? Yea it's a bit more light-hearted because it is focused on community. Therefore they fill it with "funny" dances and easter eggs. Back to Warcraft III. It's not that there is no humour, but it takes itself seriously during the story and has a light-hearted approach outside of the campaign. Blizzard always throws in their own brand of comedy, which I deeply enjoy, but when we talk about the story itself, Blizzard likes to weave an epic tale.

On one hand, if a World of Warcraft movie is created in a more serious tone, it will more than likely end up being a Lord of the Rings clone.
On the other hand, a comedic movie might end up with jokes akin to "Hey man, I just found a pair of mail boots in that plainstrider's stomach. 
I didn't know they even ate metal!" and community inspired jokes, which  will feel stale to WoW players and will have no appeal to those unfamiliar with the games.
(and remember X-Men III?  Do you really want another "I'm the juggernaut, bitch!" scenario?)

As Vinchenzo points out, Warcraft's humor isn't as obvious as you remember it, which means a serious movie would probably end up being the better choice.
However, it is what most people use to separate the fiction from other fantasy stories.  It needs to be in there.

Ultimately, a mix of the two is needed: making a serious movie with a handful of lighthearted, humorous elements would be the best way to interpret Warcraft on the big screen.

I want to see it chock full of zany refernces just so i can have a laugh at how terrible it is.

Serious, but I'd like some references. Although not stuff like having a group of people with a guy called "leroy", who charges at stuff. Subtle stuff, or stuff that it can be serious about.

I really like the Warcraft universe, so a good story would be awesome.

Well, if you can all cast our minds back to Warcraft 3 and its later expansion, it had awesome fully rendered animated cut scenes, THAT WHERE BLOODY COOL. Now why can't the movie be just that, and hey it will lead into the next expansion pack for WoW.

Honestly, I don't want to see it done live-action at all.  I'd much prefer a fully CG animated feature movie.  Anything live-action will draw immediate comparison to Lord of the Rings and will likely fail just as the horrible Dungeon & Dragons movies did or the TANG classic, Dungeon Siege.  If they make a movie though, and I guess there is no talking them out of it now...not with all that potential box office from 11 million WOW players (and millions of ex-players like me), then I'd want something serious that tells the Warcraft lore.  I don't want any players from our universe falling into Azeroth (D&D the cartoon did that 20 years ago) nor do I want an simple tale of each character class coming together to overcome a foe.  And I absolutely don't want a team-up of Horde and Alliance to fight the Burning Legion.  We may have all been running around Outland together, but we couldn't team up or talk to each other. So none of that "everyone works together" crap. 

EDIT: And I don't want to hear a "Leeeroy Jenkins" reference, either!

Hey, considering the number of retcons they've pulled out of their ass, it's basically a farce by this point anyway.

Are you kidding me?  There's so much lore and crazy shit going on in the world that they've got tons of stories they can tell.  They don't need to be funny about the shit.  I'm sure they'll add a couple of small laughs and light-hearted moments in there.  Hell, LOTR had them.

I want both.

I want a serious , well made movie.

"...and loved WoW until they ruined the lore. As a hardcore fan I hope this movie focuses around the lore and history. "

Serious and animated by the brilliant animators and digital artists at Blizzard. But that second part isn't going to happen so I'll just go with serious.

Why do people keep calling it a WoW movie?

" Why do people keep calling it a WoW movie? "

It depends on if we're talking about a World Of Warcraft movie, or a Warcraft movie. If they were doing any of the RTS game storylines as a movie, I'd most certainly expect and enjoy only a serious storyline. If they were doing a story based on World Of Warcraft, specifically, I wouldn't care one iota what they were doing with it, because I wouldn't watch it.

" I think it should be serious and respect the material. I honestly don't think the Giant Bomb staff knows Warcraft all that well. When playing through the campaign they aren't fucking around, it's an actual story. In World of Warcraft? Yea it's a bit more light-hearted because it is focused on community. Therefore they fill it with "funny" dances and easter eggs. Back to Warcraft III. It's not that there is no humour, but it takes itself seriously during the story and has a light-hearted approach outside of the campaign. Blizzard always throws in their own brand of comedy, which I deeply enjoy, but when we talk about the story itself, Blizzard likes to weave an epic tale.

Hopefully that made sense and you understand where I'm coming from. I love Warcraft II, III, and loved WoW until they ruined the lore. As a hardcore fan I hope this movie focuses around the lore and history.

One more thing to add. For all you people talking about not getting the references... the references Blizzard uses as humour is from other entertainment such as movies and various video games. They might have a few interwoven  references but not nearly as much.

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I would rather it be identical to lord of the rings.

" @PureRok said:

" Why do people keep calling it a WoW movie? "

Because that's what it is? "

It'll be just like the Dungeons and Dragons movie; EPIC FAIL. 

"@Kazona said:

" @PureRok said:

" Why do people keep calling it a WoW movie? "

Because that's what it is? "

Actually, it's not."

" @PureRok said:

"@Kazona said:

" @PureRok said:

" Why do people keep calling it a WoW movie? "

Because that's what it is? "

Actually, it's not."

What is it boy. "

I would the movie to have a more serious tone, becouse I loved the first 3 games of warcraft and all 3 had a serious theme of war and killing. Then Wow came and cartooned it up for the family.

"@Bucketdeth said:

" @PureRok said:

"@Kazona said:

" @PureRok said:

" Why do people keep calling it a WoW movie? "

Because that's what it is? "

Actually, it's not."

What is it boy. "

It's a Warcraft movie. You know, a movie based on the series. There are more games in the Warcraft series than WoW. If it was a WoW movie, wouldn't they, I don't know, name it World of Warcraft and not just Warcraft?And I think you meant "What is it then, boy?" Although, I don't know where the "boy" part comes from."

Why not both ? Blizzard has shown that its capable of telling a serious tale with lots of humor thrown in. And with Sam Riami is directing it, they have the perfect person for a blend of storytelling and humor (just look at Spiderman 2).