Do you think the WoW films can be even bigger than the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Certainly The Lord of the Rings trilogy was the greatest fantasy-based films ever made. It was ground-breaking, state of the art, and can be summarized in one word: "AWESOME!"

However, these movies came out years ago (can't believe it's been that long already) and technology has even come farther and better. That's where the World of Warcraft movies come in. If there was another fantasy-based story that can surpass the Lord of the Rings is World of Warcraft. WoW has become like the Star Wars for video games, and it's not just huge in North America but all over the world.

But this is the big "IF" question here and one that is solely in the hands of the developers and filmmakers and that is, it all boils down to the script. If the story delivers than the WoW movie will surpass The Lord of the Rings, but it has to be good....and of course the actors/actresses need to be good and the director has to be a good one.

I think WoW can surpass LotR...but we'll see what happens.

2009 is the year Blizzard literally takes over the WORLD....(OF WARCRAFT)! :D

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Ugh~I think y`all missed my point!

I wasn't talking about Tolkien's literally merits or about the author and the books themselves. I was talking about film terms. Even crap makes money at the box-office. Spider-Man 3 or Shrek 3 anyone? :roll:

I was talking about fantasy pertaining to cinema and its successes. Right now LoTR, "as films," is the best fantasy-based cinemas created. So my question was, does WoW have the potential to surpass LoTR as movies and its success at the box-office.

No diss on the author or the novels...I'm talking about movies, flicks, places where we take our dates and eat popcorn where crappy directors and films can make money even though they're trash.

So that's what I'm talking about: as movies, does WoW have the potential to surpass what Peter Jackson and his crew did with LoTR?

ROFL! Warcraft vs Tolkien. You got to be kidding.

EDIT: syztem, don't LOTR movies leave a lot out?

And compare WoW and LOTRO, LOTRO has much better story. (for a strange reason)

Nope, not even close

Ugh~I think y`all missed my point!

I wasn't talking about Tokien's literally merits or about the author and the books themselves. I was talking about film terms. Even crap makes money at the box-office. Spider-Man 3 or Shrek 3 anyone? :roll:

I was talking about fantasy pertaining to cinema and its successes. Right now LoTR, "as films," is the best fantasy-based cinemas created. So my question was, does WoW have the potential to surpass LoTR as movies and its success at the box-office.

No diss on the author or the novels...I'm talking about movies, flicks, places where we take our dates and eat popcorn where crappy directors and films can make money even though they're trash.

To be honest WoW has potential to be a money maker but nothing more really. Its not got the years of fanbase that LoTR had and although i believe Blizzard had said they reached 9million accounts, the LoTR fanbase is probably double that.

So no i dont think WoW would surpass the LoTR films in terms of financial success or storyline, but perhaps CGI scenes will be cool considering todays technology and the possibilities it can have.

Personally i think a WoW film would be a lot like that Dungeons & Dragons film, only with better special effects.

Even from a commercial point of view, WoW, for all it's subscribers is not the kind of household name Lord of the Rings is. The one is classic literature, the other is a contemporary phenomenon. Love the game and the world is amazing, but it can't hold a candle to the master in terms of lyricism and quality.

It's bound to sell lots of tickets, but I doubt it will last.

World of Warcraft is an esoteric game in a relative sense. It means the world to the players, but to everyone else, doesn't matter in the least. So this to most of the world is just another video game based fantasy movie.

People actually read Lord of the Rings for a good number of decades prior to it's film release, so it wasn't just some off the cuff production.

Ugh~I think y`all missed my point!

I wasn't talking about Tokien's literally merits or about the author and the books themselves. I was talking about film terms. Even crap makes money at the box-office. Spider-Man 3 or Shrek 3 anyone? :roll:

I was talking about fantasy pertaining to cinema and its successes. Right now LoTR, "as films," is the best fantasy-based cinemas created. So my question was, does WoW have the potential to surpass LoTR as movies and its success at the box-office.

No diss on the author or the novels...I'm talking about movies, flicks, places where we take our dates and eat popcorn where crappy directors and films can make money even though they're trash.

ASK_Story

In that case the answer is still no. In fact, not just no, but hell no. The fact is Fantasy rarely does well in the box office. Just look at Stardust. The movie had a cast filled with huge names, great special effects, and generally got good reviews. . . and it's pretty much tanked.

WoW has some name recognition going for it, but that's about it. It could have the best special effects in the world, but that won't be enough to make it do that well. It just doesn't have broad enough appeal. LotR had huge name recognition, years of aniticpated hype (decades really), and an extremely passionate director who took the movie to a level that no one expected.

How many Academy Awards did the LOTR trilogy get? It's hard to beat that.RK-Mara

I think it tied Ben Hur at 11, FYI.

My bad... apparently tied Titanic also.

Certainly The Lord of the Rings trilogy was the greatest fantasy-based films ever made.

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[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]How many Academy Awards did the LOTR trilogy get? It's hard to beat that.SemiMaster

I think it tied Ben Hur at 11, FYI.

My bad... apparently tied Titanic also.

Actually, he said trilogy so all together they won 17 oscars but whos counting.;)

I doubt it would top LOTR in terms of adjusted-for-inflation box office gross, but crazier things have happened.

Yeah, WoW is pretty big, but I don't know how many people really care about the decidedly complicated lore of the Warcraft universe.

To think that a fantasy world in World of Warcraft in any way would compare to the Lord of the Rings saga is absolutely absurd. Lord of the Rings follows many of the mythos that makes experiences like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Narnia, Odyssey, and the Gilgamesh one that appeals to a massive market. There are universal themes that is applicable to people of any race, color, creed, nationality, or culture.

World of Warcraft doesn't have such a precedent because there is no mythos to follow, unless they decide to make the Warcraft Trilogy the main canon storyline. While the Three Warcraft games and its expansion packs are great games, as pieces of narrative that could be used to create a grand world that would rival that mythos that civilization has always used, it fails.

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Certainly The Lord of the Rings trilogy was the greatest fantasy-based films ever made.

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[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]How many Academy Awards did the LOTR trilogy get? It's hard to beat that.julianwelton

I think it tied Ben Hur at 11, FYI.

My bad... apparently tied Titanic also.

Actually, he said trilogy so all together they won 17 oscars but whos counting.;)

True... true. For the Trilogy it's unbeaten. But tied for individual movies. There, we both win? Call it a tie?

i dont think it could plummet... there are way too many people who would wanna check it out... thats all they need... haha hell if they threw in some sort of coupon deal, like that stupid pokemon movie, they could make some online content to support the movie, give whoever purchases a ticket some sort of trinket and hey, bunch of WoW fans hook up and go to the movie together, get there new 'collectors' online thing and presto, instantly made your money back, time for round two...

i dont know if anyone can compare the two stories in terms of plot... i mean LOTR was great... anyone here read silmarillion? its a bit dry but its mind blowing how much depth that whole world is, totally ignoring the languages he made... The point is, fantasy is in right now, people are still watching it, that in itself means that its going to do well... add in the oppourtunity for gimmicky gifts, and a massive fan base, who i might add, are all able to pay monthly subscriptions for this game anyway, it means that their more than likely going to be willing to pay for a ticket to see a movie on a game some of them have spent years playing... Im sure it will do very well indeed... unless its a total disaster, which is unlikely

of course its going to make money. Its WoW... it has enough of a player base, that even if nobody other than players saw it, theyd still make money... Its going to be huge... im just waiting for the day that a WoW player gets voted for senate... then its time to let the machines kill us all... assuming of course California doesnt Terminate 'em....BDANick

No, actually that wouldn't work out at all. What's the total userbase for WoW? Around 9 million? At $8.00 a ticket that's 72 million dollars. Not a bad haul, but that wouldn't cover the movie's budget. And let's be honest, once you take out the multiple accounts, the people who bought the $3 trial and never really got interested in the game, and the others who got fed up with the game and just hate it, you're probably looking at about 5 million users. Now you're looking at around 40 million dollars. That wouldn't even cover the advertising and marketing.

im not saying that it WILL be bigger, im saying it stands to reason that it has the potential to be bigger. And for those who are talking about story, i was under the impression that the point was not whether the story was better, If thats the argument then hell yeah i think LotR has a better story, as i said before. Im a huge fan. Im just saying that theres no reason to write it off cuz its a game...

I should tell you that if WoW is to overtake LotR it would have to cover more than the feeble 72 million you reference... im talking:

so lets not split hairs here... LotR is a big thing. BUT its ALWAYS possible, and it should be HOPED that along will come something that does somehting different and furthers everything along... I love LotR, but if WoW was better, id be happy not upset.

Who knows if this does well, wouldnt you want to see games become movies? It would DEF move the industry to a more productive state. As far as im concerned games are movies that i can act in. Thats how i see it. If more games make the jump, maybe senators and others will stop trying to drawe lines between the two and will start to treat the games industry as it should be treated... that and i really want to see a starcraft movie...