I posted before saying that I actually liked this cinematic, but I guess I may as well help with complaining and saying what I didn't like. I'm sure I can actually just find quotes of things posted before. Hrm...let's see.
Maulbane Wrote:Apparently one of the Trials of the High King is impenetrable smugness, too.
This. And also, I really hate how Varian was played out in both of these to be such a big badass. "We will end you."
Yes, yes. You're standing in the center of a Horde city that just went through a devastating change as far as leaders go, and you want to walk up and say "Mess up, and we'll end you." That's worse than a snot-nosed little boy, in my opinion.
Grakor465 Wrote:2. Yo, panda-man, stop being so self-centered. Yeah, Pandaria got wrecked, but saying that you were the race that got hurt the most by Garrosh is...actually kinda laughable.
Self-righteous much? Again, with standing in the center of a Horde city that just went through devastating circumstances.. apparently you didn't factor in Garrosh's role in the Horde
before he was warchief, you only care about the fact that he stabbed that ninja-master-panda on the bridge. Good going, panda.
*Edit -- Oh yeah, kind of forgot about the whole evil-old god explosion thingy that completely destroyed their lands and corrupted the serene environment that was the Vale.
Still no reason to make it all about you in a situation like this.
Grakor465 Wrote:4. Jaina is acting like Grima Wormtongue over there. WTF?
I'm not even sure I can say enough about this one. In every game, Jaina is always seen as
at least friendly. Not to mention her thing with Thrall in the past. Now Thrall shows up, and suddenly she's sour, wanting to get rid of the horde entirely....while looking like a ghetto 17-year-old girl. No thanks, Blizzard. I liked it better when all she said was "All I ever wanted was to study." when you click on her.
Other things.....hmm.
Well, going off one of Grakor's points (again), it is a little disappointing that when Thrall told Vol'jin he should be warchief, nobody was like "Hey, wait, that isn't an orc. He's kind of blue, like a troll, y'know? How could he be the warchief?"
Now, okay, I'm not discriminating on trolls. I'm not saying trolls can't be warchiefs. I'm not saying trolls can't be leaders. They can be all of these things, but the warchief (of Orgrimmar, at least as far as this discussion goes), has basically always been an orc. That's tradition, the way things are, and the way things are meant to be. Vol'jin needs to go help with some trolly stuff and become the warlord of
that city, and we need an orc.
I think the Alliance cinematic would have made MUCH MORE SENSE if Varian had actually intended to dismantle the horde from the beginning, and Jaina stopped him with the logic that he possessed in this cinematic. I'm not saying he's not smart or logical enough to know when not to start a battle, but
come ON. What has mostly all of World of Warcraft been about? Warcraft. You know what that Warcraft was? Alliance and horde. Simple. That's been...how many expansions, how many years? All the sudden, the primary leader of the alliance doesn't jump IN THE SLIGHTEST to decimate the horde when he finally can? That doesn't seem to make sense to me. Instead, Jaina and Varian seem to have switched places for these two, and that irks me.
Anyways, I think that's all I've got, and I'll be sure to add to the list if I think of anything else.