Arthas says "I'm here to help!" a reference to "The scariest words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help,'" due to Arthas eradicating the people he was 'trying to help.'
@@Abelhawk Quoted from Ronald Reagan's 1986's speech. *"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I' m here to help."*
@Abelhawk There's also that line: "Oops, I dropped something..." *pheeyyyew BOOM* xD Plus, his voice is funny, that alone is enough to make me chuckle even if the line itself isn't so funny! :D
I was always thinking the "I have been chosen by the big metal hand in the sky" line was talking about the player's cursor, since the human one is a metal glove.
the game was changed before its final version, but these changes were never notified in time to other locations such as Spain or France, that is why players from other countries heard audios that in the English version are not
I like the dramatic moment of "deja que se cierren tus ojos ahora que los míos se han abierto" .. Archimond says a different phrase when he arrives at the tree of the world, in Spanish he says "Por fin, el camino hacia el árbol del mundo esta despejado, una vez haga mio el maldito árbol, acabare con las energías mágicas de este mundo y mandare su cascara sin vida a las llamas, venid mis lacayos, el fin se acerca " , in English its phrase is much shorter ...
@@enzoavena4878 for people curious about the translation of what archimonde says, it would be this: "Finally, the way to the World Tree is cleaned up... once this damned tree becomes mine I will finish the magic energies of this world and toss its empty shell to the flames! Come my minions! The end is NEAR..."
Abelhawk: The sorceress just flirts with you Sorceress quote: I don't remember casting 'Slow' on you. Poor Abelhawk, is that the sort of thing your significant others says to you when they're flirting?
"And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them." Ezekiel 25:17 in the King James version, I'm sure that if you checked all 10000 of english translations of bible you would find one that is either 1 to 1 or with only minor tweak to make it sound better in movie.
Just so you know, the footman in warcraft 3 , found within the warcraft lore itself, are less powerful and less armored ignobles recruited from the local populace because the footmen from warcraft 2 's numbers were ravaged so greatly that they had to recruit from banditry and pesantry.
The reason I assume they changed the Footman's voice was to match the weaker status compared to the Grunt. If you look at the Captain unit it sounds more regal like the original Footman's, and also is more comparable stat-wise to the Grunt like in War2.
My thoughts are because Warcraft 3 was where Blizzard’s anti-Alliance train started, that has been going on continuously to this very day. Think about it! Proud human footman > rowdy roughneck footman Proud human knight > exaggerated Don Quixote with a butt-chin Powerful mage > bored and aloof archmage Proud human Paladin > overexaggerated smiter of the evil with great vengeance and fury! That is, of course, to say nothing of the fact that the Alliance hero (Arthas) becomes evil, all the leaders of the kingdoms of Lordaeron are so far up their own asses that they won’t listen to Medivh’s warnings, the Humans getting no campaign in Frozen Throne, and of course Lord Strawman (aka Garithos). At least Daelin Proudmore had a good reason not to trust the Horde.
@@OneTrueVikingbard Humans do have a campaign in Frozen Throne....in fact, it's a wonderful twist to the human campaign from RoC because you get to use the human units that we missed out on in RoC. Like the elven archers, the dragonhawk riders, and the ballistae. It's actually kind of sad that Frozen Throne altered the human/high elf ballistae from Roc version, but still. I admit, I would have loved to get a campaign focused on Admiral Proudmoore and the Theramoore units. Still...
8:20 I think the quote was removed cause Games workshop has gone on a copyright rampage recently after age of sigmar so Blizzard didn't want to risk it.
But was that the case in 2001? And it's not a direct reference and uses common words. Copyright is not a concern in this case. And nobody would care about an easter egg passing reference anyhow.
@@wendtchr Games Workshop had Blizzard in their crosshairs ever since Warcraft 1 was a thing and they did attempt to get it shitcanned by lawsuit, which failed but, I'm sure the people in charge at blizz didn't want to press their luck years later, different case, different judge, possibly different outcome.
It's all the elves in TES. The Tribunal alone deleted an entire race, set off two volcanic eruptions, an earthquake, a flood, and three tactical magical nukes. Never trust a filthy knife-ear.
Brian Ishee Nah, only the High Elves. Wood Elves are far more trustworthy. And Dark Elves. Snow Elves don't count for either situation m due to being the Falmer. Dwemmer are dead, so. So yeah, High Elves are dicks.
NOTES ON THIS EPISODE: - Star Wars did not come out in 1997. My bad there. - I know the "I have been chosen" is referring to the metal hand cursor. Hence the overlay of the metal hand cursor on the video (if you look close) - The paladin quote is actually not from the Bible, it is from _Pulp Fiction_ in a fictional version of the Bible. - I have no idea what the difference between heavy metal and hard rock is. - Arthas's line "I'm here to help" may be a reference to the quote by Ronald Reagan: "The most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'" - The flying machine's line "Okay to go" may be a reference to the film _Contact._
‘WarCraft 2 had amazing voice acting[...] You can tell the voice actor for WarCraft 2 tried to capture that lowly, subservient voice that the WarCraft 2 peasants had, but he kind of ended of sounding dopey instead.’ Confusing.
what about the elf builder i believe it was "first you take up the simultaneous hydrochloric(?) equation and voila! a new tower" i thought that was pretty cool and funny
In the french dub of the end campaign clip, Arthas says "succeding you"... And then, as he does the stabby stabby, FROSTMOURNE wispers "let your eyes close..." That is just the right amount of creepy to engage the undead campaign ;7
I find french voice actors did a really good job with the Gyrocopter and the Peasant, amazing work again, thank you so much ! I hope you'll do these kind of video in War III Reforged
Repost according to the covenant of Abelhawk: So, "Russian localization part 3". About the Alliance: SoftClub tried to give dwarves a caucasian accent (well you know - mountain people like the scots) but only gryphon rider has this accent. Dwarf was translated like "Гном"/"Gnome" because from the time of translation of Tolkien we have problem with dwarves and gnomes. "Dragohawk" is just "Hawk". And he also say "Glory to the hight elves" not "the blood elves". But Speall Breaker became cooler because he was translated like "Witcher" (yes after 2015 it is really funny). And some quotes of course: "My sword - plus one dead orc." (Footman) "Not gonna give in my life my gun or my wife. *Laugh*" (Rifleman) "Good, bad... The main thing is who has a gun." (Rifleman) "Who comes with a sword to us, those easier to shoot." (Rifleman) - reference to Alexander Nevskiy "He laughs best who shoots first." (Rifleman) "-You, me and mortar. -That's all what we need to win." (Mortar team) "-Sight 15 tube 120. -Bang bang and missed." (Mortar team) - reference to film "Marriage in Malinovka"/"Свадьба в Малиновке "-Tell me, uncle. it was not for nothing? -Of course not. (Mortar team) - reference to Lermontov's "Borodino"/"Бородино" "-Hey, old man, how it was in Warcraft II? -The sun shone brighter, the sky was bluer and orcs were no match for todays." (Mortar team) "Guess in which ear i hear the buzz." (Gyrocopter) - reference to cartoon "Carlson has returned!"/"Карлсон вернулся!" "I see an unknown flying object." (Gyrocopter) "Crew requires flight attendant." (Gyrocopter) "Scalpel, sponge, magic wand. Oh, alcohol." (Priest) "An autopsy revealed: the patient was asleep." (Priest) "So we heal or let him live? (Priest) "Time cures, but the priest is faster." (Priest) "Whant to make the end of the world? Press the "reset" button." (Sorceress) "I am a born magician. Does anyone disagree?!" (Witcher) "I stole it! Precious! Gollum, Gollum. (Witcher) - reference to "The Lord of the Rings" (is also funny because this voice actor will be the voice of Gollum in "Hobbit") "Stealing spells is vulgar. You need to do everythnig yourself." (Witcher) "*Inhales like a drug* Goood magic. Strong." (Witcher) "That's right: armed and very dangerous." (Hawk) - reference to "Armed and dangerous" "*Sob* Blizzards will make my action figure... posthumously." (Hawk) "We build, you rest. That's the motto of "Union of the elven builders". So rest and don't interrupt my work." (Elf worker) "I hit twice: first on head, later on the coffin lid." (Paladin) "Goblin in armor: canned dragon breakfast." (Paladin) "Good, good! .. The gods are watching favorably. The world is clearing of filth." (Archmage) - reference to Yuri Nikita's "Three from the forest"/"Трое из леса" "The real war will be tomorrow with a hangover." (Mountain king) "As our dear chef says: "Even sobers and people with an ulcer drink at someone else's expense." (Mountain king) - reference to film "The Diamond Arm"/"Бриллиантовая рука" "Wings, legs, tails... The main thing is blood." (Blood mage) - reference to cartoon "Wings, legs and tails"/"Крылья, ноги и хвосты" "Hello, my name is Roy. And i got hooked on magic. It all started a long time ago and at first I didn’t think it would be a problem. Well you know: conjure before the work, cast some spells at lunch and relax a little before bedtime. But later I began to realize that I really could no longer live without magic. And now i don't know what to do." (Blood mage) "I sense...changings in magic of the world of warcraft." (Jaina) "Alright, let's play by your rules. But i will ask questions. So, what was name of Gloin's father? Time runs!" (Muradin) "Well, audience assistance? Calling a friend? Last wish?" (Muradin) "And now the right answer! No, after commercial break." (Muradin) "It's like my nimbus tarnish. Please, look at it." (Uther)
Kael has a voice line where he says "i sense something... Elusive" is possibly a star wars episode 1 the phantom menace reference, obi wan says it very early at the first act of the movie
The Sylvanas quote "I can hit a bird in the eye... flying" comes from great movie "The Unforgiven" (1992), starring Clint Eastwood. It's very hard to google that quote, but it's actually mentioned twice in this movie.
Usually, Spanish dub is inferior to the original language. Literal meanings being used, idiom jokes that get lost in another language, etc. But Warcraft III in Spanish manages not only to be on par, but sometimes to surpass the original. Hats off to the guys who did the localisation, because it is amazing.
@@LEoX8933 iam like the only Person on this Planet who doesn't hates the remake, i mean the campaign is still great and it wasnt that expensive. Still no excuse for less content, i would gave it a 6/10
You are like old Blizzard. You take time with your work, but in a result we get a polished content. I don't even need to watch your video before I click "I like this".
In a Polish version of the game, Arthas and Illidan were voiced by the same person. You'd think that would make one cutscene in particular awkward, but in fact he's so talented that while playing I had absolutely no idea this is the same voice actor. On a side note, I have absolutely no idea why the fenomenal Polish dub of the game, by some considered better than the original, was replaced by a worse dub in the reforged version of the game.
Not really. One of the more memorable quotes from Toy Story is the "I have been chosen" it really would be hard to rationalize the quote "I have been chosen by the big metal hand in the sky" if it didn't come from Toy Story. Because the joke or in this case, the reference wouldn't have made sense without the toy story reference. At best as you'd probably put it, a neat fourth wall break. But the point is, they wouldn't have added that line in, if it likely wasn't because of Toy Story because it's hard to rationalize "The Claw! I Have Been Chosen" and not make the connection to the "Big Metal Hand in the sky" I feel like if it was just a fourth wall break it would probably be something like "AHHHH! Why is there a giant metal hand in the sky! RUN!!!! Oh....wait...." or something to that effect.
I think Blizzard removed references to Warhammer after TFT (and all subsequent patches to both RoC and TFT) due to copyright issues. This is why they changed Gyro copters, Steam Tanks etc
Arthas still says "there's no need to bow" in russian version. Which is one of the best voice acting in games. They missed 99% of references like from this video, but instead they made their own. For example, orc shaman's quote: "Do orcs dream of electropigs?"
In russian version Arthas says "there is no need to bow" in both what and pissed quotes and "for my father (the king)" two times in attack which is same as spanish. Maiev in russian says "Illidan is out there somewhere" as yes quote but it's only in russian version. By the way I hate that a lot of quotes in spanish are replaced with the same ones. For example all 3 attack quotes for priest is "fire!".
Any of these exist in french version, but the priest attack quote is also the same at anytime, although it's different from the spanish one, instead of "Fire !", he says "Our curse will cut you off the road !" over and over...
"We're currently hovering at a comfortable altitude of 15 feet." Odd. I always imagined the flying units of the WarCraft games to be flying higher than that. But maybe not. Considering archers and axethrowers can hit flying units, maybe they _aren't_ flying all that high above the ground. Would an archer be able to hit something 15 feet in the air? Yes. Hundreds of feet? No.
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the German version is very similar to the Spanish version you have shown. He said the same with the eyes open and all. the only problem with the german version is the voice of arthas. its not very good at all, the rest is ok. If you want to kow more just ask.
The narration voice in Warcraft 2 is one of my favorite deliveries of any voice lines in any game. I know it's probably bias because of the game's importance in my childhood, but I get a little geeked every time I hear it.
wow, thank you so much for all your work, you're amazing! So that's where those sheep quotes are from to unlock the secret mission :) I played Warcraft 2(not much though) but I guess never clicked on sheep that much
@Abelhawk, 10:45 the garithos "the only good nonhuman is a dead non human" sounds more to me like tha starship troopers "the only good bug is a dead bug" but then again they may have been referencing the apes:) reference inception
Yeah, I just gave the older reference the benefit of the doubt. Plus, the ape specifically says "humans" rather than just "the only good X is a dead X."
Holy! I always highly credited translation of Warcraft in my country. It's still up to this day one of the best voice actings we had, but only now I see how many references has been lost in translation... I am quite happy that translators catched some of these at least! Also about Arthas... I didn't know - but some of these lines are still in the Polish version as well. But then again, not every single one of them. This is interesting. Great Job Abelhawk!
Another testament that W3 is truly an awesome game with so many details packed in. Hope all these get ported over to Reforged too if they are gonna redo the lines.
In Polish, one of Paladin's quotes (the one about a sword, horse and a helmet) seems to have been spiced up. Rough translation: _"That's a sword? What a luxury!"_ _"That's a horse?! Ever heard of walking/legs?"_ (it's a hard to translate idiom that involves the word "łaska", which can mean stuff like boon, mercy, favor or grace [as in, God's grace], which is very fitting for a Paladin) _"That's a helmet? Vanity fair!"_ (possibly a reference to "Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero") In addition, quite curiously, Paladin's _"It's hammer time!"_ was translated less literally than in the other instances (where it was very literal and very awesome). They changed it to... another hard to translate phrase. :/ I'd say it'd be the closest to _"Let's get [those] hammers movin'!"_ Still pretty cool. :) In Reforged, they changed two of Muradin's _"Celebrity Jeopardy"_ references to other game shows, like _"could I get a safety net?"_ ("Who Wants to be a Millionaire?") or _"One note, please."_ ("Name That Tune"). They kept the "I'll play your game, you rogue" and "Come on, you nancy boy!" lines because they still make sense out of context. The original, more literal translations were still funny, simply because of how _random_ they felt. I mean, "I'll take The Rapist for 500"? :D There's probably more differences, but those are the most notable ones I remembered off the top of my head.
You forgot another reference with the Priest's quote "I have been chosen by the big metal hand in the sky!" which is a self-reference to the player's cursor, which is a big metal hand that might look like it's in the sky "choosing" that unit.
The best thing about that, is that this is actually refered in the Lore. In Warcraft II; when they created the Paladins (basically in-game templars) they where champions chosen by their god... anh hence their name: Knigths of the SILVER HAND XDDD It's all a reference to the damm cursor XDDDD
12:40 in the german version we have both lines following each other. The "Succeeding you father" and the "Let your eyes be closed, now that mine are finally open"
Everyone keeps bringing up Toy Story for the "I Have been Chosen, by the big metal hand in the sky!", but I think it also is a poke at the different cursors for the different factions of Warcraft 3, in particular how the Alliance one is a Gauntlet. You also left out the Blood Elf Engineer ("'It'll be up in no time!' Is an official slogan of the blood elf engineer's union, and in no way should be interpreted as the reasonable amount of time required to complete a task") and the Footman Captain ("I should have been a farmer, like my father wanted..." "...Lousy pay, constant danger..." "...Well, at least I get to hobnob with Royalty.")
@Abelhawk I think Archmage has another reference to Monty Python when it says "Get on with it." which is one of the scenes in the movie when the story of Sir Galahad is played.
OeMGiii that Blood Mage meltdown :DD Also, 'Raining Blood' from it is possibly a reference to a song by Slayer, coming off the album "Reign in Blood". In fact, I believe that this rain/reign double entendre inspired the RoC part of the game's name.
I actually like that they kept the campaign lines short. Each word is then more meaningful. “Succeeding you... Father...” 3 words with so much weight behind them. You felt the death blow from those words before Arthas even stabbed his father. The extra stuff is just lame, half-baked poetic fluff. The few lines we do have are much more memorable.
_"Is that a sword? Luxury! Is that a horse? Sloth! Is that a helmet? Vanity!"_ This Paladin quote is likely the reference to Knight/Paladin in WC2. He's essentially dissing his old timer.
Arthas says "I'm here to help!" a reference to "The scariest words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help,'" due to Arthas eradicating the people he was 'trying to help.'
Whoa, nice one! That could be true.
@@Abelhawk Quoted from Ronald Reagan's 1986's speech.
*"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I' m here to help."*
And the game had started during the plague and the cult of the damned had successfully infiltrated Lorderon providence.
So, england = russia & ukraine?
@@Abelhawk , can you tell what theme was used at 5:05 ? It sounds so epic) I guess it's from Warcraft 2, but I can't find it
Oh c’mon, gyrocopter is one of the funniest characters! :-P
"They’ll never hear me comin’!” *CLONK CLONK CLONK*
xD
That line is pretty funny, I'll admit :D
@Abelhawk There's also that line: "Oops, I dropped something..." *pheeyyyew BOOM* xD
Plus, his voice is funny, that alone is enough to make me chuckle even if the line itself isn't so funny! :D
Just the death lines that's terrible.
I will now demonstrate the Doppler effect.
Doppleeeeeeeeeer....
I happen to love his death line. My favorite unit in that game even though I hated using them...
I was always thinking the "I have been chosen by the big metal hand in the sky" line was talking about the player's cursor, since the human one is a metal glove.
Yeah, it's a double reference, I think.
Same here
''Let your eyes be closed'' can also be heard in WoW while you stand in the throne room. I always wondered where that line comes from.
Yeah right after "Succeding you father" so probably he was meant to say after he stabbed him.
the game was changed before its final version, but these changes were never notified in time to other locations such as Spain or France, that is why players from other countries heard audios that in the English version are not
I like the dramatic moment of "deja que se cierren tus ojos ahora que los míos se han abierto"
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Archimond says a different phrase when he arrives at the tree of the world, in Spanish he says "Por fin, el camino hacia el árbol del mundo esta despejado, una vez haga mio el maldito árbol, acabare con las energías mágicas de este mundo y mandare su cascara sin vida a las llamas, venid mis lacayos, el fin se acerca "
, in English its phrase is much shorter
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@@enzoavena4878 for people curious about the translation of what archimonde says, it would be this: "Finally, the way to the World Tree is cleaned up... once this damned tree becomes mine I will finish the magic energies of this world and toss its empty shell to the flames! Come my minions! The end is NEAR..."
@@enzoavena4878 It's like that in italian too yes
Abelhawk: The sorceress just flirts with you
Sorceress quote: I don't remember casting 'Slow' on you.
Poor Abelhawk, is that the sort of thing your significant others says to you when they're flirting?
That line means "Do it faster"
@@DiscipleKnight1010 I think she's just calling the player unintelligent. Same with her next line.
:D Touché! A more accurate phrase would have been "The sorceress talks in sexually suggestive tones."
Abelhawk the sorceress is, as nicely as possible, telling the player (her boss in the game world) to stop touching her.
But we've only just started!
Interestiing fact: in russian localization Lord Garithos has 1 funny "pissed' quote:
"I hate racism and non-humans!"
Yeah also Arthas in russian version still says "There's no need to bow"
Yep, twice with different intonations
@@SlavnoDublyazhnik Huh, the same goes for the polish version, I wonder why did both of them choose the same direction.
Slavic way of thinking =)
Most people are speciests.
I always loved the lines made by mortar team's especially their attack lines "HEY YOU CATCH!!" and "EAT HOT DEATH!!"
Mortar combat!!!! is a street fighter reference, I think. Since they fight in that game (combat).
You missed a couple of Spellbreaker lines: "Time is Mana" and "I smell magic in the air . . . or maybe barbecue" . . . .
The barbecue line isn't really a reference to anything, but that's a good point about "time is mana" being a nod to "time is money." Good catch.
Lmao that Ezekiel Bible quote was made up for the movie, it's not actually in the Bible. Paladin is referencing Pulp Fiction directly, not the Bible.
1:07
It is in the bible just worded differently.
@@xxlCortez he means the bible was written for pulp fiction. QT is very dedicated to his craft
"And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them." Ezekiel 25:17 in the King James version, I'm sure that if you checked all 10000 of english translations of bible you would find one that is either 1 to 1 or with only minor tweak to make it sound better in movie.
Just so you know, the footman in warcraft 3 , found within the warcraft lore itself, are less powerful and less armored ignobles recruited from the local populace because the footmen from warcraft 2 's numbers were ravaged so greatly that they had to recruit from banditry and pesantry.
me: i'm so tired
abelhawk uploads:
me: perhaps one more
it is finished
Damn you Abelhawk. I just finished warcraft 3 campaign for the umpteenth time. I guess it's time for warcraft 3 again.
@@ExValeFor You Think So.
BY FIRE BE PURGED!!!
is that a CDI zelda reference?
@@plutofeldseinfeld8839 I.....Don't Khow. I Never Watch That. Because i Have School.
I feel ashamed after all this years I didn't get mortal combat reference...
Kombat* you normie. I think you forgot to consult the elder gods.
6:33 ??
I need ask: NOOOOOOOOOOOOB!
I misheared it was Mortar ! Come Back !
Me too lmao
The reason I assume they changed the Footman's voice was to match the weaker status compared to the Grunt. If you look at the Captain unit it sounds more regal like the original Footman's, and also is more comparable stat-wise to the Grunt like in War2.
My thoughts are because Warcraft 3 was where Blizzard’s anti-Alliance train started, that has been going on continuously to this very day.
Think about it!
Proud human footman > rowdy roughneck footman
Proud human knight > exaggerated Don Quixote with a butt-chin
Powerful mage > bored and aloof archmage
Proud human Paladin > overexaggerated smiter of the evil with great vengeance and fury!
That is, of course, to say nothing of the fact that the Alliance hero (Arthas) becomes evil, all the leaders of the kingdoms of Lordaeron are so far up their own asses that they won’t listen to Medivh’s warnings, the Humans getting no campaign in Frozen Throne, and of course Lord Strawman (aka Garithos). At least Daelin Proudmore had a good reason not to trust the Horde.
Was about to comment the same thing.
@@OneTrueVikingbard Humans do have a campaign in Frozen Throne....in fact, it's a wonderful twist to the human campaign from RoC because you get to use the human units that we missed out on in RoC. Like the elven archers, the dragonhawk riders, and the ballistae. It's actually kind of sad that Frozen Throne altered the human/high elf ballistae from Roc version, but still.
I admit, I would have loved to get a campaign focused on Admiral Proudmoore and the Theramoore units. Still...
@@OneTrueVikingbardwell deserved, alliance is beta as fuck
Ah come on dude, "succeeding you, father" is the most iconic line of the game
Yeah, wouldn't hit as hard if it was the drawn out other one
What am I doing, father?
Succeeding me, son.
Glad I could make it, Arthas...
4:21 I always thought that was more of a meta reference to the gauntlet-clad human cursor in the game, although it might even be a cross of both
Pretty sure it is a reference to the cursor of the Alliance HUD
0:30 "You can tell, the voice actor for Warcraft *2* tried to capture that lowly subservient voice that the Warcraft 2 peasants had..."
Wat?! :D
XD
When they yell mortar combat I always thought it was “mortar come back” as in they missed their friend and wanted it to come back
Man, that "I'm so tired" line. You can hear his resolve breaking.
8:20 I think the quote was removed cause Games workshop has gone on a copyright rampage recently after age of sigmar so Blizzard didn't want to risk it.
But was that the case in 2001? And it's not a direct reference and uses common words. Copyright is not a concern in this case. And nobody would care about an easter egg passing reference anyhow.
@@wendtchr Games Workshop had Blizzard in their crosshairs ever since Warcraft 1 was a thing and they did attempt to get it shitcanned by lawsuit, which failed but, I'm sure the people in charge at blizz didn't want to press their luck years later, different case, different judge, possibly different outcome.
"Never trust an elf"
Reminded me High elves from Elder scrolls
It's all the elves in TES.
The Tribunal alone deleted an entire race, set off two volcanic eruptions, an earthquake, a flood, and three tactical magical nukes.
Never trust a filthy knife-ear.
LCK_5_Worlds_LEC_0 Yeah.
Brian Ishee Nah, only the High Elves. Wood Elves are far more trustworthy. And Dark Elves. Snow Elves don't count for either situation m due to being the Falmer. Dwemmer are dead, so. So yeah, High Elves are dicks.
Long live the Dominium! :D
Have you ever heard of the high elves?
"Mortar Combat" is MIND BLOWING. All this time I thought they were saying, "MOORTAAAAR, COME BACK!"
NOTES ON THIS EPISODE:
- Star Wars did not come out in 1997. My bad there.
- I know the "I have been chosen" is referring to the metal hand cursor. Hence the overlay of the metal hand cursor on the video (if you look close)
- The paladin quote is actually not from the Bible, it is from _Pulp Fiction_ in a fictional version of the Bible.
- I have no idea what the difference between heavy metal and hard rock is.
- Arthas's line "I'm here to help" may be a reference to the quote by Ronald Reagan: "The most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
- The flying machine's line "Okay to go" may be a reference to the film _Contact._
Post names of background songs please.
Please pin/repin these.
Heavy metal is louder, harder, harsher, faster metal and metal is harder than hard rock. But who cares for the details when you're still head banging.
you could argue that the only good non human thing could also be a refrence to the only good bug is a dead bug from starship troopers.
‘WarCraft 2 had amazing voice acting[...] You can tell the voice actor for WarCraft 2 tried to capture that lowly, subservient voice that the WarCraft 2 peasants had, but he kind of ended of sounding dopey instead.’
Confusing.
what about the elf builder
i believe it was
"first you take up the simultaneous hydrochloric(?) equation and voila! a new tower"
i thought that was pretty cool and funny
i think the elf are "more technical" aside from the hot sorcerer
technobabble
In the french dub of the end campaign clip, Arthas says "succeding you"... And then, as he does the stabby stabby, FROSTMOURNE wispers "let your eyes close..." That is just the right amount of creepy to engage the undead campaign ;7
12:58 in the spanish version, it remains as a regular quote he says as you click him "No es necesario hacer una reverencia"
PS: grande Borjito
I find french voice actors did a really good job with the Gyrocopter and the Peasant, amazing work again, thank you so much !
I hope you'll do these kind of video in War III Reforged
ON APPROCHE DU MUR DU SON
@@andrascottier595 ILS NE M'ENTENDRONT PAS VOLER *CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK*
Il pourrait me faire l'historique de la louche à travers les âges?
6:46 shit i didnt knew it🤘🎸
Repost according to the covenant of Abelhawk:
So, "Russian localization part 3". About the Alliance:
SoftClub tried to give dwarves a caucasian accent (well you know - mountain people like the scots) but only gryphon rider has this accent.
Dwarf was translated like "Гном"/"Gnome" because from the time of translation of Tolkien we have problem with dwarves and gnomes.
"Dragohawk" is just "Hawk". And he also say "Glory to the hight elves" not "the blood elves".
But Speall Breaker became cooler because he was translated like "Witcher" (yes after 2015 it is really funny).
And some quotes of course:
"My sword - plus one dead orc." (Footman)
"Not gonna give in my life my gun or my wife. *Laugh*" (Rifleman)
"Good, bad... The main thing is who has a gun." (Rifleman)
"Who comes with a sword to us, those easier to shoot." (Rifleman) - reference to Alexander Nevskiy
"He laughs best who shoots first." (Rifleman)
"-You, me and mortar.
-That's all what we need to win." (Mortar team)
"-Sight 15 tube 120.
-Bang bang and missed." (Mortar team) - reference to film "Marriage in Malinovka"/"Свадьба в Малиновке
"-Tell me, uncle. it was not for nothing?
-Of course not. (Mortar team) - reference to Lermontov's "Borodino"/"Бородино"
"-Hey, old man, how it was in Warcraft II?
-The sun shone brighter, the sky was bluer and orcs were no match for todays." (Mortar team)
"Guess in which ear i hear the buzz." (Gyrocopter) - reference to cartoon "Carlson has returned!"/"Карлсон вернулся!"
"I see an unknown flying object." (Gyrocopter)
"Crew requires flight attendant." (Gyrocopter)
"Scalpel, sponge, magic wand. Oh, alcohol." (Priest)
"An autopsy revealed: the patient was asleep." (Priest)
"So we heal or let him live? (Priest)
"Time cures, but the priest is faster." (Priest)
"Whant to make the end of the world? Press the "reset" button." (Sorceress)
"I am a born magician. Does anyone disagree?!" (Witcher)
"I stole it! Precious! Gollum, Gollum. (Witcher) - reference to "The Lord of the Rings" (is also funny because this voice actor will be the voice of Gollum in "Hobbit")
"Stealing spells is vulgar. You need to do everythnig yourself." (Witcher)
"*Inhales like a drug* Goood magic. Strong." (Witcher)
"That's right: armed and very dangerous." (Hawk) - reference to "Armed and dangerous"
"*Sob* Blizzards will make my action figure... posthumously." (Hawk)
"We build, you rest. That's the motto of "Union of the elven builders". So rest and don't interrupt my work." (Elf worker)
"I hit twice: first on head, later on the coffin lid." (Paladin)
"Goblin in armor: canned dragon breakfast." (Paladin)
"Good, good! .. The gods are watching favorably. The world is clearing of filth." (Archmage) - reference to Yuri Nikita's "Three from the forest"/"Трое из леса"
"The real war will be tomorrow with a hangover." (Mountain king)
"As our dear chef says: "Even sobers and people with an ulcer drink at someone else's expense." (Mountain king) - reference to film "The Diamond Arm"/"Бриллиантовая рука"
"Wings, legs, tails... The main thing is blood." (Blood mage) - reference to cartoon "Wings, legs and tails"/"Крылья, ноги и хвосты"
"Hello, my name is Roy. And i got hooked on magic. It all started a long time ago and at first I didn’t think it would be a problem. Well you know: conjure before the work, cast some spells at lunch and relax a little before bedtime. But later I began to realize that I really could no longer live without magic. And now i don't know what to do." (Blood mage)
"I sense...changings in magic of the world of warcraft." (Jaina)
"Alright, let's play by your rules. But i will ask questions. So, what was name of Gloin's father? Time runs!" (Muradin)
"Well, audience assistance? Calling a friend? Last wish?" (Muradin)
"And now the right answer! No, after commercial break." (Muradin)
"It's like my nimbus tarnish. Please, look at it." (Uther)
Kael has a voice line where he says "i sense something... Elusive" is possibly a star wars episode 1 the phantom menace reference, obi wan says it very early at the first act of the movie
Oh my god, for SO LONG I thought the Mortar Team said "Mortar! Come back!"
Bit of a stretch, but the Spellbreaker's "Get on with it." line may be a reference to the Monty Python "Get on with it" scene.
It's so weird hearing dnd-esque spells, and knowing they'll do something different in warhammer.
I think the Blood mage has some dark interested judging by his last line :o
The Sylvanas quote "I can hit a bird in the eye... flying" comes from great movie "The Unforgiven" (1992), starring Clint Eastwood. It's very hard to google that quote, but it's actually mentioned twice in this movie.
Usually, Spanish dub is inferior to the original language. Literal meanings being used, idiom jokes that get lost in another language, etc. But Warcraft III in Spanish manages not only to be on par, but sometimes to surpass the original. Hats off to the guys who did the localisation, because it is amazing.
The same is in Russian one.
5:13 Lmao in old Russian VO Sorceress says "You want to end the world? Press the RESET button"
7:27 Russian version says he's going to ram someone. Gyrocopters would be way deadlier if they were able to ram their enemy before dying
Also in Russian version the reference of being chosen by metal hand is a joke line of Acolyte, not of Priest
5:03 GWWW!!!!!!!! AAAAAAA WHYY
"Make Lordaeron Great again"
-Garithos
I thought that quote, "The only good non-human is a dead non-human," was a Starship Troopers reference.
Well, Warcraft 3 will be alive Forever! xD
ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? *insert John Cena*
@@LEoX8933 iam like the only Person on this Planet who doesn't hates the remake, i mean the campaign is still great and it wasnt that expensive. Still no excuse for less content, i would gave it a 6/10
This didn't age well
Rip
Not the reforged one
Lord Garithos did nothing wrong!
Never trust an elf!
Garithos will build a wall and make the Elves pay for it!
you elfs are all the same
The only good non-human is dead non-human ... wow! He took racist to a new lvl =D
I don't care what people say but Garithos is one of my favorite characters in the game.
You are like old Blizzard. You take time with your work, but in a result we get a polished content. I don't even need to watch your video before I click "I like this".
Thanks! That's a really flattering compliment!
The "Succeeding you, Father" line for me is better than Spanish version.
In a Polish version of the game, Arthas and Illidan were voiced by the same person. You'd think that would make one cutscene in particular awkward, but in fact he's so talented that while playing I had absolutely no idea this is the same voice actor.
On a side note, I have absolutely no idea why the fenomenal Polish dub of the game, by some considered better than the original, was replaced by a worse dub in the reforged version of the game.
In the Simpsons, many of the characters are repeat voice actors
10:07.
"BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!"
....
"Eh, forget it."
Huh
my warhammer costs 40k
4:37 is more a forth wall break because the Human Cursor ist a metal hand
You can see it in the video on top of the machine hand, if you look closely.
Not really. One of the more memorable quotes from Toy Story is the "I have been chosen" it really would be hard to rationalize the quote "I have been chosen by the big metal hand in the sky" if it didn't come from Toy Story.
Because the joke or in this case, the reference wouldn't have made sense without the toy story reference. At best as you'd probably put it, a neat fourth wall break.
But the point is, they wouldn't have added that line in, if it likely wasn't because of Toy Story because it's hard to rationalize "The Claw! I Have Been Chosen" and not make the connection to the "Big Metal Hand in the sky"
I feel like if it was just a fourth wall break it would probably be something like "AHHHH! Why is there a giant metal hand in the sky! RUN!!!! Oh....wait...." or something to that effect.
big hearty thank you putting these together!
I think Blizzard removed references to Warhammer after TFT (and all subsequent patches to both RoC and TFT) due to copyright issues. This is why they changed Gyro copters, Steam Tanks etc
they didnt remove the w40k joke until recently though
Alliance Priest is Raiden from MK lol
10/10
Holy crap you're right! I was thinking why his voice sounded so familiar.
Yup! That's Richard Epcar! :D
Arthas still says "there's no need to bow" in russian version. Which is one of the best voice acting in games. They missed 99% of references like from this video, but instead they made their own. For example, orc shaman's quote: "Do orcs dream of electropigs?"
In russian version Arthas says "there is no need to bow" in both what and pissed quotes and "for my father (the king)" two times in attack which is same as spanish.
Maiev in russian says "Illidan is out there somewhere" as yes quote but it's only in russian version.
By the way I hate that a lot of quotes in spanish are replaced with the same ones. For example all 3 attack quotes for priest is "fire!".
maiev says that not only in russian (german)
@@somebody4399 I mean she says it in the English version as well.
The bit about Arthas is also true for the Polish version.
Any of these exist in french version, but the priest attack quote is also the same at anytime, although it's different from the spanish one, instead of "Fire !", he says "Our curse will cut you off the road !" over and over...
"We're currently hovering at a comfortable altitude of 15 feet."
Odd. I always imagined the flying units of the WarCraft games to be flying higher than that. But maybe not. Considering archers and axethrowers can hit flying units, maybe they _aren't_ flying all that high above the ground. Would an archer be able to hit something 15 feet in the air? Yes. Hundreds of feet? No.
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Thank you all and I hope you who are new will take time to watch my older videos, especially the Warcraft 3 campaign Easter eggs ones! (back when I actually looked for Easter eggs and not just trivia and behind-the-scenes stuff). Looking forward to providing you with more content to bring the nostalgia of Warcraft back!
I'm already excited to the other races.
your prattle begins to annoy me,
when you said that 40k quote got deleted, its because its talking about an item and how much it cost and you know, thats bad i think
@@Braithekaikillerwho me?
the German version is very similar to the Spanish version you have shown. He said the same with the eyes open and all. the only problem with the german version is the voice of arthas. its not very good at all, the rest is ok. If you want to kow more just ask.
The narration voice in Warcraft 2 is one of my favorite deliveries of any voice lines in any game. I know it's probably bias because of the game's importance in my childhood, but I get a little geeked every time I hear it.
respect for potato cam in 2019 )) im kidding man it actually fits the war3 )
cool vid, loved the music references
wow, thank you so much for all your work, you're amazing!
So that's where those sheep quotes are from to unlock the secret mission :)
I played Warcraft 2(not much though) but I guess never clicked on sheep that much
@Abelhawk, 10:45 the garithos "the only good nonhuman is a dead non human" sounds more to me like tha starship troopers "the only good bug is a dead bug" but then again they may have been referencing the apes:) reference inception
Yeah, I just gave the older reference the benefit of the doubt. Plus, the ape specifically says "humans" rather than just "the only good X is a dead X."
Wow the Spanish Arthas cinematic was dramatic!
Holy! I always highly credited translation of Warcraft in my country. It's still up to this day one of the best voice actings we had, but only now I see how many references has been lost in translation... I am quite happy that translators catched some of these at least!
Also about Arthas... I didn't know - but some of these lines are still in the Polish version as well. But then again, not every single one of them. This is interesting.
Great Job Abelhawk!
I just noticed the Mountain King and Muradin's portrait are opposing one another.
9:42
11:05
0:01 "fluffy teddeh"
Interestingly enough, it looks like almost all of the translations have kept the Arthas' voiceline. Even the Czech one :D
Another testament that W3 is truly an awesome game with so many details packed in. Hope all these get ported over to Reforged too if they are gonna redo the lines.
This comment aged well
Captain Falric and Uther have unique dialogue too...
He should've been a farmer like his father told him.
If the orcs weren't enough
UTHER? UTHER!
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In Polish, one of Paladin's quotes (the one about a sword, horse and a helmet) seems to have been spiced up. Rough translation:
_"That's a sword? What a luxury!"_
_"That's a horse?! Ever heard of walking/legs?"_ (it's a hard to translate idiom that involves the word "łaska", which can mean stuff like boon, mercy, favor or grace [as in, God's grace], which is very fitting for a Paladin)
_"That's a helmet? Vanity fair!"_ (possibly a reference to "Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero")
In addition, quite curiously, Paladin's _"It's hammer time!"_ was translated less literally than in the other instances (where it was very literal and very awesome). They changed it to... another hard to translate phrase. :/ I'd say it'd be the closest to _"Let's get [those] hammers movin'!"_ Still pretty cool. :)
In Reforged, they changed two of Muradin's _"Celebrity Jeopardy"_ references to other game shows, like _"could I get a safety net?"_ ("Who Wants to be a Millionaire?") or _"One note, please."_ ("Name That Tune"). They kept the "I'll play your game, you rogue" and "Come on, you nancy boy!" lines because they still make sense out of context. The original, more literal translations were still funny, simply because of how _random_ they felt. I mean, "I'll take The Rapist for 500"? :D
There's probably more differences, but those are the most notable ones I remembered off the top of my head.
I loved the arrogance of the Arch Mage :( his voice made him seem old and tired, and too good to be dealing with the task at hand
You forgot another reference with the Priest's quote "I have been chosen by the big metal hand in the sky!" which is a self-reference to the player's cursor, which is a big metal hand that might look like it's in the sky "choosing" that unit.
The best thing about that, is that this is actually refered in the Lore. In Warcraft II; when they created the Paladins (basically in-game templars) they where champions chosen by their god... anh hence their name: Knigths of the SILVER HAND XDDD
It's all a reference to the damm cursor XDDDD
12:40 in the german version we have both lines following each other. The "Succeeding you father" and the "Let your eyes be closed, now that mine are finally open"
High quality video, much appreciated.
LMAO! I'm sorry but the voice of the Gyrocopter had me laughing. It sounds funny as hell.
9:35 nowadays that would be a reference for kingdom come deliverance
Also the Dragonhawk Rider from Riegn of Chaos says "You should see me in the expansion pack!"
Your home pillow, clearly a reminder in case you forget where you are
Everyone keeps bringing up Toy Story for the "I Have been Chosen, by the big metal hand in the sky!", but I think it also is a poke at the different cursors for the different factions of Warcraft 3, in particular how the Alliance one is a Gauntlet.
You also left out the Blood Elf Engineer ("'It'll be up in no time!' Is an official slogan of the blood elf engineer's union, and in no way should be interpreted as the reasonable amount of time required to complete a task") and the Footman Captain ("I should have been a farmer, like my father wanted..." "...Lousy pay, constant danger..." "...Well, at least I get to hobnob with Royalty.")
12:40 We had the same quote in the Czech localization. " Nechť se tvé oči zavřou - jako se mé otevřely!"
Yes, another Abelhawk video! I can now survive a little longer without any Reforged updates!
The blood mage line 'Ahh child's play' its reference of movie of Chucky
the ''Succeeding you father'' is my favourite part of the cutscene. also one of arthas' most memorable quotes if you ask me.
@Abelhawk I think Archmage has another reference to Monty Python when it says "Get on with it." which is one of the scenes in the movie when the story of Sir Galahad is played.
Ice frog really enjoyed this voicelines before Dota 1
You missed the "I smell magic in the air" it's what I'll say to my dog when he's sniffing the air
Athas leaves you subtle signs of the coup he is going to commit and that his image of a good prince is a facade.
"For the End of the World spell, press Control-Alt-Delete."
Imagine, there might be an alternate timeline where instead of JoJo, people comment under every song "Is that a motherfucking Warcraft 3 reference?!"
The best thing about these videos is the fact that it feels like something out of 2009
Legion Commander in Dota2 which is based on the Knight Model also says a lot of those Never trust an Elf, Tree, wizard etc. when you kill them
OeMGiii that Blood Mage meltdown :DD
Also, 'Raining Blood' from it is possibly a reference to a song by Slayer, coming off the album "Reign in Blood". In fact, I believe that this rain/reign double entendre inspired the RoC part of the game's name.
In Polish dubbing, Arthas says "no need to bow" as a normal quote on click
I actually like that they kept the campaign lines short.
Each word is then more meaningful.
“Succeeding you... Father...”
3 words with so much weight behind them. You felt the death blow from those words before Arthas even stabbed his father.
The extra stuff is just lame, half-baked poetic fluff.
The few lines we do have are much more memorable.
thank you so much man for all these amazing videos. My brother and I watched these together !
"I have been chosen by the big metal hand in the sky!" I thought that was just a joke on the players human mouse cursor, not Toy Story.
Can be both.
the blood mage's "and it was raining blood" might be a reference to Slayer's Raining Blood
Well, the priest really was chosen by the big metal hand in the sky.
Toy Story ( 1995 ) Reference
pretty sure the sound of the footman voice is more to do with recording equipment and quality of the recording
Thanks for the vid, man. Now I know the funny background about them warcraft lines. My life's complete. 😂
And WC2: Stop rocking the boat! You are making me seasick! Bruuuh!
That rifleman speech referrence, especially from Bob Marley...is freaking awesome!
The Gryphon Rider makes another reference in one of his quotes:
"Judge me by my size, do you?" is Yoda's line from Star Wars.
_"Is that a sword? Luxury! Is that a horse? Sloth! Is that a helmet? Vanity!"_
This Paladin quote is likely the reference to Knight/Paladin in WC2. He's essentially dissing his old timer.