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Hey guys, how's it going? Chris Connor here and welcome to another episode of filmmaker reacts for my channel. Seat back, relax and lets study the filmmaking techniques as well as talk about what visual effects can be pulled of within after effects! his week we are taking a look at the world of warcraft cataclysm cinematic trailer!
In part 1 I react to the world of warcraft cataclysm cinematic trailer and in part 2 we dive in to have a trailer analysis! Make sure to let me know which trailer you would like me to react next!
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Got to love the random Panda color scheme outfit match !
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This expansion and trailer was released 1 or 2 years before the first Kung Fu Panda movie!
You are very butiful an musclé
@@zexxy4983 Actually, Mists of Pandaria came out 3 years after the Kung Fu Panda movie. However, they have been an official part of the setting since the Warcraft 3 expansion from 2003, 5 years before the movie (which means likely before the concept of the movie was even marketed to animation studios).
12:45 there's also a transition in camera angles. When the human is preparing he's full of determination, and we are looking at him from the lower point. And when he steps into the jungle camera levels and he starts to look nervous.
Except pandarens were made before kungfu panda.
As far as the idea for Pandas, they have been in the Warcraft universe looong before the first Kung Fu Panda movie came out, the first one being in Warcraft III, where you help Chen make his beer. This is later referenced in World of Warcraft Classic, through finding Chen's keg in the Barrens.
Only difference why people keep connecting this to Kung Fu Panda, is that WoW actually had the story from the books ready up until Cataclysm(2010) and then it became progressive story. Otherwise they could've added Pandas(Pandaren) alot earlier. While alot of people were/still are against Pandas being in the game, the cinematography From Mists of Pandaria and on, hits a new high for Blizzard Entertainment. That can be clearly seen in the Overwatch shorts and the WoW Cinematics From 2012 and on~
Pandas exist before Warcraft 3, many years ago they anounce a new race as april Joke, they get an uproar and give us Chen as a gift in Warcraft III
@@israelrobles681 I was talking about a Panda/Pandaren practicing Kung Fu, but yeah, it was originally supposed to be a Joke, lo and behold... not a joke anymore :D
good point sir. you preceeded me
*wears monocle*
I think people also commonly believe Kung Fu Panda came first because getting the panda hero in WC3 wasn't a sure thing, so not everyone find it, whereas a movie doesn't have that problem. I can't remember off the top of my head, but didn't you need to get the secret level in the blood elf campaign and then you'd have the panda for the mission after?
Started similar answer and noticed yours (=
It's worth noting that Chen Stormstout (that Pandaren in the cinematic) has actually been in the Warcraft story for about 20 years, so if anything Kung Fu Panda ripped off Blizzard :)
The idea of a Panda (an animal endemic to China) that does Kung Fu (a Chinese martial art) is not exactly original. It wasn’t new when Blizzard did it, nor when Kung Fu Panda did it. It’s a rather obvious idea.
As indeed is the case for most of the Blizzard races (Draenei being the exception). Most of them are based on D&D. Shamanistic orcs, light and dark elves, savage trolls, tinker gnomes, capitalist goblins, Victorian werewolves: they didn’t invent any of this stuff. However, they constructed a unique lore that bears very little resemblance to any other franchise. Same thing with the Pandaren.
That is what Blizzard do, most of wow lore is a reference. Nordic-, Chinese-,Greek- and even Celtic mythology, even a lot of names on items and NPC's are references to real life people, places or likewise.
@@MrBrinkyboy and what isnt Mythological, is Nerd Culture 101. XD
@@sophiejones7727 These Monsters and stuff is even in Greek Mythology or Middle-age Storys, so not even D&D invented those creatures newly.
Well most of the foundation for warcraft was based on warhammer thanks to a deal falling out and a near finished game, i mean just look at starcraft for another example of it.
Mists of Pandaria was a good expansion in hindsight. Combat mechanics were good, raids were good, the story was great. Those things skipped the Draenor expansion, but it continued into Legion.. Then... I don't know what the hell happened.
There is one more short cinematic from the end of the expansion
Basically the Pandarian continent was hidden away for centuries by a magic mist, but after the events of Cataclism (the one with the big bad dragon) the mist dissipated and during some naval fight, alliance and horde scouts found the continent (just like in the trailer) and the expansion is basically both factions fighting for control and native (the pandaren) support
Bad Dragon ;)
One thing you might want to check out. They made a short sequal to this. It's called "Bottoms Up".
Was coming to the comments to suggest exactly this lol
I was going to say the same thing as well. ruclips.net/video/jon4GV1u3uM/видео.html&ab_channel=WorldofWarcraft
So... It was a bear?
@@edschramm6757 in a HAT!
I’d love to see the two characters feature as NPCs somewhere.
Next reactions by order of WoW expansion :
MoP : The Burdens of Shaohao part 1 to 6
WoD : Lords of War part 1 to 5
Legion : Harbingers Illidan / Khadgar / Gul'dan
BFA : Warbringers Jaina / Azshara / Sylvanas
SL : Afterlives Bastion / Maldraxxus / Ardenweald / Revendreth
Keep up the good work man !
@Dandalf The Grey you're right ! i'll edit my post
also the burdens of shaohao for MoP
YES, I have made a comment like this previously, and I still really want Chris to react to these pre-launch cinematics.
@@Dezarc i always forget those, they are now added to the list
I don't think he's reacted to the Legion cinematic yet either.
This Cinematic got so much hate over the years for it being more cheecky, but I honestly loved that about it, the whole expansion was such a nice change in pace, everything was more focused on just having fun and being adventurers again.
Agreed, actually I liked the lore and the whole expansion very very much.
it was the best expansion , in everything , but people are being influenced by streamers.
@@gotafgc thats why i dont watch streamers. I just experience it myself and then form an oppinion. ;)
@@gotafgc WOTLK best xpac imo. I do love pandaria I think I would rate it as my third favorite xpac because of the timeless isle and the isle of thunder.
Worst expansion trash. 😂😂😂
React to World of Warcraft : Legion cinematic please.
The island has a lot of races but at this point in the Lore the Pandaren are the dominant ones
Nazi Pandas?
@@matthewcaimbeul8722 yes they are
Mogu*
@@ВладиславШаклеин-ч7м if you're trying to correct me then I'd say you're mistaken. The entire deal is that th Pandaren overthrew the Mogu and became the dominant (although much more peaceful) ones. Mogu were fractured into trives with no leadership
PLEEEEEAAASE react to Warbringers: Azshara and Warbringers: Sylvanas! These are not as cinematically impressive more like artsy but they are so good. You could fit them into one video :D
This
@@cayssaellea6300 i would like to suggest Warbringers: Jaina too, but without knowing the lore it's impossible to get the full grasp of the video :(
True!!!! Jaina one was marvelous!!!
The Pandaren were originally an April Fools joke back in 2002. People loved them so much though, that Blizzard introduced a hero, the Pandaren Brewmaster, to Warcraft 3 in 2003.
I have to pull an "Actually" here. They go back way more than that. Samwise made the first Art for it in 99. A drawing for his Daughter. More Info here: wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/History_of_pandaren_in_Warcraft
Haven't seen this explained. Pandarens aren't just into balance for no reason. The island has an effect on Its occupants. Negative emotions gain physical forms and corrupt the land.
The Lore is essentially the Pandarens trying to not have a massive war that would escalate that. There are also other threats that popped up.
4:25 him "this guy is jacked man"
Me "sir you are jacked man looking awesome as always"
What´s a jacked man? xD
I don't believe it's coincidence. You subconsciously chose those things to wear!
For the WoW trailers, there is:
Original ((Re-)Introduction to the Warcraft universe)
The Burning Crusade (Not story driven, more of a "This is cool!" trailer)
Wrath of the Lich King (DONE)
Cataclysm (DONE)
Mists of Pandaria (DONE)
Warlords of Draenor (DONE)
Legion
Battle for Azeroth (DONE)
Shadowlands (DONE).
I think I'd recommend Chris to watch both the Original and the Burning Crusade clips together, as they are both more ontroductions to cool classes and races than an actual story being told.
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#paying_attention
MoP is still today my favorite expansion. The storytelling, the atmosphere, the music, the zones... The cinematics... Everything was so amazing.
Truthfully, I think MoP was the time in which the game was also the most balanced.
I still have to visit the Temple of the Jade Serpent 🐉 or as I prefer to call it: the Jade palace, from time to time. Because it's so beautiful.
@@kayschut9327 It seemed balance because everyone had stuns, interrupts, selfheals ect. And stunbreaks. PVP was basically in the end up to skill. Pve however.. You will always have a Meta
@@Blondie42 I figured out a bit later that I actually love the Red Crane Temple the most, for its ABSOLUTELY unique architectural style.. Was very sad it was used so little in the game.
Please do a react to "the burdens of Shaohao". You will not be disappointed (i think).
Really love how this actually showcases a lot about the ideals of both the alliance and the horde. In an unknown land, the horde orc charges straight in through the fog, braving the dangers in order to get a good foothold and surprise his enemy. The alliance human takes the time to fashion a weapon, preparing himself before carefully making his way through the fog. But when the chips are down, and faced with an unknown and dangerous opponent; the horde and the alliance will work together in order to take down the unknown foe.
I would like to suggest that you do Halo reactions. I made a playlist with some cinematics if you are interested: ruclips.net/p/PL8dX_uWaSSa7ZQeolKUwZ6O3PmoAojhyC
The Pandarian Brewmaster was somewhat of a joke hero back in warcaft 3, a lot of people have been asking for pandas since world of warcraft initially came out
I love the fact that eventhought he is amazed about the CGI he still has comments for the music which is a standout on this expansion. Neal Acree made magic on pandaria.
ahem RUSSELL BROWER, not Neal was mainly responsible for MoP
@@ZakhadWOW He composed the music for the cinematic, the Timeless Isle, some for the Wandering Isle etc. So Neal definitely had a great contribution to the soundtrack.
".. what is worth fighting for ."
-Chen Stormstout
Btw Chen (the first Pandaren) was made as an April fools joke but the community loved him so much they made him real .
His niece Lili is awesome too
and both made it all the way to Heroes of the Storm. Almost 20 years later and that Panda joke is now truly legendary
Heroes of the Storm cinematics reaction, please 👍
thats all of the official expansion trailers, but there's a channel named hurricane who did some incredible wow patch trailers "naxxramas trailer 2017" and "black temple trailer 2020"
they were so incredibly well made, the black temple one taking 10 months to make. you've mostly been doing official stuff, but they are 100% worth a look
also dont think i dont see the guilty crown soundtrack in the recommendations in the video
Pecs
As a new player who only plays WoW since last year, I enjoyed leveling through Mist of Pandaria the most, the world is just stunning👍🏼😊 and having a Panda Monk just feels sooo right😅
Hope you're gonna collect the tier 14 armor set. I've been playing for years and the T14 monk set is still my absolute favorite for my Pandaren monks to wear. The yellow version, from normal Heart of fear/Terrace of endless spring is my favorite and my main monk wears it in BM, and my second monk has the blue raid finder version. Along with a rope belt and Fuzhan the wanderer's companion my pandas 🐼 look epic.
@@Blondie42 Mythic Monk set from Black Rock Foundry beats everything in my opinion😅 farmed it for 3 months but totally worth it
@@danii5630 Well I am happy that you got the set that you like. 👍
Now you can kick butt while lookin good.
The Pandas in WoW existing longer than the movie. They were introduced in Warcraft 3 i think, long before the movie. Like, in the 90´s. So, you could say, the people making Kung Fu Panda stole the idea from Warcraft ;)
Lot of ppl hate train on mop soley cuz of the pandas, at the time the world art atmosphere and pvp was god tier, prob 1 of the best xpacs, just it was very very heavy on daily quests and had some of the longest patch droughts which was lame
I personally love the pandaria cinematic. its my favorite along with the one for lich king. i also loved pandaria as a game itself. i didnt mind the pandas and the whole asian style it was something fresh. i love the music and storytelling of this xpac. it was so god damn good. my god the MUSIC! ^^ i listen to pandaria soundtrack pretty often. really glad you reacted to this :)
so many people became enamored of the ERHU, that Chinese Violin thing, thanks to the expansion
You gotta watch the Warframe Prime Trailers specifically the Valkyr, Banshee, and Nekros ones!
I really love your content! I've been watching your reaction videos for a while now, and I have to just take a moment to say: I love reaction videos, and you're the only person I've seen that gets as hype as me at cinematics and things of such nature, and picks up on all the same things that I do and perceives them similarly. I watch your videos and I'm getting hype from these gaming cinematics I've already seen a million times, like I be doing. And at the same time I'm simultaneously doubling up on the hype from YOUR hype and how you notice the same things I notice in them (including the littlest of things that most people just don't pick up on). I really resonate with you and your content, and I'm actually learning a lot about myself and delving further into mediums of art and passions of mine I never thought to before. And It's just like one of the best experiences and most satisfying types of content. I eagerly await every release of your reaction series!!! Keep doing Chris Connor things. I'm here for it.
"so the island is full of pandas?" - yeah basically xD
And Klaxxis. And trolls. And Mogus. 😄
Now do the BURDENS OF SHAOHAO, it tells the story of how their belief of balance and harmony came to be.
u should watch Astartes project by Syama Pedersen
amazin bro
as for other cinematics: Starcraft 2 still has a lot of good ones, other than the trailers of each campaign
If you are wondering why the bamboo is so strong, its made out of plot armor.
React to the World of Warcraft Legion Cinematic please!
I think you would love Diablo 3- the diamond gates
Despite playing WCIII and seeing the references to Pandas and then TFT and seeing Chen, I still kinda fell into the "Ehhhh not sure I'm really into the whole kung fu panda thing" when MoP was announced.
And yet, MoP ended up having incredibly rich lore, compelling zone storylines, fun content, and great music. Never liked the gear aesthetic from the 5.0-on progression gear, but otherwise, everything was beautiful and compelling and I ended up really enjoying the expansion.
This cinematic (and its FREAKING AMAZING MUSIC) never never fails to choke me up.. It is so powerful there at the end.
Check all Assassins creed trailers, you will love it.
I'll admit, I absolutely LOVED MOP, and every time I see the cinematic from it, I tear up because it's so emotionally powerful to me.
AMEN good sir/maam. That ending and the music is so damn powerful. And Chen's words resonate very strongly for me, because I truly try to live by Jesus' words about Live by the sword/Die by the Sword. If I have to fight, it will only ever be to defend the weak, etc.
I wonder if Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss would be a good recommendation for him to react to
As much as i love to see it (like really REALLY MUCH LOVE TO), I doubt we'll ever see that.
To bad. The voice of Alastor is something that probably will blow his mind.
React to Mihoyo's Honkai trailer's/CG Animations(those need to be watched in order to make the most sense) and Genshin one's, they're all fucking great!
I second this.
I really like the humorous touch it has, a greeting from Mexico Chris
i am not a wow player but i know for a fact that this is one of the expansion which is greatly hated by almost all of wow community
yeah.. TRY AGAIN. YOU do not speak for "almost all of the WoW community". Frankly Warlords was far more detested since we only really got one main content patch.
This came out b4 kungfu panda
Please, react to Saufrangs Mak'Gora!
Try more warcraft videos pls
If you're paying attention, this cinematic is what it's like to play WoW, neatly explained in a 4 minute video. Every 2 years, we have an expansion. We go somewhere new (the opening minute or so). The Horde and Alliance are both there and fight for control of the new land to use against the other faction (the orc and human battling each other). Then someone steps in (in this case, the pandaren), and reminds us that bigger things are at stake. We can't waste time fighting each other, we have to work together to beat the Big Bad (TM) of the expansion (the human GIVING THE ORC A WEAPON and them fighting together against the pandaren). But, then after the Big Bad has been defeated, we have to go back to fighting each other. Anduin said it best in the "Lost Honor" cinematic: "I thought we were fighting for peace, but we're just...fighting."
React to apex legends legacy trailer
Its a great Cinematic, one of my favorites back when i still played the game and it was good.
Fun fact, the incense burner the Orc picks up and Chen(the Panda) puts back, u can actually go to the location ingame where they fought and put the burner straight like Chen did, even gives u a achievement for it.
Its a shame the game is so bad these days, way past its hayday, Wrath of the Lich King was the best expansion, but this one did a great job as well.
A fun thing almost nobody talks about is that you can find this location in the game. It's exactly the same as you can see in the video, from the training grounds to the bridges & mountains. You can interact with the decorative hammer-thing that the orc breaks; it will fall and you'll get an achievement.
5:35 you can find this wodden hammer in pandaria, straighten it like Chen (the pandaren) in the trailer and you will get a achievement :D
There is a old Pandaran called Cho. He is a Lorewalker, a protector of the history of Pandaria. I absolutly adore this character, his wisdom and calmness. And the german voice for Cho is the same person who is the voice actor for the german voice of Anthony Hopkins and it fits so good.
I have been watching you break down these videos in another perspective. I mainly watch for the reactions and seeing the joy the excited brings. Though I also enjoy the deep dive on the videos as an avid gamer who wants to get into game design. Your videos on lighting and how you have talked about angles has really taught me over the months. I love the breakdowns in the 2nd part of the videos. Has helped me think of ways to tackle and apply what you talk about. Thank you so much for your videos.
There are three Warbringer cinematics (also WoW). They're all so amazing. Please do a video for each one, will not be disappointed!
Check diablo 3 cinematics
5:30 - What's funny is how the panda basically signaled that he wasn't taking them seriously. The orc had damaged a part of the bridge to have a weapon, and the panda was annoyed. He just slams the piece back into place before straightening it like an irritated sensei, and that sent a vibe all its own which made them realize that he wasn't trying. And, you could see the impact of that realization on their faces!
You should try the WOW cinematics Harbingers Guldan: ruclips.net/video/I3QJ8Pgjj3c/видео.html and Warbringer Jaina: ruclips.net/video/Fo7XPvwRgG8/видео.html
The story of Pandaria and its inhabitants, Pandarens are interesting. So The art director of Blizzard studio originally put a wallpaper art of it and treat it as gift, but fans response was so big Blizzard start turning it into realization.
I don't know about other people, but since discovering your channel and reactions/analysis of these cinematics I began to pay more and more attention to little details like the sound and the visuals
Even in this one that I like and that I saw a lot of time, I notice some details that I never did before
The low camera makes me feel like someone is watching them secretly. Once the pandaren is fully revealed the camera raises up to normal level.
CHRIS: THat human Naval officer became affectionately known as Captain Slab Beefchin, or other appropriately ridiculous equivalents
Check out the trailers of Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War 3
Diablo 3 story trailers (Diablo vs Imperius duel for example)
K, Pandaren in Warcraft came along years before Kung Fu Panda. First appearing in 2002 in Warcraft 3, but possibly even before in Blizzard's drawings by Samwise Didier.
Also, this video has an extra ending - search for Bottoms Up!
Actually, there are two cinematics left, Classic World of Warcraft and The Burning Crusade. After those there the teaser, from Warlords beyond. From WOD the rare 5 teasers called Lords of War: tells a little bit of the 5 characters on the sport of these expansion: Kargath, Grommash, Durotan, Killrogg and Maraad. On Legion expansion we have 3 teaser, Harbingers: Gul'dan, Khadgar and Illidan. On Battle for Azeroth we have Warbringers: Azshara, Jaina and Sylvanas. On shadowlands we have Afterlives: Bastion, Maldraxxus, Ardenweald and Revendreth.
Well actualy panda's came to warcraft in the frozen throne expansion in 2003, so they were the original kungfu panda's... 🤔😏
I have alot of good memories of MoP (Mists...Mists of Pandaria) it was rumoured that this expansion was because Blizz were selling WOW to China finally. BUt for me it was the 1st Expansion that started from scratch for me (I started playing half way through Cata) The Panda race starting zone was/is a turtle swimming through the cosmos..so cool..but also I had my first new PC..so all the graphics were up full and that scenary was just STUNNING...many of the quests were hilarious..it was such a nice change from Cata which was all destruction and ruin ...MoP was really light hearted..until the end....a whole YEAR with no new content..and then we went into Warlords :(
I love your reactions!
and I would love to see you reaction on Legends of Runeterra stuff its really good^^
Blizzard teased the community with a panda faction back in warcraft 3 as an April joke but never released it. So the community got angry and was like WHERE ARE THE PANDAS so when the frozen throne expansion released they added panda hereos and later on MIsts of Pandaria for WoW
So, wow Pandas are way before Kunfu Panda story. They introduced in first ever Warcraft games back in 90s.
So characters here are General Nazgrim (orc), General Tylor ( human), Chen Stormstrout (Panda).
Pandaria story is very normal, horde and alliance discover this land of pandas, pandas join both races to achieve peace between them. Also both factions fight against problem in pandaria, ( cause one of wow old god's actually sealed in pandaria, it's too long to explain).
Spoiler alert.
both Tylor and Nazgrim dies and ressurected in story.
Nazgrim is killed by players and he actually asked us to kill him ( long story), he was later ressurected by Bolvar as Deathknight.
Tylor is killed by a necromancer ambushing his Garrison, killing everyone there. Tylor was ressurected as spectral being, we helped him to take revenge against the necromancer...... But we still don't know who's actually behind the ambush. Necromancer is just a pawn.
The expansion was actually pretty controversial at the time of its announcement, because it was thought that Blizzard was capitalizing on the popularity of the first two Kung Fu Panda films by some. Pandaren, however, have been canon since Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, in Rexxar's campaign (which was designed more as a dungeon-crawling ARPG as a test to see how well players would receive an RPG set in Warcraft). Rexxar met, and can potentially recruit, Chen Stormstout, a pandaren brewmaster (the same pandaren from this cinematic). They also had a lot of world-building in the tabletop RPG, and when the RPG was declared non-canon, some elements of it were brought back into canon in Mists of Pandaria.
Interestingly, not only are pandaren much less controversial as a whole anymore (that dubious honor currently goes to the vulpera, a scrappy race of small, fox-people survivalists who have the same take-no-shit underdog vibe as the Horde of Warcraft 3), but Mists of Pandaria is regularly pointed to as one of the game's high points due to its class design, if not balance, and robust worldbuilding. It's one of the textbook examples of a product that ended up vindicated by history despite the volume and seeming quantity of naysayers.
Everyone has their favorites, this cinematic and its soundtrack are my favorites even to this day
Edit to add, those are cherry blossoms trees
YES! 2nd best expac cinematic behind Wrath of the Lich King in my opinion.
"Like Kung Fu Panda with Mortal Kombat" that is a great description lol
The theme of this expansion, was very "The war between two old rivals spills over into a new land, involving those peoples." Humans and Orcs fight because they hate each other, they have border friction, they fight for resources. Pandaren fight to survive, to "bring harmony", if there is evil they fight it, but they don't continue fighting just for domination or conquest, like the Orcs used to.
Mists of Pandaria (MOP) was a very.. controversial expansion.
Many people really didn't like the Asian theme for Warcraft, and the Pandas that have a super cute player model and cute race passives (eg "Bounce: Reduce fall damage by 50%"), and people feared that they did this expansion to cater to the chinese market (And I think it worked?). Everything was colorful, from an otherwise very gloomy world. New race were cute and mostly innocent, looked a lot like Kung Fu Panda (as you mentioned), and also introduced the newest class: Monk, as well as introducing a Pokemon clone: Battle Pets.
A lot of people were not ok with this.
Despite the theme being questionable at best, the expansion was actually very good. The dungeons were good, the raids were great and classes were at their best, and there was lots for people to do. One of the raids (Throne of Thunder) is held as the best raid in the game, period by many people.
So if you can get yourself to look past the theme, it was an excellent expansion
I know these animated cinematic I'm going to suggest are different from the other ones you do. But they are great ones that Blizzard did for World of Warcraft. You should check our "The Burden's of Shaohao", " Lords of War," "Harbingers," and Warbringers.
Chen Stormstout, badass brew & kung fu master: 2002
Po, dragon warrior, noodle soup master: 2008
Fun fact, the first pandaren appeared in Warcraft 3: The frozen throne in 2004, and the first kung fu panda movie came in 2008, so it was not a copy. I believe they couldn't put them in WoW until the 5th expansion because of some legal problems with china (they hold the rights to panda representation or something like that)
Mists of Pandaria was one of if not the best expansion so far. The story and gameplay content were both stellar. Some people didn't like the Pandaren and the asian art style (they are wrong) but it has been part of Warcraft's story since like 2002-3. They were actually planning to release Pandaren in 2007 with The Burning Crusade expansion but they decided not to. This gave the opportunity to explore their homeland in a fully fledged expansion around them later.
This of course would place it in time way before Kung Fu Panda. This cinematic piece is most probably still uses inspirations from the animated movies - which it should cuz they are awesome.
You should watch the trailer for Star Wars: Squadrons called "Hunted".
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There was actually a brief follow--up short made for this cinematic. I'm not sure if it could make a video on its own - maybe you could take a look at it when you watch the next WoW cinematic. Called: "Bottoms Up" ruclips.net/video/jon4GV1u3uM/видео.html
It's just a little joke, not a full budget high detail render but cool nonetheless.
Funny thing is that Pandarians have been a part of Warcraft lore before Kung Fu Panda was in production. They started off as the annual April Fools Day joke then was liked enough they implemented Chen Stormstout (the pandarian in this cinematic) into a part of Warcraft 3. Also expansion for World of Warcraft take at least 2 years to make. Sadly because of this delay and Kung Fu Panda coming out shortly before Mists of Pandaria was announce as the next expansion, the biggest complaint from fan was they were only bringing pandas into WoW because of the movie's success and "pandas were added to the lore only because of Po from the movie" people ignoring or not knowing they had been in the lore before World of Warcraft came out. They even had/have a quest referencing Chen by name in WoW since day one, though only those on the Horde side can pick up the quest.
As a extra bit of info, Chen though a pandarian was not born on Pandaria, he's from a group that left the island hundreds to thousands of years before the moment in this scene, he like the Alliance and Horde only just found this island, he however knows it's his people's ancestral home, he didn't appreciate them breaking pieces of his ancestral home thus his taking back the axe/hammer and putting it back into place and adjusting it properly with his staff (this place can be found in game too, where you can move it back into place as well)
Mists is one of my favorite expansions still, even though it ended about 7 years ago.
Mists of Pandaria is interesting since it was a good expansion, but a bunch of people stopped playing because Kung Fu Panda was fresh on everyone's minds and they felt like panda monks were too childish and... "casual"... of a direction for World of Warcraft to go down... I didn't play it much since that's when a lot of people I knew playing stopped for that reason and I've heard it from a bunch of other people...
You're missing Classic, Burning Crusade, Cataclysm, and Legion for WoW cinematic trailers.
I highly suggest doing the for honor cinematics, first with the 2015 one, then the 2017 story cinematic, the marching fire cinematic as standalones, i don't know if Vortiger, Sakura, Hulda or Sun da can work as standalones because they are extremely short but maybe in a single video you can review them, but the first three I highly recommend, they are amazing.
You should check out and react to some of the Apex Legends Stories of the Outlands videos! Specifically Northstar!
While there are many who accused Blizzard of stealing the idea from Kung Fu Panda, the Pandaren have been in Warcraft years before the movie came out. Ironically, the Pandaren actually started as an April Fools prank by Blizzard, but were was so popular with the fans that they included a Pandaren character in the expansion for Warcraft 3, specifically Chen Stormstout who happens to be the Pandaren in this very cinematic (as well as generic Pandaren heroes that both Alliance and Horde could hire).
So here is the thing. This trailer, alongside with this expansion was very badly recieved. Coming from such a serious expansion as "Cataclysm" as you have seen in the previous trailer. This was kind of a break neck change of tone.
On top of it, this came out a couple years after the Kung Fu Panda movies, so it kinda ended up looking more like a game for that move than a trailer for a WoW game, even though Pandaren have existed in the Warcraft lore for very long time.
So I would like to ask you, as a filmmaker, how could they have done things differently enough so that this wouldn't have happened. I am talking about the tone shift and the fact that this resembles SO much a Kung Fu Panda movie. Do you have any thoughts on what they could have done?
This "filmmaker" doesn't know how to record audio directly from the source. xD
This guy recording audio from the speakers in his room via his microphone, lmao.
A comment about the Harmony-aspect, Peace and balance.
The island of Pandaria is where the heart of an Old God fell (Old Gods, think C'thulu & Co) as the Titans tried to rip them out from the planet.
The Heart of Y'shaarj then seeped into the land and made it so that any powerful emotion could manifest itself as a Shaa, ranging from small enemies to massive creatures several storeys high! So over the eons, the Pandaren learned to keep their emotions in check. It is OK to feel anger, sadness and pride, but don't let it go overboard! So it is not just because of some religious or cultural belief, if things turn sour people die (and when we players arrive there with out battles between the two factions we cause a number of these Shaa to manifest).
One thing I love from Pandaria is that the trailer really hid the main theme of the full expansion. Through the expac the quest lore was constantly emphasizing what each side thought was worth fighting for and realizing that the only thing worth fighting for is home and family(which culminates in the siege of orgrimmar after the orcs went full nazi on the horde). The Pandaren add in quite the unique perspective and the monk class was extremely powerful during the expac(it was then nerfed harshly in warlords and later legion to the point only windwalker spec was viable ungeared). It definitely was a fun and unique journey of self reflection which flew by many's head. Also the klaxxi have a whole classic 80s metal band thing going to add even more shenanigans, miss this expac.
Mists of Pandaria was a controversial expansion. A lot of people, including me, noped out because it felt like Blizzard was out of ideas and just ripping off Kung Fu Panda, which was popular and new at the time. In retrospect though, I think most people agree this was a really good expansion. In terms of the gameplay especially, but also the beautiful continent they created. Nowadays you can choose any expansion's content to play through and fully level up a new character, and Pandaria is a popular choice because of how much it stands out in its overall presentation and tone. Personally I regret not giving it a chance when it was the current endgame.
did you watch "Harbingers - Gul'dan" and the other harbingers cinematics? (it's also from world of warcraft comercials)
Pls watch Titanfall 2 Single Player Cinematic Trailer and Titanfall 2: Become One Official Launch Trailer
Fan Fact: Pandas were already in Warcraft 3, Chen Stormstout in fact. It is not a rip of out of Kun-fu Panda movie as some people think :) By the way, Pandaria was one of the best expansions ever !
You're far from done. You've kept avoiding the Warcraft 3 cinematics some which tie to Arthas Lich King and the Orcs from Warlords of Draenor. Bit older but started it all
Hi!!! I like to watch your videos, but sometimes it seems like something is missing. Some other style ... How about watching a "Honkai impact" animations. These short animations are great, i'm sure you will love them!