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This is complete now. Thank you for everybody who helped make this happen. In particular, @"Zamros" and @"thecuddlyninja" for their feedback, and @"theryaney" for the animated "Prelude to Chaos" title sequence! Hope y'all enjoy!
Original film name: Warcraft
New film name : Warcraft: Prelude to Chaos
Date Original Was Released : 2016
Date Edit Was Released : 2017
Original Runtime : 122m
New Runtime : 91m
Amount of time Cut/Added : 34m cut / 3 minutes added
Synopsis: There are some fleeting moments in Warcraft (2016) that demonstrate that it could have been not only the film to finally break the video game-to-film adaptation curse, but that it could have stood shoulder to shoulder with the best of fantasy movies. Sadly, these moments are lost in a script with poor dialog, a meaningless second act, and characters that have inconsistent motivations.
Intention: The purpose of making this edit is to minimize the damage done primarily in the second act of the movie. This includes, but is not limited to, eliminating the Garona/Lothar romance, the Alodi subplot, and bad line reads from the beginning to the end. With any luck, this will satisfy fans as a worthy substitute for the original for which they don't feel like they have to apologize.
Release Information:
MP4
BD25
Changes:
There are over a 120 edits to this film. Practically every scene has lines removed or reordered. While details of which will be forthcoming, here's a breakdown of the more prominent edits.
Act 1
Removed Human/Orc Duel
Removed Durotan VO
Modified Draenei subtitles
Added new "Prelude to Chaos" Title Sequence
Added Goldshire Location Text
Heavily Modified Khadgar meets Llayne Scene
-Lothar/Callan's relationship implied
-Khadgar's mage history/exposition removed
-edited to lead into Griffin flight to Kharazan
Removed Lother / Lady Taria Scene
Inserted Horde Destruction Montage from Act 2
Removed Khadgar / Alodi Scenes
Removed Khadgar / Medivh Confrontation
Act 2
Removed Lothar / Direwolf Encounter
Heavily Modified Garona meets Llayne Scene
-Removed Lothar / Garona Romantic implications
-Removed Garona being persuaded by offer of Freedom
-Removed Medivh's confusion
Removed Medivh recharging at the Font
Heavily Modified Garona meets Lady Taria Scene
-Removed Garona speaking to Medivh
-Removed all dialog of Garona
Added Llayne / Lady Taria Balcony Scene
Removed Lothar dressing Garona Scene
Removed Council of Races Scene
Removed Lothar / Callan Infirmary Scene
Removed Khadgar / Medivh Book Burning Scene
Removed Khadgar / Lothar warning to about the Gate Scene
Modified Callan's death scene so that Medivh is more culpable
Heavily Modified Lothar / Garona Blame Scene
-Removed Lothar / Garona Romantic Implications
-Only have Lothar lament on his pain
Removed Khadgar / Alodi Scene on Dalaran
Removed Medivh's Transformation Scene
Removed Romantic Implications in Lothar / Garona Scene in Jail
Act 3
Re-edited such that Llayne's army arrives simultaneosly to the Durotan / Gul'Dan Duel
Removed many of Lothar's comedic lines when fighting Medivh
Edited Llayne / Garona scene to not reference lines previously removed
Used "Prelude to Chaos" Title Sequence
Inserted World of Warcraft Log in Music over credits
Moved Thrall's Discovery Scene to after the credits
Added Special Thanks