WoW Moviewatch: So that's where that dance came from!
We've all seen the videos of different dances. We've had ones where they all dance together, ones where the original source is cited. We've even seen video of a guy dancing like a Night Elf Female. Now we have another dance movie. There's one thing about this one that sets it apart, however. This is the first one I've seen that does a really good job of putting the dances side-by-side with their inspirations.
As Bowzerblack on the WoW LJ said: "I didn't know that about ogres!" All I can say is that I didn't either. And yes, I know it's the Boomkin dance too, but you don't see a lot of (completely-bare) topless Boomkins running about. Which, now that I think about it, is probably a good thing.
Previously, on MovieWatch...
[via the WoW LJ community]
As Bowzerblack on the WoW LJ said: "I didn't know that about ogres!" All I can say is that I didn't either. And yes, I know it's the Boomkin dance too, but you don't see a lot of (completely-bare) topless Boomkins running about. Which, now that I think about it, is probably a good thing.
Previously, on MovieWatch...
[via the WoW LJ community]
Filed under: Machinima, Humor, WoW Moviewatch
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Nails May 25th 2007 12:05PM
alizee
yumm
nav976 May 25th 2007 12:34PM
Great Movie.
I just wish it showed more of the races, both male and female. I'm still lost as to where the female Draenei dance is from.
John May 25th 2007 12:48PM
WOW....that really shows off how well Blizzard made those!!!
TV Genius is a Dumb ass May 25th 2007 12:50PM
How can wow just rip everything off and not get sued?!?! Did they pay all of these ppl to use their dances?
Calgar May 25th 2007 12:52PM
That French woman who does the night elf dance is SUPREMELY hot.
Oh, and the orc dance and Pb&J time are awesomeness too.
brent May 25th 2007 12:54PM
@4 "all characters herein are fictional any similarities between real people and event are purely coincidental."
IM IN URE GAMEZ,
STEELINZ UR DANZE MOVES
Philo May 25th 2007 1:05PM
What, no illustration of how the Male Tauren dance is from "Where the Hell is Matt"?
Sandtiger May 25th 2007 1:09PM
pete and repeat walk into a bar....
pasta May 25th 2007 1:11PM
Still missing the undead dance moves. :P
Vyasa May 25th 2007 1:26PM
That was awesome! Thanks for making my WoW-day.
Mats May 25th 2007 1:26PM
The Ogre movie is wrong, that dance is from Pulp Fiction.
Neowar May 25th 2007 1:30PM
I wanna see the complete list of dances. Undead male and female human dances are easy to find. Troll and undead female are kinda harder to find I guess.
Oh yeah. What about the gnome dances? =)
Laukidh May 25th 2007 1:40PM
Troll dance would just be a search for capoeira. Undead female... I dunno, bauhaus concert footage?
Tony May 25th 2007 1:45PM
Btw, if you wanted to know the Draenei dance song it is Tunak Tunak Tun by Dahler Mendhi.
I have owned that song/video for like 4 years.
I think most people love when WoW steals there stuff. I mean Marvel should really sue for the Avenger's Shield Talent. Prot Pallys might as well just have a round shield with a Star in the middle.
jess May 25th 2007 4:18PM
What a fun video, I liked how the costumes match up really well.
As for some of the unseen dances - Pretty sure the Female Troll is Shakira esque and Female Orc is your basic rump shaker. Female Tauren does the electric slide. Not sure about Dranei women do, it's sort of bollywood esque though.
As for future dances, it would be fun to see the Apache dance from Fresh Prince of Bell Air used, that's a fun one. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQem5EplADo)
Argent May 25th 2007 5:01PM
> The Ogre movie is wrong, that dance is from Pulp Fiction.
it's modeled on the chris farley SNL skit where he tries out to become a chippendale's dancer. the dev's said as much when the dance went in with the ogre model re-do (i think that was the patch that added dire maul -- 1.03?)
Jack Spicer May 25th 2007 6:47PM
That video showing the girl dancing with the female blood elf, is that the source or just some girl imitating the blood elf dance?
Krystalle Voecks May 25th 2007 6:51PM
To everyone asking about the French singer who does the Night Elf dance -- she did indeed pre-date the video, and her name is Alizee.
You're welcome. ;)
siorai May 25th 2007 7:29PM
I love how people throw the term "steal" around. Blizzard isn't stealing, they're paying homage. Get it right.
Bobby Hansen May 26th 2007 3:54AM
19. According the TBE:SE DVD, they just looked at a lot of Brittany Spears videos and took clips from them. I think the video just spliced some of the girl's moves into something that resembled the BE Dance.
I would also ask for a clarification of the Dranaei Female dance. It looks like a generic belly dance, but I'm not sure if they cribbed it from a specific sourced.