FILMMAKER REACTS TO WORLD OF WARCRAFT MISTS OF PANDARIA CINEMATIC! 

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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~

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 :)

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

One thing you might want to check out. They made a short sequal to this. It's called "Bottoms Up".

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.

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 !

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.

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.

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.

The island has a lot of races but at this point in the Lore the Pandaren are the dominant ones

MoP is still today my favorite expansion. The storytelling, the atmosphere, the music, the zones... The cinematics... Everything was so amazing.

4:25 him "this guy is jacked man" Me "sir you are jacked man looking awesome as always"

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

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.

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.

React to World of Warcraft : Legion cinematic please.

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.

its about the emotion they want you to have and feel,if its dark that usualy indicates scary and bad,light usualy means fun and happy,fog indicates mysterie,it all plays with youre emotions. they wont show you deathwing in a happy light place and they wont show you stormwind in a dark place. how they made there mouthes move from time to time was funny. as the fight transitions to the island the transition moves with the panda face and the movement of the panda faces welcomes you to the island thats why he has an approving smirk. i always like how the pandas say "slow down life is to be safered" meaning take a moment and injoy where you are.

This cinematic (and its FREAKING AMAZING MUSIC) never never fails to choke me up.. It is so powerful there at the end.

".. 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

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!

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

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😅

I really like the humorous touch it has, a greeting from Mexico Chris

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.

Its been so many years and I have seen this so many times but I still got goosebumps, such an awesome cinematic

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.

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).

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

Woah I love your reactions and wow videos so this is a great combo

Finally you watched it! Thx man!!!! I knew you would like this one. This is my favourite cinematic, after Wrath of the Lichking.

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.

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 :)

I'M SO HAPPY! This is one of my favorite cinematics all because of the humor (and also the expansion itself was a lot of fun to play imo). So glad you liked it!

My love for that expansion it has no words, it was amazing! And with them came the class “monk” which I been playing since!

I don't believe it's coincidence. You subconsciously chose those things to wear!

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.

i miss my adventures in pandaria, greatly. So many adventures ive had in WoW and now they feel like sealed memories.

Sponsor : "your balls will thanks you" Me : now that's the kind of sponsor i wanna hear bout 😂😂😂 #paying_attention

Now do the BURDENS OF SHAOHAO, it tells the story of how their belief of balance and harmony came to be.

There are three Warbringer cinematics (also WoW). They're all so amazing. Please do a video for each one, will not be disappointed!

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.

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

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.

Warcraft 3 had cinematics too and they're so good for their time period, check them out, especially the one where Arthas (2nd Lich King) kills his dad, that's my all time favorite.

The pandas were added as a next playable race, neutral in the introduction quest line and choosing side at the end. So there are Alliance and Horde panda characters. Main story was about fighting seven negative emotions that had physical manifestation as Sha. Remnants of and Old god, whose empire included Pandaria before sundering (splitting the main Pangea-like continent into current continents). Players were rediscovering old forgotten secrets, tombs of the ancient Mogu kings (first raid), Klaxxi empire (mantid creatures, separated from rest of the continent by giant wall), thunder king palace (ressurected greatest and most powerful Mogu king) and last raid was tighting all loose ends about Sha manifestation, old god presence and Horde warchief who visioned his new Horde as orc only, so rest of the Horde stood against him. One of the best expansions so far.

Finally ! The Reaction I want to see !

While not going to mention the things that most already have (like the Pandaren's being around longer than the Kung-fu panda movies, or the short sequel you didn't see) I do like to mention that nearly all the places seen in this video can be visited as well. You can also "Fix" one of the incense holders (not the one broken here as it's still broken but the other one). Upon fixing it, you will get an achievement for it. As for the question on working with or against them. yes for both.

I also wanna add that Mists of Pandaria had breathtaking in game zones (Kun-Lai Summit omg) and unique and beautiful music.

You gotta watch the Warframe Prime Trailers specifically the Valkyr, Banshee, and Nekros ones!

Purely for the giggle, players can go to the place the battle happened, and straightening the incense burner -that was broken off, then replaced in the fight - awards a little achievement :D And lore tidbit, both the orc and human still exist in the current chapter of the game, although they've been through a lot since Mists, and aren't quite the same :p

Please do a react to "the burdens of Shaohao". You will not be disappointed (i think).

Yeah, a new video of chris! Lessgo *Your ball will thank you*

So to summarize the story, After we defeat Deathwing (the big dragon from your Cataclysm react), each nation began to repair themselves and rest after save the world from ending. Then Garrosh Hellscream (the hooded brown Orc that said "times changes" from the Warlords of Draenor video (Mist of Pandaria is the expansion before Warlords)) who was Warchief of the Horde (red faction) deside to declare full scale war against the Alliance (blue faction). He announced that he will invade the Night elves territory, invade the human fort near them and literally nuke the human city next to that fort (this happens in the novel). Now, while all out war between two factions is going on, the ship from both factions go to the south ocean where they though that nothing is in there because it has a really thick mist and any ships that enters there before never return. And they found out that beghind the mist, there is a landmass behind it. Actually, in the south, there is a massive continent called Pandaria that surrounded by this mist for 10,000 years. Because 10,000 years ago, at the end of the War of the Ancient, the last emperor of Pandaria sacrifice his life to separate his land from the rest of the world and cover it with this mist. But due to the event of Cataclysm, the mist began to disappear. Now that both factions had discovered this new continent, the fighting began to shift into this new continent. First is just a small recon teams, then the army, then even the faction's leader set foot on this new continent. So that they can discover this new land, convert peoples from this land to their sides, gather new resources, and discover the ancient artifact from this lost continent that can turn the tide in this war.

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.

"so the island is full of pandas?" - yeah basically xD

I love your reactions! and I would love to see you reaction on Legends of Runeterra stuff its really good^^

Everyone has their favorites, this cinematic and its soundtrack are my favorites even to this day Edit to add, those are cherry blossoms trees

Just got to do the wow legion trailer now!

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.

That's was my first expansion playing WoW. And i think one of the best so far. The soundtrack are fantastic, the ambients are gorgeous. And i Loved the history too.

I got mists of pandaria as well as the base game on a winter sale back in high-school for 20 bucks 😁

I just noticed the foreshadowing with the destruction of the mini Jade Serpent statue.

Where do you get all those cool wow wallpapers? I can never find good ones!

If you have the chance, you should find a short scene blizzard launched little after this expansion came out. It's a continuation of the main trailer, it's really short and you will really love it.

THERE IT IS!

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).

You need to do after mini cinematic bottoms up thats Real humor gold

Others may have pointed this out but Chen (Pandaren) is a Brewmaster and from a long family line of some of the best brewers in all of a Pandaria

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).

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.

Mists of Pandaria music is just... the best

I played this expansion, and it was pretty decent. People have already talked about most points you'd want to know about this expansion, but I thought you might find it interesting to note, the site of the fight scene is an actual location in game, and you can even adjust the loose incense burner!

Absolutely I played this expansion. These pandas had a short lore in Warcraft III Frozen Throne series.

"some strong bamboo man" lol

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.

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."

Really enjoy these reaction videos and your takes as a filmmaker. I believe you haven't watched the Vanilla, Burning Crusade and Legion cinematics, I'm not sure tho, you can correct me if I'm wrong. Keep up the videos man!

gosh Chris is a one of a kind specimen! 🤤

Danm dude, i like your voice and charisma even when you do the ad xD (+good manscaping is important imo, nice choice of ad company, not some crazy microtransaction games)

Dont miss the afterglow to that cinematic. there is a clip where orc and human sitting in a bar. search for "mist of pandaria tavern bottom up". So funny.

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!

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.

I still play a Pandaren in WoW to this day. My icon is from the original art made by Samwise Didier as a gift in 1999.

did you watch "Harbingers - Gul'dan" and the other harbingers cinematics? (it's also from world of warcraft comercials)

Hey man! You forgot to put this video in the playlist ;)

AND WOW LEGION TRAILER? WAS THE MOST POWERFUL!!!

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

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.

OMFG, i clicked so freaking fast, i'm a wow nerd and this is my favorite one along with the wrath of the lich king. Thank u for the content

4:25 "This guy is jacked man", says Connor

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 ;)

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.

Might want to check the world of warcraft legion cinematic trailer, its pretty 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

Hey =) Big fan here ! U should maybe watch the Ingame cinematics like " Rejection of the gift " its just the best ingame cinematic ever in WoW !

As someone else said below you HAVE to watch the follow up "Bottoms Up"....funny as :D

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)

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