WoW Moviewatch: The Robber Baron of Warsong Gulch
by Michael Gray 
Aug 23rd 2010 at 12:00PM
Take a moment to kick back and relive this old movie, and see if you feel whether The Robber Baron feels dated at all. I don't think you'll feel any second of its age. That's because Pinkhair created something new and amazing from the game's graphics, wrapped around a familiar and fun story. It's these essential qualities that allows machinima to stand the test of time, and Pinkhair is a master of it.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Metalheadz Aug 23rd 2010 12:09PM
I just want to see more.
Josin Aug 23rd 2010 12:10PM
This thing is great. You could have stopped it after the first minute, and still had more enjoyment than some of the machinima that gets trotted out there.
Just more proof that having a storytelling vision works better than haphazardly slapping WoW-related words onto the current #1 song on the charts and having Blood elves dancing for 3 1/2 minutes.
Sincerity Erisvale Aug 23rd 2010 12:13PM
This was a great video... It's really, really good.
WaterRouge Aug 23rd 2010 12:53PM
That was awesome. Surely a winner of some contest?
It also made me wish there was a "Jail" in Warsong Gulch.
Pink Aug 23rd 2010 1:56PM
Thank you! It took first place in Oxhorn's Wegame Machinima Contest.
Eric Aug 23rd 2010 4:21PM
I now wish for actual trains in WoW
Tokkar Aug 23rd 2010 1:03PM
Just a correction here for you, Mr. Grey: this was not of the "Spaghetti Western" genre at all. This was a common theme among the early silent films (tie them to the railroad tracks/foreclose on the mortgage/dashing hero comes to save the damsel in distress, et al), whereas the spaghetti westerns were more of the southwestern US/Mexican bandito themes and were filmed in Italy (hence calling them "spaghetti" westerns).
That aside, this was an awesome work! Top-notch machinima, excellent job all around and thoroughly enjoyable to watch! I wish we could have a lot more of these than the rather cliché belf (c)rap that seems to pervade the market these days.
Shane Aug 23rd 2010 2:17PM
Yeah, it's much more a classic melodrama than a spaghetti western. But whatever we call it, I think we can all agree it is AWESOME.
Dreamstorm Aug 23rd 2010 1:38PM
Looks like it was indeed directly from the game. Can't recall having ever seen it though...
/puzzled
Paux Aug 23rd 2010 1:41PM
I've never seen it before. Maybe someone has or it's new to Cata.
Unhunted Aug 23rd 2010 1:44PM
Love it!
Great Dogma reference, too!
thanatos81 Aug 23rd 2010 2:13PM
It's been a very long time since I've seen Dogma so I must have missed the reference. Can you refresh my memory please.
Shane Aug 23rd 2010 2:18PM
The "Dogma" reference is itself a reference to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Unhunted Aug 23rd 2010 3:53PM
The reference is when Jay and Silent Bob are on the train with Bartleby and Bethany. Silent Bob throws Barleby off the train and says, "No ticket."
thanatos81 Aug 23rd 2010 8:56PM
@Unhunted I was afraid that's what you were referring to. Shane's right in it being an Indiana Jones reference which was used in Dogma. Even though I appreciate the reference in Dogma, it didn't quite have the humorous impact as it did in the Last Crusade.
Johnny Aug 23rd 2010 1:46PM
Reminds of stories about the great railroad and oil tycoon, Kiddlevix Rockefeller.
Pink Aug 23rd 2010 1:54PM
I made the train.
nonentity Aug 23rd 2010 1:55PM
Damn well made, kudos.
Byron Aug 23rd 2010 2:08PM
@Pink - if that's really you, amazing work. Caused me some cognitive dissonance watching it - I knew there was no train like that anywhere in the game, but couldn't quite believe you actually created it yourself from scratch for a machinima.
Bliz should hire you to make it for Cata, it could run from the goblin city in Azshara, through the Horde's expansion in Ashenvale, down through the Northern Barrens, terminating in Ratchet. Give noobs a new way to quickly collect low level flight points.
Harvoc Aug 23rd 2010 2:39PM
Very well done Pink. I wish that this could actually happen in game so we could take the flag and then hop on a train to make our escape while the defenders chase us on kodos. :)