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They’re Making A Dynasty Warriors Movie!?

First off, in case you can’t tell, I’m very excited about this! I’ve been a big fan of the Dynasty Warriors games since my step-brother foolishly leant me his copy of Dynasty Warriors 2 and very nearly never got it back. I’m now one of those people who ends up buying Empires and Xtreme Legends even though I already have the original game… So yes, very excited. As such, this has been occupying a large space in my brain for the past week and will likely continue to do so until the movie comes out. Fortunately, that’s tomorrow, or I would probably be trying to find somewhere to watch the original Taiwanese version right now… Patience isn’t my strong suit.

So, why am I so curious? Well for starters, the movie is only 2 hours long (just under, technically speaking) so I think it’s safe to say it would be impossible for it to be covering the whole story (my copy is three books, and we know how that worked out for Lord of the Rings!) It’s based on the games though, not the book, so that trims it down a little bit. The banner image on Netflix shows Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, so that suggests it’s probably near the beginning, but that still leaves us with quite a lot of story, especially as the games have always been about playing as all three kingdoms rather than favouring just Shu. In which case, are we starting with the Yellow Turban Rebellion again? Given that the Red Cliffs movie is four hours long and centred on just one battle, I can’t imagine we’d get very far past that though unless it’s moving very quickly (and are they really going miss out on the opportunity to include Lu Bu or Zhao Yun?) Soooo Hu Lao Gate then?

I think this might be our best bet. It’s got a strong focus on the three brothers, it includes Lu Bu, and it’s one of the signature battles of the games. “Don’t pursue Lu Bu!” anyone? We’re still the Allied Forces at this point too, so that means we get to keep the balance of kingdom focus in check too. Also, as some of the games split Hu Lao Gate and Si Shui Gate into separate stages, that gives us a bit of leeway of shifting focus too.

So yeah, my money is on Hu Lao Gate. I know I could probably have watched the trailer and found out that way, but this is more fun, right? You can all laugh at me this way when it turns out to be Fan Castle or something (though I’ll be too busy sobbing about Fan Castle to notice).

Also, if it really does cover just one battle (two chapters of the book) does this mean we might get more at some point? Could my heart even handle a dramatic, movie version of Wu Zhang Plains…? Hopefully one day I’ll get the chance to find out!

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