Worgen Cinematic

I'm curious.... The worgen cinematic is done and was released at Blizzcon (I haven't watched it because I want to keep it a surprise. Haven't quested through either), but considering the female worgen models aren't complete, will there be any female worgen in it?

More comments to come later re: Blizzcon.

What's the surprise now?

So since they already released the Cataclysm cinematic last weekend, what are they going to show at Blizzcon this weekend??? Maybe they're doing something more surprising, since we were all expecting it to be the Cataclysm cinematic anyway. I think it's too soon to announce what the new MMO will be, whatever it will be... it would draw away too much from Cataclysm.

About the Cataclysm cinematic! It was pretty neat. Blizzard cinematics are always really neat, so no surprise there. Seeing the battering rams slam into Deathwing, the big side-plate sealing him up, watching him roar up before bursting out of Deepholme... pretty cool. I'm always sad for Auberdine though. D: Also I love the music. (Anyone else think that Deathwing is voiced by Christ Metzen? ie, sounds like Thrall and Varian? I can't tell.)

But I was a little disappointed, to be honest. My favourite so far is still the one for Burning Crusade; it had the best mix of furious baddie to awesome heroes. I initially didn't like the cinematic for Wrath much either, but I do now, so I'm sure over time I'll love the Cataclysm cinematic too. Yes, over time, because I never get tired of watching cinematics! Always need to pull them out from time to time to respark the love.

And there have STILL BEEN NO GNOMES!!! Oh, the injustice.

What was missing.

I realize now what I thought was missing from defeating the Lich King. There was nothing wrong with the cinematic; in fact, the cinematic was great. What's missing is the after-story. So far in the story, there has been no resolution.
I'm not an English professor, but this is my take on what has happened. For the Wrath of the Lich King story, the exposition would be our first steps into Northrend, seeing the scourge's effect on the world. The rising action would be our encounters with the Lich King himself: tension is building and we're being given reason to resist him (at Naxxanar, Angrathar, Utgarde, and any quest involving him). The climax is our fight against him in ICC, and the following cinematic is a mix of the climax and the falling action. But... how does the story end? What happens afterward, what does everyone think, where do they go? Where is the resolution?

For example... what if The Lord of the Rings ended at Mt. Doom, with the Ring being destroyed -- and that was it? We don't know that Frodo goes back to the Shire, that Aragorn and Arwen get married, that Bilbo+crew go to the Undying Lands, that Sam has a gaggle of Gamgee hobbit children. There's no cool down! The story isn't over!

Aside from the fountain in Dalaran, nothing changes after we defeat the Lich King. I didn't go back downstairs afterward to Light's Hammer... was there some party that I missed my invitation to? What do Jaina, Muradin, and Varian have to say about his death? Sylvanas, Saurfang, Thrall?

What do Darion and his death knights do now that they've had their vengeance? Do they even feel that way? Maybe they're still burning with rage... or are they just empty now? Where does Tirion go, now that he's defeated one of the Light's greatest threats?

And oh gosh, where's Old Blanchy??? :( Shouldn't she have her own pasture in Westfall by now or something? I think she deserves it.

Maybe there will be a bunch of story updates in 3.3.5... but so far all I've heard about are the Ruby Sanctum, Real-ID, etc. At least now I know what was missing, feeling better about that. Now I know what I'm waiting for: the end of the story.

Ding, dong, the Lich is dead...

We finally killed him, the Lich King is dead!!!
Though the ending cinematic was cool, I did find it lacking... something. It needed a little more oomph. A sigh of relief that, yes, it really is over.

(Spoilers below, kinda... stop reading if you don't want to know the encounter.)
I think the best part of the encounter is when you're just a few percent away from the last phase... the raid is tired and straining, you're so close... and he casts an explosion that engulfs everyone. Your immediate reaction is AGH NO I DIED, even if you know what comes next. It's an instant flip from feeling awful to feeling awesome. The Lich King begins his monologue, very dramatic. He explains his evil plan... just in time for Tirion to burst out of his constraints, leaping over the Lich King, breaking Frostmourne in two? Pretty awesome. You can feel the astonishment of Arthas as he buckles over, "the lion before the lambs [that] do not fear.

They cannot fear."