WoW Moviewatch: I am a Paladin
Quite a few people wrote in to report that Blizzard's latest advertising campaign, featuring William Shatner and Mr. T, covers more than just the English-speaking audience. A Spanish language commercial, featuring actor Willy Toledo. And though you may not know the name, Paladins seem to approve of the commercial, which shows the Paladin as a melee class. An approximate translation:
Hi, my name is Willy Toledo... and I am a Paladin. I am a combination of a spell caster and a specialist in melee combat... up-close and personal, clearly what I like most. But this is serious, I´m a protector of the Holy Light. I am Willy Toledo, and I'm a Paladin. And you? What's your game?
As a note, the "melee combat" mention above translates more directly as "body-to-body" combat -- so now we all know that this commercial is only a Blessing of Protection joke away from Illegal Danish 2.
Previously on Moviewatch...
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
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12-04-2007 @ 12:16PM
William P. said...
repping brsong!
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12-04-2007 @ 12:38PM
DigitalCactus said...
I'm not sure who Willy Toledo is but for an old dude he is pimpin!
"It is hot in here, no? Perhaps I should..."
"No pally! Too sexy too sexy!!"
If anyone saw the Antonio Banderas SNL back in the day, they'd get the joke. XD
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12-04-2007 @ 12:59PM
Eleazar said...
Well played, DigitalCactus! :^)
12-04-2007 @ 12:54PM
Heraclea said...
Willy Toledo's IMDB page is here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865950/
He's been in plenty of films, mostly comedies, but the one I've seen that he's in is in English called "Mad Love"; it's a historical picture about Queen Joanna the Mad of Castile.
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12-04-2007 @ 1:10PM
Zegim said...
As a spanish speaker, I approve. Simple and nice ad.
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12-04-2007 @ 1:12PM
fealubryne said...
...I actually think that one's my favorite out of the three. And I'm a huge Horde fangirl, too.
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12-04-2007 @ 1:20PM
Alysandir said...
"His beard has experienced more than most men will in a lifetime."
I don't know if it's the same actor, but he sure reminds me of the guy in the Dos Equis commercials.
Stay thirsty, my friends....
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12-04-2007 @ 2:23PM
Naix said...
Hello I am a Paladin. I like to bubble and full heal at the last second. Sometimes I even harth so I don't have to fight. Good luck ganking me.
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12-04-2007 @ 2:36PM
Nightwatch said...
I am a paladin, and i approve of this commercial.
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12-04-2007 @ 3:16PM
Matt said...
lol bubble hearth ftw
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12-04-2007 @ 3:52PM
FriendlySoviet said...
Anyone else notice how he wasn't a two hander? lOl-ret.
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12-04-2007 @ 4:23PM
Thijz said...
Lol, have you seen the german Mr T commercial? It's so retarded, those guys really should stop resyncing every goddamn movie/film/trailer/whatever!
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12-04-2007 @ 5:06PM
Burg said...
Is he the Dos Equis guy?
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12-05-2007 @ 4:07AM
SanLeven said...
My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw it. Big LOL for it...
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12-05-2007 @ 11:32AM
Zev said...
Another great advertising movie like the previous ones. However, everything Mr. Toledo said is not interely related to the Paladin class in WoW.
"I am a combination of a spell caster and a specialist in melee combat..."
Spell caster?
We have 2 healing spells and suddendly we are spell casters? A weak healing spell on a 15 seconds cooldown?
Well, Hunters have a casting spell for fearing Beasts... clearly they are casters!
Specialist in melee combat?
Mr. toledo, you're talking about Rogues and Warriors, am I right?
How come a specialist in melee combat have a Combat system that ONLY requires a buff (Seal) and a release of that buff (Judgement) in form of marginal damage to the enemy?
Warriors and Rogues can DISARM, debuff and given enough rage/energy they have spamable immobilizing abilities.
"up-close and personal, clearly what I like most".
Well Mr. Toledo, so do I. But most guilds and pug groups don't seem to share out opinion. And therefore we are relegated to 10+ yards away using that spellcasting specialization you mentioned before.
Any VETERAN WoW player (specially Paladin ones) knows these afirmations are NOT related to the end game expectations of paladins.
I know this is Advertising, but still it's FALSE advertising.
If Mr. Toledo kindly said something like:
"Hi, my name is Willy Toledo... and I am a Paladin."
"I am a healer and a defensive buff specialist."
"I like to heal my friends from afar while they kill for me."
"I don't hurt much my enemies. Instead I wait for them to hurt me...it's when they get hurt the most."
...he would be very close to the true, but does that sound interesting? Not to me.
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12-10-2007 @ 6:29AM
Jeremy said...
The endgame isn't the whole game...
And our endgame guild has a Prot and a Ret Paladin who are awesome.
12-05-2007 @ 2:51PM
Markymark said...
Lol perfecto!
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12-09-2007 @ 2:34PM
Matazuma said...
Are there more WoW Non-english ads?
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12-09-2007 @ 2:34PM
dark2200 said...
cool
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